The Unkles family is one of Portland unsung art patrons. They rent space for artist studios. They parlayed the family business into buying warehouses. In the 1990s warehouses were plentiful and inexpensive. But city regulation, and the lust by tech for warehouse offices, ended that. The Unkles family maintains the tradition, only raising the rent when the studio changes artist.
Today is a rare opportunity to look inside one, the NW Marine Art Works. For these events, the artists usually straighten their studios. And, for this one, guest artists will bring work from the Seed Building, River Studios, the Boathouse, and Carton services deemed not suited for large events by the City. They have also invited artists and crafters from outside the Unkles family studios.
The big list of some of the participating artists, fod, drink, and music is https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/summer25.
Of course you are encouraged to buy art direct and experience the narratives of each artist. It's family friendly with live music, food and drink. Open studios at NW Marine Art Works 2516 NW 29th. 10AM-4PM Free
Friday, May 30, 2025
May 30 Photo Society Lamp Store
Fans Only guests the PSU photography gaggle with Until We Find It for an opening tonight. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-7 Free
Society is the public space of a group of artist studios. They invited Lydia Rosenberg all the way from Pittsburgh to present Lamp Store, Grand Reopening. Maybe it echoes the famous Portland Table, Lamp, and Chair reimagined by artists.
Lydia Rosenberg’s Lamp Store, Grand Reopening at https://societysocietysociety.com/ 711 SE Grand upstairs above Mother Foucault’s. 5PM-7 Free.
Society is the public space of a group of artist studios. They invited Lydia Rosenberg all the way from Pittsburgh to present Lamp Store, Grand Reopening. Maybe it echoes the famous Portland Table, Lamp, and Chair reimagined by artists.
Lydia Rosenberg’s Lamp Store, Grand Reopening at https://societysocietysociety.com/ 711 SE Grand upstairs above Mother Foucault’s. 5PM-7 Free.
Monday, May 26, 2025
May 27 Midnight Variety Hour
Midnight Variety Hour is "an interdisciplinary performance collective existing somewhere between channels on cable access and the midnight hour that never ends." One of the collective is https://www.mindmarrow.com/bio. Tonight they screen some of their video projects.
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
May 23 Gayaki Ang
Most people will have some familiarity with Classical Indian Music. Full pieces and concerts take a little work to find. They are widely available on YouTube and streaming. Many musicians are from multigenerational musical dynasties; they began with ear training as infants, really the formation of the auditory cortex, then studying as small children. Like European classical music, or America's classical music, jazz, it has a vast encyclopedia of melody, rhythm, scales, and improvisation.
Kalakendra brings noted artists from India to Portland.
Tonight Ragini Shankar https://raginishankar.com/, violin, plays with Mukundrao Deo https://agakhanmuseum.org/bio/mukundraj-deo/, tabla. The program is Gayaki Ang style; the violin emulates Indian vocal music.
Ragini Shankar is grandaughter of violinist N. Rajam and daughter of Dr. Sangeeta Shankar whose two daughters continue that style as seen in this mother-daughters concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AuyhKeMTQA. She has a degree in mechanical engineering.
Ragini Shankar https://kalakendra.org/etn/hindustani-violin-by-ragini-shankar/ performs at the First Baptist Church, 909 SW 11th. 7PM $35 door, $30 advance, $20 students, $15 children 3-12 years
Kalakendra brings noted artists from India to Portland.
Tonight Ragini Shankar https://raginishankar.com/, violin, plays with Mukundrao Deo https://agakhanmuseum.org/bio/mukundraj-deo/, tabla. The program is Gayaki Ang style; the violin emulates Indian vocal music.
Ragini Shankar is grandaughter of violinist N. Rajam and daughter of Dr. Sangeeta Shankar whose two daughters continue that style as seen in this mother-daughters concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AuyhKeMTQA. She has a degree in mechanical engineering.
Ragini Shankar https://kalakendra.org/etn/hindustani-violin-by-ragini-shankar/ performs at the First Baptist Church, 909 SW 11th. 7PM $35 door, $30 advance, $20 students, $15 children 3-12 years
Monday, May 19, 2025
May 19 Windmills are Our Friends
Founding Boathousers were part of the filmmaker van tour tradition booking shows in college towns. Tonight the Boathouse guests traveling filmmaker Paul Smart screening his feature film, Don Barry: A Quixotic Exploration.
"The work places real-life 85-year-old experimental filmmaker Barry Gerson into the Quixote role, and filming him in Guanajuato, Mexico during its annual Cervantes festival and Day of the Dead celebrations."
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free
"The work places real-life 85-year-old experimental filmmaker Barry Gerson into the Quixote role, and filming him in Guanajuato, Mexico during its annual Cervantes festival and Day of the Dead celebrations."
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free
Friday, May 16, 2025
May 17 Flying Quilt Postcards
Paper Quilts & Flying Dogs is a show by Annie Rose Macer & Raf Spielman.
At Lowell https://www.lowellshopgallery.com/ 2136 E Burnside 3PM-5 Free
Postcards from the Night is a show of ceramics by Ginny Sims all the way from Minneapolis.
At Nationalewww.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map Recommended 2PM-4 Free
At Lowell https://www.lowellshopgallery.com/ 2136 E Burnside 3PM-5 Free
Postcards from the Night is a show of ceramics by Ginny Sims all the way from Minneapolis.
At Nationale
May 16 Fathom Wood
Cat Ross https://www.sothseier.com/ brings Fathoms. Ross is a multiartist in VR, performance, sound, painting, and poetry.
The paintings and poems were inspired by studying David Hockney's pool series along with internships and residencies with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. NOAA studies climate change and runs the Global Forecast System and other air, land, and sea computer models. Those are the basis of weather forecasts. It is being cut because science and truth is deemed dangerous.
At PPSTMM 323 NE Wygant #203. 6PM-8 Free
Artspace is the Lake Osewgo Arts Council gallery. They are ably curated now by Morgan Ritter. They are a bit far afield, so we don't likt their every show. Of course the Marylhurst Art Gym is deeply misssed too. Thet Have show Woodcore, contemporary work which sets itself apart from traditional craft. The artists are Megita Denton, Bobby Mercier, Leroy Setziol, Monica Setziol-Phillips, Julian Watts, Ben Young, and Adam Zeek.
At the Arts Council of Lake Oswego https://artscouncillo.org/artspace 380 A Avenue, Suite A, Lake Oswego 5:30PM-7:30 Free
Viktor Kobylianski opens paintings Hiddi. At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free
The paintings and poems were inspired by studying David Hockney's pool series along with internships and residencies with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. NOAA studies climate change and runs the Global Forecast System and other air, land, and sea computer models. Those are the basis of weather forecasts. It is being cut because science and truth is deemed dangerous.
At PPSTMM 323 NE Wygant #203. 6PM-8 Free
Artspace is the Lake Osewgo Arts Council gallery. They are ably curated now by Morgan Ritter. They are a bit far afield, so we don't likt their every show. Of course the Marylhurst Art Gym is deeply misssed too. Thet Have show Woodcore, contemporary work which sets itself apart from traditional craft. The artists are Megita Denton, Bobby Mercier, Leroy Setziol, Monica Setziol-Phillips, Julian Watts, Ben Young, and Adam Zeek.
At the Arts Council of Lake Oswego https://artscouncillo.org/artspace 380 A Avenue, Suite A, Lake Oswego 5:30PM-7:30 Free
Viktor Kobylianski opens paintings Hiddi. At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free
Thursday, May 15, 2025
May 15 Periphery Comes Home
The PSU BFA and MFA graduates read out tonight. Https://www.pdx.edu/art-design/events/2025-bfamfa-showcase has events throughout its run following tonight's opening.
At the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University https://www.pdx.edu/museum-of-art/ 1855 SW Broadway 5PM-7 Free
At the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University https://www.pdx.edu/museum-of-art/ 1855 SW Broadway 5PM-7 Free
Monday, May 12, 2025
May 12 Old Portland
Tonight is vintage Portland found footage and cultural archeology by Bryan Boyce and the Stephen Slappe Dead Media Hour.
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free
At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free
Saturday, May 10, 2025
May 10 Butterflies in Flight
There is a memorial celebration for David Eckard at PNCA at 2.
Martha Daghlian brings Papillon. Her recent work has been an admixture of text and textile.
At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 3PM Free
Martha Daghlian brings Papillon. Her recent work has been an admixture of text and textile.
At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 3PM Free
Friday, May 02, 2025
May 4 Lolita Friends of Doom
John Brodie, gallerist, book shop purveyor, artist studio space creator, and music supporter is an artist among all of that. He has a show Friends of Doom.
Old Fashioned Gallery makes future history in the past history of garage galleries, in the context of current garage galleries, in Portland.
It is a residence. They don't want their address published. Look them up and follow the directions to message them for the address, or go with a friend already going, or later message them for an appointment.
Old Fashioed Gallery opening show Noon-3 Free
Kira Imai is a Japanese illustrator of lolita cosplay. https://www.kiraimai.com/ Her show is alongside copacetic artists from the gallery: Bennett Slater, Cat Rabbit, Chizu Wada, Debbies Grahl, Ellie vs. Bear, Hanna Jaeun, Heikala, Jared Andrew Schorr, Kim Baise, Miso, Mizna Wada, Naoshi, and Nengiren.
A fun film is Kamakaze Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTR4gBMmqC8 themed on lolita fashion, moped gangs, and social dynamics in Japan. With the sad ultra casual state of Portland fashion, it's nice to see people trying. You see the lolitas out and about from time to time in Portland. It's always more fun in a group. Visitors are encouraged to dress the cosplay, but it is not necessary.
Kira Imai and friends https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/kira-imai at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 3PM-6 Free
Old Fashioned Gallery makes future history in the past history of garage galleries, in the context of current garage galleries, in Portland.
It is a residence. They don't want their address published. Look them up and follow the directions to message them for the address, or go with a friend already going, or later message them for an appointment.
Old Fashioed Gallery opening show Noon-3 Free
Kira Imai is a Japanese illustrator of lolita cosplay. https://www.kiraimai.com/ Her show is alongside copacetic artists from the gallery: Bennett Slater, Cat Rabbit, Chizu Wada, Debbies Grahl, Ellie vs. Bear, Hanna Jaeun, Heikala, Jared Andrew Schorr, Kim Baise, Miso, Mizna Wada, Naoshi, and Nengiren.
A fun film is Kamakaze Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTR4gBMmqC8 themed on lolita fashion, moped gangs, and social dynamics in Japan. With the sad ultra casual state of Portland fashion, it's nice to see people trying. You see the lolitas out and about from time to time in Portland. It's always more fun in a group. Visitors are encouraged to dress the cosplay, but it is not necessary.
Kira Imai and friends https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/kira-imai at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 3PM-6 Free
May 3 Northside Art Openings+NW
Judy Pfaff https://www.judypfaffstudio.com/ age 79 is a UK artist, making paintings, installations, and prints. Today opens a print show, Interior Landscapes, "woodcut, photogravure, collagraph, and encaustic with the unexpected: glitter, leaves, resin, and digital elements." It's a good show for Portland with our history of Gordon Gilkey.
At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon Noon-5 Free
Wall scrolls are a print medium found in Japanese anime pop art. They are easy to move with and fit into the otaku culture. Artists are Boya Sun, Choo, Junko Mizuno, Kehasuk, Kelly Sux, Maruti-bitamin, Natalie Andrewson, Patrick Mathews, Perry Maple, Matias Bergara, Mengxuan Li, Shintaro Kago, Samuel Rodriguez and Sibylline Meynet.
Https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/ani-may at Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta Noon-4 Free
Chorus is a large survey of figurative work from the collection. You will see Janine Antoni, Olga Balema, Lynda Benglis, Forrest Bess, Wynne Greenwood, Ann Hamilton, Lonnie Holley, Suzanne Jackson, Martha Jungwirth, Hayv Kahraman, Kiki Kogelnik, Justine Kurland, Simone Leigh, Tau Lewis, Alice Mackler, Jenine Marsh, Ana Mendieta, Senga Nengudi, Christina Quarles, Lee Relvas, Pipilotti Rist, Betye Saar, Hiraki Sawa, Rose B. Simpson, Diane Simpson, Tecla Tofano, Kaari Upson, Erika Verzutti, and Rebecca Warren. The Lumber Room openings are fabulous and social.
At The Lumber Room https://www.lumberroom.com/exhibitions/565/566 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map 2PM-5 Free
PNW Dirt: Insider’s Perspectives is a show by Kevin Brown, Rebekah Johnson, Marne Lucas, Man Red (Diné ), Brad Rogers, and Grace Weston.
At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 2PM-5
Portland artist and musician Morgan Buck brings Love, Light and the Thrill of Imminent Distraction. Buck states "The most exciting thing that a painting can do is to give a “you can’t make this shit up” type of vibe. This vibe has a tendency to present itself in reality tv, weird internet trash and social media as passing glimpses into a stranger world. These media sources become the raw source material for my paintings. Aggregating, combining, and altering screenshots from many web media sources."
At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders 2PM-4 Free
James Lavadour presents Home Ground. He is a self-taught abstract landscape painter and printmaker. His work is informed by his life as Walla Walla in Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla, and he cofounded the Crow's Shadow printmaking studio.
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5 Free RSVP by email to info at pdxcontemporaryart.com
Painter Tatyana Ostapenko, born in Ukraine, and living in Portland, presents Inside My Eyelids. Her paintings include sampled photographic and drawing elements.
At Souvenier Gallery https://souvenirartspdx.org/ 1233 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
Each Step Pronounced is a show by Renee Couture and Ebenezer Galluzzo. Respectively they are personal narratives on motherhood and trans queer identity.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Anthony Roberto has In Spite of One's Self, 3d printed figures.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Oregon Contemporary continues.
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon Noon-5 Free
Wall scrolls are a print medium found in Japanese anime pop art. They are easy to move with and fit into the otaku culture. Artists are Boya Sun, Choo, Junko Mizuno, Kehasuk, Kelly Sux, Maruti-bitamin, Natalie Andrewson, Patrick Mathews, Perry Maple, Matias Bergara, Mengxuan Li, Shintaro Kago, Samuel Rodriguez and Sibylline Meynet.
Https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/ani-may at Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta Noon-4 Free
Chorus is a large survey of figurative work from the collection. You will see Janine Antoni, Olga Balema, Lynda Benglis, Forrest Bess, Wynne Greenwood, Ann Hamilton, Lonnie Holley, Suzanne Jackson, Martha Jungwirth, Hayv Kahraman, Kiki Kogelnik, Justine Kurland, Simone Leigh, Tau Lewis, Alice Mackler, Jenine Marsh, Ana Mendieta, Senga Nengudi, Christina Quarles, Lee Relvas, Pipilotti Rist, Betye Saar, Hiraki Sawa, Rose B. Simpson, Diane Simpson, Tecla Tofano, Kaari Upson, Erika Verzutti, and Rebecca Warren. The Lumber Room openings are fabulous and social.
At The Lumber Room https://www.lumberroom.com/exhibitions/565/566 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map 2PM-5 Free
PNW Dirt: Insider’s Perspectives is a show by Kevin Brown, Rebekah Johnson, Marne Lucas, Man Red (Diné ), Brad Rogers, and Grace Weston.
At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 2PM-5
Portland artist and musician Morgan Buck brings Love, Light and the Thrill of Imminent Distraction. Buck states "The most exciting thing that a painting can do is to give a “you can’t make this shit up” type of vibe. This vibe has a tendency to present itself in reality tv, weird internet trash and social media as passing glimpses into a stranger world. These media sources become the raw source material for my paintings. Aggregating, combining, and altering screenshots from many web media sources."
At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders 2PM-4 Free
James Lavadour presents Home Ground. He is a self-taught abstract landscape painter and printmaker. His work is informed by his life as Walla Walla in Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla, and he cofounded the Crow's Shadow printmaking studio.
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5 Free RSVP by email to info at pdxcontemporaryart.com
Painter Tatyana Ostapenko, born in Ukraine, and living in Portland, presents Inside My Eyelids. Her paintings include sampled photographic and drawing elements.
At Souvenier Gallery https://souvenirartspdx.org/ 1233 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
Each Step Pronounced is a show by Renee Couture and Ebenezer Galluzzo. Respectively they are personal narratives on motherhood and trans queer identity.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Anthony Roberto has In Spite of One's Self, 3d printed figures.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Oregon Contemporary continues.
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
May 2 Eastside Art Openings
All the Eastside events are at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.
Thursday, May 01, 2025
May 1 Westside Art Openings+
First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon. This First Thursday is May Day so there may be demonstrations out and about, and the Urban Art Network occupies 13th with all their booths of stuff.
Fine Art Fruit, Froelick, The Black Gallery, and Adams and Ollman continue.
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
For your +2 the Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.
Backstage is a show of photographs by Christopher Rauschenberg exposed in artist studios. This show includes the studios of Katherine Ace, Ebenezer Galluzzo, Malia Jensen, Joanne Radmilovich Kollman, Henk Pander, Laura Ross Paul, Marie Watt, and Susan Weil.
Vo Vo brings a mixed media show, topical, and explained at https://www.elizabethleach.com/exhibition-blog/2025/vovo
At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free
Fans Only shows its residents along with guests. It's an artist residency in an office building with First Thursday readouts. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-7 Free
Sara J Winston has photographs Our Body is a Clock themed on her own medical journies. It has a very nice artist statement to explain it all. https://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibitions/archives/2025/sara-j-winston Leah DeVun has Resemblance, portraits of her trans queer family and its normal family values.
Jerry Mayer is a long time minimalist mixed media sculptor and maker of 2d wall work. At the Nine Gallery https://www.blueskygallery.org/nine-gallery inside Blue Sky.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Erin Bodfish is a member of the small After / Time collective. This month she brings At the Altar of My Own Love. At After | Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free
Whitney Nye brings Trip, an evolution of her repeating units painting style. You will find units, new dense units, and some different than her previous work. Laura Domela brings Defense Mechanisms paintings in a graphic style with a strong drawn line motif.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
The late Thomas Wood has Pleiadies, detailed prints with a surreal quality. Alongside Ripert Jasen Smith with Warhol-style screen prints on commercial themes.
The Opening reception is Saturday, 1:30. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
PNCA Willamette has their graduating student thesis show. It is spread across Building 5, Stello, and their main building.
At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free
At Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org/ 412 NW 8th Avenue 5PM-8 Free
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th Friday 5PM-8 Free
Cuentos, Casas y Vestidos is a show by Monica Mitchell and Angenette Escobar on Mexican folk art themes from their upbringing. Malgré Tout (Despite Everything) is a show of paintings themed on politics and justice incorporating photographic images by Eddie Reed. Barbara Black has mixed media paintings.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Writers Block brings Shobha Jetmalani, Todd Elliot, David Brandt, Julie Rail, Bear Madina, Deanna Schuerbeke, Michelle Suchland, Francesca Lauen Carrera, Marry Lee, Lindsey Fox, Clement Lee, and Susan Harrington, all from the Unkles studios, and on fiew at their big twice yearly open studios at the Marine Art Works. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Kayla Marie Carlson is the latest recipient of the Stumptown Artist Fellowship. She opens paintings I Want to Remember Everything.
At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd 5PM-7 Free
Lisa Onstad brings Familiar Patterns inspired by quotidian fabric patterns such as tablecloths. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
Chess Club is doing a pop up at Frances May. Drop in at Frances May 521 SW 10th 6PM-9 Free
Fine Art Fruit, Froelick, The Black Gallery, and Adams and Ollman continue.
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
For your +2 the Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.
Backstage is a show of photographs by Christopher Rauschenberg exposed in artist studios. This show includes the studios of Katherine Ace, Ebenezer Galluzzo, Malia Jensen, Joanne Radmilovich Kollman, Henk Pander, Laura Ross Paul, Marie Watt, and Susan Weil.
Vo Vo brings a mixed media show, topical, and explained at https://www.elizabethleach.com/exhibition-blog/2025/vovo
At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 5:30PM-7:30 Free
Fans Only shows its residents along with guests. It's an artist residency in an office building with First Thursday readouts. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-7 Free
Sara J Winston has photographs Our Body is a Clock themed on her own medical journies. It has a very nice artist statement to explain it all. https://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibitions/archives/2025/sara-j-winston Leah DeVun has Resemblance, portraits of her trans queer family and its normal family values.
Jerry Mayer is a long time minimalist mixed media sculptor and maker of 2d wall work. At the Nine Gallery https://www.blueskygallery.org/nine-gallery inside Blue Sky.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Erin Bodfish is a member of the small After / Time collective. This month she brings At the Altar of My Own Love. At After | Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free
Whitney Nye brings Trip, an evolution of her repeating units painting style. You will find units, new dense units, and some different than her previous work. Laura Domela brings Defense Mechanisms paintings in a graphic style with a strong drawn line motif.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
The late Thomas Wood has Pleiadies, detailed prints with a surreal quality. Alongside Ripert Jasen Smith with Warhol-style screen prints on commercial themes.
The Opening reception is Saturday, 1:30. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
PNCA Willamette has their graduating student thesis show. It is spread across Building 5, Stello, and their main building.
At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free
At Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org/ 412 NW 8th Avenue 5PM-8 Free
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th Friday 5PM-8 Free
Cuentos, Casas y Vestidos is a show by Monica Mitchell and Angenette Escobar on Mexican folk art themes from their upbringing. Malgré Tout (Despite Everything) is a show of paintings themed on politics and justice incorporating photographic images by Eddie Reed. Barbara Black has mixed media paintings.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Writers Block brings Shobha Jetmalani, Todd Elliot, David Brandt, Julie Rail, Bear Madina, Deanna Schuerbeke, Michelle Suchland, Francesca Lauen Carrera, Marry Lee, Lindsey Fox, Clement Lee, and Susan Harrington, all from the Unkles studios, and on fiew at their big twice yearly open studios at the Marine Art Works. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Kayla Marie Carlson is the latest recipient of the Stumptown Artist Fellowship. She opens paintings I Want to Remember Everything.
At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd 5PM-7 Free
Lisa Onstad brings Familiar Patterns inspired by quotidian fabric patterns such as tablecloths. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
Chess Club is doing a pop up at Frances May. Drop in at Frances May 521 SW 10th 6PM-9 Free
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