The subconscious is feeling optimistic: a photographic tale of the highs and lows of the chronically ill, is a show of personal photographs by Eugénie Frerichs. She has reenacted events of her serious illness and recovery with the individuals involved as models. Frerichs has added dramatic gowns, art direction and photographed small objects to retell her narrative. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-9
Portland painter Jessie Hayward opens Beating To Windward, bright abstract paintings inspired by sailing. It's perfect Summer work. At Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org in the Ford Building www.fordbuildingpdx.com 2505 SE 11th x Division. Enter through the cafe on the corner if the main doors on 11th are locked. 6PM-9 Free
And across the street the IPRC has Limited, reductive woodblock prints by L. Van Nortwick. Music by The Dykings. At the Independent Publishing Resource Center www.iprc.org 1101 SE Division, Suite 2. 6PM-8
Childhood. Saturday. Breakfast. It is the beginning of an adventure with our short event horizon of the time. That is the theme of Saturday Mornings Go Better With Milk. This show vibes on that feeling. Artists include Dan Lesage, Bree Goodrow, Dawn Yanagihara, Kate Bingaman Burt & Will Bryant, Aaron Rayburn, Nick Hans, Upendo Taylor, Jack Aguirre, Ian Saiki, Eugene Serebrennikov, Chris DeGaetano, Nicholas Winchester, Lonny Hurley, Brett Page, Priscilla Phitsanoukane, Naomi Dodds, Jeffery Frankenhauser, Julianna Johnson, Ryan Swedenborg, Rolan Venigas, Scribbletone, Alex Taylor, Bryan Morgan, Patrick Neil, Ben Patterson, Mark Stewart, Chris Schwartz, Laura Mehall, Mark Boehly, Luke Cloran, Anthony "Tron" Parrish, Kathleen Marie, Andy Prince, Ryan Sonderegger, Aaron Richardson & Christine Mcmahon, Brandt Imhoff, Josh Boston, Woody Harrington, Theresa Decker, Mike L Perry, Robert Zangrillo, Austin Lotz, Beth Shirrell, Jesse Raker, Colin Matsui, Libby McCarl, Lauren Sina, Randi Haughland, Martie Flores, Vicky Brown and Nishat Akhtar. At Union/Pine www.unionpine.com 525 SE Pine 7Pm-11ish Free
Nationale continues their show from last month. At Nationale thenewnationale.com 811 E Burnside Map 6PM-9
Black Box has an open call show, and even with a much larger group of images than their usually minimally hung shows, the work is presented consistently and cleanly. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Julia Barbee opens her studio. Though it is not visual art, ask her about scents and her scent art installation projects, fabric assemblages encrusted in crystals. At the Julia Barbee Studio 811 E Burnside Suite #122
Christine Taylor shows Elegance Untamed, fashion photographs composited into scenes of wild animals from natural history museum dioramas. At Haunt www.hauntstudio.blogspot.com 811 E Burnside Suite #113 7PM-9
Upstairs Customary Clothing has Migration, portraits by Laura Johnson. At Customary Clothing www.customaryclothing.com 811 E Burnside Suite #213 6PM-9
REDUX has collaborative work between printmaker Jesse Lortz and jewelry designer Pamela Davis. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-9
All at 811 East Burnside Map
Lille has Secret Uplift, embroidery by Cathy Pitters, famous as cofounder of Crafty Wonderland and cowriter of the Super Crafty book. At Lille Boutique www.lilleboutique.com 1007 E Burnside 7PM-9
Machus has Alex Steckly. At Machus www.machusonline.com 542 E Burnside 6PM-8
Albina Press Hawthorne has Threesome, paintings by Ashley Montague, Brett Superstar, and Steve Mathews. At the Albina Press on Hawthorne. 5012 SE Hawthorne 5PM-8