Cemetaries hold stories for time. Portland's Lone Fir Cemetary holds many families streets were named after. Block 14 is a city block size part of Lone Fir with the saddest history.
It held unnamed graves of people who died at the Hawthorne Hospital, predecessor to the State Hospital. It's debatable which is sadder, the buried there or the unclaimed remains left at the State Hospital in the library of dust. https://davidmaisel.com/works/library-of-dust/ It also holds the sad story of Chinese laborers. Solo men who did not fit into the mercantile class of the last dynasty journeyed East to work in the West in mines, building railroads, farming, and in professions like laundry. When they passed, they were buried in Lone Fir. Filmmaker Ivy Lin documented attempts to return the remains to families in China post facto in Come Together Home https://vimeo.com/6226018. Proper burial is important in Chinese culture and this was not that.
At a point Multnomah County disinterred some of Block 14's remains and built a maintenance building over it. As the building decayed, the county planned to auction the land for apartments. Now it is the "empty" section of the cemetary. There have been several artist residencies including Micki Skudlarczyk's cast sugar boats referencing the Chinese remains traveling back home.
A memorial and contemplative garden is being designed for Block 14. Your participation is welcome in person https://www.oregonmetro.gov/events/information-session-cultural-heritage-and-healing-garden-lone-fir-cemetery/2023-10-21 11AM-1 Free
Camp Caldera was the project and passion of the late Dan Wieden. They have public open houses sometimes. This one is a Fall festival - https://www.calderaarts.org/hearthfestival - at Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR Map 11AM – 6PM Free
Bébé Vampire is paintings by Erica Eyres, Camila Oliveria Fairclough and Noah Greene plus collages by Jackie Stewart.
At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill Street Opening today. 2PM-5 Free
Emily Ginsburg has Metabolic, colorful put together ceramic forms. She is known for her longtime video work.
At at SE Cooper Contemprary https://www.secoopercontemporary.com/ 6901 SE 110th 1PM-4 Free
Steven Paul Judd is Kiowa and Choctaw. He is a multiartist, film, writing, amd visual art. He is making a coda of his residency with an afternoon in conversation and collaboration with youth artists to make a mural, then an all ages talk. You have to register in advance for the thing at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-afternoon-with-steven-paul-judd-tickets-737584845127. At Bodecker Foundation https://bodeckerfoundation.org/
2360 N.W. Quimby Map Youth collaboration 1PM-3, all ages talk and reception 4PM-6 Free
Auxart is a project by Philip Krohn nee behind the Bear Deluxe. He is back with large scale sculptures plus experimental soundscape collaborations. A raft of collaborators build them with reused and reusable materials. High Water fills the Building Five space for about a month. It has regular open times to just experience and musical collaboration events, some ticketed. Check their socials fo hours until November 12. High Water https://www.auxart.net/high-water at NW Marine Art Works 2516 NW 29th various times mostly free
Neolith, Starchild, Bloom Offering and Tengger bring music in an intimate space. Tengger is a family of ambient experimental psych musicians with harmonium, voice, synth and toy instruments. They travel to little Portland all the way from Seoul for their first North American Tour. Tengger.net and friends at Xhurch xhurch.net 4550 NE 20th. Map Doors 7PM, musics 7:30 $5-20
