Portland Art Museum, Mark Building

Friday, November 6 | 6–9:00 p.m. | VIP entry 6:00 p.m. | GA entry 7:00 p.m.

Portland Art Museum’s Mark Building | $40 VIP | $25 GA

Join us on the evening of Friday, November 6, for a preview of the exhibitor fair before the festival crowds arrive. Enjoy a drink from the cash bar while you browse the exhibitor booths, get a PBF-exclusive flash tattoo, and spin the prize wheel. Readers Night is an opportunity to show your love for Portland Book Festival, meet other dedicated book lovers, and extend your festival weekend! All ages welcome. VIP tickets include early entry, a drink ticket, and a tote bag.

NOTE: Readers Night tickets do not include entry into Portland Book Festival on Saturday, November 7.

Join us for Harvest Celebration, a one-of-a-kind evening where the worlds of art and wine come together in the heart of Portland.

Presented by the Portland Art Museum and the Willamette Valley Wineries Association, this immersive tasting experience celebrates the creativity, craftsmanship, and intersection between artists and winemakers. Enjoy wines from 50 Willamette Valley wineries alongside engaging artistic experiences, seasonal culinary offerings, and opportunities for discovery throughout the evening.

Each artist will be paired with a collection of participating wineries, creating unique intersections between visual art and winemaking. Meet the artists, learn about their creative process, and discover how artistic expression and winegrowing share a common foundation.

The evening will also feature a live artist creating work in real time, offering guests a firsthand look at the creative process. Interactive experiences invite attendees to become creators themselves, including opportunities to participate in creative activities. Guests can further extend their experience by exploring works available through the Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery, offering an opportunity to bring a piece of local art home and continue the experience long after the event concludes.

Guests will enjoy:

• Tastings from more than 50 premier Willamette Valley wineries
• Pinot-friendly grazing boards and seasonal bites
• Five featured artist and winery pairings
• Live art demonstrations
• Hands-on interactive experiences throughout the event
• Opportunities to connect with featured artists and winemakers
• Access to artwork from the Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery, with opportunities to purchase or rent pieces for your home

Raise a glass, discover something new, and experience the harvest season through a fresh lens—where every bottle tells a story, and every work of art sparks a connection.

Ticket options

General admission (6 – 9 pm) | $105
Includes event entry, wine tastings, seasonal culinary offerings, access to artist experiences, live demonstrations, and interactive activations throughout the evening.

VIP admission (5 – 9 pm) | $135
Includes one hour of exclusive early access, premium tasting opportunities, passed hors d’oeuvres, and more intimate opportunities to connect with featured artists and winery representatives before general admission begins.

Alcohol-Free general admission (5 – 9 pm) | $55
Includes event entry, access to artist experiences and interactive activations, non-alcoholic beverage offerings, and seasonal culinary selections.

*Please note: this event will take place in Portland Art Museum’s Grand Ballroom, and does not include admission to the Museum galleries.

With gratitude to our generous sponsors for their support in making this event possible:

Overview

Todd McGrain’s original bust of York, the enslaved man who was the only African American member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was secretly installed on Mount Tabor Park in 2021. It was placed on the vacant pedestal where a statue of Oregonian editor Harvey Scott (1830-1910), a known racist, once stood. The surprising appearance of York, with no artist name attached to the work, is a local example of the protest art being created in the wake of political and social unrest. The unsanctioned installation of the original bust made a significant contribution to the spirited dialogues on American history, systemic inequality, and public monuments happening across the nation.

Made of mere plaster and paint, the original bust sustained damage from several acts of vandalism, inspiring McGrain to come forward and offer a bronze version of the bust to the city. This Spring, the Portland Art Museum debuted the bronze bust of York, temporarily, as a part of the 2026 Oregon Contemporary Artists’ Biennial: The Price of the Ticket. In collaboration with Oregon Contemporary and the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture, Portland State University, a community survey was offered to give Portlanders the opportunity to share their thoughts on where the monument should be placed for the long term.

Join us for a thoughtful discussion around McGrain’s act of protest and York as a historical figure significant to the history of Portland and the wider nation. Led by biennial curator and historian TK Smith, the panelists will include: Todd McGrain, artist of the York portrait; Intisar Abioto, artist and curator who recently curated Black Artists of Oregon at the Portland Art Museum; Eric Fredericksen, the public art administrator of the City of Portland; and Zachary Stocks, historian and executive director of Oregon Black Pioneers.

About the panelists Photo credit: Jonathan Echevarria

TK Smith is an award-winning writer, curator, and cultural historian. He has over ten years of experience as an independent curator. Most recently, he served as Curator, Arts of Africa and the African Diaspora, Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University. Previously, Smith served as Assistant Curator: Art of the African Diaspora at the Barnes Foundation. Smith’s writing has been published in exhibition catalogues, academic journals, and periodicals, including Art Papers where he is a contributing editor. He has been a visiting lecturer at numerous academic and cultural institutions, including Cornell University. Smith is a doctoral candidate in the History of American Civilization program at the University of Delaware, where he is completing his dissertation entitled, “Granite, Power, and Piss: The Transformation of a Confederate Symbol.”

Photo credit: Jason Hill

Intisar Abioto, born in Memphis, TN, is an explorer-artist working in dance, writing, photography, and curation. In long-form projects encompassing the visual, folkloric, documentary, and performing arts, her works consider the breath/ breadth of people of African descent against the expanse of their storied, imaginative, and geographic landscapes. She has produced The People Could Fly Project and The Black Portlanders, among others. In 2017 she began original research on the history and presence of Black artists in Oregon which led to the curation of the 2023 Black Artists of Oregon exhibition at the Portland Art Museum. Black Artists of Oregon: Continuum, an accompanying exhibition catalogue is forthcoming in 2026.

Photo credit: Nic Latulippe

Eric Fredericksen is the public art administrator of the City of Portland, where he oversees the management of the City’s 1,700-piece collection and guides the Percent for Art program. From 2017 to 2025 he led the public art program at the City of Vancouver, BC, with a focus on artist-led approaches to public art: extending open invitations for artists to propose ideas outside the limits of a predetermined site, theme, or medium. He also worked with public and private partners to dramatically increase the visibility and voice of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations on their unceded territories through art commissions in traditional and contemporary forms. He was previously the Waterfront Art Program Manager for the City of Seattle, where he commissioned significant public artworks by Ann Hamilton, Qwalsius – Shaun Peterson, Norie Sato, Buster Simpson, Oscar Tuazon, and Stephen Vitiello. As the founding director of Western Bridge, Seattle, he organized exhibitions and commissions from 2004 to 2012, and he began his career as a writer and editor at Architecture magazine and The Stranger. As an independent curator, he has curated exhibitions at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Or Gallery, and Artspeak, all in Vancouver; the Noorderzon Festival, Groningen, the Netherlands; and Open Satellite, Bellevue, Washington.

Photo credit: Scott Anger

Born in 1961, artist Todd McGrain’s early career as a sculptor involved apprenticing in bronze casting facilities, where he gained hands-on experience assisting prominent sculptors of the previous generation. In 1996, McGrain received a Guggenheim Fellowship, enabling him to study major art collections across the United States and Europe, with a focus on Italian Renaissance art. In 2000, his focus shifted to creating public memorials for bird species that have become extinct in the modern era, permanently installed at sites of historical significance to each species. This ongoing project has been widely exhibited at art centers, galleries, and public gardens, including the Smithsonian Institution, Cornell University, and Stanford University.

Photo credit: Jason Hill

Zachary Stocks is a public historian, interpreter, and the Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers. Zachary previously served as Program Director of Historical Seaport and Visitor Services Manager of Northwest African American Museum. He is a former intern of Colonial Williamsburg and Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and a former seasonal Park Ranger at Lewis & Clark National Historical Park. He holds a BA in History from the College of William & Mary with a certificate in Public History from the National Institute for American History and Democracy, and an MA in Museology from the University of Washington. Zachary is a 2025 graduate of the prestigious History Leadership Institute, sponsored by the American Association of State and Local History. Zachary lives in Astoria.

Related events

• Exhibitions Todd McGrain: Debut of York General accessibility

  Mar 31, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027

  1219 SW Park Ave

You are invited to attend the Portland Fine Print Fair, now in its 14th year in the historic Fields Ballroom. Peruse and purchase prints from 16 top dealers from across North America. These knowledgeable art dealers welcome your questions, whether you are a first-time collector or a seasoned connoisseur. Prints from the Old Masters to contemporary emerging artists will be on sale, and excellent works can be found in all price ranges. This is your chance to browse and buy at the largest and most comprehensive print fair on the West Coast.

Become a sponsor Benefit preview

Friday, January 22, 6 – 9 pm
Advance tickets
$65 Museum members
$75 General public, and night of the event

Get tickets Free admission

Saturday, January 23, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, January 24, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Free tours

Sunday, January 24, 1:30 p.m.
Curator’s Choice: Mary Weaver Chapin, PhD, Senior Curator of Prints & Drawings

Participating galleries

• Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago, IL
• Aspinwall Editions, Hudson, NY
• Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
• Azuma Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Catherine Burns Fine Art, Berkeley, CA
• Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Riderwood, MD
• Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR
• Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints, Burbank, CA
• Jeannot R. Barr, Northport, NY
• Mullowney Printing, Portland, OR
• Pia Gallo, New York, NY
• Roger Genser: The Prints & the Pauper, Santa Monica, CA
• Sitka Center for Arts and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
• Stevens Fine Art, Phoenix, AZ
• The Tolman Collection of New York, New York, NY
• William P. Carl Fine Prints, Durham, NC

Sponsors

The Graphic Arts Council of the Portland Art Museum