Friends of Noise event at PICA

Through COVID, our building served artists and small groups for creative residencies, pilot
projects, and mutual aid. The pandemic revealed the urgent—and continuing—need for an accessible space to work and gather safely.

PICA is the tenant of a 16,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Portland’s Eliot neighborhood, a historically Black and highly gentrified part of the city. Amidst a crisis of affordable and accessible art space, we launched the SPACE program to share our institutional resources, facilities, and capacities for artistic and community-led programs and events spanning the fields of art, culture, urban planning, social justice, youth advocacy, and more.