Since 1981, the year the Museum of Northwest Art was founded, the museum’s Permanent Collection embodies the dedication of the institution to collect, exhibit and interpret art from the Northwest.

Today, MoNA's Permanent Collection includes 2,400 artworks ranging across all media and spanning from the early 1900s to the present. In its entirety and continuum, the collection speaks of key aspects of the rich artistic history of the region and reflects the cultural sensibilities and shifts that have informed, and continue to inform, the experience of living in this region.

With this focus, MoNA continues to acquire works of art by Northwest artists, to honor their voices for the benefit of future generations, generate awareness of the cultural expressions of the region, and provide connections between these and national and international art movements and trends.

MoNA Collection: New Acquisitions presents to the public a selection of the works collected by the Museum over the past two years. These acquisitions reflect both the breadth of the museum’s collecting plan as well as the effort of the institution to bring into the collection a more broadly representative and diverse group of Northwest artists, starting with works made by women artists, and focusing in the immediate future on actively including works by Black, Latinx, Asian American, LGBTQ+, and Indigenous artists.

Artists included in MoNA Collection: New Acquisitions

Prentiss Cole
Tom Fawkes
Gregory Grenon
Lucinda Parker
Jack Portland
Ginny Ruffner
Catherine Eaton Skinner
Dirk Staschke
Margaret Tomkins