July 26 Secrets

Fin de Cinema live has the animated short films of Czech director Jiri Barta. www.holocene.org/event/1713643-fin-de-cinema-short-films-portland/ at Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. Doors 8PM, show 9. $10

July 25 Broad Band

Claire Evans reads from her book Broad Band: The Untold Story of Women Who Made the Internet. We are hoping for a volume 2, including Anita Borg, Deborah Estrin, Adelle Goldberg, Lucy Suchman, Lynn Conway, Lixia Zhang, Barbara Simons, Monique Morrow and many others. Our standards processes and research leadership benefit from women being involved. More, please. At Powell's 3rd floor. www.powells.com. 10th and W Burnside 7:30PM Free

July 21 You Graf First

YU has commissioned and loaned art by Irish artist Cathy Wilkes. It's an impressive undertaking by YU - Wilkes is the British contribution to the Venice Biennale and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2008. She makes large installations including figures which would be at home on a life-size Laika set, and paints. The artist studios in the building are also open. Recommended. At Yu Contemporary Art www.yucontemporary.org 900 SE 10th. 4PM-6 Free



The Portland Street Art Alliance and For the Love, and Bridges throw down at Taylor Electric today. The burned warehouse ruin is a parking lot with one of the few active legal graf spots. Painting, breaking, MC, DJ, food, drink. www.TaylorElectricProject.org at Taylor Electric 240 SE Clay. Noon-10PM $5



Pop up gallery First Brick has Jodie Cavalier and Alex Deets. There may be music and a fashion show. Deets: www.instagram.com/the_envelope_pdx/. At The Envelope 5430 N Mississippi. 6PM-8 Free

July 18 Object Artifacts

Rose Dickson is a minimal artist in a variety of mediums. She speaks about her process and narrative. Sponsored by the Portland Art Museum Photography Council. It's a brown bag lunch in the Miller Room (first floor to the right in the lobby of the former the Masonic temple) of the Mark Building. 1219 SW Park Noon Free

July 7 OV

Martina de Porres and Lucas Argento have a show. It is at the always recommended OV Project Space, a gallery in the basement of a home, Portland style-y. At OV Project Space 7604 SE Washington 8PM-11 Free

July 6 Eastside Art Openings

Nationale has an unusual first Friday opening tonight. It is paintings Cover Up by Sarah Mikenis. Bright and Summery, using found fabric as canvas. At Nationale www.nationale.us 3360 SE Division Map 6PM-8 Free



True Measure is the artist studio Jesse Reno and Melissa Monroe. They are doing more shows of guest artists, including this month's Skate X Collage, a group show with Matt Mercurio, Jeremy Pegg, Ryan Bodiroga, Corey Lee Nicholson, Skip Marcotte, Jacob Silberger-Franek, Phonkadelic, Scott Majors, Paul Fujita and Rob Rodgers. At True Measure truemeasuregallery.com 3022 E Burnside 6PM-10 Free



Meryl Pataky has neon along with abstract landscapes - Crumbling Castles by Adam Friedman. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. 7PM-10 Free



Finding Figures is a show of figurative approaches Gracie Ellison, Pace Taylor, Nicolo Gentile. At Project Object projectobject.co 2502 NE Sandy Blvd. 5PM-8 Free



The 811 is a retail destination sometimes with art to explore. A fun thing this evening is a plant exchange hosted by Haunt. At Haunt www.hauntstudio.blogspot.com 811 E Burnside Suite #113 7PM-9 Free



Black Box has group show Camera Work: Landscape and Architecture. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs Early close 5PM-8 Free


All at 811 East Burnside Map



Eutectic has a show of functional pots for food. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9 Free

July 5 Westside Art Openings

Many galleries are doing group shows or carrying over this month as the dog days arrive early.



Jerry Mayer and Ellen George are a Portland art couple known for their minimal sculpture work solo and duo. Mayer is one of the founding members of the Nine space within Blue Sky. Nine has been operating for 10 years in its current space, before that in the Solheim building. In most galleries, the walls are patched and painted between shows. Ten years of patching and painting have left some bumps and binks in the walls of the Nine. In Here, the artists have outlined the scars in pencil.

In Blue Sky proper, Pedro David has Hardwood, documenting eucalyptus plantations in Brazil and Alia Ali has Borderlands.

At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free



Eva Lake in s Portland artist nee New York. She has done op art paintings. She has also done some pretty handsome collages. Her newest are an Egypt series, combining dynastic imagery with images of women. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM 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-10ish 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: Invisible Cities and Jonathan Sielaff. In the Ace Hotel Lobby 1022 SW Stark 6PM-8 Free