Some of PORT's very attentive readers have noticed there is a new name in the contributor's list, it has been a busy time and once again the site has shattered it's readership records. Thank you readers!

So yes, later today Jessica Bromer will be making her first posts as PORT's new 1st Thursday and Friday "listings" poster as well as our newest critic. She knows the Portland scene well having worked as exhibition coordinator for Portland Modern. While cutting her teeth blogging for PICA during TBA I was impressed with her handling of Matthew Day Jackson's show calling it, "a bit Kountry Kosy." (From Schjeldahl to myself a lot of critics find his work a bit too cursory considering his source iconography.) Jessica rightly called him on it.... only to go a couple of rounds with the artist (successfully) in the comments. Needlesss to say, like all of PORT's staffers she is unafraid to present her opinions and true to our mission she has a lot of free reign to explore that critical stance.

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