Portland has a joyful reason to hurry to the Portland Art Museum. Inkling Studio: Community and Printmaking in Portland, 1981–2009, on view in Galleries 006 and 007 through November 8, 2026, is now in its final weeks, and it celebrates one of the city’s most generous creative communities.
For more than twenty-five years, Inkling Studio operated as a cooperative printmaking workshop out of a storefront on SW Corbett Avenue. Liza Jones was its organizing force and spirit, and the atelier soon attracted artists eager to practice their craft in a supportive, vibrant environment. Members joined by application and portfolio review, and over the decades more than 100 artists worked there in a variety of printing methods.
It was not a teaching studio — artists were expected to be fully competent printmakers before they joined — but creative cooperation filled the room. Members recall a warm atmosphere and the chance to watch and learn from some of Portland’s best talents. That spirit shines in the six portfolios Inkling published, in which members and close allies contributed their designs.
The museum, at 1219 SW Park Ave, is presenting a selection of the hundreds of prints made at Inkling Studio, and the show is included with general admission. It is a warm, local story of artists helping artists — and a perfect autumn visit before it closes.
Photo: Portland Art Museum
