At Ditch Projects https://ditchprojects.com/ 303 S. 5th Ave #165, Springfield OR Map 5PM-7 Free
The Portland Synth Library is a beautiful example of DIY hospitality open to all. They have found a nice home in the Lloyd Center Creative Mall. They have an open house today. Synth Library open house at the Synth Library Portland https://www.synthlibraryportland.org/ in Llovd Center 2nd floor by Dicepool. RSVP required at https://withfriends.co/event/23016204/synth_library_open_house. 2PM-5 Free, donations accepted
Anya Roberts-Toney has The Echoing Green, impressionistic landscapeish printings. At Nationale
Jamin London Tinsel https://www.jaminlondontinsel.com/ has ceramic sculpture Homemades. It is more personal than the domestic projects of, for instance. Andrea Zittel. There is a better explanation at https://www.pcc.edu/galleries/2025/03/28/jamin-london-tinsel-homemades/. At the PCC Sylvania Northview Gallery www.pcc.edu/about/galleries/sylvania/ 12000 SW 49th Ave. Portland, OR 97219 CT Building, Rm 214. 2PM-5 Free, parking on weekends at PCC is Free
A new photography gallery and darkroom, Franklin Foto, opens Our Streets by Sai Stone. It images the Black Lives Matter movement in Portland. At Franklin Foto https://www.franklinfoto.org/ 8953 N Lombard 5PM-8 Free
Davor Gromilović, Heartslob, and Taegan Treichel bring varied work
https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/3-person at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Ondrea Bell Levey & Madeline Staurseth bring Signal Fire. It is inspired by progressive survivalist bunkers. Of course the oligarchs are building bunkers. In an article on them, the question of guards and servants was raised. A security consultant for one of the projects commented "I'm not worried about an army at the gate, I'm worried about a starving mother and baby at the gate." Then there is the case of the tomb of Ghenghis Kahn. The story is that the people that built the tomb were executed, and the people who executed them were executed. So the tomb has never been found. Strange days.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Megita Denton, Sarah Pagliaro, and Jeremy Rotsztain bring Bodies in Blotter. It is all explained at https://carnationcontemporary.com/Bodies-in-Blotter-Megita-Denton-Sarah-Pagliaro-and-Jeremy-Rotsztain.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Outer Voice is a performance residency. Tonight, Trajectories includes performances by Marcus Fischer and KT Kusmaul/Body Home Fat Dance at 6PM and 7. At Outer Voice https://www.outervoicepdx.com/ in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. Free
Oregon Contemporary has Ben Buswell with This Land. "This Land presents new work by Ben Buswell which continues his inquiry into place and self, in part, as a response to the notions of both American Manifest Destiny and Exceptionalism. The centerpiece of the exhibition is an expansive floor piece, a mirrored landscape that despite its reflective surface disallows the viewer to catch sight of their own image. As in the artist’s past work, reflection, or more specifically, the denial of reflection, creates a metaphorical space questioning the relationship between location and how one sees oneself." Timely.
In the Special Art on Loan Gallery are Reggie Burrows Hodges, Kieth Haring, Manoucher Yektai, and Josef Albers.
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map Noon-8 Free
Erin Espelie all the way from UC Boulder, where she teaches, has curated a collection of movies by Anna Kipervaser, Kamila Kuc, Madison McClintock, Emma Piper-Burket, Stacey Steers, and her own on a theme of From the Sweat of the Spider. Recommended.
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free
The yearly CAP Art Auction and afterparty are tonight. They are encouraging creative clothing. I think it sold out. More at https://www.capartauction.org/.
If you are down in LA, Suzanne Ciani performs live in Doug Aitkin's Lightscape. https://www.lightscapeart.org/events/lightscape-activation-by-doug-aitken-workshop-kcrw-suzanne-ciani at the Marciano Art Foundation 2PM sold out
