Black Materials/Black Artists of Oregon is an ongoing research work focusing on the history and presence of Black artists in Oregon. The first phase of the research took the form of "Black Mark, Black Legend" published in Oregon Humanities Magazine in 2019.The work was funded through a Community Stories, Emerging Journalists Fellowship supported by Oregon Humanities Magazine and the Pulitzer Prizes. The work is continuing through oral history interviews, photography, archival research, and active documentation - and location- of works by Black artists in Oregon.