is a center for contemporary art in Southeast Portland, Oregon. It is led by a desire to support emerging and under-acknowledged contemporary artists, propose new modes of production, and stimulate the ongoing public discourse around art. SUPPORT, support, support. 800 SE 10th Avenue, (503) 236-7996. EMAIL.

Steinberg

For more than fifty years, Saul Steinberg was The New Yorker’s in-house observer, visual epitome, and…

Sinister

July 3, 2012. Stuart Bailey talks about the precarious relationship between literary medium and romantic value…

KUCHAR

Ongoing. A George Kuchar retrospective, one *picture* at a time until we’ve screened them all…

AHMED

May 5, 2012. Legendary Ethiopian musician Mahmoud Ahmed will perform…

MENCHE

April 21, 2012. Daniel Menche will perform with multiple PA systems for multiple hours…

DON B.

April 7, 2012. The Birthday Party, a sort of crazed celebration and scholarship on behalf of Barthelme…

BLOOD

March 28, 2012. Oregon Book Award winner Tom Blood performs the advance publisher’s copy of exp

THOREL

March 5, 2012. Benjamin Thorel will inaugurate our new season with Les Vacances de Monsieur Castillo

EBNER

March 2, 2012. An Unrested Image, a talk by Los Angeles photographer Shannon Ebner…

CAGE

February 17, 2012. John Cage Centennial. Ten live performances of Cage compositions…

SUPPORT

Consider making a significant tax-deductible contribution. Your support is invaluable…

RENTAL

To organize a tour of the building or learn more about our various rental rates…

PLAN

Developmental, structural, and architectural plans for the future of the Yale Union Laundry Building…

GUEST

February 11–12, 2012. A marathon reading of The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest

ABOUT

Yale Union (YU) is a non-profit contemporary art center in Portland, Oregon. Our program…

PRINT SHOP

People who own the means of production think differently about the nature of production…

CATALOG

MBs of printed material on hard drives…old invitations…the editions…promotional materials…

LIBRARY

Though it will grow, the immediate iteration of the library is consciously unassuming…

COTTER

October 5, 2011. Suzanne Cotter discussed the practical, theoretical, and developmental migraines of…

MARIONI

July 30, 2011. Tom Marioni’s The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form

PCVA

Our inaugural exhibition considers the wins and losses of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts…

STUART

June 21, 2011. A solstice trip to Michelle Stuart’s earthwork in the East Columbia gorge…

Senior

May 24, 2011. A discussion on archiving by David Senior, Dr. Christina Olsen, and David Abel…