March 30 Sublim

Diana Palermo is an East Coast artist working in 2d, 2.5d, and performance. Her Sublimation project is collage. She opens that show tonight. At the new Fuller Rosen Gallery in the Ford Building created by Killjoy Collective alumni. www.fullerrosen.com 2505 SE 11th #106 Map 6PM-9 Free

March 29 Nanoplastic Dough

Angela Haseltine Pozzi is a late career artist living in Bandon Oregon. She collects beach trash, plastic, and crafts it into large sculptures of the sealife it is impacting.

It is impacting us too. Most salt in food is processed from seawater. Our single use plastics find their way to the ocean where they are battered into smaller and smaller pieces. Those nanoplastics end up in table salt and in processed foods. www.scientificamerican.com/article/from-fish-to-humans-a-microplastic-invasion-may-be-taking-a-toll/.

The work is accessible, not art school-driven art. That's good, because the message needs to reach everyone. Her project is documented at www.washedashore.org.

The talk is part of the international Creative Mornings monthly. It is almost always sold out in advance. Creative Mornings talk https://creativemornings.com/talks/angela-haseltine-pozzi at the Evergreen 618 SE Alder 8:30AM Free



Stacy Elaine Dacheux is a multi artist from LA. She opens her drawings show, Dough, tonight. The show includes her super 8 film and live readings by local writers 7PM-8:30. There is a writers conference in town, so this garage gallery will be host to events Saturday (and Thursday March 28.) All the information is at www.1122gallery.com/workshops--events.html. Some of the events are designed for children. At 1122 Gallery 1122gallery.com, gallery in a garage, 1122 SE 88th. 6PM-10 Free

March 28 Hear See

There is a raging poetry scene and more literary readings than ever in Portland. Too many for us. But tonight is From Your Mouth to God's Ear: readings based on the work of Barbara Kruger. Kruger's prints are at Blue Sky now; Sanderia Faye, Sara Mumolo, L. Ann Wheeler, Rajiv Mohabir, more will perform. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 7PM



Paridolia is a large group show with the theme "things we think we can see." At Antler Gallery + Talon Gallery antlerpdx.com + talongallery.com 2728-2724 NE Alberta 6PM-9 Free

Some of the other art spaces on Alberta may be open too.

March 27 Women Are

Alla Nazimova (1879-1945) was a groundbreaking Russian immigrant to America in 1905. Her story is fascinating - look it up. She produced and stared the silent film Salomé in 1923. It does have an enigmatic plot. You can see it tonight with a live music score by Dolphin Midwives and Indira Valey. Recommended. It is part of the Fin de Cinema series, always beautiful; and part of the POWFest, likely to sell out. At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. Doors 8PM, show 9. $10

March 26 I-II-III

Andreas Gurewich has Contemporary Chicken Coup I, II, III. This show gathers a project repeated 3 times over many years, new and old. After the opening, you can see it by appointment. Gurewich is a poet and painter and is in a dual show with her partner up at Private Places now. Chicken Coop will be producing a catalog accompanying the work. At Chicken Coop Contemporary www.chickencoopcontemporary.com 12400 SE Knapp 5PM-8 Free

March 24 Home School

The Home School social practice project previews its new season tonight and screens work by Aria Dean, Mandy Harris Williams, & Redeem Pettaway, DJ following. At Yu Contemporary Art www.yucontemporary.org 900 SE 10th. 6PM-9 Free

March 23 Caldera

Caldera holds 3 Saturday readouts of its resident artists. The residents get snowed in to work in a good year for global warming, and the buildings are used for youth art programs warm months. This resident readout is by Kemi Adeyemi, Literary Arts (Seattle, WA), Julie Hammond, Performing Arts (Vancouver, BC), Alexandria Martinez, Visual Arts, (Oakland, CA), Carolyn Monastra, Visual Arts, (Brooklyn, NY), Emily X.R. Pan, Literary Arts, (Brooklyn, NY), Analise Cleopatra, Visual Arts, (Portland, OR) and Alisa Yang, Visual Arts, (Saratoga, CA).

At Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR Map 12:30PM-3:30 Free

March 22 Sun-kissed Pot

Pot is a group show by Matilda Alair, Iván Carmona, Emily Counts, Rose Dickson, Sharif Farrag, Sylvia Fragoso, Michael Frimkess + Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Ektor Garcia, Johanna Jackson, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Dino Matt, Brad Mildrexler, Jeffry Mitchell, Deveron Richard, Jennifer Rochlin and Libby Werbel. At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 209 SW 9th early close 5PM-8 Free

March 17 Sleep

Shohei Takasaki has Where did you sleep last night?, bright abstract figure paintings. At Nationale www.nationale.us 3360 SE Division Map 3PM-5 Free

March 13-17 Skeleton Flower

Seattle's Degenerate Art Ensemble is a long operating musical and performance project. They are inspired by the Japanese modern dance theater Butoh and contemporary music composition. The skeleton flower, diphylleia grayi, has a magical property. When it rains, the petals become transparent, like glass. Skeleton Flower is the new performance by the Degenerate Art Ensemble. It tells a personal, not as rare as it should be, story of family trauma; and, not as common as it should be, transcendence through creative endeavors. This is a very popular event in an intimate venue with a basis in psychodrama. Degenerate Art Ensemble http://www.degenerateartensemble.com/ at the Erickson Theatre 1524 Harvard Ave, Seattle $25

March 7 Westside Art Openings

Printmaker and ink on paper artist Sarah Horowitz has Surface Tension. Most often she works in botanical illustration. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



Augen has a collection of small works from their stable, some of whom are interesting. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



RACC cycles down their projection series with Midnight Variety Hour, a group show. It's on the building wall at 411 NW Park dusk-7



Barbra Kruger is an activist word artist of the 90s familiar to many. Today the message continues its weight. This is an archive show from a local collection. Natalie Krick with Natural Deceptions also shows. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 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-10ish Free

March 7 Westside Art Openings

Printmaker and ink on paper artist Sarah Horowitz has Surface Tension. Most often she works in botanical illustration. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



Augen has a collection of small works from their stable, some of whom are interesting. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



RACC cycles down their projection series with Midnight Variety Hour, a group show. It's on the building wall at 411 NW Park dusk-7



Barbra Kruger is an activist word artist of the 90s familiar to many. Today the message continues its weight. This is an archive show from a local collection. Natalie Krick with Natural Deceptions also shows. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free



There are a few retiring artist shows this month. Paul Missal is a longtime PNCA painting professor. I'm familiar with his portraits and landscapish scenes; he also does still lifes. He shares the space with painter Judith Wyss. At Blackfish Gallery 420 NW 9th. 6PM-9 Free



Mel Katz who spent time in NYC with the downtown art crowd who later accomplished much, brought that sensibility to Portland. Some of his wall sculptures are at Russo & Lee this month. Also there, Sherre Wolf, longtime painter and printmaker. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5PM-8 early close Free


Ronny Quevedo has flatwork Every Measure of Zero on migration in America. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free


Dan Paz has The Sun Never Knew How Great It Was Until It Struck the Side of a Building having to do with equity. At Williamson|Knight williamsonknight.com 916 NW Flanders 6pm-8 early close 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-10ish Free

March 3 Offering

Butoh is an obscure, very postmodern, dance style from Japan. There are a few cities in the US and Canada where it happens regularly, including Portland. From time to time, there are small workshop classes. This one, taught by Meshi Chavez, Mizu Desierto & Stephanie Lanckton, has a workshop performance including the students as its finish. Live soundscapes by Roland Toledo. There is a don't miss one of these with out of town teachers in April. At Headwaters Theater 55 NE Farragut St. #9. The theater is in the back of the building by the active railroad tracks facing Winchell Street. Map Doors 5:30PM, Performance 6, Discussion after. $5-20

March 3 Now

Sidony O'Neal opens And Now, Square Trees. She is a writer, modern dance mover and a visual artist. This work is minimalist, even colorful. It parallels her poetic writing. At the first of two members in Portland of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 1501 SW Market Street Map 11AM-1

March 2 History

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme have We know what it is for, we who have used it. It is themed on the history of Palestine. There is a longer explanation on the Disjecta website. It is a very large installation worth spending time with and with the program notes at the venue. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free

March 1-3 Space is the Place!

The Portland Art Museum guested the Portland Museum of Modern Art guesting Sun Ra. Sun Ra engaged Afro-futurism from 1936.

Spaceness is an annual art confab organized by Julia Barbee, Matt Suplee, Alison Jean Cole and many volunteers. It is loosely themed on futurism, the unknown, space, aliens and regional nature-based mysticism. The weekend, beginning late Friday dinnertime, and extending to Sunday noon, includes visual art, installations, music and performance. It's centered at the Sou'wester hotel trailer park in Seaview, Washington which has a direct connection to the Pacific Ocean beach where some installations engage. Recommended.

All information is on their spaceness.com. It is an about 2 1/2 hour drive each way, consider lodging on the coast nearby. Friday 5 to Sunday noon. Free