Page 62 - AM Giving Guide_2023

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

www .pica.or g

PICA At-a-Glance

Over the last 12 months, PICA is proud to say that we’ve:

• Worked with 80 Artists & Collaborators.

• Hosted 33 public performances and events.
• Provided a “Artists in Residence” opportunity 17 artists.

• Offered discounted or free SPACE rentals more than 7 community groups.

• Regranted $171,186 to 46 artists working on 22 projects.

Upcoming Events & Programs

Policing Justice

February – May 2024

Policing Justice is an exhibition responding to the protest movement that swept the US in
the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Our exhibition interrogates the
structures, operations, and impacts of policing in the US, with a particular focus on the

history of policing in Portland.

Policing Justice is organized around themes of racial, environmental, spatial, and juvenile
justice. To address the history of policing in Portland from these intersecting perspectives,
we have funded new works from Oregon artists and activists, including Michael Bernard
Stevenson and Blue; Cleo Davis and Kayin Talton-Davis; Don’t Shoot PDX, and others.
Each of our partner artists were given one of the above themes as a prompt and asked
to work with their communities on a collaborative work to be installed within the larger
exhibition. Those who are directly impacted by police violence will have a platform to tell

their stories in the medium, form, and content of their choice. Their works will be exhibited
alongside loans of canonical activist artwork from Alfredo Jaar, Carrie Mae Weems, and
Sandy Rodriguez, which will situate the local perspective within a national context and
conversation.

The exhibition opens in Feburary 2024, visit www.pica.org to learn more or join our
email list to stay informed on the exhibition and events surrounding the exhibition.

page 62