April 2 Westside Art Openings

Leach, Writers' Block, The Black Gallery, Laura Vincent Design, and Adams and Ollman continue.


For your +1, The Portland Art Museum free all day. There is a talk about Mark Rothko at 10:30AM which you get tickets for as part of the free admission. https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/free-first-thursday-april2026/ at the Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park 10AM-7 Free


For your +2 in Northeast. 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 +3, anytime. Is the news getting you down? Try a break with Slow TV, a broad genre with many stories. https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2026-03-12/slow-tv-jackie-shadow-eagles-nature-livestream-big-bear


Boiler Room, Steelhead, and Just Enough is a retrospective show by the late Tom Prochaska. Recommended.

At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free


Frank Stella (1936–2024) was known for his minimalist works, and he also produced colorful maximalist paintings and even sculptures. He was a champion of artist rights represented in french law as Droit de Suite, which never caught on in US intellectual property law. He was ann avid racquet player and performed in Reuschenberg's Open Score with otehr creatives in the 1966 E.A.T. project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlZFYnnnn7U. This show is of prints spanning both bodies of work.

At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free


Blue Sky has 50 photographers from the Critical Mass program, and one solo from it, Elliot Ross.

Dream: ... Dream: ... Another dream: … are handwritten records of 50 dreams by Linda Hutchins.

"Irregular script and scribbled redactions blur the distinction between writing and drawing, continuing the artist’s long-running investigation of the formal and metaphorical potential of line as a visual element."

There will be an artist talk Saturday May 2, 11AM

At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free


Fans Only shows its residents and guests.

At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-8 Free


Painters Joel Briggs bring In St. John’s Shadow, Natasha Ramras brings Totem 2, and Faith Emerson brings Meyer.

At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free


Jana Demartini has landscapes Dancing With Trees, Pomegranate Doyle has Circe, Circle, Circus, Justin Auld has Address Label Mandalas,

All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free



Gabe Fernandez has photorealistic interior and exterior landscape paintings.

At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free


Quiet is a show of impresionistic mixed-media encaustic landscape paintings by Erika James.

At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free


PNCA Willamette has many visual shows tonight. They are hosting a printed matter show too. And they are recruting California Collage of the Arts refugees on the occasion of its closure.

At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.willamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free