Art Unbound
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Art Unbound showcases Portland’s creative community, shining a light on the city’s artists, filmmakers, musicians, and new media pioneers, as well as the partners who champion art and artists of all kinds. Episodes feature conversations between Portland-based creatives, bite-sized stories told by the artists about the objects that inspire them, and a series of episodes exploring the Portland Art Museum’s ongoing collaborations with institutions around the world.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Art Unbound showcases Portland’s creative community, shining a light on the city’s artists, filmmakers, musicians, and new media pioneers, as well as the partners who champion art and artists of all kinds. Episodes feature conversations between Portland-based creatives, bite-sized stories told by the artists about the objects that inspire them, and a series of episodes exploring the Portland Art Museum’s ongoing collaborations with institutions around the world.
Twitter:
@pdxartmuseum
Language:
English
Email:
jon.richardson@pam.org
Episodes
Certified Fresh
7/2/2021
In 2019, The Portland Art Museum partnered with local radio station The Numberz FM for the exhibition, Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal… The partnership grew and the Art Museum is currently the home base for daily operations for … Continued
Duration:01:12:45
The French American Museum Exchange
5/11/2021
On this episode, Brian Ferriso, The Portland Art Museum’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, has a conversation about directing a museum during a time of civil unrest, a climate crisis, and a global pandemic with his counterpart at the Musée … Continued
Duration:00:45:23
Playing With Fire: in Conversation with Virgil Ortiz
4/2/2021
On this episode, Kathleen Ash-Milby and John P. Lukavic are joined by multi-hyphenate Native artist, Virgil Ortiz. With his work in subversive clay sculptures, futuristic fashion design, and a years-long science-fiction film & museum exhibition project about the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, … Continued
Duration:00:55:12
Ansel Adams: In Our Time
2/23/2021
Coming soon to the Portland Art Museum is a special exhibition featuring the work of esteemed photographer Ansel Adams and the contemporary photographers he influenced. On this episode of Art Unbound, we get a taste of what’s to come from … Continued
Duration:00:48:48
Working Outside Your Walls: Navigating Museum Learning & Community During a Pandemic
1/27/2021
Portland Art Museum’s Director of Learning & Community Partnerships, Stephanie Parrish, is joined by her counterpart at the Denver Art Museum, Heather Nielsen, to discuss the ins and outs of museum learning and how they’ve had to shift all that … Continued
Duration:00:48:40
Reclaimed Weird: Inside the Art of Public Joy Creator, Mike Bennett
12/22/2020
Mike Bennett is quickly becoming a prominent figure in the ‘weird Portland’ community and he is using his local celebrity status, resourcefulness, and artistic talents to bring joy to the city. On this episode, we interview Mike to find out … Continued
Duration:00:32:22
Write What You Know: an Interview with Author & Storyteller, Charles Yu
12/16/2020
Charles Yu is a reformed attorney whose passion for creative writing landed him a job in the writers’ room at HBO’s Westworld. That snowballed into more and more television writing jobs. But after the 2016 Presidential Election, Yu was compelled to … Continued
Duration:00:45:53
Auto Immune Response: Will Wilson’s Photographic Past, Present, and Future
7/28/2020
Will Wilson is a trans-customary Diné artist whose work explores Native ideas of the future blended with the past. Though Wilson is mostly known as a photographer, his work also encompasses installation, mixed media, and digital media. Anyone following the … Continued
Duration:00:44:06
Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis
6/29/2020
Co-curating an exhibition with another institution can be challenging, especially when a global pandemic prohibits travel, not only to other cities but even to your own Museum. It’s a little easier when you’ve known your co-curator for many decades. On … Continued
Duration:00:40:40
Exhibition Management in the Time of COVID-19
5/14/2020
The work of a museum registrar can be quite complicated, but what happens to exhibition logistics when a global pandemic turns the world on its side? Portland Art Museum’s Exhibitions Registrar Julia Guariglia chats with Agnès Faure, her counterpart at … Continued
Duration:00:29:15
In Conversation: Arlene Schnitzer & Brian Ferriso
4/15/2020
On November 5, 2014, Brian Ferriso, the Director and Chief Curator of the Portland Art Museum, sat down with Life Trustee, arts advocate, and philanthropist, Arlene Schnitzer to discuss her life as it related to the exhibition, In Passionate Pursuit: … Continued
Duration:00:49:03
Artist Talk: maximiliano – January 16 ,2020
1/31/2020
maximiliano is a performance & video artist using maroon space societies & systems billions of years ago as impetus of a black mythos-epoch. Sampling & rupturing audio & video spatially, forming BLKWVV aesthetic (black reclamation rococo) unMOORing (othellx) mulattidad; ideas … Continued
Duration:00:44:14
Getting to Know You: Strengthening Relationships at the Portland Art Museum
12/30/2019
On our Podcast idea submission page, Ben Conte wrote “My daughter and I have been visiting the Museum since we moved to Portland in 2007. Most of our visits are together when we see a new exhibit or just want … Continued
Duration:00:16:23
Natural Selection: An Evangelist, a Babysitter, and the Family they Loved
9/18/2019
In 1881, William-Adolphe Bouguereau painted Nature’s Fan (also known as Girl with Child) — a large oil painting depicting a young woman and a small child playing in the clearing of a wooded area. It currently hangs in the European … Continued
Duration:00:26:38
2019 Monster Drawing Rally – part 6
8/9/2019
Since 2015, the Monster Drawing Rally has been a highlight of the Museum’s summer events. This year, we hosted an outpost for The Portland Art Museum Podcast and invited people to stop by and answer a 4-minute flash round of … Continued
Duration:00:17:29
2019 Monster Drawing Rally – part 5: the Youth Drawing Rally
8/6/2019
Since 2015, the Monster Drawing Rally has been a highlight of the Museum’s summer events. This year, we hosted an outpost for The Portland Art Museum Podcast and invited people to stop by and answer a 4-minute flash round of … Continued
Duration:00:20:23
2019 Monster Drawing Rally – part 4
8/2/2019
Since 2015, the Monster Drawing Rally has been a highlight of the Museum’s summer events. This year, we hosted an outpost for The Portland Art Museum Podcast and invited people to stop by and answer a 4-minute flash round of … Continued
Duration:00:20:47
2019 Monster Drawing Rally – part 3
7/30/2019
Since 2015, the Monster Drawing Rally has been a highlight of the Museum’s summer events. This year, we hosted an outpost for The Portland Art Museum Podcast and invited people to stop by and answer a 4-minute flash round of … Continued
Duration:00:21:07
2019 Monster Drawing Rally – part 2
7/26/2019
Since 2015, the Monster Drawing Rally has been a highlight of the Museum’s summer events. This year, we hosted an outpost for The Portland Art Museum Podcast and invited people to stop by and answer a 4-minute flash round of … Continued
Duration:00:21:00
2019 Monster Drawing Rally – part 1
7/22/2019
Since 2015, the Monster Drawing Rally has been a highlight of the Museum’s summer events. This year, we hosted an outpost for The Portland Art Museum Podcast and invited people to stop by and answer a 4-minute flash round of … Continued
Duration:00:21:34