Jan 31, 2021
Photo: Remaining Light Photography/Artist Tyler FuQua
Celebrating its 6th year, the Portland Winter Light Festival returns this Friday in a brand new way. Taking on an entirely new form to safely reflect our current pandemic reality, the festival has been re-imagined from a centrally located light festival to a series of smaller art installations throughout the entire city, expanded from three nights to two weekends. A map of all sites is available here on this website. Activities are being promoted as the 2021 Portland Winter Light (non)Festival.
Art installation sites range from a boat dock in St. Johns to a private residence in Milwaukie, with the largest concentration of installations located in downtown Portland, centered around Pioneer Courthouse Square. Installations will take the form of architectural lighting, pop-up window displays, projection mapping, and more. For the first time in the festival’s history there will be no installations at OMSI or at the