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Schneider Museum Shows Oregon Biennial Artists

Ashland Daily Tidings

Posted Jul. 14, 2016

Curator Michelle Grabner drove 1,800 miles and visited more than 100 studios as she scoured Oregon for artists to include in a state biennial exhibition. Rather than show her selections in a centralized exhibit in Portland, her finds are on display throughout Oregon. To further mix the pot, the work of Portland artists has been sent far afield to sites that include Pendleton and Ashland, while pieces by outlying artists were brought to Oregon’s biggest city.

Learn more about Michelle Grabner’s curated show on the full article.

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This Exhibit Will Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Oregon Art Right Now

Portland Monthly

Posted Jun. 13, 2016

The current Portland art scene is a lot of things: broad-based, eclectic, somewhat high-strung, and often high-concept. But easy to access? Not so much. How do you take the pulse of something so ragged and rangy and hard to pin down? How about a singular, galvanizing crash course in the best (or, at least, most provocative and striking) contemporary art the city and state have to offer right now? That’s what the Portland Biennial sets out to do, pulling from Oregon’s creative landscape a selection of artists whose work will inevitably inspire debate.

Learn more about the art scene exhibit on the full article.