In the words of Portland-based professional designer Eric Hillerns, Portland is “a city of design and for design.” As home to a host of world-renowned brands such as Nike and Adidas, the city certainly has a case to make for its design credentials. But how are things on the ground floor, where design finds its roots?
Homelessness is an ongoing and visible issue in Portland, and the youth are no exception. But Portland State’s master’s program in architecture is trying its hand at helping out.
Charles Bernstein, the “postmodern jester of American poesy,” will bring his idiosyncratic and playful poetry to Portland State, with the help of the English department’s creative writing master’s program.
A starter list of cultural mainstays on or near campus Portland hosts a variety of arts and cultural events throughout the year, and many of them thrive in the campus…
From its humble beginnings as an extension center, educating primarily World War II veterans in an abandoned shipyard housing project, Portland State has survived everything from legislative resistance to floods and riots in its climb to its present state of being.
Local artists are merging analysis and aesthetic in a pair of shows at PSU’s Littman and White Galleries.
Remote Events and Vanished Objects, combinations of sculptural and video works by Kyle Thompson and Caitlin Ducey, will show in the Littman Gallery through Aug. 29
Ancient Egypt: a place of god-kings, monolithic temples and the mysterious pyramids. Who would have thought that the answers to some of its most puzzling questions might be found in the water?
The hipster is seen by many as a mainstay of pop culture here in Portland, but Valeriy Todorovskiy’s 2008 musical Hipsters offers a starkly different depiction. Filmed from a Russian perspective during the Stalinist regime of the 1950s, this drama tells the story of youths using jazz and fashion to rebel against social conformity.
Ellsworth Kelly has been described as among the most influential living artists in American contemporary art. This summer, the Portland Art Museum is giving patrons a rare chance to view dozens of works from his extensive career in printmaking.
If you haven’t given classical music a try, you have a rare opportunity to see Portland State’s orchestra students perform with a world renowned violinist.
PSU’s orchestral program will kick off a summer-long festival of chamber music performances, to be hosted by Portland-based Chamber Music Northwest. PSU Symphony Orchestra’s concert titled “Brahms and Beyond” will be held this Friday at Lincoln Performance Hall and will feature a guest performance by internationally acclaimed violinist and festival musician Jennifer Frautschi.
If you’re into old-school animation, the Northwest Film Center has a real treat in store. This weekend, Silvain Chomet’s 2003 surrealistic comedy The Triplets of Belleville will show alongside Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 fantasy My Neighbor Totoro.