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PDX CIVIC FORUM ‘THE IMPACT OF INCARCERATION’: Join PDX Civ-
ic Forum and Portland Leadership Foundation to unravel issues
regarding incarceration in Oregon. From 4 - 5:30 p.m., Smith Me-
morial Union, 1825 SW Broadway.
EXTENDED LONG POSE: Drop-in, uninstructed figure drawing
class at High Low Art Space. The extended long pose class fea-
tures the same pose for four weeks before switching poses and
models and offers a great opportunity for artists to work on a
more resolved drawing or painting. $10, from 1 -4 p.m., High Low
Art Space, 936 SE 34th Ave.
BLACKS IN TECH MEETUP: This group for Black diaspora and POC
folk in the Portland professional community helps each other
interview and prep for top companies in Portland, support each
other thriving and invite each other on hikes, to yoga and rec-
ommend hair salons. 5 p.m., Olive Or Twist, 925 NW 11th Ave.
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
Portland Metro
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31
Edwin Pratt Art Exhibit
On Jan. 26, the City of Shoreline, supported by the Black Heritage Society of Washington State, kicked off a series of Pratt commemorative
events with an exhibition entitled “Living the Dream, Dreaming the Life” to celebrate the work and legacy of Edwin Thomas Pratt. The
exhibition will run January 26 – April 26, 2019 at Shoreline City Hall. Pratt had been a leader in Seattle, Washington’s civil rights
movement for a decade when he was assassinated at the front door of his home on Jan. 26, 1969. At the time, Pratt was Executive
Director of the Seattle Urban League. His murder remains unsolved. Pictured here is Pratt’s daughter, Miriam Pratt Glover, receiving a
copy of a story Saad Lofton wrote about her father for the art show.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2
BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS POP-UP: Junction Ave takes over the
Center for Self Enhancement with a celebration of Black History
Month and a celebration of Black-owned businesses in the city,
with vendors selling apparel, food, jewelry, and more. Free. 2
p.m., Self Enhancement, Inc., 3920 N Kerby Ave.
ALAN PAGE OPENING RECEPTION: In “strategies for displaying
unknown variables,” Alan Page invites gallery visitors to nav-
igate decontextualized visual disturbances. Reception is free
and open to the public. From 6 - 9 p.m., Ori Gallery, 4038 N Mis-
sissippi Ave.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4
AFRICA TO AMERICA, ADJUSTING TO A NEW LIFE: New Americans
from the African diaspora discuss what it means to be a Black
immigrant, and to navigate questions of identity, race and be-
longing. 6 - 7 p.m., Capitol Hill Library, 10723 SW Capitol Hwy.
THE SCHOOLHOUSE GATE: In his book The Schoolhouse Gate,
award-winning constitutional law scholar Justin Driver ex-
plores how the public school system has been undermined by
Supreme Court in recent decades. Driver will give a book talk at
7:30 p.m., Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5
JEWISH GHETTO PHOTOGRAPHERS: The majority of Holocaust
photography, and the best known, was taken by German pho-
tographers. There exists a corpus of Jewish ghetto photography
taken both by professional and amateur photographers who
capture aspects of the ghetto hidden to the Germans. Free lec-
ture. 6 – 8 p.m., Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave.
Seattle Metro
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31
AARON DIXON, MY PEOPLE ARE RISING: In 1968, Aaron Dixon and
his brother Elmer created the Black Student Union at Garfield
High School. Later, they founded the Seattle Chapter of the
Black Panther Party. Dixon discusses the history of the move-
ment in the Pacific Northwest, imagining what Black radical
imagination might look like in the 21st century. Talk at 6:30 p.m.,
Northwest African American Museum, 2300 S Massachusetts St.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1
QUENTON BAKER: BALLAST: Quenton Baker’s poetry focuses
on how black interiority functions under the constraints of an
anti-black society. His exhibition is a collection of poems that
examines the 1841 slave revolt aboard the brig Creole, and con-
siders blackness and the ongoing afterlife of slavery. Exhibit is
open 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION & FAIR: Celebrate with a day
of activities for the whole family. A Lion dance will bless The
Wing from 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Create crafts with local artists,
learn about the Asian zodiac with stuffed animal petting zoo,
prizes and more. General admission $17, students and kids are
free. 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Wing Luke Museum, 719 S King St.
Portland & Seattle
News Briefs
Officials Urge Vaccinations Amid
Northwest Measles Outbreak
Public health officials scrambling to contain a mea-
sles outbreak in the U.S. Northwest warned people to
vaccinate their children Monday and worried that it
could take months to contain the highly contagious
viral illness due to a lower-than-normal vaccination
rate at the epicenter of the crisis.
The outbreak near Portland has sickened 36 people
in Oregon and Washington since Jan. 1, with 11 more
cases suspected. Most of the patients are children un-
der 10, and one child has been hospitalized.
Health officials say the outbreak is a textbook exam-
ple of why it’s critical to vaccinate against measles,
which was eradicated in the U.S. after the vaccine was
introduced in 1963. In recent years, however, the viral
illness has popped up again from New York to Cali-
fornia and sickened hundreds.
Clark County, Washington, has a vaccination rate of
78 percent, well below the level necessary to protect
those with compromised immune systems or who
can’t get vaccinated because of medical issues or be-
cause they are too young.
Clark County Public Health lists the possible expo-
sure sites at this year’s outbreak on its measles inves-
tigation webpage at https://www.clark.wa.gov/pub-
lic-health/measles-investigation.
For information about additional exposure sites in
Oregon, linked to the confirmed case in Multnomah
County, visit the Oregon Health Authority measles
webpage at https://multco.us/health-officer/mea-
sles-outbreak-winter-2019-oregon-exposures.
Public health officials are urging anyone who has
been exposed at an identified location and believes
they have symptoms of measles to call their health
care provider prior to visiting the medical office to
make a plan that avoids exposing others in the wait-
ing room. People who believe they have symptoms of
measles should not go directly to medical offices, ur-
gent care centers or emergency departments (unless
experiencing a medical emergency) without calling
in advance.
Justice Adrienne Nelson to Speak at
Crossing Borders Concert
Oregon Supreme Court Justice Adrienne Nelson
will be the featured speaker at the upcoming Cross-
ing Borders Benefit Concert. The concert will take
place at 4 p.m. Feb. 9. At Lincoln Hall, Portland State
University, 1620 SW Park Ave. Tickets, at $25, are
now available at: www.oregonbravo.org/cb3.
Justice Adrienne Nelson was appointed to the Ore-
gon Supreme Court Jan. 2, making her the first Afri-
can American to sit on the state’s highest court and
any appellate state court. In 2006, she was appointed
as a trial judge on the Multnomah County Circuit
Court in Portland, Oregon, making her the second Af-
rican American female judge in the state of Oregon.
Prior to her judicial appointments, Nelson worked
as a public defender with Multnomah Defenders,
Inc., then as an associate with the Bennett, Hartman,
Morris and Kaplan, LLP law firm and as the senior at-
torney/coordinator of Portland State University Stu-
dent Legal and Mediation Services.
Nelson earned her doctor of jurisprudence de-
gree from the University of Texas at Austin and her
bachelor of arts degree in English and criminal jus-
tice, summa cum laude, from the University of Ar-
kansas.
This event will feature performances by the young
musicians of BRAVO Youth Orchestras who them-
selves come from all over the world, speak many
languages at home, and bring a wealth of cultural
and national heritage into our community. Joining
them, and representing the three countries celebrat-
ed, are some of Portland’s finest musical performers.
Artist Aaron Fowler Receives
Gwendolyn Knight & Jacob
Lawrence Prize
The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) announced the se-
lection of mixed-media artist Aaron Fowler as the re-
cipient of the 2019 Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Law-
rence Prize. Major funding for the prize is provided
by the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foun-
dation. Fowler will receive a $10,000 award to further
his artistic practice, and his work will be featured in
a solo exhibition in SAM’s Gwendolyn Knight & Jacob
Lawrence Gallery in fall 2019.
Awarded bi-annually since 2009 to an early career
Black artist, defined loosely as an artist in the first de-
cade of their career, the Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob
Lawrence Prize has become a platform for catapult-
ing artists into the influential vanguard of contem-
porary artistic practice. Previous recipients of the
prize are Titus Kaphar (2009), Theaster Gates (2011),
LaToya Ruby Frazier (2013), Brenna Youngblood
(2015), and Sondra Perry (2017).
Based in Harlem, Los Angeles, and St. Louis, Aar-
on Fowler makes large-scale sculptural assemblages
composed of a wide range of found materials. With
references to American history, Black culture, and
real and imagined narratives, each work is densely
layered with meaning and materiality.
From ironing boards and car parts to hair weaves
and videos, Fowler’s work is imbued with multiva-
lent narratives that compel the viewer to take their
time looking. Employing compositional approaches
akin to 19th- and 20th-century American and Europe-
an paintings, Fowler references family, friends, and
himself in works that are at once universal and deep-
ly personal.
