VISUAL ART

Aiming True: Parker Woods

Parker Woods asks me to meet him at a teahouse in northwest Portland. I walk upstairs in the restored house to find a living room sprawl of teenagers and college students bent over their laptops in deep concentration with handmade mugs full of assorted teas. It’s silent. He arrives not much later and we talk shop, we talk Portland, we talk Tumblr, we talk photography....

Art School Eden: Black Mountain College at the Hammer Museum

Leap Before you Look: Black Mountain College (1933-1957) at the Hammer presents the first ever comprehensive survey of the North Carolina College in the United States. Curated by Helen Molesworth, the collection comes to life with particular pluck and clever presentation that is both charmingly archival and playfully approachable. With more than 250 objects, the exhibit offers enough material to appeal to an art historian and educate a novice....