Den Lam https://bydanlam.com/ brings her blobs in show Mercurial. They show along with paintings by Bobby Adams. At Stephanie Chefas gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free
Hazel Miller has Nocturnes, animal illustrations and sculptures. At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 5PM-9 Free
Every Summer They Disappear at 4pm by Fabian Lavater https://lavaterart.com/ are schematic land and seascapes. At the Purple Door https://www.thepurpledoorpdx.com/ 3557 SE Division 6PM-9 Free
Friday, September 18, 2026
Sunday, September 13, 2026
September 13 Fine Showers
The Venerable Showers of Beauty Gamalan are performing on the Sunday Parkways route downtown. They may be performing in or near Lincoln Hall at PSU as per their socials. At https://www.portland.gov/sunday-parkways/downtown-event-2026#toc-entertainment-programming 11AM-3 Free
Kelli Rad https://bio.site/kellirad brings her portraits.
At Fine Art Fruit https://www.fineartfruit.com 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 2PM-5 Free
Kelli Rad https://bio.site/kellirad brings her portraits.
At Fine Art Fruit https://www.fineartfruit.com 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 2PM-5 Free
Saturday, September 12, 2026
September 12 Zymoglyphic Bouyancy, Canyon Communication, Tomato Time
We don't usually list artist talks as individual events, there are many. We sometimes note them in the opening listing as a forward pointer. But since we were traveling for the opening we will note that the Zymoglyphic residency show has open hours this afternoon and a talk. The artists in cohort VI are Harper Lethin, Sakura Azzopardi, Alice Langlois, Phoebe Mol & Anthony Clementi, Kate Stock, Patty Burns, Amber Wolf, Wren Van Deusen, and Nonlocal Variable.
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison Noon-3, Talk 1 Free
All the way out on the left edge of land in Astoria, encaustic painter Elise Wagner has turned to the subject of the sea. Finding Bouyancy is the result. There will be an artist talk September 19, 2PM too.
It is https://imogengallery.com/september-2026-exhibition/elise-wagner/1 at Imogen Gallery https://imogengallery.com/ 240 11th Street, Astoria, OR 5PM-8 Free
Sometimes entropy is overcome by a concentration of people in a place and time who produce unexpectedly beautiful things or world-changing by their creative or intellectual interaction. Black Mountain College is an example I relate often. Portland 90s-00s? Laurel Canyon, on the cusp between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s, was that for romances, singer songwriters, and musicians. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/02/laurel-canyon-music-scene
Selector Nichole D'Aimato provides a peek at it.
Laurel Canyon https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-laurel-canyon-curated-by-nicole-diamato at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. Noon-5 Free
Jen Lamb https://www.unurthwonder.com/ all the way from Vancouver, WA brings Intertidal Communication. They are swirly, in form and color, ceramics inspired by landscape.
It's https://www.aftertimegallery.com/intertidalcommunion at After/Time Gallery https://https://www.aftertimegallery.com/ 735 SW 9th Ave #110 5PM-8 Free
Brian Libby https://www.brianlibby.com/ has been Portland's architecture writer following the Randy Gragg era.
He has published a book of his selection of Portland places and stories arranged as walking tours, In Search of Portland. https://osupress.oregonstate.edu/blog/closer-look-at-%E2%80%9Cin-search-of-portland%E2%80%9D-with-brian-libby. It is a good companion to Laura O. Foster's books. The photos from the book are on the walls at a reception for Libby.
At the office of WDP Architecture https://www.weedmandesignpartners.com/ 1905 NW 23rd Place 4PM-6:30 Free
Heirloom Ceramics Studio, a shared studio like Radius, pops up with a one nighter.
At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 5:30PM-9 Free
Kiel Fletcher https://www.kielfletcher.com/ presents an installation Untitled (Time). Sound and visuals combine inspired by our NW Cascades landscapes. Opening and talk today, open tomorrow and hours on the Building 5 socials, performance on the 19th at 6.
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th 6PM Free.
The annual Tomato Fest is at Wellspent Market today.
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison Noon-3, Talk 1 Free
All the way out on the left edge of land in Astoria, encaustic painter Elise Wagner has turned to the subject of the sea. Finding Bouyancy is the result. There will be an artist talk September 19, 2PM too.
It is https://imogengallery.com/september-2026-exhibition/elise-wagner/1 at Imogen Gallery https://imogengallery.com/ 240 11th Street, Astoria, OR 5PM-8 Free
Sometimes entropy is overcome by a concentration of people in a place and time who produce unexpectedly beautiful things or world-changing by their creative or intellectual interaction. Black Mountain College is an example I relate often. Portland 90s-00s? Laurel Canyon, on the cusp between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s, was that for romances, singer songwriters, and musicians. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/02/laurel-canyon-music-scene
Selector Nichole D'Aimato provides a peek at it.
Laurel Canyon https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-laurel-canyon-curated-by-nicole-diamato at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. Noon-5 Free
Jen Lamb https://www.unurthwonder.com/ all the way from Vancouver, WA brings Intertidal Communication. They are swirly, in form and color, ceramics inspired by landscape.
It's https://www.aftertimegallery.com/intertidalcommunion at After/Time Gallery https://https://www.aftertimegallery.com/ 735 SW 9th Ave #110 5PM-8 Free
Brian Libby https://www.brianlibby.com/ has been Portland's architecture writer following the Randy Gragg era.
He has published a book of his selection of Portland places and stories arranged as walking tours, In Search of Portland. https://osupress.oregonstate.edu/blog/closer-look-at-%E2%80%9Cin-search-of-portland%E2%80%9D-with-brian-libby. It is a good companion to Laura O. Foster's books. The photos from the book are on the walls at a reception for Libby.
At the office of WDP Architecture https://www.weedmandesignpartners.com/ 1905 NW 23rd Place 4PM-6:30 Free
Heirloom Ceramics Studio, a shared studio like Radius, pops up with a one nighter.
At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 5:30PM-9 Free
Kiel Fletcher https://www.kielfletcher.com/ presents an installation Untitled (Time). Sound and visuals combine inspired by our NW Cascades landscapes. Opening and talk today, open tomorrow and hours on the Building 5 socials, performance on the 19th at 6.
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th 6PM Free.
The annual Tomato Fest is at Wellspent Market today.
Friday, August 28, 2026
August 28 - September 8 Holiday
Portland OR Us Now is on vacation. The art continues, but not entries here. And on vacation we will be seeing a social practice art.
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
August 28 Zymoglyphic Culture
The Zymoglyphic Museum has a residency. Their residents read out their work in show Museum as Muse VI. The artists are Harper Lethin, Sakura Azzopardim, Alice Langlois, Phoebe Mol & Anthony Clementi, Kate Stock, Patty Burns, Amber Wolf, Wren Van Deusen, and Nonlocal Variable. We like the museum and the show is always fun.
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 6PM-9 Free
Gerald Clarke presents show Unceded Between the Lines. It is presented by Native Arts & Cultures. There are some fantastic projects coming to that building.
At the Native Arts & Cultures https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/ 800 SE 10th (old YU building with a waterfall in the basement) 5:30-8 Free
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 6PM-9 Free
Gerald Clarke presents show Unceded Between the Lines. It is presented by Native Arts & Cultures. There are some fantastic projects coming to that building.
At the Native Arts & Cultures https://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/ 800 SE 10th (old YU building with a waterfall in the basement) 5:30-8 Free
August 27-30+ Converge
Converge45 does a big show every three years. It spans many venues, and programming continues in the Fall. It's too much to detail here. So just look it up at https://www.converge45.org.
August 25 Balistics
Merideth Hillbrand opens show Balistics.
At https://societysocietysociety.com/ 711 SE Grand upstairs above Mother Foucault’s. 6PM-8 Free
At https://societysocietysociety.com/ 711 SE Grand upstairs above Mother Foucault’s. 6PM-8 Free
Saturday, August 22, 2026
August 22 Summer Breeze
SeasideFM - City Pop Songs is a local DJ specializing in Japanese City Pop and light Jazz. City Pop シティ ポップ is a highly produced Japanese easy listening Yacht Rock-like genre of the 1970s-1980s, the boom era. The production costs with live sweetening musicians in the time create a mine for samples today. SeasideFM brings their City Pop vinyl for a listening session today.
That's https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-city-pop-curated-by-seaside-fm at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. Noon-5 Free
That's https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-city-pop-curated-by-seaside-fm at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. Noon-5 Free
Saturday, August 15, 2026
August 16 Quadrophenia
Modular On The Spot brings a mid-month four channel performance to their modular synthesizer electronic music series. Lewis Guignard,Zachary Egge, Amoja, Vyger, CRBN and Francisco Botello perform.
Pier Park 10325 N Lombard 6PM-9 Free
Pier Park 10325 N Lombard 6PM-9 Free
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