KUCHAR
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Ongoing. A George Kuchar retrospective, one *picture* at a time until we’ve screened them all…
vishmidt
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April 18, 2020. We will livestream a talk by Marina Vishmidt on her recent book “Speculation as a Mode…”
Sheshadri
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POSTPONED. Artist and musician Asha Sheshadri will perform a live set in Yale Union’s gallery…
powwow
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POSTPONED. Sky Hopinka organizes the 2020 Yale Union Powwow as part of his project “What Was Always…”
SOMETIMES,
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when birds make sounds, it feels like the sounds are coming out of me. May 1–June 28, 2020…
STRIKE
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To commemorate the centennial of the 1919 Portland laundry workers’ strike, we launch an online archive…
RESIDENCY
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February–December 2020. YU supports four Portland-based Artists in Residence throughout the year…
ABOUT
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Yale Union is a non-profit contemporary art center in Portland, Oregon. Our program…
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PRESS
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A continuously updated collection of critical reviews of exhibitions and of Yale Union itself, with links…
COMMUNITY
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Yale Union is proud to support community members by regularly hosting programs and events…
BRICK/MORTAR
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Contribute to the ongoing renovation of the nationally registered historic Yale Union Laundry Building…
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The spirit of volunteerism makes possible the vitality of our culture’s non-profit organizations…
RENTAL
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Support our mission by using our space. To organize a tour of the building or learn more about our rates…
home school
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March–December 2019. Artists in residence, home school, present a series of events…
EAAPES
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March 13, 2020. Paris-based artists Charlotte Houette and Clara Pacotte give a virtual talk…
STACKS
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February 20, 2020. Singer-songwriter Ms. Carrie Stacks returns to Yale Union to give a solo concert of new and old material…
DRUMLOOP
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On December 1, New York–based musicians Drumloop and 7038634357 will each perform solo sets.
THE DOPE ELF
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Sept. 14–Oct. 20, 2019. Asher Hartman’s Gawdafful National Theater performs a newly commissioned play…
JONES
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October 6, 2019. William E. Jones screens a selection of his videos in conjunction with…
DURAN
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August 24, 2019. Dominican-American artist and producer Kelman Duran will perform at…
MANIFESTO
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A new edition of Yutaka Matsuzawa’s 1988 book published as part of the exhibition…
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August 17, 2019. Art historian Ignacio Adriasola will give a talk and show the early films of Masanori Oe…
KUNIMOTO
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August 4, 2019. Yale Union and End of Summer co-present a talk by art historian Namiko Kunimoto…
MATSUZAWA
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June 29–August 18, 2019. Yutaka Matsuzawa (1922–2006) was considered the…
UTOPIA
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Bernadette Mayer publishes a new edition of her 1984 book and gives it away for…
SEYMOUR
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July 11, 2019. UK artist and filmmaker Benedict Seymour screens his 2017 video “Dead the Ends”…
CALLAHAN
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May 31, 2019. Jack Callahan will present a new sound piece involving a DMX-controlled light and a fog…
HOPINKA
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April 25–June 9, 2019. “What Was Always Yours and Never Lost,” an exhibition curated by Sky Hopinka…
POWWOW
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April 13, 2019. Sky Hopinka organizes a powwow as part of his project “What Was Always Yours…”
ASHANTI
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March 21, 2019. Onyx Ashanti performs beatjazz on his unique 3D-printed body mesh instrument…
KOLBOWSKI
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February 20, 2019. Silvia Kolbowski screens a new video and talks with curator Kari Rittenbach at…
PARKER
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November 3–December 16, 2018. McIntyre Parker presents a new commission for Yale Union on 16mm…
EMBACI
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November 25, 2018. The vocalist and producer from Brooklyn performs solo at…
WILKES
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July 21–September 16, 2018. Cathy Wilkes makes her first West Coast solo show for which…
FIDUCCIA
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August 7, 2018. Art historian and writer Joanna Fiduccia will give a talk as part of CATHY WILKES…
LARRY B
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June 23, 2018. The London-based singer and DJ will bring summer to Yale Union…
GEYS
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❤️ April 14–June 10, 2018. A solo exhibition by Belgian artist Jef Geys (1934–2018) curated by…
KEMPENS
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❤️ For 50 years, Jef Geys published a newspaper that he took over in De Kempen, his home region in Flanders…
PHEW
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March 16, 2018. Legendary Japanese experimental musician Phew will perform vocal…
CRAMPTON
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March 10, 2018. Elysia Crampton performs Red Clouds, an audiovisual lecture that takes…
TOTAL FREEDOM
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October 31, 2017. SEIZURE WARNING. Total Freedom with DJ massacooramaan…
BARTLETT
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October 29, 2017. Poet and scholar Jennifer Bartlett will give a talk about poet Larry Eigner…
BARTO
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October 16, 2017. A talk by French artist Eva Barto on two recent publications about…
WARWICK
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October 5, 2017. Yale Union at EMBERS presents Steven Warwick with DJ Kath and DJ Perfect Health…
KEIL & NETTELL
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July 15–September 10, 2017. Questionnaire, an exhibition by Morag Keil and Georgie Nettell…
SADAF
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July 29, 2017. New York City–based producer and multi-media artist Sadaf H Nava will perform…
Combative Phase
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An exhibition and screening series presenting the work of a group of filmmakers active at UCLA during…