The Black Gallery, Imperfecta, and Lucky Girl continue.
For your +1, The Portland Art Museum is free all day. https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/free-first-thursday-july2026/ 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
Mixed Flock: 30 Years is a large retrospective group show by Patrick Abbey, Alma Allen, Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen, Nick Blosser, Iván Carmona, Marjorie Dial, Amjad Faur, Bean Finneran, Jacques Flechemuller, Ellen George, Victoria Haven, Elizabeth Knight, Justin L'Amie, James Lavadour, Terran Last Gun, Nathan William Lambdin, Nancy Lorenz, D.E. May, Kristen Miller, Wes Mills, Jeffry Mitchell, Megan Murphy, Jenene Nagy, Ido Radon, Georgina Reskala, Joe Rudko, Tad Savinar, Susan Seubert, Adam Sorensen, Barbara Stafford, Storm Tharp, Gus Van Sant, Nell Warren, Heather Watkins, Marie Watt, and Yamamoto Masao. How many do you recognize?
"Mixed Flock comes from the idea of different species of birds gathering together for a variety of reasons including safety, cooperation, and community. In talking with wildlife scientist Derek Craighead about mixed flocks, Craighead suggested humans underestimate the sociability of animals, that wild animals will gather to be social, for fun, and for company. That’s worthwhile!
For thirty years, PDX artist’s have been a wonderful mixed flock with each artist having their own way of seeing the world and approaching their art-making.
Now is an important time to highlight and strengthen mixed flocks. Our country is a mixed flock, the “melting pot”, where diverse peoples, cultures, and ways exist together and we are better for it. This show is a celebration of the gallery’s many and varied artists, supporters, and collectors who make up our flock."
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 5PM-7
Blue Sky has their 5th decade retrospective.
The Nine Gallery has Jerry Mayer's sculptures.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Collage artist Arless Day shows along with a Summer group show of gallery artists.
At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
Merridawn Duckler shows books and clothes. She has been a champion of a book art with her own gallery several years ago. Book arts are strong in Portland, but less so with the colsure of OCAC. Libby Wadsworth brings Intimate Strangers, botanicals shot with artificial light with text added. Anastasiya Gutnik has Spectral Ascent, sculptures and mixed media.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Jay Backstrand, Michael Brophy, Judith Poxson Fawkes, Tom Fawkes, Gregory Grenon, Roll Hardy, Frederick Heidel, Manuel Izquierdo, Fay Jones, Mel Katz, Michihiro Kosuge, Elizabeth Malaska, Michael Paul Miller, Geoffrey Pagen, Lucinda Parker, René Rickabaugh, Anne Siems, Eric Stotik, Akio Takamori, Gina Wilson, Sherrie Wolf, and Samantha Yun Wall are all part of a group show.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
After | Time has a group show Reveal-Reveal, Porland and LA artists in collaboration with LA gallery Allied Special Projects. The artists are Amelie Laurice, Benjamin Latham, Chris Horner, Cindy Craig, Colin Roberts, Marcus Sendlinger, Maria Jean, Mary Lai, and Todd Molinari.
At After/Time Collective https://www.aftertimecollective 735 SW 9th Ave #110 5PM-8 Free
Woven is a group show of textile art.
At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free
The Urban Art Network occupies 13th with all their booths of stuff.
