Black Domain, a photographic exhibit by Portland-based artist Intisar Abioto, explores places of home, worship, creativity, and healing through environmental portraits of Black Portlanders and Oregonians. Focusing on sites of architectural, cultural, and historical relevance to Black communities, Abioto’s photographs capture the spirit of Black domain as sanctum, rejuvenation, and liberation experienced by generations of Black people in Portland and in Oregon.

The exhibit is a visual complement to the Bosco-Milligan Foundation/Architectural Heritage Center’s research, documentation, and advocacy about places of Portland’s Black history as well as the many community histories about Black place. In this project, Abioto documents, through her eyes, the homes, small businesses, community centers, and other sites whose deep cultural meaning illuminates their architectural significance.

Exhibit support generously provided by the James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, The Van Evera and Janet M. Bailey Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, The Kinsman Foundation, Multnomah County Cultural Coalition, the Oregon Arts Commission, and the Cathy Galbraith Educational Endowment. “Northeast Voices” video dialogues made possible in part by Oregon Humanities.

On view through September 24, 2022
Thursday-Saturday
11am-5pm