June 25 Garden Music

Patricia Wolf, Francisco Botello, and Cyrus perform ambient and downtempo in the Leach Botanical Garden. It is the first of a Summer series. Bring a blanket and picnic if you like.

Tickets & more: https://www.feelslikefloating.com/rsvp?recordId=recEaWx1zmqlBZgTN

Music at Leach Botanical Garden https://www.leachgarden.org/ 6704 SE 122nd 3PM $22 Advance

June 24 Labyrinth Below Music

ILY2 opens show And Down Below the Earth Shown Bright by Rae Davis, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Eve Fowler, Sidony O’neal, Nicole Ondre, Paige Powell, Ido Radon, Sara Rahmanian, and Davina Semo. Recommended. At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders 2PM-5 Free


Lowell has settled into a large space around the corner from Nationale. They open Labyrinth This Way by Momo Gordon. The show includes graphite drawings on handmade paper & custom furniture paired with vintage metalwork & objects. At Lowell https://www.lowellshopgallery.com/ 2136 E Burnside 4PM-7 Free


If you would like some music, PlaygroundPDX is free at Cathedral Park Noon-9.

Future Museums, Pulse Emitter, Eltond and New Frontiers perform at Leven Community Center 5431 NE 20th Doors 7:30PM show 8 $10-25

June 17-18 Synth Pedal

Portland brings its second synth expo and adds pedals. It's https://delicious-audio.com/portland-synth-and-pedal-expo. At Briq Studios 209 NW 4th Ave #3 Saturday 12PM-6, Sunday 11AM-5 RSVP requested https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-portland-synthmodular-expo-2023-tickets-622162764577 Free

June 17 Fighting

Una Palabra de Lucha is a group show by Latino artists, local and beyond. It is happening in multiple locations. Show https://www.steloarts.org/pb-present-events/una-palabra-de-lucha-exhibition-opening at Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 412 Northwest 8th Avenue 2PM-6 Free

June 11 Coasting

Salut! 8 is the Nucleus small works on coasters. Their website links all the artists. $70 each makes them easy to collect.

At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 3PM-6 Free

June 10 Predux

This is a preview for Richard Mosse's Broken Spectre. It is a continuation of his connection to Portland.

Mosse presented Enclave in the 2013 Venice Biennale. PAM Director Ferriso brought it soon after for an installation at the museum. A first for the artist. It tells part of the story of the war of warlords terrorizing Eastern Congo. It is a continuation of the Rwandan war of 1994. I was in Eastern Congo in about July 1994.

The Congo warlords are fueled by primitive mining including tantalum. The tantalum is smuggled to China where it is made into an electronic component, a tantalum capacitor. They are an electrical shock absorber to make the bit signals electronic systems actually work. Every electonic device uses large numbers of them.

Mosse is a product of the Yale School. Many graduates of that program do great work in the Arbus gaze. Mosse puts Yale's documentary approach to much more potent use.

Mosse is now engaged with the Converge 45, presenting art this Summer. Converge 45 was a response to the decline of PICA. PICA was a response to disinterest by the Portland Art Museim in Art on the Edge.

As a preview, the NYT talks Broken Spectre. There are many articles and videos on the project you can find. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/arts/design/richard-mosse-film-amazon-brazil.html

Brazil also has a mining problem, leading to a violence problem, and a pollution problem as outside miners use cyanide to separate gold from mud. The cyanide is, of course, poured in the river.

Mosse is articulate, passionate, and humble. Don't miss his work.

June 9-11 Assembly

The Assembly social practice event is distributed and free! See psuartandsocialpractice http://psusocialpractice.org/assembly/

June 8 Grief

Derek Franklin, principal at SE Cooper, presents his own work tonight. They are vaguely plant like sculptures and paintings entitled Grief is on my calendar everyday at 2:00 p.m. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5PM-7 Free

June 4 Electronic Overlook

Modular on the Spot begins 2023 sound making. It is one of informal series of modular synth concerts outdoors en plein air.

Knob twisters include Casual Decay, Musique Mystique, Enzo Caselnova, Molly Miner and Yunsumz.

At Overlook Park, 6PM Free

June 3 Always Lost Alchemical Magic Future Flow Omens

They Always Have, and Still Do are bright paintings on a floral theme by Amy Bay. At Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map Masks required 3PM-5 Free


False Front is back. Ryan T. Riss has Do you believe in magic? At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 6PM-9 Free


Lost on Purpose is paintings and installation by Ree Artemisa. At Sator Projects https://www.satorprojects.com/ 1709 SE 3rd. 5PM-8 Free


Alchemical Transformations by Brian Bartz, Blue McCall x Proof of Body, Kelley O’Leary are at Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map  5PM-8 Free


Chris Lael Larson has colordul Product Flows. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8


The Smalltalk Collective finishes their gallery run with Old Futures Gone. The collective continues. At the Small Talk Collective Strange Paradise Gallery www.smalltalkcollective.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free


Omens of Capacity continues. At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free

June 2 Friday We're in Love

ADX Has their skate deck painting show and aniversary party. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 4PM-9 Free


More at 1FPDX FB, their FirstFridayPDX Insta and individual space socials.

June 2 Somewhere

Bill Rebholz has Somewhere Around Here, schematic figurative work. At Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free

June 1-3 Big Feet Speak

The Bigfoot Regional Poetry Festival Slam runs across times and venues. You can get your big ears on - https://www.bigfootpoetry.com/event-schedule.

June 1 Westside Art Openings

Blue Sky has a longtime relationship with Lithuanian photographers going back to Jeffrey Crater visiting in person. The country has long running photography societies which even in Soviet times brought film and paper into the country when that was very difficult. They created discussion and photography book libraries before the Internet.

Rimaldas Vikšraitis (1954-) lenses the rural poverty of his country in transition from the Soviet era and young people moving to cities.

Safi Alia Shabaik has Personality Crash: Portraits of My Father Who Suffered from Advanced Stages of Parkinson's Disease, Dementia and Sundowners Syndrome.

Jerry Mayer brings his minimal paper sculpture works.

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


Lindsey Fox has paintings in a new literary coworking space. At The Writers Block 818 NW Flanders 6PM-9


Blackfish has a show of many of their artists. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 6PM-9 Free


Lost/Found by Nancy Wilkins opens. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free


Synth Library Portland sets up for hands-on. At P:ear Mentor 338 NW 6th 5PM-8 Free


Alex Stone and Cassie Ferguson open Solus / Solace. At After / Time Collective 730 SW 10th Suite 110 Look for the entrance on 9th 5PM-8 Free