Amplifying Indigenous Voices with Phil Cash Cash and the Portland Art Museum * Oregon ArtsWatch

"Reinvention is a word that can be most accurately used to describe the Portland Art Museum's current philosophical and physical trajectory. Having fully reopened in November of 2025 with expanded gallery space and renovated facilities for all its collections, the museum continues to welcome the same spirit of change that has helped it forge through years of construction."

"The PAM's already expansive Native American art collection has been steadily growing under the watchful eye of Ash-Milby, who is always looking for ways to open up the collection to indigenous input and contribution."

"This year of 2026 is already gearing up to fundamentally push the department forward through a creative partnership with widely accomplished, multi-disciplinary artist and scholar, Phil Cash Cash."

"Tracing his lineage to the Nez Perce and Cayuse tribes of Eastern Oregon, Phil Cash Cash grew up between Oregon and New Mexico, showing an aptitude for academics and love of the arts at an early age."

The Portland Art Museum has fully reopened with expanded gallery space and renovated facilities, embracing change as innovation. The Native American art collection, overseen by curator Kathleen Ash-Milby, is central to the museum's mission of fostering dialogue and recognizing regional artists. The collection is growing with indigenous contributions, and a partnership with artist Phil Cash Cash aims to advance the department in 2026. Cash Cash, of Nez Perce and Cayuse descent, has a strong academic background and a notable artistic career.

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