Long before Portland-based multidisciplinary-artist Intisar Abioto took on guest curation of Black Artists of Oregon—a massive exhibit at the Portland Art Museum (PAM) that opens this fall—she was just looking to connect with older Black artists in her community. “I wasn’t initially approaching this as a curator at all,” Abioto told the Mercury. “I was approaching it as an artist in the Black arts community. And then it was almost like I shape-shifted roles into.
College student Ella Hutcherson, from Coos Bay was selected for a prestigious paid internship that places promising student journalists in media outlets across Oregon. Hutcherson, who graduated from North Bend