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Portland Art Museum Hosts Shine a Light

On Saturday, September 19 from 6 p.m.–midnight, the Portland Art Museum hosted Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum. The event consisted of six hours of performances, installations, tours, workshops, and games by artists from Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice concentration MFA. The projects were centered on artist and audience participation. Visitors experienced the Museum’s spaces and collections in new ways.

The night was an overwhelming success with close to 2000 people in attendance.

Read the review of the event in The Oregonian: http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2009/09/shine_a_light_lights_up_the_po.html (9/21)

Additional Press:

• Portland Monthly: New multimedia section of the Web site featured in Culturephile blog
  http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/blogs/culturephile-portland-arts/art-museum-090209/ (9/2)
• The Oregonian: Online beer blog The Beer Here features art-inspired beer for Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum
  http://blog.oregonlive.com/thebeerhere/2009/09/paintings_and_beer_shine_a_kli.html (9/8)
• PORT: features Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum
  http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2009/09/a_night_at_the.html (9/16)
• The Oregonian: article previewing Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum
  http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2009/09/upcoming_shine_a_light_at_the.html (9/17)
• Portland Monthly: Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum featured in Culturephile blog
  http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/blogs/culturephile-portland-arts/art-shinealight/ (9/18)
• Portland Architecture: Design blog features Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum
  http://chatterbox.typepad.com/portlandarchitecture/2009/09/shine-a-light-at-the-portland-art-museum.html (9/18)
• PORT: features the NW Film Center Lens on China (9/21)
• KINK.FM: features Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum
  http://www.kink.fm/Portland-Art-Museum/4519744 (September)
• Draft Magazine: features Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum
  http://draftmag.com/events/detail/725 (September)
• Art Daily: features Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum
  http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_new=32345&int_sec=2 (September)
• Portland State University: Department of Art features Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum
  http://www.pdx.edu/art/lectures (Fall 2009)