On-going, by appointment
Cost: $2 per student
Email education@MuseumofContemporaryCraft.org or call 503.223.2654 x120.

CraftKids asks students to explore the interplay between form and function in craft through carefully looking at the Museum’s collection and temporary exhibitions. Through a 60-minute session, students are introduced to craft by
considering the role it plays in their daily lives. Tours are inquiry- and discussion-based, guiding students as they learn to look at objects in new and meaningful ways. Thematic tours focus on materials, process, identity in craft, positive and negative space, and more.

Reservations are required a minimum of two weeks in advance. Please provide the requested date and time, contact name, contact information, as well as the number and grade level of students.

Monday nights year round except September 1, 2008. 7-9pm

Yeates Studio in the Arciform Building, 4231 North Interstate Avenue, Portland, Oregon

13 & older, drop-in fee $3. Contact Irish Club 503.286.4812

The insiders view of Portland. This award-winning walk clarifies why Portland is regularly recognized as one of the best places to live. You’ll be smiling and laughing as you hear about early and modern Portland as you experience an enlightened city rich with artwork, parks, bridges, fountains, countless coffee shops, brewpubs, and friendly people. Find out how this area grew from "stumptown" to a modern yet livable city.

The works of local photographers inspired by Oregon architectural subjects will be the focus of the Pittock Mansion’s spring exhibit. Photographers will submit their best choices of significant sites that represent the last 150 years of Oregon architecture. Dramatic imagery will allow visitors to discover some well-known and not-so-well-known structures throughout the state. Structures created and preserved for beauty, utility or ingenuity will be selected for the juried exhibit of more than 30 works, which will hang in the historic Mansion’s 23 rooms.

$7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for children 6-18, free for Pittock Mansion members

Sunday, April 20th -
Sunday, April 27th
$20.50 - $28.75

Swaggerin’ scallywags, boisterous buccaneers, it’s Long John Silver and the gang in a wild and wacky eye-patched musical starring Portland’s own Captain Bogg & Salty. Sure to be Portland’s family hit of spring 2008–the best way to guarantee seats is to subscribe now!
Sign-interpreted: April 26, 2 p.m.

Adapted by Eric Schmiedl from the book by Robert Lewis Stevenson.
Music composed and performed by Captain Bogg & Salty.
Directed by Greg Tamblyn.

Children's tickets: $16.75 - $24.75

Recommended for ages 4 and above. Anyone over the age of 1 must have a ticket.

Join us on April 27, 2009 for another fabulous evening of live music, silent auction packages, and the best food and beverages from around Oregon. Taste of the Nation Portland is an age 21 and over only event.

“I gave ‘em a sword. and they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I’d have done the same thing.” - Richard Nixon

Can a lightweight, has-been talk show host lead the most infamous political figure of his time to publicly acknowledge his guilt? That is the central question raised in Peter Morgan’s delicious drama about a series of televised interviews that former president Richard Nixon granted British journalist David Frost in 1977.

Museum of Contemporary Craft features for the first time the 17 ceramic vessels granted to the Museum by internationally recognized artist Toshiko Takaezu. Former faculty member at Princeton University, Takaezu is widely considered the first person to close – or nearly close – a ceramic vessel. She combines technical mastery with spontaneous painterly glazes that have influenced decades of ceramists worldwide.

Tues-Sun 11-6
Thurs 11-8

Admission is free

Featuring Clackamas County and regional artists. Reception with artist Marie Gunton who specializes in the painting style photography of European landscapes. Kings Raven Winery will have wine tasting along with refreshments. Reception free to the public.

Event Hours: Reception March 20 from 6-9 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., closed Sunday.

Every Monday
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Every Thursday
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Every Sunday
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m

Portland Orchids and Bamboo Chinese Ensemble
Free, with order of tea service and Garden admission

In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits is an exhibition consisting of 56 striking color and black-and-white portraits. From fascinating archival images of tribal leaders, fishermen and American workers, to riveting modern pictures of refugees, city dwellers and urban laborers, In Focus takes visitors around the globe and through the heights and depths of human emotion.

Photograph courtesy of Steve McCurry, 1985 & National Geographic
An exhibition created by National Geographic and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits is organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution for Traveling Exhibition Service.