Sean Healy has a new body of autobiographical monochrome painting-drawings, Lifer. Along with The Teckivy Nazdack, impressionist landscape paintings by Shane McAdams. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5PM-7 Free
Kim Osgood has schematic botanical landscapes along with landscapes by Gabriel Liston. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
Remembering, mixed-media paintings, by Clint Brown; In and Out of Darkness by Barbara Black and Linda Neufer are mixed media with text; Los Caprichos, something something BarbieTM, is by Monica Mitchell. The whole show is on the website. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Free
PNCA-Willamette is reasserting its space in the First Thursday ecosystem. They are doing cross-promotions with other spaces throughout the month.
In their building Garabatos is by Rodrigo Valenzuela and part of Converge45. Also part of Converge45 is work by Adriene Cruz, Jeremy Okai Davis, Patrick Hamilton, Karlo Andrei Ibarra, Brian Maguire, and Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen. Claire Frances Spaulding has Quip n’ Craft: Bless this Niche "craft, kitsch, critique, and permanence." Fragmented Cantos//Returning EnsueƱo is mixed-media by Amoqiix-Araceli. Rosie Hebert & Eva Younkman have We Are All Made of Stars. High Stakes are oil stick drawings with a soundtrack by Bryce Frimming. Rotary 5 is a show by Megita Denton, Mychelle Moritz, Liz Borowski, Angel O’Brian, and Jolyn Fry themed on the telephone game.
At PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-9 Free
Blue Sky continues Richard Mosse as part of Converge45.
Trude Parkinson has Plea, text-based work, accompanied by Terri Hopkins poetry at the Nine Gallery
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-8 Early Close Free
Writers Block has a band photography retrospective by Jason Quigley, with a DJ and acoustic. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8
That would pair well with The Black Gallery, in the former Holding Contemporary space, retrospective on hip hop. You can contact them to RSVP to view. At the Black Gallery https://www.theblackgallerypdx.com and www.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Ffirst-thursday-hip-hop-50-paint-and-sip-at-the-black-gallery-tickets-728574424717 916 NW Flanders. 6PM-9 $25
Stelo continues its Converge 45 show, ending Saturday. at Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 412 Northwest 8th 5PM-8 Free
Sabina Haque has schematic climate-themed paintings. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
You Ni Chae has paintings and Brad Mildrexler has sculptures 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 Free
Morgan Walker has mistical figurative paintings Watermelon Song and David Schell has geometric abstracts Casual Plans. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
Froelick has a 28th anniversary group sow, and opportunity to see their entire corpus. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free
I believe PSU's Litman and White is has an event too tonight. W+K guests a market and event.
Plus, in the North, PCC Cascade's Paragon gallery has Volcano by Jen Sova. Reading 6:30PM At Paragonn Gallery 815 N Killingsworth 4PM-8 Free