Category: Visual Arts
Coming Home
Chisao Hata, veteran artist, activist and community weaver and Roberta Wong longtime visual artist and curator both have personal and family histories connected to Portland’s historic Old Town. They are about to embark on Vanport Mosaic’s Coming Home project events September 25th through October 5th, 2024. Their project was one of 14 selected nationwide by Race Forward and Americans for the Arts.
Horatio Law & Alex Chiu -Illuminating Time
Illuminating Time as a title can mean a time that can be illuminating to a person or a time period that is bright with illumination like during the holiday season. But in this case Illuminating Time is the name of … Read the rest
Intisar Abioto – Black Art/ists Gathering
Intisar Abioto calls herself “an explorer-artist working across photography, dance and writing.” Since she moved to Portland as a young adult with her family, she’s been creatively highlighting and documenting the contributions and talents of Black Oregonians.
A prolific cross-disciplinary … Read the rest
End of the Year Reflections
It’s safe to say 2021 was a better year than 2020. With the vaccine, life this year became a little less fearful. People started to gather, first in small groups, and then with larger audiences for theaters and public events. … Read the rest
Rhonda P. Hill and the EDGE of Design
Dmae looks at the Black contributions to fashion design throughout American history with writer, publisher and fashion expert Rhonda P. Hill.
She recently published a series of eight articles called A Study of Eight, The Untold American Story, … Read the rest
Lillian Pitt-10,000 Years Through Art
Dmae Roberts first met Lillian Pitt when noted writer Cheryl Strayed curated an artists section of a TEDx talk in 2013 that included Roberts and Pitt. Though she was familiar with Pitt’s work, it was a pleasure for Roberts to … Read the rest