October 2 Salt Flood Spooky Lavender

Salt - A Story of the Land & Landscape is a show of aerial photographs by Sandra Chandler of salt evaporation ponds at the edges of the San Francisco Bay. You can get an idea at https://www.salt.photography/gallery/. At the Murdoch Collections 2219 NW Raleigh 3PM-7 Free

Lavender House is a video work at Oregon Contemporary by Sarah Rara themed on the vicissitudes of the landlord-tenant relationship. It is even humorous. The artist, and the curator Asha Bukojemsky, formerly of Portland, and now working in LA, speak at 5:30PM At the Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free

Maria Lux has Waiting for the Flood, photographs. She wins the copyright award for "Continuing Lux’s recent work on de-extinction (bringing extinct animals back from the dead), Waiting for the Flood asks how alternative stories, emotions like humor and weirdness, and irreverent approaches to mainstream environmentalism can help us cope with, and perhaps reimagine, what appears to be inevitable." 

At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate#2. 6PM-9 Free

Spooky Season is a group show on that theme curated by Jessie Weitzel Le Grand, who had a recent excellent show at Chefas. Artists include Andrea Alonge, Paolo Puck, Sarah Hughes, Yaloo Ji Yeon, Pam Puck, Dan Lam. Anthony Roberto, Jenny Ollikainen, Jessie Weitzel Lagrand, Jeremy Legrand, and Alyson Provax. The closing show is October 30 with costumes encouraged. At Well Well Projects https://www.wellwellprojects.com/ in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free