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Petrucci Family Foundation Collection Envisions its Role as Major Collector and Preservationist of African American Art in the 21st Century
International Review of African American Art Vol. 26 No. 4 - 40th Anniversary Issue Aug 14, 2025This issue of The International Review of African American Art (IRAAA) celebrates the daring, courage, and intellectual prowess of Samella Sanders Lewis’ founding vision and...Read more -
Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art
Exhibition Catalog Aug 14, 2025In 21st-century America, questions of race and identity are being explored as never before. This exploration has prompted many artists of color to investigate what...Read more -
PFF Collection Featured in the Portland Art Museum’s 125th Anniversary Video
Oct 9, 2017PFF Collection was recently featured in the Portland Art Museum’s 125th Anniversary video. Check out PFF Curator Berrisford Boothe and famed artist Mickalene Thomas share...Read more -
Portland Art Museum: Reflecting Forward
125th Anniversary Video Sep 25, 2017PFF Collection was recently featured in the Portland Art Museum’s 125th Anniversary video. Check out PFF Curator Berrisford Boothe and famed artist Mickalene Thomas share some thoughts on the Portland Art Museum’s impact (section starts at 5:37 sec).Read more -
Oregon ArtsWatch review perfectly summarizes Constructing Identity
Jun 18, 2017Constructing Identity is over, but check out this review that perfectly summarizes all of our hopes and intentions for the show. Bob Hicks gets it. We are so grateful to him for this thoughtful and insightful article.Read more -
Bruce Chessé proposes a toast
May 23, 2017Our most heartfelt endorsement yet. Bruce Chessé, son of renowned African American and artist Ralph Chessé and dedicated preserver of his legacy, made this toast...Read more -
Constructing Identity Panel Discussion
May 3, 2017Check out the panel discussion the Portland Art Museum hosted with PFF Curator Berrisford Boothe, Collector Lewis Tanner Moore, and artists Arvie Smith, Marita Dingus,...Read more -
Constructing Identity in the Spotlight
May 2, 2017We are nearing the end of Constructing Identity’s time at the Portland Art Museum, and the show has gotten a lot of attention and some...Read more -
Black art: a neverending story
Oregon Artswatch Mar 4, 2017Wandering through Constructing Identity , the lavish exhibition of African-American art from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection that sprawls across several upstairs galleries at the...Read more -
Recent Acquisitions: Landscape Majestic and Castle Geyser
Jul 29, 2016Mikaene Thomas, Inspired by Portland The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art is pleased to announce the special purchase of Landscape Majestic by African-American...Read more -
Ayele Forde to Assist With Portland Art Museum Exhibition
Jul 29, 2016The Petrucci Family Foundation for African-American Art is excited to have Ayele Forde as our Portland area Special Assistant to the Exhibition at the Portland...Read more
Constructing Identity: Portland Art Museum
Past PFF Exhibitions exhibition
28 January - 18 June 2017