We don't usually list artist talks as individual events, there are many. We sometimes note them in the opening listing as a forward pointer. But since we were traveling for the opening we will note that the Zymoglyphic residency show has open hours this afternoon and a talk. The artists in cohort VI are Harper Lethin, Sakura Azzopardi, Alice Langlois, Phoebe Mol & Anthony Clementi, Kate Stock, Patty Burns, Amber Wolf, Wren Van Deusen, and Nonlocal Variable.
At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison Noon-3, Talk 1 Free
All the way out on the left edge of land in Astoria, encaustic painter Elise Wagner has turned to the subject of the sea. Finding Bouyancy is the result. There will be an artist talk September 19, 2PM too.
It is https://imogengallery.com/september-2026-exhibition/elise-wagner/1 at Imogen Gallery https://imogengallery.com/ 240 11th Street, Astoria, OR 5PM-8 Free
Sometimes entropy is overcome by a concentration of people in a place and time who produce unexpectedly beautiful things or world-changing by their creative or intellectual interaction. Black Mountain College is an example I relate often. Portland 90s-00s? Laurel Canyon, on the cusp between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s, was that for romances, singer songwriters, and musicians. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/02/laurel-canyon-music-scene
Selector Nichole D'Aimato provides a peek at it.
Laurel Canyon https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-laurel-canyon-curated-by-nicole-diamato at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. Noon-5 Free
Jen Lamb https://www.unurthwonder.com/ all the way from Vancouver, WA brings Intertidal Communication. They are swirly, in form and color, ceramics inspired by landscape.
It's https://www.aftertimegallery.com/intertidalcommunion at After/Time Gallery https://https://www.aftertimegallery.com/ 735 SW 9th Ave #110 5PM-8 Free
Brian Libby https://www.brianlibby.com/ has been Portland's architecture writer following the Randy Gragg era.
He has published a book of his selection of Portland places and stories arranged as walking tours, In Search of Portland. https://osupress.oregonstate.edu/blog/closer-look-at-%E2%80%9Cin-search-of-portland%E2%80%9D-with-brian-libby. It is a good companion to Laura O. Foster's books. The photos from the book are on the walls at a reception for Libby.
At the office of WDP Architecture https://www.weedmandesignpartners.com/ 1905 NW 23rd Place 4PM-6:30 Free
Heirloom Ceramics Studio, a shared studio like Radius, pops up with a one nighter.
At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 5:30PM-9 Free
Kiel Fletcher https://www.kielfletcher.com/ presents an installation Untitled (Time). Sound and visuals combine inspired by our NW Cascades landscapes. Opening and talk today, open tomorrow and hours on the Building 5 socials, performance on the 19th at 6.
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th 6PM Free.
The annual Tomato Fest is at Wellspent Market today.
