a radically open call to artists.
We keep artists in the neighborhood.
The members of AAW are catalysts for creating public art by local artists to celebrate, beautify and create community.
Alberta Art Works is a volunteer driven, registered non-profit, working to create, initiate and nurture art, artists and art education in our community. The arts are a vital component of our economic development, culturally aware citizens and a more creative and exciting quality of life for all.
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Alberta Art Works are Last Thursday Stewards
Last Thursday is a community grown event, free for all artists and art vendors, musicians, performers & visitors.
Alberta Street is closed to traffic for Last Thursdays in June, July and August. However, every Last Thursday of the month our galleries hold their opening parties, and performance venues and bars often host live music and performances. If the weather is nice enough, then vendors take to the street.
Then, don’t miss After Hours at the Alberta Abbey, 126 NE Alberta.
For up-to-date happenings check out:
@LastThursdayAlberta on Instagram or Facebook Last Thursday on Alberta
Last Thursday Sponsorships
Your donations can be tax deductible. Thank you.
Alberta Street gets a new mural!
AAW used a Regional Refresh Fund grant from METRO. Campographic was chosen as the artist. The 1,100 square foot mural celebrates LaRhonda Steele, the “First Lady of Portland Blues”, in the midst of a performance. The background is filled with roses, a nod to the theater where she has graced the stage many times.
And newly painted benches!
A huge thank to the creative artists from p:ear. The artists were invited to come out and paint 2 bus benches outside Just Bob, 2403 NE Alberta Street. p:ear builds community, offers support and creates opportunities for young people moving through and beyond homelessness.
The Restoration of ‘Black Pride’
In collaboration with Lifeworks NW and the House of UMOJA, AAW will volunteer their services to restore one of Portland’s oldest murals and return it to our greater community.
Painted by Lewis Harris and the students of the Black Education Center, this mural was painted during the Albina Mural Project (1978-1983), led by renowned Portland muralist Isaka Shamsud-Din, and sought to create artistic cultural markers in the heart of Portland’s African American community (NE Alberta & Vancouver). The Malcolm X Mural is one of the last surviving murals of this era.
Thank you to all our Community Heroes!
We can’t do it without you, our community!
YES!!! You all are so awesome!! We Thank You!
Hello,
I’m a professor in Texas and I’m looking for the name of the artist that painted the mural at Blind Insect Gallery. Can you give me the name please? It is floral with a blue background. Thank you so much!
Hi!
The Artist duo is called Rather Sever. they are artists here in Portland.