PNCA Willamette opens their MFA studios for an early and mid-program readout. It's always fun to see artist studios, even when they have been cleaned up for visitors!
They request you get free tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-studios-at-the-glass-building-tickets-1998554404022
Open Studios at the Albina glass factory 2139 N Kerby. 5PM-8 Free
Friday, October 23, 2026
October 24 Archiving the Past for the Future
The Black Gallery has collaborated on a photo show under their Liberated Archives for Black Lives Program. Taishona Carpenter, joins her photographs with samples from Brian Lanker, working in the 1980s, I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America.
You can find more on the Black Gallery socials. There is an archiving workshop at the Oregon Historical Society 10AM https://www.ohs.org/events/portland-in-black.cfm. The show opening is https://www.eventbrite.com/e/liberated-archives-for-black-lives-at-the-low-end-tickets-2003175172866 at The Low End 670 N Russell 5PM-7 Free
You can find more on the Black Gallery socials. There is an archiving workshop at the Oregon Historical Society 10AM https://www.ohs.org/events/portland-in-black.cfm. The show opening is https://www.eventbrite.com/e/liberated-archives-for-black-lives-at-the-low-end-tickets-2003175172866 at The Low End 670 N Russell 5PM-7 Free
October 24 - 26 E.A.T.
Media, electronics, and software galleries and workspaces are popping up in many places. Xispa Innovation Lab https://xispa.art/ is one founded February in Seattle. Portland's Samantha Yun Wall is in residence with them. CETI, nee at PSU, https://ceti.institute runs parallel, more on the maker side than the exhibition side.
This weekend Xispa is the prime mover of https://artandtechsymposium.com/ along with Cornish. 9e26 https://artandtechsymposium.com/program-2026/#tab-conversations is part of the program inspired by Rauschenberg's 1966 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering Experiments in Art and Technology - E.A.T. https://www.experimentsinartandtechnology.org in the New York Lexington Avenue Armory.
You can find all about the event at https://artandtechsymposium.com at the Cornish 9th Ave Gallery, 2014 9th Ave Seattle, and Xispa 325 Westlake Avenue N.
This weekend Xispa is the prime mover of https://artandtechsymposium.com/ along with Cornish. 9e26 https://artandtechsymposium.com/program-2026/#tab-conversations is part of the program inspired by Rauschenberg's 1966 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering Experiments in Art and Technology - E.A.T. https://www.experimentsinartandtechnology.org in the New York Lexington Avenue Armory.
You can find all about the event at https://artandtechsymposium.com at the Cornish 9th Ave Gallery, 2014 9th Ave Seattle, and Xispa 325 Westlake Avenue N.
October 23 Skate Gardens Under the Overpass
Kristen Diederich brings Outside Nature and Beyond the Garden Room. Outside Nature is her abstract esprssionist garden landscape paintings. Beyond the Garden Room is a show she has curated of adjacent artists Kayla Marie Carlson, Kaitlyn Carr, Indigo Free, C. Meier, Quinha Mukai Faria, Holly Osborne, and Emily Wise.
They are https://www.stephaniechefas.com/kristen-diederich-outside-nature and https://www.stephaniechefas.com/beyond-the-garden-room at Stephanie Chefas gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free
Printmakers Cassie Ferguson and Charlie Cohan are Lost Bearings Press (LBP) and BurnPrint Studio (BPS) respectively. They have been collaborating since 2017. Ferguson has an ongoing series of prints illustrating DIY skateparks, and Cohan, series on local bridges. Their collaborations feature skate parks under bridges. This show, Under the Overpass is an example. The show has opportunities for community printmaking you can see on the show link.
It's https://www.steloarts.org/stelo-events/undertheoverpass at Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 412 NW 8th 5PM-8 Free
They are https://www.stephaniechefas.com/kristen-diederich-outside-nature and https://www.stephaniechefas.com/beyond-the-garden-room at Stephanie Chefas gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free
Printmakers Cassie Ferguson and Charlie Cohan are Lost Bearings Press (LBP) and BurnPrint Studio (BPS) respectively. They have been collaborating since 2017. Ferguson has an ongoing series of prints illustrating DIY skateparks, and Cohan, series on local bridges. Their collaborations feature skate parks under bridges. This show, Under the Overpass is an example. The show has opportunities for community printmaking you can see on the show link.
It's https://www.steloarts.org/stelo-events/undertheoverpass at Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 412 NW 8th 5PM-8 Free
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
October 22 Portland to Dakar
Senegal lives on the Atlantic Ocean in Africa. Dakar is its Westernmost point. Portland is connected to Dakar by art exchanges. Many may remember Worksound's Modou Dieng.
BLACK MATTER DAKAR launches to give the exchange a durable base extending into the future.
Artists Tammy Jo Wilson, Michael Stevenson, Emma Colburn, and Bukekile Dube set the foundation for:
A Portland -Dakar artist residency.
Travel to the Dakar Biennale for artists, curators, and supporters.
Programs for Portland youth to learn about Senagal.
At Studio 516, 516 NW 14th 5:30-7:30 Free
BLACK MATTER DAKAR launches to give the exchange a durable base extending into the future.
Artists Tammy Jo Wilson, Michael Stevenson, Emma Colburn, and Bukekile Dube set the foundation for:
A Portland -Dakar artist residency.
Travel to the Dakar Biennale for artists, curators, and supporters.
Programs for Portland youth to learn about Senagal.
At Studio 516, 516 NW 14th 5:30-7:30 Free
Saturday, October 17, 2026
October 17 Freshwater Caldera Revelar Testament Midnight Language Museum
Camp Caldera was the project and passion of the late Dan Wieden. They have public open houses sometimes. This one is a Fall festival. At Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR Map 11AM – 4PM Free
Gabi Villaseñor https://www.gabivillasenor.com/ is a Portland multiartist. They have a show of sculpture and painting. There is an eloquent show note in the link. In the Project Room, A Mother's Discourse: Reading Room by Francesca Capone closes tomorrow.
It's https://www.nationale.us/gabi-villasenor-we-found-a-freshwater-spring-while-you-were-sleeping-2026 at Nationalewww.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map 2PM-4 Free
Leah Lavelle https://www.leahlavelle.com/ has paintings.
At Fine Art Fruit https://www.fineartfruit.com 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 3PM-6 Free
Georgina Reskala https://www.ginareskala.com/ opens photographs Soñé Que Revelabas.
"Last year I had a dream. We were at my grandparents’ house and my late sister was standing there, looking at me. I carefully approached her and she whispered to me: “Soñé que revelabas”. I woke up trying to make sense of that sentence.
Revelar in Spanish is both to manifest or make public something that was a secret or unknown, and the chemical process in photography by which a latent image becomes visible.
She was my oldest sister, my best friend and confidant and had a gift to make me feel like things were going to work out. I wrote the sentence on a piece of paper and put it up on my studio wall. I saw it every day, and kept trying to figure out what she meant. As the days and the months went by, I realised that I am still trying to make sense of her loss. Loss not only as a consequence of death but loss in the quotidian. Loss of language, interactions, moments, and memories that become fainter as a result of distance and time. Leaving one’s home, family, and language and starting another life in a different country carries a weight that becomes most apparent during difficult times. I started looking through family pictures (my family and other families), using them as probes, copying them, changing them, creating new ones. I attached my own memories onto film.
This body of work is a personal account of the process of translation, not just in language, but of sounds, inflections, the stories, the memories, the dreams, and ultimately the way I see. The feeling of being unmoored. The estrangement that comes with the inability to fully translate from one language to the other. How does one communicate without full authority? How to experience in one’s language and express the memory in a different, foreign language. It is a reflection of ongoing investigations on translating my experiences from my native by language to my adopted one, back and forth in order to reconcile being in two different worlds with different structures; an attempt to create a personal visual language that can encompass both. A way to reveal myself."
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5 Free
Bethany Rowland has paintings Testament https://bethanyrowland.com/testament-2026 and Nicholas Stelter has kiln-iired glass vessels. There is an artist talk November 21 at 11AM.
At Laura Vincent Design and Gallery www.lvdesignandgallery.com/ 824 NW Davis 4PM-6 Free
Hi Books is one of many well curated art bookstores in Portland. They present their collection of the late 1960s-early 1970s queer San Francisco: Midnight Movies: Notes from the Psychedelic Cinematic Underground. There will be programs theroughout the exhibition. It's a unique archive. It is at The Old Fashiled Garage Gallery.
It is a residence. They don't want their address published. Look them up and follow the directions to message them for the address, or go with a friend already going, or later message them for an appointment.
Old Fashioned Garage Gallery opening show 4PM-7 Free
We like Ditch Projects. It is a Eugene artist-run gallery with many members around the U of O contemporary art department. They cross fertilize with Portland minimal conceptual opportunities.
Modern Language Association is a show in collaboration with Gene's Dispensery https://www.genesdispensary.ca/ in LA. Artists are Matthew Dickman, Marcus Fischer, Noah Greene, Ido Radon, Morgan Ritter, and Justin Cole Smith. There will be a performance/reading at 7.
At Ditch Projects https://ditchprojects.com/ 303 S. 5th Ave #165, Springfield OR Map 5PM-7 Free
MOSMA https://www.mosmapdx.org/ and the Crow Collective https://www.crowcollectivepdx.com/ have pop-up exhibit of behind the scenes artists in Portland stop-motion animation.
At ADX - Art Design Xchange adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 6PM-9
The Portland Zine Symposium comes to the PSU Smith Center Ballroom 11AM-5PM and Sunday too. Requesting masks. Free
Gabi Villaseñor https://www.gabivillasenor.com/ is a Portland multiartist. They have a show of sculpture and painting. There is an eloquent show note in the link. In the Project Room, A Mother's Discourse: Reading Room by Francesca Capone closes tomorrow.
It's https://www.nationale.us/gabi-villasenor-we-found-a-freshwater-spring-while-you-were-sleeping-2026 at Nationale
Leah Lavelle https://www.leahlavelle.com/ has paintings.
At Fine Art Fruit https://www.fineartfruit.com 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 3PM-6 Free
Georgina Reskala https://www.ginareskala.com/ opens photographs Soñé Que Revelabas.
"Last year I had a dream. We were at my grandparents’ house and my late sister was standing there, looking at me. I carefully approached her and she whispered to me: “Soñé que revelabas”. I woke up trying to make sense of that sentence.
Revelar in Spanish is both to manifest or make public something that was a secret or unknown, and the chemical process in photography by which a latent image becomes visible.
She was my oldest sister, my best friend and confidant and had a gift to make me feel like things were going to work out. I wrote the sentence on a piece of paper and put it up on my studio wall. I saw it every day, and kept trying to figure out what she meant. As the days and the months went by, I realised that I am still trying to make sense of her loss. Loss not only as a consequence of death but loss in the quotidian. Loss of language, interactions, moments, and memories that become fainter as a result of distance and time. Leaving one’s home, family, and language and starting another life in a different country carries a weight that becomes most apparent during difficult times. I started looking through family pictures (my family and other families), using them as probes, copying them, changing them, creating new ones. I attached my own memories onto film.
This body of work is a personal account of the process of translation, not just in language, but of sounds, inflections, the stories, the memories, the dreams, and ultimately the way I see. The feeling of being unmoored. The estrangement that comes with the inability to fully translate from one language to the other. How does one communicate without full authority? How to experience in one’s language and express the memory in a different, foreign language. It is a reflection of ongoing investigations on translating my experiences from my native by language to my adopted one, back and forth in order to reconcile being in two different worlds with different structures; an attempt to create a personal visual language that can encompass both. A way to reveal myself."
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5 Free
Bethany Rowland has paintings Testament https://bethanyrowland.com/testament-2026 and Nicholas Stelter has kiln-iired glass vessels. There is an artist talk November 21 at 11AM.
At Laura Vincent Design and Gallery www.lvdesignandgallery.com/ 824 NW Davis 4PM-6 Free
Hi Books is one of many well curated art bookstores in Portland. They present their collection of the late 1960s-early 1970s queer San Francisco: Midnight Movies: Notes from the Psychedelic Cinematic Underground. There will be programs theroughout the exhibition. It's a unique archive. It is at The Old Fashiled Garage Gallery.
It is a residence. They don't want their address published. Look them up and follow the directions to message them for the address, or go with a friend already going, or later message them for an appointment.
Old Fashioned Garage Gallery opening show 4PM-7 Free
We like Ditch Projects. It is a Eugene artist-run gallery with many members around the U of O contemporary art department. They cross fertilize with Portland minimal conceptual opportunities.
Modern Language Association is a show in collaboration with Gene's Dispensery https://www.genesdispensary.ca/ in LA. Artists are Matthew Dickman, Marcus Fischer, Noah Greene, Ido Radon, Morgan Ritter, and Justin Cole Smith. There will be a performance/reading at 7.
At Ditch Projects https://ditchprojects.com/ 303 S. 5th Ave #165, Springfield OR Map 5PM-7 Free
MOSMA https://www.mosmapdx.org/ and the Crow Collective https://www.crowcollectivepdx.com/ have pop-up exhibit of behind the scenes artists in Portland stop-motion animation.
At ADX - Art Design Xchange adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 6PM-9
The Portland Zine Symposium comes to the PSU Smith Center Ballroom 11AM-5PM and Sunday too. Requesting masks. Free
Thursday, October 15, 2026
October 16 - 18 Art Nature
Sitka https://sitkacenter.org is an artist residency. They provide art and science workshops to coastal Title 1 schools too.
Oregon Contemporary hosts Sitka's selection of nature-inspired artists for 3 days of daytime shows. Some of the artists will be at Oregon Contemporary their open hours, 11AM - 5PM, to chat.
The artists are James Alby, Orlando Almanza, Ruth Armitage, Dylan Beck, Julie Beeler, Andrea Benson, Emily Bixler, Joanna Bloom, Michael Boonstra, Anette Brackett, David Brandt, Claire Burbridge, Iván Carmona, Yoonhee Choi, Victoria Christen, Susan Circone, Scott Conary, Lisa Conway, April Coppini, Epiphany Couch, Anne F. Crumpacker, Anna Daedalus, Laurie Danial, Rae Davis, Laura Domek, Sadie DuBois, Lisa Marie Ellis, Quintin Faria, Jennifer Foran, Ebenezer Galluzzo, Scott Gellatly, Patricia Giraud, Stirling Gorsuch, Kimberly Granquist, Jef Gunn, Susan Harrington, Dave Haslett, Misael Hernandez, Jennifer Hill, Yuji Hiratsuka, Jane Hoberg, Hsin-Yi Huang, Junko Ijima, Kevin Jessequel, Sarah Jones, Susan Jones, Marilyn Joyce, Eileen Kathryn, Heidi Keith, Anya Keyes, Justin L'Amie, Chris Lasley/Larson, Elizabeth Laskey, JiMin Lee, Kelli MacConnell, Brenda Mallory, Ruby Maly, Patty Maly, Kristen Miller, Sara Moen, Hide Morin, Michelle Muldrow, Felicia Murray, Kim Murton, Jesse Narens, Loren Nelson, Holly Osborne, James Page, Roger Peet, JD Perkin, Hilary Pfeifer, Bryan Potter, Julie Rall, Kearney Rathbun, Barbara Beers, Dale Reets, Georgina Reskala, Mary Stanchfield Roberts, Bethany Rowland, Amy Ruedinger, Ruri, Monica Setziol-Phillips, Natalie Souza, Dirk Staschke, Melanie Stevens, Travis Stewart, Angelita Surmon, Takahiro Suzuki, Carolyn Sweeney, Pearlyn Tan, Jemin London Tinsel, Randall David Tipton, Deborah Unger, Judy Vogland, Olga Volchkova, Mike Vos, Nanette Wallace, Erika Warhus, Marie Watt, Kirk Weller, Jennifer Williams, Cathie Joy Young, and Wesley Younie.
https://sitkacenter.org/sitka-art-invitational has links to the artists, the meet the artist schedule, and an early afternoon music schedule each day.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 11AM - 5PM Free
Oregon Contemporary hosts Sitka's selection of nature-inspired artists for 3 days of daytime shows. Some of the artists will be at Oregon Contemporary their open hours, 11AM - 5PM, to chat.
The artists are James Alby, Orlando Almanza, Ruth Armitage, Dylan Beck, Julie Beeler, Andrea Benson, Emily Bixler, Joanna Bloom, Michael Boonstra, Anette Brackett, David Brandt, Claire Burbridge, Iván Carmona, Yoonhee Choi, Victoria Christen, Susan Circone, Scott Conary, Lisa Conway, April Coppini, Epiphany Couch, Anne F. Crumpacker, Anna Daedalus, Laurie Danial, Rae Davis, Laura Domek, Sadie DuBois, Lisa Marie Ellis, Quintin Faria, Jennifer Foran, Ebenezer Galluzzo, Scott Gellatly, Patricia Giraud, Stirling Gorsuch, Kimberly Granquist, Jef Gunn, Susan Harrington, Dave Haslett, Misael Hernandez, Jennifer Hill, Yuji Hiratsuka, Jane Hoberg, Hsin-Yi Huang, Junko Ijima, Kevin Jessequel, Sarah Jones, Susan Jones, Marilyn Joyce, Eileen Kathryn, Heidi Keith, Anya Keyes, Justin L'Amie, Chris Lasley/Larson, Elizabeth Laskey, JiMin Lee, Kelli MacConnell, Brenda Mallory, Ruby Maly, Patty Maly, Kristen Miller, Sara Moen, Hide Morin, Michelle Muldrow, Felicia Murray, Kim Murton, Jesse Narens, Loren Nelson, Holly Osborne, James Page, Roger Peet, JD Perkin, Hilary Pfeifer, Bryan Potter, Julie Rall, Kearney Rathbun, Barbara Beers, Dale Reets, Georgina Reskala, Mary Stanchfield Roberts, Bethany Rowland, Amy Ruedinger, Ruri, Monica Setziol-Phillips, Natalie Souza, Dirk Staschke, Melanie Stevens, Travis Stewart, Angelita Surmon, Takahiro Suzuki, Carolyn Sweeney, Pearlyn Tan, Jemin London Tinsel, Randall David Tipton, Deborah Unger, Judy Vogland, Olga Volchkova, Mike Vos, Nanette Wallace, Erika Warhus, Marie Watt, Kirk Weller, Jennifer Williams, Cathie Joy Young, and Wesley Younie.
https://sitkacenter.org/sitka-art-invitational has links to the artists, the meet the artist schedule, and an early afternoon music schedule each day.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 11AM - 5PM Free
Monday, October 12, 2026
October 13 Build It and They Will Come
The PSU art department has been a nomad. They have a new building of their own now. They have an opening and party. https://www.pdx.edu/events/art-building-grand-opening-celebration 1981 SW Broadway 5PM-8 Free
Friday, October 09, 2026
October 10 Soul Ragas Costume Time
Rebecca Shippee https://www.rebeccashippee.net/ brings a large painting installation inspired by the Helen's Costume gallery itself.
At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill 2PM-5 Free
Ruby Webb https://www.fruitfulinterpretationoftime.com/about brings Clock Party to 1122 as part of Portland art textile month. It's 24 clock-themed garments you can try on.
"My love for time and clocks has run deep for around eight years. Recently I’ve been making more and more clock garments, and the idea of having a clock/time party began. Every year for the past five years, I make a garment collection in the springtime and bring it to Montana in the early summer. I take photos all around my grandmother’s property wearing the collection, and afterward I make a lookbook/zine of sorts with all the images.
This year I made 12 clock garments from scrap fabrics and garments I found at thrift stores and estate sales, and took pictures with my grandma while we wore them. My lookbook this year “time with grandma d and me,” will be placed around 1122 Gallery for your looking and purchasing pleasure."
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 1PM-5 Free
This Saturday the Mono Space listening session explores elegant soul music. In the day, Motown, Brunswick, Chess, and Atlantic sweetened tracks with orchestral instrument arrangements of strings and brass. This is that. Some discs they will be playing are: The Delfonics - The Sound of Sexy Soul, Minnie Riperton - Love Lives Forever, The Three Sounds - Soul Symphony, Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul, The Emotions - Flowers, and Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul.
Elegant Soul https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-elegant-soul at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. Noon-5 Free
Vinay Desai, Santoor, Jai Gandhi, flute, and Vikas Yendluri, tabla perform Indian classical music. Presented by Kalakendra. https://kalakendra.org/etn/pankaj-mishra-sarangi/
At the First Baptist Church, 909 SW 11th 7PM Adults $35 Children (3-12 yrs) $15, Students with ID) $20
At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill 2PM-5 Free
Ruby Webb https://www.fruitfulinterpretationoftime.com/about brings Clock Party to 1122 as part of Portland art textile month. It's 24 clock-themed garments you can try on.
"My love for time and clocks has run deep for around eight years. Recently I’ve been making more and more clock garments, and the idea of having a clock/time party began. Every year for the past five years, I make a garment collection in the springtime and bring it to Montana in the early summer. I take photos all around my grandmother’s property wearing the collection, and afterward I make a lookbook/zine of sorts with all the images.
This year I made 12 clock garments from scrap fabrics and garments I found at thrift stores and estate sales, and took pictures with my grandma while we wore them. My lookbook this year “time with grandma d and me,” will be placed around 1122 Gallery for your looking and purchasing pleasure."
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 1PM-5 Free
This Saturday the Mono Space listening session explores elegant soul music. In the day, Motown, Brunswick, Chess, and Atlantic sweetened tracks with orchestral instrument arrangements of strings and brass. This is that. Some discs they will be playing are: The Delfonics - The Sound of Sexy Soul, Minnie Riperton - Love Lives Forever, The Three Sounds - Soul Symphony, Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul, The Emotions - Flowers, and Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul.
Elegant Soul https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-elegant-soul at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. Noon-5 Free
Vinay Desai, Santoor, Jai Gandhi, flute, and Vikas Yendluri, tabla perform Indian classical music. Presented by Kalakendra. https://kalakendra.org/etn/pankaj-mishra-sarangi/
At the First Baptist Church, 909 SW 11th 7PM Adults $35 Children (3-12 yrs) $15, Students with ID) $20
Thursday, October 08, 2026
October 9 Garden
The Black Gallery continues with We Built You a Garden, film photography by residents of SEI's Strong Empowerment Village housing project.
At The Black Gallery https://www.theblackgallerypdx.com/ 916 NW Flanders 5:30PM-8 Free
MSHR is playing at Holocene and there is a modern dance performance at Building5.
At The Black Gallery https://www.theblackgallerypdx.com/ 916 NW Flanders 5:30PM-8 Free
MSHR is playing at Holocene and there is a modern dance performance at Building5.
Sunday, October 04, 2026
Friday, October 02, 2026
October 3 Northside Art Openings+
For your +1, Tomoya Matsuzaki debuts in the US. https://adamsandollman.com/Tomoya-Matsuzaki
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 3PM-5 Free
For your +2, the Lumber Room is on break from art shows. They are doing an event honoring their interior redesigner, Osmose. Where I End…You Begin — Osmose: A Survey of Design (2007–2026) surveys interiors and built environments by designer Andee Hess and studio, Osmose.
At The Lumber Room https://lumberroom.com/ 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map 5PM-8 Free
Pepper Pepper is a Portland multiartist, including organizing drag caberets with PICA. Listening Exercises are a series of drawings inspired by their performances.
At Souvenir Gallery https://souvenirartspdx.org/ 1233 NE Alberta 5PM-8 Free
Claire Elliott brings Tending to Wild, inspired by plants and gardening.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Kim Smith Claudel https://www.kimsmithclaudel.com/gloves, an artist working in 2 & 3D, brings Yard Work, which "examines the absurdity and care of maintaining one's landscape, and the tension between being kept and being desired."
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Oregon Contemporary continues its Amy Ruhl and North Pole Studios/Elbow Room Converge45 shows through Sunday.
Franklin Foto has the latest review of Portland protests by photographer Ryan Dundon. It's https://www.truthinphotography.org/protest-city-2026.html They publish limited edition phtoto books.
At Franklin Foto https://www.franklinfoto.org/ 8953 N Lombard 5PM-8 Free
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 3PM-5 Free
For your +2, the Lumber Room is on break from art shows. They are doing an event honoring their interior redesigner, Osmose. Where I End…You Begin — Osmose: A Survey of Design (2007–2026) surveys interiors and built environments by designer Andee Hess and studio, Osmose.
At The Lumber Room https://lumberroom.com/ 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map 5PM-8 Free
Pepper Pepper is a Portland multiartist, including organizing drag caberets with PICA. Listening Exercises are a series of drawings inspired by their performances.
At Souvenir Gallery https://souvenirartspdx.org/ 1233 NE Alberta 5PM-8 Free
Claire Elliott brings Tending to Wild, inspired by plants and gardening.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Kim Smith Claudel https://www.kimsmithclaudel.com/gloves, an artist working in 2 & 3D, brings Yard Work, which "examines the absurdity and care of maintaining one's landscape, and the tension between being kept and being desired."
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Oregon Contemporary continues its Amy Ruhl and North Pole Studios/Elbow Room Converge45 shows through Sunday.
Franklin Foto has the latest review of Portland protests by photographer Ryan Dundon. It's https://www.truthinphotography.org/protest-city-2026.html They publish limited edition phtoto books.
At Franklin Foto https://www.franklinfoto.org/ 8953 N Lombard 5PM-8 Free
October 2 Eastside Art Openings
First Friday gallery openings are listed on the socials.
Gina Matarazzo https://www.ginamatarazzo.com/ has all the cute plant and animal illustrations.
It is https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/gina-matarazzo-solo at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
Gina Matarazzo https://www.ginamatarazzo.com/ has all the cute plant and animal illustrations.
It is https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/gina-matarazzo-solo at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
Thursday, October 01, 2026
October 2 - 4 Moving Movies
Most people in the world dance. Dance is a many branch tree. One branch is modern and contemorary dance performed on stage. The Portland Dance Film Festival is the movie version. Dance is documented straight through by rules. Much more engaging, the Portland Dance Film Festival wants stories told with dance allbeit abstract. I have seen several years of what they do and recommend it. It would be good for dance students. The Portland Dance Film Festival https://portlanddancefilmfest.com at The Portland Art Museum Tomorrow Theater 3530 SE Division 7PM each day, add 4PM Sunday for a talk. $15
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