LIGHT
YU
A 3D rendering of the movement of sunlight across the YU gallery floor throughout a year…
KUCHAR
EX
Ongoing. A George Kuchar retrospective, one *picture* at a time until we’ve screened them all…
PROPERTY
YU
July 16, 2020. Yale Union and the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation announce the transfer of ownership…
UNTITLED
PU
A publication to accompany “Sometimes, when birds make sounds, it feels like the sounds…”
STRIKE
CO
To commemorate the centennial of the 1919 Portland laundry workers’ strike, we launch an online archive…
RESIDENCY
YU
February–December 2020. YU supports four Portland-based Artists in Residence throughout the year…
ABOUT
YU
Yale Union is a non-profit contemporary art center in Portland, Oregon. Our program…
DONATE
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We’re here! We’re knocking! Express your support today. The process is very…
PRESS
YU
A continuously updated collection of critical reviews of exhibitions and of Yale Union itself, with links…
COMMUNITY
CO
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…
VOLUNTEER
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The spirit of volunteerism makes possible the vitality of our culture’s non-profit organizations…
RENTAL
YU
Support our mission by using our space. To organize a tour of the building or learn more about our rates…
home school
CO
March–December 2019. Artists in residence, home school, present a series of events…
HARRIS
EV
Sept. 20, 2020. Artist in residence Jamondria Harris curates an online performance event…
SOMETIMES,
EX
when birds make sounds, it feels like the sounds are coming out of me. June 2020…
WILLIAMS
EV
July 3, 2020. A conversation with artist Kandis Williams and home school’s manuel arturo abreu…
powwow
EV
April 4, 2020. CANCELLED. Sky Hopinka organizes the 2020 Yale Union Powwow…
Sheshadri
EV
March 28, 2020. CANCELLED. Artist and musician Asha Sheshadri will perform a live set…
READING #5
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June 12, 2020. Featuring Legacy Russell, S*an D. Henry-Smith, and manuel arturo abreu…
ABREU
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June 5, 2020. Yale Union screens a new long-form work by manuel arturo abreu…
vishmidt
EV
April 18, 2020. We will livestream a talk by Marina Vishmidt on her recent book “Speculation as a Mode…”
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
EX
Sept. 14–Oct. 20, 2019. Asher Hartman’s Gawdafful National Theater performs a newly commissioned play…
JONES
EV
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
PU
A new edition of Yutaka Matsuzawa’s 1988 book published as part of the exhibition…
oe
EV
August 17, 2019. Art historian Ignacio Adriasola will give a talk and show the early films of Masanori Oe…
KUNIMOTO
EV
August 4, 2019. Yale Union and End of Summer co-present a talk by art historian Namiko Kunimoto…
MATSUZAWA
EX
June 29–August 18, 2019. Yutaka Matsuzawa (1922–2006) was considered the…
UTOPIA
PU
Bernadette Mayer publishes a new edition of her 1984 book and gives it away for…
SEYMOUR
EV
July 11, 2019. UK artist and filmmaker Benedict Seymour screens his 2017 video “Dead the Ends”…
CALLAHAN
EV
May 31, 2019. Jack Callahan will present a new sound piece involving a DMX-controlled light and a fog…
HOPINKA
EX
April 25–June 9, 2019. “What Was Always Yours and Never Lost,” an exhibition curated by Sky Hopinka…
POWWOW
EV
April 13, 2019. Sky Hopinka organizes a powwow as part of his project “What Was Always Yours…”
ASHANTI
EV
March 21, 2019. Onyx Ashanti performs beatjazz on his unique 3D-printed body mesh instrument…
KOLBOWSKI
EV
February 20, 2019. Silvia Kolbowski screens a new video and talks with curator Kari Rittenbach at…
PARKER
EX
November 3–December 16, 2018. McIntyre Parker presents a new commission for Yale Union on 16mm…
EMBACI
EV
November 25, 2018. The vocalist and producer from Brooklyn performs solo at…
WILKES
EX
July 21–September 16, 2018. Cathy Wilkes makes her first West Coast solo show for which…
FIDUCCIA
EV
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
EX
❤️ April 14–June 10, 2018. A solo exhibition by Belgian artist Jef Geys (1934–2018) curated by…
KEMPENS
PU
❤️ 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…