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
Saturday, July 04, 2026
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.
Thursday, July 02, 2026
July 2 Westside Art Openings+
The Black Gallery, Imperfecta, and Lucky Girl continue.
For your +1, The Portland Art Museum is free all day. https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/free-first-thursday-july2026/ at the Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park 10AM-7 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
Mixed Flock: 30 Years is a large retrospective group show by Patrick Abbey, Alma Allen, Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen, Nick Blosser, Iván Carmona, Marjorie Dial, Amjad Faur, Bean Finneran, Jacques Flechemuller, Ellen George, Victoria Haven, Elizabeth Knight, Justin L'Amie, James Lavadour, Terran Last Gun, Nathan William Lambdin, Nancy Lorenz, D.E. May, Kristen Miller, Wes Mills, Jeffry Mitchell, Megan Murphy, Jenene Nagy, Ido Radon, Georgina Reskala, Joe Rudko, Tad Savinar, Susan Seubert, Adam Sorensen, Barbara Stafford, Storm Tharp, Gus Van Sant, Nell Warren, Heather Watkins, Marie Watt, and Yamamoto Masao. How many do you recognize?
"Mixed Flock comes from the idea of different species of birds gathering together for a variety of reasons including safety, cooperation, and community. In talking with wildlife scientist Derek Craighead about mixed flocks, Craighead suggested humans underestimate the sociability of animals, that wild animals will gather to be social, for fun, and for company. That’s worthwhile!
For thirty years, PDX artist’s have been a wonderful mixed flock with each artist having their own way of seeing the world and approaching their art-making.
Now is an important time to highlight and strengthen mixed flocks. Our country is a mixed flock, the “melting pot”, where diverse peoples, cultures, and ways exist together and we are better for it. This show is a celebration of the gallery’s many and varied artists, supporters, and collectors who make up our flock."
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 5PM-7
Blue Sky has their 5th decade retrospective.
The Nine Gallery has Jerry Mayer's sculptures.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Collage artist Arless Day shows along with a Summer group show of gallery artists.
At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
Merridawn Duckler shows books and clothes. She has been a champion of a book art with her own gallery several years ago. Book arts are strong in Portland, but less so with the colsure of OCAC. Libby Wadsworth brings Intimate Strangers, botanicals shot with artificial light with text added. Anastasiya Gutnik has Spectral Ascent, sculptures and mixed media.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Jay Backstrand, Michael Brophy, Judith Poxson Fawkes, Tom Fawkes, Gregory Grenon, Roll Hardy, Frederick Heidel, Manuel Izquierdo, Fay Jones, Mel Katz, Michihiro Kosuge, Elizabeth Malaska, Michael Paul Miller, Geoffrey Pagen, Lucinda Parker, René Rickabaugh, Anne Siems, Eric Stotik, Akio Takamori, Gina Wilson, Sherrie Wolf, and Samantha Yun Wall are all part of a group show.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
After | Time has a group show Reveal-Reveal, Porland and LA artists in collaboration with LA gallery Allied Special Projects. The artists are Amelie Laurice, Benjamin Latham, Chris Horner, Cindy Craig, Colin Roberts, Marcus Sendlinger, Maria Jean, Mary Lai, and Todd Molinari.
At After/Time Collective https://www.aftertimecollective 735 SW 9th Ave #110 5PM-8 Free
Woven is a group show of textile art.
At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free
The Urban Art Network occupies 13th with all their booths of stuff.
For your +1, The Portland Art Museum is free all day. https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/free-first-thursday-july2026/ at the Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park 10AM-7 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
Mixed Flock: 30 Years is a large retrospective group show by Patrick Abbey, Alma Allen, Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen, Nick Blosser, Iván Carmona, Marjorie Dial, Amjad Faur, Bean Finneran, Jacques Flechemuller, Ellen George, Victoria Haven, Elizabeth Knight, Justin L'Amie, James Lavadour, Terran Last Gun, Nathan William Lambdin, Nancy Lorenz, D.E. May, Kristen Miller, Wes Mills, Jeffry Mitchell, Megan Murphy, Jenene Nagy, Ido Radon, Georgina Reskala, Joe Rudko, Tad Savinar, Susan Seubert, Adam Sorensen, Barbara Stafford, Storm Tharp, Gus Van Sant, Nell Warren, Heather Watkins, Marie Watt, and Yamamoto Masao. How many do you recognize?
"Mixed Flock comes from the idea of different species of birds gathering together for a variety of reasons including safety, cooperation, and community. In talking with wildlife scientist Derek Craighead about mixed flocks, Craighead suggested humans underestimate the sociability of animals, that wild animals will gather to be social, for fun, and for company. That’s worthwhile!
For thirty years, PDX artist’s have been a wonderful mixed flock with each artist having their own way of seeing the world and approaching their art-making.
Now is an important time to highlight and strengthen mixed flocks. Our country is a mixed flock, the “melting pot”, where diverse peoples, cultures, and ways exist together and we are better for it. This show is a celebration of the gallery’s many and varied artists, supporters, and collectors who make up our flock."
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 5PM-7
Blue Sky has their 5th decade retrospective.
The Nine Gallery has Jerry Mayer's sculptures.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Collage artist Arless Day shows along with a Summer group show of gallery artists.
At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
Merridawn Duckler shows books and clothes. She has been a champion of a book art with her own gallery several years ago. Book arts are strong in Portland, but less so with the colsure of OCAC. Libby Wadsworth brings Intimate Strangers, botanicals shot with artificial light with text added. Anastasiya Gutnik has Spectral Ascent, sculptures and mixed media.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Jay Backstrand, Michael Brophy, Judith Poxson Fawkes, Tom Fawkes, Gregory Grenon, Roll Hardy, Frederick Heidel, Manuel Izquierdo, Fay Jones, Mel Katz, Michihiro Kosuge, Elizabeth Malaska, Michael Paul Miller, Geoffrey Pagen, Lucinda Parker, René Rickabaugh, Anne Siems, Eric Stotik, Akio Takamori, Gina Wilson, Sherrie Wolf, and Samantha Yun Wall are all part of a group show.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
After | Time has a group show Reveal-Reveal, Porland and LA artists in collaboration with LA gallery Allied Special Projects. The artists are Amelie Laurice, Benjamin Latham, Chris Horner, Cindy Craig, Colin Roberts, Marcus Sendlinger, Maria Jean, Mary Lai, and Todd Molinari.
At After/Time Collective https://www.aftertimecollective 735 SW 9th Ave #110 5PM-8 Free
Woven is a group show of textile art.
At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free
The Urban Art Network occupies 13th with all their booths of stuff.
Wednesday, July 01, 2026
July 2 Society
Society has a Summer Group Show with Mike Bray, Jodie Cavalier, Derek Franklin, Sidony O’Neal, Stephanie Simek, and Taryn Tomasello. Why they cross scheduled against Westside first Thursday openings is a mystery.
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
July 1 - 31 Sporty
Portland art galleries sometimes have a month theme. This month, and some of last month, is large spectator sports. The annual economic throughput of sports in the US is about a trillion. Arts are about 1.2 trillion, but visual arts are only about 12 billion. So if you like, you can find the visual arts shows themed on sports in galleries, which includes https://portlandartsweek.com/. Most are free.
Friday, June 26, 2026
June 26 Think Ahead
Thinking Ahead, Throw It All Away are ceramic sculptured by Calvin Wong. At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
June 25 Street Rock
Brad Mildrexler is a ceramic artist making rock-like sculptures. In the Garden is his show at a flower shop in association with Adams and Ollman Gallery. At Colibri 1927 NW Kearney 4PM-7 Free
Last Thursday on Alberta has galleries open, including Antler & Talon. The street will be closed.
Last Thursday on Alberta has galleries open, including Antler & Talon. The street will be closed.
Friday, June 19, 2026
June 21 Crater Free
The Portland Art Museum has a free day today, free for all. They have them monthly first Thursdays too.
It's https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/miller-family-community-free-day-june2026/ at the Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park 10AM-5 Free
Not art, it's sound art, ambient music particularly. Musicians Dashka Sounds, Feverkin, Naia Spiral, Mars FM, Seraphim Lily, Ross Hoyt, Earthware, Jodhi Mather Pike, and Elizabeth Byrd perform.
In the volcano's crater, Mt Tabor 7PM Free
It's https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/miller-family-community-free-day-june2026/ at the Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park 10AM-5 Free
Not art, it's sound art, ambient music particularly. Musicians Dashka Sounds, Feverkin, Naia Spiral, Mars FM, Seraphim Lily, Ross Hoyt, Earthware, Jodhi Mather Pike, and Elizabeth Byrd perform.
In the volcano's crater, Mt Tabor 7PM Free
June 20 The River Runs Through It
Backyard gallery 1122 Outside begins their season.
Writer and artist Jason Wallace Triefenbach, collagist Francis Dot, and filmmaker Adrianna Jasso present Ecstatic Agendas.
Included is Barbarous Tongues: A Journal of Arts and Esoterica, and performance Helios, themed on solar rituals, appropos the Solstace. Dot brings movie Missing Everglades of the West. That has to do with the damming and undamming of the Klamath River, https://www.americanrivers.org/river/klamath-river/. Included in the show are ritual and mystical mixed media objects. They have made a seasonal drink too.
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 7PM-11 Free
The Portland Synth Library, birthed by Felicia Ledesma in her Multiplex Gallery, nurtured and developed by a village, is now fully adult. With the demise of the Lloyd Center, it's getting its own grown-up apartment. To celebrate it is having a rooftop party with you. In keeping with our river theme, the rooftop and the library overlook the Willamette. Their building is by the East Burnside skate park.
Opening celebration for the Synth Library Portland https://www.synthlibraryportland.org/events 123 NE 3rd Ave, Suite 012. 6PM-9 Tickets required - they are on the link. $5-10
Writer and artist Jason Wallace Triefenbach, collagist Francis Dot, and filmmaker Adrianna Jasso present Ecstatic Agendas.
Included is Barbarous Tongues: A Journal of Arts and Esoterica, and performance Helios, themed on solar rituals, appropos the Solstace. Dot brings movie Missing Everglades of the West. That has to do with the damming and undamming of the Klamath River, https://www.americanrivers.org/river/klamath-river/. Included in the show are ritual and mystical mixed media objects. They have made a seasonal drink too.
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 7PM-11 Free
The Portland Synth Library, birthed by Felicia Ledesma in her Multiplex Gallery, nurtured and developed by a village, is now fully adult. With the demise of the Lloyd Center, it's getting its own grown-up apartment. To celebrate it is having a rooftop party with you. In keeping with our river theme, the rooftop and the library overlook the Willamette. Their building is by the East Burnside skate park.
Opening celebration for the Synth Library Portland https://www.synthlibraryportland.org/events 123 NE 3rd Ave, Suite 012. 6PM-9 Tickets required - they are on the link. $5-10
June 19 Uncertain Certainties
Certainties and Other Almosts are mixed-media paintings by Emily Kepulis. The website has an eloquent discussion.
At Stephanie Chefas Gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free
At Stephanie Chefas Gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free
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