April is Portland photo month inspired by Photolucida.
Matthew Picton has El Dorado, schematic city maps and photographer Robert Lyons has hometown One Eye Crying.
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
Svetlana Bailey has Once There Was There Wasn't and J. Fredric May has Apparition: Postcards from Eye See You. They are inspired by growing up in Russia and having a stroke respectively.
In the Nine Gallery, Bill Will has Symphony of the Small Appliance. His work is often kinetic. This is an array of kitchen and other household appliances which activate in a sequence of musical noise. It's topical, all but two of the appliances are imported from China.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
The Ace Hotel has a First Thursday experimental music event curated by Sounds et al. It pairs well with Veriform's sound gallery First Thursday, but it detracts from people flowing to galleries and it is a very small space. This month: Southwoods, Skin Lies, and Mike Gamble. In the Ace Hotel Lobby 1022 SW Stark 6PM-8 Free
The Feeling Good Handbook is a dual show by Heidi Hahn and Shana Moulton. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
Every First Thursday, the Portland Art Museum is free from 5PM-8.
It is a great opportunity to see the year-long project by Libby Warbel: We Construct Marvels Between Monuments. Warbel is the creator of Portland's other art museum, the Portland Museum of Modern Art. Tonight is a performance by Sidony O'Neal and Tropic Green from Florida and LA. Marvels https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/performance-tropic-green/?instance_id=29304 At the Portland Art Museum www.portlandartmuseum.org 1219 SW Park 5PM-8 Free
PNCA is recommended to stop in. They have long time cycle shows and pop ups distributed throughout the building. PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 6PM-9 Free
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 9PM-10:30ish, in cold Winter earlier
