Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize (2025) Exhibition
📍Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU, 1855 SW Broadway
⏳Hours: Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. & Thurs 11 a.m. -7 p.m.
🗓️ February 24 to April 25, 2026
✨Opening reception: Tuesday February 24, 5-7pm
🎟️ Free to the public
The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation created the Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prizes in 2013 to help raise awareness of the quality of art education at PSU and to honor the late Arlene Schnitzer, who was a devoted and inspired leader of art and culture in Portland.
Three awards are given to students enrolled in programs in the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design. This year, Briana Cieri (BFA in Graphic Design, ‘25), Ame Morrison (BFA in Art Practice, Minor in Film Studies (with Honors), ‘25), and Savannah Noel (BFA in Art Practice, ‘25) were awarded the prestigious prizes.
1. Briana Cieri, The Wall of Humanity, 2026, Risograph printed with black ink, 168 11 x 17 in posters
2. Ame Morrison, Altar to a More Peaceful Government, 2026
3. Savannah Noel, Falling Asleep on the Couch: Payden’s Bloody Knee, 2025, Drytac, 6 x 9 in.
4. Savannah Noel, Falling Asleep on the Couch: A Dead Bird Overlooking the Ocean, 2025, Drytac, 6 x 9 in.
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Getting into the layers, layers, layers, and being a sucker for crystals in a new mini interview with @chris_lael_larson 🌟
There is a dimensionality and richness in Chris Lael Larson’s installations he creates in his studio, that he then photographs, and prints. Seeing the three-dimensional installations in person, noticing firsthand how precarious their elements are: a fishing line tethered to a piece of paper, cardboard propping up a cutover from an old painting, a scrap of cellophane or lichen delicately balancing on the edge of a crystal. These sculptural manipulations of material to create an image are impermanent, and one of the reasons Larson hasn’t tried to create the installations for an exhibition, even though it's one of the top questions he gets from people. The reflectiveness - crystals, prisms, mirrors – which both of us share we are suckers for, pull you in. Their illumination is captivating and a welcomed entry point to his graphics, paintings, and staged imagery he uses that is opaque, color forward. He alluded that some of these elements that bring his photographed installation to life will be in his upcoming show, Lost Lake, at @carnationcontemporary (on view from February 7 - March 1, 2026).
💎 Artwork @chris_lael_larson
🔏🎞️ Intro + film photos by @ashxgifford
🔗Read more online 🌀 artandaboutpdx.com/blog/mini-interview-chris-lael-larson
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@house_of_art_and_craft_pdx offers some incredibly fun workshops in their SE studio 🌟 Follow along as we take our 1st (and certainly not last) #enameling class where we decorated a #switchplate 💡 Rainen @rainenknecht leads this class with love and humor and her experience, enthusiasm and expertise is felt throughout. Sometimes taking workshops can be a little scary/overwhelming/fill-in-the-blank but not this one! There are no mistakes just fun, care, and the magic of enameling.
#portlandartscene #artandaboutpdx #houseofartandcraft
Artist lecture with Emily Counts @emilyraecounts with @ccac_pnca at PNCA
🌟 Wednesday, February 18 at 6 PM
⚡️This lecture is free & open to the public (RSVP on Eventbrite encouraged)
Emily Counts was born in Seattle, WA and currently lives and works in Tacoma, WA. She creates ceramic and mixed-media sculptures that engage with craft traditions while exploring femininity, matriarchal identity, memory, and nature. This work is personal but ultimately suggests open-ended narratives, creating space for the viewer’s own stories and meaning. Electricity and illumination are often incorporated into ceramic pieces as she aims to merge nostalgia and historical aesthetics with a futuristic sensibility.
Counts received her BFA from the California College of the Arts and studied at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, Germany. Her work has been exhibited in institutions including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Torrance Art Museum in California, Oregon Contemporary in Portland, and in Washington at the Museum of Museums, the Bellevue Arts Museum, and the Museum of Northwest Art. She has received grants from Artist Trust, The Ford Family Foundation, the Oregon Arts Commission, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council. She was an artist in residence at Raid Projects in Los Angeles, Plane Space in New York, and at the Varda Artists Residency Program in Sausalito, CA. Counts has works in the collection of the Port of Seattle. She is currently represented in Oregon by Nationale @nationale and in Washington by studio e gallery @studioegallery
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Pictures of You, a self-portrait group show guest curated by Ryan Bubnis, The Purple Door Gallery, @thepurpledoorpdx until Feb 15, 2026 —⏳Thursday-Sunday 2-8pm
What does it mean to be an artist and image-maker in a time of economic uncertainty, violence, and political chaos? 13 Portland-based painters respond in their own visual language, turning inward through the medium of painting to explore the concept of self.
Ryan Bubnis | @ryanbubnis
Jeremy Okai Davis | @jeremyokaiart
Ty Ennis | @ty_ennis
Dan Gluibizzi | @dangluibizzi
Emily Kepulis | @emilykepulis
Colete Martin | @colete.martin
V. Maldonado | @creativemultiplier
Dylan Mead | @artbydylanmead
Molly Mendoza | @mollymendoza.art
Nia Musiba | @niamusiba
Souther Salazar | @southersalazar
Nicole Williford | @nicoliferd
Emily Wise | @emily_elizabeth_wise
#artandaboutpdx #portlandartscene #contemporarypainting #groupshow
Today and tomorrow are the last 2 nights to enjoy the @portlandwinterlightfestival 🌟 don’t miss this electrifying event 🌈⚡️ happening here in Portland. It’s fun for everyone - and is all ages! #PWLF #portlandwinterlightfestival
Thanatopsis: A Meditation on Grief, Death and Transition — Three person exhibition featuring Shelley Chamberlin, Marne Lucas, and Dardinelle Troen
⭐️Closing this weekend on February 15, 2026.
An art exhibition that explores the end of life, the grief that accompanies death, and conceptually addresses impermanence and transformation beyond the physical form. Death is a taboo subject, yet we all eventually arrive there.
The aim is to allow for the tangible feelings, the vastness of empty space, the sparse moments of sublime beauty in these difficult places, and honor the memory of those who have died. Death is a natural part of the cycle of life, and each individual’s work places aesthetic, emotional, and philosophical value on this inevitable transition. These three artists have found community in each other through their lived experiences with grief, loss, and transformation. They share the desire to illuminate and connect through their creativity, and find new direction in unexpected transformational paths. The audience can share their own experiences and stories in community, where together we heal.
@marnelucas @aquietusendoflifedoula @shelleychamberlinart @ditroen @viemortdoula @pccparagonarts
Ryan Alexander-Tanner artist talk
📍 NW Museum of Cartoon Arts 322 NW 8th Ave in Portland
🗓️ Sun Feb 15, 2026 at 1 PM
🆓 to the public
Over the course of a 25‑year career in comics and illustration, Ryan Alexander-Tanner has built a wide‑ranging practice that spans journalism, education, biography, and collaborative nonfiction. Based in Portland, where he has spent much of his career teaching comics and illustration, he now turns toward a mid‑career retrospective that traces the evolution of
his work.
His early professional years included serving as Willamette Week’s
comics journalist and designing the now‑iconic Dave’s Killer Bread
logo. He later collaborated with Bill Ayers on To Teach during the
height of Ayers’s national political controversy, and partnered with
clinical psychologist Jessica Zucker on an expansive series of
reproductive‑health comics. His commitment to representational
nonfiction—often within an industry dominated by white creators—has shaped major projects, including his comics biography of Muhammad Ali. Additional work includes environmental justice collaborations with Dr. Leslie King and, most recently, a venture into sci‑fi and horror comics with award‑winning writer Mark Russell. @nwmoca
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Most shows opening this February run through 2/28 unless otherwise noted.
(Check the gallery's instagram/or website for hours or more information.)
RUSSO LEE GALLERY - Dirk Staschke - Magnificent Malaise & Michael Paul Miller - In Search of Cascadia. Artist Talk Feb 14, 11am-12pm
ARTSPACE AT ARTS COUNCIL OF LAKE OSWEGO - Group Show - Thinking Through Mud: Arrangements of Clay + Ikebana, Feb 20 - April 10. Opening Reception, Feb 20, 5:30-7:30pm
LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY - Alexandra Boyden - Treelines A Dialogue with Alexandra Boyden, Feb 14, 11am-12pm
WATERSTONE GALLERY - Palimpsests: Layered Surfaces, Group Invitational, through March 1. Artist Talk, Feb 15, 11am-12:30pm
BLACKFISH GALLERY - Group Show - Signs of Dissent, Ellen Goldschmidt - Pardon My Paradoxes and Don Bailey - Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, News of the Day. Workshop & John Daniel Teply Gallery Performance, Feb 13, 6pm
GALLERY 114 - Group Show - First Look: The New Artists of Gallery 114. Artist Meet and Greet & Q&A, Feb 21, 2-4pm
PDX CONTEMPORARY ART - D.E. May - Notes, Notes, Notes
J. PEPIN ART GALLERY - Alexandra Petersen - Hope Is the Thing with Feathers
#portlandartscene #artandaboutpdx #pada #shows
Sharing snippets of our visit to Counterpoints, presented by Third Angle @thirdanglenewmusic featuring the solo music of Steve Reich within the immersive installations at Hopscotch @letshopscotch
In “Counterpoints” an instrumental soloists layer minimalist melodies over a pre-recorded track, creating an evolving soundscape of their own instrument.
🪈 Sarah Tiedemann performs Vermont Counterpoint on flute.
🎷 William Pyle performs New York Counterpoint on soprano saxophone.
🎸Daniel Reyes Llinás performs Electric Counterpoint on guitar.
🎻Valdine Ritchie Mishkin performs Cello Counterpoint on cello.
Sculpted Light ✨Dan Flavin, Peter Gronquist, Fabiola Menchelli, Gregg Renfrow, Hap Tivey at Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 417 NW 9th Ave., Portland, until February 28, 2026
#artandaboutpdx #portlandartscene #ElizabethLeachGallery
Simple Knots, Jeremy Le Grand @jeremy.le.grand at @wellwellprojects, on view until March 1 , 2026
Lost Lake, Chris Lael Larson @chris_lael_larson at @carnationcontemporary, on view until. March 1, 2026✨
#artandaboutpdx #portlandartscene #chrislaellarson
THE LATEST: JAN & FEB 2026 - everything you need to know about what’s happening in the Portland art scene to start the year, now on the blog. Sent to our subscribers on Jan 24th - sign up now (it’s free) for the newsletter 🌀
Oh, this weekend? Just lighting up our life (and my Instagram feed) at the #PDXWLF ✨💡@portlandwinterlightfestival
Tonight! Go to the @electricblocks, #portlandworldtradecenter and @thesquarepdx and more check the schedule online for this completely free citywide event ⭐️
#portlandartscene #lightfestival #fyp
Alexandra Boyden, Treelines
📍 Laura Vincent Design & Gallery
🗓️Jan 16 - Feb 28, 2026
Artist statement: I use landscapes as stepping stones towards abstraction, reflecting an emotional place. While working on "Treelines", I was reminded of a Tewa song I learned years ago.
Oh our Mother the Earth, oh our Father the Sky,
Your children are we, and with tired backs
We bring you the gifts that we love.
Thus weave for us a garment of brightness;
May the warp be the bright light of morning,
May the weft be the red light of evening,
May the fringes be the falling rain,
May the border be the standing rainbow.
Thus weave for us a garment of brightness
That we may walk fittingly where birds sing,
That we may walk fittingly where grass is green,
Oh our Mother the Earth, oh our Father the Sky!
Although I have yet to create an image with red and white landscape marks, its "warp and weft", this song embodies my thinking behind "Treelines". Always interested in contrasts - seeing the warp and weft of life and of landscapes, I wanted to show the beauty in their intersections. The connections often create a sense of oneness - like fabric - an openness or brightness emerging through their woven union.
#portlandartscene #contemporarypaintings #treelines #artandaboutpdx #abstract
Palimpsests: Layered Surfaces
📍Waterstone Gallery
🗓️Feb 4- March 1, 2016
🗣️Artist Panel: Sunday February 15, 11am - 1pm
7 distinctive Oregon artists are brought together in “Palimpsests: Layered Surfaces” — James Alby, Paul Gadsden, Leonard Harmon, Yuji Hiratsuka, Marcel M. Johansen, Kanani Miyamoto, and Kyra Watkins—whose layered approaches reveal the memories, identities, and histories embedded in every surface.
Through diverse materials and processes, the show invites viewers to look deeper and discover what endures beneath the visible — revealing echoes of craft, ancestry, and beauty forged through resistance. These artists work in layers of paint, clay, wood, metal, analog photography, ballpoint pen, and memory. Drips, carvings, prints, and faces emerge and obscure, each holding a story of heritage, identity, and belonging.
James Alby
Bloodlines Deep Like Water Leonard D Harmon
Kanani Miyamoto
Foul Bite Happy Accident, Color intaglio, Yuji Hiratsuka
John 1, pen, Kyra Watkins
Wayfinders / Shapeshifters Micah Kassell
📍 Albina Press / 5012 Se Hawthorne, Portland, OR
🗓️ Now through mid February
⏳ Hours: 7am-5pm
🆓 to the public
Wayfinders / Shapeshifters is a show of paintings that reflect non-verbal communications and micro-expressions through hands, anthropomorphized machines faces of pareidolia and its effect on what we see and percieve. When we don’t trust what we see, as is often the case in these times, we tend to disassociate from all tethers to an agreed upon reality— that’s often where the cartoonish skew of my mind creeps in and takes me to a place of fantastical distortion and cartoonish fantasy
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⭐️February First Thursday at the Pacific Northwest College of Art⭐️
Events include: ✨🧊Portland Winter Light Festival
🏺Emily Counts - Astral Bodies opening 💩Shitshow (MFA Visual Studies & Print Media programs first year show) 💡In a Different Light - O. Rae👥 The Body Collective - Pop Up 📀 Guest Curatorial Program - Inaugural Year
📍 Pacific Northwest College of Art, 511 NE Broadway
🗓️ Feb 5, 2026 from⏳ 5pm - 8pm
🆓 to the public, RSVP on eventbrite encouraged
Come together in the North Park Blocks are an opportunity to come together in celebration of art, joy and community for First Thursdays with PNCA. These monthly after hour art events are a vital part of the cultural ecosystem of Portland. For decades, these monthly events have been a highlight of nightlife in the Pearl District and North Park Blocks, increasing cultural connection and retail activation downtown.
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