Owing the July 4th holiday, galleries are opening tonight, and several continue last month's shows.
Whitney Nye has a show of paintings Tack.She makes abstracts of smaller patterns. Along with Roll Hardy, Last Legs, decaying industrial landscape paintings, and Maya Vivas with ceramic work. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5PM-8 early close Free
Sean Healey and Joseph Park continue. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9 Free
Dear Lucy is a group show with Faith Wilding, Wendy Red Star, Michelle Grabner, Bean Gilsdorf and April Bey. It is themed on women, much more eloquently described on the Upfor website. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
It's Summer! is a massive show of most of the gallery artists including: Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen, Natalie Ball, Tina Beebe, Nick Blosser, Iván Carmona, Amjad Faur, Bean Finneran, Jacques Flechemuller, Ellen George, Peter Gronquist, Victoria Haven, Elizabeth Knight, James Lavadour, Nancy Lorenz, Jeffry Mitchell, Megan Murphy, Jenene Nagy, Georgina Reskala, Joe Rudko, Tad Savinar, Adam Sorensen, Barbara Stafford, Andy Stout, Storm Tharp, Molly Vidor, Nell Warren and Heather Watkins. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
Atlanta photographer Nancy Floyd has Weathering Time, self portraits exposed over a lifetime - over 2500 are in the show. Years ago, Blue Sky in the PCVA space had a show with a similar process, daily self portraits of a pregnancy. Alternate Sunsets is a project by Bruce Conkle in the Nine Gallery, At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Over Eastside Union Knot has a photo show, Via Paralax with Sam Sangermano and Ellen Robinette. At Union Knott 2726 ML King Blvd. 6PM-9 Free
PNCA is recommended to stop in, though it is quieter Summers. 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 6PM-9 Free
