Philanthropy Factory
A New Initiative Benefiting Warhol Foundation Grantees

Don’t miss out-exclusive works are on sale to benefit Oregon Contemporary until August 20!

Honoring Andy Warhol's Legacy: Introducing Philanthropy Factory

In celebration of Andy Warhol’s philanthropic spirit, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has launched Philanthropy Factory. For a limited time, select Warhol pieces, priced from $1,500 to $12,000, are available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis via the Foundation’s eBay for Charity platform. With 100% of the proceeds benefiting Oregon Contemporary, this is your chance to own a piece of art history while supporting a great cause.

Oregon Contemporary is thrilled to have received a selection of five remarkable Warhol artworks for this initiative, and we currently have four incredible pieces remaining. By purchasing these works, you’ll help us raise a total of $18,800! Our offerings include both lithographs and a screen print on wallpaper, each showcasing Warhol’s iconic style and vision.

Michael Dayton Hermann of The Andy Warhol Foundation shares, “Philanthropy Factory is a tribute to Andy Warhol’s vision and his dedication to the arts. This initiative has the potential to provide meaningful support to artist-centered organizations of all sizes across the country, embodying the power of solidarity.”

At Oregon Contemporary, we are honored to be part of this initiative. Your purchase not only adds a rare Warhol piece to your collection but also directly supports our mission to champion underrepresented voices in the arts and ensure that our programming remains accessible to all.

Discover the 2024 Oregon Contemporary Artists’ Biennial Catalog, now available for $30!

Inside, you’ll find two insightful essays by curators Jackie Im and Anuradha Vikram, offering reflections on the themes and artistic narratives of the exhibition. You’ll also enjoy vivid documentation of the participating artists and their work, including:

Carla Bengtson | Meech Boakye | Srijon Chowdhury | Epiphany Couch | Megita Denton | Michael Espinoza | Marcus Fischer | Bean Gilsdorf | Patricia Vázquez Gómez | Anne Greenwood | Bridgette Hickey | chimæra/project | Horatio Hung-Yan Law | Maxx Katz | Rainen Knecht | Methods Body | Morgan Ritter | Sarah Rushford | Tyler Stoll | UwU Collective | Vo Vo

This elegantly designed catalog by Adam McIsaac of Sibley House features Mario Gallucci’s stunning exhibition documentation, beautifully capturing the spirit of the biennial.

By purchasing this catalog, you’re not only celebrating the remarkable artists of the Biennial but also supporting Oregon Contemporary’s mission to provide dynamic, accessible art experiences year-round.

Order your copy today and contribute to our ongoing commitment to the arts!

WAVE Contemporary and Well Well Projects bring you Orbit, a curatorial project highlighting film, animations, and moving images organized by Marcelo Fontana and Chris Ticas, and curated by Jamie Isenstein, Gian Spina, and Tilsa Otta. Presented in partnership with Oregon Contemporary.

Dedicated to exploring the politics of images in contemporary life, our collective seeks to create community by presenting a broad mix of international and local artists. Our goal is to create a platform for discussion and connection through a series of small-scale screenings.

In the past three decades, images and videos have monopolized the public sphere as our main communication tool. This massive digital production has transformed contemporary images, displacing, decontextualizing, and diminishing their connection to reality, while enhancing their fluidity and impact. Previously mirrors of reality, images now serve purposes such as optics, storytelling, marketing, and surveillance.

As images become more potent, we have become increasingly obsessed with them, consuming them constantly. This fixation affects our ability to perceive our surroundings in a time when images are the primary way we understand and perceive the world.

In this new iteration of Orbit, we invite artists and curators to explore images as political agents in contemporary life. As a collective, we are increasingly concerned about how individuals and movements weaponize images to shift public perspectives and how algorithms prioritize extreme subjects. Orbit proposes a space where the porosity of the media could be rethought in terms of reterritorialization. Through this act, we hope to re-orient ourselves and our images with reality, redefining the operative power of images.

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