(Photo courtesy of Portland Winter Light Festival) The Portland Winter Light Festival will return February 5-13, 2027, bringing free light-art installations to locations across Portland for the 12th year. Since the call for participation opened in July, the festival has received over 250 submissions from artists, performers, architects and designers locally and from around the…
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Oregon Arts Commission Awards $150,000 in Arts Learning Grants to 15 Organizations Statewide
(Photo courtesy of Oregon Arts Commission) Fifteen Oregon arts organizations will receive $10,000 grants to strengthen K-12 arts education for the upcoming year through the Oregon Arts Commission’s Arts Learning grant program. “Through this grant program, thousands of students will have an opportunity to engage with the arts in the classroom,” said Tiff Harker, arts…
Chamber Music Northwest Presents New Protégé Recital Series with International Violinist Claire Wells in Recital at Portland’s All Classical Radio
((L-R) Claire Wells and Pualina Lim | Photos courtesy of Chamber Music Northwest) For its 2026/27 Year-Round Season, Chamber Music Northwest will present a two-concert recital series featuring recent Protégé Project alumni who have gone on to establish international careers. The Sunday afternoon performances will take place in the intimate Irving Levin Performance Hall at…
SPACE, HOPE and CHARITY at the Art House
The award-winning documentary film SPACE, HOPE and CHARITY will be shown at the Art House at 6:30pm on Monday, October 26, followed by a conversation with the film’s subject, Dr. Charity Woodrum; her mentor Dr. Scott Fisher, director of the University of Oregon’s Pine Mountain Observatory; and Oregon filmmaker Sandy Cummings. The film follows the…
Jamie Lee Curtis Thriller, Paul Reubens’ Final Film & Stop-Motion Insiders Headline PFCAT’s Expanded 2026 Lineup
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology (PFCAT) recently announced the full lineup for its 2026 festival, now expanded to six days, running August 18-23 at OMSI. The festival will screen more than 170 films from 31 countries across four venues, including the Oregon premiere of psychological thriller SENDER starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Britt Lower…
Bend Filmmaker’s Cosmic Heirloom Named Oregon Short Film Festival Award Finalist
(Photos courtesy of Song of Sunset) Cosmic Heirloom: Buried 400 Years, the first film scheduled to screen during Song of Sunset: Underground this fall, has been named an award finalist at the Oregon Short Film Festival. The 12-minute documentary will screen Sunday, September 20, 2026, at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland. The recognition arrives…
Celebrate Creativity at the Annual Chiloquilters Quilt Show
The Chiloquilters invite community members and visitors to experience two days of creativity, craftsmanship, and community spirit at the annual Chiloquilters Quilt Show, taking place Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27, from 10am-4pm each day at the Chiloquin Community Center. The popular annual event will feature a stunning collection of handcrafted quilts created by…
PRAx Open to Celebrate Original Art by Oregon Artists from Across the State
(Kate and John Stirek Gallery | Photo courtesy of Oregon State University) The Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx) and Oregon State University’s Division of Extension and Engagement are inviting Oregon artists to share their work as part of the inaugural PRAx Open, a juried art exhibition featuring traditional, emerging and new…
Governor Reappoints Roberta Lavadour, Names Elizabeth Quinn to Oregon Arts Commission
((Left) Roberta Lavadour has been reappointed to the Oregon Arts Commission, (Right) Elizabeth Quinn has been appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission | Photos courtesy of Oregon Arts Commission) The Oregon Arts Commission announced that Governor Tina Kotek has reappointed Roberta Lavadour of Pendleton to the Commission and has newly appointed Elizabeth Quinn of Mosier,…
Artist Opportunities & Resources from the Arts Commission
(Masayuki Nagase’s Reflection of Stream is carved, polished and sandblasted basalt stones at OSU-Cascades campus. Installed, 2018) Oregon State University – Cascades is calling for submissions from artists, plus see more public art opportunities, fellowships and artist residences below. Email artist opportunities to Sarah Baylinson, our Art Collection & Artist Services specialist, for consideration in…