CURRENT EXHIBITS

BLACK MATTER

Black Matter showcases contemporary Oregon-based black artists in an effort to address an imbalance in representation.

This evolving traveling exhibit offers black artists the opportunity to share work that expresses what’s in their hearts and minds without the requirement of a political agenda. Black artists are continuously expected to make art about race, racism, and social injustice. Black artists should be recognized as individuals, without the filter of what the Western art canon tells us black art is or should be. The artwork in this exhibition expresses more than their experience of living in a state and country rooted in systematic racism; their art speaks to the experience of being human.

Their voices should be heard, not because they are black, because they are human beings with unique life experiences.

The goal of the exhibition is to broaden cultural awareness of and appreciation for art by black artists in Oregon.