Some spaces are occupied by Sneaker Week.
First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon.
For your +1, way over on Division, Secret Room Press brings paintings made by Betty Graceland between 1952 and 1961 processed and printed on the Risograph.
At Secret Room Press 3225 SE Division 5PM-8 Early Close Free
It is hot Summer, so for your +2 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
Distant Dreamer by MK Guth, and Never an Even Folding by Michelle Ross, may be found at Leach.
At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free
Not a Figure is a group show of abstracts curated by Eva Lake. At Portland Arts Collective 120 SW Harvey Milk 6PM-9 Free
The Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.
Kendra Larson has landscapes Arborial Chatter. It is alongside a large group show drawn the master print collection.
At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
Lindsay Kennedy has Hypertextilism, paintings and soft sculptures. At Fine Art Fruit https://fine-art-fruit.square.site/ 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 6PM-8 Free
Christine Clark chains metal to rocks suspeneded with gravity in crochet with Stringing Along Strength. At the Nine.
Eli Craven has Touching, manipulated news and pop culture images.
Dongwook Lee has figure portraits, Wozu, based on abstract themes.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Seen, Not Heard are paintigs by Julian V.L. Gaines inspired by cover photographs from childhood memories of JET magazine in the 1950s and 1960s.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
The Politics of Aesthetics by artists Nathaniel C Praska and Tristan Perrotti was cirated by V Maldonado, prime mover of the gallery. At After/Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free
Color and the Art of Forgetting are abstracts paintings by Ellen Goldschmidt, Justin Auld has paintings of clouds, Robert Shepard has abstract paintings, Monica Inescita has landscapes El País de las Maravillas or Wonderland, and Stephan Soil has Small Machines Moving With Time.
At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
By Miriam Garcia has paintings of bridges, Underbridge. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Andrea Lopez has paintings-drawings The Simple Life. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
Andrew Alba and Emma Gerigscott are at Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free
Emily Bixler has botanical paintings Flowers for the Crone and Marilyn Joyce has abstracts The Energy That Moves Through All Things. At Laura Vincent Design and Gallery www.lvdesignandgallery.com/ 824 NW Davis 5PM-8 Free
The Urban Art Network is back with their sprawling carfts and art show on 13th.
