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Portland museum hosts exhibit featuring art by descendants Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II

‘Resilience — A Sansei Sense of Legacy,’ is on display at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon A new art exhibit at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon features artists whose grandparents were interned by the U.S. government during World War II, brin ...

19 Oct 2022 - Jamie Arcelay
‘Rich and Beautiful’ and COVID-Safe

Musician and activist Logan Lynn on Gucci, “gay joy,” thriving and surviving during lockdown and touring — or rather, not touring — in the time of COVID In some ways, these have been the best two years of Logan Lynn’s career. He’s been a Gucci model. He s ...

31 Aug 2022 - Jason Cohen
Brenda Mallory breathes new life into discarded materials

Exploring themes of connection and disruption through art and sculpture This is the second installation in a series of profiles and Q&As with Indigenous artists with roots in, or connections to, the Pacific Northwest. Brenda Mallory is an artist, scul ...

31 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
ODOT spends millions removing freeway graffiti

Painting overpasses in an endless loop costs millions — and there's no end in sight Graffiti is on the rise in Portland. Public agencies report increased incidences of graffiti throughout the city, and clean-up efforts are piping increased amounts of ...

31 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Lehuauakea uses art to say Native Hawaiians are still here

Lehuauakea, kapa maker and cultural practitioner, finds community in both the Northwest and Hawai'i This is the first installation in a series of profiles and Q&As with Indigenous artists with roots in, or connections to, the Pacific Northwest. B ...

16 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Accessibility and intimacy through comics

Christina Tran explores tender topics and the human experience of larger societal issues The Portland State University Collaborative Comics Project aims to change the narrative around homelessness through ethnographic cartooning based on the experienc ...

19 Jan 2022 - Sarah Hansell
Restorative justice as a framework for art

Marin Jurgens shares what motivates her work, creating an ethnographic comic and more The Portland State University Collaborative Comics Project aims to change the narrative around homelessness through ethnographic cartooning based on the experiences of ...

12 Jan 2022 - Sarah Hansell
Seeking change through Black cosplay

Tif von Batsy takes up space as a Black cosplayer, subverts cosplaying norms Standing in a blue striped leotard with large ethylene vinyl acetate foam wings protruding from her back and sharp pointy horns sticking up from her head is a female cosplayer wh ...

29 Dec 2021 - Adrian Michael
Kaia Sand | The Making of the Street Roots Holiday Zine

Dan Newth was holding up a bundle of the holiday zines, but I didn’t expect him to also be managing the leash of an extremely cute dog. He explained to me that he was watching the dog, named Dendi, for his customers while they shopped in New Seasons, some ...

1 Dec 2021 - Kaia Sand
Sloane Leong’s newest work explores horror and obsession

In conversation with Sloane Leong, she tells us about her forthcoming horror comic, ‘Graveneye’ and working with illustrator Anna Bowles Local comic creator and writer Sloane Leong, known for her graphic novel “A Map to the Sun” and her comic “ Prism Stal ...

13 Oct 2021 - Kanani Cortez