September 10 & 11 Houseguest will activate Pioneer Courthouse Square with its second Artist in Residence, Libby Werbel and Portland Museum of Modern Art, in conjunction with Portland Institute for Contemporary Art as part of TBA:16.

Werbel will install Portland Museum of Modern Art (PMOMA), a weekend-long, build-it-ourselves outdoor modern art museum. The installation will be on display Saturday & Sunday September 10th & 11th, 11:00am–7:00pm with a performance series on Saturday and Sunday starting at 1:00pm. This event is free and open to the public.

Through PMOMA, Werbel orchestrates an exhibition in the heart of the city, inviting an impressive roster of visual and performance artists to engage with the space. PMOMA is an investigative project focused on the lack of major contemporary and modern art institutions within a growing metropolis. Werbel aims to draw a direct link between Portland’s lack of a contemporary art museum and the impressive output of the creative community. Does Portland’s quickly shifting economic demands endanger the cultural equity essential to maintaining the quality of any major city? Is it possible to have a museum without an established infrastructure to support it? What does a museum look like when fashioned through our ideal ethical processes? Werbel hopes to inspire dialogue around the notions of the ‘museum’ itself and larger institutional modalities for exhibition. Throughout the weekend of September 10–11, PMOMA partners with Houseguest and PICA to investigate these ideas in Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Visual art by:

Amy Bernstein, Roz Crews, Mariah Garnett, Midori Hirose, Johanna Jackson, Chris Johanson, Rainen Knecht, Daniel Long, Dino Matt, Rose Mackey, Ralph Pugay, Richart, Vanessa Renwick, Blair Saxon-Hill, Kyle Simon

Schedule of Performances:

Saturday September 10th
MC for the day: Dynasty Handbag!
1pm Mu
2pm DYNASTY HANDBAG
3pm Dragging an Ox through Water
4pm Larry Yes
5pm Michael Hurley
6pm Marissa Anderson

Sunday September 11th
MC for the day: Larry Yes!
11am - 2pm: DJ Yolo Biafra
2pm Julia Calabrese
3pm DoublePlusGood
4pm Tropic Green
5pm Secret Drum Band
6pm Fred and Toody

Larry Yes's brings us his Art in the Park Project, an arts engagement/ painting area free for all 11-4 both days!

A Museum Shop: made up of past collaborators and friends: art objects, handmade treasures, books and more. All day both days.