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Creative Coding display
January 28th 2022

PSU brings light, art to Portland Winter Light Festival

Portland State University is once again joining the Willamette Light Brigade...
Architectural concept drawing for "Projective Ecologies of Postcapitalist Architecture," Xander Sligh
November 5th 2021

PSU Architecture students take home honors in AIA design competition

Four recent graduates from Portland State University School of Architecture...
"Ness" by Clive Knights
September 27th 2021

Collages and monotypes by Architecture professor Clive Knights on view

Clive Knights, professor in the School of Architecture, has a series of collages...
painters painting mural of a blue person with pink hair and purple flowers
September 16th 2021

Montgomery Street to become home to new mural by student artists

Montgomery Plaza is getting a new look thanks to the PSU COMMA artist collective,...
Mobile museum
July 12th 2021

Mobile museums provide community engagement, equitable access

In thinking about how to help Tigard residents envision a new public plaza,...
Architectural concept rendering for planned PSU Art + Design Center
June 28th 2021

Oregon Legislature approves funding for new home for the School of Art + Design

The Oregon Legislature has approved funding for a new center to house the...
Garrett Recker, 2021 recipient of Andries Deinum Prize for Visionaries and Provocateurs
June 11th 2021

2021 Deinum Prize recipient challenges fast fashion, conformity and gender norms with multimedia project

Portland State University School of Film student Garrett Recker has been...
Musician plays a harp
June 7th 2021

Bidding a fond farewell: Three Music & Theater professors to retire in 2021

The end of any academic year brings good-byes and fresh opportunities, and...
Portland State Chamber Choir at Lan Su Chinese Garden
May 18th 2021

Oregon Symphony honors Portland State Chamber Choir with Schnitzer Wonder Award

Portland State University professor Ethan Sperry and the Portland State University...
Comma PDX
April 21st 2021

Graphic design program creates space, opportunity for BIPOC community

After months of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing Black Lives Matter...
Back of three students wearing backpacks walking away
April 21st 2021

PSU research center earns national fellowship to address homelessness

Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative...
Brick wall of Martin Luther King School with windows covered in student art and five children running in a line at the base of the wall.
March 9th 2021

The Art of Learning: KSMoCA adapts to the pandemic

Originally published on Oregon Artswatch, March 8, 2021 What is an art...