Destroy Store shows more work by prolific Portland painter Jessie Reno. www.destroystore.com 1712 E Burnside
Grass Hut has started a low key residency program. I would say couch surfing-style, which is definitely cool fun, but the Grass Hut residency is notched higher, with the artist J. Otto Seibold Ace Hotel housed. (Mega props, Ace, for arts branding with real dollars!!) Check Seibold's colorful work on the Grass Hut website www.grasshutcorp.com 811 E Burnside
Pushdot has photos by Newspace principal Chris Bennett who is also showing in the Antiquarian Resurrection shows at Chambers and 23 Sandy respectively. Pushdot is the digital print go to expert in scanning and ink jet printing. So presumably this work is distinctly non-old school chem printed. My guess is that this work is monochrome, but Pushdot has the skills for end-to-end color management. www.pushdotstudio.com In the house at 1021 SE Caruthers
In a nice complement to the New Antiquarians Chambers show, 23 Sandy hosts a national touring show, Resurrection, of photographers using early photographic chemistry: tintypes, daguerreotypes, gum bichromates, metal prints, cyanotypes, collodian prints and toned silver prints. Check the Resurrection web site.
www.23sandy.com 623 NE 23 x Sandy
Portland has many art, bike, music subcommunities. It is the same for belly dancing. East:Meets:West is an annual show focused on dark bellydancing where the West's Gothic sensibilities meet the East's belly dancing mysticism. The organizers and stars are Serpentine, three belly dancers with a theatrical vibe incorporating movement inspired by our snake friends. Definitely meow!
Performers include Gemini Project(OR), Znama(OR), Jane Archer(OR), Vorona(NY), Pony(OH), BellaNoir(OR), Gypsy Caravan(OR), Twilight, Maqsuum(WA), Deb(Raven) formally of Ultra Gypsy(CA), Carmella(OR) and, of course Serpentine. Those belly dancers are always on the hunt for costumes, so there will be select vendors of such there as well as the sublime raw chocolate concoctions of Lulu. After the performance is a dance party with DJ's! If you are a belly dancer yourself, the event links have details on Saturday workshops.
At the Mt. Tabor Legacy, 4811 SE Hawthorne $15 8PM-2AM
