Open Signal is Portland's public open source video stream.
The strength of Open Signal is their maker community, professional facilities, and their early embrace of diverse voices and engaging youth. For instance, they have a black filmmaker program and have built great content through that.
It was birthed in the "cable access" era, pre-low cost/no cost ad-supported and selling private data-supported, open source Internet video outlets like YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitch, and a hundred others.
But it was only available for individuals with cable.
Now they have watch.opensignalpdx.org in beta.
Friday, July 24, 2020
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
July 21 Film 13th and Benefit Concert Stream
The Mobile Projection Unit has turned their illuminating power projector to Black Lives Matter projects in Portland. One is tonight at 12th and SE Stark. Check their insta. Program 8PM, film 9:30. Free
The Boedecker Foundation is hosting an online streaming concert "Show Up" of youth musicians organized by youth musicians. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Portland's Don't Shoot PDX justice project. The Bodecker Foundation will also be matching all ticket and tip jar proceeds up to $5,000. 7PM $5 on up. Tickets at the local virtual venue https://noonchorus.com/bodeckerfound/
The Boedecker Foundation is hosting an online streaming concert "Show Up" of youth musicians organized by youth musicians. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Portland's Don't Shoot PDX justice project. The Bodecker Foundation will also be matching all ticket and tip jar proceeds up to $5,000. 7PM $5 on up. Tickets at the local virtual venue https://noonchorus.com/bodeckerfound/
Thursday, July 16, 2020
July 16 Yale Union - YU Transitions to Native Art Center
We love YU for their programming, the studios and small businesses they host, and their basement. This transition creates a new arts opportunity for Portland. Here is their press release:
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) and Yale Union (YU) are proud to announce the transfer of ownership of the land and historic Yale Union building at 800 SE 10th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, from YU to NACF.
“Together, the NACF board and staff believe that this free land and building transfer will set an example for recognizing the value of Native ownership of property in urban areas across the nation,” says NACF President/CEO Lulani Arquette. “It’s liberating and encouraging to witness this kind of support for First Peoples of this country. The potential for local community and national partnerships around shared interests through Indigenous arts and cultures is wide open. We are deeply grateful for this transformative opportunity afforded NACF by YU board and staff, and stand united with all to reclaim Native truth, engage anti-racism, and address important issues we face today.”
NACF is a Native-led national organization committed to mobilizing Native artists, culture bearers, communities, and leaders to influence positive social, cultural, and environmental change. As such, it focuses on strengthening Native arts, providing artists and the creative community with the resources and tools they need to be successful, and expanding awareness and access to Native knowledge and truth. NACF is accepting this special property with great appreciation for what came before. We honor and respect the elders past and present, and acknowledge the land that this building sits on and the previous Native tribes and peoples who inhabited the land.
“I am proud of what we have accomplished with Yale Union over the last decade. Having been able to fulfill our mission through the unearned privilege of property ownership, it’s now time that we hand over the keys!” says Flint Jamison, President, Board of Directors of Yale Union. “I am inspired by NACF’s leadership, unwavering commitment to their mission, and capacity to operate on a large scale. I am eager to listen and learn from them as they use the land and historic building to fulfill their vision.”
The new national headquarters for NACF will be called the Center for Native Arts and Cultures, and the property will continue to be a site of contemporary artistic and cultural production. The building will benefit the local community and be a strong cultural asset for the city of Portland. NACF has just completed a planning process that determines its national programming and includes a vision for how it plans to maximize opportunities in the new space. The building will be a vibrant gathering place for Indigenous artists and local partnerships. It will provide space to present and exhibit, places to practice culture and make art, and areas for cultural ceremony and celebration. There will be opportunities for broad community learning, including workshops and seminars covering pertinent issues relative to decolonizing space, anti-racism, and environmental justice.
The process to transfer Yale Union’s historic property to NACF began in mid-2018 with discussions between YU’s then Executive Director, Yoko Ott, and YU’s Board President, Flint Jamison, regarding art institutions’ potential for proposing models of restorative social change. Ms. Ott then made initial contact with NACF’s President/CEO, Lulani Arquette, which led to NACF conducting a thorough feasibility study. In December 2019, NACF’s Board of Directors approved to move forward with taking ownership of the property. Both NACF and YU would like to acknowledge Ms. Ott’s vision and leadership in initiating this transfer of ownership.
YALE UNION BACKGROUND
Since opening to the public in 2010, Yale Union has presented the work of hundreds of artists through the labor of its dedicated board and staff, and the incalculable support of its donors, volunteers, colleagues, and friends. It has created and fostered a cultural community by hosting countless events, providing subsidized studio space to dozens of local artists, and facilitated numerous community programs. It has preserved its historic building and used its 9,400 square-foot exhibition space to present the work of internationally-recognized and under-represented artists in Portland. Through its publishing imprint, YU has published ten books, and it has housed a unique and publicly accessible art library.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Yale Union has suspended in-person events for 2020, but it will collaborate with NACF to co-present artistic programming in 2021. Later that year, Yale Union will dissolve its nonprofit. The property transfer to NACF will serve as a natural culmination of Yale Union’s decade-long mission to support artists, propose new modes of production, and stimulate an ongoing public discourse around art. Yale Union’s board and staff sincerely thank all of those who helped in achieving its mission and building a community of artists around the Yale Union building and beyond.
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) and Yale Union (YU) are proud to announce the transfer of ownership of the land and historic Yale Union building at 800 SE 10th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, from YU to NACF.
“Together, the NACF board and staff believe that this free land and building transfer will set an example for recognizing the value of Native ownership of property in urban areas across the nation,” says NACF President/CEO Lulani Arquette. “It’s liberating and encouraging to witness this kind of support for First Peoples of this country. The potential for local community and national partnerships around shared interests through Indigenous arts and cultures is wide open. We are deeply grateful for this transformative opportunity afforded NACF by YU board and staff, and stand united with all to reclaim Native truth, engage anti-racism, and address important issues we face today.”
NACF is a Native-led national organization committed to mobilizing Native artists, culture bearers, communities, and leaders to influence positive social, cultural, and environmental change. As such, it focuses on strengthening Native arts, providing artists and the creative community with the resources and tools they need to be successful, and expanding awareness and access to Native knowledge and truth. NACF is accepting this special property with great appreciation for what came before. We honor and respect the elders past and present, and acknowledge the land that this building sits on and the previous Native tribes and peoples who inhabited the land.
“I am proud of what we have accomplished with Yale Union over the last decade. Having been able to fulfill our mission through the unearned privilege of property ownership, it’s now time that we hand over the keys!” says Flint Jamison, President, Board of Directors of Yale Union. “I am inspired by NACF’s leadership, unwavering commitment to their mission, and capacity to operate on a large scale. I am eager to listen and learn from them as they use the land and historic building to fulfill their vision.”
The new national headquarters for NACF will be called the Center for Native Arts and Cultures, and the property will continue to be a site of contemporary artistic and cultural production. The building will benefit the local community and be a strong cultural asset for the city of Portland. NACF has just completed a planning process that determines its national programming and includes a vision for how it plans to maximize opportunities in the new space. The building will be a vibrant gathering place for Indigenous artists and local partnerships. It will provide space to present and exhibit, places to practice culture and make art, and areas for cultural ceremony and celebration. There will be opportunities for broad community learning, including workshops and seminars covering pertinent issues relative to decolonizing space, anti-racism, and environmental justice.
The process to transfer Yale Union’s historic property to NACF began in mid-2018 with discussions between YU’s then Executive Director, Yoko Ott, and YU’s Board President, Flint Jamison, regarding art institutions’ potential for proposing models of restorative social change. Ms. Ott then made initial contact with NACF’s President/CEO, Lulani Arquette, which led to NACF conducting a thorough feasibility study. In December 2019, NACF’s Board of Directors approved to move forward with taking ownership of the property. Both NACF and YU would like to acknowledge Ms. Ott’s vision and leadership in initiating this transfer of ownership.
YALE UNION BACKGROUND
Since opening to the public in 2010, Yale Union has presented the work of hundreds of artists through the labor of its dedicated board and staff, and the incalculable support of its donors, volunteers, colleagues, and friends. It has created and fostered a cultural community by hosting countless events, providing subsidized studio space to dozens of local artists, and facilitated numerous community programs. It has preserved its historic building and used its 9,400 square-foot exhibition space to present the work of internationally-recognized and under-represented artists in Portland. Through its publishing imprint, YU has published ten books, and it has housed a unique and publicly accessible art library.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Yale Union has suspended in-person events for 2020, but it will collaborate with NACF to co-present artistic programming in 2021. Later that year, Yale Union will dissolve its nonprofit. The property transfer to NACF will serve as a natural culmination of Yale Union’s decade-long mission to support artists, propose new modes of production, and stimulate an ongoing public discourse around art. Yale Union’s board and staff sincerely thank all of those who helped in achieving its mission and building a community of artists around the Yale Union building and beyond.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
March 15 Ost+
Hope everyone is well, and stays well!
Portlandorusnow focuses on in-person events: openings, closings, and occasional performances. Organizers and venues are suspending many to most; attendee-participants are opting out. Some galleries post most of the show online, so that is one way to experience them.
Variform postponed the musical event this evening.
Pianist and electronic musician Carly Barton releases an art book, OST, of her piano scores printed on the Risograph. She will perform and drop a very limited number of digital recordings on USB memories.
You can put a listen to her work at https://carlybarton.bandcamp.com/ and https://soundcloud.com/carl-420. She is an active remixer, including remixing anime soundtracks.
Portland-originated photo collective Lightleak had a group show scheduled at UofP today, but events there are shut. None the less, you can see the group online individually at http://www.lightleak.org/.
A great project out of Portland is Bedstock. Musicians perform in bed and the videos are online. It's a project of MyMusicRX who bring instruments into Childrens' hospitals. So if the kids are at home, it's a watch. It is https://mymusicrx.org/listen/
Portlandorusnow focuses on in-person events: openings, closings, and occasional performances. Organizers and venues are suspending many to most; attendee-participants are opting out. Some galleries post most of the show online, so that is one way to experience them.
Variform postponed the musical event this evening.
Pianist and electronic musician Carly Barton releases an art book, OST, of her piano scores printed on the Risograph. She will perform and drop a very limited number of digital recordings on USB memories.
You can put a listen to her work at https://carlybarton.bandcamp.com/ and https://soundcloud.com/carl-420. She is an active remixer, including remixing anime soundtracks.
Portland-originated photo collective Lightleak had a group show scheduled at UofP today, but events there are shut. None the less, you can see the group online individually at http://www.lightleak.org/.
A great project out of Portland is Bedstock. Musicians perform in bed and the videos are online. It's a project of MyMusicRX who bring instruments into Childrens' hospitals. So if the kids are at home, it's a watch. It is https://mymusicrx.org/listen/
Friday, March 13, 2020
March 14 Saints
Ain’t No Saint: a story told through photography and design is a book release and visual show. It's by Anthony Taylor. It's actually a large space for a gallery, social distance-wise. At Tips on Failing www.failing.exposed 3903 N Michigan Map
6PM-10 Free
6PM-10 Free
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
March 13-14 Sou'wester Art Residency Fest
Spaceness is moved to another dimension, and we are missing it. Something like it, including one of the Spaceness curators, Julia Barbee, is the Sou'wester Arts Week. They have curated an interesting batch of goodies, with events concentrated on Friday dinnertime-evening and Saturday noon-evening. More at https://www.souwesterlodge.com/art/arts-week/.
It is an about 2 1/2 hour drive each way, consider lodging on the coast nearby.
At the Sou'wester hotel trailer park in 3728 J Place Seaview, WA Recommended. Free
It is an about 2 1/2 hour drive each way, consider lodging on the coast nearby.
At the Sou'wester hotel trailer park in 3728 J Place Seaview, WA Recommended. Free
Saturday, March 07, 2020
March 7 Godzilla Ecology Award
Hardware synths are Godzilla-crushing Portland in a good way. There is a synth show today to touch and hear free. At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. 11:30AM-5:30PM Free with RSVP on their website
A Black Art Ecology of Portland curated by Sharita Towne has a new instance along with the Mobile Projection Unit. 4-6 show, 4:30-6 talks, 6-8 projections outside. At 15 NE Hancock Free
Hallie Ford endowed an artist award. It's been selective and notable. Tonight Disjects reprises. Strongly recommended. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
Michael Endo is a smart experimental artist. He's curated a show of smart experimental artists. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
A Black Art Ecology of Portland curated by Sharita Towne has a new instance along with the Mobile Projection Unit. 4-6 show, 4:30-6 talks, 6-8 projections outside. At 15 NE Hancock Free
Hallie Ford endowed an artist award. It's been selective and notable. Tonight Disjects reprises. Strongly recommended. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
Michael Endo is a smart experimental artist. He's curated a show of smart experimental artists. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
Thursday, March 05, 2020
March 5 Westside Art Openings+
What a lovely month.
Blue Sky has a survey of the late John Baldasari arranged before he was late. He was noted for promoting his students' careers.
Enfant Terrible Bill Will is back in the Nine space, aways recommended.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org 122 NW 8th Map 6PM-9 Free
Tom Prochoska is a longtime Portland artist. He does prints, but his forte is notably fuzzy portrait paintings, this show. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Upfor has Daniel Duford, working on slavery and Arvie Smith on privilege. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
Westside+ Ivy J Campbell, Rachel Avallone, Nadia F. Almond-Chaparas, Lourdes Carmen Gallo, and Alexandra Gómez open Hearth. It's at Womxn.house, in the old Dust to Dust space 3636 N Mississippi 7PM-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 is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. 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 8-9PM
Blue Sky has a survey of the late John Baldasari arranged before he was late. He was noted for promoting his students' careers.
Enfant Terrible Bill Will is back in the Nine space, aways recommended.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org 122 NW 8th Map 6PM-9 Free
Tom Prochoska is a longtime Portland artist. He does prints, but his forte is notably fuzzy portrait paintings, this show. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Upfor has Daniel Duford, working on slavery and Arvie Smith on privilege. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
Westside+ Ivy J Campbell, Rachel Avallone, Nadia F. Almond-Chaparas, Lourdes Carmen Gallo, and Alexandra Gómez open Hearth. It's at Womxn.house, in the old Dust to Dust space 3636 N Mississippi 7PM-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 is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. 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 8-9PM
Saturday, February 29, 2020
February 29 Soft Resident Interaction Wave
Myles de Bastion brings act two of his Ikigai Machine Experience. It involves interaction, a score by the artist, and limited edition multichannel SubPacs. Because the SubPacs are limited in number, there are hourly sign up time slots you can find linked at the PICA website. At PICA, 15 NE Hancock 11AM-10PM $35
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 Maura García, Lawrence, KS; Daniel Granias, Portland; Sabina Haque, Portland; Shin Yeon Jeon, Bend; Dan Lau, Queens; and Nitin Mukul, New York.
At Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR Map 12:30PM-3:30 Free
Wave Contemporary has a show with Marcelo Fontana, Hannah Newman, Alan Page, Midgray Studio, and Murphy Welch. At Wave Contemporary 425 SE 3rd (Oak Street Building) 8PM-late $10
Alexis E. Mabry has Static Age, a soft sculpture. At the Third Room Project www.thirdroom.net 717 NE Broadway #205 6PM-9 Free
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 Maura García, Lawrence, KS; Daniel Granias, Portland; Sabina Haque, Portland; Shin Yeon Jeon, Bend; Dan Lau, Queens; and Nitin Mukul, New York.
At Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR Map 12:30PM-3:30 Free
Wave Contemporary has a show with Marcelo Fontana, Hannah Newman, Alan Page, Midgray Studio, and Murphy Welch. At Wave Contemporary 425 SE 3rd (Oak Street Building) 8PM-late $10
Alexis E. Mabry has Static Age, a soft sculpture. At the Third Room Project www.thirdroom.net 717 NE Broadway #205 6PM-9 Free
Friday, February 28, 2020
February 28 Failing Into Paradise
The Forest For The Trees was created by Gage Hamilton and Matt Wagner. Tips on Failing is the clubhouse and organizing spot for FFTT paint and visiting artists each year. Tonight Hamilton brings his own art in show Remember Paradise. The TOF openings are recommended. At Tips on Failing www.failing.exposed 3903 N Michigan Map
7PM-10 Free
7PM-10 Free
Thursday, February 27, 2020
February 27 Elephants in the Gallery
Sam Noel has fiber works, But How Does One Eat an Elephant, inspired by the body. It's at 1122 Gallery 1122gallery.com 1122 SE 88th. 6PM-10 Free
Saturday, February 22, 2020
February 22 Dialectic Parallel Memories
Lindsay August-Salazar from LA has New Dialectic Memories. She makes colorful abstract paintings by alternative brush methods. Colorful is what we need in Portland this time of year! Accompanying are animations by K-26. At Private Places www.privateplaces.us 2400 Holliday (bell by door) 5PM-8 Free
Portland painter Mia Farrington has big abstracts, Parallels. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. Early close 5PM-8 Free
Portland painter Mia Farrington has big abstracts, Parallels. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. Early close 5PM-8 Free
Sunday, February 16, 2020
February 16 Bridge Border
Put your warmies on and enjoy some projection art tonight!
The Mobile Projection Unit presents Nacer by Juracán and Rubén García Marrufo. It's a remix of border crossing material.
You can see it on the Eastbank Esplanade projected on the Burnside Bridge pier. 7PM-8:30 Free
The Mobile Projection Unit presents Nacer by Juracán and Rubén García Marrufo. It's a remix of border crossing material.
You can see it on the Eastbank Esplanade projected on the Burnside Bridge pier. 7PM-8:30 Free
Saturday, February 15, 2020
February 15 Ase - The Thing You Live For
Year Of Ase 2020 is an about 6 week exhibition opening with a party this evening. Artists are Lisa Jarrett, Melanie Stevens, Emma Rust, Jainai Jeffries, Kenn Amethyst, Celeste Noche. Ase is the Yoruba word meaning conceiving the power to make things happen and produce change. At Ori Gallery, little with a big vision, www.oriartgallery.com 4038 N Mississippi 6PM-9 Free
Power In Numbers is a periodic show of post card size art. Each piece is $75 cheap! A portion of the proceeds is donated to a charity announced at the event, so buy early and often. It is an invitational with over 170 artists. At Nucleus Portland nucleusportland.com 1445 SE Hawthorne Blvd 5PM-8 Free
Ikigai, from Japanese, is the thing you live for.
The Ikigai Machine: Sensory-Immersion Installation preview is a one night ticketed event and all the free tickets are sold. But don't worry, as the piece is completed, it will be at PICA and Open Signal.
Artist and principal at Cyma Space, Myles de Bastion, has created an immersive science fiction work about an inventor born into a world without sound. The artist is a deaf musician and Cyma is responsible for projects like Push Play and other sound interactive light sculptures that allow people to hear with their eyes. This project has some gifted collaborators.
Thanks to Bodecker Foundation for hosting Myles as a resident artist and for hosting this preview. At the Bodecker Foundation, 2360 NW Quimby 6PM-9 sold out
Power In Numbers is a periodic show of post card size art. Each piece is $75 cheap! A portion of the proceeds is donated to a charity announced at the event, so buy early and often. It is an invitational with over 170 artists. At Nucleus Portland nucleusportland.com 1445 SE Hawthorne Blvd 5PM-8 Free
Ikigai, from Japanese, is the thing you live for.
The Ikigai Machine: Sensory-Immersion Installation preview is a one night ticketed event and all the free tickets are sold. But don't worry, as the piece is completed, it will be at PICA and Open Signal.
Artist and principal at Cyma Space, Myles de Bastion, has created an immersive science fiction work about an inventor born into a world without sound. The artist is a deaf musician and Cyma is responsible for projects like Push Play and other sound interactive light sculptures that allow people to hear with their eyes. This project has some gifted collaborators.
Thanks to Bodecker Foundation for hosting Myles as a resident artist and for hosting this preview. At the Bodecker Foundation, 2360 NW Quimby 6PM-9 sold out
Saturday, February 08, 2020
February 8 Sweet Situ
Amy Ruppel has In Situ: Refigia, illustrations of glaciers, icebergs, whales, and land animals. It has to do with small reservoirs of life that outwit ice ages. At Land Gallery 3925 N Mississippi 3PM-5 Free
The PSU Hip Hop Club n the Morpheus Youth Project hosts the Sweet 16 qualifier that rolls up to Seattle. It's got a 1 on 1 open - you; and a 1 on 1 invite. Invited is Motorman, the returning champion, JuanHunnid, Detailz, Bulletz, Jrip, Rona,Token, n Digz. Judgez are Tim Chips (Fraggle Rock) Seattle, One8Kevin (Moon Patrol Crew) Portland, n Kilam Fresh (Portland City Rockers) Portland. MC is Merk (New Birth Crew) n DJ is Magicsean (Raw Mindz.) At the PSU Native American Student and Community Center 3PM-9 Free
The PSU Hip Hop Club n the Morpheus Youth Project hosts the Sweet 16 qualifier that rolls up to Seattle. It's got a 1 on 1 open - you; and a 1 on 1 invite. Invited is Motorman, the returning champion, JuanHunnid, Detailz, Bulletz, Jrip, Rona,Token, n Digz. Judgez are Tim Chips (Fraggle Rock) Seattle, One8Kevin (Moon Patrol Crew) Portland, n Kilam Fresh (Portland City Rockers) Portland. MC is Merk (New Birth Crew) n DJ is Magicsean (Raw Mindz.) At the PSU Native American Student and Community Center 3PM-9 Free
Friday, February 07, 2020
February 7 Eastside Art Openings
Probably missing some, but the Winter Light Festival tonight and tomorrow is the star.
Multiartist Chas Bear opens Corporate Solutions, colorful blob paintings. He is known for murals, music, clothing and graphic design. At Fisk Gallery 3613 MLK 7PM-10 Free
Vintage Vandals is a new show by Haley Dixon, Courtney Hiersche, and Tyler Spencer. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-8 Free
Someday This Will All Be Gone is Mike Vos' interpretation of a world without humans using double exposures of postindustrial landscapes. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-8 Free
Jerilyn Verdin, Margaret Bohls, and Lisa Conway Have Across the Divide. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9
Multiartist Chas Bear opens Corporate Solutions, colorful blob paintings. He is known for murals, music, clothing and graphic design. At Fisk Gallery 3613 MLK 7PM-10 Free
Vintage Vandals is a new show by Haley Dixon, Courtney Hiersche, and Tyler Spencer. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-8 Free
Someday This Will All Be Gone is Mike Vos' interpretation of a world without humans using double exposures of postindustrial landscapes. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-8 Free
Jerilyn Verdin, Margaret Bohls, and Lisa Conway Have Across the Divide. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
February 6 Westside Art Openings
Marlon Mullen is an intellectually disabled artist with bright paintings. Many reference art world magazine covers. He developed his works at Nurturing Independence Through Artistic Development, Richmond, California; a program similar to Portland's original Project Grow and Oakland's Creative Growth. At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th early close 5PM-7:30 Free
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, though trained in art, produced work that today would be considered outsider. He was an architect too, with work that today would on the cusp of postmodern and deconstructionism. His buildings have been compared to Gaudi's baroque sculpture buildings, but I think he is more connected to Venturi, Brown, and Izenour's Learning from Las Vegas' "decorated shed." He was an environmental activist as well. Some of his prints will be on show, along with Tallmadge Doyle. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Adam Sorenson has paintings Skeleton. He makes luminous impressionistic landscapes, what water flowing over rock in the Northwest could be as a rainbow. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
Dana Lynn Louis opens a show of new work, Weave. She is known for her sculptural installations, including those in the four story inside light courts of City Hall, and her social practice project to make ceramics in the homeless community. There is survey show of work by Jay Backstrand, a PNCA-minted Portland artist who cofounded PCVA with Mel Katz and Michele Russo. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5PM-8 Free
The Quiet Show includes Judy Cooke, Russell Crotty, Richard Gruetter, Ann Hamilton, Jessie Henson, John Houck, Isaac Layman, Sol LeWitt, Emilio Lobato, Julia Mangold, Helen Mirra, Richard Misrach, Catherine Opie, Joseph Park, Gregg Renfrow, Edda Renouf, Robert Ryman, Kate Shepherd, Joan Waltemath. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9 Free
Sara Bennett has The Bedroom Project. They are portraits of women at home after long prison sentences. Natan Dvir has Platforms made in the NY subway, illustrating the personal spaces within the shared space. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
C3:initiative releases Class Set 4. They are contemporary political posters, printed on the Risograph. The designs are by Tannaz Farsi, Anna Fidler, Midori Hirose, Johanna Jackson, Chris Johanson, Nina Montenegro, Dylan Muldrew, Tara Murino-Brault, Ralph Pugay, and Samantha Wall, with an equal set of contributors of words. Jessalyn Aaland and Anne Greenwood Rioseco were the artist curators of this edition. The project has a prong helping students design their own posters. Poet Kim Stafford and there will be music by Zoo. This is a one night show. At c3:initiative www.c3initiative.org 412 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Froelick has a group show, worth a look to see the gallery's range. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Upfor and Holding continue shows.
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 8PM - 10:30ish, earlier in Winter 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
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, though trained in art, produced work that today would be considered outsider. He was an architect too, with work that today would on the cusp of postmodern and deconstructionism. His buildings have been compared to Gaudi's baroque sculpture buildings, but I think he is more connected to Venturi, Brown, and Izenour's Learning from Las Vegas' "decorated shed." He was an environmental activist as well. Some of his prints will be on show, along with Tallmadge Doyle. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Adam Sorenson has paintings Skeleton. He makes luminous impressionistic landscapes, what water flowing over rock in the Northwest could be as a rainbow. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
Dana Lynn Louis opens a show of new work, Weave. She is known for her sculptural installations, including those in the four story inside light courts of City Hall, and her social practice project to make ceramics in the homeless community. There is survey show of work by Jay Backstrand, a PNCA-minted Portland artist who cofounded PCVA with Mel Katz and Michele Russo. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5PM-8 Free
The Quiet Show includes Judy Cooke, Russell Crotty, Richard Gruetter, Ann Hamilton, Jessie Henson, John Houck, Isaac Layman, Sol LeWitt, Emilio Lobato, Julia Mangold, Helen Mirra, Richard Misrach, Catherine Opie, Joseph Park, Gregg Renfrow, Edda Renouf, Robert Ryman, Kate Shepherd, Joan Waltemath. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9 Free
Sara Bennett has The Bedroom Project. They are portraits of women at home after long prison sentences. Natan Dvir has Platforms made in the NY subway, illustrating the personal spaces within the shared space. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
C3:initiative releases Class Set 4. They are contemporary political posters, printed on the Risograph. The designs are by Tannaz Farsi, Anna Fidler, Midori Hirose, Johanna Jackson, Chris Johanson, Nina Montenegro, Dylan Muldrew, Tara Murino-Brault, Ralph Pugay, and Samantha Wall, with an equal set of contributors of words. Jessalyn Aaland and Anne Greenwood Rioseco were the artist curators of this edition. The project has a prong helping students design their own posters. Poet Kim Stafford and there will be music by Zoo. This is a one night show. At c3:initiative www.c3initiative.org 412 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Froelick has a group show, worth a look to see the gallery's range. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Upfor and Holding continue shows.
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 8PM - 10:30ish, earlier in Winter 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
February 6, 7, 8 Light
The Portland Winter Light Festival is this Thursday, Friday and Saturday from dusk to 11, though many pieces will be on view all night, particularly those in businesses.
The event is concentrated at OMSI and the Portland General Electric offices-Salmon Springs Waterfront Park. Saturday Open Signal hosts Perception, a video projection evening.
There are talks, and an illuminated bike parade, perfect for children. Of course visitors are encouraged to illuminate themselves!
Best of all, it is all free!
The Portland Winter Light Festival www.pdxwlf.com Various locations in central Portland 6PM-11 Free
The event is concentrated at OMSI and the Portland General Electric offices-Salmon Springs Waterfront Park. Saturday Open Signal hosts Perception, a video projection evening.
There are talks, and an illuminated bike parade, perfect for children. Of course visitors are encouraged to illuminate themselves!
Best of all, it is all free!
The Portland Winter Light Festival www.pdxwlf.com Various locations in central Portland 6PM-11 Free
Saturday, February 01, 2020
February 2 for a year Future Voice
Futel are artist technologists who repurpose old pay phones into a free phone service and a host for social practice art projects.
HoldThePhone by artists Emily Fitzgerald, Molly Sherman, Machado Mijiga and Sailor Winkleman meditate on North and Northeast Portland cultural history. You can make regular old voice calls too. More at opensignalpdx.org/holdthephone2020 The future phone is installed on the side of Open Signal by the Graham door.
At Open Signal www.opensignalpdx.org 2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. All hours Free
HoldThePhone by artists Emily Fitzgerald, Molly Sherman, Machado Mijiga and Sailor Winkleman meditate on North and Northeast Portland cultural history. You can make regular old voice calls too. More at opensignalpdx.org/holdthephone2020 The future phone is installed on the side of Open Signal by the Graham door.
At Open Signal www.opensignalpdx.org 2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. All hours Free
February 2 Yes Rainbow Prairie
Outsider artist Larry Yes is back with more words. At Union Knott 2726 ML King Blvd. 3PM-6 Free
A new experimental pop space inspired with Portland weird opens. It's Rainbow City. Their RainbowCityFanClub socials have the deets. At Rainbow City 21 SE 11th (around the corner from Hippo Hardwire) 7PM-11 Free
More music, Future Prairie with Church of Film launches their first concert with live visuals, Channel One, this evening. Music by Jonathon Mooney, Casey Marx, Onry, Dashenka, Amenta Abioto, and a special guest; visuals by Church Of Film; projections by Sarah Sarah Turner Turner; installations by Cody Acevedo, Talia Gordon, and Clamber; poetry by Joni Renee Whitworth; and tea ceremony by Brianna Sas. Recommended. Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-prairie-and-church-of-film-present-channel-one-tickets-87779457721. At the First Congregational Church 1126 SW Park 7:30PM $10
A new experimental pop space inspired with Portland weird opens. It's Rainbow City. Their RainbowCityFanClub socials have the deets. At Rainbow City 21 SE 11th (around the corner from Hippo Hardwire) 7PM-11 Free
More music, Future Prairie with Church of Film launches their first concert with live visuals, Channel One, this evening. Music by Jonathon Mooney, Casey Marx, Onry, Dashenka, Amenta Abioto, and a special guest; visuals by Church Of Film; projections by Sarah Sarah Turner Turner; installations by Cody Acevedo, Talia Gordon, and Clamber; poetry by Joni Renee Whitworth; and tea ceremony by Brianna Sas. Recommended. Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-prairie-and-church-of-film-present-channel-one-tickets-87779457721. At the First Congregational Church 1126 SW Park 7:30PM $10
February 1 Unit Imbolic Tropical Hex Ritual
Caldera reads out its residencies over 3 months, usually at Camp Caldera. Today they are reading out their first batch at the Bend Public Library. They have a percussion group, Unit Souzou, performing and artists Intisar Abioto, Timme Zhiyun Lu, Tristan Irving, Theresia Munywoki and Emma Rust, all from Portland. Caldera at the downtown Bend public library, 601 NW Wall St, Bend, OR 12:30PM-3, performance 1 Free
Christine Miller and Brittany Vega have their show American Hex opening tonight. At Fuller Rosen Gallery in the Ford Building. www.fullerrosen.com 2505 SE 11th #106 Map 6PM-9 Free
Tropical Contemporary an arts collective from Eugene opens their show tonight. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
Nierika is a show by Santuario Somático and Edgar Fabián Frías. They are also doing a workshop at C:3 Sunday. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
It's a musical event; the Imbolic Sleep Concert is a bring your own blanket sleepover tonight. Details on their Facebook. Pegasus Project is is having one of their last confabs at their space in Montavilla.
Christine Miller and Brittany Vega have their show American Hex opening tonight. At Fuller Rosen Gallery in the Ford Building. www.fullerrosen.com 2505 SE 11th #106 Map 6PM-9 Free
Tropical Contemporary an arts collective from Eugene opens their show tonight. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
Nierika is a show by Santuario Somático and Edgar Fabián Frías. They are also doing a workshop at C:3 Sunday. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
It's a musical event; the Imbolic Sleep Concert is a bring your own blanket sleepover tonight. Details on their Facebook. Pegasus Project is is having one of their last confabs at their space in Montavilla.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
January 31 - February 29 African Films - Free
The Cascade Festival of African Films is a favorite event. Each year on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for a month they show films from all over Africa.
Every single one of the films is free!
Most are shown on the PCC Cascade Campus on N Killingsworth. The opening night, Friday January 31, is at the Hollywood Theater, also free.
The PCC Library maintains a copy of all the films shown over 30 years for in-library viewing.
The 30th annual Cascade Festival of African Films www.africanfilmfestival.org at Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104, Portland Community College Cascade Campus, 705 N Killingsworth; and the Hollywood Theater, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. Check the schedule for times. Free
Every single one of the films is free!
Most are shown on the PCC Cascade Campus on N Killingsworth. The opening night, Friday January 31, is at the Hollywood Theater, also free.
The PCC Library maintains a copy of all the films shown over 30 years for in-library viewing.
The 30th annual Cascade Festival of African Films www.africanfilmfestival.org at Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104, Portland Community College Cascade Campus, 705 N Killingsworth; and the Hollywood Theater, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. Check the schedule for times. Free
January 30 Brink
Talon has Ascent, illustrations of endangered birds. Antler has Brink illustrations of endangered species. They are both large group shows and benefit the Portland Audubon. At Antler Gallery + Talon Gallery antlerpdx.com + talongallery.com 2728-2724 NE Alberta 6PM-9 Free
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
January 23 Core Culture
Nicolas Sassoon and Rick Silva present Cores. At Holding Contemporary www.holdingcontemporary.com (in the former Williamson | Knight, now Williamson+Harker) 916 NW Flanders 6PM-8 early close Free
PSU's MFA Visiting Artists Series brings Guadalupe Maravilla to speak. His performances, videos, sculptures, and drawings fictionalize a pre-Columbian culture of Central America and his relationship to it. At PSU Shattuck Hall Annex. 7PM Free
PSU's MFA Visiting Artists Series brings Guadalupe Maravilla to speak. His performances, videos, sculptures, and drawings fictionalize a pre-Columbian culture of Central America and his relationship to it. At PSU Shattuck Hall Annex. 7PM Free
January 22 Out There
Vanessa Renwick has Out There, black prints on white of wolf-like creatures. She used a special watercolor-ink method to develop a beautiful rough texture. Renwick is the latest Stumptown Coffee Roasters Artist Fellow, which this opening celebrates. Sam Coomes plays a live set. Strongly Recommended. At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd 5PM-7 Free
Friday, January 17, 2020
January 19 Private Movies
Private Places is one of Portland's most progressive galleries, curating in LA artists. LA has their own regional vibe and PP finds progressive work. In conjunction with their current Mark Flores and William E Jones show, Perverted by Language, they have some movies.
This afternoon the artists show Cracked Actor: A Film About David Bowie (1975) and Mario Banana, directed by Andy Warhol (1964) starring Mario Montez.
At Private Places www.privateplaces.us 2400 Holliday (bell by door) 3PM Free
This afternoon the artists show Cracked Actor: A Film About David Bowie (1975) and Mario Banana, directed by Andy Warhol (1964) starring Mario Montez.
At Private Places www.privateplaces.us 2400 Holliday (bell by door) 3PM Free
January 18 New Not No Flowers
Nationale opens in their new space today. It is a gallery, a home goods shop, and an art-design print store. Aruni Dharmakirthi brings No Flowers in Eden.
May has a solid and a highly respected curation history: represented artists, guest artists, the Stumptown 3rd space, and Stumptown Fellowship. Space highly recommended.
At Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map 5PM-7 Free
May has a solid and a highly respected curation history: represented artists, guest artists, the Stumptown 3rd space, and Stumptown Fellowship. Space highly recommended.
At Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map 5PM-7 Free
Thursday, January 09, 2020
January 9 Somatic Art Action
Somatic Verses is a show by Anne Fudyma and Joshua Sherburne, with a performance by Sherburne at 7. At the Erickson Gallery 9NW 2nd 6PM-8 Free
The Hank Willis Thomas show ends Sunday. It is well worth seeing and worth 2+ hours, more with the reading elements. This evening Kimberly Drew speaks on the intersection of photography, pop culture and social media in the artist's work, along with the history of photography in like work. https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/lecture-kimberly-drew/ At the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park 6PM Free (but sold out)
The Hank Willis Thomas show ends Sunday. It is well worth seeing and worth 2+ hours, more with the reading elements. This evening Kimberly Drew speaks on the intersection of photography, pop culture and social media in the artist's work, along with the history of photography in like work. https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/lecture-kimberly-drew/ At the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park 6PM Free (but sold out)
Wednesday, January 08, 2020
January 8 Future Filbert Prairie
We don't cover poetry, literary, theater, music, dance. Occasionally we catch one. Portland is in a Renaissance of LGBTPOC+ making their own creative ecosystem. Multiartist Joni Renee Whitworth presents their spoken work tonight. They are a principal of creative magnet Future Prairie Collective. At Literary Arts 925 SW Washington 7PM sharp Free
Saturday, January 04, 2020
January 4 Transitional Bachelorette Siren Myths
Johanna Jackson has Some Transitional Objects From My Extended Phenotype. Strongly recommended. It is along with Bachelorette, Milano Chow drawings. There is a musical performance by Shelley Short with Sunfoot at 7. At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Iyvone Khoo and Pinar Yoldas have The Absence of Myth. Khoo is inspired by the Great Pacific Garbage Gyre. Yoldas explores designer babies enabled by genetic engineering. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
Carolyn Ann Hopkins has Sirens. The description is better found on the gallery website and insta. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
Iyvone Khoo and Pinar Yoldas have The Absence of Myth. Khoo is inspired by the Great Pacific Garbage Gyre. Yoldas explores designer babies enabled by genetic engineering. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
Carolyn Ann Hopkins has Sirens. The description is better found on the gallery website and insta. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
Friday, January 03, 2020
January 3 Eastside Art Openings+
Tonight's big + is in far Vancouver, Washington. Calico Randall, Hannah Piper Burns, Loulou Fernandez, Fernanda D’Agostino, Sarah Turner, Tara Murino Brault, and Vika Ayers, organized by Sandy Sampson, Helen Spencer-Wallace and Crystal Cortez, present Mass Residue. The far Tortugas may not be as far today, gentrification and all. At Art At The Cave, 108 Evergreen Blvd, Vancouver. 5PM-9 Free
Look into my Eyes by Sam Goreski and Thanks for the Feeling by Tara Johnson open at One Grand www.ogpdx.com 1001 E Burnside 7PM-10 Free
Our Bodies Are is group show by women artists contemplating the body. At Union Knott 2726 ML King Blvd. 6PM-9 Free
Look into my Eyes by Sam Goreski and Thanks for the Feeling by Tara Johnson open at One Grand www.ogpdx.com 1001 E Burnside 7PM-10 Free
Our Bodies Are is group show by women artists contemplating the body. At Union Knott 2726 ML King Blvd. 6PM-9 Free
Thursday, January 02, 2020
January 2 Westside Art Openings
At the Nine gallery, artist Lisa Jarrett has Shine. Recommended. Donna Gottschalk, is a self-taught photographer inspired by the work of Arbus. A feminist lesbian activist beginning in age 18, she began to photograph her world in 1970's New York, and continued it across the country into her 60's. The photographs became available from her archives in 2018, resulting in the show Brave, Beautiful Outlaws, first at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. The work now travels to Portland. Along with it is Kavanah by Hannah Altman: photographs abstractly inspired by the Jewish diaspora, memory, and narrative. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org 122 NW 8th Map 6PM-9 Free
Many of the galleries have openings later in the month or group shows.
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. 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 8-9PM
Many of the galleries have openings later in the month or group shows.
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. 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 8-9PM
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