Coraline's Curious Cat Trail

Coraline's Curious Cat Trail was an outdoor art exhibit celebrating the 15th anniversary of LAIKA's first animated film, Coraline. Thirty (31*) five-foot-tall sculptures of the Cat were created by UK-based Wild in Art and were painted by artists local to Portland.

The sculptures were on public display from Friday, August 2, 2024 through Sunday, October 13, 2024 at various locations in Downtown Portland, OR and four nearby locations. Each was sponsored by a local business.

An app by the same name for iOS and Android devices was released to help fans locate the sculptures. It provided geolocation services to pinpoint where the sculptures were prior to the final weekend of the exhibit. It also let users virtually collect them by entering a four-digit code found on the information plate attached to the base of each sculpture and earn rewards from local businesses. Sculptures located inside a building had a clock symbol and an "Open Times" tag on them where you could see the hours they could be visited during.

Coraline's Curious Cat Trail map preview

A PDF of the map is available on the Coraline's Curious Cat Trail website. It shows the location of 30 of the sculptures, but was not updated to show where two were relocated to and did not show the 31st sculpture, Burnished Joy, that was added after the starting date. See table below for updated information.

On October 10, 2024, the sculptures were transported from the locations below to Director Park for a farewell weekend viewing.

At the end of the month on October 30, 2024, the sculptures were auctioned to support OSHU's Dornbecher Children's Hospital.

List of sculptures[]

For information on the artist and sponsor of each sculpture, click on the sculpture's name.

#	Name	Artist	Original display location
1	Sakura Pond	Baz Murnin	Lincoln High School's Salmon Street Plaza
2	The Oregonian's Nine Lives of News	Bob Hansen	Originally located in Tom McCall Waterfront Park near the Burnside Bridge as per the original PDF. Moved to the South Hawthorne Waterfront Park, not far from the Hawthorne Bridge.
3	The Other Circus	Rebecca Kolb	At the waterfront railing near Salmon Street Springs in Waterfront Park
4	Thrive. Don't Just Survive.	Victoria Smith	At the Shake Shack near the corner of W Burnside St and SW 10th Ave.
5	Wonderfully PNW	Celeste Potgieter	International Rose Test Garden, 400 SW Kingston Ave, Portland. Approx. 1.5 miles west of Downtown Portland. Driving required, hilly area. Parking at the Rose Garden and the nearby Washington Park Playground is limited or unavailable. If parking a distance away, the app shows trails that can be taken to reach the garden, but the trails may be steep. Note: The Classic Cat sculpture (#27) is about a half mile NW of this location.
6	Dream Come True	Isi Matasavage	Lan Su Chinese Garden. Sculpture located on the sidewalk on NW Everett St. Hours in the app of 10am-6pm daily are for the Garden, with visiting the Garden recommended.
7	She Flies with Her Own Wings	Sue-Del McCulloch	World Trade Center Portland, on SW Salmon St between 1st and 2nd.
8	Beautiful Decay	Paloma Talaro	Ankeny Alley Plaza, corner of SW Ankeny St and SW 3rd Ave near Voodoo Doughnut. Note: This is two blocks east of the similarly-named Ankeny Plaza where the Skidmore Fountain and the "Mizton" sculpture is located.
9	Cat Cake	Irene Ramos	Jamison Square
10	Nightlife	KRSA	Yamhill Pedestrian Plaza
11	Mizton	Laura Sliwoski	Skidmore Fountain at Ankeny Plaza, corner of SW Ankeny St and SW 1st Ave.
12	Infinity Kitty	Rae Sheridan	North Park Blocks, between NW Park Ave and NW 8th Ave. Sculpture is located on the northern edge of the middle of the five blocks (southern side of NW Everett St). Note: North Park Blocks is the site of a public market on weekends, which can make it difficult to find the sculpture.
13	Celeste	Paloma Talaro	Car Wash Fountain next to the Chevron station.
14	Alebrije	Isabella Figueroa	Originally located at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (part of Portland's 5 Centers for the Arts). Moved across the street to the entrance of The Judy (The Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts). Note: new location is publicly-accessible and does not have restrictions any longer on when the sculpture can be viewed.
15	A Reinvention of Blooming Connections	Rae Sheridan	Pride Plaza (corner of SW Harvey Milk St and SW 11th Ave). Note: original PDF lists the sculpture as "Blooming Connections" by Devin Torres.
16	Cat is Everytime	Katherine Morris	Park Blocks Portland Art Museum. Sculpture is located across the street inside Shemanski Park on the southern side of SW Madison St.
17	Cat of the Evening Sky	Jaden Simmons	Director Park, north side on SW Yamhill St.
18	Cat Usher	Nina Oberlin	Pioneer Courthouse Square, corner of SW Broadway and SW Morrison St.
19	Coraline's Tulips	Leith A Zeutenhorst	Multnomah County Central Library, corner of SW Yahmhill St and SW 10th Ave.
20	Descent	Genevieve Hildebrand-Chupp	Park Blocks PSU, corner of SW Montgomery St and SW Park Ave (southbound lanes)
21	Flowers Growing Where They Want	Arielle Wilkins	NW 13th Ave, slightly north of NW Everett St.
22	In Plain Sight	Bethany O'Neal	Inside Pioneer Place shopping mall. Located on the Concourse level (lower level). Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-7pm, Sun 11am-6pm.
23	Keep Portland Weird	Celest Potgiter	Saturday Market in the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, near the Bill Naito Legacy Fountain.
24	Made of Hug	Stephanie Hower Derheimer	Across the Willamette River at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). Located near the SE Water Ave curve in front of OMSI.
25	Garden Time	Jess Perrin	South Park Blocks / London/BFI. Located between SW Clay St and SW Market St in the SW Park Ave greenspace (South Park Blocks).
26	Hero Sculpture	Katy Hughes & Rosie Chambers	OHSU Knight Cancer Research Building (Oregon Health & Science University), 2720 S. Moody Ave, Portland. Less than 1 mile southeast of Downtown Portland. Accessible without driving by walking south through South Waterfront Park, to between the Marquam and Tilikum Crossing bridges.
27	Classic Cat	LAIKA Scenic Artists	Pittock Mansion Park Viewpoint, 3229 NW Pittock. Approx. 1.5 miles west of Downtown Portland. Driving required, hilly area. Parking is available, with a few spots also available further down the street leading up to the Mansion. Note: The Wonderfully PNW sculpture (#5) is about a half mile SE of this location.
28	Perfect Weather for Gardening	Elaina Nou	The Standard Plaza, SW 5th Ave, between SW Salmon St and SW Taylor St.
29	Golden Hour for Portland	Jess Perrin	SW 4th Ave and SW Montgomery St
30	Rose Kitty	Seaton Drebitko	Originally located at Portland City Hall as per the original PDF. Moved to the front of the Karl Miller Center in Montgomery Plaza, on the west side of SW 6th Ave, between SW Harrison St and SW Mill St.
31	Burnished Joy	Irene Ramos	Mid-Town Beer Garden by Expensify, 431 SW Harvey Milk St. This is a fenced open-air area served by 27 food carts. Hours: Mon-Thurs 9am-10pm, Fri-Sat 9am-11pm, Sun 10am-9pm. Note: This sculpture not included on the original PDF.