If you haven't connected to what is going on at the Haxton Hotel event-wise, you might.
Henryk Ross, photographing between 1940 and 1944, documented the Lodz Ghetto of Jews and Roma in Poland. He was employed by the ruling Reich for industrial photography, but made many other photographs, some saved and some destroyed. He understood the moral crux and buried many negatives in 1944, and certainly revisited that question onward over a life of 1910-1991. Many of his photographs he recovered, which were printable, are at the Portland Art Museum and the Oregon Jewish Museum. Memory Unearthed at the Oregon Jewish Museum www.ojmche.org 724 NW Davis 6PM-8 Free First Thursday
In Transit is a large two month show by photographers George Awde, Daniel Castro Garcia, Gohar Dashti, Tanya Habjouqa and Stefanie Zofia Schulz. The work explores the spatial and emotional travel between cultures. Topical. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Victor Maldonado is an artist to watch who chose to migrate to Portland after a BFA from California College of Art and their MFA from the School of Art Institute in Chicago. His show includes large paintings crossing impressionist landscapes with abstract expressionism brushing. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Nan Curtis has Numb. She is one of Portland's smart arch-conceptualists, always worth the challenge to experience. At Williamson|Knight williamsonknight.com 916 NW Flanders 6pm-8 early close Free
Seattle ceramicist Jeffry Mitchell has Tyger! Tyger!, in his ultra-baroque style. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
Ralph Pugay has A Spiritual Guide to Brute Force, works made at residencies beyond his Portland home. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
George Johansen is a Portland painter working at the age of 90 years. He taught at PNCA, and his students subsequently made work or even taught there too. So you probably know students of students. Augen has assembled a career retrospective, from a drawing made at age 10 up to now. It may not be aesthetics au courant, but it is an opportunity to see a lifetime creative arc, especially of you are an artist. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Isaac Layman Has photographs Never Was a Thing, close up photos of everyday household objects. There is a performative aspect, including a 24 hour residency in his own bathroom, making images. It it is an inspiration, if anything, of what any photographer can do. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9 Free
Roesing Ape and Beth Whelan have a video interactive dance performance event Windows 11 as part of the RACC Night Lights video projection project. Their live performance in situ is mixed with prerecorded video, live. RACC + Open Signal Night Lights series of video projection https://racc.org/2018/10/15/november-2018-night-lights-windows-11/. It's on the building wall at 411 NW Park 6PM-9ish Free
PNCA is recommended to stop in. They have long time cycle shows and pop ups distributed throughout the building. This month that includes celebrating the Day of the Dead. 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-10ish Free
The Ace Hotel has a First Thursday experimental music event curated by Sounds et al. Jamondria Harris and Jason Urick perform. 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: Graintable and Coast2c. In the Ace Hotel Lobby 1022 SW Stark 6PM-8 Free
