Founded in 1988, Butters Gallery, Ltd. has become an important contemporary art source for both private and corporate collectors nationwide. This family owned and operated gallery focuses on artists from throughout the United States and abroad including several prominent regional artists. The exhibits examine art from all directions to include work that is innovative with regard to content and media. Included are paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and sculpture consisting of a range of media from paint to glass to metal to fabric. The gallery's monthly presentations of solo and group exhibitions of work by nationally known artists have garnered the attention of writers, critics, curators and collectors across the US. The shows have been reviewed in such publications as The New York Times and Art News. Butters Gallery is recognized by a large portion of the art viewing public of Portland as one of the most substantial and successful galleries that they may visit. And, during the many years of operation, the gallery has successfully encouraged the broadening and blossoming of the Portland art scene.