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New BRENDA LAB video for AAPI Heritage Month

Video still of b&w photo of Japanese woman painting with paintbrush in mouth. 3D paintbrush floats nearby as a visual effect.

For the month of May and in recognition of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Portland Art Museum’s Learning Department in partnership with BRENDA ARTS is happy to share a short-form BRENDA LAB video on Ōishi Junkyō’s Crayfish and Verse piece in the Museum’s collection. With the sharing of this video,…  Read more

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Community Update August 2022

To our friends, neighbors, and community,  We finished the spring season on an incredibly high note as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism closed with record levels of attendance. More than 300,000 visitors experienced this popular exhibition and its related programming that included live mural painting by local artists, a dual-language family guide, and…  Read more

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Write Around PAM: Jeppe Hein

Image description: Please Participate. Jeppe Hein. 2015. Neon tubes and transformers. 88 inches x 210 inches. Words in white neon mounted on a white gallery wall in seven rows. The lettering is simple and approachable in all capitals. The words are: Row 1: Please. Row 2: Participate, Be, Grateful, Enjoy, Focus. Row 3: Meditate, Feel, Open, Up, Interact, Smell. Row 4: Try, Breathe, Forgive, Wish, Be, Aware. Row 5: Smile, Wonder, Dream, Taste, Do, Yoga. Row 6: Kiss, Love, Yourself, Search, Relax, Touch. Row 7: Sving, Choose, Your, Way, Expect, A, Miracle. Below nine, white, rectangular transformers sit on a shelf below the words with electrical cords connecting each one to several words. The upper left corner of the image shows an opening in the wall and light from the gallery above.

We are venturing into a new year, and while our resolutions may not last, our intentions can, especially with the help of a pen and paper. Danish artist Jeppe Hein is known for creating playful, interactive works. His Please Participate feels like a great place to start. Take a moment to sit with this piece.…  Read more

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Write Around PAM: Shreve & Company

One of the joys of cooler days and longer nights is more chances to drink warm beverages, likely from a favorite mug. While your in-home setup might not be quite as beautiful as this sterling silver set by San Francisco–based Shreve & Company, it likely has many stories connected to it. There is a ritual…  Read more

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Equity and Inclusion Update September 2021

In our continuing effort to increase communication and transparency around equity and inclusion work at the Portland Art Museum and Northwest Film Center, this update from the Equity Team (covering summer 2021) recounts initiatives, partnerships, programs, and exhibitions that are moving our racial equity work forward. Our hope remains, that by sharing honestly and openly,…  Read more

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Write Around PAM: Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

Image Description: Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Antoine Monnoyer. “Still Life with Flowers, Fruits, a Parrot and a Monkey.” 1690/1699. Oil on canvas. 43 ⅜ “ and 59 ⅛”. Large painting with a dark background and brightly colored flowers with a thick gold frame with ornate filigree. A dark blue sky filled with a thin layer of flat clouds fills the background. Rolling hills can be seen in the distance with sunlight illuminating low clouds behind them. A dark tree trunk raises up behind a large plant with layers of leaves that are green at the tips and purple at the base. A tiny monkey hides in the darkness at the base of the plant. Only its head is visible. The monkey has black fur, a dark brown face, and small teeth. It looks towards the middle of the painting with its mouth gently open, teeth visible. To the right of the monkey is a large pile of fruit. Two large clusters of grapes are stacked high. Those on top are oval shaped, with a darker blue and purple color. The smaller grapes are round and a lighter blue color with purple accents. The grapes reflect the light source that seems to be illuminating the middle of the painting. Under the grapes are five dark blue oval plums, still on the branch with small dark green leaves. Two sets of three peaches are set below and above the grapes on the right. The peaches are cream and orange and blend into the dark shadows. Above the fruit is a large plant with pinnate leaves each with eight, serrated leaflets. Above the leaves, long thin green stems reach out and curve downward with eleven large blossoms with white centers and feathered red petals. Light reflects off the white portion of the petals creating a striking contrast to the dark shadows covering the leaves in the background. To the right is a large peony plant with sixteen buds and blossoms growing from thin green stems with light green oval leaves with strong veins. The large blossoms have dark pink centers and light pink outer petals and stand out, reflecting the light. Under the peonies is a smaller plant with large dark green leaves that have thin stems growing outward with groups of round flowers with white centers with a shiny black ball in the middle. Three groups to the left and back of the leaves are red and green striped. The groups in the middle and front are light pink with green stripes. Next to them are clumps of four-petaled star-shaped purple flowers. A bunch of these flowers extend upward past the peony leaves. The clumps at the top right are light blue and white. Next to them a dark colored parrot with a blue body, brown head, red forehead, black beak, and golden round eyes camouflage behind dark leaves. Behind the flowers, tree branches with large dark green leaves extend to the edge of the painting.
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French, 1636-1699); Antoine Monnoyer (French, 1670-1747), Still Life with Flowers, Fruits, a Parrot and a Monkey, 1690/1699, oil on canvas, 43 3/8 in x 59 1/8 in, Museum Purchase: Support provided by Laura and Roger Meier through the Director's Fund and the North Building Campaign. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 2004.1

This still life painting by Jean-Baptiste and Antoine Monnoyer captures a richness of color, texture, shadow, and light. The blossoms and fruits evoke a bountiful energy that invites us to step further into the scene. Our own lives also offer places of abundance, richness, and delight, if we take a moment to step further into…  Read more

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Write Around PAM: Charles-François Daubigny

Image description: “Field of Poppies.” Charles-François Daubigny. 1860/1878. Oil on panel. 11 1/4 x 23 7/8 inches. This warm, rural landscape features a field of bright red poppies in the foreground and a dense row of leafy green trees along the horizon. The luminous sky--golden on the right, suggesting the rising sun just below the trees--melts into lavender on the left punctuated by a bright, white moon. On the right, a figure on horseback rides away from the viewer, following the diagonal line of a river behind the poppies and leading toward the center of the painting, where two people work the field. The painting style anticipates Impressionism in its attention to light and the use of visible, expressive brush strokes.
Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878), Field of Poppies, 1860/1878, oil on panel, 11 1/4 in x 23 7/8 in, Bequest of Miss Mary Forbush Failing. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 48.1.7

As we reach the end of August, with concerns of drought and fire risks continuing across the region, we also are so grateful for the bounty the Pacific Northwest summers offer. Charles-François Daubigny’s Field of Poppies, though painted in France, seems to capture this energy of summertime in the Northwest—expansive sky, green landscape, bountiful flowers.…  Read more

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Write Around PAM: Marie Louise Feldenheimer

Image description: “Rhododendrons.” Marie Louise Feldenheimer. 1933. Bronze. 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 6 inches. A rectangular, monochromatic, bronze plaque with four rhododendron flowers in relief. A tight bud appears in the upper left corner, fringed with leaves and pointing toward the corner. Two, fully open flower clusters form a diagonal from the lower left corner to the upper right corner, each framed by large, smooth leaves. In the lower right corner, a partially open flower is seen from the side, facing toward the edge, the edges of its leaves curve gently. Strong sunlight on the relief creates deep shadows and glossy areas, suggesting the shine of actual rhododendron leaves.
Marie Louise Feldenheimer (American, 1894-1993), Rhodedendrons, 1933, bronze, 19 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in x 6, Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 45.11

This sculpture by Marie Louise Feldenheimer, mounted in the Museum’s outdoor sculpture court, captures the beauty of the rhododendrons native to the Pacific Northwest. It also offers an opportunity to reflect on all that this piece sees as it rests in downtown Portland. We invite you to take some time today writing about this piece’s…  Read more

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Write Around PAM: Théo Van Rysselberghe

“Plage à marée basse à Ambleteuse, le soir (Beach At Low Tide, Ambleteuse, Evening)”. Théo Van Rysselberghe. 1900. Oil on Canvas. 21 ½” x 24 ¾”. Series of bright vividly colored dots fill the canvas depicting the sunset, ocean, and beach. The bottom third of the canvas has a base layer of blue and green dots with purple, pink, yellow, and white drops on top. Estuaries run from the bank, curving through the sand, and into the sea. They are made up of light yellow and orange dots, reflecting the sunset. Near the middle of the painting darker sand depicted by dark green, blue, and brown dots runs along the edge of the ocean which is composed of longer ovals of green, blue, yellow, and pink brushstrokes. Light blue sky covers the top of the canvas with yellow, pink, and red rays extending to the right. Above, red, purple, and orange clouds dot the sky. Long linear clouds on the right and small oval clouds on the left. The painting is framed in a gold frame with highly detailed filigree loosely resembling vines, leaves, and flowers.
Théo Van Rysselberghe (Belgian, 1862-1926), Plage à marée basse à Ambleteuse, le soir (Beach At Low Tide, Ambleteuse, Evening), 1900, oil on canvas, 21 1/2 in x 24 3/4 in, Gift of Laura and Roger Meier. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 2011.142

Théo Van Rysselberghe’s painting beautifully captures the summertime: a beach at sunset. Step into this scene with us today, and take a moment to rest. Soak in the colors of the sky, hear the ocean waves, feel the sand between your toes and the breeze on your face. And then, take a few minutes to…  Read more

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Write Around PAM: Ansel Adams

Image description: Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, Ansel Adams, 1941, (negative) printed later, gelatin silver print. A black and white, landscape photograph showing a moon in a dark night sky over mountains, a church and graveyard. The photo is divided roughly in half with the top portion holding the dark, almost black sky. Towards the center of the work the sky lightens, and wispy clouds stretch across the photo. An almost full moon sits just left of center in the lighter sky above the light gray clouds. A snow-peaked mountain range sits under the clouds with scrubland below it. At far left a pueblo-style church with steep flat walls rises in the foreground topped with a small white cross. Low lying outbuildings and trees continue across to the right side of the photo where they meet with a cluster of crosses and headstones. Each cross is slightly different, and all seem to reflect the light and show up brightly against the darker background. Dark scrubby bushes continue to the bottom of the photograph.
Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984), Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941; print date: 1965–75, Photograph, gelatin silver print, 2018.2730, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Lane Collection © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust, Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ansel Adams took this photograph on the side of the highway, after glancing out the window while driving. It has since become one of his most famous pieces. We invite you to use it as inspiration in your own writing today. First, think of a moment when you were out in the world and caught…  Read more