Museum of Contemporary Craft invited local graphic designer and educator Kate Bingaman-Burt and designer Clifton Burt to create an exhibition from materials often overlooked in museum collections. Using printed materials and ephemera from the Museum archive, the exhibition reveals stories about the history of printing and design in Portland, and communicates how such printed materials construct institutional identity.

EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS:

PNCA+FIVE Ford Institute for Visual Education
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · John Gray Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · MJ Murdock Charitable Trust · National Endowment for the Arts · Oregon Arts Commission · PGE Foundation · Regional Arts & Culture Council · Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation · The Standard · Mary Hoyt Stevenson Foundation · Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust · Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt · The Western States Art Federation · Whiteman Foundation · ziba · Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP

With special thanks to: Gerding Edlen Development and their support of the Cyan PDX Cultural Residency Program, The Heathman Hotel, The Nines Hotel, Twenty Four Seven and NWC Nick Weitzer Contracting.

IMAGES:

Event receipts and invitations, c. 1970s. Museum of Contemporary Craft Archives. Photo by Kate Bingaman-Burt.

Selection of invitations and exhibition checklists, c. 1950s.

Event receipts and invitations, c. 1970s.

Museum of Contemporary Craft Archives. Photos by Kate Bingaman-Burt.