Women Making History in Portland

Women Making History in Portland, sometimes abbreviated as Women Making History,[1] is a 2007 mural by Robin Corbo, located in north Portland, Oregon, in the United States.

Women Making History in Portland
The mural in May 2015
ArtistRobin Corbo
Year2007 (2007)
TypeMural
MediumAcrylic paint
Dimensions5.5 m × 18 m (18 ft × 60 ft)
LocationPortland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates45.54015°N 122.67723°W / 45.54015; -122.67723
OwnerCity of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council

Description and history
The mural seen from the intersection of N. Interstate and N. Russell, 2016

Robin Corbo's Women Making History in Portland (2007) is located at 2335 North Clark Avenue, near the intersection of North Larrabee Avenue and North Harding Avenue, in Portland's Eliot neighborhood. The 18-foot (5.5 m) x 60-foot (18 m), or 1,080-square-foot (100 m2),[2] acrylic painting depicts and honors women who have influenced the city,[3] surround by a border with black birds. It has been called an "ode to feminism".[4]

In Other Words Women's Books and Resources organized the mural, which was "made to promote the mission of empowering women through art and education".[2][5] It was funded by the Public Art Murals Program and private donors, and is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.[6]

In March 2008, the Janovec Gallery in the Brooklyn neighborhood displayed reproductions of the mural in their month-long exhibition about Portland's "artistic 'remarkable women'". Some of the artists who worked on the mural attended the exhibition's reception.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Robin Corbo: The Singing Squid Procession". The Portland Mercury. Index Publishing. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  2. "Public Art Search". Regional Arts & Culture Council. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  3. Griffin, Anna (August 28, 2009). "MIKE Program mural in Northeast Portland a memorial with a message". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  4. Donovan, Derek (December 1, 2011). "The marvelous muralist". Daily Vanguard. Portland State University. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  5. "Women Making History in Portland". Public Art Archive. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  6. "Women Making History in Portland, 2007". cultureNOW. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  7. "'First Friday' event salutes 'remarkable women'". Portland Tribune. Pamplin Media Group. March 4, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
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