CONDITIONS
CONDITIONS is a publication of The Ford Family Foundation. The annual arts journal (shifting title as it progresses) is part of the program element CRITICAL […]
Stephanie Snyder
Phantom Limbs
When we look back on this time of the pandemic, it may be the confusion that we remember the most. We have been bombarded by […]
Radical Indigenous artist Natalie Ball is unapologetically moving forward — as mother and artist.
by Jeanine Jablonski When I first came across images of Natalie Ball’s work, I was floored. Who was this amazing indigenous artist living in Oregon, […]
May It Always Be Legendary
by bart fitzgerald I. Santal 33. Boonk. A libation awaits—whether prepared, or freshly colliding due to the presence of its necessary ingredients—Hennessy and sticky-sweet pineapple […]
Through Ancestral Lands, Reading An Infected Sunset
Editor’s Note: The following essay is composed of three excerpts from an audio diary recorded by Portland- based artist and poet Demian DinéYazhi’ while driving […]
The Image Collectors
By Samantha Wall and Stephen Slappe In the midst of the vast, world-changing events of the past year, we have been reflecting on the nature […]
What Comes after the Museum? Remembering PMOMA (The Portland Museum of Modern Art)
By Libby Werbel Is it possible to grow your own museum? What would it look like? How would it be different from the museums you […]
To the Air • Paul Maziar and Cynthia Lahti
by Paul Maziar Originally published March 2020 Author’s Note: I’ve been enchanted by Cynthia Lahti’s work since the moment I first saw it—thanks to my […]
Mira Dancy: “Self Seed” at the lumber room
by Carlin Brown Originally published March, 2019 The entrance to the lumber room’s lower level glows a flush pink. The unexpected color dissipates in the […]
Heather Watkins: Waiting Room at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART
By Sam Hopple Originally published May 2018 In Waiting Room, Heather Watkins presents a series of thirty-two, hand-stitched embroideries that line the walls of PDX […]
Kristan Kennedy at CANADA, New York
Kristan Kennedy, Untitled Arrangement, 2017, exhibited in Tomorrow Tomorrow, curated by Wallace Whitney and Stephanie Snyder, Anne and John Hauberg Curator and Director, Douglas F. Cooley […]
Elizabeth Malaska, Artforum
Stephanie Snyder, “Critics Picks: Elizabeth Malaska,” Artforum, March 2018 (Exhibition Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, Oregon Feb 1 – March 31, 2018) Elizabeth Malaska’s recent paintings […]
“Tomorrow Tomorrow” at CANADA
Tomorrow Tomorrow, curated by Wallace Whitney and Stephanie Snyder, Anne and John Hauberg Curator and Director, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College and .CANADA, […]
Anna B. Crocker and the First Decade of the School of the Portland Art Association by Prudence Roberts
Anna B. Crocker and the First Decade of the School of the Portland Art Association by Prudence Roberts Originally published April 2017 Some years […]
Three Used Books by Jon Raymond
Three Used Books by Jon Raymond Originally published April 2018 One of the best garage-sale scores I ever had came in Brooklyn sometime in 2003. […]
My Rules: Patrick Rock’s Aesthetics of Antagonism by John Motley
by John Motley Originally written April 2017 In a promotional poster for Bay Area–based Club Paint’s second exhibition at Rocksbox Contemporary Fine Art in October […]
“Wild Life: The Work of Ryan Pierce” by Melanie Flood
Portland Wild Life: The Work of Ryan Pierce by Melanie Flood Originally published April 2017 The ecology of the place we live in helps define […]
A “Working History” at Reed by Amy Bernstein
A “Working History” at Reed Amy Bernstein Originally published by PORT February 05, 2008 The group show at Reed this month is in honor of […]