False Front and Oregon Contemporary continue. The Old Fashioned Garage Gallery closes their current show today. Well Well and Carnation have not announced their shows. Tomorrow, Sunday, there is a free performance at 6 at the Dekum Street Theater by the Outer Voice project and friends.
The Schnitzer collection is a vast archive of mostly multiples. They assemble vast shows from that. What's Not to Love is primarily portraits, local, national, and international.
At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon Noon-6 Free
Ceramicist Kozy Kitchens https://kozy-kitchens.me/ brings her work from Yamanashi, Japan. They are wood fired in an anagama kiln. That's carbon neutral!
She has an illustration project with her husband Kozy n Dan https://kozyndanart.com/.
Kozy Kitchens https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/kozy-kitchens-2025 at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Noise & Grain is a show of Portland music performances and musicians. Photographers are Abby Joy Press, Amy Borton, Andrew Thomas, Ayal Alves, Caitlin Crowley, Camille Bruya, Cara Lindsay, Corbin C, Elle James, Erin DeLallo, Haley Shea Miller, Ingrid Renan, James Colhoff, Jason E Kaplan, Jason Quigley, José Velazco, Julia Varga, Leo Newman, Michele Thompson, Mieke Vrijmoet, Samantha Klopp, Zach Putnam. They captured images of Pete Krebs, John Craigie, Ural Thomas, Alela Diane, Mic Crenshaw, and members of Sleater-Kinney, Y La Bamba, Blitzen Trapper, Quasi, Reptaliens, The Gossip, Forty Feet Tall, Spoon Benders, Peter Buck, Stephen Malkmus and more.
The gallery will have music by Blair Borax, followed by an after-party show at Havalina with performances by Amos Heart, and Johnny Franco & His Real Brother Dom.
At Franklin Foto https://www.franklinfoto.org/ 8953 N Lombard 5PM-8 Free
Saturday, December 06, 2025
December 6 New Format
Mono Space has a listening session today. Alex Newman lays down The New Format at KMHD https://ondemand.kmhd.org/s/listen/shows/b97e33ca-669c-42d3-b5c7-b89a41eb4848. Today you have the opportunity for him to stretch out for 6 hours.
For the terrain, https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-curated-by-alex-newman at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 11AM-5PM Free (ring buzzer for entry)
For the terrain, https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-curated-by-alex-newman at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 11AM-5PM Free (ring buzzer for entry)
December 6 & 7 Marine Air
The Unkles family is one of Portland unsung art patrons. They rent space for artist studios. They parlayed the family business into buying warehouses. In the 1990s warehouses were plentiful and inexpensive. But city regulation, and the lust by tech for warehouse offices, ended that. The Unkles family maintains the tradition, only raising the rent when the studio changes artist.
Today is a rare opportunity to look inside one, the NW Marine Art Works. For these events, the artists usually straighten their studios. And, for this one, guest artists will bring work from the Seed Building, River Studios, the Boathouse, and Carton services deemed not suited for large events by the City. They have also invited artists and crafters from outside the Unkles family studios.
The big list of some of the participating artists, fod, drink, and music is https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/winter25.
Of course you are encouraged to buy art direct and experience the narratives of each artist. It's family friendly with live music, food and drink. Open studios at NW Marine Art Works 2516 NW 29th. 10AM-4PM Free
Today is a rare opportunity to look inside one, the NW Marine Art Works. For these events, the artists usually straighten their studios. And, for this one, guest artists will bring work from the Seed Building, River Studios, the Boathouse, and Carton services deemed not suited for large events by the City. They have also invited artists and crafters from outside the Unkles family studios.
The big list of some of the participating artists, fod, drink, and music is https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/winter25.
Of course you are encouraged to buy art direct and experience the narratives of each artist. It's family friendly with live music, food and drink. Open studios at NW Marine Art Works 2516 NW 29th. 10AM-4PM Free
Friday, December 05, 2025
November 5 Eastside Art Openings
Earthbound Dracology is a show by three illustrators. They win the unusual copywriting award for the month.
"These five dragons do not fly.
All bear wings, yet all remain pressed to the ground: rooted, folded, listening to the slow breath of matter. What emerges through the paintings is a Dracology of earth —a mythology born from touch, smell, humidity, sediment, and the dense tactility of guache and pastel.
Each dragon arises from a different state of matter: -the Mother, dissolving into soil and moss -the Father, born of bitumen, sulphur, and broken stone - the Keeper, curled on the seafloor around shells of hidden light - the Son, blossoming from gas and residue into blue fire - the Elder, resting between autumn trees, a guardian of memory and peace
Together, they form a cycle of origins, erosions, preservations, combustions, and returns.
They are spirits of a world before symbols—creatures halfway between geology and biography, where the strata of earth mirror the strata of the self."
The artists are Jack Howl under the name Beachghost from Melbourne, Chanel Tang and Ambrose Rehorek under the name Creature Creature from Melbourne, and Daniele Castellano from Bologna.
See the dragons https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/beach-ghost-creature-creature at Nucleus House Gallery https://www.nucleusportland.com/ 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
All the Eastside events are at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.
"These five dragons do not fly.
All bear wings, yet all remain pressed to the ground: rooted, folded, listening to the slow breath of matter. What emerges through the paintings is a Dracology of earth —a mythology born from touch, smell, humidity, sediment, and the dense tactility of guache and pastel.
Each dragon arises from a different state of matter: -the Mother, dissolving into soil and moss -the Father, born of bitumen, sulphur, and broken stone - the Keeper, curled on the seafloor around shells of hidden light - the Son, blossoming from gas and residue into blue fire - the Elder, resting between autumn trees, a guardian of memory and peace
Together, they form a cycle of origins, erosions, preservations, combustions, and returns.
They are spirits of a world before symbols—creatures halfway between geology and biography, where the strata of earth mirror the strata of the self."
The artists are Jack Howl under the name Beachghost from Melbourne, Chanel Tang and Ambrose Rehorek under the name Creature Creature from Melbourne, and Daniele Castellano from Bologna.
See the dragons https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/beach-ghost-creature-creature at Nucleus House Gallery https://www.nucleusportland.com/ 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
All the Eastside events are at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.
Thursday, December 04, 2025
December 5 Gong Show
Lewis and Clark College has a World Music program. Many classes include a student performance project. The gamelan is a large set of gong instruments. Indonesian music is vast, and has its own music theory. For a flavor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6-A4kqRWRU. The gamelan class plays this afternoon.
Lewis and Clark College Gamelan https://www.lclark.edu/calendars/events/event/371729-gamelan-ensemble-open-house at Lewis and Clark College Evans Music Center’s World Music Room 036. Not sure about parking details, maybe the lower lot? 2PM Free
Lewis and Clark College Gamelan https://www.lclark.edu/calendars/events/event/371729-gamelan-ensemble-open-house at Lewis and Clark College Evans Music Center’s World Music Room 036. Not sure about parking details, maybe the lower lot? 2PM Free
December 4 Westside Art Openings+
Some galleries are in Miami for Art Basel https://www.theartnewspaper.com/keywords/art-basel-miami-beach-2025, 80F and no rain.
Illy2, Industry One, Fine Art Fruit, The Black Gallery, Laura Vincent Design and Gallery, Writer’s Block and After | Time Collective continue.
The Portland Art Museum is suspending their free first Thursdays.
For your +1, in the North. Paragon Gallery has Thanatopsis: A Meditation on Grief, Death, and Transition by Shelly Chamberlin, Dardinelle Troen, and Marne Lucas. There are workshops in January and a closing reception and talk February 14
Thanatopsis https://www.pcc.edu/galleries/2025/11/04/thanatopsis-a-meditation-on-grief-death-and-transition/ at PCC Cascade's Paragon Gallery 815 N Killingsworth 5PM-8 Free
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
Munro Galloway has Rest is Smoke, abstract landscape paintings inspired by climate change and inescapable wildfire smoke. Jaq Chartier https://jaqbox.com brings Mutable Paintings, her saturated color patterns that remind gel chromatography. Some of her newer work may reference micro-nano-pico titer plate chemistry. That is the basis for modern genetic sequencing essential in the COVID response.
At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free
Fans Only shows its residents. That is along with a show by artist writer Ashley Yang Thompson https://ashleyyangthompson.com, Kenyon BFA and PSU MFA minted. Parentheses Project, out of Northwest Academy, a neighboring private school high school, has a large group show Our Mother the Mountain.
At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-8 Free
Portland Arts Collective brings a show of local artists curated by Jeff Jahn. It draws relationships from Rothko to their current work. The artists are Andi Kovel, Arnold Pander, Bruce Conkle, Claire Francis Spaulding, Colin Kippen, David Schell, Ellen George, Laura Fritz, Matt McCormick, Pat Barret, Salvator Reda, Sandra Roumagoux, V, and Yoonhee Choi.
At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free
Russo-Lee Gallery has a large group show of their artists and guests. It is a good opportunity to see wha the gallery interests. The artists are James Allen, Marlene Bauer, Heather Lee Birdsong, Michael Brophy, Sean Cain, G. Lewis Clevenger, Laura Domela, Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, Tom Fawkes, Gabe Fernandez, Julian V.L. Gaines, Dan Gluibizzi, James Lee Hansen, Roll Hardy, Lisa Jarrett, Jackie Johnson, Fay Jones, Mary Josephson, Mel Katz, Connie Kiener, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Willie Little, Brenda Mallory, Betty Merken, Michael Paul Miller, David Curt Morris, Richard Notkin, Whitney Nye, Stephen O'Donnell, Kim Osgood, Lucinda Parker, J.D. Perkin, Jack Portland, René Rickabaugh, Chris Russell, Anne Siems, Eric Stotik, Whiting Tennis, Margot Voorhies Thompson, Samantha Yun Wall, Gina Wilson, Sherrie Wolf, and Ko Kirk Yamahira.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
Blue Sky has 1985 - 1995: The Second Decade is a show by 64 of the 209 artists shown in that era with their current work.
Bokolo Roots by Penda Diakite is in the Nine Gallery.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Mae Al-Jiboori brings Settling In, impressionistic portraits. Pomegranate Doyle has paintings, Imaginary Friends in a magical realism style. There is also a group show of gallery artists.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Hibiki Miyazaki and David Joel Kitcher have a collaborative show of works on paper, The Dreamery. Reception and artist talk 1 Saturday.
At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
Waterstone has a group show of their artists, Of Earth & Sky.
At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
Stello is doing artist residency open houses. Tonight is Claire Gunville who does relief shading of wires. At Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org/ 412 NW 8th Avenue 5PM-8 Free
The late Rick Bartow and Seiichi Hiroshima havw a show commerating their printmaking project Moon and Dog Press. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free
The PSU MFA Art + Social Practice students and BFA students have open studios and a show. At the AB Lobby & MK Gallery Galleries 2000 SW 5th 5PM-7 Free
PNCA Willamette has many visual shows tonight.
At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free
Illy2, Industry One, Fine Art Fruit, The Black Gallery, Laura Vincent Design and Gallery, Writer’s Block and After | Time Collective continue.
The Portland Art Museum is suspending their free first Thursdays.
For your +1, in the North. Paragon Gallery has Thanatopsis: A Meditation on Grief, Death, and Transition by Shelly Chamberlin, Dardinelle Troen, and Marne Lucas. There are workshops in January and a closing reception and talk February 14
Thanatopsis https://www.pcc.edu/galleries/2025/11/04/thanatopsis-a-meditation-on-grief-death-and-transition/ at PCC Cascade's Paragon Gallery 815 N Killingsworth 5PM-8 Free
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
Munro Galloway has Rest is Smoke, abstract landscape paintings inspired by climate change and inescapable wildfire smoke. Jaq Chartier https://jaqbox.com brings Mutable Paintings, her saturated color patterns that remind gel chromatography. Some of her newer work may reference micro-nano-pico titer plate chemistry. That is the basis for modern genetic sequencing essential in the COVID response.
At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free
Fans Only shows its residents. That is along with a show by artist writer Ashley Yang Thompson https://ashleyyangthompson.com, Kenyon BFA and PSU MFA minted. Parentheses Project, out of Northwest Academy, a neighboring private school high school, has a large group show Our Mother the Mountain.
At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-8 Free
Portland Arts Collective brings a show of local artists curated by Jeff Jahn. It draws relationships from Rothko to their current work. The artists are Andi Kovel, Arnold Pander, Bruce Conkle, Claire Francis Spaulding, Colin Kippen, David Schell, Ellen George, Laura Fritz, Matt McCormick, Pat Barret, Salvator Reda, Sandra Roumagoux, V, and Yoonhee Choi.
At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free
Russo-Lee Gallery has a large group show of their artists and guests. It is a good opportunity to see wha the gallery interests. The artists are James Allen, Marlene Bauer, Heather Lee Birdsong, Michael Brophy, Sean Cain, G. Lewis Clevenger, Laura Domela, Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, Tom Fawkes, Gabe Fernandez, Julian V.L. Gaines, Dan Gluibizzi, James Lee Hansen, Roll Hardy, Lisa Jarrett, Jackie Johnson, Fay Jones, Mary Josephson, Mel Katz, Connie Kiener, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Willie Little, Brenda Mallory, Betty Merken, Michael Paul Miller, David Curt Morris, Richard Notkin, Whitney Nye, Stephen O'Donnell, Kim Osgood, Lucinda Parker, J.D. Perkin, Jack Portland, René Rickabaugh, Chris Russell, Anne Siems, Eric Stotik, Whiting Tennis, Margot Voorhies Thompson, Samantha Yun Wall, Gina Wilson, Sherrie Wolf, and Ko Kirk Yamahira.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
Blue Sky has 1985 - 1995: The Second Decade is a show by 64 of the 209 artists shown in that era with their current work.
Bokolo Roots by Penda Diakite is in the Nine Gallery.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Mae Al-Jiboori brings Settling In, impressionistic portraits. Pomegranate Doyle has paintings, Imaginary Friends in a magical realism style. There is also a group show of gallery artists.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Hibiki Miyazaki and David Joel Kitcher have a collaborative show of works on paper, The Dreamery. Reception and artist talk 1 Saturday.
At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
Waterstone has a group show of their artists, Of Earth & Sky.
At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
Stello is doing artist residency open houses. Tonight is Claire Gunville who does relief shading of wires. At Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org/ 412 NW 8th Avenue 5PM-8 Free
The late Rick Bartow and Seiichi Hiroshima havw a show commerating their printmaking project Moon and Dog Press. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free
The PSU MFA Art + Social Practice students and BFA students have open studios and a show. At the AB Lobby & MK Gallery Galleries 2000 SW 5th 5PM-7 Free
PNCA Willamette has many visual shows tonight.
At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free
December 4 Everyday Materials
KSMOCA is situated in a pre-K/K-5 school. It is the other arts magnet school. It's too cool. It started with art parents, adopted by social practice professors, it engages students with working artist residencies. Every child is an artist. The goal is not to lose that in doubt.
Yoonhee Choi makes large fields of small objects using everyday materials and works on paper with a simipar feel, almost like maps. Spring Stroll is her project with the student artists of KSMOCA.
The project included paper making and dyes with each grade based on the obangsaek color system.
The exhibition opening takes place in the Cafetorium hallway and is open to the public.
Please stop by the Main Office to sign in and receive a visitor pass to the school. At KSMOCA in the King K-8 School 4906 NE 6th. 10AM Free
Yoonhee Choi makes large fields of small objects using everyday materials and works on paper with a simipar feel, almost like maps. Spring Stroll is her project with the student artists of KSMOCA.
The project included paper making and dyes with each grade based on the obangsaek color system.
The exhibition opening takes place in the Cafetorium hallway and is open to the public.
Please stop by the Main Office to sign in and receive a visitor pass to the school. At KSMOCA in the King K-8 School 4906 NE 6th. 10AM Free
Friday, November 28, 2025
November 28 Bunko Season
Lawrence Kirk operating, as Lumena Studios, brings his 3d managerie of characters and video works. Kirk did his BFA at L&C showing in several Portland alt galleries, then his MFA at Goldsmiths. A big part of this show is an animated character Bunko.
Arrive promptly at Virtua_Gal nee Xhurch at Lloyd Mall Suite B216. Park, bike, or walk, entering from the Halsey Street side by Barnes and Noble, the mall is locked to the outside after 7PM. Virtua is in the former Lady Foot Locker, second level, above Zumiez and Hot Topic. 6PM-8 Free
Arrive promptly at Virtua_Gal nee Xhurch at Lloyd Mall Suite B216. Park, bike, or walk, entering from the Halsey Street side by Barnes and Noble, the mall is locked to the outside after 7PM. Virtua is in the former Lady Foot Locker, second level, above Zumiez and Hot Topic. 6PM-8 Free
Sunday, November 23, 2025
November 24 You(Tube)
Getting To Know You(Tube)! was a series launched in 2011 by artists Stefan Ransom and Crystal Baxley, https://pica.org/artists/CrystalBaxley&StefanRansom, with Mike Merrill at the Hollywood Theater. It operated to mid-2016. It was an OG social practice art project.
After the June 2016 show, their website was hijacked by a shoe store. https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/http://www.gettingtoknowyoutube.com/
Artists bring obsessive works they have found on YouTube and show them. Their algorithm is not your algorithm, so you may see some unusual-to-you short movies. The selection of presenters through its original about 5 year cycle is an impressive record. Getting To Know You(Tube)! returns tonight to the Boathouse.
Selections by Juli Yen Davis, Natalie Jane Edson, and Vm Zellers.
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free
After the June 2016 show, their website was hijacked by a shoe store. https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/http://www.gettingtoknowyoutube.com/
Artists bring obsessive works they have found on YouTube and show them. Their algorithm is not your algorithm, so you may see some unusual-to-you short movies. The selection of presenters through its original about 5 year cycle is an impressive record. Getting To Know You(Tube)! returns tonight to the Boathouse.
Selections by Juli Yen Davis, Natalie Jane Edson, and Vm Zellers.
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free
November 23 Association
Building 5 is a large high ceiling room in the Northwest Marine Art Works studio complex. They have a pop up today by the galleries of the Portland Area Art Dealers Association https://padaoregon.org/, and Oregon Visual Arts Association partners. The group has grown over the years and participated as a group in the Seattle Art Fair. I have observed a diversication of the collector base to new galleries as a result.
Readers will be familiar with the participating galleries today, Adams and Ollman, Antler & Talon Galleries, The BLACK Gallery, Blackfish Gallery, Blue Sky Gallery, Carnation Contemporary, Gallery 114, J. Pepin Art Gallery, Laura Vincent Design & Gallery, Lawrence Gallery, North Pole Studio, One Grand Gallery, PDX Contemporary Art, Rental Sales Gallery, Russo Lee Gallery, and Waterstone Gallery.
PADA Pop Up https://padaoregon.org/calendar-listings/2025/11/23/pada-pop-up at NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th. 10AM–5 Free
Readers will be familiar with the participating galleries today, Adams and Ollman, Antler & Talon Galleries, The BLACK Gallery, Blackfish Gallery, Blue Sky Gallery, Carnation Contemporary, Gallery 114, J. Pepin Art Gallery, Laura Vincent Design & Gallery, Lawrence Gallery, North Pole Studio, One Grand Gallery, PDX Contemporary Art, Rental Sales Gallery, Russo Lee Gallery, and Waterstone Gallery.
PADA Pop Up https://padaoregon.org/calendar-listings/2025/11/23/pada-pop-up at NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th. 10AM–5 Free
Saturday, November 22, 2025
November 22 Plastics
Mono Space has a listening session today. Portland recording label Musique Plastique https://musique-plastique.com/ is a tiny modern hunter and gatherer. They program today's experience.
For the terrain, https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-curated-by-tony-remple at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 11AM-5PM Free (ring buzzer for entry)
For the terrain, https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-curated-by-tony-remple at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 11AM-5PM Free (ring buzzer for entry)
Thursday, November 20, 2025
November 20-23 Rothko
The Portland Art Museum reopens after remodeling, re-hanging the collection, and joining the two buildings with the Rothko Pavilion. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are free for all. Advance tickets are required, with a limited number of walkups subject to capacity.
Mark Rothko came to Portland as an immigrant from Latvia at age 10. No ICE in those days. He graduated from Lincoln, then went to Yale. He had an arc of painting styles before settling into his abstract colorfields. The museum has an arrangement with the Rothko family to borrow a rotating set of paintings. They have their own gallery and the work shows his arc.
By the Whitsell there is a new very large LED screen for digital works. Now is a very surreal maximalist fantasy a la Bosch. Several galleries mix eras in a theme, like the Seattle Asian did, very different from the previous Mark building chronologiclal layout. They have on loan a video installation by Swiss artst Pipilotti Rist. Some favorites are in storage for now and the currators will continue rearranging the collection.
The Rothko Pavilian is all windows, so it has light-proof sculptures, and innumerable couches and chairs. It would be a great place for a date-day, and the galleries throughout have ample seating. The pavilion has some outdoor patios, facing East and West, There is also a cafe which, with its own entrance, no ticket needed, and both indoor and outdoor seating.
First Thursday free days are on break, so now would be a great time to join the museum and make it your own. They have a sale on membership 15% off, one year, 30% off two years.
Full details https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/grand-opening-free-days/. At the Portland Art Museum www.pam.org 1219 SW Park. 1PM-9 Thursday, 10-5 Friday and Saturday Free with advance tickets
Mark Rothko came to Portland as an immigrant from Latvia at age 10. No ICE in those days. He graduated from Lincoln, then went to Yale. He had an arc of painting styles before settling into his abstract colorfields. The museum has an arrangement with the Rothko family to borrow a rotating set of paintings. They have their own gallery and the work shows his arc.
By the Whitsell there is a new very large LED screen for digital works. Now is a very surreal maximalist fantasy a la Bosch. Several galleries mix eras in a theme, like the Seattle Asian did, very different from the previous Mark building chronologiclal layout. They have on loan a video installation by Swiss artst Pipilotti Rist. Some favorites are in storage for now and the currators will continue rearranging the collection.
The Rothko Pavilian is all windows, so it has light-proof sculptures, and innumerable couches and chairs. It would be a great place for a date-day, and the galleries throughout have ample seating. The pavilion has some outdoor patios, facing East and West, There is also a cafe which, with its own entrance, no ticket needed, and both indoor and outdoor seating.
First Thursday free days are on break, so now would be a great time to join the museum and make it your own. They have a sale on membership 15% off, one year, 30% off two years.
Full details https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/grand-opening-free-days/. At the Portland Art Museum www.pam.org 1219 SW Park. 1PM-9 Thursday, 10-5 Friday and Saturday Free with advance tickets
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