January 4 Northside Art Openings

Jodie Cavalier has Figured That You, sculptures and photograms. L.W.D., Little Walt Dog, Victor Grandy, has paintings, North Country.

At Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map 2PM-4 Free


Echoes of Passage is a show by Chinese artists immigrants Melanie Tsang and Jia Jia. Tsang, art-schooled in the US, is a multiartist based in Seattle. Her poems in English inform her installation. Jai Jai, Seattle, is UW BFA minted and is part of SOIL.

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


Ex SOIL, now Portlander, Epiphany Couch brings Strong Spirits Carry Us Forward formed around family photographs. 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 add Maia Chao and Fred Schmidt-Arenales with Waste Scenes, work made from materials destined for the landfill. Both continue into February.

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

December 3 Eastside Art Openings

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


Ily2 Too is a storefront residency in the Lloyd Center Mall. Today they are being programmed by Grapefruit Arts. The Grapefruits Art Space was active pre-pandemic, it reemerged at Mother Foucault's Bookshop, and is now here. Tonight they bring a visual show Blossom to Blossom by Amy Bay, and Friendship Castle by Rose Lewis and Ellen Blazich.

At I Love You 2 Too - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ In the Lloyd Mall Suite G113, lower level far East down the hall by the abandoned Marshalls 5PM-7 Free

January 2 Westside Art Openings +

First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon.


ILY2, The Black Gallery, Adams & Ollman, Laura Vincent Design, and Waterstone continue. PNCA and Froelick are on Winter break.


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.

At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon 3PM-8 Free


Moviemaker Ken Paul Rosenthal has In Light, In! https://www.kenpaulrosenthal.com/films/in-light-in/, social hygine movies from the US 1950s recontextualized with looped cello music from former Portlander Zoe Keating. Ford Gilbreath has Our Town After Dark, landscape town photography from Eastern Washington.

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


Residency space Fans Only has a show of resident artists and guests. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 6PM-9 Free


Judy Cooke brings Following Form 2024 and Christine Bourdette brings Cumulus.

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


Not visual art but Gabrielle Civil reads poems at Stelo arts. 412 NW 8th Avenue 6PM Free


Blackfish has a show of new members Mae Al-Jiboori, Pomegranate Doyle, Dede Lucia, Christa Nye, and Robert Shepard.

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


After/Time has more irregular schedules. Tonight they do a "soft opening" of King Tide in Empty Spaces by self-taught painter Nate Orton. At After/Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 5PM-8 Free


Augen continues Jim Dine and shows many from their print archive.

https://www.augengallery.com/exhibitions/a-month-of-prints-a-group-exhibition-of-contemporary-prints-by-over-40-different-artists/ at Augen Gallery