There are many reasons bumper stickers in Portland proclaim "Keep Portland Weird," and the Velveteria is one of them. This miniature museum of velvet paintings, the work of Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin, is a fabulous, kitschy collection of 1,000

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There are many reasons bumper stickers in Portland proclaim "Keep Portland Weird," and the Velveteria is one of them. This miniature museum of velvet paintings, the work of Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin, is a fabulous, kitschy collection of 1,000 fine, fuzzy works of art. Sure, you can go to see the masters in Portland Art Museum, but where else can you admire shows such as Tiki Wonderland, pay homage at a velvet shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or get up close to the originals from coffee table book Black Velvet Masterpieces other than at the nation's only museum dedicated to the undervalued medium?

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