First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon.
For your +1 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
+2 The Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.
+3 Portland Fashion in the 2000s is a survey by photographer and writer Marjorie Skinner. Seaplane was founded in 2000, now echoed in Fine Art Fruit. Many other independent vectors emerged between 2000 and 2010, including the Portland Garment Factory. The show includes photos, videos, interviews, and ensembles. Indie Y2K? At the PSU AB & MK Galleries 2000 SW 5th 5PM-8 Free
ILY2, The Black Gallery, Adams & Ollman, and Froelick continue.
Ann Hamilton is a late career artist known for minimalist elegant sculpture, installations, and interventions. I first came across her Accountings at the Henry in Seattle. Since, the artist has developed a relationship with the Leach Gallery and PICA. Now that brings us Figuring Luck, ceramic figures. Barbara Sternberger paintings continue.
At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free
Artist and activist Marne Lucas www.marnelucas.com occupies the Portland Arts Collective for a month with The Bardo Project. As a death doula, Lucas works with individuals in the last stage of life, including with their artist estates. Throughout the month there are workshops on the topic scheduled on the gallery website.
At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 120 SW Harvey Milk 6PM-9 Free
Fans Only debuts with Leisea Cooper, Joaquin Golez, Midori Hirose, Michelle Jackson, April Mirvis, Lillyanne Pham, Maryam Tahririha, Taravat Talepasand, Ashley Yang-Thompson and Yuyang Zhang. It's an artist residency in an office building with First Thursday readouts. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 6PM-9 Free
The En Foco Fellowship 2023 selectees show, Ryan Frigillana with Manong on the Philipines diaspora, and Ashley McLean with Seeking you in other bodies... on the male black zeitgeist. The late John Montague has Willamette Greenway images and videos of walks over years in the Nine Gallery.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Rostros Mágicos brings masks from the Spanish new world. "The mystical faces of Latin American ancestors and diablos speak about our pasts with honesty—or in lies that tell a truth even truer."
At W+K www.wk.com 224 NW 13th Map 5PM-8 Free
Picasso, Miro, Calder, prints accompanies a group Northwest Landscape painting show. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
PNCA has Outside Inside World by Videotones, Working by Laura Wyckoff and Christy Wyckoff, Digi Grotesk, Bedroom, As Seen Through Threads, and Hyphen Zine.
At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free
Gracie Ellison has portraits of "portraits of surely-faced women." At Fine Art Fruit https://fine-art-fruit.square.site/ 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 5PM-7 Free
Orquidia Violeta brings Chalecos Protector, hand sewn protective vests. At After/Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free
Native painter Don Bailey has Then. Now. Future.; Benjamin Mefford has stone sculptures, Elemental; and Myra Clark has mixed-media paintings, Love Notes from the End of the World. All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Ellen Goldschmidt has Donald the Daring children's book illustrations. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Immortal Earth are stone sculptures by Dave Haslett. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
