April 27 Ma-ce-o

Maceo Paisley from LA is a multi-artist. He's traveling to spaces around the country and picked the Third Room as one. Expect performance and his Tao Of Maceo project. At the Third Room Project www.thirdroom.net 717 NE Broadway #205 7:30PM Free

April 25 Truth

The Best Truth We Got is an accessible show of light and glass by Elias Hansen. It's beautiful and playful in a Sottsass-Memphis way.

Perfect for a glass town, though we are very serious, serious, serious, very, about our cast glass, unlike aesthetically light as a feather Seattle blown glass.

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

April 21 Deep Breakfast

Xhurch is an artist clubhouse known for experimental music and multimedia, even VR, art. Today, Easter, Manuel Arturo Abreu, co-principal of Home School, speaks for breakfast. He is a good one to follow for his collection of art and justice news. This morning over coffee, tea and donuts, he speaks about Titivillus, a medieval demon blamed for errors in religious manuscripts. Musicians Ben Glas, Anna Vo, The Occupant, Tabor Dark perform following

At Xhurch xhurch.net 4550 NE 20th. Map 1PM Donations accepeted

April 18 River Hanging

Takahiro Yamamoto and Andy Paiko have collaborated on Hanging River. Paiko brings glass sculpture and Yamamoto brings movement performance; he's been a collaborator with art mover-writers Physical Education. At Holding Contemporary www.holdingcontemporary.com (in the former Williamson | Knight, now Williamson+Harker) 916 NW Flanders 6PM-9 Free

April 13, 20, 26, 27 Butoh

Butoh is a contemporary dance form from Japan. It has a concentration of people interested here.

Guest artists visit, including from Japan.

This is that.

Koichi & Hiroko Tamano perform with Kudo Taketeru. The Tamanos were very early performers with the founder. They were the very first to perform butoh in the Americas.

Taketeru Kudo performs solo. He studied with the Tamanos and Waguri, then performed with the seminal French and Japanese Sanki Juku between 1995 and 1998. His current troupe in Japan is Gien-kan.

Shadowtender is a project based in Portland with Brooklyn collaborators. They perform Lieber II tonight, based on the intersection of the id and the queer body.

Advance tickets suggested, the performances sell out. Performances www.witd.org/performance/butoh-college-2019-performance-series. 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 April 13,20,26,27. See website for times. $12-27

April 13 Caramels

Kristin Texeira from Brooklyn opens Caramels, abstract geometric paintings. The work starts with her experiences, reduced to writings and finally distilled into these paintings. It would be fun to see the writing associated with each. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. 5PM-8 Free

April 12 Drowned

Marjorie Dial opens Drowned World, abstract dark sculptures and prints. It is at Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9 Free

April 7 Converge

A long time ago, contemporary art was downgraded at the Portland Art Museum by entering director John Buchanan. John Weber went to SFMOMA and Kristy Edmunds founded PICA. Many would say that PICA absent Edmunds has lost its groove. A few years ago, Portland arts supporters engaged Edmunds again to form Converge 45. Edmunds has now passed curation of the project to Lisa Dent from NYC. Dent speaks this afternoon. At the Portland Art Museum - NW Film Center Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park 2PM Free

April 5 Eastside Art Openings

Pamela Chipman has Hireath theming on the longing for a romanticized past using material from the California wildfires. She was coprincipal for Portland's seminal Blue Gallery. At Union Knott 2726 ML King Blvd. 6PM-9 Free



Michal Fargo has abstract vases. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon Early close 5PM-8



The Print Art NW group show is at the Eastbank Building 107 SE Washington. Early close 6PM-8 Free



Land & Sea is a show of flora and fauna illustrations by Tegan White. More at @teahanwh. At Nucleus Portland 1445 SE Hawthorne 6PM-9 Free



Delineation is a fiveplex of artists. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free

April 4 Westside Art Openings+

Speculative Frictions is a group show by Orphan Drift, Caspar Heinemann, Emily Jones, Ranu Mukherjee, Lisa Radon, and Stephanie Simek. "The title for this research-centric group show was inspired by poet Joan Retallack’s idea of a 'poethical wager on the Experimental Feminine.' Contrasted with the scientific method’s focus on testable propositions, this wager proceeds according to what Retallack calls 'a feminine dyslogic.'” At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free



PNCA is friends with developers and landlords. They often find fine buildings for their studios. Tonight they open the MFA studios in the old Uroboros Glass factory. At PNCA MFA studios in the old Uroboros Glass factory 2139 N Kerby. 6PM-9 Free



April is the annual Photo Month promoted by Photolucida in Portland Galleries.


Noah Addis has Future Cities, photographs of less formal cities, with structures and planning by the residents, all over the world. Meghan L E Kirkwood has #ViewsFromDAPL, landscapes along the route of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

In the Nines, backside, is a meditation on maps and immigration. It's straight graphic work, a break from his kinetics. But he is sampling the emotion about the issue, which has its own energy.

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



Christopher Rauschenberg has Angkor, always photogenic, along with late career abstract painter Willy Heeks. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9 Free



Stu Levy has landscape photographs. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



Williamson | Knight, Upfor, and Froelick continue last month's shows. Blackfish has a huge retrospective.



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
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