
Protest City
In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election, Portland made national news with nightly social justice protests, often met with violent response by...

The First Metal
Copper, one of the few metals that occurs naturally in a usable form, was the first metal humans fashioned into tools and accessories. For nearly...

David Roberts
David Roberts (1796–1864) was a self-taught Scottish painter who rose from the depths of poverty and obscurity in Edinburgh to become one of the most...

Rita Robillard
Rita Robillard (American, born 1944) is a highly regarded mixed media artist who explores themes of history, nature, ecology, and place in her work. A...

The Art of the News
At a time of eroded public faith in traditional news media, comics journalism has emerged as a powerful antidote to the dissemination of inaccurate information...

Take Heart
Earth’s weary lovers are tired, perplexed, and battered from all directions. Their hearts have so often been broken. It’s hard to go on, but it...

The Northwest Gardens of Lord & Schryver
Lord & Schryver, the first landscape architecture firm founded and operated by women in the Pacific Northwest, designed more than two hundred gardens in Oregon...

Oregon Painters
Since the first edition of Oregon Painters was published in 1999, it has served as an invaluable reference to the early history of Northwest art...