Visiting hours are Thursday through Sunday from 12 to 5pm. Please request an appointment by sending an email to info@theblackgallerypdx.com

If We Could Talk is a storytelling exhibit debuting at The BLACK Gallery that explores what ‘home’ means to members of a Portland community that’s been profoundly impacted by gentrification. If We Could Talk is a socially engaged photography and writing project that blends history, race and place. Many of the featured artists are members of North and Northeast Portland’s displaced Black community who have reclaimed their roots through the city’s North/Northeast Preference Policy. The policy informs the eligibility criteria for the Dr. Darrell Millner Building on North Interstate Avenue, where the artists live.

Curated by Domenic Toliver and Gwen Hoeffgen.

Photo by Duanice Davis

Photo by Wynter Forbes