Lectures

Between Science and Garbage

Composer, performer, historian, instrument builder, activist, and a blogger for The Huffington Post, Bob Ostertag will explore the notion that today’s cutting-edge technology is tomorrow’s garbage.

All Ages

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Whitsell Auditorium

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Art & Conversation

Art and Conversation: DISQUIETED

Designed especially for seniors, this series of informal lectures offers coffee and good conversation the third Thursday of every month.

Seniors

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Opening Lecture

Face to Face: Projections of Self and Society in the Printed Portrait

Considering the portrait print from about 1860 to the present, Curator of Prints and Drawings Annette Dixon, Ph.D., will discuss issues such as the portrayal of likeness and personality, the fashioning of the image as public or private, and the portrait as a vehicle of artistic expression.

All Ages

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Fields Ballroom, Mark Building

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Delve: A Readers' Seminar on the exhibition DISQUIETED at the Portland Art Museum

Engage in lively discussions of literature that is thematically linked to the exhibition DISQUIETED with Literary Arts’ popular Delve reading series.

Adults

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Critical Voices 2010

Creating Networks: The New Internationalism

This spring, the Critical Voices lecture series brings nationally and internationally renowned art historians, critics, curators, and theorists to Portland to discuss the ideas that shape contemporary art and art institutions worldwide.

All Ages

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Whitsell Auditorium

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Midday Art Breaks

Midday Art Break: More Than a Pretty Face

Take a break from your workday the second Wednesday of the month and join curators, Museum educators, or lecturers for a one-hour talk in the galleries.

All Ages

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Exhibition or gallery entrance

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Art & Conversation

Art and Conversation: Chinese Calligraphy

Designed especially for seniors, this series of informal lectures offers coffee and good conversation the third Thursday of every month.

Seniors

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Critical Voices 2010

Just What Is It That Makes Today's Institutions So Different, So Appealing?

This spring, the Critical Voices lecture series brings nationally and internationally renowned art historians, critics, curators, and theorists to Portland to discuss the ideas that shape contemporary art and art institutions worldwide.

All Ages

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Whitsell Auditorium

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Curator's Perspective: Talks in the Galleries: Chinese Galleries

Learn all about the Museum’s permanent collection directly from our curators. This special, two-part series is devoted to Asian art and presented by Maribeth Graybill, the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Asian Art.

All Ages

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Midday Art Breaks

Midday Art Break: Private Passions

Take a break from your workday the second Wednesday of the month and join curators, Museum educators, or lecturers for a one-hour talk in the galleries.

All Ages

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Exhibition or gallery entrance

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Art & Conversation

Art and Conversation: Pony Express

Designed especially for seniors, this series of informal lectures offers coffee and good conversation the third Thursday of every month.

Seniors

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