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P or tland Ins titute f or Contem por ar y Ar t (PIC A)

www .pica.or g

Remembering to Remember: Experiments in Sound / Exhibition | Credit: Mario Gallucci

PICA seeks to bridge understanding between contemporary art and the broader
community by offering audiences a myriad of opportunities to interact with artists,
curators, critics, and cultural visionaries in a direct and in-depth way. PICA then is simply
a container for dialogue, a place where we are prompted by the artistic community to
examine ourselves, nurturing a space to learn from each other.

PICA’s most noted program is a fall arts festival, Time-Based Art Festival, known com-

monly as TBA. TBA features performances and visual art over a two week period. Like
performing arts, the term “time-based” refers to the impermanent nature of much of the art
that is presented at the festival. TBA also includes educational opportunities in the way of
panel conversations, artist presentations, and arts workshops. It is one of most celebrated
events in the Portland arts community and is renowned worldwide.

2023 has been marked by adaptation at PICA. We have been nimble and scrappy
enough, to survive an onslaught of challenges in the presenting arts field. Cherished
sibling organizations across the country have folded under the weight of an unstable
financial market and rapid changes in audience appetites and attention, all severely

exacerbated by the pandemic. In that light, we have begun experimenting with new

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