Westside art openings are reviving slightly, though others focus on Saturday mid-day openings.
Sara Siestreem is Hanis Coos, one of the Oregon tribes. She has paintings and mixed media, and a video work, in a show taking the whole gallery, Looking for the Land///Found the Weather. Many Oregon tribes were de-recognized by the federal government as discussed in the recent https://www.underscore.news/reporting/experts-say-lawsuits-pose-greatest-threat-to-tribes-in-decades. The last Hanis language speaker passed in 1972, before the artist was born. This scene, from a famous Wim Wenders film, Where the Green Ants Dream, set in Austrailia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiN2B9cklC0 captures that idea. Recommended. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-8 Early Close Free
The late David Pace, working in West Africa, presents The Architecture of L’Ancien Village, https://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibitions/archives/2023/david-pace. Saturday at 3PM is a talk. Eli Durst has The Community, https://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibitions/archives/2023/eli-durst. He has a 1PM Saturday talk.
The Nine Gallery inside Blue Sky has Paula Overbay, a Portland and East Coast late career artist. In this show, Cells, she interprets cell growth with a pointalist painting style.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-7 Early Closing Free
Blackfish has Monica Mitchell with Unos Sitios Escondidos Hidden Places, Corey S. Pressman with The Light at the Center, and Carol Bensonwith Counterpanes. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 6PM-9 Free
What If? is a show of 27 artists across America by 4 curators. It is themed on a what if? future. Gallery 114 is a coop as are several local galleries, often focused on the work of their members. At Gallery 114 www.gallery114pdx.com 1100 NW Glisan 5PM-7 Early Closing Free
Waterstone continues their 30 year retrospective group show. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 4PM-7 Early Closing Free
