Art Focus

On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Sarah Kate Nomura,

Director of Exhibitions at Portland Japanese Garden. Nomura talks about Jun

Kaneko’s ceramic sculptures which have been carefully placed around the

garden, in a rare display of art amongst the plant...

On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews curator Olivia

Miller about “The Art of Food” which runs at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum

of Art at Portland State University now through Dec. 3. Miller talks about

how artists can suggest the sensuous properties of f...

On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at 11.30a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews

sculptor Matthew Picton about his show The Age of Kali, age of Belief, which

is at Elizabeth Leach Gallery through Oct. 29.

Picton talks about apocalyptic religious belief, imperial history, his lov...

On Tuesday, September 13, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Jeannie

Kenmotsu , Curator of Asian art at the Portland Art Museum, about the new

show “Forces of Nature: Ecology in Japanese Prints.”

Kenmotsu talks about woodblock printing and the Superflat movement, how

Japanes...

On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Philip Krohn about

his sculpture To The River, which is viewable on weekends in Portland’s

South Waterfront through Sept 25, 2022. Krohn talks about lashing long strips

of wood together with bicycle inner tubes, work...

Originally aired on 08/17/2021 --

Joseph Gallivan interviews Cassandra Swan, Ruban Lawrence, Asa Wright and

Kyra Watkins about the new Pride NW mural at 8th and Couch in Old Town.

 They talk about the eight LGBTQ community members or heroes pictured on the

mural, called...

On Tuesday, August 23, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Otis Quaicoe

(PRONOUNCED KWAK-oo) about his show (S)kin Deep, at the Portland Art Museum

through December 31, 2022. Quaicoe talks about painting portraits from

photos, using black and white for skin tones, usin...

On Tuesday, August 16, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Yuyang Zhang

[PRONOUNCED YOO-yung CHUNG) about his show Stupid Little Life, on now at Blue

Sky Gallery through August 27, 2022. Zhang talks about his mixed-media

digital collages and photographic diptychs which concern...

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews artists Merridawn

Duckler and Alice Christine Walker about Sighted Land, a land art show at an

undisclosed location in North Portland. Duckler talks about her love of the

great land art works of the west and how she cam...

On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews photographer Mariah

Harris about her photos of Portland protests in the exhibit Perspectives, on

now at Portland Art Museum until November 13. Harris talks about going to

over 75 protests, both to represent and to take ...