It is a homecoming tonight at Eutectic. Kat and Roger lived in Portland, now they are in the LA area. Roger was an early employee of Mudshark Studios adjacent to Eutectic.
They make functional art pots, they have production lines cast by Mudshark, and they have a line of tile at Pratt and Larsen. Roger makes the shape and Kat glazes the pattern. It is reminiscent of SW native pottery patterns or mid-20th century design. It will probably be collected hence.
The show is Here and Now https://eutecticgallery.com/show/eutectic-gallery-here-and-now At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 5PM-7 Free
Blue Sky splits their opening between tonight for the NW Photography Drawers and tomorrow for the main shows. The drawers are a multi-artist selection you can take an afternoon examining with white gloves. This 15th year was curated by Portland's Dru Donovan, and New York's Efrem Zelony-Mindell.
Artists are Jon Bagby, Candace Biggerstaff, Nika Blasser, Heather Boyd, Carolyn Kay Chema, Daniel Ciochina, Meghan Crandall, Elisabeth Dare, Misha Davydov, Danielle Dean, Dennis DeHart, Lucas DeShazer, Marico Fayre, Jon Feinstein, Kevin Fletcher, John Francis, David Frazier, Ebenezer Galluzzo, Conner Gordon, Lauren Grabelle, Tyler Green, Darwin Grey, Anna Guyton, Mick Hangland-Skill, Megan Hansen, Justine Highsmith, Kristy Hruska, Melinda Hurst Frye, Natalie Jenks, John Kane, Tom Kay, John Kirkley, Cheston Knapp, Zachary Krahmer, Laura Kurtenbach, Cole Lalomia, Adam Long, Brad Messinger, Loren Nelson, Chris Nesseth, Janet Neuhauser, Angel O'Brien, Jody Poorwill, Matthew Ragen, Michael Raines, Stan Raucher, Thibault Roland, Isaac Sachs, Darcie Sternenberg, Sharon Swanson, Jocelle Rosano, Andrew Thomas, Sandra Ullmann, Kelda Van Patten, Alice Christine Walker, Eric Walker, Marjorie Williams, and Sky Wilson.
NW Photography drawers https://www.blueskygallery.org/nw-drawers/2022/3/31/2022-pacific-northwest-drawers. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-8 Free
If you like your music ambient, Ambient Church touches down here tonight. Artists are Chihei Hatakeyama (Japan) and Patricia Wolf (US). They are accompanied by ambient video projection mapping on the interior of the church. From what I've seen from recent electronic music concerts, trucker hats and cute pointy wool beanies are out now finally. Ambient concert https://ambient.church/events/chihei-hatakeyama-in-portland-on-april-8-2022-at-7pm at the First Congregational Church of Portland
1126 SW Park. Doors 7PM show 8 $30
Friday, April 08, 2022
Wednesday, April 06, 2022
April 7 Westside Art Openings
Few Westside galleries have reopened for First Thursday evenings. Artist coops Blackfish and 114 seem to be open. Russo Lee and Waterstone are back on schedule. The curated street art and crafts show on NW 13th around Irving has restarted under new management. PDX Contemporary has completely decamped to far NW. No idea about Everett Station.
The PSU architecture department has assembled a large international collage show, Corporeal Gestures https://www.pdx.edu/arts/events/corporeal-gestures. It is in Shattuck Hall 5PM-7 Free
PNCA is welcoming the public back to all of its galleries, Covid common sense but no rules. PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-7 Free
The Laura Vincent Gallery has William Park with paintings and James Florschutz with Memory Fragments, mixed media sculptures. At Laura Vincent Design and Gallery 824 NW Davis 5PM-8 Free
The PSU architecture department has assembled a large international collage show, Corporeal Gestures https://www.pdx.edu/arts/events/corporeal-gestures. It is in Shattuck Hall 5PM-7 Free
PNCA is welcoming the public back to all of its galleries, Covid common sense but no rules. PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-7 Free
The Laura Vincent Gallery has William Park with paintings and James Florschutz with Memory Fragments, mixed media sculptures. At Laura Vincent Design and Gallery 824 NW Davis 5PM-8 Free
Friday, April 01, 2022
April 3 April Flowers Bring Tweed
The Tweed Rides are an international phenomena recreating Victorian-era aesthetic bicycle rides and picnics.
Portland's Tweed Ride happens today. It may sprinkle, wear wool!
In the spirit of keeping Portland weird, you can find out more at
http://tweedpdx.net/
Meet at Grant Park. 11AM Free
Portland's Tweed Ride happens today. It may sprinkle, wear wool!
In the spirit of keeping Portland weird, you can find out more at
http://tweedpdx.net/
Meet at Grant Park. 11AM Free
April 2 Red Honeymoon Quick Majority Field Portal Untold
Rose Dickson is a Portland artist working in 2d and 3d. Her work has been morphing from minimal to compositions of glyphs, all with a conceptual basis in her own emotional landscape, drawn from her journals. Several recent shows include a craft-like variety of materials, but not in a precious craft way. Her show in 2020 at Melanie Flood is an example. It was reviewed by Sue Taylor https://www.orartswatch.org/more-than-a-sum-of-parts/.
This show has three bodies. 2 1/2d glyphs are sand-cast aluminum wall hangings. There are watercolors on mirrors. Paintings layered with wax complete this show.
At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 1PM-4 Free
If you are in Eugene, Ditch Projects opens a new show. Julieta Gil from Mexico City and now UO, has Field Recordings. The description on the DP website is better than I can recreate. Eric Ramos Guerrero has drawings, Age Of Majority, also explained on the DP website. At Ditch Projects https://ditchprojects.com/ 303 S. 5th Ave #165, Springfield OR Map 6PM-8 Free
Dana Robinson is a SVA-minted artist in NYC who has been participating in an impressive number of shows. Fuller Rosen is one, which is impressive too, with Second Honeymoon. They are large impressionistic portraits derived from vintage Ebony Magazine on transparent silk with accompanying sound loops. The FR web site has a more articulate writeup. Portland artists could take inspiration in the energy of the artist's accomplishments: https://danarobinsonstudio.com/CV At Fuller Rosen Gallery www.fullerrosen.com 1928 NW Lovejoy Map 6PM-8 Free
To Dog a Portal is a group show by the Well, Well family: Andrea Alonge, Ben Buswell, Erik Geschke, Jeremy Le Grand, Morgan Rosskopf, Katherine Spinella, Jessie Rose Vala, Jessie Weitzel Le Grand, and John Whitten.
"Through pattern, pixelation, and repetition in action or motif, artists in To dog a portal observe the natural world through scientific data, human interaction, and magical thinking. Emboldened by the possibility of science and magic coexisting, this exhibition engages in a willful suspension of disbelief. Balancing these works on the horizon of time through careful precision in the making process, these artists cultivate a field for observing the super-natural qualities in seemingly everyday occurrences."
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 2PM-5 Free
Rachael Zur and Heather Lee Birdsong have Told and Untold.
"Can we be content with the fragmented stories that will be told about our lives? Between what is said and unsaid, people create narratives about those they have loved and lost. Domestic objects and uninhabited rooms also give accounts of a life, allowing for those no longer with us to be felt as being simultaneously present and absent. Heather Lee Birdsong’s paintings of Pacific Northwest forests and architectural elements reflect on grief: how we hold it and, variably or simultaneously, fail to hold it. Rachael Zur’s expanded paintings of objects from living rooms give form to the residue of lives lived held in domestic spaces. Together the artists use place as a narrator to recall the absent."
At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 2PM-5 Free
Oregon Comtemporary has their fundraising auction dance party tonight. All the information is at https://event.gives/oregoncontemporary.
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-11ish $40-100
Portland is fortunate because Seattle is fortunate to have some very talented performers of butoh, Japan's contribution to contemporary dance. Joan Laage studied and performed in Japan with a small group created by the founder of the genre. In that lineage, the improvised movement is inspired by images from nature. Laage is giving a workshop Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday evening is a performance.
Laage performs Rivers Running Red and Cosmo Rapaport & Sophia Solano perform their own works too.
"Rivers Running Red has a haunting commissioned score by Seattle musicians. The piece is greatly inspired by an article exposing the practice of sending women off to the mountains to remain in huts and, often not surviving the harsh conditions, fueled by the belief that women are unclean while menstruating. It is also a reflection on this monthly cycle being celebrated as a sacred passage in other cultures. RRR was performed as a duet in Milan, and a solo in Pontedera (Italy), Frankfurt and most recently in Seattle Butoh Festival 2021: FemAlchemy produced by DAIPANbutoh Collective last November.
Tickets can be purchased in advance through Venmo @interartistmotion for a suggested sliding-scale cost of $10-20.
Three works https://www.witd.org/butoh at Headwaters Theater 55 NE Farragut St. #9. The theater is in the back of the building by the active railroad tracks facing Winchell Street. Map 7:30PM $10-20
This show has three bodies. 2 1/2d glyphs are sand-cast aluminum wall hangings. There are watercolors on mirrors. Paintings layered with wax complete this show.
At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 1PM-4 Free
The Quick by Diedrick Brackens & D'Angelo Lovell Williams includes weavings, photographs, and objects. Bracken is a West coast artist working in tapestry. Williams is an East coast artist working on paper. Both are queer African American artists. This collaboration is inspired by love and intimacy. The show was arranged by local curator Ashley Stull Myers. The artists are visiting and giving a talk at 2 tomorrow at PNCA.
At The Lumber Room lumberroom.com 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map 4PM-7 Free
If you are in Eugene, Ditch Projects opens a new show. Julieta Gil from Mexico City and now UO, has Field Recordings. The description on the DP website is better than I can recreate. Eric Ramos Guerrero has drawings, Age Of Majority, also explained on the DP website. At Ditch Projects https://ditchprojects.com/ 303 S. 5th Ave #165, Springfield OR Map 6PM-8 Free
Dana Robinson is a SVA-minted artist in NYC who has been participating in an impressive number of shows. Fuller Rosen is one, which is impressive too, with Second Honeymoon. They are large impressionistic portraits derived from vintage Ebony Magazine on transparent silk with accompanying sound loops. The FR web site has a more articulate writeup. Portland artists could take inspiration in the energy of the artist's accomplishments: https://danarobinsonstudio.com/CV At Fuller Rosen Gallery www.fullerrosen.com 1928 NW Lovejoy Map 6PM-8 Free
To Dog a Portal is a group show by the Well, Well family: Andrea Alonge, Ben Buswell, Erik Geschke, Jeremy Le Grand, Morgan Rosskopf, Katherine Spinella, Jessie Rose Vala, Jessie Weitzel Le Grand, and John Whitten.
"Through pattern, pixelation, and repetition in action or motif, artists in To dog a portal observe the natural world through scientific data, human interaction, and magical thinking. Emboldened by the possibility of science and magic coexisting, this exhibition engages in a willful suspension of disbelief. Balancing these works on the horizon of time through careful precision in the making process, these artists cultivate a field for observing the super-natural qualities in seemingly everyday occurrences."
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 2PM-5 Free
Rachael Zur and Heather Lee Birdsong have Told and Untold.
"Can we be content with the fragmented stories that will be told about our lives? Between what is said and unsaid, people create narratives about those they have loved and lost. Domestic objects and uninhabited rooms also give accounts of a life, allowing for those no longer with us to be felt as being simultaneously present and absent. Heather Lee Birdsong’s paintings of Pacific Northwest forests and architectural elements reflect on grief: how we hold it and, variably or simultaneously, fail to hold it. Rachael Zur’s expanded paintings of objects from living rooms give form to the residue of lives lived held in domestic spaces. Together the artists use place as a narrator to recall the absent."
At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 2PM-5 Free
Oregon Comtemporary has their fundraising auction dance party tonight. All the information is at https://event.gives/oregoncontemporary.
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-11ish $40-100
Portland is fortunate because Seattle is fortunate to have some very talented performers of butoh, Japan's contribution to contemporary dance. Joan Laage studied and performed in Japan with a small group created by the founder of the genre. In that lineage, the improvised movement is inspired by images from nature. Laage is giving a workshop Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday evening is a performance.
Laage performs Rivers Running Red and Cosmo Rapaport & Sophia Solano perform their own works too.
"Rivers Running Red has a haunting commissioned score by Seattle musicians. The piece is greatly inspired by an article exposing the practice of sending women off to the mountains to remain in huts and, often not surviving the harsh conditions, fueled by the belief that women are unclean while menstruating. It is also a reflection on this monthly cycle being celebrated as a sacred passage in other cultures. RRR was performed as a duet in Milan, and a solo in Pontedera (Italy), Frankfurt and most recently in Seattle Butoh Festival 2021: FemAlchemy produced by DAIPANbutoh Collective last November.
Tickets can be purchased in advance through Venmo @interartistmotion for a suggested sliding-scale cost of $10-20.
Three works https://www.witd.org/butoh at Headwaters Theater 55 NE Farragut St. #9. The theater is in the back of the building by the active railroad tracks facing Winchell Street. Map 7:30PM $10-20
April 1-2 Sou'wester Art Residency Readout
Your art options Friday and especially Saturday are lovely. This one, both days, is especially lovely.
The Sou'wester is a vintage trailer motel and lodge in Seaview, Washington. It is a short walk to the sea and adjacent to a wild native forest. They have arts and crafts events throughout the year. For a week the last few years, it is taken over by mostly Portland contemporary artists and musicians. They have a week of residency and a weekend of unfolding the work.
In the past years it had a space, aliens, and mystery theme. It is more freeform now. The curation, by artists, of artists, is stellar.
This year the artists are Anthony Alvarado + Jason Walker, Ana Anu, Rachel Blumberg, Laura Halsey Brown, Julia Canfield, Lindsay Clark, Brea Currey, Anouk De Clercq, Breana DePriest, Carolyn Hazel Drake, Ophir El-Boher, Elizabeth Goltz, Mikey Kampmann, Una Kim, Gino M Kline, Nicky Kriara + Cory Gray, Chris Lael Larson, Anis Mojgani, Phoebe Moore, Kaitlyn Nelson / The Gyer V Project, Emily Newton, Emily Pacheco, Jane Paik, Bobbie Robinson + Jordan Badger, Anna Rogers, Tracy Schlapp + Danny Wilson, Alison Segura, Adrian Shirk + Erin Adair, Andie Sterling, Jen Tam, Daren Todd, Kelda Van Patten and Fox Whitney / The Gender Tender Experiment.
There are performances and events on a schedule from 5PM-10 Friday, and Noon-10 Saturday with other installations and works to attend to on your own throughout.
More at https://www.souwesterlodge.com/event/arts-week/?instance_id=27572.
It is an about 2 1/2 hour drive each way, consider lodging on the coast nearby.
At the Sou'wester hotel trailer park at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA Recommended. Free
The Sou'wester is a vintage trailer motel and lodge in Seaview, Washington. It is a short walk to the sea and adjacent to a wild native forest. They have arts and crafts events throughout the year. For a week the last few years, it is taken over by mostly Portland contemporary artists and musicians. They have a week of residency and a weekend of unfolding the work.
In the past years it had a space, aliens, and mystery theme. It is more freeform now. The curation, by artists, of artists, is stellar.
This year the artists are Anthony Alvarado + Jason Walker, Ana Anu, Rachel Blumberg, Laura Halsey Brown, Julia Canfield, Lindsay Clark, Brea Currey, Anouk De Clercq, Breana DePriest, Carolyn Hazel Drake, Ophir El-Boher, Elizabeth Goltz, Mikey Kampmann, Una Kim, Gino M Kline, Nicky Kriara + Cory Gray, Chris Lael Larson, Anis Mojgani, Phoebe Moore, Kaitlyn Nelson / The Gyer V Project, Emily Newton, Emily Pacheco, Jane Paik, Bobbie Robinson + Jordan Badger, Anna Rogers, Tracy Schlapp + Danny Wilson, Alison Segura, Adrian Shirk + Erin Adair, Andie Sterling, Jen Tam, Daren Todd, Kelda Van Patten and Fox Whitney / The Gender Tender Experiment.
There are performances and events on a schedule from 5PM-10 Friday, and Noon-10 Saturday with other installations and works to attend to on your own throughout.
More at https://www.souwesterlodge.com/event/arts-week/?instance_id=27572.
It is an about 2 1/2 hour drive each way, consider lodging on the coast nearby.
At the Sou'wester hotel trailer park at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA Recommended. Free
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
March 31 - April 1 Last Crow First Robots
Alberta has their low key cool weather gallery openings Thursday. The Eastside has the usual spots open Friday you can find on their Facebook page.
It is April 1. But according to the all-knowing Interwebs, the first annual Festival of Migrating Crows is this PM. It starts at Col Summers Park at 4:30. Crow-themed costumes are encouraged. Thence there is a naked, crow-costumed, or normcore bike ride, launching at 5, to the Treefarm Building 850 SE 3rd for a crow party-event. All the fun things are detailed at https://www.johndanielteply.art/festival-of-migrating-crows.html. All crows all the time from 4:30PM-9ish Free!
Captured by Robots is a metal band of robots rocking. They have one real person, Jay Vance. He built the robots 20 years ago, with no previous robot knowledge. Now they enslave him. I am not making this up! They are touring behind their releases Endless Circle of Bullshit and Broken as Fuck. The tour, Funeral for the Human Race rusts down, plugs in the robots, and makes noise tonight with Headless Pez, Sidewalk Slam, and NÜR. Advance tix https://www.quadspace.tv/198261. At the High Water Mark, 6800 NE MLK. 8:30PM $15
It is April 1. But according to the all-knowing Interwebs, the first annual Festival of Migrating Crows is this PM. It starts at Col Summers Park at 4:30. Crow-themed costumes are encouraged. Thence there is a naked, crow-costumed, or normcore bike ride, launching at 5, to the Treefarm Building 850 SE 3rd for a crow party-event. All the fun things are detailed at https://www.johndanielteply.art/festival-of-migrating-crows.html. All crows all the time from 4:30PM-9ish Free!
Captured by Robots is a metal band of robots rocking. They have one real person, Jay Vance. He built the robots 20 years ago, with no previous robot knowledge. Now they enslave him. I am not making this up! They are touring behind their releases Endless Circle of Bullshit and Broken as Fuck. The tour, Funeral for the Human Race rusts down, plugs in the robots, and makes noise tonight with Headless Pez, Sidewalk Slam, and NÜR. Advance tix https://www.quadspace.tv/198261. At the High Water Mark, 6800 NE MLK. 8:30PM $15
March 31 CAP Auction Curator Preview
The Cascade AIDS Project and Our House have long sponsored an art auction to fund their operation. It is April 9 with guests House of Ada. Each year they have selected a respected curator of cooperating artists and galleries contribute work. It's a party too. The work is divided into live auction works on the high end and silent auction works for the event. The curator this year, Tammy Jo Wilson, does an online Zoom to discuss her curation and the live auction works. Register at https://www.capnw.org/cap-calendar/2022-curators-talk to get the Zoom. 5PM-6 Free
Saturday, March 26, 2022
March 28 Sleep Awake
Fennesz, Joseph Kamaru=KMRU, and Patricia Wolf perform experimental and ambient music tonight.
Fennesz from Austria creates filmic music combining guitar and field recordings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luKqybLrBho. Joseph Kamaru=KMRU splits time between Nairobi and Berlin. In addition to his music he makes installations and video work from field recordings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NWZO3OM3b8. Patricia Wolf is a Portland musician, composer, and field recorder. She has built an excellent network in Europe and Japan, and brought musicians to perform in Portland. https://soundcloud.com/patriciawolf_music. It would be lovely to have this as a sleep concert.
At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. Proof of vaccination required. Doors 8PM $27+fees advance $30 door
Fennesz from Austria creates filmic music combining guitar and field recordings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luKqybLrBho. Joseph Kamaru=KMRU splits time between Nairobi and Berlin. In addition to his music he makes installations and video work from field recordings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NWZO3OM3b8. Patricia Wolf is a Portland musician, composer, and field recorder. She has built an excellent network in Europe and Japan, and brought musicians to perform in Portland. https://soundcloud.com/patriciawolf_music. It would be lovely to have this as a sleep concert.
At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. Proof of vaccination required. Doors 8PM $27+fees advance $30 door
March 27 India and Spain Spring
Portland has an active flamenco community of dance and music. It's intertwined with Spanish food and Spanish culture. They have regular classes. They have occasional performances with local and traveling artists.
Tonight Kelley Dodd, Lillie Last, Nela McGuire, Shiho Travis, and Elisa Rocha, dance. Christina Lorentz dances and sings. Nick Hutcheson is on percussion and Brenna McDonald performs on guitar.
Espacio Flamenco www.espacioflamencopdx.com presents the 7th annual Fall in Love with Flamenco at the Alberta Rose Theatre. Tickets and vaccination https://event.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSale.do?performance_id=7114516 3000 NE Alberta 7:30PM $20
Kalakendra presents classical Indian music. Tonight they present Triveni by Zakir Hussain on tabla Jayanthi Kumaresh on veena and Kala Ramnath on violin. It is always a pleasure to hear Zakir Hussain. Kalakendra https://www.kalakendra.org/events/triveni-by-zakir-hussain-jayanthi-kumaresh-and-kala-ramnath/ at the Patricia Reser Performance Center 12625 SW Crescent Street, Beaverton Tickets https://secure.thereser.org/69/98 6PM $50-75 Sold Out
Tonight Kelley Dodd, Lillie Last, Nela McGuire, Shiho Travis, and Elisa Rocha, dance. Christina Lorentz dances and sings. Nick Hutcheson is on percussion and Brenna McDonald performs on guitar.
Espacio Flamenco www.espacioflamencopdx.com presents the 7th annual Fall in Love with Flamenco at the Alberta Rose Theatre. Tickets and vaccination https://event.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSale.do?performance_id=7114516 3000 NE Alberta 7:30PM $20
Kalakendra presents classical Indian music. Tonight they present Triveni by Zakir Hussain on tabla Jayanthi Kumaresh on veena and Kala Ramnath on violin. It is always a pleasure to hear Zakir Hussain. Kalakendra https://www.kalakendra.org/events/triveni-by-zakir-hussain-jayanthi-kumaresh-and-kala-ramnath/ at the Patricia Reser Performance Center 12625 SW Crescent Street, Beaverton Tickets https://secure.thereser.org/69/98 6PM $50-75 Sold Out
Friday, March 25, 2022
March 26 Painting
Painters Painting is a new group show opening today. The gallery website has a description. Please stop using all caps for the painter names. At Melanie Flood Projects, www.melaniefloodprojects.com 420 SW Washington St #301 Early 2PM-5 Free
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
March 23-26 Hovering Haven
The Haven is a small multispace in the zone of the old Recess but on the ground floor. They have been underground since mid-2020 and now they are officially opening. Festival crowd. Various times and events on socials. Wednesday circus, Thursday film, Friday and Saturday music. At The Haven 819 SE Taylor 9PM
Saturday, March 19, 2022
March 20 A Mystical Equinox
Atrium Mystique is a Spring Equinox Salon. You can't miss the Equinox, and you should not miss this evening of performance.
Soriah is Portland's own Tuvan throat singer and performance ritual creator. He performs once or twice a year here in costumes of his own making and music of his own composition. Despite the implied dark performance trappings, he is really a lightworker in musical collaboration with other artists, and an all around excellent person. He has a big event May 17 when he shares the stage with Bauhaus at the Schnitz.
Tiare Valouria has deep movement roots and performed with her dark belly dance group, Serpentine, along a continuous thread of creative works. Now she performs as Valourian Theater with tonight's collaborators, Sol'Aura Pearl, Rachel Smith, Autumn Sage KaliMah and Paige Roselene.
Portland has its own small underground puppet community. One, the Nightmerriment Puppet Theater, also performs tonight with guest Sataray from Olympia.
Each audience member must provide proof of vaccination (vaccination card or photo ID of it) or a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of the event.
At the Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Doors 7PM, show 8. Hive dance party 11. $22+fees advance $33 door
Soriah is Portland's own Tuvan throat singer and performance ritual creator. He performs once or twice a year here in costumes of his own making and music of his own composition. Despite the implied dark performance trappings, he is really a lightworker in musical collaboration with other artists, and an all around excellent person. He has a big event May 17 when he shares the stage with Bauhaus at the Schnitz.
Tiare Valouria has deep movement roots and performed with her dark belly dance group, Serpentine, along a continuous thread of creative works. Now she performs as Valourian Theater with tonight's collaborators, Sol'Aura Pearl, Rachel Smith, Autumn Sage KaliMah and Paige Roselene.
Portland has its own small underground puppet community. One, the Nightmerriment Puppet Theater, also performs tonight with guest Sataray from Olympia.
Each audience member must provide proof of vaccination (vaccination card or photo ID of it) or a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of the event.
At the Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Doors 7PM, show 8. Hive dance party 11. $22+fees advance $33 door
March 15-April 29 Back from the Precipice
If you are reading this you survived. Many did not and we lost many of our art conversations places. The Worhol Foundation is soliciting art collectives, collaboratons, and art speces for $5000 grants. PICA administers. More at precipicefund.org. Free
March 19 Parallel Undercurrents
Nucleus has Lily Seika Jones an illustrator from Vancouver BC with cute nature works. Cat Johnston has illustrations and sculptures of her parallel universes. At Nucleus Portland nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 2PM-5 Free
The artists are taking the means of production unto their own in a house show, Undercurrent. We are boycotting the Metaverse but you can find the instas of Spacecadetbryn, Ipegrusin, 4urayes2see, Ar.aete, Mostdefinitelymacmoss.mamii, Marble.mistress, Maxandmarspresent, and Kit!, BIPOC+Trans artists, presenting. At 2737 SE 60th 7PM $5-10 cash
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
March 16 & 18 The Journey of Gómez-Peña
Guillermo Gómez-Peña is a Mexican artist, performer, visionary, and social critic. Some of his work has been humorous, but it has all been pointed.
Back when he was collaborating with Coco Fusco, another brilliant cultural critic and performer, they performed at the Portland Art Museum. After that, a new museum director started having prayer meetings in the museum at lunch time and refocused the museum on old French impressionist masters. The contemporary art program exited. John Weber went to SFMOMA, now he is director of the Schnitzer Museum at UofO in Eugene. Kristy Edmunds formed PICA with support of several Jewish members of the museum board who the new director made uncomfortable. Edmunds is now at MassMOCA nee UCLA and Melbourne.
He brings 2 events.
For The Pandemia Chronicles, he uses the John Cage method to randomly select material to present and perform. "Utilizing a casino roulette spinner to select his live spoken word texts and props, he is unplugged, thinking out loud and articulating the challenges and possibilities of reinvention during confinement and in the midst of multiple pandemics." He is joined by his wife and performance partner Balitronica Gómez. That event is at Pacific University.
He is doing a similar remix in a brief one hour retrospective performance from his archives at the Portland Art Museum. Much of Wednesday is poetic reading. Friday he started with his birth and about the first 30 of his performance years. You can start with the show announcements, see the performances, then dig into his work as you like. Much of his historic work would be considered contemporary today.
Wednesday Pandemic Chronicles https://pacificuniversity.ticketspice.com/2022-benjamin-and-elaine-whiteley-distinguished-lecture at McCready Hall, Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center, Pacific University, Forest Grove. Tickets required. 7PM Free
Friday Multiple Journeys: The Life and Work of Gómez-Peña https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/multiple-journeys/ at the Portland Art Museum in the Mark Building-Masonc Temple Kridel Grand Ballroom 1219 SW Park 7PM-8 $5
Back when he was collaborating with Coco Fusco, another brilliant cultural critic and performer, they performed at the Portland Art Museum. After that, a new museum director started having prayer meetings in the museum at lunch time and refocused the museum on old French impressionist masters. The contemporary art program exited. John Weber went to SFMOMA, now he is director of the Schnitzer Museum at UofO in Eugene. Kristy Edmunds formed PICA with support of several Jewish members of the museum board who the new director made uncomfortable. Edmunds is now at MassMOCA nee UCLA and Melbourne.
He brings 2 events.
For The Pandemia Chronicles, he uses the John Cage method to randomly select material to present and perform. "Utilizing a casino roulette spinner to select his live spoken word texts and props, he is unplugged, thinking out loud and articulating the challenges and possibilities of reinvention during confinement and in the midst of multiple pandemics." He is joined by his wife and performance partner Balitronica Gómez. That event is at Pacific University.
He is doing a similar remix in a brief one hour retrospective performance from his archives at the Portland Art Museum. Much of Wednesday is poetic reading. Friday he started with his birth and about the first 30 of his performance years. You can start with the show announcements, see the performances, then dig into his work as you like. Much of his historic work would be considered contemporary today.
Wednesday Pandemic Chronicles https://pacificuniversity.ticketspice.com/2022-benjamin-and-elaine-whiteley-distinguished-lecture at McCready Hall, Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center, Pacific University, Forest Grove. Tickets required. 7PM Free
Friday Multiple Journeys: The Life and Work of Gómez-Peña https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/multiple-journeys/ at the Portland Art Museum in the Mark Building-Masonc Temple Kridel Grand Ballroom 1219 SW Park 7PM-8 $5
Friday, March 11, 2022
March 13 Dark Market
I'm not really interested in the dark side, I've seen enough in real life. I never had a goth stage. Nonetheless, we will occasionally list Portland weird events, even if you don't think they are weird.
The Market of the Beast is a traveling craft show of the dark arts. It started in Seattle at the Unicorn Bar. One of the founders has a 3 leg opossum companion animal. Now it is materializing out of the vapours in Portland for an afternoon. You can see what they are up to on their website and socials. Market of the Beast https://www.marketofthebeast.net/ at 411 NE 18th 1PM-6 $1 admission 21+
The Market of the Beast is a traveling craft show of the dark arts. It started in Seattle at the Unicorn Bar. One of the founders has a 3 leg opossum companion animal. Now it is materializing out of the vapours in Portland for an afternoon. You can see what they are up to on their website and socials. Market of the Beast https://www.marketofthebeast.net/ at 411 NE 18th 1PM-6 $1 admission 21+
March 12 Hey Backyard! Spring Ahead!
Zena Zezza is an independent project by Sandra Percival who did curatorial work for Yale Union. Continuing the noted Zezza curatorial arc, they present Yang Fudong from Shanghai.
Yejiang/The Nightman Cometh to Dawn Breaking and Backyard - Hey! The Sun is Rising are abstract narrative videos showing today.
It is in a warehouse downtown. It is not entirely mobility accessible on all floors, contact the organizers if you need that. RSVP requested on their website. Zena Zezza zenazezza.org at 1857 Hallock McMillan building. It is the red door on SW Oak by SW Naito Parkway. 3:30PM Free
Yejiang/The Nightman Cometh to Dawn Breaking and Backyard - Hey! The Sun is Rising are abstract narrative videos showing today.
It is in a warehouse downtown. It is not entirely mobility accessible on all floors, contact the organizers if you need that. RSVP requested on their website. Zena Zezza zenazezza.org at 1857 Hallock McMillan building. It is the red door on SW Oak by SW Naito Parkway. 3:30PM Free
Saturday, March 05, 2022
March 5 Headstrong Groundhog Evening Ear Object Recognition Paradise
Portland has a history of galleries in private homes, their outbuildings, and in live-work spaces. It's like Manhattan's apartment gallery popups. Painter curator Srijon Chowdhury has his own Chicken Coop Gallery. Today he has a show at SE Cooper Contemprary. His Groundhog Day show "resonates with solitude and repetitiveness that has become ordinary. Subject matter fluctuates between still life, portraits, and floral imagery, communicating intimate domestic stories that might not entirely be what they seem. Subjects' interior lives are intertwined with fantastical objects often seen in a film, folklore, and religious story. The emotive work in the exhibition displays striking moments of hope and possibility" according to the show writer. The opening was in February. It's at SE Cooper Contemprary https://www.secoopercontemporary.com/ 6901 SE 110th 11AM-5 Saturdays Free
Blue Sky and the Nines move their first Thursday opening to Saturday day today. It gives the space a little more tempral breathing room. Abendlied (Evening Song) are photographs of her family's home as her mother ages out in dementia by German-Canadian photographer Birthe Piontek. In a way, it relates to the Kabakov's Treatement with Memories. I have a friend in this now. After several successful careers, including writing a book about genetics and male calicos, they set out to write a book on the entire history of written language intertwined with watching a neighbor child grow up manufesting dislexia. The dementia lost the book with their long term memory. HeadStrong: The Women of Rural Uganda is a photo essay by Dan Nelkin with narratives by Beatrice Lamwaka. The Nines Gallery has to touch, to touch, drawings and etchings by Linda Hutchins. It is her longtime minimal work. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Fixed-format low-priced art shows have been in Portland since at least Charm Bracelet. The Alberta Street Gallery is back in year 3 of their 6x6x6 open call show. Each work on a 6x6 wood panel is limited to 6 in freespace, all inch. Works are $100 or less. Cash and carry, so arrive early. The show opened March 3. Reception today. At Alberta Street Gallery 1829 NE Alberta 2PM Free
The Brassworks Gallery took the Recess space. Then they moved. Dark City is their urban surrealist - lowbrow show. At Brassworks Gallery 3022 NE Glisan Ave 5PM Free
The big show today is at the Oregon Contemporary megaplex in Kenton. They close early at 8.
System as Object is a generative installation by Crystal Cortez, Francisco Botello, General QU, and Benjamin Johnson. It will be evolving for the next 3 weeks with a coda in the form of a live ticketed performance by the Third Angle musical ensemble on March 20. System as Object will be performatively unveiled tonight at 7.
The Hallie Ford Fellowships select noted regional mid-career to even late-career artists. Corey Arnold, Avantika Bawa, Pat Boas, Bruce Burris, Julie Green, James Lavadour, Niraja Cheryl Lorenz, Elizabeth Malaska, Demian DinéYazhí, Harrell Fletcher, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Flint Jamison, Jess Perlitz, Sharita Towne, and Marie Watt, slected between 2017 and 2019, show.
Bill Will, wry political sculptor, has If the Virus Could Talk, a talking Coronavirus!
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
The Extended Ear: An Artist Book Fair is at Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8
On the Verge of Recognition, curated by Jeremy Le Grand and Kelda Van Patten is at Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free
Small Talk Collective has a new space shared with the offices of Photolucida which is double exciting news. Afterword is a show by Brittney Cathey-Adams, Tracy Chandler, Panos Charalampidis + Mary Chairetaki, Buzzy Sullivan, Yuyang Zhang and Muscle Memory Collective. At the Small Talk Collective Strange Paradise Gallery www.smalltalkcollective.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free
Blue Sky and the Nines move their first Thursday opening to Saturday day today. It gives the space a little more tempral breathing room. Abendlied (Evening Song) are photographs of her family's home as her mother ages out in dementia by German-Canadian photographer Birthe Piontek. In a way, it relates to the Kabakov's Treatement with Memories. I have a friend in this now. After several successful careers, including writing a book about genetics and male calicos, they set out to write a book on the entire history of written language intertwined with watching a neighbor child grow up manufesting dislexia. The dementia lost the book with their long term memory. HeadStrong: The Women of Rural Uganda is a photo essay by Dan Nelkin with narratives by Beatrice Lamwaka. The Nines Gallery has to touch, to touch, drawings and etchings by Linda Hutchins. It is her longtime minimal work. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Fixed-format low-priced art shows have been in Portland since at least Charm Bracelet. The Alberta Street Gallery is back in year 3 of their 6x6x6 open call show. Each work on a 6x6 wood panel is limited to 6 in freespace, all inch. Works are $100 or less. Cash and carry, so arrive early. The show opened March 3. Reception today. At Alberta Street Gallery 1829 NE Alberta 2PM Free
The Brassworks Gallery took the Recess space. Then they moved. Dark City is their urban surrealist - lowbrow show. At Brassworks Gallery 3022 NE Glisan Ave 5PM Free
The big show today is at the Oregon Contemporary megaplex in Kenton. They close early at 8.
System as Object is a generative installation by Crystal Cortez, Francisco Botello, General QU, and Benjamin Johnson. It will be evolving for the next 3 weeks with a coda in the form of a live ticketed performance by the Third Angle musical ensemble on March 20. System as Object will be performatively unveiled tonight at 7.
The Hallie Ford Fellowships select noted regional mid-career to even late-career artists. Corey Arnold, Avantika Bawa, Pat Boas, Bruce Burris, Julie Green, James Lavadour, Niraja Cheryl Lorenz, Elizabeth Malaska, Demian DinéYazhí, Harrell Fletcher, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Flint Jamison, Jess Perlitz, Sharita Towne, and Marie Watt, slected between 2017 and 2019, show.
Bill Will, wry political sculptor, has If the Virus Could Talk, a talking Coronavirus!
At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
The Extended Ear: An Artist Book Fair is at Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8
On the Verge of Recognition, curated by Jeremy Le Grand and Kelda Van Patten is at Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free
Small Talk Collective has a new space shared with the offices of Photolucida which is double exciting news. Afterword is a show by Brittney Cathey-Adams, Tracy Chandler, Panos Charalampidis + Mary Chairetaki, Buzzy Sullivan, Yuyang Zhang and Muscle Memory Collective. At the Small Talk Collective Strange Paradise Gallery www.smalltalkcollective.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free
Thursday, March 03, 2022
March 4 Celilo - Never Silenced
The New World, the US, the West, the Northwest, and us have Native American artists in our midst. Meet them. Some are the inaugural visual arts show at the Reser Performing Arts Center in Beaverton. It is the first public event in the space.
Don Bailey, Rick Bartow, Joe Cantrell, Jonnel Covault, Ed Edmo, Joe Fedderson, Analee Fuentes, Sean Gallagher, Lillian Pitt, Pah-tu Pitt, Richard Rowland, Sara Siestreem, Gail Tremblay, and Richard York show. Marie Watt is another not in this show, and she does large public sculptures and installations.
There are talks with several of the artists 2PM, March 13, and April 30, see the link.
The announcement wins the copywriting award for the month: "Our lives flow in historic currents, sometimes direct and personal, others, more distant. As NChi’Wana (the Columbia River) runs through our communities, the past flows through us, literally, culturally, and figuratively, defining the lives of people connected to it. Wyam (Celilo Falls), sacred and primary to Indigenous people for hundreds of miles around, was destroyed by The Dalles Dam in 1957, obliterating a way of life, a thriving fishery, and far more than that. The flooded falls displaced those who celebrated and relied upon its essential life-giving forces, destroying a vital culture."
This new venue is right on the TriMet MAX train line.
Thereser.org/event/celilo-never-silenced at the The Reser - Patricia Reser Center for the Arts www.thereser.org 12625 SW Crescent Street, Beaverton Map 6PM-8:30 Free
Don Bailey, Rick Bartow, Joe Cantrell, Jonnel Covault, Ed Edmo, Joe Fedderson, Analee Fuentes, Sean Gallagher, Lillian Pitt, Pah-tu Pitt, Richard Rowland, Sara Siestreem, Gail Tremblay, and Richard York show. Marie Watt is another not in this show, and she does large public sculptures and installations.
There are talks with several of the artists 2PM, March 13, and April 30, see the link.
The announcement wins the copywriting award for the month: "Our lives flow in historic currents, sometimes direct and personal, others, more distant. As NChi’Wana (the Columbia River) runs through our communities, the past flows through us, literally, culturally, and figuratively, defining the lives of people connected to it. Wyam (Celilo Falls), sacred and primary to Indigenous people for hundreds of miles around, was destroyed by The Dalles Dam in 1957, obliterating a way of life, a thriving fishery, and far more than that. The flooded falls displaced those who celebrated and relied upon its essential life-giving forces, destroying a vital culture."
This new venue is right on the TriMet MAX train line.
Thereser.org/event/celilo-never-silenced at the The Reser - Patricia Reser Center for the Arts www.thereser.org 12625 SW Crescent Street, Beaverton Map 6PM-8:30 Free
March 4 Eastside Art Openings
Hey kids, the Eastside is more back than lately.
Sun and Moon is at Splendorporium 3421 SE 21st 7PM-9 Free
Portal Immortal by Marissa Avila of @makemakepdx has a show and sale of everything, including their homebrewed kombucha. At Jailbreak Studios 910 SE Taylor 5PM-8 Free
A Walk in the Woods by Davis TeSelle, Bob Stensland, Rebecca Arthur, Kristen Etmund, and Jennifer Foran. It is at Sidestreet Arts 140 SE 28th 7PM-9 Free
East Creative is eventing titled as Escapism Through Art at 211 SE Madison 6PM-9 Free
Movie lounge and cafe 4TH Wall PDX is having an art show with no information other than it will be "hot" and "hugely successful" and their poster has an octopus at 1445 SE Hawthorne 6PM-10 Free
Sun and Moon is at Splendorporium 3421 SE 21st 7PM-9 Free
Portal Immortal by Marissa Avila of @makemakepdx has a show and sale of everything, including their homebrewed kombucha. At Jailbreak Studios 910 SE Taylor 5PM-8 Free
A Walk in the Woods by Davis TeSelle, Bob Stensland, Rebecca Arthur, Kristen Etmund, and Jennifer Foran. It is at Sidestreet Arts 140 SE 28th 7PM-9 Free
East Creative is eventing titled as Escapism Through Art at 211 SE Madison 6PM-9 Free
Movie lounge and cafe 4TH Wall PDX is having an art show with no information other than it will be "hot" and "hugely successful" and their poster has an octopus at 1445 SE Hawthorne 6PM-10 Free
March 3 Westside Art Openings
We are not quite out of the woods yet on Covid, this is more what's up for a private visit throughout the month. Blue Sky and Nine move their opening to Saturday. No idea of percolations at the Everett Station Lofts.
Henk Pender is one of our late career painters. That means he has seen a lot, including wars. You can see some at a large show at the Oregon Jewish Museum. Henk Pender: Eyewhitness to History www.ojmche.org/events/henk-pander-the-artist-as-eyewitness-to-history/ at the Oregon Jewish Museum www.ojmche.org 724 NW Davis $8
Holding's gallery now has the daughter of Don't Shoot Portland. Some of those archives are in the gallery for your review as Feeling Documents: A Liberated Archives Experience. It is under the umbrella of University of Oregon Center for Art Research program Habits of Denial. By appointment. At Holding Contemporary www.holdingcontemporary.com 916 NW Flanders Free
PDX Contemporary has new work by gallery artists They have two locations now. Artists include Nick Blosser, Ellen George, Victoria Haven, Jeffry Mitchell, Joe Rudko, and Adam Sorensen. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map and 1825 B NW Vaughn Map Free
Sabina Haque is an activist artist who has been researching Portland communities and their history, wherever it may lead. (Un) Belonging admixes large drawings of people and their homeland-borders. Here the border of India-Pakistan and Mexico-US are explored in the abstract. There will be an artist talk March 13 at 2. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
Tom Prochaska is another late career painter and instructor from PNCA. He is known for his rough impressionistic figures. Froelick also has a group show of some of their backstock on paper. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
AO has a group show, The Gound, with Edgar Arceneaux, Taylor Davis, Luc Fuller, Jay Heikes, Nick Herman, Adam Horovitz, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Pierre Leguillon, Ari Marcopoulos, Dianna Molzan, Todd Norsten, Jenelle Porter, Conny Purtill, Alex Slade, Oliver Strand, Ricky Swallow, Lesley Vance, Emmett Wilkins, and Keith Wilkins. At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th early close 5PM-7:30 Free
Time In-Between: Temporal Matter(s) is the first-year readout of MFA students at PNCA. They have online reservations for the opening. Not sure how by appointment works. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-7 Free
Blackfish has Alice Christine Walker with Unfinished Business: An Exploration of Grief, staged photos themed on her father's passing. They are doing their opening live and on Facebook Live. At Blackfish Gallery 420 NW 9th. 5PM-8 Free
Leach is doing opening on Facebook Live as they have been doing in the pandemic. Christine Bourdette has Mantle/Dismantle themed on geology. Works on paper from Julia Mangold are also up. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map Free
Henk Pender is one of our late career painters. That means he has seen a lot, including wars. You can see some at a large show at the Oregon Jewish Museum. Henk Pender: Eyewhitness to History www.ojmche.org/events/henk-pander-the-artist-as-eyewitness-to-history/ at the Oregon Jewish Museum www.ojmche.org 724 NW Davis $8
Holding's gallery now has the daughter of Don't Shoot Portland. Some of those archives are in the gallery for your review as Feeling Documents: A Liberated Archives Experience. It is under the umbrella of University of Oregon Center for Art Research program Habits of Denial. By appointment. At Holding Contemporary www.holdingcontemporary.com 916 NW Flanders Free
PDX Contemporary has new work by gallery artists They have two locations now. Artists include Nick Blosser, Ellen George, Victoria Haven, Jeffry Mitchell, Joe Rudko, and Adam Sorensen. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map and 1825 B NW Vaughn Map Free
Sabina Haque is an activist artist who has been researching Portland communities and their history, wherever it may lead. (Un) Belonging admixes large drawings of people and their homeland-borders. Here the border of India-Pakistan and Mexico-US are explored in the abstract. There will be an artist talk March 13 at 2. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
Tom Prochaska is another late career painter and instructor from PNCA. He is known for his rough impressionistic figures. Froelick also has a group show of some of their backstock on paper. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
AO has a group show, The Gound, with Edgar Arceneaux, Taylor Davis, Luc Fuller, Jay Heikes, Nick Herman, Adam Horovitz, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Pierre Leguillon, Ari Marcopoulos, Dianna Molzan, Todd Norsten, Jenelle Porter, Conny Purtill, Alex Slade, Oliver Strand, Ricky Swallow, Lesley Vance, Emmett Wilkins, and Keith Wilkins. At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th early close 5PM-7:30 Free
Time In-Between: Temporal Matter(s) is the first-year readout of MFA students at PNCA. They have online reservations for the opening. Not sure how by appointment works. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-7 Free
Blackfish has Alice Christine Walker with Unfinished Business: An Exploration of Grief, staged photos themed on her father's passing. They are doing their opening live and on Facebook Live. At Blackfish Gallery 420 NW 9th. 5PM-8 Free
Leach is doing opening on Facebook Live as they have been doing in the pandemic. Christine Bourdette has Mantle/Dismantle themed on geology. Works on paper from Julia Mangold are also up. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map Free
Tuesday, March 01, 2022
March 2 Basquiat’s Self-Portraits - Talk & Stream
In Eugene, Fred Hoffman dealer for Basquiat, and with more art world accomplishments, speaks. He is lately known for his monograph, The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Basquiat has a Portland connection in Paige Powell. He was an important contributor to the NYC downtown cultural movement of the 1980s and brought graffiti art into the gallery world. There are primary source interviews with him you can find. The Eugene Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art has Self Portrait and Hardware Store as part of their short-term Shared Visions-on-loan. They are on display now until March 13 and May 15 respectively. Jean-Michel Basquiat's Self Portraits at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, 1430 Johnson Lane, Eugene. Stream https://youtu.be/b6sq6kIbSyQ 5:30PM Free
Sunday, February 27, 2022
February 27 Land of Dreams
Iranian American artist Shirin Neshat is known for her photography and video art work. With Land of Dreams, she steps out into long form art film with professional actors.
The protagonist artist, played wryly by Sheila Vand is a field worker for a future fictional census bureau. Her job is to collect dreams for the census. That leads to many surreal adventures. Her side gig is to steal the dreams and reenact them on her social media channel. Along the way, she collects a proposed paramour, played by William Moseley, and a bodyguard played by Matt Dillon. It is artfully shot in the American Southwest with an additional cast of strange characters. The feature film is paired with a gallery show by the same name. The gallery work is a large collection of straight black and white portraits of Southwesterners, and two video artworks.
The film center at the art museum shows the film, which is making its rounds of film festivals. It is yet rarely seen, but you can. Land of Dreams at the Northwest Film Center in the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park 3PM $12
The film center at the art museum shows the film, which is making its rounds of film festivals. It is yet rarely seen, but you can. Land of Dreams at the Northwest Film Center in the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park 3PM $12
Saturday, February 19, 2022
February 20 Thank You for Supporting the Arts
Gene Youngblood (1943-2021) wrote Expanded Cinema and was an inspiration for the culture of the Internet in his famous essay Mass Media and the Future of Desire, 1977. In a Portland lecture, the recording of which was lost, he proposed a venn diagram of art within a circle and not-art without. No one would argue that the Mona Lisa and David are safely within the center of the definition of art enclosed by that circle. What is interesting is the boundary for an individual, a subculture or tribe, and how it varies over time.
Viva Las Vegas is a writer, musician, and a dancer. Her work, over years, is an intellectual exploration of sex work, social politics, and the experience of exotic dancing. Thank You for Supporting the Arts her film biography.
We live still in the Victorian age, in a puritan land, immersed in the media of beauty to sell soap. Our brains engage neuro-aesthetics formed from birth. In that neural wiring, emotion is entwined too. Viva Las Vegas is interested in how that all unwinds performing, and in individual personal conversations, in the club. The film is her explanation of how dancing is art within the circle.
PICA put together a fine exhibition of the history of sex work politics in Portland, the community of workers, and their artworks. https://www.pica.org/events/symposium-art-activism-publishing-sex-work. Oregon's famous First Amendment of the Constitution of 1857 is stricter than the federal one of 1787. In State v. Robertson, 1982, stripping moved into the circle of legal, from outside, not-legal, in Oregon. Now the line between art and not art is increasingly being discussed for the variety of sex work.
Film Thank You for Supporting the Arts https://hollywoodtheatre.org/events/thank-you-for-supporting-the-arts/ at Hollywood Theater 7:30PM $10
Viva Las Vegas is a writer, musician, and a dancer. Her work, over years, is an intellectual exploration of sex work, social politics, and the experience of exotic dancing. Thank You for Supporting the Arts her film biography.
We live still in the Victorian age, in a puritan land, immersed in the media of beauty to sell soap. Our brains engage neuro-aesthetics formed from birth. In that neural wiring, emotion is entwined too. Viva Las Vegas is interested in how that all unwinds performing, and in individual personal conversations, in the club. The film is her explanation of how dancing is art within the circle.
PICA put together a fine exhibition of the history of sex work politics in Portland, the community of workers, and their artworks. https://www.pica.org/events/symposium-art-activism-publishing-sex-work. Oregon's famous First Amendment of the Constitution of 1857 is stricter than the federal one of 1787. In State v. Robertson, 1982, stripping moved into the circle of legal, from outside, not-legal, in Oregon. Now the line between art and not art is increasingly being discussed for the variety of sex work.
Film Thank You for Supporting the Arts https://hollywoodtheatre.org/events/thank-you-for-supporting-the-arts/ at Hollywood Theater 7:30PM $10
Saturday, November 20, 2021
November 19-21 Seattle Butoh Festival
Butoh is a strange dance performance style. Up in Seattle they are having a 3 day festival of performance and workshops. One of the performers visiting is Vangaline from New York City. Her book offers a contextualization of the performance process in feminism and neuroscience. Events at https://www.daipanbutohcollective.com/seattle-butoh-festival. Yaw Theaterin Seattle Georgetown 6520 5th Ave S $20+
Saturday, November 13, 2021
November 13 Longest Dry Cleaning Origin
Yellena James has poppy paintings that may be sea life or land plants, Origin. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. Free 1PM-6
Emmanuela Soria Ruiz opens The Longest Leg, video work. At Fuller Rosen Gallery www.fullerrosen.com 1928 NW Lovejoy Map 5PM-8 Free
The UK brings quartet Dry Cleaning to Portland. Their music video for Strong Feelings is great glitch video work, inspired by discrete cosine encoding errors, over their solid instrumental rhythms. Their breakout was Magic of Meghan an abstract reaction to royals Americans can never understand. Two of the members of the band are art professors, including the talk lyrics singer. At Vitalidad Movement Center 116 SE Yamhill Doors 8PM $25
Saturday, November 06, 2021
November 6 Softwood Landscapes, Water Murmurs, Bottoms Up Proximities
Three new shows take Adams and Ollman Gallery to mid-December when the pandemic should be over amiright?
Joy Feasley has Lysuslukker, abstract and impressionistic romantic landscapes, paintings and silk screen on photographs. Emma cc Cook has impressionistic black, grey and white landscape paintings of barns and billboards in the countryside of her base in Austin and around the Midwest and South. Vince Skelly has In Between, softwood sculptures.
At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 1PM-4 Free
Natalie Ball collaborates with artist Annelia Hillman in Water:NFS, themed on water problems in the Klamath Basin. The artists speak at 6. Lucy Cotter is a well known curator. This is her last show of her curatorial residency at Oregon Contemporary. It is Proximities, a rehearsal, an archive by Katarina Zdjelar of Serbia. She represented Serbia at the 2009 Venice Biennale.
At the Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
A group show, Nobody's Fool, closes tonight. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate#2. 5PM-8 Free
Bottoms Up by Jeremy LeGrand, and Murmurs by Nathanael Moss, open. The works of each are colorful and graphic. At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free
Thursday, November 04, 2021
November 4 Westside Art Openings
November First Thursday is much like October, few in person items.
Blue Sky is open in person. Likely Blackfish and PDX are open. Leach is live-streaming artist interviews.
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
October 22 Mecanica Mechanics
Chris Chandler opens Art-Mecanica. He fits well in Portland's romance with art printmaking birthed by Gordon Gilkey, and the Portland letterpress crowd of the IRPC, the CC Stern Type Foundry and others. Chandler's method is to carve type into large woodblocks, print them, then deconstruct and collage the prints into the final piece. Chandler is the latest Stumptown Coffee Roasters Artist Fellow. At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd 5PM-7 Free
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
October 20 Vampire Wonders
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) is a slow, surreal, vampire story of the Czech new wave, and based on an earlier Czech novel. It is an art film in monochrome. Akila Fields (Palm Dat) and Noah Bernstein play a live soundtrack. It is part of the Fin de Cinema series, always beautiful. At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. Proof of vaccination required. Doors 8PM, show 830. $10
Saturday, October 16, 2021
October 16 Transmitting Receiving Receiving Transmitting
Michelle Segre is a sculptor-installationist. She has a show, Transmitters and Receivers, opening at the Lumber Room today. A quick take is that her work is Miro-like, crossed with more organic forms than Sarah Sze. It is an interesting selection of a late career artist. At The Lumber Room lumberroom.com 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map 4PM-6 Free
Friday, October 08, 2021
October 9-10 Here and Now
We are a little Covid late to this party, but a new artist group, showing in itinerant spaces, Playground, has an interesting group show, Here and Now.
You can see what they are up to with their list of artists: V Maldonado, MK Guth, Dylan Beck, Carl Diehl, Rachel Milstein, Rachel Rodriguez, Sarie Bettineski, Marty Trammell, Crimson Ravarra, Limei Lai, Taylor Evans, Sydney Kattine, Eli West, Shezuet Harger Miller, Subarna Talukder Bose, Julianna Paradisi, Lauren Sinner, Nathan Cooper, Justin Tuttle, Warren Simon, Autumn Cornell, Perry Chandler, Kevin Smith, Ahuva S. Zaslavsky, Tyler Young, Lynn Stephens Massey, and Yasmin Correa.
Several of their talks have passed, but this Saturday and Sunday, as the show is closing, has the following schedule of events:
Saturday:
2:30PM - Artist Talk - Tyler Young
3PM - Group portrait drawing - Taylor Evens
3:30PM - Live painting - Taylor Evens
Sunday:
2:30PM - Artist talk - Warren Simon
3:30PM - Live Music - Cortez Ravarra.
See Playground https://playgroundgallery.org 140 NW 4th 11AM-5PM Free
October 9 Travels
The Seattle Asian Art museum is guesting a favorite travel writer, Colin Thubron. I've been fortunate to travel unusual places. I enjoy the great writers on the exerience. We have synapses and neurotransmitters for travel. Thuberon makes full use of those, relating research, amid observations, and wraps it up with a touching emotional experience. His latest work is The Amur River: Between Russia and China on which he speaks. You can join by https://seattleartmuseum.org/visit/calendar/events?EventId=78631 10AM-11:30 Free
Thursday, October 07, 2021
October 7 Westside Art Openings
Mapping Utopia by Manal Abu-Shaheen’s are photographs exposed in Beirut, Lebanon. He was born in 1982. The civil war slightly overlapped. Most of the work is urban photography with an ironic and surreal bent admixed with The Yale School.
Noelle Mason has X-Ray Vision vs. Invisibility. We each have eyes and a gaze. Technical means such as night vision, radar, and infrared sensors are available and they are used to surveil the US border with Mexico. Mason has sampled and recontextualized images from the the US Border Patrol and border vigilantes. She has also commissioned a carpet hand woven in Mexico from a satellite image. Her work was selected by the Critical Mass competition. This show is strongly recommended. Check the video of her gallery talk as available.
Artist talk 5PM tonight by Noelle Mason. Saturday 11AM by Manal Abu-Shaheen. Registration for the artist talks is required to limit safe attendance. Proof of vaccination required. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th early close 6PM-8 Free
Michael Brophy has Passage, NW landscape paintings inspired by road trips. Audrey Tulimiero Welch has Damascus: Mapping Place, Home, & Exile, abstract paintings. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5:30PM-7 Free
The Elizabeth Leach Gallery is doing their opening of Stephen Hayes and Gregg Renfrow on Youtube and Facebook live. Details on thir website. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map Free
As far as we can tell, the other usual suspects have continuing shows and/or are open regular hours or by appointment, but not First Thursday evening in Covid time.
Michael Brophy has Passage, NW landscape paintings inspired by road trips. Audrey Tulimiero Welch has Damascus: Mapping Place, Home, & Exile, abstract paintings. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5:30PM-7 Free
Everett Lofts has one opening on a spooky theme tonight at the Chaos Gallery. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map 6PM-10 Free
The Elizabeth Leach Gallery is doing their opening of Stephen Hayes and Gregg Renfrow on Youtube and Facebook live. Details on thir website. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map Free
As far as we can tell, the other usual suspects have continuing shows and/or are open regular hours or by appointment, but not First Thursday evening in Covid time.
Saturday, October 02, 2021
October 2 Salt Flood Spooky Lavender
Salt - A Story of the Land & Landscape is a show of aerial photographs by Sandra Chandler of salt evaporation ponds at the edges of the San Francisco Bay. You can get an idea at https://www.salt.photography/gallery/. At the Murdoch Collections 2219 NW Raleigh 3PM-7 Free
Lavender House is a video work at Oregon Contemporary by Sarah Rara themed on the vicissitudes of the landlord-tenant relationship. It is even humorous. The artist, and the curator Asha Bukojemsky, formerly of Portland, and now working in LA, speak at 5:30PM At the Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Maria Lux has Waiting for the Flood, photographs. She wins the copyright award for "Continuing Lux’s recent work on de-extinction (bringing extinct animals back from the dead), Waiting for the Flood asks how alternative stories, emotions like humor and weirdness, and irreverent approaches to mainstream environmentalism can help us cope with, and perhaps reimagine, what appears to be inevitable."
At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate#2. 6PM-9 FreeSpooky Season is a group show on that theme curated by Jessie Weitzel Le Grand, who had a recent excellent show at Chefas. Artists include Andrea Alonge, Paolo Puck, Sarah Hughes, Yaloo Ji Yeon, Pam Puck, Dan Lam. Anthony Roberto, Jenny Ollikainen, Jessie Weitzel Lagrand, Jeremy Legrand, and Alyson Provax. The closing show is October 30 with costumes encouraged. At Well Well Projects https://www.wellwellprojects.com/ in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free
September 30, October 2, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26 Bourgeois: What is the Shape of This Problem
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy7xJhImnLw has worked with large themes of family, the body, death, and the unconscious informed by memories of family problems and WWI from her childhood. This show is prints and collages, while two of her sculptures are on loan to Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta. Her parents were tapestry restorers, so you will find textile collage, and also a few spiders for which she was known.
The gallery has invited local artists to respond to her work. On October 12, 19, and 26, artists Srijon Chowdhury, Ellen Lesperance, and Jovencio de la Paz will speak at noon.
It is textile month for many Portland galleries, and there is a participatory weaving studio, good for you and children on Saturdays this month and to see the show. See the calendar and open times on their website.
At the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University https://www.pdx.edu/museum-of-art/ 1855 SW Broadway Free
Saturday, September 04, 2021
September 4 Masked
The Portland art world is going into Covid-Delta masked mode for good reason.
It is not our usual interest, but the Pearl District art stands are up this weekend. Blue Sky is open special hours and Converge 45 is on their published hours.
Mia Farrington and Nathan Paul Rice have openings today. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. Free 1PM-6 Free masks and social distancing
Tips on Falling has activated. Ursa Nüffer-Rodriguez and Holly Haney has Tips on Them themed on their trans life. Right now, the dream of the Portland 90s is alive in self managed spaces and the LGBT+ community. At Tips on Failing www.failing.exposed 3903 N Michigan Map 7PM-10 Free
Disjecta/Oregon Contemporary has a closing tonight 5PM-8.
Saturday, August 07, 2021
August 8 Coming: Becoming, Be Here Now
Barry Johnson, from Federal Way, Washington, opens a show of portraits, Becoming.
At
August 7 ¡Viva Vivas!
Joy Feasley, Lee M. Hale, Maya Vivas have a group show of abstract paintings, bronze sculptures of plant thorns, and abstract organic shape ceramic sculptures, respectively.
Late career artist Kinke Kooi from the Netherlands has The Grotesk of Raising. It's a mixture of abstract and surreal with a Miami nights palette and forms complementary to Vivas' work.
At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 11PM-2 Free
A Sometimes Gallery has a colorful show of primarily 2d work, Summer. At a Sometimes Gallery 687 N Tillamook St. Ste C 4PM-8 Free masked and vaxed
Jessie Weitzel Le Grand has a strange and beautiful series of sculptures Limbo Lounge.
The work comes with the copyrighting award of the month, very Invisible Cities.
The works are the "peculiar creations by the citizens of Ny By. Imagined as a potential afterlife or alternate dimension, Ny By is a place governed by rules unlike our own. Le Grand’s sculptures capture the objects and arrangements its citizens celebrate. Each artifact reveals more about this constructed reality you may never see yourself.
Ny By is a town. Not a town of this world, but another. In Ny By, citizens worship blossoms and sandwiches. They pull threads from the soil and collect geodes on the shore. Life here is a mystery. There is no language, no laws, and no existential crises. Each life form is unique, funny, and content."
At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. Free 1PM-6 Free masks and social distancing
The Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, nee Disjecta, has a closing reception. It is the show Time Being, curated by Blake Shell, and well worth seeing if you have not yet. It includes ceramic sculptures by Maya Vivas, cofounder of Ori Gallery. It is Maya Vivas month with work at A+O, Eutectic, the Fourteen30 house show in Aurora, and here.
At 8pm, Maya Vivas will perform A Comlicated Remedy to my Soft Hands.
The adjacent galleries, always recommended, Carnation Contemporary and Well Well are open too.
At the Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Thursday, August 05, 2021
August 5 Westside Art Openings
We thought being vaccinated everything would be back to normal in person. But some galleries are still virtual or require masks.
Blue Sky has a survey of the Ingeborg Gerdes. She was a German American photographer making landscape and streetscape work in the Western US.
Enfant Terrible Bill Will is back in the Nine space, aways recommended.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org 122 NW 8th Map 6PM-8 Free
The Stumptown Fellowship is back with paintings by Michelle Ramin in her series Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea. It's oils, loosely themed on the trauma of our BLM realizations, climate, and pandemic. I predict as we process our reckoning, an accompanying exploration of our experience with first arrivers will emerge.At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd 5PM-7 Free
Galleries often observe the dog days of August and mount group shows. It is unknown which are open tonight. PDX Contemporary has Walking, Augen has a group show and Froelick has a group show.
Blue Sky has a survey of the Ingeborg Gerdes. She was a German American photographer making landscape and streetscape work in the Western US.
Enfant Terrible Bill Will is back in the Nine space, aways recommended.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org 122 NW 8th Map 6PM-8 Free
The Stumptown Fellowship is back with paintings by Michelle Ramin in her series Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea. It's oils, loosely themed on the trauma of our BLM realizations, climate, and pandemic. I predict as we process our reckoning, an accompanying exploration of our experience with first arrivers will emerge.
Monuments and Memorials by Dinh Q. Lê opens tonight at Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Lê's approach of weaving two photographs never tires. This show mixes samples of Cambodia. It is visually pleasing, but heavy matters hide in it. Lonnie Holley has The Influence of Images there too. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map As far as we can tell, they are doing a YouTube opening only at 6.
Saturday, July 17, 2021
July 18 Waking Walking Mountains
1122 has new digs for their outdoor gallery, including a scrubbed out chicken coup. They are hosting an ambitious show of ceramics and 2d work, Walking Mountains by Erika Rier. As part of the show they are having a paint your own mountain workshop at 1PM, followed by a poetry reading by Allison Cobb, Yukiyo Kawano, Endi Bogue Hartigan, and Jesse Morse at 4. At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 1PM-6 Poetry reading is Free.
July 17 Resound Birdcalls
Our beloved eatery Güero Tortas has a side project they love, watchng birds. They have formed it into a birdwatching club meeting weekly. They have an arty membership package too. This afternoon, they meet at the bar for a social. All the information is on their socials and website. Güero Burd Club www.guerotortas.com/birdclub in the club at 200 NE 28th 4PM-6 Meet and Join
Resound by Angélica Maria Millán Lozano and Frankie Krupa Vahdani opens with a reception today. It is mixed media work and a much more eloquent explanation is on the gallery website. At Fuller Rosen Gallery www.fullerrosen.com 1928 NW Lovejoy Map 5PM-8 Free
Resound by Angélica Maria Millán Lozano and Frankie Krupa Vahdani opens with a reception today. It is mixed media work and a much more eloquent explanation is on the gallery website. At Fuller Rosen Gallery www.fullerrosen.com 1928 NW Lovejoy Map 5PM-8 Free
Sunday, July 11, 2021
July 11 5th Dimensional Cookbook
Artist Susan Cianciolo, @5th_dimensional_plain_, brings an exhibition and a book to Portland. The artist has a long established body of work parallel to Portland's conceptual and social practice craft vectors. Her projects have included fashion, social practice embodied by sewing circles, film, and collaborations with her 11 year old. She is a visual artist too, with collage and loose expressive 2d work informed by her early career as a fashion illustrator. The Lumber Room site has a well written capsule on the artist and a catalog of works: lumberroom.com/exhibitions/2021/susan-cianciolo. An artist book, This Cookbook is Made For the 5th Dimension, was commissioned for the show. At The Lumber Room lumberroom.com 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map 2PM-5 Free
Saturday, July 10, 2021
July Covid Catchup
A long time ago, I worked in a federal water polution virology research laboratory for the Summer. I learned about viruses, micoplasmas, cell lines, logrithmic titrations, nanopore filters, and sewage in rivers. The most important thing I learned was the inevitability of zoonotic pandemics that would make a dent in the human population. Covid is making a dent, but there are certainly viruses with higher fatality rates, known viruses, and viruses yet to evolve. Viruses are the perfect example of Dawkins' Selfish Gene. We live in the biosphere and we are not immune from it.
I think the human response has been quite good; of course there is room for improvement! We were accidentially lucky that the Bedford Lab and the Seattle Flu Study quickly isolated and sequenced the virus. We were lucky Moderna was already far down the road on mRNA vaccine development. There has been a great outpouring of compassion throughout the world. And the vaccine development was unprecedented.
As for the theories around the Wuhan Lab, it does not matter, because there will always be another zoonotic pandemic in the future.
Now is the time to resume in-person life with the learning we have gained.
Gellery Fourteen30 Contemporary has curated an outstanding show in an outstanding space, Bitter cherry, Bleeding heart. It is in a private residence in Aurora and viewable by appointment. The artists are Joanna Bloom, Iván Carmona, Melanie Flood, John Houck, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Rainen Knecht, Chris Johanson, Elizabeth Malaska, Lynne Woods Turner and Maya Vivas. It is a collaboration with NO ARCHITECTURE, who designed and built the Courtyard House and surrounding garden. By Fourteen30 Contemporary, the first of two members in Portland of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com Private visit reservations June 12 – August 15 are available by emailing info@fourteen30.com
In a Landscape piano recitals have resumed. Principal Hunter Noack brings a full size grand piano, and guest artists, to parks and gardens throughout the region. The season runs from June 17 to September 11. Advance tickets are required, the concerts use "silent disco" wireless headphones, and their number is limited. Bring a blanket or sand chairs, or wander as you like throughout the concert. The dates and tickets are listed at www.inalandscape.org/ and many of the events are free or by donation.
We can't catch up every gallery show that has reopened for normal visits. But the new show at Oregon Contemporary - Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, nee Disjecta, is worth a visit. Borrowing some Louise Bourgeois sculptures is a mark of their new ardor. While you are there, you can buy an open edition print by Portland's Arvie Smith for a bargain price of $25. In the same building, Well Well Projects has an ambitious show by Hyun Jung Jung.
I think the human response has been quite good; of course there is room for improvement! We were accidentially lucky that the Bedford Lab and the Seattle Flu Study quickly isolated and sequenced the virus. We were lucky Moderna was already far down the road on mRNA vaccine development. There has been a great outpouring of compassion throughout the world. And the vaccine development was unprecedented.
As for the theories around the Wuhan Lab, it does not matter, because there will always be another zoonotic pandemic in the future.
Now is the time to resume in-person life with the learning we have gained.
Gellery Fourteen30 Contemporary has curated an outstanding show in an outstanding space, Bitter cherry, Bleeding heart. It is in a private residence in Aurora and viewable by appointment. The artists are Joanna Bloom, Iván Carmona, Melanie Flood, John Houck, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Rainen Knecht, Chris Johanson, Elizabeth Malaska, Lynne Woods Turner and Maya Vivas. It is a collaboration with NO ARCHITECTURE, who designed and built the Courtyard House and surrounding garden. By Fourteen30 Contemporary, the first of two members in Portland of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com Private visit reservations June 12 – August 15 are available by emailing info@fourteen30.com
In a Landscape piano recitals have resumed. Principal Hunter Noack brings a full size grand piano, and guest artists, to parks and gardens throughout the region. The season runs from June 17 to September 11. Advance tickets are required, the concerts use "silent disco" wireless headphones, and their number is limited. Bring a blanket or sand chairs, or wander as you like throughout the concert. The dates and tickets are listed at www.inalandscape.org/ and many of the events are free or by donation.
We can't catch up every gallery show that has reopened for normal visits. But the new show at Oregon Contemporary - Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, nee Disjecta, is worth a visit. Borrowing some Louise Bourgeois sculptures is a mark of their new ardor. While you are there, you can buy an open edition print by Portland's Arvie Smith for a bargain price of $25. In the same building, Well Well Projects has an ambitious show by Hyun Jung Jung.
Friday, July 24, 2020
July 24 Open Signal Live Interweb
Open Signal is Portland's public open source video stream.
The strength of Open Signal is their maker community, professional facilities, and their early embrace of diverse voices and engaging youth. For instance, they have a black filmmaker program and have built great content through that.
It was birthed in the "cable access" era, pre-low cost/no cost ad-supported and selling private data-supported, open source Internet video outlets like YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitch, and a hundred others.
But it was only available for individuals with cable.
Now they have watch.opensignalpdx.org in beta.
The strength of Open Signal is their maker community, professional facilities, and their early embrace of diverse voices and engaging youth. For instance, they have a black filmmaker program and have built great content through that.
It was birthed in the "cable access" era, pre-low cost/no cost ad-supported and selling private data-supported, open source Internet video outlets like YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitch, and a hundred others.
But it was only available for individuals with cable.
Now they have watch.opensignalpdx.org in beta.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
July 21 Film 13th and Benefit Concert Stream
The Mobile Projection Unit has turned their illuminating power projector to Black Lives Matter projects in Portland. One is tonight at 12th and SE Stark. Check their insta. Program 8PM, film 9:30. Free
The Boedecker Foundation is hosting an online streaming concert "Show Up" of youth musicians organized by youth musicians. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Portland's Don't Shoot PDX justice project. The Bodecker Foundation will also be matching all ticket and tip jar proceeds up to $5,000. 7PM $5 on up. Tickets at the local virtual venue https://noonchorus.com/bodeckerfound/
The Boedecker Foundation is hosting an online streaming concert "Show Up" of youth musicians organized by youth musicians. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Portland's Don't Shoot PDX justice project. The Bodecker Foundation will also be matching all ticket and tip jar proceeds up to $5,000. 7PM $5 on up. Tickets at the local virtual venue https://noonchorus.com/bodeckerfound/
Thursday, July 16, 2020
July 16 Yale Union - YU Transitions to Native Art Center
We love YU for their programming, the studios and small businesses they host, and their basement. This transition creates a new arts opportunity for Portland. Here is their press release:
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) and Yale Union (YU) are proud to announce the transfer of ownership of the land and historic Yale Union building at 800 SE 10th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, from YU to NACF.
“Together, the NACF board and staff believe that this free land and building transfer will set an example for recognizing the value of Native ownership of property in urban areas across the nation,” says NACF President/CEO Lulani Arquette. “It’s liberating and encouraging to witness this kind of support for First Peoples of this country. The potential for local community and national partnerships around shared interests through Indigenous arts and cultures is wide open. We are deeply grateful for this transformative opportunity afforded NACF by YU board and staff, and stand united with all to reclaim Native truth, engage anti-racism, and address important issues we face today.”
NACF is a Native-led national organization committed to mobilizing Native artists, culture bearers, communities, and leaders to influence positive social, cultural, and environmental change. As such, it focuses on strengthening Native arts, providing artists and the creative community with the resources and tools they need to be successful, and expanding awareness and access to Native knowledge and truth. NACF is accepting this special property with great appreciation for what came before. We honor and respect the elders past and present, and acknowledge the land that this building sits on and the previous Native tribes and peoples who inhabited the land.
“I am proud of what we have accomplished with Yale Union over the last decade. Having been able to fulfill our mission through the unearned privilege of property ownership, it’s now time that we hand over the keys!” says Flint Jamison, President, Board of Directors of Yale Union. “I am inspired by NACF’s leadership, unwavering commitment to their mission, and capacity to operate on a large scale. I am eager to listen and learn from them as they use the land and historic building to fulfill their vision.”
The new national headquarters for NACF will be called the Center for Native Arts and Cultures, and the property will continue to be a site of contemporary artistic and cultural production. The building will benefit the local community and be a strong cultural asset for the city of Portland. NACF has just completed a planning process that determines its national programming and includes a vision for how it plans to maximize opportunities in the new space. The building will be a vibrant gathering place for Indigenous artists and local partnerships. It will provide space to present and exhibit, places to practice culture and make art, and areas for cultural ceremony and celebration. There will be opportunities for broad community learning, including workshops and seminars covering pertinent issues relative to decolonizing space, anti-racism, and environmental justice.
The process to transfer Yale Union’s historic property to NACF began in mid-2018 with discussions between YU’s then Executive Director, Yoko Ott, and YU’s Board President, Flint Jamison, regarding art institutions’ potential for proposing models of restorative social change. Ms. Ott then made initial contact with NACF’s President/CEO, Lulani Arquette, which led to NACF conducting a thorough feasibility study. In December 2019, NACF’s Board of Directors approved to move forward with taking ownership of the property. Both NACF and YU would like to acknowledge Ms. Ott’s vision and leadership in initiating this transfer of ownership.
YALE UNION BACKGROUND
Since opening to the public in 2010, Yale Union has presented the work of hundreds of artists through the labor of its dedicated board and staff, and the incalculable support of its donors, volunteers, colleagues, and friends. It has created and fostered a cultural community by hosting countless events, providing subsidized studio space to dozens of local artists, and facilitated numerous community programs. It has preserved its historic building and used its 9,400 square-foot exhibition space to present the work of internationally-recognized and under-represented artists in Portland. Through its publishing imprint, YU has published ten books, and it has housed a unique and publicly accessible art library.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Yale Union has suspended in-person events for 2020, but it will collaborate with NACF to co-present artistic programming in 2021. Later that year, Yale Union will dissolve its nonprofit. The property transfer to NACF will serve as a natural culmination of Yale Union’s decade-long mission to support artists, propose new modes of production, and stimulate an ongoing public discourse around art. Yale Union’s board and staff sincerely thank all of those who helped in achieving its mission and building a community of artists around the Yale Union building and beyond.
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) and Yale Union (YU) are proud to announce the transfer of ownership of the land and historic Yale Union building at 800 SE 10th Avenue in Portland, Oregon, from YU to NACF.
“Together, the NACF board and staff believe that this free land and building transfer will set an example for recognizing the value of Native ownership of property in urban areas across the nation,” says NACF President/CEO Lulani Arquette. “It’s liberating and encouraging to witness this kind of support for First Peoples of this country. The potential for local community and national partnerships around shared interests through Indigenous arts and cultures is wide open. We are deeply grateful for this transformative opportunity afforded NACF by YU board and staff, and stand united with all to reclaim Native truth, engage anti-racism, and address important issues we face today.”
NACF is a Native-led national organization committed to mobilizing Native artists, culture bearers, communities, and leaders to influence positive social, cultural, and environmental change. As such, it focuses on strengthening Native arts, providing artists and the creative community with the resources and tools they need to be successful, and expanding awareness and access to Native knowledge and truth. NACF is accepting this special property with great appreciation for what came before. We honor and respect the elders past and present, and acknowledge the land that this building sits on and the previous Native tribes and peoples who inhabited the land.
“I am proud of what we have accomplished with Yale Union over the last decade. Having been able to fulfill our mission through the unearned privilege of property ownership, it’s now time that we hand over the keys!” says Flint Jamison, President, Board of Directors of Yale Union. “I am inspired by NACF’s leadership, unwavering commitment to their mission, and capacity to operate on a large scale. I am eager to listen and learn from them as they use the land and historic building to fulfill their vision.”
The new national headquarters for NACF will be called the Center for Native Arts and Cultures, and the property will continue to be a site of contemporary artistic and cultural production. The building will benefit the local community and be a strong cultural asset for the city of Portland. NACF has just completed a planning process that determines its national programming and includes a vision for how it plans to maximize opportunities in the new space. The building will be a vibrant gathering place for Indigenous artists and local partnerships. It will provide space to present and exhibit, places to practice culture and make art, and areas for cultural ceremony and celebration. There will be opportunities for broad community learning, including workshops and seminars covering pertinent issues relative to decolonizing space, anti-racism, and environmental justice.
The process to transfer Yale Union’s historic property to NACF began in mid-2018 with discussions between YU’s then Executive Director, Yoko Ott, and YU’s Board President, Flint Jamison, regarding art institutions’ potential for proposing models of restorative social change. Ms. Ott then made initial contact with NACF’s President/CEO, Lulani Arquette, which led to NACF conducting a thorough feasibility study. In December 2019, NACF’s Board of Directors approved to move forward with taking ownership of the property. Both NACF and YU would like to acknowledge Ms. Ott’s vision and leadership in initiating this transfer of ownership.
YALE UNION BACKGROUND
Since opening to the public in 2010, Yale Union has presented the work of hundreds of artists through the labor of its dedicated board and staff, and the incalculable support of its donors, volunteers, colleagues, and friends. It has created and fostered a cultural community by hosting countless events, providing subsidized studio space to dozens of local artists, and facilitated numerous community programs. It has preserved its historic building and used its 9,400 square-foot exhibition space to present the work of internationally-recognized and under-represented artists in Portland. Through its publishing imprint, YU has published ten books, and it has housed a unique and publicly accessible art library.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Yale Union has suspended in-person events for 2020, but it will collaborate with NACF to co-present artistic programming in 2021. Later that year, Yale Union will dissolve its nonprofit. The property transfer to NACF will serve as a natural culmination of Yale Union’s decade-long mission to support artists, propose new modes of production, and stimulate an ongoing public discourse around art. Yale Union’s board and staff sincerely thank all of those who helped in achieving its mission and building a community of artists around the Yale Union building and beyond.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
March 15 Ost+
Hope everyone is well, and stays well!
Portlandorusnow focuses on in-person events: openings, closings, and occasional performances. Organizers and venues are suspending many to most; attendee-participants are opting out. Some galleries post most of the show online, so that is one way to experience them.
Variform postponed the musical event this evening.
Pianist and electronic musician Carly Barton releases an art book, OST, of her piano scores printed on the Risograph. She will perform and drop a very limited number of digital recordings on USB memories.
You can put a listen to her work at https://carlybarton.bandcamp.com/ and https://soundcloud.com/carl-420. She is an active remixer, including remixing anime soundtracks.
Portland-originated photo collective Lightleak had a group show scheduled at UofP today, but events there are shut. None the less, you can see the group online individually at http://www.lightleak.org/.
A great project out of Portland is Bedstock. Musicians perform in bed and the videos are online. It's a project of MyMusicRX who bring instruments into Childrens' hospitals. So if the kids are at home, it's a watch. It is https://mymusicrx.org/listen/
Portlandorusnow focuses on in-person events: openings, closings, and occasional performances. Organizers and venues are suspending many to most; attendee-participants are opting out. Some galleries post most of the show online, so that is one way to experience them.
Variform postponed the musical event this evening.
Pianist and electronic musician Carly Barton releases an art book, OST, of her piano scores printed on the Risograph. She will perform and drop a very limited number of digital recordings on USB memories.
You can put a listen to her work at https://carlybarton.bandcamp.com/ and https://soundcloud.com/carl-420. She is an active remixer, including remixing anime soundtracks.
Portland-originated photo collective Lightleak had a group show scheduled at UofP today, but events there are shut. None the less, you can see the group online individually at http://www.lightleak.org/.
A great project out of Portland is Bedstock. Musicians perform in bed and the videos are online. It's a project of MyMusicRX who bring instruments into Childrens' hospitals. So if the kids are at home, it's a watch. It is https://mymusicrx.org/listen/
Friday, March 13, 2020
March 14 Saints
Ain’t No Saint: a story told through photography and design is a book release and visual show. It's by Anthony Taylor. It's actually a large space for a gallery, social distance-wise. At Tips on Failing www.failing.exposed 3903 N Michigan Map
6PM-10 Free
6PM-10 Free
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
March 13-14 Sou'wester Art Residency Fest
Spaceness is moved to another dimension, and we are missing it. Something like it, including one of the Spaceness curators, Julia Barbee, is the Sou'wester Arts Week. They have curated an interesting batch of goodies, with events concentrated on Friday dinnertime-evening and Saturday noon-evening. More at https://www.souwesterlodge.com/art/arts-week/.
It is an about 2 1/2 hour drive each way, consider lodging on the coast nearby.
At the Sou'wester hotel trailer park in 3728 J Place Seaview, WA Recommended. Free
It is an about 2 1/2 hour drive each way, consider lodging on the coast nearby.
At the Sou'wester hotel trailer park in 3728 J Place Seaview, WA Recommended. Free
Saturday, March 07, 2020
March 7 Godzilla Ecology Award
Hardware synths are Godzilla-crushing Portland in a good way. There is a synth show today to touch and hear free. At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. 11:30AM-5:30PM Free with RSVP on their website
A Black Art Ecology of Portland curated by Sharita Towne has a new instance along with the Mobile Projection Unit. 4-6 show, 4:30-6 talks, 6-8 projections outside. At 15 NE Hancock Free
Hallie Ford endowed an artist award. It's been selective and notable. Tonight Disjects reprises. Strongly recommended. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
Michael Endo is a smart experimental artist. He's curated a show of smart experimental artists. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
A Black Art Ecology of Portland curated by Sharita Towne has a new instance along with the Mobile Projection Unit. 4-6 show, 4:30-6 talks, 6-8 projections outside. At 15 NE Hancock Free
Hallie Ford endowed an artist award. It's been selective and notable. Tonight Disjects reprises. Strongly recommended. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
Michael Endo is a smart experimental artist. He's curated a show of smart experimental artists. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
Thursday, March 05, 2020
March 5 Westside Art Openings+
What a lovely month.
Blue Sky has a survey of the late John Baldasari arranged before he was late. He was noted for promoting his students' careers.
Enfant Terrible Bill Will is back in the Nine space, aways recommended.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org 122 NW 8th Map 6PM-9 Free
Tom Prochoska is a longtime Portland artist. He does prints, but his forte is notably fuzzy portrait paintings, this show. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Upfor has Daniel Duford, working on slavery and Arvie Smith on privilege. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
Westside+ Ivy J Campbell, Rachel Avallone, Nadia F. Almond-Chaparas, Lourdes Carmen Gallo, and Alexandra Gómez open Hearth. It's at Womxn.house, in the old Dust to Dust space 3636 N Mississippi 7PM-9 Free
PNCA is recommended to stop in. They have long time cycle shows and pop ups distributed throughout the building. PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 6PM-9 Free
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 8-9PM
Blue Sky has a survey of the late John Baldasari arranged before he was late. He was noted for promoting his students' careers.
Enfant Terrible Bill Will is back in the Nine space, aways recommended.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org 122 NW 8th Map 6PM-9 Free
Tom Prochoska is a longtime Portland artist. He does prints, but his forte is notably fuzzy portrait paintings, this show. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Upfor has Daniel Duford, working on slavery and Arvie Smith on privilege. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free
Westside+ Ivy J Campbell, Rachel Avallone, Nadia F. Almond-Chaparas, Lourdes Carmen Gallo, and Alexandra Gómez open Hearth. It's at Womxn.house, in the old Dust to Dust space 3636 N Mississippi 7PM-9 Free
PNCA is recommended to stop in. They have long time cycle shows and pop ups distributed throughout the building. PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 6PM-9 Free
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 8-9PM
Saturday, February 29, 2020
February 29 Soft Resident Interaction Wave
Myles de Bastion brings act two of his Ikigai Machine Experience. It involves interaction, a score by the artist, and limited edition multichannel SubPacs. Because the SubPacs are limited in number, there are hourly sign up time slots you can find linked at the PICA website. At PICA, 15 NE Hancock 11AM-10PM $35
Caldera holds 3 Saturday readouts of its resident artists. The residents get snowed in to work in a good year for global warming, and the buildings are used for youth art programs warm months. This resident readout is by Maura García, Lawrence, KS; Daniel Granias, Portland; Sabina Haque, Portland; Shin Yeon Jeon, Bend; Dan Lau, Queens; and Nitin Mukul, New York.
At Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR Map 12:30PM-3:30 Free
Wave Contemporary has a show with Marcelo Fontana, Hannah Newman, Alan Page, Midgray Studio, and Murphy Welch. At Wave Contemporary 425 SE 3rd (Oak Street Building) 8PM-late $10
Alexis E. Mabry has Static Age, a soft sculpture. At the Third Room Project www.thirdroom.net 717 NE Broadway #205 6PM-9 Free
Caldera holds 3 Saturday readouts of its resident artists. The residents get snowed in to work in a good year for global warming, and the buildings are used for youth art programs warm months. This resident readout is by Maura García, Lawrence, KS; Daniel Granias, Portland; Sabina Haque, Portland; Shin Yeon Jeon, Bend; Dan Lau, Queens; and Nitin Mukul, New York.
At Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR Map 12:30PM-3:30 Free
Wave Contemporary has a show with Marcelo Fontana, Hannah Newman, Alan Page, Midgray Studio, and Murphy Welch. At Wave Contemporary 425 SE 3rd (Oak Street Building) 8PM-late $10
Alexis E. Mabry has Static Age, a soft sculpture. At the Third Room Project www.thirdroom.net 717 NE Broadway #205 6PM-9 Free
Friday, February 28, 2020
February 28 Failing Into Paradise
The Forest For The Trees was created by Gage Hamilton and Matt Wagner. Tips on Failing is the clubhouse and organizing spot for FFTT paint and visiting artists each year. Tonight Hamilton brings his own art in show Remember Paradise. The TOF openings are recommended. At Tips on Failing www.failing.exposed 3903 N Michigan Map
7PM-10 Free
7PM-10 Free
Thursday, February 27, 2020
February 27 Elephants in the Gallery
Sam Noel has fiber works, But How Does One Eat an Elephant, inspired by the body. It's at 1122 Gallery 1122gallery.com 1122 SE 88th. 6PM-10 Free
Saturday, February 22, 2020
February 22 Dialectic Parallel Memories
Lindsay August-Salazar from LA has New Dialectic Memories. She makes colorful abstract paintings by alternative brush methods. Colorful is what we need in Portland this time of year! Accompanying are animations by K-26. At Private Places www.privateplaces.us 2400 Holliday (bell by door) 5PM-8 Free
Portland painter Mia Farrington has big abstracts, Parallels. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. Early close 5PM-8 Free
Portland painter Mia Farrington has big abstracts, Parallels. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. Early close 5PM-8 Free
Sunday, February 16, 2020
February 16 Bridge Border
Put your warmies on and enjoy some projection art tonight!
The Mobile Projection Unit presents Nacer by Juracán and Rubén García Marrufo. It's a remix of border crossing material.
You can see it on the Eastbank Esplanade projected on the Burnside Bridge pier. 7PM-8:30 Free
The Mobile Projection Unit presents Nacer by Juracán and Rubén García Marrufo. It's a remix of border crossing material.
You can see it on the Eastbank Esplanade projected on the Burnside Bridge pier. 7PM-8:30 Free
Saturday, February 15, 2020
February 15 Ase - The Thing You Live For
Year Of Ase 2020 is an about 6 week exhibition opening with a party this evening. Artists are Lisa Jarrett, Melanie Stevens, Emma Rust, Jainai Jeffries, Kenn Amethyst, Celeste Noche. Ase is the Yoruba word meaning conceiving the power to make things happen and produce change. At Ori Gallery, little with a big vision, www.oriartgallery.com 4038 N Mississippi 6PM-9 Free
Power In Numbers is a periodic show of post card size art. Each piece is $75 cheap! A portion of the proceeds is donated to a charity announced at the event, so buy early and often. It is an invitational with over 170 artists. At Nucleus Portland nucleusportland.com 1445 SE Hawthorne Blvd 5PM-8 Free
Ikigai, from Japanese, is the thing you live for.
The Ikigai Machine: Sensory-Immersion Installation preview is a one night ticketed event and all the free tickets are sold. But don't worry, as the piece is completed, it will be at PICA and Open Signal.
Artist and principal at Cyma Space, Myles de Bastion, has created an immersive science fiction work about an inventor born into a world without sound. The artist is a deaf musician and Cyma is responsible for projects like Push Play and other sound interactive light sculptures that allow people to hear with their eyes. This project has some gifted collaborators.
Thanks to Bodecker Foundation for hosting Myles as a resident artist and for hosting this preview. At the Bodecker Foundation, 2360 NW Quimby 6PM-9 sold out
Power In Numbers is a periodic show of post card size art. Each piece is $75 cheap! A portion of the proceeds is donated to a charity announced at the event, so buy early and often. It is an invitational with over 170 artists. At Nucleus Portland nucleusportland.com 1445 SE Hawthorne Blvd 5PM-8 Free
Ikigai, from Japanese, is the thing you live for.
The Ikigai Machine: Sensory-Immersion Installation preview is a one night ticketed event and all the free tickets are sold. But don't worry, as the piece is completed, it will be at PICA and Open Signal.
Artist and principal at Cyma Space, Myles de Bastion, has created an immersive science fiction work about an inventor born into a world without sound. The artist is a deaf musician and Cyma is responsible for projects like Push Play and other sound interactive light sculptures that allow people to hear with their eyes. This project has some gifted collaborators.
Thanks to Bodecker Foundation for hosting Myles as a resident artist and for hosting this preview. At the Bodecker Foundation, 2360 NW Quimby 6PM-9 sold out
Saturday, February 08, 2020
February 8 Sweet Situ
Amy Ruppel has In Situ: Refigia, illustrations of glaciers, icebergs, whales, and land animals. It has to do with small reservoirs of life that outwit ice ages. At Land Gallery 3925 N Mississippi 3PM-5 Free
The PSU Hip Hop Club n the Morpheus Youth Project hosts the Sweet 16 qualifier that rolls up to Seattle. It's got a 1 on 1 open - you; and a 1 on 1 invite. Invited is Motorman, the returning champion, JuanHunnid, Detailz, Bulletz, Jrip, Rona,Token, n Digz. Judgez are Tim Chips (Fraggle Rock) Seattle, One8Kevin (Moon Patrol Crew) Portland, n Kilam Fresh (Portland City Rockers) Portland. MC is Merk (New Birth Crew) n DJ is Magicsean (Raw Mindz.) At the PSU Native American Student and Community Center 3PM-9 Free
The PSU Hip Hop Club n the Morpheus Youth Project hosts the Sweet 16 qualifier that rolls up to Seattle. It's got a 1 on 1 open - you; and a 1 on 1 invite. Invited is Motorman, the returning champion, JuanHunnid, Detailz, Bulletz, Jrip, Rona,Token, n Digz. Judgez are Tim Chips (Fraggle Rock) Seattle, One8Kevin (Moon Patrol Crew) Portland, n Kilam Fresh (Portland City Rockers) Portland. MC is Merk (New Birth Crew) n DJ is Magicsean (Raw Mindz.) At the PSU Native American Student and Community Center 3PM-9 Free
Friday, February 07, 2020
February 7 Eastside Art Openings
Probably missing some, but the Winter Light Festival tonight and tomorrow is the star.
Multiartist Chas Bear opens Corporate Solutions, colorful blob paintings. He is known for murals, music, clothing and graphic design. At Fisk Gallery 3613 MLK 7PM-10 Free
Vintage Vandals is a new show by Haley Dixon, Courtney Hiersche, and Tyler Spencer. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-8 Free
Someday This Will All Be Gone is Mike Vos' interpretation of a world without humans using double exposures of postindustrial landscapes. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-8 Free
Jerilyn Verdin, Margaret Bohls, and Lisa Conway Have Across the Divide. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9
Multiartist Chas Bear opens Corporate Solutions, colorful blob paintings. He is known for murals, music, clothing and graphic design. At Fisk Gallery 3613 MLK 7PM-10 Free
Vintage Vandals is a new show by Haley Dixon, Courtney Hiersche, and Tyler Spencer. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-8 Free
Someday This Will All Be Gone is Mike Vos' interpretation of a world without humans using double exposures of postindustrial landscapes. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-8 Free
Jerilyn Verdin, Margaret Bohls, and Lisa Conway Have Across the Divide. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
February 6 Westside Art Openings
Marlon Mullen is an intellectually disabled artist with bright paintings. Many reference art world magazine covers. He developed his works at Nurturing Independence Through Artistic Development, Richmond, California; a program similar to Portland's original Project Grow and Oakland's Creative Growth. At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th early close 5PM-7:30 Free
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, though trained in art, produced work that today would be considered outsider. He was an architect too, with work that today would on the cusp of postmodern and deconstructionism. His buildings have been compared to Gaudi's baroque sculpture buildings, but I think he is more connected to Venturi, Brown, and Izenour's Learning from Las Vegas' "decorated shed." He was an environmental activist as well. Some of his prints will be on show, along with Tallmadge Doyle. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Adam Sorenson has paintings Skeleton. He makes luminous impressionistic landscapes, what water flowing over rock in the Northwest could be as a rainbow. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
Dana Lynn Louis opens a show of new work, Weave. She is known for her sculptural installations, including those in the four story inside light courts of City Hall, and her social practice project to make ceramics in the homeless community. There is survey show of work by Jay Backstrand, a PNCA-minted Portland artist who cofounded PCVA with Mel Katz and Michele Russo. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5PM-8 Free
The Quiet Show includes Judy Cooke, Russell Crotty, Richard Gruetter, Ann Hamilton, Jessie Henson, John Houck, Isaac Layman, Sol LeWitt, Emilio Lobato, Julia Mangold, Helen Mirra, Richard Misrach, Catherine Opie, Joseph Park, Gregg Renfrow, Edda Renouf, Robert Ryman, Kate Shepherd, Joan Waltemath. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9 Free
Sara Bennett has The Bedroom Project. They are portraits of women at home after long prison sentences. Natan Dvir has Platforms made in the NY subway, illustrating the personal spaces within the shared space. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
C3:initiative releases Class Set 4. They are contemporary political posters, printed on the Risograph. The designs are by Tannaz Farsi, Anna Fidler, Midori Hirose, Johanna Jackson, Chris Johanson, Nina Montenegro, Dylan Muldrew, Tara Murino-Brault, Ralph Pugay, and Samantha Wall, with an equal set of contributors of words. Jessalyn Aaland and Anne Greenwood Rioseco were the artist curators of this edition. The project has a prong helping students design their own posters. Poet Kim Stafford and there will be music by Zoo. This is a one night show. At c3:initiative www.c3initiative.org 412 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Froelick has a group show, worth a look to see the gallery's range. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Upfor and Holding continue shows.
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 8PM - 10:30ish, earlier in Winter Free
PNCA is recommended to stop in. They have long time cycle shows and pop ups distributed throughout the building. PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 6PM-9 Free
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, though trained in art, produced work that today would be considered outsider. He was an architect too, with work that today would on the cusp of postmodern and deconstructionism. His buildings have been compared to Gaudi's baroque sculpture buildings, but I think he is more connected to Venturi, Brown, and Izenour's Learning from Las Vegas' "decorated shed." He was an environmental activist as well. Some of his prints will be on show, along with Tallmadge Doyle. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Adam Sorenson has paintings Skeleton. He makes luminous impressionistic landscapes, what water flowing over rock in the Northwest could be as a rainbow. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
Dana Lynn Louis opens a show of new work, Weave. She is known for her sculptural installations, including those in the four story inside light courts of City Hall, and her social practice project to make ceramics in the homeless community. There is survey show of work by Jay Backstrand, a PNCA-minted Portland artist who cofounded PCVA with Mel Katz and Michele Russo. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5PM-8 Free
The Quiet Show includes Judy Cooke, Russell Crotty, Richard Gruetter, Ann Hamilton, Jessie Henson, John Houck, Isaac Layman, Sol LeWitt, Emilio Lobato, Julia Mangold, Helen Mirra, Richard Misrach, Catherine Opie, Joseph Park, Gregg Renfrow, Edda Renouf, Robert Ryman, Kate Shepherd, Joan Waltemath. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9 Free
Sara Bennett has The Bedroom Project. They are portraits of women at home after long prison sentences. Natan Dvir has Platforms made in the NY subway, illustrating the personal spaces within the shared space. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
C3:initiative releases Class Set 4. They are contemporary political posters, printed on the Risograph. The designs are by Tannaz Farsi, Anna Fidler, Midori Hirose, Johanna Jackson, Chris Johanson, Nina Montenegro, Dylan Muldrew, Tara Murino-Brault, Ralph Pugay, and Samantha Wall, with an equal set of contributors of words. Jessalyn Aaland and Anne Greenwood Rioseco were the artist curators of this edition. The project has a prong helping students design their own posters. Poet Kim Stafford and there will be music by Zoo. This is a one night show. At c3:initiative www.c3initiative.org 412 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
Froelick has a group show, worth a look to see the gallery's range. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free
Upfor and Holding continue shows.
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It is always evolving and there are many strong spaces. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 8PM - 10:30ish, earlier in Winter Free
PNCA is recommended to stop in. They have long time cycle shows and pop ups distributed throughout the building. PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 6PM-9 Free
February 6, 7, 8 Light
The Portland Winter Light Festival is this Thursday, Friday and Saturday from dusk to 11, though many pieces will be on view all night, particularly those in businesses.
The event is concentrated at OMSI and the Portland General Electric offices-Salmon Springs Waterfront Park. Saturday Open Signal hosts Perception, a video projection evening.
There are talks, and an illuminated bike parade, perfect for children. Of course visitors are encouraged to illuminate themselves!
Best of all, it is all free!
The Portland Winter Light Festival www.pdxwlf.com Various locations in central Portland 6PM-11 Free
The event is concentrated at OMSI and the Portland General Electric offices-Salmon Springs Waterfront Park. Saturday Open Signal hosts Perception, a video projection evening.
There are talks, and an illuminated bike parade, perfect for children. Of course visitors are encouraged to illuminate themselves!
Best of all, it is all free!
The Portland Winter Light Festival www.pdxwlf.com Various locations in central Portland 6PM-11 Free
Saturday, February 01, 2020
February 2 for a year Future Voice
Futel are artist technologists who repurpose old pay phones into a free phone service and a host for social practice art projects.
HoldThePhone by artists Emily Fitzgerald, Molly Sherman, Machado Mijiga and Sailor Winkleman meditate on North and Northeast Portland cultural history. You can make regular old voice calls too. More at opensignalpdx.org/holdthephone2020 The future phone is installed on the side of Open Signal by the Graham door.
At Open Signal www.opensignalpdx.org 2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. All hours Free
HoldThePhone by artists Emily Fitzgerald, Molly Sherman, Machado Mijiga and Sailor Winkleman meditate on North and Northeast Portland cultural history. You can make regular old voice calls too. More at opensignalpdx.org/holdthephone2020 The future phone is installed on the side of Open Signal by the Graham door.
At Open Signal www.opensignalpdx.org 2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. All hours Free
February 2 Yes Rainbow Prairie
Outsider artist Larry Yes is back with more words. At Union Knott 2726 ML King Blvd. 3PM-6 Free
A new experimental pop space inspired with Portland weird opens. It's Rainbow City. Their RainbowCityFanClub socials have the deets. At Rainbow City 21 SE 11th (around the corner from Hippo Hardwire) 7PM-11 Free
More music, Future Prairie with Church of Film launches their first concert with live visuals, Channel One, this evening. Music by Jonathon Mooney, Casey Marx, Onry, Dashenka, Amenta Abioto, and a special guest; visuals by Church Of Film; projections by Sarah Sarah Turner Turner; installations by Cody Acevedo, Talia Gordon, and Clamber; poetry by Joni Renee Whitworth; and tea ceremony by Brianna Sas. Recommended. Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-prairie-and-church-of-film-present-channel-one-tickets-87779457721. At the First Congregational Church 1126 SW Park 7:30PM $10
A new experimental pop space inspired with Portland weird opens. It's Rainbow City. Their RainbowCityFanClub socials have the deets. At Rainbow City 21 SE 11th (around the corner from Hippo Hardwire) 7PM-11 Free
More music, Future Prairie with Church of Film launches their first concert with live visuals, Channel One, this evening. Music by Jonathon Mooney, Casey Marx, Onry, Dashenka, Amenta Abioto, and a special guest; visuals by Church Of Film; projections by Sarah Sarah Turner Turner; installations by Cody Acevedo, Talia Gordon, and Clamber; poetry by Joni Renee Whitworth; and tea ceremony by Brianna Sas. Recommended. Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-prairie-and-church-of-film-present-channel-one-tickets-87779457721. At the First Congregational Church 1126 SW Park 7:30PM $10
February 1 Unit Imbolic Tropical Hex Ritual
Caldera reads out its residencies over 3 months, usually at Camp Caldera. Today they are reading out their first batch at the Bend Public Library. They have a percussion group, Unit Souzou, performing and artists Intisar Abioto, Timme Zhiyun Lu, Tristan Irving, Theresia Munywoki and Emma Rust, all from Portland. Caldera at the downtown Bend public library, 601 NW Wall St, Bend, OR 12:30PM-3, performance 1 Free
Christine Miller and Brittany Vega have their show American Hex opening tonight. At Fuller Rosen Gallery in the Ford Building. www.fullerrosen.com 2505 SE 11th #106 Map 6PM-9 Free
Tropical Contemporary an arts collective from Eugene opens their show tonight. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
Nierika is a show by Santuario Somático and Edgar Fabián Frías. They are also doing a workshop at C:3 Sunday. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
It's a musical event; the Imbolic Sleep Concert is a bring your own blanket sleepover tonight. Details on their Facebook. Pegasus Project is is having one of their last confabs at their space in Montavilla.
Christine Miller and Brittany Vega have their show American Hex opening tonight. At Fuller Rosen Gallery in the Ford Building. www.fullerrosen.com 2505 SE 11th #106 Map 6PM-9 Free
Tropical Contemporary an arts collective from Eugene opens their show tonight. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9
Nierika is a show by Santuario Somático and Edgar Fabián Frías. They are also doing a workshop at C:3 Sunday. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
It's a musical event; the Imbolic Sleep Concert is a bring your own blanket sleepover tonight. Details on their Facebook. Pegasus Project is is having one of their last confabs at their space in Montavilla.
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