We enter a year in which I hope art can fill the void and energize us to do the right thing.
Leach, the Black Gallery, PDX Contemporary, Waterstone, and Froelick continue. Some of the other galleries are on break or resetting, including PNCA/Willamette.
For your +1 the Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-7PM.
For your +2 in Northeast. 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
Blue Sky has Constance Jaeggi https://constancejaeggi.com, photographer with Escaramuza Charra, the Poetics of Home, in collaboration with poets Angelina Sáenz and Ire’ne Lara Silva. More on the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L64cX1381dY.
Along with Lauren Grabelle https://www.laurengrabelle.com/index Deer Diary, wildlife from trail cameras in Montana
Yoonhee Choi https://www.ychoiart.com/, off her residency at KSMOCA is in the Nine Gallery with felted paper wall patterns from that series.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Blackfish has a show Layered Perceptions from Jed Blinkly, David Brandt, Lisa Brinkman, Rose Covert, Johnathan Dukehardt, Tia Factor, Hsin-Yi Huang, Anna Kaufman, Heidi Keith, Nancy Larson, Marie Lo, Trifon Markov, Elena Markova, Carlos Molina, Mona Monroe, Rory ONeal, Miguel Rodriquez , Elaine Schimek, Susan Schenck ,Mary Scriven, Egor Shokoladov, Rosa Silver, Jerry Svoboda, The Reprintery (Charlotte Flory & Michelle Freedman), Beth Wilson, and KL Wollons.
They bring on a new narrative artist, Paula Bullwinke, a new photographer and letterpress artist, Libby Wadsworth, and have a show of abstracts by Carol Benson.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Fans Only shows its residents. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-8 Free
Russo-Lee Gallery has a retrospective of Michele Russo, 1909-2004.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
