The US West Coast has many Japanese communities. Seattle does. Nihonmachi Alley in the ID has artworks referencing that history. Sadly in the news of hate for distruction lately. Today dancer Kaoru Okumura http://kaoruokumura.com/ performs. Her mode is Butoh, a modern Japanese dance form, often super slow. It's notable on the 80th anniversary of the Nagasaki bomb.
Modern dance performance in Nihonmachi Alley, Seattle. 1PM-6 Free
Your big thing may be backyard gallery show What Happens Before You Die? Not because of the title or existentialism. Because it is a backyard gallery with good curation and a fine community!
Sommer Browning and Carin Rodenborn, making it, are both visual artist-writers.
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 6PM-9 Free
The big Nucleus has a solo and a group. Josh Stover, all the way from Richmond, Virgina is solo. Erika Strohecker, Ippei Matsui, Itoyo, Jackie Brown, Jeffrey Sincich, Jordan Metcalf, Joshua Minnich, Kahoko Sodeyama, Keita Miyairi, kidtofer, Misato Sano, Nathan McKee, Raf Spielman, Takahiro Moriki, Takuma Suzuki, and The Tiny Spoon are group.
At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Ori is an indivudalistc black focus gallery in a small vintage house built in 1903. It remains on Mississippi Avenue. African Americans migrated to Portland for the Kaiser shipyards of WW2. Many workers lived in Vanport in the area of the Portland Raceway today. It was wiped out in the Flood of 1948. Subsequently many flood control dams on the Columbia-Snake were built which produce carbon-free energy. Some people want to tear them down so they can have the privilege of rafting the rivers. Portland African Americans then relocated within Red Line neighborhoods, including Mississippi and Alberta displacing Germans, who moved to Parkrose and Argay Terrace.
Ori has traced its own path in its small community; many art shows open by appointment. I think I can announce this without blowing it out and glad to remove it at their request.
Oregon has a strong bill of rights in its constitution. One of the strongest among states, and stronger than the US Constitution. The courts in Henry and Nyssa affirmed exotic dancing as free expression. In the 1990s dancer-activists Dulce and Mona Superhero created Danzine. Dulce went on to do noted AIDS work, worldwide. Portland artist Marne Lucas organized dancer art shows. PICA did sex worker art shows including a large retrospective.
Now Ori in collaboration with the Oregon Safer Workers Coalition, brings show The Oldest Profession. Look up Mary Magdalene. This show is not the first in the world or Portland on the topic.
Show at 4PM-9 under 18 must be accompanied by parents. Free
Friday, August 08, 2025
August 8 Narrative
Kana Miyamoto https://www.nucleusportland.com/collections/kana-miyamoto-prints from Hokaido via Tokyo brings her illustrations of girlhood to Nucleus House. They are narratives, many incorporating the dark/odd Nucleus vector.
At Nucleus House Gallery https://www.nucleusportland.com/ 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
At Nucleus House Gallery https://www.nucleusportland.com/ 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
Wednesday, August 06, 2025
August 7 Westside Art Openings+
The Urban Art Network occupies 13th with all their booths of stuff.
Elizabeth Leach, Illy2, Adams and Ollman, Augen, and PDX Contemporary continue.
For your +1 you can experience Flamenco music with guitarist Brenna McDonald and guitarist/vocalist Yeshe Wingerd. A project of Espacio Flamenco, it repeats on first Thursdays. At Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis 7PM-9 Free
For your +2 the Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.
For your +3 If you are in Seattle, their first Thursday art walk is tonught too. Portland duplicated the process in 1986.
Add this afternoon, the Daipan Butoh Collective brings their annual performance to the Japanese Garden. This is the Kogut Butoh unit. The principal is Joan Laage. She famously studied with Hakutobo, the last project of the founder of butoh, Tatsumi Hijikata. Hakutobo is entirely female performers. Laage is among less than a handful of early teachers in the US and she has a PhD in butoh.
Wandering and Wondering by Kogut Butoh, https://www.daipanbutohcollective.com/event-details/wandering-and-wondering-seattle-japanese-garden, at Seattle Japanese Garden, 1075 E Lk Washington Blvd, Seattle 3:30PM-6 $10 garden admission
Cristina Velásquez from Columbia brings collages, Somos Animales Poéticos. She is known for slightly surreal compositions incorporating staged portraits with the inspiration of the New World's colonial history. If you are interested in that, The Great Frontier by Walter Prescott Webb explains a lot. Barbara Strigel has A Space becomes an Entry, collaged urban landscapes. Rae Davis has illustration-style work in the Nine.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Longtime painter and faculty at PNCA/Willamette, Lucinda Parker, has a show incpired by her 53 year marriage. She accompanies a show of late Northwest artist estates represented by the gallery, Louis Bunce, William H. Givler, Sally Haley, Manuel Izquierdo, Hilda Morris, Carl Morris, and Michele Russo.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
Myra Clark has Poustania, mixed media paintings. She traveled to Antarctica; now her work is focused on climate and the earth. Amy Turnbull has May All Your Little Plants Take Root and Thrive, botannically-inspired paintings. Hannah Theiss has Specimen. It is mixed media constructions of ink, glass, and wood with perhaps an association with microscope slides, and a palette similar to Jaq Chartier, whose work reminds chromatography.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Grizzly Grizzly https://www.grizzlygrizzly.com/ is an artist collective in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Which is weird, because there are no grizzly bears in Philadelphia. Oregon used to have them, but we killed the last one in 1937. They ranged all the way through California which has one on their flag. Even Mexico. https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2021-04-02/timeline-a-history-of-grizzly-bear-recovery-in-the-lower-48-states Our cililized neighbor to the North, Canada, has them, Alaska, and a few other Rocky spots.
Grizzly Grizzly has been running an exchange with the After | Time Collective here. Tonight is -voir | ver-, title referencing French, by unnamed artists from Grizzly Grizzly. If the gallery wants to keep the names of the artists secret, or not in plain text, that is their business.
At After | Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free
Profusion is a show of landscapes by Angelita Surmon in paint and glass. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
Graffiti As Resistance documents the murals painted on the blackboard black canvas over the downtown Portland Apple Store, and all the crowd sourced signs, in response to the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.
At The Black Gallery https://www.theblackgallerypdx.com/ 916 NW Flanders 5PM-7 Free
We dont do sports art. Or pop surrealsim/lowbrow mostly. Portland is in industrial design sneaker week. From previews, the big ad agency for their sneaker week has art variations on shoes.
At W+K www.wk.com 224 NW 13th Map 5PM-8 Free
Bad Ideas is a fashion show in Y2K mode by Alison Pinetti and Colin Nehring. Walk at 7:30. At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 5PM-9 Free
Holly Osborn is a local painter doing both abstract and landscapes. Benny Fountain is based in Spokane and does schematic landscapes. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free
Trembling Touch is a show of paintings by retired rugby player Maurice Aljiboori now in Portland.
At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd 5PM-7 Free
Karen Christie Fisher, Claudia Hollister, and F L Carrera have a painting show, abstracts and still lifes.
At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Fans Only shows its residents along with guest photographers Sahar al-Sawaf, Taravat Talepasand, and Maryam Tahririha. It's an artist residency in an office building with First Thursday readouts. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-8 Free
Elizabeth Leach, Illy2, Adams and Ollman, Augen, and PDX Contemporary continue.
For your +1 you can experience Flamenco music with guitarist Brenna McDonald and guitarist/vocalist Yeshe Wingerd. A project of Espacio Flamenco, it repeats on first Thursdays. At Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis 7PM-9 Free
For your +2 the Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.
For your +3 If you are in Seattle, their first Thursday art walk is tonught too. Portland duplicated the process in 1986.
Add this afternoon, the Daipan Butoh Collective brings their annual performance to the Japanese Garden. This is the Kogut Butoh unit. The principal is Joan Laage. She famously studied with Hakutobo, the last project of the founder of butoh, Tatsumi Hijikata. Hakutobo is entirely female performers. Laage is among less than a handful of early teachers in the US and she has a PhD in butoh.
Wandering and Wondering by Kogut Butoh, https://www.daipanbutohcollective.com/event-details/wandering-and-wondering-seattle-japanese-garden, at Seattle Japanese Garden, 1075 E Lk Washington Blvd, Seattle 3:30PM-6 $10 garden admission
Cristina Velásquez from Columbia brings collages, Somos Animales Poéticos. She is known for slightly surreal compositions incorporating staged portraits with the inspiration of the New World's colonial history. If you are interested in that, The Great Frontier by Walter Prescott Webb explains a lot. Barbara Strigel has A Space becomes an Entry, collaged urban landscapes. Rae Davis has illustration-style work in the Nine.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Longtime painter and faculty at PNCA/Willamette, Lucinda Parker, has a show incpired by her 53 year marriage. She accompanies a show of late Northwest artist estates represented by the gallery, Louis Bunce, William H. Givler, Sally Haley, Manuel Izquierdo, Hilda Morris, Carl Morris, and Michele Russo.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
Myra Clark has Poustania, mixed media paintings. She traveled to Antarctica; now her work is focused on climate and the earth. Amy Turnbull has May All Your Little Plants Take Root and Thrive, botannically-inspired paintings. Hannah Theiss has Specimen. It is mixed media constructions of ink, glass, and wood with perhaps an association with microscope slides, and a palette similar to Jaq Chartier, whose work reminds chromatography.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Grizzly Grizzly https://www.grizzlygrizzly.com/ is an artist collective in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Which is weird, because there are no grizzly bears in Philadelphia. Oregon used to have them, but we killed the last one in 1937. They ranged all the way through California which has one on their flag. Even Mexico. https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2021-04-02/timeline-a-history-of-grizzly-bear-recovery-in-the-lower-48-states Our cililized neighbor to the North, Canada, has them, Alaska, and a few other Rocky spots.
Grizzly Grizzly has been running an exchange with the After | Time Collective here. Tonight is -voir | ver-, title referencing French, by unnamed artists from Grizzly Grizzly. If the gallery wants to keep the names of the artists secret, or not in plain text, that is their business.
At After | Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free
Profusion is a show of landscapes by Angelita Surmon in paint and glass. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
Graffiti As Resistance documents the murals painted on the blackboard black canvas over the downtown Portland Apple Store, and all the crowd sourced signs, in response to the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.
At The Black Gallery https://www.theblackgallerypdx.com/ 916 NW Flanders 5PM-7 Free
We dont do sports art. Or pop surrealsim/lowbrow mostly. Portland is in industrial design sneaker week. From previews, the big ad agency for their sneaker week has art variations on shoes.
At W+K www.wk.com 224 NW 13th Map 5PM-8 Free
Bad Ideas is a fashion show in Y2K mode by Alison Pinetti and Colin Nehring. Walk at 7:30. At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 5PM-9 Free
Holly Osborn is a local painter doing both abstract and landscapes. Benny Fountain is based in Spokane and does schematic landscapes. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free
Trembling Touch is a show of paintings by retired rugby player Maurice Aljiboori now in Portland.
At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd 5PM-7 Free
Karen Christie Fisher, Claudia Hollister, and F L Carrera have a painting show, abstracts and still lifes.
At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Fans Only shows its residents along with guest photographers Sahar al-Sawaf, Taravat Talepasand, and Maryam Tahririha. It's an artist residency in an office building with First Thursday readouts. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-8 Free
Saturday, August 02, 2025
August 2 Northside Art Openings+
For your lovely Summer Saturday you may find beautiful things.
Stephanie Simek is a sculptor. At False Front, she showed her famous vinyl record player in which the record was a stack, decreasing in diameter bottom, to top, with each platter having its own tone arm, played symultaneously. I think in that show was a vintage video of synchronized swimmers where light sensors across the projection screen triggered a synthesizer. Today brings Binnenstebuiten (whole #33), 33 of a series of sculptures. 1-32 were a pattern of cross sections presented as one work. For this, Jordan Dykstra provides a soundtrack.
Be sure to notice Bruce Conkle's Killing Me Softly sculpture
At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 8PM-10 Free
Korean artist in Portland Hyun Jung Jung brings The Way Home 집으로 가는 길.
"Hyun Jung Jung reflects on how she is learning to embrace the grey areas of becoming an immigrant by visualizing the uncertain belongings and blurred memories.
While living in America, Jung was often in denial of the interwoven self that she was becoming, because it felt like she was giving up on the Korean identity. But over time, she has learned the fluidity of how these cultures merge and coexist to inform one another in her.
Living far from her motherland, Jung often ponders what Korean-ness means to her. In this search, she has been continuously revisiting her childhood moments, the years she lived in Korea. One example includes learning about her past through looking at old photographs from her childhood. Although she does not have memories from some of these early days, the images bring emotional reactions, reminding her that these moments are still at her core, grounding her."
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Sobre o anseio, o gesto, o grito. Regarding the wish, the gesture, the shout… opens.
The artist is Marcelo Fontana from Brazil, now Portland, with collaborator Gian Gigi Spina and text by Chris Ticas.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Katherine Spinella and John Whitten present Windblown, Sand, and Sun. It is their account of visiting Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt. They are part of the Thunderstruck Collective. Their travelogue is 6. The 26 minute "making of Sun Tunnels" from 1978 is on loop.
Sun Tunnels https://umfa.utah.edu/sun-tunnels is a remote work on the land from the era of land art. It is in the region of the Spiral Jetty, I have visited, by her partner Robert Smithson https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/robert-smithson-spiral-jetty. Both are conserved by the Dia Foundation. They are a remote road trip. You can camp there.
Friend, many know, Matt McCormick, visited Sun Tunnel,s and related his story. He was a longtime volunteer with the animal shelter, walking dogs on days when no one came. He traveled there with one of the shelter dogs he adopted. Let out of the vehicle, the dog took off running. It was an intense moment, but the dog came back.
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
For your +1 I have an interest in modern dance, and unusual dance like butoh. There is a big anniversary happening at the famous Performance Works Northwest you should look up. Of interest to me is Public Nature project by Danielle Ross https://www.daniellerossperformance.com/about. Three artists who have not previously worked together, a mover, a writer, and a sound artist, collaborate for a one time performance.
Tonight it is Tom DeBeauchamp (text), Juniana Lanning w/ special guest dancer (sound), and Midnight Variety Hour (performance).
Public Nature at Performance Works NW 4625 SE 67th 5:45PM doors, show 6 believe $15/donation
Stephanie Simek is a sculptor. At False Front, she showed her famous vinyl record player in which the record was a stack, decreasing in diameter bottom, to top, with each platter having its own tone arm, played symultaneously. I think in that show was a vintage video of synchronized swimmers where light sensors across the projection screen triggered a synthesizer. Today brings Binnenstebuiten (whole #33), 33 of a series of sculptures. 1-32 were a pattern of cross sections presented as one work. For this, Jordan Dykstra provides a soundtrack.
Be sure to notice Bruce Conkle's Killing Me Softly sculpture
At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 8PM-10 Free
Korean artist in Portland Hyun Jung Jung brings The Way Home 집으로 가는 길.
"Hyun Jung Jung reflects on how she is learning to embrace the grey areas of becoming an immigrant by visualizing the uncertain belongings and blurred memories.
While living in America, Jung was often in denial of the interwoven self that she was becoming, because it felt like she was giving up on the Korean identity. But over time, she has learned the fluidity of how these cultures merge and coexist to inform one another in her.
Living far from her motherland, Jung often ponders what Korean-ness means to her. In this search, she has been continuously revisiting her childhood moments, the years she lived in Korea. One example includes learning about her past through looking at old photographs from her childhood. Although she does not have memories from some of these early days, the images bring emotional reactions, reminding her that these moments are still at her core, grounding her."
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Sobre o anseio, o gesto, o grito. Regarding the wish, the gesture, the shout… opens.
The artist is Marcelo Fontana from Brazil, now Portland, with collaborator Gian Gigi Spina and text by Chris Ticas.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Katherine Spinella and John Whitten present Windblown, Sand, and Sun. It is their account of visiting Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt. They are part of the Thunderstruck Collective. Their travelogue is 6. The 26 minute "making of Sun Tunnels" from 1978 is on loop.
Sun Tunnels https://umfa.utah.edu/sun-tunnels is a remote work on the land from the era of land art. It is in the region of the Spiral Jetty, I have visited, by her partner Robert Smithson https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/robert-smithson-spiral-jetty. Both are conserved by the Dia Foundation. They are a remote road trip. You can camp there.
Friend, many know, Matt McCormick, visited Sun Tunnel,s and related his story. He was a longtime volunteer with the animal shelter, walking dogs on days when no one came. He traveled there with one of the shelter dogs he adopted. Let out of the vehicle, the dog took off running. It was an intense moment, but the dog came back.
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
For your +1 I have an interest in modern dance, and unusual dance like butoh. There is a big anniversary happening at the famous Performance Works Northwest you should look up. Of interest to me is Public Nature project by Danielle Ross https://www.daniellerossperformance.com/about. Three artists who have not previously worked together, a mover, a writer, and a sound artist, collaborate for a one time performance.
Tonight it is Tom DeBeauchamp (text), Juniana Lanning w/ special guest dancer (sound), and Midnight Variety Hour (performance).
Public Nature at Performance Works NW 4625 SE 67th 5:45PM doors, show 6 believe $15/donation
Friday, August 01, 2025
August 1 Eastside Art Openings+
For your +1 Artspace is the Lake Osewgo Arts Council gallery. They are ably curated now by Morgan Ritter. They are a bit far afield, we don't like their every show. They open a show tonight Spectra. It is opern until October 17.
At the Arts Council of Lake Oswego https://artscouncillo.org/artspace 380 A Avenue, Suite A, Lake Oswego 5:30PM-7:30 Free
For your +2 exploration, a new Riso Gallery has opened.
Portland has a history of printmaking. A strong force was Gordon Gilkey, 1912-2000. He was a Monuments Man, suggesting the program to President Roosevelt who made it so. The Monuments, Fine Art and Archives project in WWII recovered art stolen by Nazis and returned it to owners. As a result, he met many artists and dealers in Europe, after, and built a collection. In 1993 he donated over 10,000 prints to the Portland Art Museum establishing the Gordon Gilkey Print Center. In its early days, anyone could view any print in person. Gilkey was a much loved professor at PNCA as a coda to a distinguished career - you can look up his bio.
Gilkey was an inspiration to Jordan Schnitzer and his philosophy of collecting multiples. Multiples have less of a problem of irratoinal auction prices, and they are more easily loaned between institutions for public viewing, which is the point. A multimillion dollar work locked in a freeport vault is not the point of life.
Portland was a center for high end commercial color printing, and has many art print making concerns.
Enter the Risograph. The Risograph is a printer from Japan resembling a photocopier which uses an instantly made plate to print one color ink in a pass. They are a shared press because of the maintenance and the ink cartridges. There are several Riso print studios in Portland.
Then enter Riso Studio Arts. They are a studio where you can print, a store of printed materials, and a gallery.
They are the US distributor for Riso branching out from Los Angeles. They have the new Riso silk screen maker, very unique. They do workshops and have print time.
They opened last month with a large group show. Tonight Madison Michiko Inman has a solo show with phrase art, think Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holtzer, as Riso.
At Riso Studio Arts and RSA Projects gallery https://pdx.risostudioarts.com/ and https://rsa-projects.com/ 1327 SE Division 6PM-9 Free
All the Eastside events are at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.
At the Arts Council of Lake Oswego https://artscouncillo.org/artspace 380 A Avenue, Suite A, Lake Oswego 5:30PM-7:30 Free
For your +2 exploration, a new Riso Gallery has opened.
Portland has a history of printmaking. A strong force was Gordon Gilkey, 1912-2000. He was a Monuments Man, suggesting the program to President Roosevelt who made it so. The Monuments, Fine Art and Archives project in WWII recovered art stolen by Nazis and returned it to owners. As a result, he met many artists and dealers in Europe, after, and built a collection. In 1993 he donated over 10,000 prints to the Portland Art Museum establishing the Gordon Gilkey Print Center. In its early days, anyone could view any print in person. Gilkey was a much loved professor at PNCA as a coda to a distinguished career - you can look up his bio.
Gilkey was an inspiration to Jordan Schnitzer and his philosophy of collecting multiples. Multiples have less of a problem of irratoinal auction prices, and they are more easily loaned between institutions for public viewing, which is the point. A multimillion dollar work locked in a freeport vault is not the point of life.
Portland was a center for high end commercial color printing, and has many art print making concerns.
Enter the Risograph. The Risograph is a printer from Japan resembling a photocopier which uses an instantly made plate to print one color ink in a pass. They are a shared press because of the maintenance and the ink cartridges. There are several Riso print studios in Portland.
Then enter Riso Studio Arts. They are a studio where you can print, a store of printed materials, and a gallery.
They are the US distributor for Riso branching out from Los Angeles. They have the new Riso silk screen maker, very unique. They do workshops and have print time.
They opened last month with a large group show. Tonight Madison Michiko Inman has a solo show with phrase art, think Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holtzer, as Riso.
At Riso Studio Arts and RSA Projects gallery https://pdx.risostudioarts.com/ and https://rsa-projects.com/ 1327 SE Division 6PM-9 Free
All the Eastside events are at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.
Friday, July 25, 2025
July 27 Wondering Summer Climate
The Daipan Butoh Collective in Seattle present their annual outdoor, Wandering & Wondering, in Seattle's Kubota Gardens.
Kubota is the original family home and nursery of Fujitaro Kubota. https://kubotagarden.org/fujitaroremembered.html It is now a city park and free. If you are in Portland, the Portland Japanese Garden curator has been advising them and his rock work is identifiable by sytle.
Parking can be fierce, so share those rides. Secure valuables in vehicles out of sight.
Daipan Butoh presents Wandering and Wondering https://www.daipanbutohcollective.com/event-details/wandering-and-wondering-kubota-garden https://kubotagarden.org/ 55th Avenue South, Seattle, WA Map Noon-3 Free
Not art, bluegrass. Jackstraw performs at the Skyline Tavern. $10
Kubota is the original family home and nursery of Fujitaro Kubota. https://kubotagarden.org/fujitaroremembered.html It is now a city park and free. If you are in Portland, the Portland Japanese Garden curator has been advising them and his rock work is identifiable by sytle.
Parking can be fierce, so share those rides. Secure valuables in vehicles out of sight.
Daipan Butoh presents Wandering and Wondering https://www.daipanbutohcollective.com/event-details/wandering-and-wondering-kubota-garden https://kubotagarden.org/ 55th Avenue South, Seattle, WA Map Noon-3 Free
Not art, bluegrass. Jackstraw performs at the Skyline Tavern. $10
Thursday, July 24, 2025
July 26 Listen to Virtual Sculptures of Wood
This old building has been a haven to artists. Blue Sky and the Nine was there between the Old Town WebMD space and their current. Jeff Jahn did a pop up there, Biomass.
Now it is Mono Space, sort of like a listening bar in Japan, or au courant social listening rooms in museums, like SFMOMA.
Listening bars emerged in 1920s Japan, home to small apartments that can't play loud. https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/music/a-guide-to-japanese-listening-bars/ They have a fetish for vintage audio design, large JBL, sometimes vacuum tubes, vinyl. Portland has 2 I know of, Sonder and Decibel.
Devon Turnbull https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/style/devon-turnbull-ojas-speakers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZE8.SsEh.4_F_LoRwtZVU&smid=url-share is a NYC graffiti artist and clothing designer who has fallen into bespoke limited edition production of those same vintage audio designs with his company OJAS.
He builds speakers from old JBL/Altec designs, tube amps, collaborates with Denon, a Japanese company dating to 1910, and makes all the connecting gadgetry, in bland mono colors. They are expensive collectors items.
The vintage speakers are very efficient which is good because tube amplifiers are very inefficient. These large speakers were developed for movie theaters, and hidden behind the screen. They are much more powerful that necessary for most rooms, but people like the retro looks.
One installation of Turnbull is Dream No. 1 at the Lisson Gallery, NY & London. His showroom is in USM Modular Furniture, SoHo.
He has a room in SFMOMA. https://www.sfmoma.org/devon-turnbull-listening-room-schedule/
Portland bookstore Chess Club has their own version. There is another listening pop up based around vintage Bang and Olufsen hifi gear.
Mono Space has a listening session today, including DJ Yúco, 2PM-3. Modern vinyl store Passenger Seat is also supporting.
At Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 11AM-5PM Free (ring buzzer for entry)
Good Wood Wood Goods sells upcycled wood. They have a Summer art show by Nial Nutter, Christopher Belluschi, Chriskall Myer, and Jay Nelson.
At Good Wood https://goodwoodportland.com/ 205 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. 6PM-9 Free
No offical opening known, but the principal, Mathew Henderson, of Virtua Gallery shows their sculptures.
“The new show features new and old/modified artworks constituting a crescendo in my physical art making process. A new love language is emerging: exotic teardowns transfigured into techno-botanical floral arrangements, hybrid objects invoking anachronistic futurism, puzzling e-waste taxonomies shown on faux-natural surfaces… “
At Virtua_Gal at Lloyd Mall Suite B216. It is in the former Lady Foot Locker, second level, above Zumiez and Hot Topic. Free
Now it is Mono Space, sort of like a listening bar in Japan, or au courant social listening rooms in museums, like SFMOMA.
Listening bars emerged in 1920s Japan, home to small apartments that can't play loud. https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/music/a-guide-to-japanese-listening-bars/ They have a fetish for vintage audio design, large JBL, sometimes vacuum tubes, vinyl. Portland has 2 I know of, Sonder and Decibel.
Devon Turnbull https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/style/devon-turnbull-ojas-speakers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZE8.SsEh.4_F_LoRwtZVU&smid=url-share is a NYC graffiti artist and clothing designer who has fallen into bespoke limited edition production of those same vintage audio designs with his company OJAS.
He builds speakers from old JBL/Altec designs, tube amps, collaborates with Denon, a Japanese company dating to 1910, and makes all the connecting gadgetry, in bland mono colors. They are expensive collectors items.
The vintage speakers are very efficient which is good because tube amplifiers are very inefficient. These large speakers were developed for movie theaters, and hidden behind the screen. They are much more powerful that necessary for most rooms, but people like the retro looks.
One installation of Turnbull is Dream No. 1 at the Lisson Gallery, NY & London. His showroom is in USM Modular Furniture, SoHo.
He has a room in SFMOMA. https://www.sfmoma.org/devon-turnbull-listening-room-schedule/
Portland bookstore Chess Club has their own version. There is another listening pop up based around vintage Bang and Olufsen hifi gear.
Mono Space has a listening session today, including DJ Yúco, 2PM-3. Modern vinyl store Passenger Seat is also supporting.
At Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 11AM-5PM Free (ring buzzer for entry)
Good Wood Wood Goods sells upcycled wood. They have a Summer art show by Nial Nutter, Christopher Belluschi, Chriskall Myer, and Jay Nelson.
At Good Wood https://goodwoodportland.com/ 205 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. 6PM-9 Free
No offical opening known, but the principal, Mathew Henderson, of Virtua Gallery shows their sculptures.
“The new show features new and old/modified artworks constituting a crescendo in my physical art making process. A new love language is emerging: exotic teardowns transfigured into techno-botanical floral arrangements, hybrid objects invoking anachronistic futurism, puzzling e-waste taxonomies shown on faux-natural surfaces… “
At Virtua_Gal at Lloyd Mall Suite B216. It is in the former Lady Foot Locker, second level, above Zumiez and Hot Topic. Free
July 26-27 Astoria Open Studios
An excuse to go to the ocean is not hard to find. This weekend Astoria artists open their studios. Many are Portland escapees. Astoria Open Studios https://astoriavisualarts.org/astoria-open-studios-tour 11AM-5PM Free
July 25-27 All Things Mermaid
Una the Mermaid presents the Portlandia Mermaid Parade and Happenings. It starts Friday with a mermaid ball at Fathom, parade Saturday, and a mermaid festival in Sherwood with a swimming pool. Family friendly. Mermaid Parade https://www.portlandiamermaidparade.com/ Free
July 25 Monsoon Climate Change
Helen's Costume is back with an unusual evening show, a good break from heat. We're stuck with it for eons, thanks to about $2.5 billion in bribes. This show is Monsoon by photorapher/poet Chase Allgood and performer/ASMR artist/sculptor Eleanor Randl.
At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill Street Opening today. 5PM-8 Free
At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill Street Opening today. 5PM-8 Free
Friday, July 18, 2025
July 19 Summer
Everyday Summer is a show by Alena Chun, Beth Wooten, Carson Terry, Catie Hannigan, Jordan DeLawder, Liz Harris, Mack McFarland, Manu Torres, Mark Palmen, Megan Holmes, Meech Boakye, Nadia Almond-Chaparas, Nick Norman, Ruby Webb, Sal Youtz, Sharita Towne, and Tim Webb.
You can see it at the Old Fashioned Garage Gallery.
It is a residence. They don't want their address published. Look them up and follow the directions to message them for the address, or go with a friend already going, or later message them for an appointment.
Old Fashioned Garage Gallery opening show 4PM-8 Free
You can see it at the Old Fashioned Garage Gallery.
It is a residence. They don't want their address published. Look them up and follow the directions to message them for the address, or go with a friend already going, or later message them for an appointment.
Old Fashioned Garage Gallery opening show 4PM-8 Free
July 19-20 Steam Rollers Without Steam
Porint Art Northwest throws events honoring Portland's printmaking community, seeded by Gordon Gilkey. One, the Portland Letterpress Printers Fair has been renamed the PDX Steamroller Print Fest.
Printers will be printing and a print from the parking lot will be made by a steam roller. Several printmaking artists in the building will have their studios open
More details about the free event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pdx-steamroller-print-fest-nw-marine-art-works-tickets-1474678947429
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ 2516 NW 29th Saturday 11AM-5 Sunday 11AM-4 Free
Printers will be printing and a print from the parking lot will be made by a steam roller. Several printmaking artists in the building will have their studios open
More details about the free event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pdx-steamroller-print-fest-nw-marine-art-works-tickets-1474678947429
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ 2516 NW 29th Saturday 11AM-5 Sunday 11AM-4 Free
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