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CANCELED: York Panel
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Sun, Nov 15 · 1 PM
Portland Art Museum, Mark Building, Portland
EVENT CANCELED Todd McGrain’s original bust of York, the enslaved man who was the only African American member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was secretly installed on Mount Tabor Park in 2021. It was placed on the vacant pedestal where a statue of Oregonian editor Harvey Scott (1830-1910), a known racist, once stood. The surprising appearance of York , with no artist name attached to the work, is a local example of the protest art being created in the wake of political and social unrest. Th
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