CONVERGE 45, Portland, OR (2026)

08/07/2026

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘕𝘰𝘸 opens citywide in 20 days!

𝗔𝘂𝗴 𝟮𝟳⁣

2 PM | Kickoff & Remarks — PSU Schnitzer School of Art⁣

2:30–4 PM | PSU Reception — Gerald Clarke, Tannaz Farsi, Marcus Fischer, Patricia Vázquez Gómez, Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, Rob Rhee, Vo Vo⁣

4–6 PM | Ido Radon: 𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺… — CCA at PNCA⁣

7–9 PM | Linda K. Johnson: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭, Reception — PLACE

9–11 PM | Opening Celebration & Rooftop Cocktails — TBA

𝗔𝘂𝗴 𝟮𝟴⁣

3–5 PM | Lex Brown: 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯, Artist Talk (4 PM) & Reception — Patricia Reser Center for the Arts⁣

5:30–8 PM | Gerald Clarke: 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, Reception — Native Arts and Culture Foundation⁣

6 PM | Amy Ruhl: 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 w/ Sophia Cleary & Lu Yim, Preview — Oregon Contemporary (RSVP)⁣

6–9 PM | Trisha Baga: 𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘌, Viewing & Cookout — PICA⁣

𝗔𝘂𝗴 𝟮𝟵⁣

11 AM–1 PM | Rose Salane: 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤, Viewing & Picnic — Cooley Gallery at Reed College⁣

1–3 PM | Vo Vo: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘻, Screening — Movie Madness⁣

2:30–4:30 PM | Meech Boakye: 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘗𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, Viewing & Workshop — Paragon Gallery at PCC Cascade⁣

5 PM | Amy Ruhl: 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 w/ Sophia Cleary & Lu Yim, Performance — Oregon Contemporary (RSVP)⁣

6–8 PM | 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 & 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭: Artists of North Pole Studio + Elbow Room — Oregon Contemporary, Amy Ruhl, Sophia Cleary, Lu Yim, Ricky Bearghost, Aaron Cunningham, Michelle Fromme, Annie Rose Macer, Elmeater Morton, Dan Tran⁣

8–9 PM | keyon gaskin & sidony o’neal: 𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘗 𝘋’Æ𝘙/𝘚𝘗𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘌 + 𝘌𝘓𝘌𝘎𝘠 �

08/04/2026

Linda K. Johnson (Portland) is a cornerstone of Pacific Northwest performance ecology, known for large-scale, site-based movement works about our collective relationship to place. She presents THE SKIN OF MEMORY, featuring Mycelium Dream maps, action drawings, and oral histories. Using ritual materials like wildfire ash to draw and dance with, Johnson practices an embodied form of archiving. Opens August 27.

PASTfuture Long-form Archival Conversation Series, 2025
Technology for projection, recording, amplification, and listening.
Photo: Stephen Hayes

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘕𝘰𝘸 opens across 16 venues citywide with a weekend of receptions, performances, screenings, and talks August 27–30, 2026. 28 artists and 17 new commissions. Free and open to the public. Curated by Lumi Tan.

07/28/2026

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30 Day Countdown!⁣
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Here, To you, Now—the 2026 Converge 45 triennial, curated by Lumi Tan—opens August 27 across Portland. Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin, who lived most of her life in this city, the exhibition brings together 28 artists whose work is shaped by impermanence and new forms of communication.⁣
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Follow the artists:⁣
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Trisha Baga, New York, NY ⁣
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Ricky Bearghost, Portland, OR .room.pdx⁣
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Meech Boakye, Portland, OR ⁣
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Lex Brown, Rome, Italy ⁣
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Gerald Clarke, Anza, CA ⁣
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Srijon Chowdhury, Portland, OR ⁣
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Aaron Cunningham, Portland, OR ⁣
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Tannaz Farsi, Eugene, OR ⁣
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Marcus Fischer, Portland, OR ⁣
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Michelle Fromme, Portland, OR .room.pdx⁣
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keyon gaskin, Portland, OR⁣
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Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, Los Angeles, CA ⁣
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Frank Heath, New York, NY ⁣
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Linda K. Johnson, Portland, OR .johnson⁣
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Annie Rose Macer, Portland, OR ⁣
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Elmeater Morton, Portland, OR .room.pdx⁣
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sidony o’neal, Portland, OR ⁣
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Ido Radon, Portland, OR ⁣
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Rob Rhee, Seattle, WA ⁣
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Morgan Ritter, Portland, OR ⁣
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Amy Ruhl with Sophia Cleary and Lu Yim, New York, NY ⁣
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Rose Salane, New York, NY .salane⁣
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Dan Tran, Portland, OR ⁣
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Patricia Vázquez Gómez, Mexico City and Portland, OR ⁣
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Vo Vo, Portland, OR ⁣
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Lynn Yarne, Portland, OR .nice_studio⁣
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𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 16 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 27–30, 2026. 28 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 17 𝘯𝘦𝘸 �

07/18/2026

40 Days
Countdown!

Here, To you, Now—the 2026 Converge 45 triennial, curated by Lumi Tan—opens August 27 across Portland. Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin, who lived most of her life in this city, the exhibition brings together 28 artists whose work is shaped by impermanence and new forms of communication.

Meet the artists:

Trisha Baga, New York, NY Trisha Baga

Ricky Bearghost, Portland, OR Elbow Room

Meech Boakye, Portland, OR meech boakye

Lex Brown, Rome, Italy

Gerald Clarke, Anza, CA Gerald Clarke

Srijon Chowdhury, Portland, OR Srijon Chowdhury

Aaron Cunningham, Portland, OR North Pole Studio

Tannaz Farsi, Eugene, OR Tannaz Farsi

Marcus Fischer, Portland, OR marcus fischer

Michelle Fromme, Portland, OR Elbow Room

keyon gaskin, Portland, OR

Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, Los Angeles, CA Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork

Frank Heath, New York, NY Ronna And Eric Hoffman Gallery

Linda K. Johnson, Portland, OR Linda K. Johnson

Annie Rose Macer, Portland, OR North Pole Studio

Elmeater Morton, Portland, OR Elbow Room

sidony o’neal, Portland, OR Sidony O’Neal

Ido Radon, Portland, OR Ido Radon

Rob Rhee, Seattle, WA Rob Rhee

Morgan Ritter, Portland, OR Mo Ritter

Amy Ruhl with Sophia Cleary and Lu Yim, New York, NY Amy Ruhl sophia cleary Lu Yim

Rose Salane, New York, NY Rose Salane

Dan Tran, Portland, OR North Pole Studio Dan Tran

Patricia Vázquez Gómez, Mexico City and Portland, OR PatiVG

Vo Vo, Portland, OR Võ Võ / An Out Recordings

Lynn Yarne, Portland, OR Lynn Yarne World

07/16/2026

Srijon Chowdhury is a Portland-based painter whose luminous, symbolically charged works merge the personal with the mythological. For the 2026 Converge45 Triennial, he presents 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, a new chapter in his multi-year 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦. Presented at Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College, the installation features a welded steel gate holding sigils of the tarot’s Major Arcana, with corresponding paintings and a central work devoted to “The Fool.” Drawing on a linguistic slippage—“phool” means “flower” in the artist’s Bangladeshi dialect—the project reimagines the tarot as a living visual grammar of recurrence and perpetual beginning.

Srijon Chowdhury
𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦, 2024
Welded Steel, Oil on Linen
JSP Art Photography

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 16 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 27–30, 2026. 28 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 17 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤. 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘪 𝘛𝘢𝘯.

07/08/2026

50 DAYS.

Countdown

Here, To you, Now—the 2026 Converge 45 triennial, curated by Lumi Tan—opens August 27 across Portland. Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin, who lived most of her life in this city, the exhibition brings together 28 artists whose work is shaped by impermanence and new forms of communication. ⁣
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Meet the artists: ⁣
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Trisha Baga, New York, NY Trisha Baga ⁣
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Ricky Bearghost, Portland, OR Elbow Room ⁣
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Meech Boakye, Portland, OR meech boakye ⁣
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Lex Brown, Rome, Italy ⁣
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Gerald Clarke, Anza, CA Gerald Clarke ⁣
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Srijon Chowdhury, Portland, OR Srijon Chowdhury ⁣
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Aaron Cunningham, Portland, OR North Pole Studio ⁣
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Tannaz Farsi, Eugene, OR Tannaz Farsi ⁣
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Marcus Fischer, Portland, OR marcus fischer ⁣
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Michelle Fromme, Portland, OR Elbow Room ⁣
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keyon gaskin, Portland, OR ⁣
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Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, Los Angeles, CA Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork ⁣
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Frank Heath, New York, NY Ronna And Eric Hoffman Gallery ⁣
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Linda K. Johnson, Portland, OR Linda K. Johnson ⁣
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Annie Rose Macer, Portland, OR North Pole Studio ⁣
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Elmeater Morton, Portland, OR Elbow Room ⁣
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sidony o’neal, Portland, OR Sidony O’Neal ⁣
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Ido Radon, Portland, OR Ido Radon ⁣
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Rob Rhee, Seattle, WA Rob Rhee ⁣
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Morgan Ritter, Portland, OR Mo Ritter ⁣
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Amy Ruhl with ⁣
Sophia Cleary and Lu Yim, New York, NY ⁣
Amy Ruhl sophia cleary Lu Yim ⁣
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Rose Salane, New York, NY Rose Salane ⁣
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Dan Tran, Portland, OR North Pole Studio ⁣Dan Tran
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Patricia Vázquez Gómez, Mexico City and Portland, OR PatiVG ⁣
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Vo Vo, Portland, OR Võ Võ / An Out Recordings ⁣
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Lynn Yarne, Portland, OR Lynn Yarne World ⁣
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07/06/2026

At the Cooley Gallery at Reed College, Rose Salane—whose work explores how bureaucratic systems and individual lives leave material traces in everyday objects—presents a new video and series of prints centering on a pair of shoes once owned by Princess Diana. The video documents a magic show and public viewing convened by the artist at Lloyd Center and Pioneer Place in February 2026, echoing a 1997 Portland memorial in which thousands gathered to mourn Diana and signed condolence albums that were later lost before reaching Buckingham Palace. By centering these shoes as a charged relic, Salane investigates how collective memory attaches to objects, how a city chooses to remember what matters, and what happens when official records vanish.

Rose Salane, in-process video still (magic show at Lloyd Center mall), 2026. Courtesy of the artist.

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 16 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 27–30, 2026. 28 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 17 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤. 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘪 𝘛𝘢𝘯.

07/03/2026

Lex Brown (Rome, IT) utilizes video and performance to interrogate the absurdities of late capitalism. For the 2026 C45 Triennial, she presents Carnelian, an expansive installation of paintings and video at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts. Conceived as a feature-length musical, the video follows three elemental archetypes—representing fire, air, and earth—as they navigate a sensory deluge of media while awaiting an impending disaster. Through a sophisticated blend of poetic satire and original music, the project investigates a contemporary world defined by “emergency overload,” polarizing rhetoric, and the existential threat of extinction.

Lex Brown, Carnelian (video still), 2023, video.
Courtesy of the artist.

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 16 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 27–30, 2026. 28 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 17 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤. 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘪 𝘛𝘢𝘯.

07/02/2026

North Pole Studio and Elbow Room are Portland art studios dedicated to supporting the professional careers of artists with autism and intellectual or developmental disabilities. For Here, To you, Now, curator Lumi Tan has curated a group exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculpture by artists associated with the two organizations. Featuring works by Ricky Bearghost, Aaron Cunningham, Michelle Fromme, Annie Rose Macer, Elmeater Morton, and Dan Tran, the exhibition at Oregon Contemporary serves as a warm introduction to their unique perspectives, persistence, and long-standing presence in Portland’s creative landscape.

Elbow Room:
Elmeater Morton photo: Katie Savastano
Ricky Bearghost photo: Dawn Riddle
Michelle Fromme photo: Katie Savastano

North Pole Studio:
Dan Tran photo: Singlefile Studio
Aaron Cunningham photo: Singlefile Studio
Annie Rose

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 16 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 27–30, 2026. 28 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 17 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤. 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘶𝘮𝘪 𝘛𝘢𝘯.

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