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Contemporary Japanese woodblock prints
On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews Carolyn Supinka of Portland Japanese Garden about Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints, on now at the Garden through June 15, 2026.  Supinka talks about the traditional form, which was made...
May 26
Jenene Nagy
On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Jenene Nagy about her new painting show at PDX Contemporary Art in northwest Portland.   Nagy talks about her blue and white gouache paintings, which include sparkly mica and thousands of ...
May 12
Dan Gluibizzi's Neighboring World
On Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Dan Gluibizzi (PRONOUNCED GLOO-ee-BEE-zee) about his show “ The Neighboring World” at Russo Lee Gallery.    Gluibizzi talks about nudist imagery on Tumblr,  Adam and Eve, the Quakers and ...
Apr 28
David Hockney at PAM
On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews Julia Dolan of the Portland Art Museum about “David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”.    Curator Dolan talks about how Hockney emerged from Swinging...
Apr 14
Will Eisner - rerun
On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 11:30am, there is a rerun of Joseph Gallivan's interview with Mike Rosen about The Spirit of Will Eisner, a retrospective on now at the Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts in the Pearl District. Rosen, who is the chair of the museum which opene...
Mar 24
Collage show: Now What Remains (repeat)
On  Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 11:30am, Joseph Gallivan interviews collage artists Kirk Read and Angela Morrow about the show “Now What Remains: A Portland Collage Exhibition,” which was on at the Alberta Street Gallery through Feb 23.  Read and Morrow talk about wh...
Feb 24
Sculpted Light
Joseph Gallivan interviews Daniel Peabody about Sculpted Light at Elizabeth Leach Gallery, which coincides with the Portland Winter Light Festival. https://pdxwlf.com/ Peabody talks about the gallery's big-name artists Dan Flavin and Hap Tivey, the difference between se...
Feb 10
Repeat:
On Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews curator Carolyn Supinka about the show Designing Nature, which is on now at Portland Japanese Garden through February 23, 2026. The show explains the six distinct styles of Japanese gardens that deve...
Jan 27
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