portland or us now

A selective guide to art events and exhibitions in Portland, Oregon, US with occasional musings, related and not.

Saturday, December 06, 2025

December 6 Northside Art Openings+

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False Front and Oregon Contemporary continue. The Old Fashioned Garage Gallery closes their current show today. Well Well and Carnation have...

December 6 New Format

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Mono Space has a listening session today. Alex Newman lays down The New Format at KMHD https://ondemand.kmhd.org/s/listen/shows/b97e33ca-669...

December 6 & 7 Marine Air

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The Unkles family is one of Portland unsung art patrons. They rent space for artist studios. They parlayed the family business into buying w...
Friday, December 05, 2025

November 5 Eastside Art Openings

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Earthbound Dracology is a show by three illustrators. They win the unusual copywriting award for the month. "These five dragons do n...
Thursday, December 04, 2025

December 5 Gong Show

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Lewis and Clark College has a World Music program. Many classes include a student performance project. The gamelan is a large set of gong in...

December 4 Westside Art Openings+

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Some galleries are in Miami for Art Basel https://www.theartnewspaper.com/keywords/art-basel-miami-beach-2025, 80F and no rain. Illy2, In...

December 4 Everyday Materials

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KSMOCA is situated in a pre-K/K-5 school. It is the other arts magnet school. It's too cool. It started with art parents, adopted by soc...
Friday, November 28, 2025

November 28 Bunko Season

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Lawrence Kirk operating, as Lumena Studios, brings his 3d managerie of characters and video works. Kirk did his BFA at L&C showing in se...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

November 24 You(Tube)

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Getting To Know You(Tube)! was a series launched in 2011 by artists Stefan Ransom and Crystal Baxley, https://pica.org/artists/CrystalBaxley...

November 23 Association

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Building 5 is a large high ceiling room in the Northwest Marine Art Works studio complex. They have a pop up today by the galleries of the P...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

November 22 Plastics

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Mono Space has a listening session today. Portland recording label Musique Plastique https://musique-plastique.com/ is a tiny modern hunter ...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

November 20-23 Rothko

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The Portland Art Museum reopens after remodeling, re-hanging the collection, and joining the two buildings with the Rothko Pavilion. Thursda...
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Rob
Rob lives in Portland, Oregon, the center of the known universe. Little known but true facts of my life include a few following. Worked in a virology research lab with a freezer full of bad things and incubators full of worse, at age 15. Swam a class five rapid in a river full of crocodiles. Been almost kidnapped in the former Soviet Union. Ensured free and fair elections in a couple spots in Africa. Translated ancient texts of Chinese philosophy. Having been within 2 blocks of a car bomb explosion, which is definitely not recommended. Done research on quantum tunneling in the vicinity of absolute zero, -459 degrees F, serious cold. Conceived and designed a unique 2d content addressable memory. Designed and built a 500 square foot solar greenhouse for a community food center using 90% recycled-sustainable materials. I am pretty much an optimist, except when I'm being realistic. I see a lot of art, know what I like and act on it. Portland is a great place for artists now and my recommendations represent my personal opinion of the best. Sometimes recommendations also include great events to meet other artists, as well as other obscure cultural, political and plain strange events.
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