Artist and activist Tori Abernathy talks about housing justice and the activist role of Portland's arts community In February, local artist and activist Tori Abernathy decided to use her latest installation piece “Make Yourself at Home”— exploring id ...
25 May 2015 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
What would a Portland for black people look like? The Portland African American Leadership Forum wants to know What would Portland look like if city policy were shaped with the experiences and interests of Portland’s black community in mind? That’s the qu ...
1 May 2015 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
The marketing of a drug scourge: ‘Dreamland’ explores how residents of a small town in Mexico built a heroin-trafficking enterprise on the back of pain-pill addiction in the U.S. When black tar heroin first reached Portland in the 1990s, you could buy it ...
9 Apr 2015 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
High school student Nadya Okamoto formed Camions of Care to provide feminine hygiene products to women on the streets Menstruals, monthlies, menses, periods, “that time of the month”: Whatever you want to call it, menstruation is a natural and regular par ...
20 Feb 2015 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Charles McGee III and I sit outside a coffee shop one late afternoon, but we are far from alone. We are interrupted multiple times by passersby who know him and can’t help but say hello. He greets each one like an old friend. “And how’s your mother doing? ...
22 Oct 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
It’s warm on this summer day in the Southeast Portland art gallery, but local artist Robert Collins stands unfazed — decked out in a slate blue three-piece suit complete with matching fedora. The sun streams through two walls of windows and lands on the o ...
22 Oct 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Born and raised in Northeast Portland, Street Roots vendor George Mayes has been an eyewitness to the many changes Portland has undergone in the past few decades. One of seven children of a longshoreman father from Texas and a railroad worker mother from ...
8 May 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Over the course of their careers Portland filmmakers Matt Zodrow and Tracy MacDonald have travelled the country learning the histories and stories of Americans, but for their latest project, Whitelandia, the Emmy-award winning husband and wife team have t ...
8 May 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
If you have attended any dance parties around Portland recently, chances are you’ve noticed revelers taking a break from the festivities to wait in line. The sight is an odd one until you find local artist Michael Horwitz at the center of the crowd, color ...
29 Jan 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Photographer Intisar Abioto shoots the many faces of her city through a refreshing lens As Portland continues to shine in the national arts and culture spotlight, it drags along with it the tired portrait of who is or is not the “typical Portlander.” Phot ...
1 Jul 2013 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot