Helen's Costume opens its 2026 season. Jackie Stewart, Ju Suk Reet Meate, Cody Brandt, Lena Lutz, and Chanel Conklin show work.
At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill Street Opening today. 5PM-8 Free
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Sunday, July 12, 2026
July 12 Nature
Public Nature is an improvised collaboration between a mover/dancer, a musician, and a word artist. Tonight Takahiro Yamamoto featuring Brandon Conway, performance, Judy Nahum, poetry, and Ari lynn, sound. It is an ongroing series by Danielle Ross https://www.daniellerossperformance.com/blog.
The performance is in a bookshop on the upper floor of a building filled with studios. Doors open at 7:30 and will absolutely close before the performance, no late arrival.
At Passages Bookshop, 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660 8PM $10-15
The performance is in a bookshop on the upper floor of a building filled with studios. Doors open at 7:30 and will absolutely close before the performance, no late arrival.
At Passages Bookshop, 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660 8PM $10-15
Saturday, July 11, 2026
July 11 Resting
Part 2 of Brianna Spencer's I'm Resting Now Before It's Too Late opens and Consuelo Wise's Boy continues in the project room.
At Nationalewww.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map 2PM-4 Free
At Nationale
Friday, July 10, 2026
July 10 Tarot
Junko Mizuno 水野純子 http://www.mizuno-junko.com/, brings her tarot design illustrations the latest in a several year project.
It's https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/junko-mizuno at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
It's https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/junko-mizuno at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
Thursday, July 09, 2026
July 9 More Westside Art Openings
Many Westside galleries are involved in the aformentioned sports+art content tonight.
I Am Plodding Through Mud is a large group ceramics show by Ahuva Sz, Alice Christine Walker, Ansley Gwin, Cassie Tompkins, Kaitlyn Carr, Elizabeth Arzani, Emily Ginsburg, Jessica Joner, Linda Wysong, Luke Armitstead, Maya Vivas, Ryan Kitson, and TarynTomasello. There are more events beyond the opening on the show website.
It is https://www.buildingfive.org/i-am-plodding-through-mud at NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th 6PM-9 Free
I Am Plodding Through Mud is a large group ceramics show by Ahuva Sz, Alice Christine Walker, Ansley Gwin, Cassie Tompkins, Kaitlyn Carr, Elizabeth Arzani, Emily Ginsburg, Jessica Joner, Linda Wysong, Luke Armitstead, Maya Vivas, Ryan Kitson, and TarynTomasello. There are more events beyond the opening on the show website.
It is https://www.buildingfive.org/i-am-plodding-through-mud at NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th 6PM-9 Free
Saturday, July 04, 2026
July 5 Mystic Anchor Gestures
Modular On The Spot brings July. Musicians are DSP Mystic, Empty Gestures, Trust Anchor, Wired Habitat, Limanjaya, and Clayton Davis.
Pier Park 10325 N Lombard 6PM-9 Free
Pier Park 10325 N Lombard 6PM-9 Free
July 4 Northside Art Openings+
For your +1. Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist many readers know. His latest book is On Censorship. After 250 years, yes, we have it here. We also have corruption here, it's not just for "African dictators."
He is famous for many works, including an early social practice work Fairytale in 2007. Between 2008 and 2011, and continuing, he made art about deaths in the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan. About 5000 students perished because of corrupt "tofu construction" - public schools built at minimum cost for maximum profit.
The number of deaths and names were deemed a state secret. The artist's sin was going door to door to gather the names from families, almost all single children, and writing them down. The power of names in China is a cultural thing, the gravity of which is not understood in the West.
As a result, in 2011 he was disappeared for 81 days.
I am a student of democracy and have worked professionally in the field. I have studied the Chinese Democracy Movement. A great documentary is Gate of Heavenly Peace. I believe the Chinese government should have set up a student and young persons National People's Congress and started a transition to democracy in towns and cities. That would have been a great cultural learning experience and could have avoided much corruption. After a time, democracy could evolve to provinces and the central government. The fact that the central government right here is intent on ending democracy in our 250th year is very disturbing.
This weekend Ai Weiwei is reenacting the disapprearing time sampled into a 24 hour performance, Sewing a Button, in Manchester UK. Much of it is online.
Ai Weiwei and collaborators perform Sewing a Button online. Free
Oregon Contemporary closes their biennial.
Might as Well Well is a group show including new members.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Dana Lynn Louis' Gather Make Shelter project brings Aileen McPherson, Fahd Sadiq, Fawn, Gloria Rodriguez, Mia Winters, Marzipan Lee, and Zenyatta. The project has similarities to San Francisco's Hospitality House.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
He is famous for many works, including an early social practice work Fairytale in 2007. Between 2008 and 2011, and continuing, he made art about deaths in the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan. About 5000 students perished because of corrupt "tofu construction" - public schools built at minimum cost for maximum profit.
The number of deaths and names were deemed a state secret. The artist's sin was going door to door to gather the names from families, almost all single children, and writing them down. The power of names in China is a cultural thing, the gravity of which is not understood in the West.
As a result, in 2011 he was disappeared for 81 days.
I am a student of democracy and have worked professionally in the field. I have studied the Chinese Democracy Movement. A great documentary is Gate of Heavenly Peace. I believe the Chinese government should have set up a student and young persons National People's Congress and started a transition to democracy in towns and cities. That would have been a great cultural learning experience and could have avoided much corruption. After a time, democracy could evolve to provinces and the central government. The fact that the central government right here is intent on ending democracy in our 250th year is very disturbing.
This weekend Ai Weiwei is reenacting the disapprearing time sampled into a 24 hour performance, Sewing a Button, in Manchester UK. Much of it is online.
Ai Weiwei and collaborators perform Sewing a Button online. Free
Oregon Contemporary closes their biennial.
Might as Well Well is a group show including new members.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Dana Lynn Louis' Gather Make Shelter project brings Aileen McPherson, Fahd Sadiq, Fawn, Gloria Rodriguez, Mia Winters, Marzipan Lee, and Zenyatta. The project has similarities to San Francisco's Hospitality House.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Friday, July 03, 2026
July 3 Eastside Art Openings
All the Eastside events are at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.
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