Art × Sports
Events Archive
Portland Arts Week: Art & Sports features exhibitions, conversations, performances, and public programming across Portland’s Cultural Corridor.
Thursday, July 9
Symposium on Art, Sports, Culture and Business at Portland Art MuseumFree and open to the public | Tickets through the links below | Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Ave
11am–12pm
Creating Culture and Investment in Portland through Art & Sports
A look at the transformative cultural and economic impact of art and sports. Featuring Lisa Bhathal Merage, Managing Partner of RAJ Sports, Jim Etzel, CEO of Sport Oregon, and John Goodwin, Director of Community Philanthropy, Portland Art Museum in conversation with Candace Beeke, Publisher and President of the Portland Business Journal.
2:30–3:30pm
Collecting the Game
How the rise of the pro athlete art collector showcases the power of art–both as asset class and cultural currency. Featuring Gardy St Fleur, the New York-based art advisor and collector, with Sonja Moro, Art Services Specialist for Bank of America, in conversation with Hunter Braithwaite from New York.
5–7pm
Gallery Walk in the Pearl District
For more information about the participating galleries and their shows, please visit this page on our website.
Friday, July 10
Symposium on Art, Sports, Culture and Business at Tomorrow Theater
Free and open to the public | Tickets through the Tomorrow Theater | 3530 SE Division St. | Doors 1pm
1:30pm
Open Court: On Publishing, Culture, and Sports
A wide ranging conversation looking at the places and publications that give us language for arts and sports. Featuring Andrew Simon, founder of Chess Club, and Phong Bui, Publisher and Artistic Director of The Brooklyn Rail, in conversation with Matthew Trueherz of Willamette Week.
2:30pm
Portland on Portland
Who are the stories at the heart of Portland’s thriving art and sports scenes, and how are they remaking Rose City in their image? Featuring Winta Yohannes, Executive Director of the Albina Vision Trust, and artist, designer, former Thorn Shade Pratt, and Alexis Lee, President of Business Operations for the Portland Thorns in conversation with Kimiko Matsuda.
4–5pm
Cookies Hoops
Tickets through the Tomorrow Theater | 3530 SE Division St.
Join for a live taping of the legendary Cookies Hoops podcast—hosted by Ben Detrick and Andrew Kuo.8pm
GOOD GAME @ PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Athletics)
Door open at 7:30 pm | Tickets at the door | Sliding scale $20–$50 | 15 NE Hancock St
An evening of competitive art created by an all-star mashup of artists and athletes, judged by a panel of acclaimed art and sports professionals! Join PICA and cheer on your favorite teams, experience the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. There will be a bar, hot dogs, revelry, and it will be sweaty. In a good way. There may be a mascot. Or many mascots.
Saturday, July 11
10am–5pm
Park Blocks Activations: North and South Park Blocks
Free and open to the public. A variety of sports and art projects will be popping up in Portland Parks. We hope you will join in the fun!
Detailed schedule and locations of activities can be found here.
11am–4pm
Four Square Fest @ Mike Bennett Studios
707 NE Fremont St
Remember the good old days of Four Square on the playground? Relive those memories with everything you need to bring back the good old days or introduce the game to someone who’s never played!
The parking lot will be closed to traffic with four courts prepared + a huge space for you to design your OWN Four Square Court!
The art studio will be open and FREE to the public to make whatever you want with all of our art supplies. Maybe you can make a sign to root for your favorite Four Square Player!
5:30–7:30pm
An Evening of Performance at Darcelle XV Plaza
A free outdoor performance program featuring: Oregon Symphony Stumptown Thumpers Quartet; Oregon Ballet Theater Two, Open Space; Onry and Diarra Mboup; Dance at Franklin; Cardin Chung performance featuring original poetry by Subashini Ganesom-Forbes; Tap Dancer TJ Yale and Dancers
8–11pm
Closing Party at L’Atelier Yaffe111 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Sunday, July 12
9:30am–7:30pm
Rose City Mondial Futsal Tournament
2919 NW Division St, Gresham
→ 9:30am–1:30pm Youth Cup (Ages 14–17) co-ed
→ 1:45pm Halftime Show: 1v1 Challenge / Performance / Food & Drinks / Games / Raffle giveaways
→ 3:00–7:30pm Community Cup (All ages) co-ed
10:30am–11:30am
Tai Chi Fundamentals at Lan Su Chinese Gardens
239 NW Everett St
11am–4pm
Four Square Fest @ Mike Bennett Studios
707 NE Fremont St
Remember the good old days of Four Square on the playground? Relive those memories with everything you need to bring back the good old days or introduce the game to someone who’s never played!
The parking lot will be closed to traffic with four courts prepared + a huge space for you to design your OWN Four Square Court!
The art studio will be open and FREE to the public to make whatever you want with all of our art supplies. Maybe you can make a sign to root for your favorite Four Square Player!
3:30pm
A League of Their Own × Portland Arts Week at Tomorrow Theater
3530 SE Division St
7pm
Bring It On × Portland Arts Week at Tomorrow Theater
3530 SE Division St