Thursday, November 02, 2023

November 2 Westside Art Openings

Portland artists Malia Jensen and Stephen Hayes represent. Malia Jensen is known for 3d works from salt licks to bronze with ceramics in between. She is also known for the plywood stack giant beaver in the W+K lobby. Hayes is known for bucolic landcsape paintings. Melody Owen has collages based on bio-themes. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5PM-7 Free


Lisa Jarrett has paintings and mixed media on black hair, It Cut A Sky, along with impressionistic figure paintings by Elizabeth Malaska. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free


Te Busca Mi Corazon by Angennette Escobar are mythical-folklore-themed paintings; Sounds from Tom and Neko are prints by Gene Flores; What It Is is a group show of Blackfish artists complementing their studio clearing popup November 5. The whole show is on the website. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Free


PNCA-Willamette is reasserting its space in the First Thursday ecosystem. They are doing cross-promotions with other spaces throughout the month.

At PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-9 Free


En Foco is a long-running curatorial and residency project in NYC that Blue Sky ias joined as collaborator. This month has artist guested from En Foco. Danny Aros-Aguilar has Sandunga Nunca Muere. Carmen Lizardo has To Swallow a River. M.O.E. is a photographer out of Portland's outstanding KSMOCA. Yes!

Influencers is a show of loose landscape paintings by Renée Zangara. She had a large landscape in the Biomass show. At the Nine Gallery.

At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Writers Block had Jess Hope Curran with bright abstract paintings Tales of the Sea and Ancestors. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8


Tender Paths is a four artist residency redout at Stello tonight. The artists speak at 6PM so you can know who they are and what they do. At Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 412 Northwest 8th 5PM-8 Free


The Black Gallery closes their Hip Hop Lives The Remix! At the Black Gallery https://www.theblackgallerypdx.com 5PM-8 Free


Christian Burchard has sculptures, A Case of Bibliophilia. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free


Photohrapher Stu Levy has Once in a You Get Shown the Light. Hibiki Miyazaki has prints and drawings. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free


Love Letter From A Shapeshifter is paintings by Orlando Almanza. at Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free


Some Everett Station spaces were open last month.