April 13 Pedal Pedal Medium Mother Parentheses Wonder

A good first stop today is the 7th first annual Ladd's 500. It's like a non-competitive alley cat in a circle. Form a team, 500 laps acound Ladd Circle is 100 miles, a century. In the planted part of the circle is a party and a place for your other team members to recharge. Costumes are A-OK. https://www.shift2bikes.org/pages/ladds-500/ 10AM all day Free


Today and tomorrow is the Synth and Pedal demo-show. Portland is the smallest town for this show. You can audition and experiment with all the sound makers and modifiers through headphones. It is the https://delicious-audio.com/upcoming-synth-pedal-expos/ at https://briq.studio/ 209 NW 4th Noon Free tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-portland-synthmodular-expo-2024-tickets-858414539997


Ricky Bearghost, Gemma Browne, Mike Paré open their show Mediums. "These three artists are mediums, conduits of “what’s trying to force its way through”. Not hiding. Reverberating agents attuned to the spheres and what’s oozing out. Intoxicated by the material as much as the subject “I am merely the instrument”, the fuzzy pumper barber shop, an apparatus ignited by color. This show will feature new weavings by Bearghost and works on paper by Browne and Paré." Meow!

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


Francesca Capone brings A Mother’s Discourse. She is a RISD & Brown-minted writer and textile artist. Writer Dave Hickey opined on beauty as an ingredient in art. To me, some materials take over the work. Textiles, and highly finished glass, wood, even electronic arts, we're looking at you, teamLab, can fall into this trap. Capone's words on textile bring possibilities of more contemporary experience. Francesca Capone https://www.francescacapone.com.

At Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map 3PM-5 Free


Math Pearl Bass brings Full Body Parentheses. It is painting and murals in a graphic art style, alomg with sculpture. Elizabeth Cole Sonenberg performs as Pure O at 6.

At The Lumber Room https://lumberroom.com/exhibitions/2023/em-nona-faustine-em 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map  4PM-7 Free


I expereinced some of the earliest pop surealist / lowbrow art at La Luz de Jesus, then much later at Roq La Rue. It's a broad field and my interests in it are very narrow. So I have never vibed with Brassworks, though they deserve respect for their show schedule. That said, I have followed the work of Jesse Reno and Melissa Monroe. Their paintings, to me, are more outsider impressionism. Monroe has added a new ingredient, tufted tapestry. They bring their whole family of works in show Automatic Wonder. Also showing is Legendary Stature by Oronde Kairi and Jeanne Steffan with Shranimals. At Brassworks Gallery 3022 NE Glisan Ave 5PM-9 Free