About

Art & About has highlighted a cache of exhibitions and other art-focused events worldwide in the Pacific Northwest. Showcasing emerging and established artists, supporting alternative art spaces, and promoting local communities' work in Portland and further afield. We aim to connect with local artists, enthusiasts, and viewers alike. Through our relationships with you, we're a living archive. * Art & About is directed by art historian, writer, and curator Ashley Gifford, who founded the platform in 2013.

Calendar

Check out current and upcoming art happenings in the city of Portland, Seattle & other cities in the Pacific Northwest for your one-stop-learning-but-many-stop-viewing experiences and events.

Art Guides

Sometimes printed and always an online resource to art galleries, museums, and alternative art spaces, in Portland and neighboring towns and cities throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Writing

We have been perpetuating discourse around contemporary art since we started. In 2018, our Artist Interview Series was launched with artists, curators, and cultural workers. Since then, we have been working to continue to provide thoughtful writing - reviews, interviews, and other writings - to create and encourage critical discourse.

Support

Do you like Art & About? Consider becoming a member to help us keep doing it.

Thanks to our friend James Casey for design + branding assistance.

We acknowledge the land of the Portland Metro area rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River.