Portal, Summer 2017

SUMMER 2017

quest for beauty animating life: laika 125th anniversary

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FROM THE DIRECTOR

21 NORTHWEST

FILM CENTER

3 EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS

Global Classroom

Oregon Media Arts Fellowship

Portland Jewish Film Festival

Pre-Code Series Preview

Quest for Beauty

Representing

Recent Photography Acquisitions

APEX: Sam Hamilton

Whistler and the Etching Revival

25 MEMBERS & PATRONS

Jennifer Steinkamp

Patron Exclusives

Object Stories: Combat Paper

Just for Members

Around the Galleries

Animating Life: LAIKA

29 PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES

15 NEWS & NOTEWORTHY

Exhibition Programs

Ongoing Programs

John Yeon & Northwest Modernism

Public Programs

Museum Turns 125

Chita Becker Named Trustee Emerita

35 GIFTS & GATHERINGS

45 CALENDAR

PORTAL, VOL. 6, ISSUE 2

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COVER/OPPOSITE: Portrait of John Yeon by John Hinchliff, 1977; John Yeon Archive; Portland Visitors Information Center, 1948, Roger Sturtevant Collection, Oakland Museum of California; Sam Hamilton (Aotearoa, born 1984), Still from Apple Pie, 2016, 16mm film transferred to HD, 82 minutes, loop. Courtesy of the artist; Jennifer Steinkamp (American, born 1958), Orbit 11, 2011, video installation, dimensions variable, Edition of 3; Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong.

FROM THE DIRECTOR It is a great honor to present this summer’s special exhibition, Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon, a tribute to a celebrated Oregon architect, conservationist, and art lover who was deeply influential in shaping this region we love.

My introduction to John Yeon’s architecture, soon after my arrival as director 10 years ago, was appropriately the modest yet sophisticated Visitors Information Center in downtown Portland, a beautifully sited and proportioned form that captured the essence of the modernism in plywood. Later, I visited the celebrated Aubrey Watzek House, where perfect scale, handsomely articulated sightlines, and natural materials combined harmoniously with antiques and decorative arts. As I explored the natural landscape of my new home state, I was mesmerized by The Shire, an Arcadian landscape that frames views of Multnomah Falls from across the Columbia River.

John’s impact was equally substantial on our Board of Trustees, where he helped define the Museum we know today. He curated a groundbreaking exhibition juxtaposing photographs of Oregon with reproductions of Chinese and old master paintings, secured major Asian works for the collection, and designed several of the Museum’s early galleries. John Yeon was an iconic Oregonian—a man who believed deeply in the natural beauty of this special place, and in our natural capacity to create beauty around us.

I am profoundly grateful to Richard Louis Brown, Yeon’s companion of nearly 30 years and a longtime friend of the Museum, for his invaluable support, collaboration, and loans of artwork to Quest for Beauty. I also commend the curatorial team of Randy Gragg, executive director of the University of Oregon’s John Yeon Center for Architecture and the Landscape; Dawson Carr, Ph.D., The Janet and Richard Geary Curator of European Art; Maribeth Graybill, Ph.D., The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Asian Art; and Donald Urquhart, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, who brought their considerable expertise and insights to the creation of this enlightening, fascinating exhibition.

This summer is just the time to re-introduce our community to an important figure in its artistic heritage, as we look forward to celebrating the Museum’s 125th anniversary. The quest for beauty still resonates here, finding contemporary expression through stunning works such as Jennifer Steinkamp’s arboreal animations and Isa Genzken’s towering aluminum-and-steel orchids.

We’ve seen strong support for honoring another artistic hometown hero in our planned Rothko Pavilion, pushing our $75 million capital and endowment campaign toward the halfway mark. As we build toward the future, we are reminded every day that the Museum’s true bedrock is the dedication and creative spirit of the people who have found a home in this exceptional place. Thank you for joining us, and enjoy this season of beauty.

Brian J. Ferriso The Marilyn H. and Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Director Chief Curator Director Brian Ferriso at the Watzek House with Richard Louis Brown, who founded the Yeon Center in 1995 with his gift of the house to the University of Oregon.

EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS

QUEST FOR BEAUTY The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon MAY 13 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

The Portland Art Museum is pleased to present a retrospective look at an Oregon original.

Few architects have influenced so many facets of a region as John Yeon (1910-1994). Yeon is most widely remembered as an architect, in particular for a series of innovative houses— most prominently, the 1937 Aubrey Watzek House—that drew an international spotlight to regional modernism in the Pacific Northwest.

His far-reaching innovations in construction and in what today is called sustainable design and his stylistic freedom from modernist dogma anticipated later movements ranging from the ecological modernism of Glenn Murcutt to the postmodern eclecticism of Robert Venturi and Charles Moore.

Yet Yeon had equal vision and influence as a planner, conservationist, historic preservationist, urban activist, and, perhaps most of all, connoisseur of elegance and

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craft. Largely self-taught, and working independently, Yeon designed distinctive buildings, shaped precedent-stretching gardens, and fought to preserve some of the Northwest’s most treasured vistas. Yeon wrote the first environmental impact statement for the Columbia Gorge, stopped roads and development that would have marred treasured scenic vistas at the Oregon Coast, played a pivotal role in the creation of Olympic National Park, and prevented the demolition of the Greek Revival First National Bank in Portland.

In addition, he amassed a highly personal collection of Asian and European decorative arts. Yeon once compared his attitude toward architecture to that of a “landscape painter imagining what would look good in his landscape painting.” The primacy of the visual— the quest for beauty—applied to Yeon’s every pursuit.

Developed with the University of Oregon’s John Yeon Center for Architecture and the Landscape, Quest for Beauty’s architecture and landscape section surveys two dozen projects and buildings designed between 1927 and the mid-’50s, including a dynamic 1934 scheme for Timberline Lodge; the Aubrey Watzek House, first exhibited and published in MoMA’s 1939 10th anniversary exhibit and book Art in our Time; Yeon’s inventive plywood houses of the late ’30s; and the 1950 Shaw House, which elegantly anticipates the stylistic eclecticism of Postmodernism.

The exhibition features original models and drawings, along with images by a trio of the midcentury’s greatest architectural photographers: Ezra Stoller, Maynard Parker, and Roger Sturtevant. Newly developed models and axonometric drawings will invite a greater understanding of Yeon’s careful siting of

ABOVE: The Shire. © Chris Hornbecker Photographer; RIGHT: Portland Visitors Information Center, 1948, Roger Sturtevant Collection, Oakland Museum of California.

buildings and his cutting-edge construction and sustainable design techniques. A high-definition time-lapse video records the changing seasons at The Shire, the stunning 78-acre preserve in the Columbia Gorge that Yeon saved from development and shaped into a unique landscape with a series of vistas of Multnomah Falls.

The exhibition features a wide selection of art, decorative arts and historic materials lent by Richard Louis Brown, who founded the Yeon Center in 1995 with his gift of the Watzek House to the University of Oregon. Yeon’s interests as a collector encompassed a range of materials from distant times and places, with concentrations of Chinese furniture and ceramics, Korean ceramics, Japanese screen paintings, Japanese lacquers and ceramics, and Indian miniature paintings, as well as European decorative arts of the 18th century. He had a keen sense of quality and an eye for detail, and he moved effortlessly across scale and scope, finding delight equally in small objects and vast vistas.

Together, the buildings, landscapes, art, furniture, and objects showcase a restless eye and mind that could absorb the lessons of centuries of Asian and European art while developing an original vision for the Pacific Northwest.

Quest for Beauty is accompanied by two books published by the Yeon Center with Monfried Editions, John Yeon: Architecture and John Yeon: Landscape. The Museum is presenting a variety of public programs and tours in conjunction with the exhibition, including an opening lecture by distinguished curator and architecture scholar Barry Bergdoll.

Organized by the Portland Art Museum and curated by Randy Gragg, executive director of the University of Oregon’s John Yeon Center for Architecture and the Landscape. Collection exhibition curated by Maribeth Graybill, Ph.D., The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Asian Art, and Dawson W. Carr, Ph.D., The Janet and Richard Geary Curator of European Art.

PRESENTING SPONSOR: Exhibition Series Sponsors; MAJOR SPONSORS: Oregon Heritage Commission, Freres Lumber Co Inc., MTek Kiosk Inc., PLANAR, Rejuvenation, SuperFab; SPONSORS: Blakemore Foundation, Ed Cauduro Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, Hoffman Construction Company in memory of Eric Hoffman Sr., Lever Architecture, Dan Wieden and Priscilla Bernard Wieden; SUPPORTERS: Afternoon Inc., Asian Art Council of the Portland Art Museum, Chris Hornbecker Photographer, Katherine and Mark Frandsen, Salena Johnson, nc3d, NORTH, Opsis Architecture, Nate Overmeyer and Sarah Dougher, REX HILL, TigerStop, University of Oregon John Yeon Center for Architecture and the Landscape, University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Jo Whitsell, Peter and Susan Belluschi in memory of Jeffrey Belluschi, European and American Art Council of the Portland Art Museum, Robert Trotman and William Hetzelson, Susan and Jim Winkler, The Acorn Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, and Margueritte H. Drake.

JOHN YEON AS A COLLECTOR John Yeon’s accomplishments as an architect received national recognition while he was still in his prime, and his impact on the Oregon landscape as an activist for the environment was well known regionally. His genius as a collector belonged to the more private aspects of his life and may be less familiar to Museum audiences.

The selected highlights from the collection featured in this exhibition illuminate the

extraordinary breadth of his interests, spanning several centuries of human endeavor from Europe to Asia, and his unerring eye for quality craftsmanship. Yeon was an assiduous student of the arts, reading and traveling widely as well as corresponding regularly with leading scholars in the field. His choices were, however, uniquely his own. He seems to have been drawn to objects with flowing, curvilinear contours or asymmetrical compositions—works that played well against the almost Spartan rectilinearity of his architecture. He displayed these works in his residential interiors in thoughtfully curated arrangements, bringing together East and West in utterly unexpected, brilliant combinations.

One of his favorite acquisitions was a pair of Japanese screens of birds and flowers, which he believed to be by Sesshū (1420–1506), the most famous painter in Japanese history.

Modern scholarship considers them to be by a close follower, an opinion that in no way diminishes their dramatic graphic impact.

Yeon would use Japanese screen paintings as the visual anchor for a large space, and then populate the rest with art works of smaller scale, such as the magnificent Chinese baluster vase in dazzling yellow and blue, or Indian miniature paintings in intense hues.

Yeon’s penchant for Asian art was echoed in his pursuit of chinoiserie, whimsical 18thcentury European objects that freely interpret Chinese and East Asian artistic traditions. He was particularly attracted to chinoiserie made in

Venice, Europe’s gateway to Asia. One of the most spectacular objects in his collection was a door from the Ca’ Rezzonico on the Grand Canal, in which whimsical sprays of flowers, tied with crisp ribbon, enframe two scenes that epitomize European fantasies of the exotic East.

Made about 1760, the door is painted in high relief and finished to resemble Asian lacquer.

In collecting European art, Yeon favored Italian and French works of the Baroque and Rococo periods, particularly those depicting dramatic movement. These include two objects depicting figures in flight: Hubert Gerhard’s bronze Putto and an impressive sketch of a flying figure viewed from below by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Most spectacular of all is an ivory carving, less than 6 inches tall, depicting The Conversion of Saint Paul with numerous figures in action. These works no doubt first attracted Yeon because of their extraordinary handling of materials, but the movement of forms surely also appealed to the architect.

THE WATZEK HOUSE

By Randy Gragg Unassumingly clad in clear Douglas fir tongue-and-groove siding, Portland’s most internationally exhibited and published house might easily be mistaken for a humble barn. But look more closely at the beautifully stacked fieldstone foundation, the crisply minimal eave line, and the lush courtyard, or enjoy a full tour of the interiors, paneled in a medley of finely crafted Oregon noble fir, western hemlock, and Oregon oak, and there is little doubt why this masterwork of American architecture in 2012 became Portland’s first—and still only—National Historic Landmark residence.

Though John Yeon gained most of his architectural education in an internship in the office of Portland master architect

Herman Brookman, he emerged at the age of 26 a near-Mozartian wunderkind.

“Architectural credo,” he quipped, “selfevolved.” His first built design, for the lumber baron Aubrey Watzek, became the defining early work of what came to be called the Northwest Regional style of modernism. Yet it also stood far apart from all the period’s fads. As European and American architects of the time were abandoning interior walls and moldings for the cool, clean lines and open plans of the International Style, Yeon fearlessly turned the Watzek House into a “sequence of revelations”—each hallway and room imbued with deeply sophisticated interpretations of Venetian, English, and Asian motifs, from the broadly differing ceiling treatments of each room down to minute details such as moldings and door pulls.

The Museum of Modern Art exhibited and published the Watzek House

LEFT: Japan, unknown artist, Negoro Ware Ewer for Hot Water, 17th century, turned wood with black and vermillion lacquer, 15 x 9 1/2 x 5 inches, Portland Art Museum: John Yeon Collection, gift of Richard Louis Brown, 2008.23; TOP LEFT: Japan, unknown artist, Pair of Bird-and-Flower Screens, 16th/early 17th century, ink and color on paper, Collection of Richard Louis Brown; Hubert Gerhard (Dutch, active Germany, ca. 1545-before 1621), A Putto, early 17th century, bronze, Portland Art Museum: Gift of Richard Louis Brown, 2014.106.1; TOP RIGHT: Aubrey Watzek House, Portland, Oregon, 1937; photo by Jeremy Bittermann.

numerous times, the curators admiring how “the quiet sweep of simple forms harmoniously complements the fine Western landscape.” The home appeared in numerous American and European journals, becoming a cause célèbre both for editors promoting a leading-edge American modernism and for those arguing for more traditional architectural values.

Fearing new owners might mar his greatest work with clumsy remodels, Yeon bought the house from Watzek’s estate in the ’70s. After Yeon’s death in 1994, his longtime companion, Richard Louis Brown, donated the house to the University of Oregon, which formed the John Yeon Center for Architecture and the Landscape the following year to use the house as “a laboratory for the best historic preservation practices ... responsibly and creatively for the benefit of current and future generations.”

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RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY ACQUISITIONS THROUGH JULY 23, 2017

REPRESENTING Vernacular Photographs of, by, and for African Americans JULY 29 – DECEMBER 3, 2017

This summer, Representing will bring together studio portraits from an important North Portland family album, vernacular snapshots, and Polaroids to demonstrate the rich diversity of African-American life and experience from the late 1800s through the 1990s. Throughout the history of photography, the representation of African Americans has been problematic and, until recently, understudied. During the 19th and 20th centuries, negative depictions of African Americans published in the popular press distorted white audiences’ understanding of black life and culture. Personal, everyday photographs made by, for, and of African Americans, rarely seen by wider audiences, serve as important counter-images to the stereotypical media portrayals of the time.

The earliest photographs featured in Representing, now part of the Museum’s permanent collection, come from the North Portland estate of Carl and Mercedes Deiz. A prominent Oregon couple, Carl (1920–2014) was a Tuskegee Airman during World War II, and Mercedes (1917–2005) was the first black woman to be admitted to the Oregon

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State Bar. Turn-of-the-20th-century studio portraits of successful middle-class African Americans from the Deiz family album serve as counterpoints to concurrent, mass-marketed images of former slaves, minstrels, unskilled workers, and even lynchings. In addition, snapshots from Peter J. Cohen’s notable vernacular photography collection, produced during the mid-20th century, provide glimpses of daily life and leisure culture in AfricanAmerican communities. Finally, found Polaroids drawn from artist Zun Lee’s personal collection depict milestones, candid moments, and poignant interactions between family members and friends.

Together, these varied and personal photographs, produced throughout the United States during significant eras of the country’s history, challenge racial stereotypes and assumptions, and demonstrate how African Americans chose to portray themselves.

Organized by the Portland Art Museum and curated by Julia Dolan, Ph.D., The Minor White Curator of Photography.

Since 2014, more than 1,500 photographs have been added to the Museum’s permanent collection. These recent acquisitions, created by artists from throughout the world, span the history of the medium and demonstrate a striking diversity of artistic approaches. A number of the works on display, such as a large print of Corey Arnold’s 2015 work Wake and Sea, were purchased with funds raised by the Museum’s Photography Council, Oregon’s Ford Family Foundation, and other charitable organizations, while many other photographs were donated by local and national supporters.

With work by recognized and emerging artists such as Minor White, Barbara Bosworth, and Lucas Foglia, this sampling of more than 50 recent acquisitions is a testament to the generosity and foresight of our benefactors.

Organized by the Portland Art Museum and curated by Julia Dolan, Ph.D., The Minor White Curator of Photography.

SAM HAMILTON: STANDARD CANDLES THROUGH AUGUST 13, 2017

This season’s APEX exhibition presents a body of work by Sam Hamilton, in his first solo exhibition in the United States. Originally from Aotearoa, New Zealand, Hamilton has recently made Portland his home. Describing his practice as interdisciplinary, or “nondisciplinary,” Hamilton flows between film, music, performance, and installation.

For the APEX exhibition titled Standard Candles, the Museum and Northwest Film Center premiered Hamilton’s feature-length film Apple Pie. Filmed in 16mm and transferred to HD, Apple Pie is a film made of a suite of 10 works loosely combined to create a conceptual and aesthetic experience of the cosmos and our solar system. The 10 works include Pluto, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.

An unusual rhythm takes hold in this visually arresting film. Soundtracks vary between the works, and images are a constant flux of textures. The nonlinear film takes viewers on a journey, expanding our sense of time and our understanding of the evolutionary agency of civilization. The title Apple Pie playfully comes from a popular quote by astronomer Carl Sagan: “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”

Kook-Anderson, The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Northwest Art. The series is supported in part by The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Endowments for Northwest Art and the Exhibition Series Sponsors.

Three additional short films are exhibited, including a minimal installation that humorously points to question historical hierarchies of colonial culture, patriarchy, ecology, and the artist’s labor.

APEX is an ongoing series of exhibitions of Northwest-based artists, curated by Grace

TOP LEFT: Unidentified maker, Polaroid snapshot, ca. 1970 -1980, collection of Zun Lee; unknown photographer, Untitled (Portrait of a Couple), ca. 1870/ca. 1940s, gelatin silver print, Museum Purchase: Photography Acquisition Fund, no known copyright restrictions, 2015.121.27; LEFT: Barbara Bosworth (American, born 1953), Christmas Solar Eclipse in My Father’s Hands, Sanibel, 2000, gelatin silver print, Gift of the artist, © Barbara Bosworth, 2015.107.1 TOP: Sam Hamilton (Aotearoa, born 1984), Still from Apple Pie, 2016, 16mm film transferred to HD, 82 minutes, loop. Courtesy of the artist.

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JENNIFER STEINKAMP JULY 8 – SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Swaying branches, dancing leaves, and vibrant blooms fill the walls of the Museum this summer in this immersive exhibition of digital animations

by Jennifer Steinkamp. Shown at very large scale, Steinkamp’s works bring the gallery walls to life as the architecture seems to dissolve into another world. The artist employs thoroughly contemporary tools of computer and software for her expressions of natural motifs, and the four remarkable projections on view consider how time in the natural world revolves on a cyclical clock. The dramatic centerpiece Orbit will fill one wall of the Stott gallery from corner to corner, depicting the celestial mechanics of a planet spinning through its year. Turbulent winds blow branches, leaves, and flowers through the seasons, enveloping the viewer in swirling motion. Two works from the Judy Crook series occupy the walls perpendicular to Orbit.

These animations represent individual trees standing firm as their branches sway, bloom,

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and drop their leaves in another depiction of nature tracking time. Steinkamp dedicates her tree series to influential teachers from her past; Judy Crook taught color theory at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where Steinkamp earned her BFA and MFA degrees. Kamp Tree is a fourth work to be installed in the Inskeep gallery. It is a smallerscale work created in collaboration with children participating in a summer art camp and will be a lighthearted introduction to the visually intense works in the Stott.

program focuses on artists, their needs and values in creative practice, their furtherance of the creative commons (especially in light of the tense contemporary moment), and artistic practices that serve to amplify the voice of others.

Supported in part by Converge 45, the Contemporary Art Council of the Portland Art Museum, and the Exhibition Series Sponsors.

Jennifer Steinkamp is also the Museum’s primary contribution as a partner institution of Converge 45, a citywide contemporaryart program. From August 9 through 12, Intersection @ Converge 45 will highlight exhibitions and special events with the theme YOU IN MIND, established by guest artistic director Kristy Edmunds. This year’s TOP: Jennifer Steinkamp (American, born 1958), Orbit 11, 2011, video installation, dimensions variable, Edition of 3; Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong; RIGHT: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, active England and France, 1834-1903), Black Lion Wharf, from The Thames Set, 1859, etching on paper, Bequest of Winslow B. Ayer, 35.94.

WHISTLER AND THE ETCHING REVIVAL JUNE 10 – OCTOBER 15, 2017

Beginning around 1850, the medium of etching gained widespread popularity among artists and collectors, a groundswell of enthusiasm and creativity that lasted nearly 100 years. Instead of using the medium as a means to create slavish reproductions of paintings, artists exploited the unique properties of the copper plate and etching ground to create sensitive and poetic works that highlighted the artist’s hand and touch. American expatriate James Abbott McNeill Whistler stands as the leading pioneer of the international movement that would come to be known as the Etching Revival.

Drawn from the collection of the Portland Art Museum, Whistler and the Etching Revival takes a broad look at the movement and includes French, British, and American artists who found lyrical means of expression in this medium. Early French pioneers such as Charles

Meryon and Félix Buhot are featured alongside masterworks made across the Channel by Whistler and his British brother-in-law Francis Seymour Haden, together with Americans John Taylor Arms and Joseph Pennell, among others.

Organized by the Portland Art Museum and curated by Mary Weaver Chapin, Ph.D., Curator of Prints and Drawings. This exhibition is supported in part by the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Endowment for Graphic Arts and the Exhibition Series Sponsors.

OBJECT STORIES Combat Paper

We are excited to introduce this Object Stories exhibition in a special community opening as part of our Annual Summer Celebration for the Military Community on June 23, 6–8 p.m.

Stop in to make art, create connections, and celebrate summer through music, tours, food, and fun. Free admission for veterans, activeduty military, and their families and friends. All ages are welcome.

JUNE 3 – AUGUST 27

Since 2013, the Portland Art Museum has been working closely with the military communities of Portland and Southwest Washington to welcome veterans, active-duty military, and their friends and family to the Museum. Our summer Object Stories exhibition is the product of a creative workshop with artist and military veteran Drew Cameron. At the workshop, veterans deconstructed and combined their uniforms to turn them into handmade paper. The resulting Combat Paper blends the distinct U.S. military branches and spans decades of individual service. This Object Stories exhibition shares each veteran participant’s Combat Paper, and details their personal reasons for serving in the military and undergoing this transformative experience.

The Museum is proud to participate in the Blue Star Museum program, which offers free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, from Memorial Day through Labor Day. For more information, visit arts.gov/national/blue-star-museums.

The Museum is grateful to the PSU Veteran Resource Center and artist Drew Cameron for their assistance on the Combat Paper project.

AROUND THE GALLERIES

BY GRACE KOOK-ANDERSON, THE ARLENE AND HAROLD SCHNITZER CURATOR OF NORTHWEST ART

Grace Kook-Anderson joined the Museum in January as the new Northwest Art curator, following the retirement of Bonnie LaingMalcolmson last year. Grace was previously the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California, where she organized nearly 30 exhibitions and created a single-artist contemporary space with strong parallels to our own APEX series celebrating Northwest artists.

She shared several of her favorite works in the Museum’s exceptional collection of Northwest art, as well as her plans for this important regional resource. Learn more about Grace at portlandartmuseum.org/curators.

Supporting and spreading knowledge and enthusiasm for the arts of the Northwest is a privileged position to be in. As I continue to reflect, study, and shape the programs in the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Northwest Art, I look forward to creating a deeper narrative of this region’s history and place in art history.

Already, the Museum’s resources for the study of Northwest Art are robust. Beginning with the digitization of almost 10,000 works, made possible by 2012-2015 funding from the NEA and NEH, the collection is available online as a significant and easily accessible resource. This online resource is available in addition to the Museum’s library and archival collections, which focus primarily on Northwest art and artists.

I look forward to deepening the Center for Northwest Art’s program through rotations of the permanent collection while offering more information for the public. Continuing the

APEX series is very exciting, as I have long admired similar programs in other institutions, including the Berkeley Art Museum’s MATRIX program and the Hammer Museum’s Hammer Projects. Since its inception in 2007, APEX has maintained a keen look at contemporary art of the region. In the coming year, we will reflect on the 10-year history of the program with a publication celebrating APEX curators, artists, and installations from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.

At the same time, I’ll make a deeper study of the ever-changing forces that inform and inspire artists in our region. That research is certain to inform a more focused and thematic approach to the next Contemporary Northwest Art Awards in 2019, which will look closely at artists and influences in the region’s Pacific Rim.

Bill Will Reconstitution, 2005 FOURTH FLOOR, HOFFMAN

William Morris Artifact Panel, 2000 THIRD FLOOR, HOFFMAN

Ralph Chessé Family Portrait, 1944 THIRD FLOOR, HOFFMAN

Ronna Neuenschwander Den Muso, 1986 FOURTH FLOOR, HOFFMAN

Rick Bartow Quiet One, 2013 SECOND FLOOR, HOFFMAN

Ralph Chessé (American, 1900-1991), Family Portrait, 1944, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Bequest of F. Harrison Taylor, © Estate of Ralph Chessé, 2001.19; William Morris (American, born 1957), Artifact Panel, 2000, glass, wood, and paint, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Leonard and Lois Schnitzer, © 2000 William Morris, 2000.12; Rick Bartow (American and Wiyot, 1946-2016), Quiet One, 2013, acrylic on panel, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by bequest of Elizabeth Cole Butler by exchange, © Courtesy of the artist and Froelick Gallery, 2014.16.1; Ronna Neuenschwander (American, born 1954), Den Muso (Young Girl), 1986, terra sigillata, adobe, earthenware, concrete, and found objects, Gift of Ronna and Eric Hoffman, © Ronna Neuenschwander, 2001.51; Bill Will (American, born 1951), Reconstitution, 2005, scrap lumber and millwork, Courtesy of Bonnie Bronson Collection, Funded in part by the ReBuilding Center and Regional Arts & Culture Council, L2015.42.1

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ANIMATING LIFE: The Art, Science, and Wonder of LAIKA OCTOBER 14, 2017 – MAY 20, 2018

This fall, the Portland Art Museum and Northwest Film Center celebrate Animating Life: The Art, Science, and Wonder of LAIKA, a groundbreaking view into the visionary artistry and technology of the globally renowned animation studio.

At the heart of every LAIKA film are the artists who meticulously craft every element. Through behind-the-scenes photography, video clips, and physical assets from LAIKA’s films, visitors will be immersed in the studio’s creative process, exploring the production design, sets, puppets, costumes, and world-building that have become LAIKA’s hallmarks. Its films are a triumph of imagination and ingenuity over the limits of time and space, breathing life into lifeless things.

“We are thrilled to partner with LAIKA to present the wonders of this distinct enterprise,” said Brian Ferriso, The Marilyn H. and Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Director and Chief

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Curator of the Portland Art Museum. “LAIKA at its core is an artistic endeavor that embraces the past and infuses it with a 21st-century vision.

From its base in Hillsboro, Oregon, LAIKA offers an aesthetic vocabulary that continues to be shaped by the people and uniqueness of this special state.”

LAIKA has produced four Oscar®-nominated features, including Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), The Boxtrolls (2014), ParaNorman (2102), and Coraline (2009). With unconventional but distinctly human characters, LAIKA’s storytelling is rooted in time-honored narratives with universal appeal.

“We believe storytelling is an important part of who we all are and that the best stories are a delicate and artful blend of darkness and light, of intensity and warmth, of much-considered thought and keenly felt emotion,” said Travis Knight, President and CEO of LAIKA. “Art in its best forms speaks to our shared humanity.

Art allows us to see the world through eyes that are not our own; it unites and binds us in our shared humanity.”

During the course of the exhibition, the Northwest Film Center will present wideranging programming showcasing the studio’s work and surveying the evolution of stopmotion animation since before the turn of the 20th century. Along with film exhibition programming, the Center will offer a range of animation classes, workshops, and visitingartist programs for students, artists, families, and community members of all ages, including exhibition offerings in its Global Classroom screening program for high school students.

Organized by the Portland Art Museum and the Northwest Film Center in collaboration with LAIKA. Sponsored in part by Bill Whitsell and the Exhibition Series Sponsors.

Behind-the-scenes view of Kubo and the Two Strings; courtesy of LAIKA.

NEWS & NOTEWORTHY

THE SPIRIT OF PLACE John Yeon and Northwest Modernism

By Brian Libby For all the beauty of John Yeon’s architecture and his visionary environmental activism, the architect’s biggest impact may have been the regional movement that he, along with legendary fellow Portland architect Pietro Belluschi, helped inspire: Northwest modernism.

In the 1920s and ’30s, architects around the world were influenced by modern architecture, be it by Europeans like Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier or Americans like Frank Lloyd Wright:

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buildings stripped of traditional ornament but with copious glass and natural light.

Yeon and Belluschi had both worked with influential Portland architect A.E. Doyle, who was known for a string of landmarks like the Central Library and Benson Hotel. But it was Doyle’s circa-1916 Wentz Bungalow on the Oregon coast, a streamlined version of traditional residential forms nestled gently into the landscape, that pointed the way forward.

“It had a lot of characteristics of what would become the Northwest style: very simple architecture, very rational use of

wood and open spaces,” explains William Hawkins, author of Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon, 1850–1950.

Yeon’s 1937 house for lumber magnate Aubrey Watzek really kicked off the Northwest modern genre, given its attention from the Museum of Modern Art (via inclusion in a 10th anniversary book, Art of Our Time) and its sheer individuality. Unlike modernist houses, it was made of wood, not steel or masonry, and it had a pitched roof with wide overhangs as shelter from rain.

But the Watzek House (see page 7), like

Belluschi’s Sutor House completed a year later, was also unapologetically modern, with an elegant, clean-lined simplicity; wide-open volumes; and careful siting to take advantage of spectacular views of Mount Hood through floor-to-ceiling glass. Though the Watzek was for an affluent client, Yeon also sought to design “something new, something more in tune with the times that people could afford,” Hawkins explains. Modernism was an aesthetic departure, but more than today, it also possessed a kind of populism, particularly after World War II, with a

whole generation of Americans settling down into houses of their own for the first time.

In the ensuing decades as Yeon turned to environmentalism and museum-exhibit design, a host of midcentury residential architects would continue what Yeon and Belluschi started, from Paul Kirk and Paul Thiry in Seattle to Portland architects like Saul Zaik, Van Evera Bailey, Walter Gordon, John Storrs, and William Fletcher. Some were native Pacific Northwesterners, but others came here from across the United States out of an

affinity for this fusion of modern and traditional styles. And more than a halfcentury later, these houses remain popular, routinely published in design magazines like Dwell when restored and fetching high prices when placed on the market.

“I don’t know if they were consciously trying to develop a new style,” Hawkins says, “but John got a lot of attention because of MoMA, and that gave a lot of impetus to say, ‘Let’s develop this style.’

They all knew each other. And I think they really influenced each other.”

Aubrey Watzek House, Portland, Oregon, 1937; photo by Jeremy Bittermann.

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MUSEUM TURNS 125 On December 12, 2017, the Portland Art Museum will celebrate 125 years of connecting our community to art. At a time when the city was trading in lumber, not coffee, and the country’s arts and culture epicenters were 3,000 miles away, the founders of the Portland Art Association affirmed the value of art to the city and its citizens when they signed articles of incorporation in 1892. In the coming months, the Museum will be presenting programs, hosting events, and telling the story of more than 12 decades of collecting, exhibiting, and programming, while also reflecting on the present and looking forward to the future.

The anniversary celebrations kick off in September with a once-in-a-lifetime gala

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featuring dinner in the galleries and a performance by Portland native and Grammy Award winner Esperanza Spalding. Proceeds from the gala support the the Museum’s Fund for the Future, reaffirming the importance of the Museum as a key thread in the fabric of the city. In November, we tap our Art and Beer program for a statewide audience using Picturing Oregon—an online database of art featuring images of Oregon—to inspire craft beer with unique terroir.

Look forward to articles, interviews, videos, and social media projects that shine a light on where we came from and what lies ahead.

It was Museum co-founder C.E.S. Wood who famously proclaimed “good citizens are the riches of a city,” a quote cemented on the Skidmore Fountain in Old Town Portland.

The Portland Art Museum’s name has evolved over 125 years—beginning as the Portland Art Association in 1892, then becoming the Oregon Art Institute in 1989, and finally the Portland Art Museum in 1992.

In 1943, the Museum began collecting animal sculptures for the Animals of All Ages exhibition, which was installed at a child’seye level.

Did you know?

ABOVE: Archive image from November 1933 showing Italian paintings on loan from Samuel H. Kress, displayed in the Museum’s newly constructed European galleries.

Many of these paintings were later given to the Museum and are currently on view.

125th Anniversary Year Presenting Sponsor

125TH ANNIVERSARY GALA REFLECTINGFORWARD SEPTEMBER 23, 5:30 P.M.

Join us for a very special evening as we celebrate our 125-year history and look to the future of the Portland Art Museum.

Dine among masterworks in the historic galleries designed by Pietro Belluschi.

Enjoy a performance by four-time Grammy Award-winning artist and Portland native Esperanza Spalding.

Continue the celebration with dancing and latenight revelry at the After Party.

SPONSOR A VIP TABLE: $15,000 To reserve a table or for more information, please visit portlandartmuseum.org/125gala or email elizabeth.thomas@pam.org.

Individual tickets will be available this summer.

PRESENTING SPONSOR: Richard and Janet Geary Foundation

A gala like no other, with no silent auction, no live auction, and no paddle raise.

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CHITA BECKER NAMED FIRST EVER TRUSTEE EMERITA It is with great pleasure that the Museum names Chita Becker the first ever Trustee Emerita.

Chita has been a member for more than 50 years and a Patron Society member for nearly 15 years. Serving on the Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2013, she was active on the Advancement and Development Committees, and currently serves on the Collections Committee. Enthusiastic and supportive, she has been instrumental in helping the Museum expand its circle of supporters—always willing to make calls, sign letters, and invite friends to events.

She and her late husband, David Becker, were Presenting Sponsors of the 2004–2005 exhibition Childe Hassam: Impressionist in the West, and also gave generously to the Project for the Millennium. Chita has been a regular Exhibition Series Sponsor for nearly a decade

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and was a Lead Sponsor for The Dancer in 2007. An art lover, she is a member of the Asian Art Council and European and American Art Council, and she and her husband gifted the Museum Childe Hassam’s Nude in Sunlit Wood in 2005.

“Chita has been an unwavering supporter of this Museum for so long. The time and energy she has given as a volunteer, Trustee, and Patron Society member are extraordinary,” said Director Brian Ferriso. “Chita really understands the dynamic role the Museum plays in our community, and I look forward to her involvement as we move into our next 125 years.”

Chita is well known for her support of many community organizations including the Oregon Symphony, Japanese Garden, Portland Garden Club, Meals on Wheels, and the Junior

League—where she first became involved with the Museum as a volunteer for the Suitcase Museum project bringing art into schools.

On receiving the appointment of Trustee Emerita, Chita remarked, “I admire Brian’s leadership and how he has integrated the Museum with local artists and the broader arts community. The Museum has evolved and become an active hub for culture, ideas, and community enrichment. The Museum’s educational programs are extraordinary, and I have learned so much from every lecture, talk, and conversation. The Museum has provided opportunities for everyone.”

Chita’s recent gift to the Connections Campaign adds to her already significant history of support, and helps to ensure a bright future for the Museum.

Chita Becker (right) with Nancie McGraw at an event for Venice: The Golden Age of Art and Music, hosted by Janet Geary.

NORTHWEST FILM CENTER

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OPENING WORLDWIDE Global Classroom expands teen perspectives through storytelling on film.

When 350 teenagers are filing into the Whitsell Auditorium on a weekday morning, it must be a Film Center Global Classroom screening day.

The high school outreach arm of the Portland International Film Festival and one of the Film Center’s flagship programs for teens, Global Classroom connects young people and their high school studies to the wider world through documentary, international, and animated films they wouldn’t have access to in a mainstream theater or their school classroom.

Serving more than 3,000 teenagers from 30 high schools per year, Global Classroom offers eight to 10 free screenings during PIFF and another two to four free screenings in the fall and spring. The popular field trip opportunity welcomes students from nearby schools such as Lincoln High School and Northwest Academy, as well as from high schools throughout the metropolitan area, including academic classes studying Foreign Language, Film as Literature, and Global Studies, and alternative schools studying current issues. The program even draws students and teachers from as far away as Newport, Silverton, and Scappoose.

The idea is to create an opportunity for active engagement—and with a house full of teenagers waiting for the lights to go down, there is definitely some energy ready to be harnessed. More than just watching a movie, Global Classroom provides a forum for young audiences to make sense of a variety of issues through the immediacy and emotional resonance of cinematic storytelling, many films featuring teenagers as the main protagonists.

Often, visiting film directors are present to interact with the audiences about their careers and how they created the film, providing a rare

glimpse inside the world of making films as well as viewing them. Last October, director Craig Atkinson presented his award-winning documentary Do Not Resist, about racial profiling and militarization of police forces in the U.S., to a packed house eager to know about how he gained access into police training seminars, how young people are monitored and perceived by police, and where he plans to exhibit the film. In February, Visiting Artist Margaret Byrne presented her acclaimed Raising Bertie, in which she follows the challenges and aspirations of three struggling African-American high school students in rural North Carolina over five years. When the lights went up, the questions came flying. As

the film shows, the same issues are alive in the neighborhoods and classrooms of Oregon.

It’s these potent take-home experiences that teachers appreciate as a way to supplement their curriculum. After attending a 2016 PIFF screening about young incarcerated Iranian women, Starless Dreams, Tigard High School language arts teacher Danielle Risso wrote, “The stories you select are always powerful…what the Northwest Film Center offers is priceless! Former students still email me occasionally about how expanded film experiences have changed their lives.”

To find out more about Global Classroom and how high school teachers can sign up, visit nwfilm.org/outreach/global-classroom.

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PORTLAND JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL JUNE 11-25

JULIE PERINI SELECTED FOR 2017 OREGON MEDIA ARTS FELLOWSHIP The Northwest Film Center is proud to present the Oregon Media Arts Fellowship to Julie Perini, a Portland-based filmmaker who is also an associate professor in Portland State University’s School of Art and Design. Perini has a long career both making short film works and creating expanded cinema performances and installations. Her work has been screened in solo and group shows around the globe.

The Fellowship will aid in the production of Perini’s second feature film, The Gentleman Bank Robber: The Story of Butch Lesbian Freedom Fighter rita bo brown. The film takes a dive into one of the more notable members of the 1960s and ’70s Northwest underground, militant, revolutionary, and prison abolitionist group the George Jackson Brigade. To help fund their activities, they robbed banks, and because of rita’s butch style of dress and polite way of demanding funds from bank tellers, the name “The Gentleman Bank Robber” was born. Perini’s project takes a closer look at the reasons the Brigade came into existence, while documenting a larger-than-life individual committed to her cause.

The Oregon Media Arts Fellowship has been helping to fund Oregon film works since 2008.

Funded by the Oregon Arts Commission and other organizations who help contribute to the fund, the fellowship has allowed 21 established filmmakers the opportunity to realize a project that helps further their vision and career as film and media arts practitioners. For information on past fellowship winners or to help support the cause of the Oregon Media Arts Fellowship, please contact Ben Popp, the Northwest Film Center’s Filmmaker Services Manager, at ben@nwfilm.org.

The Northwest Film Center screens works made by Northwest filmmakers throughout the year in its ongoing Northwest Tracking series. In addition, the annual Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival showcases outstanding new work by Northwest media artists.

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The annual Portland Jewish Film Festival explores the diversity of Jewish identities, how Jews are perceived in society, and the complex social and political landscape of Jewish culture and community. Among the films included in the 25th edition of the Festival will be Fanny’s Journey (2016), the story of a young girl who led 11 Jewish children to safety in Switzerland during World War II; Menashe (2017), a drama of family and belonging set in New York’s orthodox Hasidic community; and The Women’s Balcony (2016), about women in Jerusalem who attempt to unite their neighborhood and preserve their traditions after a charismatic rabbi enters their lives. The festival is co-presented by the Institute for Judaic Studies.

PRE-CODE CINEMA JULY-AUGUST 2017

Beginning in 1934, the Motion Picture Production Code was set into full effect, and had it not been, American cinema might have taken a very different direction. With the Code, pure freedom of expression in Hollywood was quashed in favor of wholesome “moral” values, which in turn steered the cinema into becoming a key tool for disseminating the American Dream. But from the introduction of “talkies” until the Code, Hollywood studios produced films that spared few topics and reveled in a ferocious honesty seldom seen since, often tackling social issues familiar to our own times.

From wisecracking gangsters to cunning “dames,” hardscrabble women to the “forgotten man,” this Pre-Code Cinema survey uncovers little-known gems and shines a light on the masterpieces of this short-lived era.

MEMBERS & PATRONS

PATRON SOCIETY

Patron Society members are among our most consistent and generous donors. In recognition for their loyal support, we offer a host of exclusive opportunities designed to enhance their connection to the Portland Art Museum in imaginative and meaningful ways. To learn more about the Patron Society and the opportunities below, contact Genesha Murray at 503-276-4312.

BUSINESS PARTNERS INSPIRED BY YEON’S LEGACY In the spirit of John Yeon’s holistic view of environment, design, and materials, Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon is infused with the energy of local partnerships and collaborations.

Rejuvenation, a lighting and home parts company that has long championed architectural preservation, has provided support for both Quest for Beauty and a companion publication.

Founded in Portland, Rejuvenation has been strongly influenced by Yeon’s design legacy and the ethos of Northwest Modernism. Its Yeon Northwest Modern lighting series is inspired by Yeon’s fixture designs for the Watzek House, with a portion of sales proceeds supporting the University of Oregon’s John Yeon Center for Architecture and the Landscape.

The challenge of designing an exhibition around the many facets of Yeon’s long and varied career was expertly met by award-winning Portland firm Lever Architecture. A progressive firm dedicated to realizing transformative projects that strengthen communities, Lever is also a leader in utilizing innovative building materials such as Mass Plywood Panels, a cutting-edge plywood product made locally by Freres Lumber.

A custom-built table made with Mass Plywood displays objects in the exhibition. Portland has a long and successful history with plywood, and Yeon’s plywood houses built in the late 1930s to early 1940s remain influential examples of modular, innovative, affordable homes. During this summer’s exhibition, the Museum will host a plywood housing design event in the courtyard in partnership with Freres Lumber and Portland State University’s Center for Public Interest Design. Architectural and landscape models are featured prominently in the exhibition as well.

Intricate models built by Portland company SuperFab help visitors understand Yeon’s vision for design and beauty.

SUMMER PARTY WEDNESDAY, JULY 19

Celebrate Quest for Beauty at a lovely openair party in the Evan H. Roberts Sculpture Mall in the shade of Isa Genzken’s monumental Two Orchids.

Additional partners supporting Quest for Beauty include Hoffman Construction Company, Opsis Architecture, TigerStop, PLANAR, MTek Kiosk Inc., NORTH, Chris Hornbecker Photographer, nc3d, and Afternoon Inc.

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LEFT: Light fixture made from Japanese fishing buoy, designed by John Yeon for Aubrey Watzek House, Portland, Oregon,1937; photo by Jeremy Bittermann. RIGHT: The Shire. © Steve Diamond Photographer.

MEMBERS QUEST FOR BEAUTY Summer Field Trips— THE SHIRE TOURS for Members only!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 Space is limited—check your email for your exclusive invitations to make reservations.

QUEST FOR BEAUTY AND AUBREY WATZEK HOUSE TOURS JUNE 4, 10–4 P.M.

Tickets for Watzek House Tours may be sold out by time of Portal delivery. Check the link in your email invitation for the most up-to-date ticket availability. $10 per person Attend an exclusive Members-only tour of Quest for Beauty and ride a shuttle from the Museum to visit and tour the Aubrey Watzek House, one of John Yeon’s most prominent designs. Shuttles to and from the Museum leave every 30 minutes between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. See page 31 for more details.

SESSION II: NOON–2 P.M.

Save the Date: 125TH ANNUAL MEETING AND MEMBERS PARTY

SESSION III: 3–5 P.M.

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

$25 per person

Our 125th Annual Members Meeting and an exclusive Members-only party in celebration of our upcoming fall exhibitions

SESSION I: 9–11 A.M.

Visit the heart of the Columbia River Gorge and join Quest for Beauty guest curator Randy Gragg for a guided nature walk through John Yeon’s gorgeous landscape, The Shire. See page 31 for more details.

THE SHIRE— WALKING & SUNSET PICNIC TOUR OPEN TO FRIEND LEVEL AND ABOVE MEMBERS ONLY AUGUST 13, 4:30–8 P.M.

$65 per person Explore The Shire, take a guided tour with guest curator Randy Gragg, and bring your favorite blanket and chair for a catered sunset picnic on the lawn—just as John Yeon would have. See page 31 for more details.

Save the date to help us celebrate the Museum’s special exhibitions The Wyeths: Three Generations of American Art and Animating Life: The Art, Science, and Wonder of LAIKA. This exciting evening will also feature a preview of the Museum’s latest Art and Beer project featuring beer inspired by Oregon landscapes in our permanent collection. More details coming soon!

Party tickets are $75 and include dinner, beer/ wine, entertainment and gallery viewing.

Advance purchase is required and reservations are limited.

Tickets are available by invitation only and are open to current Members at the Friend level ($150) and higher. Watch your email this summer for your exclusive invitation.

Individual/Dual Members: To upgrade your membership to be invited to this exclusive event, please call the membership office at 503276-4249.

Special thanks to our event sponsor NW Natural.

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MEMBER ADMISSION TICKETS The Museum is pleased to offer all current members FREE admission tickets (a savings of $19.99 per ticket)

How to reserve your complimentary member ticket: Online: Be sure to sign in to our website with your email address and password in order to access your member discount. The membership discount will be applied after you’ve added tickets to your shopping cart and proceeded to the checkout. Remember to print your e-ticket/ receipt and present it at the Museum’s box office for entry.

Onsite: Visit the Museum’s box office and check in with your membership card for admittance. *Current membership card and photo identification will be required for entry on the day of your exhibition visit. Member tickets are limited to the named individuals on your membership cards.

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Register online to receive our electronic notifications and monthly e-news. Sometimes special member opportunities become available on short notice. When this happens, the only way for us to quickly communicate with you is via email. Visit portlandartmuseum.org and never miss another announcement.

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Members enjoying the Open House in March.

PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES

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QUEST FOR BEAUTY LECTURES John Yeon and the High An Architecture of Many Stakes of Regionalism in the Scales: The Oregon Legacy 1930s of John Yeon

Korean Ceramics from Celadon Green to Blue-and-White

BARRY BERGDOLL, MEYER SCHAPIRO

RANDY GRAGG, GUEST CURATOR, QUEST

ROBERT D. MOWRY, ALAN J. DWORSKY

PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY AND

FOR BEAUTY; DIRECTOR, JOHN YEON

CURATOR OF CHINESE ART EMERITUS,

ARCHAEOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY;

CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE AND THE

HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, SENIOR

FORMER PHILIP JOHNSON CHIEF CURATOR

LANDSCAPE

CONSULTANT IN CHINESE AND KOREAN

OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART MAY 14, 2 P.M.

Bergdoll explores the work of John Yeon within the context of the 1930s and complex issues of regional architecture and American identity.

Yeon’s work will be considered in relationship to well-known architects of the period, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, and Marcel Breuer.

Unraveling the Mysteries of Indian Painting ROBERT J. DEL BONTÀ, PH.D., INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR AND CURATOR MAY 25, 6:30 P.M.

When John Yeon began collecting Indian paintings in the 1950s, he was among the first generation of Americans to recognize the appeal of these vibrantly colored images of devotional fervor, romantic poetry, and court life. Robert Del Bontà, guest curator for the exhibition of Indian paintings within Quest for Beauty, offers a guide to key themes and stylistic characteristics of these compelling works.

Sponsored by the Asian Art Council.

JUNE 11, 2 P.M.

Few architects have influenced so many facets of a region as John Yeon. Largely self-taught, and working independently, he saw both architecture and conservation as visual arts, whether he was designing distinctive buildings, shaping precedent-stretching gardens, or successfully fighting to preserve some of the Northwest’s most treasured vistas.

Remembering John Yeon RICHARD LOUIS BROWN JULY 23, 2 P.M.

Visionary architect, conservationist, and collector John Yeon was a passionate advocate for causes he believed in, yet in private he was soft-spoken and courtly, with a sly wit and magnetic presence. Richard Louis Brown, Yeon’s companion for nearly 30 years, will share stories that illuminate the life and work of one of Oregon’s most original personalities.

AUGUST 3, 6:30 PM

Korea has a long and distinguished history of making sophisticated high-fired ceramics.

This lecture will survey Korean ceramics from the 10th through the 19th century, focusing on the classic celadons of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) and the delicate porcelains and rustic buncheong wares of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). The lecture will emphasize uniquely Korean innovations and explore relationships between Korean ceramics and Chinese ceramics, as well as relationships between Korean ceramics and works of art in other media.

Sponsored by the Asian Art Council.

John Yeon and the Museum MELINDA MCVAY, PH.D., EDITH O’DONNELL INSTITUTE OF ART HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, DALLAS AUGUST 24, 6:30 P.M.

Why Landscape Is a Noun (not a verb) LAURIE OLIN, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT & PARTNER, OLIN STUDIO JULY 30, 2 P.M.

LEFT: John Yeon at Julien Levy Gallery, New York, with Eugene Berman’s Time and the Monuments, 1941; John Yeon Archive; Sadanri kilns, Gangjin, Jeollanam-do Province, Korea, Wine Cup and Stand, 12th century, stoneware with molded and incised design under celadon glaze, 4 x 4 inches, Portland Art Museum: John Yeon Collection, gift of Richard Louis Brown, 2014.117.1a,b; FAR RIGHT: The Shire, Columbia River Gorge. Photo: Susan Seubert.

ART, CHRISTIE’S

For acclaimed landscape architect Laurie Olin, there is more to landscape than folks with a truck planting shrubs. For thousands of years, humans have interacted with their environment: loving it, fearing it, changing it, and considering it a subject for art, philosophy, preservation, and recreation. It shapes us as we shape it.

In addition to the homes John Yeon designed that helped define regional modernism in the Pacific Northwest, he also created pristine, serene environments for museums in Portland, San Francisco, and Kansas City. Art historian Melinda McVay’s talk examines this lesserknown aspect of Yeon’s work, in particular his interpretation of Asian architectural settings for museum displays.

FIELD TRIPS Members Only

WATZEK HOUSE TOURS THE SHIRE TOURS Quest for Beauty: Exhibition & Watzek House Visits

The Shire: Walking Tours

JUNE 4, 10 A.M. – 4 P.M.

Join us for a special Sunday that includes the opportunity to experience both Quest for Beauty and the celebrated Watzek House.

Museum docents will be available in Quest for Beauty to answer questions and share insights on the exhibition. Plan your day around reserving a spot on a shuttle bus that will take you directly to the Watzek House (about a 10-minute ride from the Museum), where you can hear from Watzek House guides and explore on your own. Shuttles will return you to the Museum.

Advance registration for all Watzek House visits is required. Due to parking limitations, visitors must ride a shuttle to the Watzek House. No individual parking is available. Visit our website for shuttle departure times and tickets.

Cost: $10 per person.

Accessibility & Mobility: The Watzek House is wheelchair accessible. For information on specific accessibility concerns, please email access@pam.org.

AUGUST 6

The Shire: Walking & Sunset Picnic Tour

SESSION I: 9–11 A.M.

FRIEND LEVEL AND ABOVE ONLY

SESSION II: NOON–2 P.M.

AUGUST 13, 4:30–8 P.M.

SESSION III: 3–5 P.M.

The Shire occupies a 78-acre waterfront site in the heart of the Columbia River Gorge.

Located directly across from Multnomah Falls, The Shire is a carefully designed landscape with a sculpted lawn, a series of meadows, wetlands, vista points, river bays, and walking paths that John Yeon created over a 25-year period and purchased in 1965 to protect from possible industrial development. We are offering Members a rare opportunity to experience a guided nature/walking tour of The Shire led by guest curator Randy Gragg or other knowledgeable guides.

Cost: $25 per person.

Open to all Members on a first-come, firstserved basis. Very limited availability.

John Yeon was known for hosting memorable summer picnics for friends at The Shire. Begin your visit with a guided tour led by guest curator Randy Gragg or other knowledgeable guides, followed by an informal picnic on the great lawn prepared by acclaimed Portland chef John Taboada (Navarre and Luce). Bring your own favorite blanket and lawn chair and settle in to watch the sun go down, all while taking in the unparalleled view across the river to Multnomah Falls. This is truly a rare opportunity to experience The Shire as John Yeon would have wanted you to. Cost: $130 per couple or $65 single. Includes picnic dinner and wine.

Travel to The Shire: Directions will be provided in advance for guests to drive themselves. The Shire is located on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, about 36 miles from downtown Portland. Due to parking limitations, tours have a very limited capacity.

Accessibility & Mobility at The Shire: The Shire is accessible only on foot and requires the ability to navigate uneven and unpaved terrain.

Please wear comfortable walking shoes and be prepared to walk about .75 flat miles. No smoking is allowed. Please no dogs on tours or left in parked cars. For additional information on accessibility, please email access@pam.org.

Open to Members at Friend level and above on a first-come, first-served basis. Very limited availability.

UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE FOR MEMBERS. SPACE MAY BE LIMITED. ADVANCE TICKETS ARE RECOMMENDED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE OR ON-SITE.

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CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ART

GALLERY TALK A Closer Look: John Yeon as Collector

Gallery Talk

DAWSON W. CARR, PH.D., THE JANET AND RICHARD GEARY CURATOR OF EUROPEAN

LUZENE HILL, ARTIST

ART

JUNE 3, 2 P.M.

MARIBETH GRAYBILL, PH.D., THE ARLENE AND HAROLD SCHNITZER CURATOR OF ASIAN ART JUNE 29, 6 P.M.

Join exhibition curators Maribeth Graybill and Dawson Carr for a close look at some of the masterworks from John Yeon’s wide-ranging collection of Asian and European art. A selftaught connoisseur, Yeon approached collecting with a designer’s eye, seeking out objects of the finest craftsmanship to adorn and complement his architectural interiors.

CARL DEIZ/ ZUN LEE THE ARNOLD NEWMAN DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Join Luzene Hill (Eastern Band Cherokee) for a close look at her current work in Connecting Lines, on view in the Center for Contemporary Native Art. Hill is a multimedia artist, best known for conceptual installations that often address issues of violence against Native women, female empowerment, and Native sovereignty.

Artist Talk ZUN LEE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2 P.M.

Join Canadian photographer, physician, and educator Zun Lee for an important discussion about photographic depictions of black life and culture. Lee, whose own photographs explore black fatherhood and racial disparity in cities including Ferguson, Missouri, has collected more than 3,500 Polaroids of African Americans, a selection of which are featured in Representing: Vernacular Photographs of, by, and for African Americans. A 2015 Magnum Foundation Fellow, Lee has had work featured in such publications as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and has lectured widely about black identity in photography.

The Arnold Newman Distinguished Lecture in Photography is sponsored by the Arnold & Augusta Newman Foundation.

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LEFT: Jingdezhen kilns, Jiangxi Province, China, Baluster Vase with Peony Scroll Design, 15th/early 16th century, porcelain with underglaze blue painting and overglaze yellow enamel, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, Collection of Richard Louis Brown TOP: Artist Zun Lee; RIGHT: Luzene Hill performing dance ceremony.

CONSTRUCTING IDENTITY In Conversation WITH MICKALENE THOMAS THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 6 P.M.

In celebration of Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of AfricanAmerican Art, join us for a public conversation followed by a patron reception with acclaimed multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and former Portlander Mickalene Thomas. Thomas’ work is part of significant permanent collections around the nation and often investigates complex notions of femininity, beauty, and racial representation.

ONGOING PROGRAMS Artist Talk Series Join artists from a range of disciplines in the galleries on the second Thursday of each month for lively conversations about works of art on view at the Museum and how they relate to their own practices. The talks are followed by a complimentary social hour in the museum cafe.

Program begins at 6 p.m. $5 members, $19.99 non-members, $16.99 seniors. Space is limited. Tickets available online or on site.

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS Monster Drawing Rally III JULY 14, 6–9:30 P.M.

The Monster Drawing Rally returns for a third year of drawing under the summer stars!

A drawing event and fundraiser featuring more than 75 Portland-based artists, Monster Drawing Rally is part performance, part laboratory, part art bazaar—an incredible opportunity to watch some of your favorite Portland artists create original drawings from a blank page. The event begins promptly at 6 p.m. in the Museum’s courtyard and consists of three one-hour rounds that each feature approximately 25 different artists drawing simultaneously. As the drawings are completed, they are immediately hung up and made available for a flat price of $35 each. If more than one person wants to purchase a particular work, the winner will be determined by drawing straws. Proceeds support free school and youth programs at the Museum. The Monster Drawing Rally provides a unique opportunity to watch a drawing come to life, and to purchase a work of art minutes after its completion.

BRING THE FAMILY!

The Museum will also feature the Li’l Monster Drawing Rally, a section where children and families may sit, draw, and display their work for the evening.

ELIZABETH MALASKA

DARRELL GRANT

JUNE 8

AUGUST 10

Elizabeth Malaska’s work is concerned with the ubiquitous and normalized use of the often-naked female form throughout art history, a body that frequently has been depicted as an object on display.

Through a variety of tactics, her paintings aim to recontextualize these bodies, give the figures greater agency, and challenge viewers to question their own power and position.

Since the 1994 release of his debut album Black Art, selected as one of the year’s top 10 jazz CDs by The New York Times, Darrell Grant has built an international reputation as a pianist, composer, and educator.

He has performed extensively as a bandleader and solo artist throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe in venues ranging from clubs and concert stages to major jazz festivals.

LIBBY WERBEL

HECTOR HERNANDEZ

JULY 13

SEPTEMBER 14

Libby Werbel is an artist, curator, and social organizer. In 2012, she founded the Portland Museum of Modern Art project to create and instigate art and dialogue serving both artists and audiences. With an emphasis on accessibility and engagement, Werbel makes site-based works using community as her medium.

Hector Hernandez holds degrees in social anthropology, fine arts, and art and education. He began mural painting in Mexico City under Arnold Belkin, and his community murals and public art continue to follow the teachings of the Mexican school of painting. Subjects and themes of his work include social and cultural change, immigration, and cultural interactions and dynamics.

UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE FOR MEMBERS. SPACE MAY BE LIMITED. ADVANCE TICKETS ARE RECOMMENDED AND AVAILABLE ONLINE OR ON-SITE. PORTLAND ART MUSEUM 33

ONGOING PROGRAMS continued Baby Morning Remix

Art & Conversation

FIRST THURSDAYS OF THE MONTH,

JUNE 15, JULY 20, AUGUST 17, SEPTEMBER 21

10 A.M.–12:30 P.M. JUNE 1, JULY 6, AUGUST 3, SEPTEMBER 7

We welcome babies and their caregivers for tea beginning at 10 a.m. The first tour will begin at roughly 10:30 a.m., or when we have a large enough group ready to go. The second tour will begin 45 minutes later, or when a second group is ready to go. No need to be “on time” for this informal program. Baby Morning’s home base remains open until 12:30 p.m. with toys, games, and books, providing a welcoming, accommodating space free of worries. Caregivers are also welcome to leave belongings here while on the tour. Carriers are recommended while in the galleries, but not required.

Midday Art Break JUNE 14, JULY 12, AUGUST 9, SEPTEMBER 13

Take a break from your workday on the second Wednesday of the month and join a curator, museum educator, artist, or local scholar for a 45-minute talk in the galleries. Please visit the Museum website to learn more about upcoming topics.

All talks begin at 12:30 p.m. Space is limited.

Advance tickets recommended.

Join us the third Thursday of every month for coffee followed by a lecture or film screening.

Coffee at 9:15 a.m.; lecture at 10:15 a.m. This series is free for adults 62 and over. Please visit the Museum website to learn more about upcoming topics.

Art & Conversation is made possible through the Marguerite and Harry Kendall Education Fund.

Additional support comes from Rick and Erika Miller.

Miller Family Free Day EXPLORING ARCHITECTURE AUGUST 20, 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Inspired by John Yeon and his innovative practice and vision for Northwest architecture, this day of free admission and activities will encourage visitors to explore our built environment. For more information, visit the Museum website.

Family programs are generously supported in part

by Sharon L. Miller and Family, the Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation, the Lamb Baldwin Foundation, and the Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation.

PUBLIC TOURS Join museum docents for gallery tours and other experiences at various times throughout the week. Public tours depart from the Park Avenue entrance on the following days and times: 1 P.M. TUESDAY & THURSDAY 6 P.M. FRIDAY (SLOW LOOKING) 12:30 & 3 P.M. SATURDAY 12:30 P.M. SUNDAY (FAMILY) 3 P.M. SUNDAY

NEW TIME & FORMAT

Picture This!

TOURS FOR VISITORS WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED We are excited to announce some changes to our tours for visitors who are blind or partially sighted. Tours will still meet on the third Thursday of every month, but will now take place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. This will give us time to slow down and explore the work through detailed verbal description, tactile experiences, and dialogue. As a bonus, it will help our visitors beat Portland rush hour traffic!

To join our mailing list, or to RSVP for an upcoming tour (strongly encouraged), please call 503-276-4290 or email pdxmuseum@gmail. com. Please note there is no tour in August.

Meditation Series FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS OF EVERY MONTH, 5:30–6:30 P.M.

Meditate at the museum. You are welcome to attend all sessions or drop in as you like.

For a list of speakers and topics, please visit the Museum’s website.

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PATRON SOCIETY MEMBERS The Portland Art Museum gratefully acknowledges the individuals and businesses who form our Patron Society. To find out more about the Patron Society, its unique member benefits, and the significant impact you can make on Museum programs and essential operations by becoming a member, contact Genesha Murray at 503-276-4312. (List as of March 8, 2017) •Trustee and At-Large members

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE $25,000+

Berggruen Institute Ryan and Mary Finley· Janet H. Geary· Loren J. Schlachet· Arlene Schnitzer· Mr. and Mrs. William A. Whitsell· Anonymous (2) DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $10,000–$24,999

Linda and Scott Andrews· Sharon and Keith Barnes· Peter and Missy Bechen Mrs. Mary Cecilia Becker Donald and Mary Blair Richard Louis Brown Mr. and Mrs. Roger Burpee· Brooks and Dorothy Cofield Ms. Jean McGuire Coleman Truman Collins Mr. and Mrs. James F. Crumpacker· Matthew and Jasmin Felton· Brian Ferriso and Amy Pellegrin Lana and Christian Finley· Ann Flowerree· Ms. Stephanie Fowler and Mr. Irving Levin· Katherine and Mark Frandsen· Alix and Tom Goodman· Mr. and Mrs. Mark Goodman· Mary C. and Gregory K. Hinckley Steven and Kasey Holwerda Judy and Hank Hummelt Mr. David J. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Jubitz· Willa M. Kemp· Dr. Douglas and Selby Key· Heather Killough

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Wes and Nancy Lematta Fund of OCF Mrs. Dorothy Lemelson Carol Schnitzer Lewis Fund of OCF Kathleen Lewis· Mrs. Theodore Lilley, Jr. Cyndy and Edward Maletis· Margulis·Jewelers J.S. and Robin May McGeady Family Foundation· Laura S. Meier· Sarah Miller Meigs and Andrew Meigs Mark J. and Dr. Jennifer R. Miller· Prudence M. Miller Rick and Erika Miller· Mrs. Shirley N. Papé Alex Payne and Nicole Brodeur Dorothy Piacentini Travers Hill Polak Yale Popowich, MD and Tina Skouras· Wayne M. Quimby and Michael J. Roberts Pat and Trudy Ritz· Thomas and Megan Shipley· Angela and Rex Snow· Andrée H. Stevens Julie and Peter Stott· Hank Swigert Greg and Cathy Tibbles Jane and Lawrence Viehl Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warren, Jr.· Nani S. Warren· Dr. Alton and Celia Wiebe· Mr. and Mrs. David Willmott· Jim and Susan Winkler· Judith Wyss Anonymous (2)

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE $5,000–$9,999

Anthony and Martha Belluschi Bryan Bickmore Phil Bogue Marianne Buchwalter Cynthia and Stanley Cohan Cheney and Mary Cowles Ann and Mark Edlen Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Ericksen Suzanne Geary· Mr. John Goodwin and Mr. Michael-Jay Robinson· Leona and Patrick Green· Peter and Diana Hall· Jean Irwin Hoffman Sue Horn-Caskey and Rick Caskey Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Keller Judy Carlson Kelley Nick and Patty Knapp Drs. Dolores and Fernando Leon Cascadia Foundation Elizabeth Lilley· The Mark Family· Diane Forsgren McCall Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCall Marilyn McIver Jonathan Pellegrin and Patricia Mellencamp in honor of Amy Pellegrin and Brian Ferriso David James Pollock Dee Poth· Jennifer and Charles Putney Sarah and Chris Remy Richard and Mary Rosenberg Charitable Foundation Richard and Deanne Rubinstein April Sanderson· Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Schlieman Jordan D. Schnitzer Lois T. Schnitzer Ms. Grace Serbu· Sanjeev Lahoti and Angela Summers Robert Trotman and William Hetzelson· Don and Linda Van Wart· Joe and Shelley Voboril· Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Wheeler GUARANTOR $3,000–$4,999

Jean and Ray Auel Anne Barbey Kathryn Bunn James and Diane Burke James and Nancy Dalton Paul and Pamela DeBoni James FitzGerald and Karen Howe Katherine and James Gentry Zephyr Charitable Foundation Mary and Gordon Hoffman The Holzman Foundation

Mrs. Salena Johnson Katherine and Gordon Keane Donna L. Larson Patrick Y. H. Lee Peter and Susie Lynn Bill and Melinda Maginnis Stephen R. McCarthy and Lucinda Parker Ruben and Elizabeth Menashe Mia and Matt Miller Mrs. Hester H. Nau Cynthia and Steven Pailet Brenda J. Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Philip Bob and Marilyn Ridgley Catherine Rudolf Rutherford Investment Management, William D. Rutherford Richard and Marcy Schwartz Ambassador Charles J. and Caroline H. Swindells Rena L. Tonkin Christine and David Vernier Amy C. Walker Linda and Richard Ward Ms. Wendy W. Warren and Mr. Thomas Brown Dr. and Mrs. Grover C. Wetsel DJ Wilson and Bill Hoadley/KGW Media Group· Jonathan and Pearl Yu Anonymous BENEFACTOR $2,000–$2,999

Mrs. Roudi Akhavein Dr. Seth Alley Meredith and Robert Amon Sally R. Ashley Joan Lamb Baldwin Rob Bearden Jane and Spencer Beebe Peter and Susan Belluschi Karen Benson Pamela H. Berg Deborah Bergman Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Black Mary Lee Boklund Gwyneth Gamble Booth Maureen and John Bradley Robert and Barbara Brady Buzz Braley Peter and Noydena Brix Martha L. Brooke Deborah A. and Terrell D. Brown Andy and Nancy Bryant Bruce and Brenda Burns Eric and Robin Busch Barbara and Worth Caldwell Suzanne Carlbom Brent and Laura Carreau Carol Ann and Kent Caveny John and Laura Cheney

Mike and Tracey Clark Maribeth W. Collins Climate Architecture + Landscape, LLC, Amy and John Cooney Kimberly B. Cooper and Jon Jaqua Ré Craig Drs. Michael and Gail Davis Mrs. Sally S. Davis Elizabeth and Kirk Day James and Maria Declusin J. Michael Deeney, M.D. Barbara Delano and John Wyckoff Mary and Spencer Dick Family Ryan Dixon Theo and Nancy Downes-Le Guin Franklin Drake in memory of Harriet Drake Margueritte H. Drake Richard and Betty Duvall Carol Edelman Richard Edelson and Jill Schnitzer Edelson Barry and Janet Edwards Paul and Kristina Elseth Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. English Doris Ennis Robert Feldman and Julia Mangold Candace and Bert Forbes Dr. William and Beverly Galen Stanley Geffen and Adrienne Souther· Andra Georges and Timothy Shepard Thomas and Elizabeth Gewecke Mrs. Barbara Giesy William Gilliland Karen and Harry Groth Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Grubb Luisa Adrianzen Guyer and Leigh Guyer Christopher Hall Ms. Susan Halton Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland Bob and Janis Harrison Honoring Gerri Hayes Phillip Hillaire and Paul Lumley Roger and Margaret Hinshaw Eric and Jan Hoffman Mrs. Gretchen Holce Janet Louvau Holt Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Horstkotte Ms. Janice Isenberg Arnold and Virginia Israelit David Jentz Lian and Paul Jewell Brad Johnston and Julie C. Evans Jessie Jonas Dr. Sivia Kaye Lee Kelly and Susan Hammer Mary Jane Kilhefner Cheryl and Chick Kozloff Ms. Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson and Jack Woida

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RODIN AND CONSTRUCTING IDENTITY PATRON OPENING 1. Berrisford Boothe, Jim Petrucci, and Brian Ferriso 2. Dawson Carr, Dolorosa Margulis, Laura Meier, and Ann Flowerree 3. Bill Hutson, Marita Dingus, Lewis Tanner Moore, and Barbara Jane Bullock 4. Zakiya Forde, Arameh Anvarizadeh, and Ayele Forde 5. Nicole Brodeur and Alex Payne 6. Taylor Thomason, Rachel Scherger McGrew, Bruce Chessé, John Goodwin, Tracy Katigbak, and Sarah Beth Thomason

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CONSTRUCTING IDENTITY COMMUNITY OPENING

Jerry Lamb Barbara and William Langley Helena and Milt Lankton Douglas Larson and Sarah Ryan Bonnie Laun Robert and Susan Leeb Mr. Ross Lienhart Jan and Luciano Valerio Ms. Nancy R. Locke and Mr. Donald Harris Alysia Duckler and David Lokting William and Connie Lovejoy Jonathan and Elise Makler Tita Malinow Lisa and Shawn Mangum Lisa B. Mann Mr. and Mrs. M. James Mark Barbara and Lee Mason Michael and Barbara Masterson Win McCormack Jim and Char McCreight

Mike and Judy McCuddy Duane and Barbara McDougall Nancie S. McGraw Jamie Martin and Mike McGuffey Patricia McMahan Gloria Grimson Mighell Brad and Nancy Miller Jo Ellen and Samuel Miller J.C. and Victoria J. Milne Lucy Mitchem Dee Corbin Moore and Thomas Jewett Moore Mia Hervin Moore and Jon Moore Jeffrey Morgan Bruce and Jeanette Morrison Joyce and Dennis Muir Denise Mullen/Oregon College of Art and Craft Ernest and Anne Munch Judy Preble Murphy Terry and Carolyn Murphy

PATRON BUSINESS SOCIETY MEMBERS (List as of March 8, 2017) BUSINESS CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE—$25,000+

BUSINESS DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $10,000–$24,999

Hoffman Construction Company MTek Kiosk, Inc. Nike, Inc. Provenance Hotels REX HILL The Oregonian Wells Fargo Willamette Dental Group

EXHIBITION SERIES SPONSORS

Support 30 exhibitions a year at the Museum, enabling the allocation of resources to support a diversity of shows. (List as of January 13, 2017) PRESENTING SPONSORS

LEAD SPONSORS

The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation Meyer Memorial Trust The Collins Foundation William G. Gilmore Foundation

Education Exhibitions Fund Supporters* The Walton Family Foundation Richard Louis Brown

Tom and Chris Neilsen Mr. Dane Nelson Gareth and Lisa Nevitt Kristie and Bob Niehaus John and Virginia Niemeyer Elizabeth C. Noyes Linda Ochenrider Parsons Family Fund of OCF Patricia Pedersen Marianne Perrin Mr. and Mrs. Luke Pietrok Charles and Ruth Poindexter Heidi Pozzo Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Preble Lucy and Herb Pruzan Ron and Lee Ragen Richard and Wendy Rahm Jimmy Rattanasouk Stephen and Jean Roth Dan Saltzman and Liz Burns Eugene and Mary Sayler

Paul Schneider and Lauren Eulau Dina Schnitzer Dori Schnitzer and Mark Brown Daniel Schwoerer Joanne H. Senders Bonnie Serkin and Will Emery Peter Shinbach Tom and Carol Shults Mr. Steven N. Spence and Mrs. Barbara Spence Bonnie Stern Pat and Larry Strausbaugh Charlie and Darci Swindells William R. Swindells Kimberly Tardie Christine Tarpey and Richard Yugler Dr. Marilyn L. Rudin and Mr. Richard S. Testut Jr. Jeffrey L.J. Thomas and Laura Cooper Marta and Ken Thrasher

Keith Todd Cheryl Tonkin Consul General Kojiro Uchiyama and Mrs. Uchiyama Jane Wachsler Barbara and Bastian Wagner Wendy Wells Jackson Ben and Elaine Whiteley Bill and Wendy Whitsell Jo Whitsell Alice and Wim Wiewel Mrs. John Wild Cameron and Carey Wiley Janet Williamson Dan Winter and John Forsgren John and Carol Woodworth Virginia Wright Cheryl and Tom Wyatt Marti E. Zimlin Anonymous (4)

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP CIRCLE $5,000–$9,999

BUSINESS BENEFACTOR $2,000–$2,999

Archery Summit Art of Catering Christie’s Davis Wright Tremaine Hotel Modera Nordstrom NW Natural The Standard Winderlea Vineyard & Winery

Allen Trust Company Artemis Foods ChefStable Catering Chubb Insurance City of Beaverton Columbia Private Banking Dalla Terra Winery Direct Elizabeth Leach Gallery Energy Store Distributors Inc. ESCO Foundation Flair Plastic Products Food In Bloom Hood River Distillers Langley Investment Properties Mario’s Markowitz Herbold PC Meyer Pro, Inc. New & Neville Real Estate Services Party Place

PDX CONTEMPORARY ART Perkins Coie Phillips Portland Trail Blazers Precision Door Service Rogers Machinery Company, Inc. ShedRain Corporation Sigma Investment Management Company Tonkon Torp, LLP Turtledove Clemens Vernier Software & Technology Vibrant Table Catering and Events Inc. VTECH Communications, Inc. Wildwood & Company Woodruff Sawyer & Co

BUSINESS GUARANTOR $3,000–$4,999

Bonhams Brown Printing Inc. Lane Powell PC Portland Business Alliance

MAJOR SPONSORS

SPONSORS

Maribeth Collins Exhibition Endowment Fund Mary C. Becker The Broad Art Foundation Pat and Trudy Ritz The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation Arlene Schnitzer/Jordan Schnitzer Miller Family Foundation* The Sokoloff Family The Standard James and Dana Tananbaum

The Sharon and Keith Barnes Endowment Fund Joel and Sandra Damiani Patricia Johnson and Michael Davidson/The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation Ed Cauduro Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Flowerree Foundation Alix and Tom Goodman Selby and Doug Key* Deborah J. and Peter A. Magowan Family Foundation Nordstrom* Shirley N. Papé U.S. Bank Foundation* Judith Wyss Oregon Cultural Trust

Oregon Arts Commission Regional Arts and Culture Council Work for Art *In support of the Education Exhibition Series IN-KIND SPONSORS

Allen Trust Company NW Natural MTek Kiosk, Inc.

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EDUCATION AND ACCESS SPONSORS

Support exhibition programming, public and family programs, teacher and educator programs, school tours, and access programs supporting free and reduced admission prices. (Gifts of $5,000+ and endowments.)

EDUCATION EXHIBITIONS FUND SUPPORTERS We gratefully acknowledge the following Education Exhibitions Fund Supporters who enable the Museum to touch the lives of over 60,000 youth, students, and community members annually through a range of educational programs. All gifts were matched through the generosity of the Miller Family Foundation and Dr. Douglas and Selby Key. (List as of February 28, 2017) Rocio Proano and Robert Andersen Jane and Howard Ankney Stephen and Melissa Babson Ken Baker Tom and Mary Bartlett Niran Bates Lori and Todd Bauman Olivia Behm and Mark Silliman Tangie Belmore Martha Bergman and Jonah Gamblin Mayno Blanding Craig Boretz CMI, c/o Denise Bower Wayne and Carol Bridges Warren and Grete Brown Nick Bulder and Mary Crommett Scott and Glenda Burns Mary Butler Marian C. Carlson Tom and Mary Carney

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Sidonie and Gordon Caron Mary Carr and James Boehnlein Jane and Ron Cease Leland Chalmers Donna Childs Molly Cliff-Hilts and David Hilts Logan Close Kathryn Cochran Mary A. Constans Judith and Steven Cook John Cort Mathew Courtway and Yuka Hirota Dianna F. Crossley Betty Curtis and Deborah Thomas Nichols Cutting and Katherine Bremser Eloise Damrosch and Gary Hartnett J. Michael Deeney, M.D. Diane Dickey Judith J. Dunn Earl and Florence Dyer

Ken and Joan Austin Education Outreach Fund Bank of America Foundation William H. and Mary L. Bauman Foundation Anne A. Berni Foundation Fred W. Fields Fund of the OCF Marguerite and Harry Kendall Education Fund Selby and Doug Key KeyBank Foundation

Samuel H. Kress Foundation The Lamb Baldwin Foundation Wes and Nancy Lematta Fund of the OCF Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund Miller Family Foundation Rick and Erika Miller Sharon L. Miller and Family Nordstrom Oregon Arts Commission

Oregon Cultural Trust Pacific Power Foundation The PGE Foundation Mildred and Morris Schnitzer Charitable Fund of the OCF Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation

Mary Eilers and Clare Heriza Gerda A. Eiseman Tricia and Steve Elder Energy Store Distributors Inc. David Engberg and Penny Walraven-Engberg Linda and Davis Fisher Martin Fitzpatrick and Hillary Egna Rupert Fixott and Jeanne Fox Mikiko Flynn Georgie M. Fox Jacob and Patricia Fried Glenda Goldwater Evan Green Robert and Paula Hamm Frances Hanckel Georgia and Chris Harker Antoinette and Mark Hatfield Calvin Hennig Diane M. Herrmann Kathryn J. Holt Stuart Hopkins Lois E. Hrella Ruth Huglin Harold and Bernice Hurwitz Robert and Jill Jarrett Louisa Jefferys Kathleen and Nils Jensen Jeffery and Colleen Johnson Nancy E. Johnson David and Dolores Judkins Barbara Kalil and Jackson Ramsey Sherry Kam and Dana Samples Christopher and Sook Kang Ross Kaplan and Paula Kanarek Teresa and Jeffrey Kaufman James and Heather Kennedy Judith Kerker Maureen Key Jean A. Kimsey

Don Kirby Gary and Susan Klinkhammer Brigitte Kolloch-Russell and Andy Russell Priscilla & Tony Kostiner Duncan Kretovich and Donna Philbrick Annette Lackaff Helena and Milton Lankton Yvonne Laun Karen S. Lawsing Eugene and Patsy Lee Barbara A. Lee Lisa Leonard Judith K. Litt Joakim Lord Elisabeth and Peter Lyon Leda Marrocco Jerry L. Martin J.S. and Robin May Diane and Ernest McCall David and Margaret Mesirow Mia and Matt Miller Catherine M. Miller J. Michael Miller Lynn I. Minneman Malinda and Doug Moore John and Nancy Murakami Lynn O’Brien Wolfe and Dee Wolfe Kathleen L. Olson Michael Ossar and Gretchen Holden Victoria Perez-Norton and Glyn Norton Edward G. Perkins Linda Peters Dennis Petrequin Claude L Prichard William and Anne Rasnake Stephanie Redman and Patrick Preston Phyllis I. Redman

Dawn Regier Patricia Reser Martha and David Richards Dean Riechman Marvin and Joan Rittenberg S. Bunny and Jerry Sadis Pam Saito and Sue Kingsbury Loree Lipman Sakai Rachel Sanborn and David Waldow Ann Sayre Elizabeth Sazie Stephen Schaller Rosamonde Schurr George and Marjorie Scott Torin Shepard Sidney Shuptrine Betsy Smyser J. Andrew and Sue Snyder Scott and Rebecca Sonniksen Melanie Spahr David Staehely and Louise Marriage Marna Stalcup and Timothy Drilling Kenneth Steward and Derse Hartwick The Washington Art Consortium Robert Thinnes and Kay Hilt David and Linda Tozer Mary Verdurmen Patti Vrobel Carol and Lena Walker Richard and Linda Ward Connie West Robert White Pauline Whitmore Gurske Jennifer Wilson Loring and Margaret Winthrop Paula Wynn Judith Wyss Jonathan and Pearl Yu

MEMBERS OPEN HOUSE

PORTLAND FINE PRINT FAIR 2017

GIFTS OF ART

Gifts received from December 1, 2016–March 31, 2017.

A Friend in honor of Jim and Susan Winkler Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts

Dan Bergsvik and Don Hastler in honor of James and Diane Burke Dan Bergsvik and Don Hastler in honor of Bonnie Laing-Malcomson

GIFTS OF NOTE

Non-membership gifts of more than $500 given to the Museum and NWFC from December 1, 2016, to February 28, 2017. *Deceased J. Scott and Linda Andrews Armstrong Fine Art Augen Gallery Azuma Gallery Mrs. Joan L. Baldwin Bank of America Missy and Peter Bechen Daniel Bergsvik and Donald Hastler Don and Mary Blair Blakemore Foundation James and Diane Burke Richard and Liane Cabot William P. Carl Fine Prints Carol Ann and Kent Caveny Cascadia Foundation Amy and John Cooney John Crabbe and Jeri Janowsky Aaron Creurer and Fredrick Ross Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts Anne and James F. Crumpacker Mr. and Mrs. Sam Davidson Davidson Galleries Karl Davis Barbara and George Dechet Bernard Derroitte Mary and Spencer Dick Family Mr. Paul R. Duden Jeremiah Dunham and Eva Aigner Egenolf Gallery Richard and Janet Geary Foundation, Inc. Francene and Stephen English Lana and Christian Finley Flowerree Foundation Framing Resource

Douglas Frazer Andra R. Georges Daniel O. Georges Leotta Gordon Foundation Miriam Gottfried Benna Gottfried Jeffry Gottfried Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art Graphic Arts Council of the Portland Art Museum Walter Clay Hill Family Foundation Hoffman Construction Company Donald J. Jenkins and Mel Jenkins JEZ Foundation Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts Patricia B. Jones Ralph W. Jones Willa M. Kemp Kristen and Michael Kern Henry Klein Michael and Mary Klein Kleinprint Koe Family Fund Rick Koe Mr. Philip K. Krohn Ronni Lacroute Lagunitas Brewing Co. Lamb Family Foundation, Inc. Joan Robertson Lamb Sara Lea Robert Lehman Foundation Gregory F. Leiher Elizabeth Lilley Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation

James D. Burke in honor of Daniel Bergsvik and Donald Hastler James D. Burke in memory of Wolfgang Stechow James and Diane Burke in honor of Elise K. Kenney Dr. Jörg Colberg Sylvia and Bennett Engelman Tom Firman Dr. Marcia Freed and Dr. Martin Schwartz Gary Green

Howard Greenberg Dr. Harry and Mrs. Karen Groth Hap Gallery and Michael Vahrenwald Craig Hickman R.E. Lewis & Daughter Herbert Lustig Gary Lewis Moe in memory of Kevin Michael McGee Jerome Joseph O’Brien and Carla Basom O’Brien

Susan Peters Sandra Phillips in memory of Terry Toedtemeier Stefani Priest Tom Prochaska Richard Toscan and Sharon Walker

Maletis Beverage Shawn and Lisa Mangum The Mark Family M. James and Jennifer Mark Susan and Fred Matthies Mike and Judy McCuddy Laura S. Meier Mia and Matt Miller Anne K. Millis Fund of OCF The Acorn Fund of OCF Mr. Dane Nelson Carolyn Nichols Opsis Architecture Oregon Arts Commission Oregon Community Foundation Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Nate Overmeyer and Sarah Dougher Pacific Power Foundation Shirley N. Papé Marilyn Podemski Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts David and Shirley Pollock R.E. Lewis & Daughter Original Prints Regional Arts and Culture Council Pat and Trudy Ritz Fredrick Ross April Sanderson Tom and Carol Shults Jan Lewis Slavid Andrée H. Stevens Stevens Fine Art, LLC M. Lee Stone Fine Prints Stoney Road Press Linda Suyama Susan Teller Gallery The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts The Annex Galleries The Art of Japan The Boeing Company The Holzman Foundation The Swigert Warren Foundation The Tolman Collection of Tokyo

Tides Foundation Warnock Fine Arts Nani S. Warren Wells Fargo OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William A. Whitsell Dan Wieden and Priscilla Bernard Wieden Sabine Artaud Wild Mr. and Mrs. David Willmott Kathy and Ralph Wilson Jim and Susan Winkler Judith Wyss Anonymous (5)

Oregon State Bar-International Law Section Darleen Ortega Polish Library Association Pat and Trudy Ritz Romanian American Society SundanceNow The Jackson Foundation The Lamb Baldwin Foundation The World Affairs Council of Oregon Tillamook Dairy Co-op Travel Portland True West Portland TV5 USA, Inc.

BEQUESTS

GIFTS IN-KIND

Estate of W.H. Nunn Henry Failing Fund

Dave Holt Charles Froelick George Vogt Daniel and Sachi Rosebaum Winderlea Vineyard & Winery

The Museum gratefully acknowledges all members who have continued to support the Museum on an annual basis through their membership contributions. Please visit our website at portlandartmuseum.org/support-us as we recognize you, our loyal members, in our donor honor roll. The Portland Art Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is supported in part by annual contributions from the Oregon Arts Commission, the Oregon Arts Heritage Endowment Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

NORTHWEST FILM CENTER

@Large Films Adelina Books Alliance Francaise de Portland AMC Networks J. Scott and Linda Andrews Consular Office of Japan in Portland Consulate General of France Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest Consulate General of Sweden Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco French American Cultural Society FUJIFILM North America Corporation Henry V Events Merriman H. Holtz, Jr. Institute for Judaic Studies Biwa Izakaya/Noraneko Ramen JD Fulwiler & Co. Insurance Kevin Keithley Kathleen Lewis Juliana Lukasik Nordic Northwest Oregon Community Foundation

TRIBUTES

In Memory of Jeffrey Belluschi Peter and Susan Belluschi G Tennis Team at West Hills Racquet & Fitness In Honor of Benjamin Cort and Michelle Marshall John E. Cort In Memory of Eric Hoffman, Sr. ACME Construction Supply Co. Hoffman Construction Company Ann Flowerree Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Montee In Honor of Robert Schlegel Lindsay Stewart MATCHING GIFTS

The Benevity Community Impact Fund ENDOWMENT

Merriman H. Holtz, Jr.

THE ART OF CREATING A LEGACY: Ways to Build a Strong Estate Plan Passionate about supporting the Portland Art Museum’s mission, even after your lifetime? Taking the time to create an estate plan can help you decide how to distribute the hard-earned resources you have accumulated throughout your years. Follow this framework to build a plan that achieves your personal and charitable goals and recognizes the people and causes you cherish most.

Determine which people and charities should receive your assets and whether the gifts should be made outright or in a trust. Contact us to learn about the variety of ways to remember the Museum in your estate plan.

Select a trusted family member, friend, or responsible party—such as a bank or trust company—to administer your estate, which includes following the instructions in your will and distributing assets.

Prepare an advance directive (also known as a health care power of attorney) to indicate who should make health care decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so. You should also decide if you want a living will, which directs that no extraordinary life-sustaining medical procedures will be used to prolong life when there is no hope of recovery.

RENTAL SALES GALLERY SUMMER NEW ARTIST SHOW JULY 21, 2017, 5–8 P.M.

Meet new gallery artists and enjoy refreshments as you browse works in all media for sale or rent.

The Rental Sales Gallery is located across the street from the Museum at 1237 SW 10th Ave. Free admission. rentalsalesgallery.com facebook.com/PAMRentalSalesGallery

Outline your funeral plans, including the names of people you want to be notified after your passing.

Calculate your net worth and list all of your financial assets, including bank account numbers, insurance policies, and retirement plan assets.

Compile a list of all of your personal data, including Social Security number, date of birth, and digital information, such as online accounts, user names, and passwords.

Record the locations of important documents, such as your vehicle title, marriage certificate, and copies of prior years’ tax returns, as well as the name of your accountant and estate planning attorney.

Ensure that your will is available outside of your safe-deposit box, which in some states can be closed when you die and not immediately accessible.

Consult an estate planning attorney or tax advisor for assistance as you develop your plan.

Share Your Good News!

If you’re considering naming the Portland Art Museum in your will as you make or update your estate plan, please let us know so we can ensure that your gift is used as you intended and we can welcome you into the Ella Hirsch Legacy Society. For more information or to attend one of our estate planning workshops, please contact Karie Burch at karie.burch@pam. org or 503-276-4240.

The information in this publication is not intended as legal or tax advice. For such advice, please consult an attorney or tax advisor. Figures cited in examples are for hypothetical purposes only and are subject to change. References to estate and income taxes include federal taxes only. State income/ estate taxes or state law may impact your results.

Opening continued JENNIFER STEINKAMP July 8 – September 17, 2017 REPRESENTING: VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHS OF, BY, AND FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS July 29 – December 3, 2017 ANIMATING LIFE: THE ART, SCIENCE AND WONDER OF LAIKA October 14, 2017 – May 20, 2018

Continuing AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHS Through June 4, 2017 CONSTRUCTING IDENTITY: PETRUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION COLLECTION OF AFRICANAMERICAN ART Through June 18, 2017 REUNITED: FRANCESCUCCIO GHISSI’S ST. JOHN ALTARPIECE Through July 9, 2017

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE Opening QUEST FOR BEAUTY: THE ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPES, AND COLLECTIONS OF JOHN YEON May 13 – September 3, 2017 OBJECT STORIES: COMBAT PAPER June 3 – August 27 WHISTLER AND THE ETCHING REVIVAL June 10 – October 15, 2017

RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY ACQUISITIONS Through July 23, 2017 APEX: SAM HAMILTON STANDARD CANDLES Through August 13, 2017 CCNA: CONNECTING LINES Through October 29, 2017

HOURS

Monday Closed Tuesday–Wednesday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Thursday–Friday 10 a.m.–8 p.m.

Saturday–Sunday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

CRUMPACKER FAMILY LIBRARY HOURS Open by appointment. Please contact library@pam.org or call 503-276-4215

ADMISSION

Members/Children (17 and younger)* free Adults $19.99 Seniors (62 and older) $16.99 Students (18 and older with ID) $16.99 *Children 14 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Tickets available online.

CONTACTS

General Information Membership Information

503-226-2811 503-276-4249

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ADMISSION Every Day

Children ages 17 and younger are free.

Every Friday after 5 p.m. $5 general admission 5–8 p.m.

Free First Thursday Free admission 5–8 p.m.

The first Thursday of every month.

Miller Family Free Day August 20, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Support for free admission is made possible thanks to the Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant Foundation, Sharon L. Miller and Family, and the Lamb Baldwin Foundation. Help us provide additional free opportunities by supporting the Museum’s Art Access Endowment.

Visit portlandartmuseum.org/admission-access-programs

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THUR

FRI

BABY MORNING

SAT

PUBLIC TOUR

Reunited 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

D

Mickalene Thomas 6 p.m.

E S

1

PUBLIC TOUR

2 PUBLIC TOUR

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

American/ Northwest 1 p.m.

3

8

9 PUBLIC TOUR

9:15 a.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

O

13 PUBLIC TOUR

14 PHOTOGRAPHY BROWN BAG TALK

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

Meditation - 5:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty - Randy Gragg 2 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

10 Listening to Art 12:30 p.m.

16

Constructing Identity FAMILY TOUR

Let’s Go on Vacation - 12:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

17 PUBLIC TOURS

FAMILY TOUR

SUMMER CELEBRATION OF THE MILITARY COMMUNITY

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

Psychology of Perception 12:30 p.m.

3D Spree 12:30 p.m.

Collection Highlights 3 p.m.

6–8 p.m.

19

20

21

PUBLIC TOUR

22 PUBLIC TOUR

Ghissi and European 1 p.m.

Modern and Contemporary 1 p.m.

23 PUBLIC TOUR

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

GALLERY TALK

Yeon as Collector 6 p.m.

27

28

29

18

PUBLIC TOUR

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

L

Noon

11

Constructing Identity - 3 p.m.

15

Native American 1 p.m.

Constructing Identity 3 p.m.

CLOSES

Constructing Identity 3 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

4

LECTURE

PUBLIC TOURS

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

Constructing Identity - 3 p.m.

Exploring Mesoamerica 12:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

ART & CONVERSATION

PUBLIC TOUR

FAMILY TOUR

Tours for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted 1:30–3 p.m.

12

C

Exploring Mesoamerica - 12:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

Quest for Beauty 1 p.m.

26

Connecting Lines - Luzene Hill 2 p.m.

Creative Writing Inspired by Art 12:30 p.m.

7 12:30 p.m.

FAMILY TOUR

Poetic Plates

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

Elizabeth Malaska 6 p.m.

MIDDAY ART BREAK

Quest for Beauty and Watzek House 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

OPENS

ARTIST TALK

6

MEMBERS FIELD TRIP:

American Photographs

GALLERY TALK

CONVERSATION

PUBLIC TOUR

PUBLIC TOURS

Ghissi and European - 3 p.m.

Meditation - 5:30 p.m.

5

CLOSES

Portraits - 12:30 p.m.

Collection Highlights - 1 p.m.

Asian 1 p.m.

OPENS

Object Stories: Combat Paper

PUBLIC TOURS

PUBLIC TOURS

SUN

30

24

25

JULY MON

2017 TUE

WED

THUR

FRI

SAT

SUN

PUBLIC TOURS

FAMILY TOUR

Collection Highlights 3 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

Seeing Science and Medicine in Art 12:30 p.m.

NW Collection 12:30 p.m.

D

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

1

E

PUBLIC TOUR

BABY MORNING

PUBLIC TOUR

Quest for Beauty 10 a.m.–12:30 p.n.

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

Meditation 5:30 p.m.

S

4 PUBLIC TOUR

5 MIDDAY ART BREAK

Asian 1 p.m.

6 PUBLIC TOURS

12:30 p.m.

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

6–9:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

Drawing Is Seeing 6 p.m.

O

Libby Werbel 6 p.m.

11 PUBLIC TOUR

12 PHOTOGRAPHY BROWN BAG TALK

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

13 ART & CONVERSATION

9:15–11:30 a.m.

Noon

PUBLIC TOURS

L

Modern and Contemporary 1 p.m.

Tours for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted 1:30–3 p.m.

17

18

19

C

PUBLIC TOURS

Meditation - 5:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

Ghissi and European 3 p.m.

8 FAMILY TOUR

Native American 3 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

Impressionism 12:30 p.m.

You’re Going to Wear That?

12:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

15 PUBLIC TOURS

PUBLIC TOUR

Quest for Beaty 3 p.m.

Summer New Artist Show 5–8 p.m.

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

The 3 R’s: Rascals, Rebels, and Rogues 12:30 p.m.

26

Recent Photography Acquisitions FAMILY TOUR

Quest for Beauty - Richard Louis Brown 2 p.m.

21

22 OPENS

American/ Northwest - 3 p.m.

23

Colorific 12:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

28

PUBLIC TOURS FAMILY TOUR

Representing

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

27

CLOSES

LECTURE

LECTURE

Drawing Is Seeing 12:30 p.m.

25

16

Your’e Going to Wear That? - 12:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty - Laurie Olin 2 p.m.

Collection Highlights 3 p.m.

24/31

9

PUBLIC TOURS

RENTAL SALES GALLERY

PUBLIC TOUR

Native American 1 p.m.

Tour the World 12:30 p.m.

14

20

PUBLIC TOURS

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

FAMILY TOUR

Reunited

7 MONSTER DRAWING RALLY

ARTIST TALK

10

PUBLIC TOURS

Contemporary Art Across Cultures 12:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty 1 p.m.

3

CLOSES

Jennifer Steinkamp

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

2

OPENS

PUBLIC TOURS

29

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

30

AUGUST MON

2017

TUE

WED

THUR

PUBLIC TOUR

FRI

BABY MORNING

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

SAT

PUBLIC TOUR

Summer Landscapes 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

European - 1 p.m.

D

PUBLIC TOURS

MEMBERS FIELD TRIP: THE SHIRE

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

FAMILY TOUR

Messages in Chinese Art 12:30 p.m.

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

Session I: 9–11 a.m.

Session II: Noon–2 p.m.

Session III: 3–5 p.m.

Tour the World - 12:30 p.m.

Meditation - 5:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

LECTURE

1 PUBLIC TOUR

E

SUN

2 MIDDAY ART BREAK

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

Quest for Beauty Robert Mowry - 6:30 p.m.

3

PUBLIC TOURS

12:30 p.m.

4 PUBLIC TOUR

Asian 1 p.m.

5 PUBLIC TOURS

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

APEX: Sam Hamilton FAMILY TOUR

Collection Highlights 3 p.m.

Darrell Grant 6 p.m.

6

CLOSES

Vanitas in Still Life 12:30 p.m.

ARTIST TALK

Native American 3 p.m.

NW Collection 12:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

Quest for Beauty - 3 p.m.

S

7

8 PUBLIC TOURS

Modern and Contemporary 1 p.m.

9 PHOTOGRAPHY BROWN BAG TALK

10 ART & CONVERSATION

PUBLIC TOUR

9:15–11:30 a.m.

Noon

11 PUBLIC TOURS

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

O

15

16

PUBLIC TOURS

17 Modern and Contemporary 1 p.m.

18 PUBLIC TOUR

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

L 22

23

24 PUBLIC TOUR

Native American 1 p.m.

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

29

30

31

19

25

20

PUBLIC TOURS

FAMILY TOUR

Collection Highlights 3 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

Glass in the Galleries 12:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty Melinda McVay 6:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

C

PUBLIC TOURS

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

LECTURE

21

13

Quest for Beauty 12:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

The Shire Picnic Tour - 4:30 p.m.

FAMILY TOUR

Meditation 5:30 p.m.

14

MEMBERS FIELD TRIP

MILLER FAMILY FREE DAY

Art and Vice 12:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty 1 p.m.

28

12

Messages in Chinese Art 12:30 p.m.

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

26

27

SEPTEMBER MON

TUE

2017

WED

THUR

FRI

SAT

PUBLIC TOUR

SUN

PUBLIC TOURS

CLOSES

Living with Dying 12:30 p.m.

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

Quest for Beauty FAMILY TOUR

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

D

NW Collection 12:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

Quest for Beauty 3 p.m.

1

E

PUBLIC TOUR

BABY MORNING

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

Impressionism 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

2 FAMILY TOUR

European 3 p.m.

LECTURE

Women in Art 12:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

American/ Northwest 1 p.m.

Animals in Art 12:30 p.m.

Carl Deiz/Zun Lee - Zun Lee 2 p.m.

Meditation 5:30 p.m.

S

4

5 PUBLIC TOUR

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

6 MIDDAY ART BREAK

7 PUBLIC TOUR

12:30 p.m.

8 PUBLIC TOUR

Asian 1 p.m.

Collection Highlights 3 p.m.

10

CLOSES

Creative Writing Inspired by Art 12:30 p.m.

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

Jennifer Steinkamp FAMILY TOUR

Native American 3 p.m.

Hector Hernandez 6 p.m.

Finding Dragons 12:30 p.m.

PUBLIC TOUR

O

Collection Highlights 3 p.m.

11

12 PUBLIC TOUR

13 PHOTOGRAPHY BROWN BAG TALK

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

14 ART & CONVERSATION

PUBLIC TOUR

9:15 a.m.

Noon

15 Slow Looking 6 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

L

16 FAMILY TOUR

Northwest 3 p.m.

PUBLIC TOURS

NW Collection 12:30 p.m.

Collection Highlights 3 p.m.

Tours for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted 1:30–3 p.m.

18

19

20

PUBLIC TOUR

Meditation - 5:30 p.m.

21

PUBLIC TOUR

Collection Highlights 1 p.m.

Modern and Contemporary 1 p.m.

22 PUBLIC TOUR

23 PUBLIC TOURS

Slow Looking 6 p.m.

Art With Stories 12:30 p.m.

Collection Highlights 3 p.m.

26

27

28

29

17

PUBLIC TOURS

Drops of Light: Water in the Museum 12:30 p.m.

Modern and Contemporary 1 p.m.

C

9 PUBLIC TOURS

ARTIST TALK

25

3

PUBLIC TOURS

30

24

1219 SW PARK AVENUE PORTLAND, OREGON 97205-2430

ANIMATING LIFE: The Art, Science, and Wonder of LAIKA OCTOBER 14, 2017 – MAY 20, 2018

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