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Promote progressive policies that support a culture of free expression. Compile and collect empirical information regarding the impact of street art. Raise awareness on the history and value of creative expression in urban environments. Provide a platform that facilitates connection, dialogue, and collaboration within the street art community and beyond. Engage with people and the urban environment through community actions and interventions aimed at broadening perspectives and opening the possibilities of space.

Our recent Energizing Art Mural Reveal and EV Ride & Drive event was lit!Local community members joined representatives ...
09/11/2026

Our recent Energizing Art Mural Reveal and EV Ride & Drive event was lit!

Local community members joined representatives from the Portland Bureau of Transportation, Portland General Electric, and Forth Mobility for an electrified afternoon in Northeast Portland.
Everyone was wowed by the work of artist Daren Todd (Daren Todd , both during his live-painting session at the event and in his stunning new street mural! The mural features a brightly colored neighborhood scene filled with Portlanders commuting via electric power. More mural photos are coming soon!

Attendees test-drove e-bikes and EVs provided by our co-host Forth Mobility and learned more about transitioning to electric vehicles. Plenty of great conversations happened about EVs, discussing the availability and accessibility of charging spaces around Portland, and how to charge a vehicle at a curbside pole charger.

One excited neighbor showed up right at the start of our reveal event with his father, eager to check out a nearby charging spot after facing real challenges finding one before.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible! And a huge shout-out to muralist Daren Todd, who did an amazing job on both charging station street murals.
 
This project was made possible by Portland General Electric’s Drive Change Fund via Oregon DEQ’s Clean Fuels Program. 

📍1531 NE Glisan St. Portland, OR
📸 Sara Sjol, Tiffany Conklin & PSAA

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The Kerns neighborhood has an energetic new street mural by artist Daren Todd at one of Portland’s charging stations. Th...
09/09/2026

The Kerns neighborhood has an energetic new street mural by artist Daren Todd at one of Portland’s charging stations. This welcoming new mural, cleverly named “Energy Cycles,” highlights the newest and most colorful spot to charge your EV or e-bike in Northeast Portland.

Conveniently located near Benson Polytechnic High School and multiple apartment complexes, the new charging station adds a pleasing pop of color to the street. The mural wraps beautifully around the designated charging space and tells a neighborhood narrative, with friendly folks charging a variety of EVs at their shared charging station.

Daren designed both of his murals as a public invitation, drawing attention to Portland’s growing network of electric vehicle charging stations. Viewable from every angle, they offer people passing by on foot, bike, or in a vehicle a creative, colorful moment in their day.

With so many nearby apartment buildings and businesses, we hope this station becomes a go-to spot, whether it’s apartment residents finally getting easy access to charging, employees topping off during a lunch break, or neighbors charging up on their way home.

This project was made possible by Portland General Electric’s Drive Change Fund via Oregon DEQ’s Clean Fuels Program.

📸 Sara Sjol, Tiffany Conklin & PSAA
📍1531 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR

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Portland General Electric PBOT Forth Kerns Neighborhood Association

PSAA, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), and Portland General Electric (PGE) have teamed up to bring two vibr...
09/08/2026

PSAA, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), and Portland General Electric (PGE) have teamed up to bring two vibrant new murals to curbside charging stations in Portland! Designed by local artist Daren Todd (Daren Todd), these energetic new murals were funded through a PGE Drive Change Fund Grant, made possible by the Oregon DEQ’s Clean Fuels Program, which PSAA received in 2024.

Meet the first mural in our Energizing Art series, brightening up a new curbside charging station in the heart of Buckman! Created in the bold, illustrative style of Portland artist Daren Todd, this welcoming street mural wraps around PGE’s new charging station on SE Ash St between 13th & 14th. The artwork captures a perfectly PNW scene filled with outdoor activities and Oregon’s natural beauty.

Street murals are a great resource for creating a sense of place and local identity. These new murals also spotlight publicly accessible EV charging and the shift to electrified transportation. 
With this work, we wanted to help draw attention to EV charging sites and engage the community in conversations around transportation electrification.

Thank you to everyone who helped bring this bold new initiative to life. When nonprofits like PSAA partner with local municipalities, creative, community-centered ideas come to life!

📍SE Ash St., between SE 13th & 14th, Portland, OR 

Portland General Electric PBOT Forth

Our Executive Director recently led an interpretive walking tour of the Alberta Arts District for Lewis & Clark College ...
09/03/2026

Our Executive Director recently led an interpretive walking tour of the Alberta Arts District for Lewis & Clark College freshmen! It’s always great to see the neighborhood through fresh eyes. Thank you to the students for their curiosity and great questions. 

Want to get outside and bring your class on a tour? Reach out to PSAA; we love engaging with youth and young audiences!

Lewis & Clark College

New work by Kango and Griffin at the Mt. Whitney Blocks in Portland! 📸 Sara Sjol 💙🔥🫡💙🔥🫡💙🔥🫡💙🔥🫡💙🔥🫡GRIFFIN Kango Kid ...
08/27/2026

New work by Kango and Griffin at the Mt. Whitney Blocks in Portland!

📸 Sara Sjol

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GRIFFIN Kango Kid

The Malarkey restaurant is now open in Northwest Portland. Created by Oregon-grown celebrity chef Brian Malarkey, this n...
08/20/2026

The Malarkey restaurant is now open in Northwest Portland. Created by Oregon-grown celebrity chef Brian Malarkey, this new restaurant is a love letter to the city and state he loves.

The decor was envisioned by the interior design firm Tricorn Black who hired PSAA to help create a graffiti-themed train car mural designed as for Malarkey’s 90’s themed area - an homage to Malarkey’s childhood memories of the grittier side of NW Portland.

The new mural, created by local Portland-based artist KSRA, functions as two sliding doors that divide the space. The walls surrounding the train car doors include tags with throwbacks to the 90’s including the “cool S” that was scrolled across many notebooks back in the day.

📸 Sara Sjol
📍1210 Hoyt St., Portland, OR

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K S R A Tricorn Black Interior Design THE MALARKEY

Fresh paint laid over hot brick walls in the Central Eastside Mural District by Romanian artist Robert OBERT!We love a g...
08/18/2026

Fresh paint laid over hot brick walls in the Central Eastside Mural District by Romanian artist Robert OBERT!

We love a good brick structure. A massive metal pipe. A rugged concrete wall. These are the textures of any proper urban, industrial neighborhood. They’re also the origin story behind most of OBERT’s work. OBERT grew up in the ‘90s in a post-communist industrial city, and his visual language was shaped equally by the immediate urban landscapes and the inspiring graphics of bootlegged comics he’d hustle hard to acquire. Now, as a mural artist, he brings the “urban prophets” of his own comics universe into new surroundings that feel strangely familiar and foreign, all at once. 

The new piece located under the Hawthorne Bridge Viaduct (near SE 2nd) offers another glimpse into the artist’s creative vision, blending the dystopian, cyberpunk aesthetics of a possible future with simple, down-to-earth messaging meant to anchor one in the present. Looking as if he’s seen a lot in his time, a character peeks from behind a corner to give the viewer some worldly advice. 

Thanks, OBERT, for coming through Portland and adding this thought-provoking piece to the Central Eastside. This slightly hidden gem is the perfect addition to the wonderfully varied street art in the Central Eastside Mural District, by artists near and far! 

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📍1535 SE 3rd Ave., Portland, OR

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The Mt. Whitney Blocks just got a new mural courtesy of legendary street artist GATS (GATS PTV). Their work spans the gl...
08/14/2026

The Mt. Whitney Blocks just got a new mural courtesy of legendary street artist GATS (GATS PTV). Their work spans the globe, from walls in major cities to spots off the beaten path.  There’s something special about spotting ‘a familiar face in an unexpected place.’ 

“Painting a wall like this is interesting. Two stories up on a ladder, uneven ground, tree branches, live electrical wires, windows randomly placed in your composition. A sketch is almost useless. Every line is a dance with the ladder to see if you can finagle reaching where you intended it to go. The built environment dictates how the piece will flow, and my arm pivoting from my shoulder on a fixed ladder point informs all the curves.” - GATS

📸 Sara Sjol
📍636 SE 10th Ave., Portland, OR

More photos from the Lords Crew 40th anniversary production in the Central Eastside Mural District! Over 20 artists, thr...
08/13/2026

More photos from the Lords Crew 40th anniversary production in the Central Eastside Mural District! Over 20 artists, three walls, one unforgettable holiday weekend of painting along SE Hawthorne & 2nd Ave. Go see it in person if you can!   

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2026 marks 40 years of Lords Crew, one of the most respected crews from the West Coast. They celebrated the milestone wi...
08/13/2026

2026 marks 40 years of Lords Crew, one of the most respected crews from the West Coast. They celebrated the milestone with a massive artist-led production in the Central Eastside Mural District. 

Over the 4th of July weekend, more than 20 artists from across the US came together to paint an entirely new warehouse and refresh existing murals on the warehouse across the street, spanning three walls along SE Hawthorne & 2nd Ave. It’s the biggest addition to the mural district recently, and an incredible way to mark four decades. This is a must-see in person!

PSAA was honored to support this project behind the scenes, helping to secure wall access, coordinate a mural permit, and line up grant support through Oregon Metro. But the vision and the work were entirely artist-led, and it shows!

More photos to come!

📍 SE 2nd Ave. & Hawthorne
📸 Sara Sjol

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