December 21-? NTVTY XII

The Xhurch NTVTY XII is actvated as a series of stations of Nativity at Virtua Gallery in the mall.

The first artist NTVTY was a collaboration by artists at the Xhurch in 2010. Jesus, of course was an alien, a birthright citizen of homeless Jewish undocumented parent migrants, in Bethlehem.

That is all current and rich material for artist interpretation. To me, in past years, the mirror tunnel with MSHR, and the virtual reality baptism were highlights.

Like last year, many of stations are nativity scenes with computers or technology as the baby messiah.

Check their socials for hours ongoing, more interactive art, and more experimental music into the new year.

NTVTY XII at Virtua_Gal at Lloyd Mall Suite B216. It is in the former Lady Foot Locker, second level, above Zumiez and Hot Topic. For now, check their socials for open times. Free

December 21 Stone Field

It is the end of the year, family time, and vacation time. So art will take a rest. There are many crafts and small artworks events you can find.

The Lumber Room has a group show from their collection, and are open this afternoon. Otherwise check their website and make an appointment to see it.

A Stone in a Field includes Jo Baer, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Sarah Braman, Mary Corse, Moira Dryer, Suzan Frecon, Luchita Hurtado, On Kawara, Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Robert Mangold, Anna Maria Maiolino, Agnes Martin, John McCracken, K.R.M. Mooney, Betty Parsons, Sarah Rapson, Dorothea Rockburne, Michelle Stuart, Stefanie Victor, Erika Vogt and Evelyn Taocheng Wang.

At The Lumber Room https://lumberroom.com/exhibitions/2024/549 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map  Noon-3 Free

December 15 Time Cards

Happy wall of text Sunday.

PPSTMM closes It’s About Time by Leslie Hickey and Jesse England with a reception, a reading from Hickey, and new works from England.

"It’s about time is composed of two, multi-faceted projects, one each from Hickey and England. The works on display dovetail into their past exploits, where through the use of photography, storytelling, and mad scientistry they observe, consider, then act to capture that which needed drawing out, or at times hiding in plain sight. Shedding light on the peculiarities of everyday life. The casual viewer may take their images and devices as longings for bygone occasions, however, upon further review, we see Hickey and England eschewing nostalgic and doughy eyed notions, in favor of the ardent, hard-boiled stare of the artist as social critic raptor.

In their own ways, the artists bring to It’s about time reflections on eras vis-à-vis a technological tool of communication. These instruments and the moments they facilitate are simultaneously of the past, as well as our present. I care not to make too many assumptions on our future at this moment. Hickey’s sensibilities provide a reverence to pedestrian stories, overgrown lawns, and the corners of empty houses that surround us. While England deploys a dry wit upon the phenomenological media tools of our lives. This dual-project exhibition weaves together their unique approaches and invites viewers to examine the delicate interplay between nostalgia and contemporary existence we all encounter."

At PPSTMM 323 NE Wygant #203. 11AM Free


Nucleus House has a vast stable of illustration-style artists spanning the world. They have a California branch and two on Alberta in Portland. They do solo shows and have inexpensive prints and objects available year-around. One of their big shows of small works opens tonight. All are 5"x7" and priced at $110 cash and carry.

There are 396 artists: A.M.Sartor, Aaron Robert Baker, Adèle Verlinden, Alex Cabal, Alexia Novella, Alexis Marga, Alvaro Escobar-Fuentes, Amber Aki Huang, Amber Skye Alcock, Amelia Hofsteede, Amelia Rozear, ameru, Amy Earles, Anaïs FLOGNY, Anastasiia Platoshyna, Andi Soto, Andrea Bell, Andrea du Plessis, Andrea Kang, Andrea Offermann, Andrei Sitari, Andrew Brandou, Andrew Ghrist, Andrew Rae, Angela Ramones, Angie Duran, Anuj Shrestha, Art of Yayu, Ashley Dreyfus, Ashly Lovett, Athena Parella, Aunia Kahn, Authan Chen, Ayuna, Azhimova Anastasia, Bags43, Barbara Malagoli Martino, beachghost, Bekah Zeimetz, Ben McEntee, Berta Vallo, Beverly Arce, Billy Fowler, Bird Cvlt, birdfingers, Blanca Gómez, Bo Myles, Bob Doucette, Brianna Miller, Brooks Shane Salzwedel, Bryce Wymer, Burrito Breath, Caia Koopman, Caleb Sinchok, Camila Rosa, Camille Whitcher, Candace McKay, Candie Bolton, Carolin Leary Prinn, Carolina T. Godina, Caroline Frumento, Chad J. Keith, Charlotte Dumortier, Chelsea Beck, Chi Ngo, Chizu Wada, Chloe Niclas, Choimago, Christelle Diale, Christina Zhang, Cleonique Hilsaca, Coco Glez, Cody Jimenez, Cogumeli, Colin Jack, Creature Creature, Crimsoooo, Cris James, Crisselle, Cristal Ortiz, Crystal Barbre, Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Daifei, Dale Raines, Dan Tavis, Dani Spickermann, Daniel Lacalle, Daniel Locke, Danielle Bennett, Danielle Chenette, Danny Malboeuf, Daria Solak, Defectivepudding, Diana Ling, Diego Andrade, Diego Penuela, Dillie Pickles, Dimitris Pantazis, Dozergirl, Dracko Velasco, Dusty Ray, Edward Cao, Egene Koo, elevatorteeth, Elisa Escalera Aguilera, ellievsbear, Elliott wells, Em Randall, evelmiina, Eri Aikawa, Erica Williams (HookieDuke), Erika Kosmatka, Erikas, eureka, Evie May Adams, FARTSYLEE, Faunwood, Federico Tobon, Felipe Rodriguez, Florence Solis, Francesco Simone Savi, Franco Zacha, fulltimefish, Gabriel Gomez, Gemma Correll, Gemma Román, Gizem Vural, Goblinbutter, Grace Cho, Grace Poole, Graham Annable, Graham Franciose, Grey Chen, Grimbytes, Guillaume Josué, Guno Park, Gus Sanchez, Haley Manchon, HAMADARAKA, Hanna Jaeun, Hannah Tjia, Haylee Morice, Hazel Ang, Heartslob, Heather Lee Birdsong, Heather Sundquist Hall, Heidi Moreno, Hélène Lenoble, Helice Wen, Hollie Mengert, Hugo Beaurepere, ileanadraws, Irene Martino, Iryna Khymych, Isamar Medina, Ivardi Ahau, Izzy Abreu, Jacquelin de Leon, James Lipnickas, James Thistlethwaite, Jamie Green, Jana Heidersdorf, Janice Chu, January Sun, Jason Mowry, Javier Pinto, Jaya Nicely, Jen Tong, Jen Yoon, Jenia Cher, Jenn Woodall, Jenna Gibson, Jenna Wing-Hu, Jennifer Allnutt, Jeremy Gdalia, Jessica Hess, Jesssdraws, Jez Tuya, Jim Chen-Hsiang Hu, JJ ZAMORANOS, Joanna Viheria, JObe , Johanna Springer, John F. Malta, John Rego, Jon Fox, Jon Lam, Jonathan Djob-Nkondo, Joon the Goon, Joseph Dragunas, Joseph Iovescu, Joyblivion, JUHWA, Julia Lundman, Julia Peng, Julian Callos, Julian Miholics, Juliana Loomer, Kamryn Tulare, Karen Remsen, Kate Paints, Katharine Henry, Kazune Shintaku, kEda Gomes, Kelly Belter, Kelly Sux, Kelly Thorn, Kelly Yamagishi, Kelsey Oseid, Kevan Hom, Kevin Jay Stanton, Kim Thai Nguyen, Kim Yeon Jeong, Kima Lenaghan, Kimera Wachna, Kristina Sabaite, Kyle Fewell, Lana Jay, Laura Guglielmo, Leah Artwick, Lena Fridman, Lettie Jane, Lianne Pflug, LIFO, Lilblueorchid, Lily Qian, Linnea Strid, Little Paper Forest, Lizzy Gass, Look for the Hunter, Loretta Lizzio, Luhan Wang, Luisa Rivera, Luna Ana, Luke Alarcon, Lydia Ramsey, MadebyEnger, Madi Harper, Madison Safer, Maggie Chiang, Maggie Ivy, Mall, Marc Majewski, Marie-Eve Proteau, Marika Paz, Marina Caro, Mario Maplé, Marisa Aragón Ware, Mark Conlan, Mark Seabrook, Marlowe (Odd Rabbits), Maryanna Hollomon, Matt Schu, Matthew Aceves, Matthew Crumpton, Maya Ruiz, Mayuko Iwata, Mayumi INOHA, McMonster, Meadow & Fawn, Megguran, Melissa Grisancich, Michael Powers Tarantelli, Michael York Gilreath, Mike Howat, Minh Myler, Miranda Sofroniou, Miranda Tacchia, Missupacey, Mizucat, Mocculere, muertosruz, Muna Abdirahman, Nadhir Nor, NAN4SAN, Nana Williams, Nando von Arb, Nano Abia, Naoshi, Nicole Bustamante, Nicomi Nix Turner, Niemo, Niky Motekallem, Novalina Raya, Olga Wieszczyk, Owlyjules, Paige Reynolds, Paper Puffin, Parakid, Paralilac, Patrick Leger, Paulette Jo, Perrilla, Petra Frankova, pngianne, Po Yan Leung, Pony Ma, Poopikat, Quathryn, Raahat Kaduji, Rachael Pease, Rachel Bensimon, Rachel Hayden, Rachel Ivanyi, Rachel Maves, Raf Sarmento, Rafaela Pascotto, Raid71, Randy Vargas, Ray Dak Lam, Riccardo Pagni, Rim Baudey, Risa Kshida, Rita Chen, Rose Wong, Rozenn, Rupy Kaloti, Ryan Alexander Lee, Ryan Harris, Ryo Shibata, Sandra Yagi, Sara Wilson, Sarah Cliff, Sarah Jamison, Sarah Kieley, Sara Nilsson, Sarah Whang, Saskia Huitema, Scion Illustration, Scott Mills, Scott Santee, Sean Keeton, Sean Whelan, Sena Adjovi, Shannon Knight Shannon Knight, Shee Liu, Shelly Swann, Shimhaq, Shoko Ishida, Sibylline Meynet, Simon J. Curd, Song Chuaynukoon, Song Kang, Sophia Du, Sophia Kiuchi, Sophie Robin, Squid Vishuss, Steve Kim, Steven Russell Black, Stevie Shao, Strijboll, Sunny Eckerle, Sylvia Ji, Taegan Treichel, Tallboy, tarakeet, Taryn Knight, Tassy, tbeardraws, Tena Galović, Tess Smith-Roberts, Tete Garcia, Thao Tran, Thinh Dinh, Tidawan, Tiffany Wei, Tim Romanowsky, tintist, Tom Christophersen, Toshiki Nakamura, Trashkitty, Tristan Poulain, Tuan Nini, Ty Goodwin, Vahe Yefremian, Valérie Bastille, Vanessa Morales, Varvara Nedilska, Veronica Steiner, Vicky Xie, Victor Bizar Gómez, Victoria Gedvillas, Victoria Skellan, Victoria V Nunley, Wenting Li, William Darkdrac, Wina Obake, Yohan Sacré, Yuckie, Yujia Wang, Yulong Lli, Yumi Yamazaki, Zach Meyer, Zachary Oldenkamp, Zoe Lunar, Zoe Persico, and Zozo Jhen.

9th annual postcard show https://nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/p-s-9th-annual-postcard-show at Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta Noon-4 Free

December 14 Secret Nucleus Fountain

Nucleus brings a show of paintings by Kristin Kwan all the way from Nebraska.

At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta


A Secret Room Press is a Risograph studio. Today is an unusual one, they show 8 and 16mm vintage and modern films themed on dogs, including Houndsville. Houndsville started as a comic by Amanda Berlind out of Ashland https://www.amandaberlind.com/bio. Then she made it into an 8mm film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCW2UwJEsmU The artist-filmmaker is also a composer. A Secret Room Press drops the coundtrack on cassette tonight too.

Films at A Secret Room Press 3225 SE Division 7:30PM $6


The Schnitzer Collection has a retrospective of the Fountain Gallery at the Oregon Historical Society.

While the Museum and Museum Art School were strong contemporary forces, the Fountain Gallery, 1961-1986 was arguably the first contemporary gallery in Portland. The Fountain Gallery stable was continued by Laura Russo, 1943-2010, who worked at the Fountain, and her gallery, now Russo-Lee. Curator Bruce Guenther, a strong contemporary curator for the Portland Art Museum, worked at the Fountain.

You can see a time capsule of an era in art in this show with parallels to the Portland Art Museum collection of works.

Reception https://www.ohs.org/events/a-fountain-of-creativity-open-house.cfm at the Oregon Historical Society Noon-5 Free for Multnomah County residents RSVP requested

December 14, 15, 18 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is a documentary about the four month term in 1960 of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of Congo. It is presented by the Camas Independent Film Festival.

It weaves the great game between the US and then USSR for control of Africa, with African American musician performances in Africa sponsored by the State Department. Lumumba was deposed in a coup led by Mobutu Sese Seko at the behest of the CIA. He was later killed by separatists amidst conflicts between factions competing to rule the country. Later Mobutu gained control of Congo, ruling from 1965-1997.

The film cuts archival footage with American musicians performing and text excerpts from writings of the time, intelligence sources, news, historians, and even a play. It is a nonfiction exploration on film of emotion, idealism, and realpolitik.

The film has a short blip about mining for tantalum, coltan, in Eastern Congo by warlords - to make electronic devices, including mobile phones. The minerals are smuggled to China where the electronic parts are made. That is subject to responsible source tracing which doesn't work. Unfortunately the filmmaker does not close the loop on the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 as the cause of the warlord economy of Eastern Congo. That one would have been easy to curtail. I spoke to Susan Rice about it after a talk. It was discussed, but there was no appetite to become involved after Black Hawk Down. Rwanda and Burundi were a Belgian colonies, along with South Sudan.

Other films on the theme are Lumumba: The Death of a Prophet (1991) and Lumumba (2000). There are many books, and it is a minor part of The Poisonwood Bible. For more about Mobutu, the film When We Were Kings (1996) is excellent.

I was in Congo just after the Rwandan Genocide and there was gunfire in the distance. I am a student of the history and current events of the region. The film was aclaimed at Sundance and picked up distribution at Cannes. The film does not seem to have any other showings booked here. I think it is in the festival circuit, maybe it will be booked in Portland in general release. It is on the shortlist for documentary at the Academy Awards.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat https://www.camasliberty.com/movies/297231-soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat/ at the Liberty Theater 315 N.E. 4th Ave., Camas, WA Saturday 11AM, Sunday 12:55PM, Wednesday 6 $10

December 13 Playful Drama

Chess Club is a new art and culture perodicals store which hosts events. Tonight they host the drop of local journal Berm #6. It includes writing by artists you may recognize.

There will be a play/movement piece with live music written by Midori Hirose, The Peculiar Parade of Playful Interactions, at 7. It has many collaborators you know and is described as "Gödel, Escher, Bach meets Alice in Wonderland." DJ Lite Drama fills out the evening.

At Chess Club Art https://chessclub.art/ 435 NW 6th 6PM-9:30 Free

December 7 Northside Art Openings+

+1 Volt Divers has an itinerant night of modular synth music accompanied by visuals. Musicians are Terror Apart, XLV, Ahpook, Chaos Soahc, ZAaGAaRah, Pr0xima, cult group 1 of Spines, Solenoid, Casual Decay, and Rise of Necropolis, and finally cult group 2 of Greyjoy, Psydrith, Uri Thrall, Arkham Sunset.

At the Coffin Club early start 7PM-10 Free!


+2 Iván Carmona has a show of glass and ceramic sculptures, Trozos. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5 Free RSVP by email to info at pdxcontemporaryart.com


+3 Checkmate is a large group show themed on chess. They will have some boards set up too.

Chess show https://www.nationale.us/checkmate-2024 at Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map 5PM-9 Free


The Reprintery combines quilting, printed fabric, and printmaking by Charlotte Flory and Michelle Freedman At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map  5PM-8 Free


Carnation continues its exchange with Soil Gallery in Seattle. The artists are on the Carnation insta. Soil is always a great stop visiting Seattle. At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. Noon - 5 or 8 Free


Oregon Contemporary continues Sea of Vapors by Emily Counts. They have a one day craft sale from OCAC refuges.

At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map Noon-8 Free


And the Precipice Fund makes small art grants. It is funded by the Warhol Foundation and juried by PICA from calls. This is the 13th grant cycle. The calls shift in focus. In the past they kept small experimental galleries open. Then it shifted to art collectives and individual artists. Not sure what the cycle is now.

The grantees are https://pica.org/blog/pf13grantees

The grantees, their friends, and everyone they know will be there. It will be a mix and a party, though I have never understood them scheduling it in conflict with other gallery openings.

Precipice Fund drop at 15 NE Hancock Doors 6:30PM, Party 8 Free

December 7-8 Marine Breeze

The Unkles family is one of Portland unsung art patrons. They rent space for artist studios. They parlayed the family business into buying warehouses. In the 1990s warehouses were plentiful and inexpensive. But city regulation, and the lust by tech for warehouse offices, ended that. The Unkles family maintains the tradition, only raising the rent when the studio changes artist.

Today is a rare opportunity to look inside one, the NW Marine Art Works. For these events, the artists usually straighten their studios. And, for this one, guest artists will bring work from the Seed Building, River Studios, the Boathouse, and Carton services deemed not suited for large events by the City. They have also invited artists and crafters from outside the Unkles family studios.

The big list of some of the participating artists, fod, drink, and music is https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/winter24.

Of course you are encouraged to buy art direct and experience the narratives of each artist. It's family friendly with live music, food and drink. Open studios at NW Marine Art Works 2516 NW 29th. 10AM-4PM Free

December 6 Eastside Art openings

Info at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.


Tonight is the once a year treat, the Falcon Art Community open studios. The Falcon Art Community occupies the basement of a large apartment building. Artists are curated in; many do large realistic landscapes and portraits in oil. Other artists include graphic novelists, musicians, and theater performers. Once a year they open their studios. Open studios at the Falcon Art Community 5415 N Albina 6PM-9 Free


Chefas Projects brings group show, Abstract Thought, by Bobby Adams, Jordan Clark, Nate Ethington, Cody Hudson, Erik Railton, and John Vitale.

"The language of abstract art has always relied on tenets of shape, color, gesture, and composition as its core vocabulary, and each artist who takes on the task of communicating through abstraction inevitably wrestles with how to transform these elements into something of their own. This is what makes abstraction so rich and thrilling – it offers an exciting glimpse into the mind of the artist, a snapshot of how they translate the world around them into their own vibrant visual language."

At Stephanie Chefas gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free


Dream House is the offspring of Beech Street Parlor. It is a bar in an old house with nightly DJs. They have a wide music network. Tonight they open an art show by Alex Bettini, Sierra Fortune, Lo Gonsalves, Sirena, Murio, Anthony Smith, Benjamin Serrano, Alex Stone, and Charles Richards. At Dream House www.dreamhousepdx.com 412 NE Beach Street 8PM-midnight Free


Ori Art Gallery is usually by appointment, but tonight they open Wiri Wiri Bird’s Eye, by Zoë Gamell Brown. More information at www.oriartgallery.com, Ori Gallery, little with a big vision 4038 N Mississippi 3PM-7 Free

December 5 Westside Art Openings+

First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon.


After/Time, ILY2, Adams & Ollman, Elizabeth Leach, Laura Vincent Design, Augen, Blue Sky, and The Black Gallery continue. Some galleries, ILY2, A&O, and Antler are in Miami.


For your +1 you can experience Flamenco music with guitarist Brenna McDonald and guitarist/vocalist Yeshe Wingerd. A project of Espacio Flamenco, it repeats on first Thursdays. At Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis 7PM-9 Free


+2 The Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.


+3 The Schnitzer Collection is open First Thursday and other limited hours. They have long running theme shows and occasional events. The current show is curated from Fountain Gallery artists. The Fountain Gallery is also the subject of a retrospective at the Oregon Historical Society https://www.ohs.org/museum/exhibits/a-fountain-of-creativity.cfm.

While the Museum and Museum Art School were strong contemporary forces, the Fountain Gallery, 1961-1986 was arguably the first contemporary gallery in Portland. The Fountain Gallery stable was continued by Laura Russo, 1943-2010, who worked at the Fountain, and her gallery, now Russo-Lee. Curator Bruce Guenther, a strong contemporary curator for the Portland Art Museum, worked at the Fountain.

You can see a time capsule of an era in art in this show with parallels to the Portland Art Museum collection of works.

At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon 3PM-8 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-fountain-of-creativity-first-thursday-tickets-1041699219407?aff=oddtdtcreator Free


PSU has open studios tonight. 2000 SW 5th 5PM-7 Free


In the Nine Gallery, Christopher Rauschenberg brings urban landscapes in Extramural Artmaking. Inside Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Early Close Free


PNCA has a myriad of shows. It is easier for you to just go than to list them all. At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free


Blackfish has a large show of 32 artists spanning 45 years. Details on their website.

At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Milk Central is a group show of 10 inch square works by 40 artists in the gallery's circle. At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 120 SW Harvey Milk 6PM-9 Free


There is a multishow including crafts. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Works by the late Rick Bartow accompany minimalist painter Yoshihiro Kitai. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free


The Little Big Show is a cash and carry small works show at Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free

November 23 Defamiliarize Get It On

Sara Rahmanian is a recently minted Yale MFA in painting. Ily2 brings her for her first solo show.

Their gallery show https://ily2online.com/artists/sara-rahmanian opens at I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders 3PM-5 Free


Enjoy and Get It On is a group show curated by Christopher Baird. The artists are Morgan Ritter, Rainen Knecht, Lila Jarzombek, Agatha Jaquiss, Jeffrey Hale, Derek Franklin, Srijon Chowdhury and the curator.

"South East Portland is big. It’s like a weirdly spread out tight city, it’s: fucked up apartments, bars, movie theaters, warehouses, porn shops, stores, trains, classic Portland houses with covered porches that used to be cheap to live in. Elliott Smith. Exploding Hearts. I used to get fucked up on drugs and walk the Ross Island bridge into South East. Burnside bridge more times than I can count. Pine Street theater/ La Luna. SHARPS, goths, skaters, music nerds. Unwound at Reed. There’s a thing to South East; punk, rocker kids doing whatever thing they are making cool. Poison Idea. Steve Malkmus and Jessica Jackson Hutchins. Feral House publishing. Leather and tight jeans and boots, even in the rain. There’s people in South East Portland painting paintings. It’s healthy and vibing out there. This thing is just a slice of a few folks, in close proximity to each other, in that part of town- passing energy around."

Hide & Seek Gallery has Carolyn Hazel with The Sewing Room. At Hide & Seek Gallery, a gallery in an apartment, 2638 N. Interstate Unit B 3PM-6 Free

November 22-24 Seattle Butoh Festival

Butoh is a strange dance performance style. Up in Seattle they are having a 3 day festival of performance and workshops. Events https://www.daipanbutohcollective.com/seattlebutohfestival2024 at Yaw Theaterin Seattle Georgetown 6520 5th Ave S 8PM $20-25

November 17 Land Art Talk

The Oregon Alliance for the National Museum of Women in the Arts - https://nmwa.org/ - has Kris Timken speaking on four women in land art 1078-1983.

"Timken’s dissertation “Women, Land Art and the Social (1978-1983)”, [is] a revisionist project that moves beyond the necessary impulse to recover forgotten female artists as pioneers in the early years of the land art movement. She deploys the iconic earth art made by men like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer in the late 1960s and early 1970s as the starting point in an examination of 4 large-scale artworks made by women in the ensuing decade. In the late 1970s, female artists such as Nancy Holt (Sun Tunnels), Patricia Johanson (Fair Park Lagoon), Beverly Buchanan (Unity Stones) and Betty Beaumont (Ocean Landmark) were at the forefront of the land art movement as it transformed from one characterized by isolationism and minimalism to one that was social, connected, and activist."

Talk at PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 2PM-4 Free

November 10 Ghosts in the Void

Portland artists Hannah Piper Burns brings Deathlessness, sculpture and installation. She ran an excellent space, post-Multiplex, at the Everett Station Lofts in its fertile time.

At Virtua Gallery https://xhurch.net/virtua/upcoming.html nee Xhurch in the in Lloyd Center Mall. They are on the mid level next to now-closed Animal. Plant. Mineral. The mall locks the doors at 7PM, so get inside before the doors are locked. 4PM-6 Free


Building 5 at the NW Marine Art Works welcomes resident artists. Look at what they have done and bring your proposals to fill the large space.

Ground Beneath Us is one of the residencies. This readout is from artist Kim Smith Claudel https://www.kimsmithclaudel.com/. Tahni Holt and Emma Lutz Higgins provide movement to the work Ghosts in the Void.

"During her residency at Building 5, Kim will use water and light to create large-scale analog projections, evolving pictures that are formed through choreographed movement within the water. Drawing on historical research of Northwest Marine Ironworks, this work uncovers specific mechanical projects that serve as a metaphorical blueprints for larger themes of containment: the ways in which we seek to hold and represent our natural, messy world, and shape it through our technological frameworks.

Kim searches for moments along the creative process in which gestures of physical forces (gravity / entropy / time) intersect with the ephemeral magic of being (consciousness / intuition / wordless poetry). Her work intersects painting, sculpture, and performance while using a variety of natural, discarded, and technological media—often created within limitations or rule sets.

Her exhibition further explores the ways in which we hold, contain, and ultimately attempt to control water."

At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th 3PM-6, Performance at 4 Free

November 7 Westside Art Openings+

First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon.


ILY2, Adams & Ollman, and The Black Gallery continue.


For your +1 you can experience Flamenco music with guitarist Brenna McDonald and guitarist/vocalist Yeshe Wingerd. A project of Espacio Flamenco, it repeats on first Thursdays. At Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis 7PM-9 Free


+2 The Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.


+3 The Schnitzer Collection is open First Thursday and other limited hours. They have long running theme shows and occasional events. The current show is curated from Fountain Gallery artists. The Fountain Gallery is also the subject of a retrospective at the Oregon Historical Society https://www.ohs.org/museum/exhibits/a-fountain-of-creativity.cfm.

While the Museum and Museum Art School were strong contemporary forces, the Fountain Gallery, 1961-1986 was arguably the first contemporary gallery in Portland. The Fountain Gallery stable was continued by Laura Russo, 1943-2010, who worked at the Fountain, and her gallery, now Russo-Lee. Curator Bruce Guenther, a strong contemporary curator for the Portland Art Museum, worked at the Fountain.

You can see a time capsule of an era in art in this show with parallels to the Portland Art Museum collection of works.

At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon 3PM-8 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-fountain-of-creativity-first-thursday-tickets-1041699219407?aff=oddtdtcreator Free


Jeremy Okai Davis has new paintings From the Stage, A Calling, By and Gravid: Tides of Becoming by Alexis Day.

At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free


Mary Josephson https://www.russoleegallery.com/artists/mary-josephson and partner Gregory Grenon are larger than life portaitists and parents of the Portland Art Collective. This month the gallery presents Josephson's bright portraits.

At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 120 SW Harvey Milk 6PM-9 Free


French photographer, Charles Xelot, brings White Water https://charlesxelot.com/series/white-water/. He is an environmental photographer at the nexus of the natural environment of the Russian Arctic and the human presence there. It is a current topic.

The Arctic Ocean has been seasonally or entirely ice-bound for 2.6 million years. With the human-made increase in atmospheric CO₂, it partially melts in Summer. Oil and gas is found on its edges, and beneath the waters. In the US, that is the at the end of the Alaska Pipeline. In Russia, overland pipelines drain it. Russia ships oil and gas by ship from wells on land when the ice is passable. https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/russia-ramps-up-risks-with-non-ice-class-ships-on-arctic-route-says-poten-partners/2-1-1527386 and https://pame.is/images/03_Projects/ASSR/ASSR_1_-_2024_update.pdf

Of course the long game is to burn all the fossil fuels to end Arctic ice. The side effect is that it will melt the tundra, frozen soil, release the methane sequestered in the soil, further increasing the earth temperatures and extrmeme weather. A meling tundra will cause all the human-made structure foundations to collapse.

In White Water, Xelot photographs ships, people, the land, and the sea. This is Xelot's first Blue Sky Show. He speaks on November 13.

Canadian photographer Pierre Dalpé https://www.pierredalpe.com/ brings Wigstock, portraits 1992-1995 imaged at NYC's legendary drag festival of the same name. He speaks on November 9.

In the Nine Gallery, Ronna Neuenschwanter brings ceramic sculpture in show titled Djinn and Their Environs http://www.ronnaneuenschwander.com/djinn_and_their_environs. She is partner to Baba Wagué Diakité and they share influences of the folk art of Mali.

At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Jackson Hunt and Mikaela Shafer bring Ancestor Adjacent. It is a meditation on how Native American wisdom and culture connects through today and into the future.

At W+K www.wk.com 224 NW 13th Map 5PM-8 Free


Tom Cramer has Superplanet and other new wood reliefs. The Opening reception is Saturday, 1:30. Along with prints by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free


PNCA has open studios and a myriad of shows. It is easier for you to just go than to list them all. At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free


V Maldonado is an artist force and a curator force. Northwest Pedagogies brings artists Garrick Imatani, Amoqiix-araceli, Linda Wysong, Horatio Hung-yan Law, Marie Conner, Mei Love, and David J Torres II. At After/Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free


We Meet in Kangirnaq is a collaboration between Merridawn Duckler in Portland and Palmarin Merges in Japan. It is inspired by the idea of each walking North to meet overland in Alaska.

Ruri has Reflections. She is an expressive while minimalist sculptor; much of her work is anagama-fired. Anagama kilns are wood-fired. It is an ancient method from Japan, now in the Northwest for several artist generations. This show is abstract gestural sumi ink on mulberry paper.

Christopher Shotola-Hardt brings paintings, Elegies. They are paintings of birds in slightly surreal landscapes.

All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Julie Rall has paintings Thread the Needle. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Laurie Danial continues their evolution in abstract painting with Before My Very Eyes. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free


Chris Moench has sculpture Axis of Hope Prayer Wheels and painter Kirk Weller has Discovered Horizons. At Laura Vincent Design and Gallery www.lvdesignandgallery.com/ 824 NW Davis 5PM-8 Free


Salt / Water are fish sculptures by Roberta Lampert. She uses some unique firing methods. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free


Adriene Cruz, Bridgette Hickey, Marquishia Winters, Sesalli Castillo and Syon Davis have a show Mending Histories. At Stelo Arts 412 NW 8th 5PM-8 Free

November 2 Northside Art Openings+

Today is the last day for 45.52951° N, 122.67341° W at the Nine Gallery. The project is a collaboration between the late John Montague, Linda Hutchins, and Stephen Slappe. At 1PM participants will walk from the gallery as a group to the Willammette Greenway, site of the source material. Meet at the Nine Gallery inside Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 1PM Free


PNCA opens their MFA studios for an early readout. Details: https://events.willamette.edu/e/5903, RSVP requested. At the PNCA MFA studios 2139 N Kerby Avenue 5PM-8 Free


Bobby Fouther https://about.me/bobby.fouther, multiartist, brings new work Receiving Space Dancing in the Dark. At Souvenir Gallery https://souvenirartspdx.org/ 1233 NE Alberta 2PM-5 Free


Stevie Shao from Seattle brings new illustrations, https://nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/stevie-shao-solo. At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free


In association with Walk In, Well Well presents Rae Brown From Memory. Bryston Wallace provides music. At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map  6PM-8 Free


Carnation continues its exchange with Soil Gallery in Seattle. The artists are on the Carnation insta. Soil is always a great stop visiting Seattle. At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. Noon - 5 or 8 Free


Oregon Contemporary opens a large installation by ceramics artist Emily Counts. Some of it comes from the late Seattle Museum of Museums.

At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map Noon-8 Free


If you are in Seattle, 206Zulu brings their Hip Hop Film Festival. It's https://www.206zulu.org/programs/seattle-hip-hop-film-festival/ at Washington Hall 153 14th Avenue, Seattle 6PM $10

November 1 Eastside Art Openings

Info at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.


Pam Puck is at Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free

October 27 Love

Amy Bay brings paintings The Book of Love.

Amy Bay with https://www.nationale.us/amy-bay-the-book-of-love-2024 at Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map Recommended 1PM-3 Free

October 26 Mushroom Fire Sometimes

Toadstools is Helen's Costume's four year anniversary show. Toadstools features work by DL Alvarez, Erica Eyres, Noah Greene, Midori Hirose, Johanna Jackson, Chris Johanson, Lena Lutz, Elmeater Morton, Ralph Pugay, Stephanie Simek, Jackie Stewart, Shelley Turley, including sound art. Costumes as you like.

At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill Street 2PM-5 Free


Lucy Cotter https://www.lucycotter.org/ is an international writer, curator, and artist working in Portland. She has been updating her book Reclaiming Artistic Research. She speaks on that today in Artistic Research In A World On Fire. RSVP at https://www.steloarts.org/stelo-events/event-two. 412 NW 8th Avenue 2PM-4 Free


A Sometimes Gallery has limited hours, opening and closing, though they do show up at local print fairs. Their show closing is today. They are selling their vinyl cover show at $100, cash and carry.

At A Sometimes Gallery https://asometimesgallery.com/ 3601 SE Division Noon-4 Free

October 22 Public Nature

Pubic Nature is a roaming itinerant movement/word/music performance. It homes to the Portland Art Collective tonight. In this, they bring Dee Bustos, Jules Tillinghast, and Allie Hankins. Hankins, known for moement, brings sound.

Pubic Nature at the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 120 SW Harvey Milk Door 7:30PM show 8 $10

October 18 Breathing Room

The Lobby at Ellen Browning opens Breathing Room.

The artists are Jeff Elrod, Naotaka Hiro, Kwangho Lee, Kwon Young-Woo, Ranjani Shettar, and Tsai Yun-Ju.

Breathing Room https://ellenbrowningbuilding.com/exhibition/breathing-room/ at The Lobby at Ellen Browning https://ellenbrowningbuilding.com/the-lobby/ 2871 SE Division Street. 6PM-8 Free

October 15 Vote One Family

Today is the last day to register to vote in Oregon. It is also the opening of a large group show, Vote or Suck, in association with Rock the Vote, at 4Oceans1Family.

This art show with political themes gathers artists: Brad Adkins, Facundo Arganaraz, Graham Barey, Alexander Barrett, Jeben Berg, Josh Berger, Catherine Borg, James Boulton, breedingcastle, Steve Brown, Benji Brucker, Tom Cheevers, Bruce Conkle, Nate Corrado, Niko Courtelis, Alberto Cuadros, Francesco Igory Deiana, Cali DeWitt, Kieron Dwyer, Shepard Fairey, Leo Fitzpatrick, Mark Flood, Melanie Flood, Bert Franklin, Hank Willis Thomas (For Freedoms), Tonky, Beth Fujiura, Eric Gibbons, Jim Goldberg, Casey Gray, Matthew Clifford Green, Henry Gunderson, Charles Hall, Casey Hall, Justin Hays, Stephen Hendee, Jed Heuer, Midori Hirose, Will Holmes, Justin Hoover, Charlie Salas-Humara, Ryan Humphrey, Tristan Kwame Irving, Johanna Jackson, Jordan Jackson, Chris Johanson, David Henry Nobody Jr, KATSU, Josh Kermiet, Josh Kobrin, Liz Miller Kovacs, Tony Labat, Chris Lael Larson, Nick Lee, Jennifer Locke, Nate Lowman, Marne Lucas, Chris Lux, Mads Lynnerup, Rick Maderis, Mieke Marple, Eric Mast, Alicia McCarthy, Alyx McClain, Andrew McClintock, Danielle McCoy, Barry McGee, Jordan McRae, Jason Middlebrook, Todd Norsten, Mitsu Okubo, Guy Overfelt, Mike Paré, Ralph Pugay, Rey Ramirez, Scott Reeder, Joan Reidy, Nick Rhodes, Jim Riswold, Timothy Scahill, Kenny Schachter, Lucien Smith, Chris Sollars, Andrea Sonnenberg, Heather Sparks, Amy Stafford, Nick Stokes, Taravat Talepasand, Jeff Teicher, Shelley Turley, Ben Venom, Sebo Walker, Zach Wallenfang, Shannon Wheeler, Wendy White, Ian Williams, Kevin Ronin Wright, Aaron Young, Oliver Yue, Peter Yue, and Michael Zheng.

Art show opening tonight, then open Saturday and Sunday 10/19-20, Noon-6. At 4Oceans1Family, https://www.4oceans1family.com/ 140 NW 4th 6PM-9 Free

October 11 Do Not Look Into the Phone

Magic Mirror Magic Mirror HELP! Get Me Out of Here - a multimedia art show on the mythology of the cell phone and the wrath of the gods is a project filling the Virtua Gallery by EGOR, Mia Misyuk, Kelly Madden, and Mystery Glass. Music by MarkovSoroka (of Tchornobog), 5:3PM0-6:30, live Q&A/artist talk at 6:30PM.

Important instructions. Enter mall parking off NE Halsey and park by Barnes and Noble. At 7 the mall closes so we need to stay in Virtua after 7. No wandering the mall after 7.

At Virtua Gallery nee Xhurch in the in Lloyd Center Mall. They are on the mid level next to now-closed Animal. Plant. Mineral. The mall locks the doors at 7PM, so get inside before the doors are locked. 5PM-8 Free

October 11 - 12 Monument Art and Culture

Monuments are slow culture. Outdoors the changing weather takes its toll on their gravity. Media is fast culture. Values can change quickly. Fast culture can war on slow culture. That resulted in taking down some monuments, new ones appearing, and a discussion of what we want for monuments. https://www.portland.gov/arts/monuments/whats-happening-citys-monuments

This 2 day ticketed and free symposium organized by Converge 45 and hosted by PCC Cascade is part of that process.

You can read about the program on the ticketing page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portland-monuments-project-symposium-tickets-923012805147 Sales end soon. The free steaming links are in the Eventbrite.

Public monuments discussion at PCC Cascade 705 N Killingsworth 9:30AM-5PM Free

October 10-20 NYC Butoh Festival

If you are in New York, the New York Butoh Institute Festival brings performances and workshops.

Vangeline is the main force. She was born in France and brings studies of neuroscience and performance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56c7ed02f8baf3ae17d0dd7c/t/66aac9ecdcdad83cb2956266/1722468846141/%E2%80%98You+Think%2C+So+You+Can+Dance_%E2%80%99+Science+Is+on+It.+-+The+New+York+Times%281%29.pdf She maintains an active performance schedule, including Seattle sometimes.

Vangeline has been collaborating with Akihito Ichihara. Ichihara performed for many years with Sankai Juku, and is continuing with them after the founder passed. Ichihara also has his own unit of young dancers, ELF. Vangeline and Ichihara perform Man Woman together October 12.

The festival this year has a theme honoring Latin American women in butoh, with Natalia Cuéllar from Chile, and Eugenia Vargas from Mexico who perform October 10 and 11.

Natalia Cuellar and Eugenia Vargas, perform October 10 and 11 at 8pm.

Akihito Ichihara/ ELF and Vangeline Theater perform October 12 at 7:30pm.

Workshops are detailed at https://www.vangeline.com/enroll-here.

Ticket links, video excerpts, and details are at https://www.vangeline.com/.

Performances at Triskelion Arts, 106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, New York $24.23-$27.38

October 7 Ancient Oak

There is a famous story about oak beams as told by Gregory Bateson, onetime married to Margart Mead https://longnow.org/ideas/humans-and-trees-in-long-term-partnership/. And Portland has many famous stories about the Oak Street Lofts.

The Portland Oak Street Lofts were a creative incubator. Maybe still. It was a cheap place to live and work creative people love. The Urban Honking crowd had some. It was under inspection by the City because it was not allowed to live. One of the City inspectors was called out for stalking a resident. After that, the Lofts recieved advance notice on inspections to roll up the futons.

Artists Carson Ellis, Midori Hirose, and May Burruell were there in the moment. Same time as the Alphabet Dress show. Tonight they reminesce.

Chat in the context of https://www.nationale.us/carson-ellis-one-week-in-january-2024 at Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map 7PM Free

October 5 Northside Art Openings+

Albina is one of Portland's oldest neighborhoods and was an independent city at one time. It's been thoroughly destroyed by highways, railroads and access to the river blocked by large industrial facilities and ruins. It's polluted too. There are a few old buildings in the neighborhood for a sense of what was: the old Widmer building, Beam and Anchor, some buildings on Russell, the old Ripe Family Dinner building, and some are artist work spaces. The North Coast Seed Building is one, a complex of artist studios in Albina. They are rarely open to the public; the artists bring their work to the Marine Art Works events.

Today some of the artists in the building show their work. Salon D' Autonme at the North Coast Seed Building 2127 N. Albina 1PM-8 Free


Brett Stenson has paintings & Jordan Metcalf has sculptures. At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-7 Free


Floating World Comics inside the Lloyd Mall bring friends to show paper and figures for Gamjam. 11AM-6


Jeremy Le Grand brings paintings, Yelling at the Sun. At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map  5PM-8 Free


The Color of Where We Are Not are installations you can experience, probably better not opening night. The artist Pamela Hadley is a light artist. At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free


Oregon Contemporary continues Orbit, a show of video art. The last day is tomorrow.

At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map Noon-8 Free

October 4 Film Pet Chess

Info at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.


L’Atelier Yaffe has been doing a great job building a community. Their events are dancy, readings, social, and more. They have food and drink throughout the week. We try to bring their visual art events here. Developed x Film is a photography show.

The photographers are Luibelt Almeida, Nana Kwame Bampo, Chantal Gutierrez, Daizsa Jackson, Charity May, Karrick Robinson, Randiss Wonder, and Alisa Wilbon, from Portland, Chicago, and Accra. Sounds by OG Suggie.

At L’Atelier Yaffe https://www.atelieryaffe.com/ 111 NE MLK BLVD, Suite 104. Art 6PM-9 RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developed-opening-reception-tickets-1015826934707?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios Free


Lesley Barnes and Ross McAuley bring Pet Sounds. At Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free


Chess Club Art is a new art book and periodical store, plus more. Tonight is their opening night. At Chess Club Art https://chessclub.art/ 435 NW 6th 6PM-9 Free

October 3 Westside Art Openings+

First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon.


For your +1 you can experience Flamenco music with guitarist Brenna McDonald and guitarist/vocalist Yeshe Wingerd. A project of Espacio Flamenco, it repeats on first Thursdays. At Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis 7PM-9 Free


+2 The Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.


+3 Portland Fashion in the 2000s is a survey by photographer and writer Marjorie Skinner. Seaplane was founded in 2000, now echoed in Fine Art Fruit. Many other independent vectors emerged between 2000 and 2010, including the Portland Garment Factory. The show includes photos, videos, interviews, and ensembles. Indie Y2K? At the PSU AB & MK Galleries 2000 SW 5th 5PM-8 Free


ILY2, The Black Gallery, Adams & Ollman, and Froelick continue.


Ann Hamilton is a late career artist known for minimalist elegant sculpture, installations, and interventions. I first came across her Accountings at the Henry in Seattle. Since, the artist has developed a relationship with the Leach Gallery and PICA. Now that brings us Figuring Luck, ceramic figures. Barbara Sternberger paintings continue.

At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free


Artist and activist Marne Lucas www.marnelucas.com occupies the Portland Arts Collective for a month with The Bardo Project. As a death doula, Lucas works with individuals in the last stage of life, including with their artist estates. Throughout the month there are workshops on the topic scheduled on the gallery website.

At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 120 SW Harvey Milk 6PM-9 Free


Fans Only debuts with Leisea Cooper, Joaquin Golez, Midori Hirose, Michelle Jackson, April Mirvis, Lillyanne Pham, Maryam Tahririha, Taravat Talepasand, Ashley Yang-Thompson and Yuyang Zhang. It's an artist residency in an office building with First Thursday readouts. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 6PM-9 Free


The En Foco Fellowship 2023 selectees show, Ryan Frigillana with Manong on the Philipines diaspora, and Ashley McLean with Seeking you in other bodies... on the male black zeitgeist. The late John Montague has Willamette Greenway images and videos of walks over years in the Nine Gallery.

At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Rostros Mágicos brings masks from the Spanish new world. "The mystical faces of Latin American ancestors and diablos speak about our pasts with honesty—or in lies that tell a truth even truer."

At W+K www.wk.com 224 NW 13th Map 5PM-8 Free


Picasso, Miro, Calder, prints accompanies a group Northwest Landscape painting show. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free


PNCA has Outside Inside World by Videotones, Working by Laura Wyckoff and Christy Wyckoff, Digi Grotesk, Bedroom, As Seen Through Threads, and Hyphen Zine.

At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free


Gracie Ellison has portraits of "portraits of surely-faced women." At Fine Art Fruit https://fine-art-fruit.square.site/ 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 5PM-7 Free


Orquidia Violeta brings Chalecos Protector, hand sewn protective vests. At After/Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free


Native painter Don Bailey has Then. Now. Future.; Benjamin Mefford has stone sculptures, Elemental; and Myra Clark has mixed-media paintings, Love Notes from the End of the World. All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Ellen Goldschmidt has Donald the Daring children's book illustrations. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Immortal Earth are stone sculptures by Dave Haslett. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free

September 27 Mischievous Botanical Yards

Portland has apartment galleries, house galleries, garage galleries, and yard galleries, past and present. One is Congress Yard Projects. They host Public Nature tonight. Public Nature, curated by Danielle Ross and JP Jenkins, is an experimental, changing, spatially itinerant container to hold performance.

Tonight Marissa Niederhauser - dance/movement, Samuel Klapper - violin/sound and Jules Tillinghast - poetry/text bring it.

At Congress Yard Projects easily found Doors 6:30PM, movement 7 Donations by cash, Venmo, or PayPal lovingly accepted


Laura Burke comes all the way from Brooklyn to present The Unseelie Court, loose botannicals.

"Inspired by Scottish folklore, the title references the Unseelie Court, a faction of fairies known for their mischievous and malevolent nature, contrasting with the more benign Seelie Court. Through her enchanting portraits and scenes, Burke brings these gremlins to life, inviting viewers into a fantastical world where joy and mischief intertwine. Each piece feels like a page from an imaginary storybook, showcasing these flower-headed beings as they dance under moonlight or practice ballet, infusing the works with a sense of delight and wonder."

At Stephanie Chefas gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free

September 27-28 Brain Injury

The brain is a complex thing. One way we study it is by studying brain injuries. Doctor of neurology researcher Oliver Sacks is noted for case studies of brain injury. Brain Injury Connections NW is a services and social group for individuals with brain injuries. One of the many things they do is nurture visual artists.

For 2 days, they host an art show of their community.

Brain Injury Connections NW art show at adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map Friday 4PM-8 and Saturday 1PM-4 Free

September 26 Alberta Thursday

Antler and Talon hosts a group show in memory of the gallery cofounder Susannah Kelly. Longtime gallery artists join artists selected by the gallery for this honor, on "themes of rebirth, renewal and the circle of life." At Antler & Talon Gallery www.antlerpdx.com 2714 NE Alberta 6pm-9 Free

Other galleries on the street may be open this evening.

September 26-28 Moving Movies

The Portland Dance Film Festival is a three day selection of shorts, each night unique. They are not dance documentation, but narrative, abstract or concrete, incorporating dance/movement. The films are drawn internationally.

Night 1: "Nostalgia, longing, and reckoning, whether held lightly or earnestly, moves throughout.. films.. from France/Vietnam, Greece, India, USA, Canada, Austria, and The United Kingdom. Night 1 contains nudity.

Night 2: "The aperture.. shifts out and in, holding many Revolutions in its frame. With these 10 films we contemplate the revolution of the Earth itself and of our youth's unconditioned clarity of our one home. Revolutions that nudge our collective madness towards breaking into sanity, the courageous revolutions of resistance and love, and the revolutions of magnetic release all entice us into emergent relationships with our humanity.. from Spain, USA, Iran, Germany, and Sweden.

Night 3: "a dinner party, it would carry on late into the night, slipping into the realm in between this and that.. films that evoke geological and bodily time, grief's many longings and stalemates, the horrors of piecing ourselves back together, the refreshment of piecing ourselves back together, and we follow our dance elders as they offer themselves to the luminous mundanity of a life given to the dance of it all.. from the USA, China, Spain, Japan, and Sweden.

The 2024 Portland Dance Film Festival https://portlanddancefilmfest.com/ at the Portland Art Museum Tomorrow Theater 3530 SE Division 7:30PM Each night $20 advance $25 door, $15 artist/student 3 days $50.

September 25 Artefactos Alterados

Georgina Treviño brings Artefactos Alterados. She is a San Diego jewelry and sculpture artist in a contemporary Churrigueresque style, think Southern Italian design rather than Northern Italian design. https://georginatrevinojewelry.com/about As part of the West End Last Wednesday https://westendwednesdays.org/ where you can see the Wildfang x Debbie Harry clothing at Wildfang. Opening at IndustryOneGallery www.industry1.org 415 SW 10th 5PM Free

September 22 Realistic Moment

Realistic Moment is a Summer music series.

Iilyas Ahmed, Dashka, Greg Allison & Harlan Alexander Silverman, with Carly Barton interludes, perform.

Experience it on the tree bridge with blankets, chairs, a picnic.

Realistic Moment at Leach Botanical gardents Tickets: https://sales.leachgarden.org/Performance.aspx?pid=5097 At Leach Botanical Garden 6704 SE 122nd 4PM-7:30 $25 Kids Free

September 21-27 The End of Summer

Portland and Japan have a long relationship. The Portland Japanese Garden https://japanesegarden.org/about-portland-japanese-garden/history/ is a physical manifestation of it.

The End of Summer https://www.end-of-summer.org/ is a Summer artist residency created by the late Matt Jay at The Portland Japanese Garden Japan Institute. Jay spent much of his life living in Tokyo.

Throughout the year the works by Japanese artists are shown at the gardens. It is a great motivation for a year membership. This week, September 21-27, the project unfolds with talks and an art show at the Bullseye building in the Pearl District.

Saturday is a relaunch of the program designed by San Francisco Studio Bang-Gu. The Studio formed the visual identity with founder Jay. Advance tickets are limited, required, and free at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/end-of-summer-cafe-talks-with-studio-bang-gu-tickets-1007017054117.

Sunday, End of Summer artists Ai Sugiura and Hanae Utamura, 2019 and 2017, respectively, speak, moderated by art historian Keenan Jay.

"Ai Sugiura is Tokyo based multidisciplinary artist who focuses on the trivial objects of everyday life and rethinks their meaning and function. Sugiura’s artistic practice is driven by her interest in material and space, inside/outside, memory, and the transition between the ordinary and extraordinary. Sugiura’s work often takes the form of sculpture and installation, and in recent years she has been incorporating photography into her three-dimensional production and take the technique of photo collage."

"Hanae Utamura is a Japanese interdisciplinary artist based in New York and Tokyo. Her work engages with historical memory, questioning the notion of progress in modernity, ecology and technology. Utamura’s media include video, performance, installation, and sculpture. She connects human beings and the earth, using the physical human body as a conduit. She explores negotiations and conflicts between the human and the non-human, and how all the varieties of the wills of life manifest such as in the field of science. By decentralizing the human perspective, Utamura diversifies historical narratives, and enters the imagination of nature."

The show is viewable noon-6 throughout the week.

The End of Summer https://japanesegarden.org/events/end-of-summer-2024/ at Bullseye Projects 300 NW 13th. Noon-6 Free

September 20 Sometimes Seek Marias

Artist friends in real life, Vaginal Davis and Ektor Garcia present There's Something About Maria. The writeup on the gallery website explains their theme and history.

At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of four members of the New Art Dealers Alliance newartdealers.org/members, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 5PM-7 Free


A Sometimes Gallery brings a show of vinyl album cover covers, WAX:The LP Show. It's a deep cut group of artists including: Jess Ackerman, Anna Rogers,Lena Fridman, Ryan Bubnis, Lettie Jane Rennekamp, Jeff Pfiel, Emily Kepulis, Emily Wise, Jeremy Okai, Tron 444, Allie Yacina, Sunny Eckerle, Kirsten Bauer, Alina Radetsky, Wokeface, Mandy Grotie, Damn Zippy, Rachel Rose, Morgan Bak, Stevie Shao, Jason Sturgil, Jeff Sheridan, Nathan Mckee, Josh Gates, Kate Bingaman Burt, Daren Todd, Matt diLeo, Fry, Jack Graydon, Courtney Knight, Nathan Paul Rice, Wyatt Hersey, Logan Britt, Katie Benn, Alex Stone, Drew Garza, Chloe/Rowdy Air, Shag Me To Hell, Kristina Micotti, Hiller Goodspeed, Chris Koelling, Nicky Kriara, Alex Smyth, Eatcho, and Charles.

DJ? Check. Pop Up vinyl store? Check. Dranks? Check. And A Sometimes Riso vinyl cover? Check.

At A Sometimes Gallery https://asometimesgallery.com/ 3601 SE Division 5PM-9 Free


One Grand draws an up-to-date crowd. Seek Skate Camp on Mt Hood is doing a Northwest Open, events in town, and on the mountain. In town, One Grand is doing a skate themed art show. Artists are Mike Gigliottai, Charlie Salas-Humara, Scotty Coplman, Jesse Kamerzell, and James Alby. At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free

September 19 Citizen Fellow

Citizen Fellow reprises native artists supported by the Native Arts and Culture Foundation. The artists are Joe Feddersen (The Confederated Tribes of The Colville Reservation (Okanagan and Lakes), John Feodorov (Navajo/Diné), Linda Infante Lyons (Alutiiq/Sugpiaq), James Luna, 1950 - 2018 (Luiseño/Puyukitchum/Ipai/Mexican), Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation), Nora Naranjo Morse (Kha’p’o Tewa – Santa Clara Pueblo), Abigail Romanchak (Native Hawaiian), Anna Tsouhlarakis (Navajo/Creek/Greek), Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), and Shirod Younker (Coquille/Miluk Coos/Umpqua/Visayan).

Citizen Fellow https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/citizen-fellow at the Center for Native Arts & Cultures https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/ 800 SE 10th (old YU building with a waterfall in the basement) 6PM-8 RSVP to https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/ Free

September 15 Modular Grain

Timothy Yanick Hunter https://www.yanickhunter.com/ from Toronto brings Noise / Grain. It is image, sound, and video, sampled and remixed, on the theme of the extended African diaspora. Granular sampling, and synthesis, Hunter's technique, uses very short samples with sub-second durations akin to blipverts.

His gallery show opens at I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders 3PM-5 Free


Modular on the Spot begins 2024 sound making. It is one of informal series of modular synth concerts outdoors en plein air.

Knob twisters today are Marcus Fischer, Akemie, Max Myriad, Puzzle Teeth, brotherjacob, and Drozas.

The Synth Library is in Llovd Center and doing more events.

In Cathedral Park under the St Johns Bridge 6635 N Baltimore 6PM Free

SEPTEMBER 14 Infinite Freckled Properties

The reception and artist walkthrough for the current show Properties of Layers by Bean Finneran and (in)finite by Johannes Girardoni is this afternoon.

At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 4PM-5:30 Free RSVP by email to info at pdxcontemporaryart.com


Carson Ellis is a painter and writer. She discovered an old diary from the time she first arrived in Portland, has illustrated it, and shaped it into a book, One Week in January: New Paintings for an Old Diary. You can see the paintings and the book this afternoon. Ellis is famous for teaching alien illustration, https://www.ksmoca.com/carson-ellis, at KSMOCA.

Carson Ellis with https://www.nationale.us/carson-ellis-one-week-in-january-2024 at Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map Recommended 2PM-5 Free

September 13 Tender Zymoglyphic

Sarah Gilbert and Pato Hebert https://patohebert.com/ open their show Tender in a joint presentation by the Cooley Gallery and Ditch Projects in Eugene/Springfield. Ditch opens their part in October. Opening at the Cooley Gallery. Gilbert participates in a discussion of the work Sunday. At Reed College Cooley Gallery 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. 5PM Free


Portland's Zymoglyphic Museum brings a readout of their fourth residency, Muse IV. The artists in this group are Heléna Dupre Thompson, Lyndsay Hogland, Patty Burns, Zac Banik, Alice Langlois, and Sam David. Recommended. At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 6PM-9 Free

September 7 Northside Art Openings+

Bruce Conkle brings Gettin Hot in Here, climate change-themed work. His Instagram has many rough-drawn sketches on the theme too. At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map Noon-3 Free


Receiving Space is a show by Elizabeth Arzani and Owen Premore. At Souvenir Gallery https://souvenirartspdx.org/ 1233 NE Alberta 5PM-8 Free


Form.a is an art press fair hosted by Oregon Contemporary, Carnation, Outer Voice, and Well Well.

It includes Ahnika Wood, Alice Christine Walker, Benchmark, Berm, Blackfish Gallery, Borderline Press, Briseida Pagador, Buckman Journal, Carnation Contemporary, Chess Club, CO/LAB, Chris Lael Larson, Claire Spaulding, Conner Gordon, Converge 45, Container Corps, Diana Marcela Cuartas, Ditch Projects, Erika Rier, Grapefruits, Hi Books, Impeller Press, Independent Publishing Resource Center, Mahma Jaguar, Martha Wurzelbacher, Nicole Williford, One Grand Gallery, Outer Voice, Outlet, PNCA Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies, Push Pulled Editions, Rubis Discolor Project, Serena Kathleen, Soil Gallery, Stephanie Hatch, Stelo Arts, Wave Contemporary, Well Well Projects, Whatnow Press, and Will Mairs. In the Oregon Contemporary Complex. Noon-5 + 5PM-8 Free


En Motion and Orbit are group shows, including video art, from WAVE Contemporary members overflowing into the Oregon Contemporary space, along with Inner Sun by Katherine Spinella and Morgan Rosskopf - "frayed edges with thick embroidery and photographic textures among material assemblage."

At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map  5PM-8 Free


In Present Space by Kim Smith Claudel is sculpture. At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free


For your +1, Julie Beeler has Take Root derived from mushrooms. At Sator Projects https://www.satorprojects.com/ 1709 SE 3rd 5PM-7

September 6 Eastside Art Openings

Info at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.

September 5 Westside Art Openings +

First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon.


It is hot Summer, so for your +1 you can experience Flamenco music with guitarist Brenna McDonald and guitarist/vocalist Yeshe Wingerd. A project of Espacio Flamenco, it repeats on first Thursdays. At Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis 7PM-9 Free


Barbara Sternberger opens paintings Continuum and continues Distant Dreamer by MK Guth.

At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free


Chance Bounty is a collection of small works by multiple artists. At Portland Arts Collective 120 SW Harvey Milk 6PM-9 Free


The Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.


Morgan Walker has a retrospective of paintings. It is alongside Art About Architecture by Peter Paul and Mark Bennett.

At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free


PNCA has Outside Inside World by Videotones, Born on the 4th of June by Ran Sheng themed on the 1989 Democracy Movement. As Seen Through Threads by Fatimah Hobaish, Out of Sorts by Ray Zill, Second Skin by Steele Alden & Hawk Ferdig, two group shows, DJs and photobooth complete the party.

At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free


Fruit Snacks is a pop-up by Laurs Kemp, Namai, and Sara Bergman. At Fine Art Fruit https://fine-art-fruit.square.site/ 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 2PM-5 Free


Xavi Bou has Orinthographies inspired by birds and there is a big group show from PNCA.

At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Maria Jean brings graphic style show Sex. At After/Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free


Caverna Clara by Corey S. Pressman, Palimpsets by Lauren Carrera, Zai Yiqie Zhijian: In-Between by Limei Lai and Tracing Resonance by Anastasiya Gutnik are all at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Fretta MM Cravens shows Timeless Engagement. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Metals artist Greg Wilbur has Surface Tension. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free


Orlando Almanza brings portrait paintings Gente de RíoAndrew Alba and Jake Scharback has dramatic paintings Treachery of Images. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free


Bethany Rowland has paintings What Meets the Eye. At Laura Vincent Design and Gallery www.lvdesignandgallery.com/ 824 NW Davis 5PM-8 Free


The Urban Art Network is back with their sprawling crafts and art show on 13th.

August 23 Summer's End

Summer Collective is a show by Jess Ackerman, Ryan Bubnis, Jordan Clark, and Emily Kepulis.

At Stephanie Chefas gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free

August 22 Color Outside the Lines

Color Outside the Lines is a group show from the collection. It is themed on artists questioning "institutions, beliefs, and expectations.⁠" And it's colorful!

Artists are Derrick Adams, Polly Apfelbaum, Antonius-Tín Bui, Iván Carmona, Lauren Hana Chai, Caitlin Cherry, Sam Gilliam, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Ana María Hernando, Jenny Holzer, Salomón Huerta, Anish Kapoor, James Lavadour, Christopher Myers, Faith Ringgold, Isaka Shamsud-Din, Andy Warhol, and Stanley Whitney.

The opening is a fine opportunity to dress colorfully if you like. RSVP requested at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1kkpJgoSmad-q0-Tzyptl8dcTCNSrYj18MM-LtLJIAFEb6A/viewform⁠


At the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University https://www.pdx.edu/museum-of-art/ 1855 SW Broadway 5PM-7 Free

August 10 Geek Desire Jasmine Carnival

Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind are paintings by Shelley Turley.

At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill Street Opening today. 2PM-5 Free


Carnival Fabulon is a show of paintings inspired by the late Portland author Katherine Dunn's novel Geek Love about a fictional carnival freek show family of old. I'm not a fan of lowbrow/pop-surrealism but you can get your dose at Brassworks Gallery, 3022 NE Glisan 5PM-9 Free


Italians Do it Better is the label of Mike Simonetti and Johnny Jewel. Jewel's synth stylings have accompanied a series of female singers, the core of the label. The first, pre-the label, was Ida No and 90's group Glass Candy. Ruth Radelet nee of the Chromatics recently performed here.

Tonight an incarnation, Desire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JPgUvS_6M, plays, with film Drive. It's a stylish violent neo-noir film about a getaway driver set in Los Angeles. It is a noted cult film. Initially it was scored by Jewel, then rescored leaving one Desire and one Chromatics track. Some of Jewel's soundtrack became Themes for an Imaginary Film - https://soundcloud.com/johnnyjewel/symmetry-themes-for-an. Tonight Desire performs accompanied by their selection of films, answers questions, then Drive will be screened in its entirety. Desire and Drive https://hollywoodtheatre.org/show/drive-desire-johnny-jewel/ at Hollywood Theater 4122 NE Sandy 8:30PM $20 Of course sold out

August 9 Musica

MSHR has a house party.

August 4 Xero Madono Fang Eden

Modular On The Spot is OK with heat.

Production Unit Xero, Madonno Productions, Jill and Thomas Fang, Matthew Rempes, aa // rr // ay, and Eden Holland perform.

At Pier Park, 10325 N Lombard 6PM-9 Free

August 3 Northside Art Openings+6

+1 the Saturday afternoon after First Thursday has those galleries open and some with artist talks.


+2 David Eckard https://davideckardstudio.com/ is a sculptor, painter, and performer of art on the edge of disturbing, which is not a bad thing. You could say it is the emotional carrier in my theory of art ingredients alongside beauty, materials, and narrative. Others would say disturbing is a door to liminal space.

This afternoon he is installing Totter, a teeter totter. On August 24th, noon, he commences a durational performance with the work.

At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th 2PM-5 Free


+3 ILY2 has a summer group show Gone Fishin' with artists Dylan Beckman, Morgan Buck, Rachel Collier, David Eckard, Sasha Fishman, Derek Franklin, Emma Kohlmann, Tanner Lind, Bonnie Lucas, Miraj Patel, Leena Similu and Rachel Youn. Their writeup on the web is fun.

The show will be in the windows, rotating throughout August. There is no opening; you can see them any time.

At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders All Hours Free


+4 A&O has Jennifer Levonian with Speed Reader, stop action animation, and Joy Feasley with Her Sadness Makes Her Smile, sculpture and paintings. The show descriptions on the gallery web are well worth a read.

At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of four members of the New Art Dealers Alliance newartdealers.org/members, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 2PM-4 Free


+5 The Murdock Collections is a labor of love for the principal in supporting a second market. It is winding down. You can visit any time. Today they have on show 500 works of $500 or less. Buy used, it's sustainable!

At the Murdoch Collections https://murdochcollections.com/ 2219 NW Raleigh Map 10AM-5 Free


+6 Illustrator Lily Seika Jones opens her show. At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-7 Free


Erik Geschke brings Subterfuge, sculpture, drawing, and video. At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map  5PM-8 Free


Matthew Bennett Laurents brings Vesselbeams, pots. At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free


Oregon Contemporary continues the Oregon Biennial. https://www.oregoncontemporary.org/2024oregoncontemporaryartistsbiennial They have events around the biennial artists through August.

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

August 2 Eastside Art Openings

Nucleus House has Jay Daniel Wright with Desire Path. At Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free


More at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.

August 1 Westside Art Openings+

Some spaces are occupied by Sneaker Week.


First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon.


For your +1, way over on Division, Secret Room Press brings paintings made by Betty Graceland between 1952 and 1961 processed and printed on the Risograph. At Secret Room Press 3225 SE Division 5PM-8 Early Close Free


It is hot Summer, so for your +2 you can experience Flamenco music with guitarist Brenna McDonald and guitarist/vocalist Yeshe Wingerd. A project of Espacio Flamenco, it repeats on first Thursdays. At Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis 7PM-9 Free


Distant Dreamer by MK Guth, and Never an Even Folding by Michelle Ross, may be found at Leach.

At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free


Not a Figure is a group show of abstracts curated by Eva Lake. At Portland Arts Collective 120 SW Harvey Milk 6PM-9 Free


The Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.


Kendra Larson has landscapes Arborial Chatter. It is alongside a large group show drawn the master print collection.

At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free


Lindsay Kennedy has Hypertextilism, paintings and soft sculptures. At Fine Art Fruit https://fine-art-fruit.square.site/ 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 6PM-8 Free


Christine Clark chains metal to rocks suspeneded with gravity in crochet with Stringing Along Strength. At the Nine.

Eli Craven has Touching, manipulated news and pop culture images.

Dongwook Lee has figure portraits, Wozu, based on abstract themes.

At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Seen, Not Heard are paintigs by Julian V.L. Gaines inspired by cover photographs from childhood memories of JET magazine in the 1950s and 1960s.

At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free


The Politics of Aesthetics by artists Nathaniel C Praska and Tristan Perrotti was cirated by V Maldonado, prime mover of the gallery. At After/Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free


Color and the Art of Forgetting are abstracts paintings by Ellen Goldschmidt, Justin Auld has paintings of clouds, Robert Shepard has abstract paintings, Monica Inescita has landscapes El País de las Maravillas or Wonderland, and Stephan Soil has Small Machines Moving With Time.

At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free


By Miriam Garcia has paintings of bridges, Underbridge. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Andrea Lopez has paintings-drawings The Simple Life. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free


Andrew Alba and Emma Gerigscott are at Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free


Emily Bixler has botanical paintings Flowers for the Crone and Marilyn Joyce has abstracts The Energy That Moves Through All Things. At Laura Vincent Design and Gallery www.lvdesignandgallery.com/ 824 NW Davis 5PM-8 Free


The Urban Art Network is back with their sprawling carfts and art show on 13th.

July 28 Wandering Beat Moment

The Daipan Butoh Collective in Seattle present their annual outdoor, Wandering & Wondering, in Seattle's Kubota Gardens.

Kubota is the original family home and nursery of Fujitaro Kubota. https://kubotagarden.org/fujitaroremembered.html It is now a city park and free. If you are in Portland, the Portland Japanese Garden curator has been advising them and his rock work is identifiable by sytle.

This year the performers are dispersed, compared to previous years where they were in one spot. Performers are Joan Laage, Dhyana Garcia, Kaoru Okumura, Amy Ward, Bruce Fogg, Leatha McKenzie, Alycia Scott Zollinger, Julie Becton Gillum, Michael Shannon, and David Stanford.

Parking can be fierce, so share those rides. Secure valuables in vehicles out of sight.

Daipan Butoh presents Wandering and Wondering https://www.daipanbutohcollective.com/event-details/wandering-wondering-2024-kubota-garden https://kubotagarden.org/ 55th Avenue South, Seattle, WA  Map  Noon-3 Free


If you are in Seatown, 206Zulu throws down their annual Beat Masters battle. It's a battle of producers of hip hop bringing their short fresh tracks. 1st prize is dolla 1000 cash money and 2nd is 500.

Judges are DJ Qbert, Baba Maraire, Dume41. Lace those shoes because cyphers will form up. You can check past years on their YouTube. Suprisingly pretty.

206Zulu Beat Masters Battle https://www.206zulu.org/13th-annual-beat-masters/. At Westlake Park 401 Pine Street, Seattle. 2PM-7 All ages, Free


More get your park on, Realistic Moment rings in Leach Botanical Gardens. Realistic Moment is a local varied music event producer.

Quickly, Omari Jazz and Harlan Alexander Silverman as Zaam Unit, from LA Qur’an Shaheed, Sharada Shashidhar and Me’kala Session, and DJ Stepdad with ambient from NY perform.

Vibe it on the tree bridge with blankets, chairs, a picnic.

Realistic Moment at Leach Botanical gardents Tickets: https://sales.leachgarden.org/Performance.aspx?pid=5014. At Leach Botanical Garden 6704 SE 122nd 4:30PM-8:30 $30 Kids Free

July 25-28 Seattle Art Fair

Seattle has more money so it has more art. They are far down on the great art chain of being. But they have their own art fair child of the Allen family.

Seattle galleries, some Portland ones, and a few national/international galleries present. It is privatey curated by the individual for-profit galleries, unlike a nonprofit group show.

Portland galleries After/Time, Blind Insect, J. Pepin, PDX Contemporary, Russo Lee, Waterstone represent aong https://seattleartfair.com/2024-galleries/.

Many of our Portland projects offer free passes on request. If you want to experience a commercial art fair, this is probably the closest. It's about a quarter mile walk from Amtrak.

The Seattle Art Fair https://seattleartfair.com/ at Lumen Field and points about town. Thursday openining events, Friday and Saturday 11AM—7, Sunday 11AM—6 Various prices

July 21 Casual Cave Cat Harp

Modular On The Spot is back after a heat break.

Eric Schlappi, Cave Cricket, Casual Decay, Meagan Jane Marron, Cat Fax and Dashka+Limanjaya perform. Cave Cricket is known to combine voice with synth, and Dashka harp with synth.

No restrooms or water. Parking can be a challenge. At Rocky Butte summit, 6PM Free

July 20 Foodie Sewing New Birth

Hide & Seek Gallery has Carolyn Hazel with The Sewing Room. At 2638 N. Interstate Unit B Noon-3 Free


Jason Carey-Sheppard brings Leckermaul, paintings and installation. You can read an explanation on their website.

At at SE Cooper Contemprary https://www.secoopercontemporary.com/ 6901 SE 110th 1PM-5 Free


Portland's hip hop dancing community took a hit on lockdown. 206Zulu is back. Now Beaverton brings a battle set by The New Birth. 15th aniversary. It's 2x2 breakin' and 1x1 top to bottom wit' $1000 and $500 cash money for winner of each, respectively. Judges Heebz, Serg, and Tombo. DJ Edy Slick. Hosted by Wooty and Merkavili. At Encore 7700 SW Numbus Avenue Building 10, Beaverton Doors 3PM, prelim 4. $20

July 19 Designing Eyes Low Devine

We don't list most talks. PNCA-Willamette has them, webcasts them, and archives them. Reed has talks. Many galleries have talks each month by the artists.

Today, mid-day, Julia Dolan, curator from the Portland art muesum, discusses Designing Women, a collaboration between Melanie Flood and Matt Morris. Flood has been a local champion for artists with her small gallery that operated for several years.

At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders 11:30AM-1 Free


Young artist Brianna Spencer has passed at a young age. Moon Eyes is a commerative show of works from her estate. At Stephanie Chefas gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free


PNCA Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies opens their studios today. At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free


Shower of Divine Light is a show by Ali Godil, principal of Gül Gallery. They are a new studio space, an agency, and a gallery.

"Showcasing a collection of mystical paintings. Inspired by the descent of spiritual energy, the natural world and his South-Asian heritage, [represented in] free flowing abstract paintings."

DJ Anjali represents on the wheels of steel, including Qawwali.

At Gul in the Ford Building 2505 SE11th #118 6PM-9 Free

July 18 Skate Fight Love Club

The Boedecker Foundation is project of the late Sandy Boedecker who founded the big shoe company's skate business. Skylab built a fantastic building for the foundation. It hosts youth arts programs. They have a professional recording studio built out by Chris Funk. He moved on to build a studio in Iceland. The main space is filled by a skate bowl. It is like the empty SoCal swimming pools occupied by the mid-1970s Zepher skate crew who brought surfing movement to skating. The space hosts occasional cultural events.

Tonight they show the film Fight Club. It is based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. Palahniuk has lived in Oregon since college and is a champion of the working class. He documented his own shenanigans among the about early 1990s Portland Cacophony Society, in Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon. He has been a prolific writer and he is a supporter of new fiction writers.

He had been camping, was assauted, returning to work at Freightliner, none of his coworkers asked about his injuries, he concluded they did not care, inspiring the book.

Fight Club tells the story of the narrator and Tyler Durden. Durden is the founder of the Fight Club and fights corporations on the side. The narrator has a corporate job protecting a major automaker from liability. The two characters are the same person, a projection of the narrator. It is visually rich, dark, and worth a watch. The rules of the Flight Club are a cultural meme many know and reuse.

The event is free, but the tickets are consumed. Get on Boedecker announcments for future events.

Fight Club at the Boedecker Foundation https://bodeckerfoundation.org/ 2360 N.W. Quimby Map 6:30PM Free