Recess has a show by resident artists Myndwyrm, Billy Mullaney, Justin Spooner, Paul Stucker, Jeff Shockley, Ross Orenstein, and Peter Rusk + The Wild Plan, Ben Gansky. Tonight also marks their anniversary. The artists are perfect for Recess with their walk projects, site work and optimism about cities as a substrate for art. The artists also give a talk Sunday. At RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map 9PM-2AM
Union|Pine has a show of locally made furniture and art items curated by Robert Rahm at Beam and Anchor. It includes he and Jocelyn's work, Ben Klebba - Phloem Studios, Bren Reis - Earthbound Industries, Matt Pierce - Wood & Faulk, Leland Duck - Revive Upholstery & Design, Erik Johnson - Hankbuilt, Shannon Guirl - Caravan Pacific, Eric Trine, Kayla Mucci, Meghan Morris, Indian vs Indian, Laura Bechan and Hickory Mertsching. Also showing is the Kenton Colllective R Rolfe and Jake Frank - Boys Fort, Preston Borwning - Salvage Works, Sarah Heimstetter & Alea Joy - Solabee Flowers. At Union/Pine www.unionpine.com 525 SE Pine 7Pm-late Free
Dardinelle Troen presents All That I Possess and Use…, photographs from Tibet. The show is based on the photographers realization: "I came to realize how much our perception of reality is dependent on our own sense of identity, desires and conditional factors. What is true and real for me may be, in construct, an illusion for someone else. So then, what is the boundary between reality and illusion? Are they two opposing concepts, or are we only able to delineate between them based on their relationship to each other?” The photographer is also founder of Ditroën, the design firm. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-8
Homeland continues the current show with a focus on watching the performance video tonight. 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
Redux has art from Darlene Schaper. Pen & Process has laser cut lucite and bamboo jewelry. It is also a special night for absinthe! Pen & Process show their lasered absinthe spoons. And it's a fancy dress up party, think Paris at the turn of the century. Amy Dennis of the Wormwood Society gives a short talk on the notorious and romantic history of absinthe beginning precisely at 6:30PM. At 7 DJ Rafa starts laying down his soulful and funky house. Be there and you will learn a new world, louche! At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside
Cari Vander Yacht's has Breaking Bad at Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map 6PM-9ish
Summertime: That Beautiful Season is a group show curated by Todd Tubutis at Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Land Land Gallery has David Lanham with illustrated landscapes filled with monsters that are not scary. At Buy Olympia's Land Gallery www.landpdx.com 3925 N Mississippi 6PM-8
Isaac and Arel Bushman have Owl Cat Ink, collaged painting at Albina Press, 4637 N. Albina Ave x Blandena Map 6PM-8 Free
Milepost 5 opens its artist studios tonight. It's at Milepost5 www.milepostfive.com 900 NE 81st (go by MAX) 6PM-9 Free