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