Barbara Remington was an American ballerina. She danced in the American Ballet Theatre as a principal performer during the 1960s. Later in her career, she owned and operated her own studio in Portland, OR.

Guntis Plésums (Plesums, Plēsums) (December 17, 1933–) is a Latvian-American architect and academic. He immigrated to the United States in 1950, and naturalized in 1954 after serving as an United States Army Sergeant. He received his Bachelor's in Architecture from the University of Minnesota in 1961, and his Master's in Architecture in 1964 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked commercially for two years following his Master's degree at Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise, before becoming an instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1967. He later moved to the University of Oregon in 1969, where he stayed until his retirement in 1995.

Frederick Sommer (September 7, 1905–January 23, 1999) was an Italian-American photographer and academic. He was raised in Brazil, where he worked for his father's architectural firm, before moving to the United States in the late 1920s. He received his Master's in Landscape Architecture in 1927 from Cornell University, and afterwards settled permanently in Prescott, AZ. There, he developed his skills in photography, as well as his unique Surrealist style, through associations with gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz, fellow photographer Alfred Weston, and Dada-Surrealist artist Max Ernst. He made and innovated upon photographs in this signature style until his death sixty years later.

Sandra Stone (also known as Sunny Peters, Sandra Peters, and Alessandria Stone) (April 4, 1934 – February 27, 2018) was a Portland-based visual and conceptual artist, poet, playwright, and author. Stone was widely acclaimed for her work, receiving numerous fellowships as well as the Oregon Literary Arts Book Award in 1998 and the Dana Award in Poetry in 2007. Her work has appeared in The Hudson Review, The New Republic, International Poetry Review, JAMA, The Midwest Quarterly, The Southwest Review, and elsewhere.

Paul Missal (February 21, 1941–) is an American painter born in Cleveland, Ohio. He began his career as an academic, before pivoting quickly into studio art. He received his Bachelor's of Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Art, then completed his Master's of Arts in Contemporary Art at Yale University in 1968. Four years later, he moved to Portland to teach acrylic painting, a style-medium he developed during his education. The reputation gained by his emphatic portraiture and bold style contributed to the creation of the Blackfish Gallery in the late 1970s, a now-long-standing artists cooperative based in Portland.

Kanetaka Ikeda (1952–) is a Japanese-American painter born in Kushikino City, Japan. He naturalized to the United States a decade later in 1963. By 1980, he had received three degrees: a Bachelor's in Architecture from Oregon State University and the University of Oregon (1974), a Bachelor's of Science in Art from Portland State University (1977), and a Master's in Fine Arts in Sculpture from Portland State University (1980). His depth of education contributes to his cerebral, near-surreal style focused on polychrome, mixed-media sculpture, which he developed further through his involvement with the Blackfish Gallery scene upon graduating from PSU.

Mary Barnard (December 6, 1909–August 25, 2001) was an American poet, academic, and classicist. Born in Vancouver, Washington, she received her Bachelor's in Arts from Reed College in 1932. Her characteristic poetic tone was honed through her relationships with Imagist and Modernist poets such as Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, H.D., and especially Ezra Pound, who pushed her to focus on translation as a means of honing her skills. Her elegant, succinct translations of Sappho's verse are often considered some of the best Ancient Greek-to-English translations ever accomplished.

Kim Stafford (October 15, 1949–) is an American poet. Born in Portland, Oregon, he earned his Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate of Arts at Portland State University. He began teaching at Lewis and Clark College in 1979, where he continues to work to this day. He was named the Oregon State Poet Laureate in 2018.

Mary Josephson (1953–) is an American multimedia artist. She was born in Portland, Oregon. She studied at the École National Superior des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, before receiving her Bachelor's of Fine Arts from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, in 1986. She has continued to work out of Portland since her graduation.

James Canfield is an American ballerino, ballet instructor, and director. He was born in Corning, New York, and received training at Washington School of Ballet before graduating to the Joffrey Ballet where he worked as a professional dancer for more than a decade. He co-founded the Oregon Ballet Theatre (OBT) in 1989 and served in that role until 2003. In 2008, he became a temporary director at the Nevada Ballet Theatre (NBT), and assumed the role permanently a year later.

Denis Johnson (July 1, 1949–May 24, 2017) was an American writer. He was born in Germany, and lived briefly in the Philippines, Japan, and Washington D.C. He received his Bachelor's of English from the University of Iowa (1971) and later pursued his Master's in Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers' Workshop (1974), where he would teach later in his career. His poems, novels, and playbooks received critical acclaim during his lifetime.

Sloy (Sandra Loy) Nichols (June 9, 1943–May 9, 2022) was an American artist. She was well known for her Portland-based collaborations with her partner Nic (Dave) Nichols under the working name nicholsloy (also nicholsloystudio, nicandsloy) which produced artwork from 1960 to 2018.

Tomáš (Tomas) Svoboda (December 6, 1939–) is a Czech-American composer. He was born in Paris and grew up in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he attended the Prague Conservatory in 1954. After obtaining his degrees in Conducting, Percussion, and Composition, he continued refining his craft at the Prague Academy of Music. He moved to the United States two years later, and by 1969 received a Master's with Honors in Musical Composition from the University of Southern California. That same year he accepted a position at Portland State University teaching composition and theory, where he worked until 1998, composing all the while. His works have received numerous accolades and critical acclaim during his lifetime.

Penny Allen is a French-American filmmaker, activist, and author. Alternating between Portland and Paris throughout her life, Allen has produced feature films for major cinematic festivals, as well as several books. She continues to practice her craft in France.

Cynthia Gano Lewis (April 5, 1950–) is an American photographer and proprietor. Born in Berkeley, California, Gano Lewis earned her Bachelor's of Arts in Studio Arts from the University of Arizona and Bard College in 1978. Three years earlier, she had founded the Lewis Framing Studio with her partner, as well as the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson. She continues to practice photography focused on the experiences of the female body.

Will (William Gale) Vinton (November 17, 1947–October 4, 2018) was an American entrepreneur and stop-motion animator. Born in McMinnville, Oregon, Winton later earned his Bachelor's of Arts in Architecture from the University of California in 1970. He moved to Portland, Oregon that year, and began pioneering what he would later call "claymation". Five years later, he founded his eponymous studio for stop-motion animation, and produced their trademark clay-based media for more than two decades before retiring. His most noted achievements include the "California Raisins" and the Domino's Pizza "Noid", as well as feature films, minor studio credits, and technological innovations. Winton was the first Oregonian to win an Academy Award.

Michihiro "Michi" Kosuge (1943–2021) was a Japanese sculptor and educator. He began his education at the Tokyo Sumida Technical School of Architecture, where he graduated in 1961. He moved to the United States six years later to continue his work at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he received his Master's of Fine Arts (1970). In 1978, Kosuge began his professorship at Portland State University, where he worked until his retirement in 2003. By his passing, Kosuge had become well known for his organicized stoneworks gracing over a hundred commissions and shows across the world.

John Callahan (February 5, 1951–July 24, 2010) was an American cartoonist and artist from The Dalles, Oregon. Drawing frequently on his experiences with quadripeligia and child abuse, Callahan published (often divisive) comics regularly in the Wilamette Week from 1983 until his death. Based primarily in Oregon, Callahan often shined a dark humorist's light on disability, and faced nationwide acclaim (and disdain) for his work as a result.

Marie Selland-Taylor (October 22, 1927–October 28, 2006) was an American actor born in Happy Valley, California. In 1946, she attended Fresno State University, and began her acting career in television and film as part of repertory theaters across Southern California. Her work during this period is exemplified by her role as Martha Lomax in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). In the 1980s, she relocated to Oregon, and became heavily involved in repertory theaters and players groups in the area, eventually writing and performing many original works. In the 1990s, she created many programs with local Portland studio Dreamswell, until her passing in 2006.

Ed Edmo is a storyteller and artist born in Nevada, enrolled in the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, and with Nez Pierce and Yakama ancestors. Edmo grew up in his father's ancestral home of Celilo Village along the Columbia River, where he learned his ancestors' stories of Coyote and the Columbia River herself that later grew to be hallmarks of his career. Edmo guides guests on traditional lands as a steward, acts as a consultant for the Smithsonian Museum for the American Indian, and writes plays, poems, prose, and music. An accomplished artist, his one-act play Grandma Choke Cherry received critical acclaim upon its release, and he continues to storytell across the continent.

Peter Valentin Teneau (May 1, 1929–June 30, 2023) was an American sculptor. Known for his abstract geometric forms, Teneau worked closely within and without the Pacific Northwest, and notably with the Smithsonian for their "Save Outdoor Sculpture" program in the 1980s. Much of his work remains in his home state of Oregon.

Robert Hanson (1936–2011) was an American artist born in Washington D.C. After receiving his degree in printmaking from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1961, Hanson grew his craft as a graphic designer before moving to Portland in 1968 to teach at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. During the course of his career, he came to specialize in portraiture known for its dynamic and sincere renderings, and much of his work remains around Oregon and the Pacific Northwest at large.

Charles Deemer (1939–) is an American educator and playwright based in Portland, Oregon. During his career, he produced over 40 plays, numerous published short stories and essays, and six optioned screenplays. Since graduating from UCLA in 1961, Deemer has been at the forefront of modern theatre: he won the 1997 Crossing Borders play competition; has received awards for his work in public television; pioneered "hyperdrama," an experimental theater form with branching narratives and simultaneous scenes; created early websites for writers; and even collaborated on operas. He continues his career as a lecturer teaching screenwriting at Portland State University.

Angelita Surmon (1950–) is an American multimedia artist from Lebanon, Oregon.

Frank Boyden (1942–) is an American sculptor and printer.

Virgina Marquette Haseltine (1906–1991) was an American arts philanthropist based in the Pacific Northwest.

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