Wednesday, March 27, 2019

March 26 I-II-III

Andreas Gurewich has Contemporary Chicken Coup I, II, III. This show gathers a project repeated 3 times over many years, new and old. After the opening, you can see it by appointment. Gurewich is a poet and painter and is in a dual show with her partner up at Private Places now. Chicken Coop will be producing a catalog accompanying the work. At Chicken Coop Contemporary www.chickencoopcontemporary.com 12400 SE Knapp 5PM-8 Free

Friday, March 22, 2019

March 24 Home School

The Home School social practice project previews its new season tonight and screens work by Aria Dean, Mandy Harris Williams, & Redeem Pettaway, DJ following. At Yu Contemporary Art www.yucontemporary.org 900 SE 10th. 6PM-9 Free

March 23 Caldera

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 Kemi Adeyemi, Literary Arts (Seattle, WA), Julie Hammond, Performing Arts (Vancouver, BC), Alexandria Martinez, Visual Arts, (Oakland, CA), Carolyn Monastra, Visual Arts, (Brooklyn, NY), Emily X.R. Pan, Literary Arts, (Brooklyn, NY), Analise Cleopatra, Visual Arts, (Portland, OR) and Alisa Yang, Visual Arts, (Saratoga, CA).

At Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR Map 12:30PM-3:30 Free

March 22 Sun-kissed Pot

Pot is a group show by Matilda Alair, Iván Carmona, Emily Counts, Rose Dickson, Sharif Farrag, Sylvia Fragoso, Michael Frimkess + Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Ektor Garcia, Johanna Jackson, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Dino Matt, Brad Mildrexler, Jeffry Mitchell, Deveron Richard, Jennifer Rochlin and Libby Werbel. At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 209 SW 9th early close 5PM-8 Free

Sunday, March 17, 2019

March 17 Sleep

Shohei Takasaki has Where did you sleep last night?, bright abstract figure paintings. At Nationale www.nationale.us 3360 SE Division Map 3PM-5 Free

Thursday, March 14, 2019

March 13-17 Skeleton Flower

Seattle's Degenerate Art Ensemble is a long operating musical and performance project. They are inspired by the Japanese modern dance theater Butoh and contemporary music composition. The skeleton flower, diphylleia grayi, has a magical property. When it rains, the petals become transparent, like glass. Skeleton Flower is the new performance by the Degenerate Art Ensemble. It tells a personal, not as rare as it should be, story of family trauma; and, not as common as it should be, transcendence through creative endeavors. This is a very popular event in an intimate venue with a basis in psychodrama. Degenerate Art Ensemble http://www.degenerateartensemble.com/ at the Erickson Theatre 1524 Harvard Ave, Seattle $25

Thursday, March 07, 2019

March 7 Westside Art Openings

Printmaker and ink on paper artist Sarah Horowitz has Surface Tension. Most often she works in botanical illustration. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



Augen has a collection of small works from their stable, some of whom are interesting. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



RACC cycles down their projection series with Midnight Variety Hour, a group show. It's on the building wall at 411 NW Park dusk-7



Barbra Kruger is an activist word artist of the 90s familiar to many. Today the message continues its weight. This is an archive show from a local collection. Natalie Krick with Natural Deceptions also shows. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-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'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 9PM-10ish Free

March 7 Westside Art Openings

Printmaker and ink on paper artist Sarah Horowitz has Surface Tension. Most often she works in botanical illustration. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



Augen has a collection of small works from their stable, some of whom are interesting. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



RACC cycles down their projection series with Midnight Variety Hour, a group show. It's on the building wall at 411 NW Park dusk-7



Barbra Kruger is an activist word artist of the 90s familiar to many. Today the message continues its weight. This is an archive show from a local collection. Natalie Krick with Natural Deceptions also shows. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free



There are a few retiring artist shows this month. Paul Missal is a longtime PNCA painting professor. I'm familiar with his portraits and landscapish scenes; he also does still lifes. He shares the space with painter Judith Wyss. At Blackfish Gallery 420 NW 9th. 6PM-9 Free



Mel Katz who spent time in NYC with the downtown art crowd who later accomplished much, brought that sensibility to Portland. Some of his wall sculptures are at Russo & Lee this month. Also there, Sherre Wolf, longtime painter and printmaker. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5PM-8 early close Free


Ronny Quevedo has flatwork Every Measure of Zero on migration in America. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free


Dan Paz has The Sun Never Knew How Great It Was Until It Struck the Side of a Building having to do with equity. At Williamson|Knight williamsonknight.com 916 NW Flanders 6pm-8 early close 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'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 9PM-10ish Free




Sunday, March 03, 2019

March 3 Offering

Butoh is an obscure, very postmodern, dance style from Japan. There are a few cities in the US and Canada where it happens regularly, including Portland. From time to time, there are small workshop classes. This one, taught by Meshi Chavez, Mizu Desierto & Stephanie Lanckton, has a workshop performance including the students as its finish. Live soundscapes by Roland Toledo. There is a don't miss one of these with out of town teachers in April. 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 Doors 5:30PM, Performance 6, Discussion after. $5-20

Saturday, March 02, 2019

March 3 Now

Sidony O'Neal opens And Now, Square Trees. She is a writer, modern dance mover and a visual artist. This work is minimalist, even colorful. It parallels her poetic writing. At the first of two members in Portland of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 1501 SW Market Street Map 11AM-1

March 2 History

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme have We know what it is for, we who have used it. It is themed on the history of Palestine. There is a longer explanation on the Disjecta website. It is a very large installation worth spending time with and with the program notes at the venue. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free

Friday, March 01, 2019

March 1-3 Space is the Place!

The Portland Art Museum guested the Portland Museum of Modern Art guesting Sun Ra. Sun Ra engaged Afro-futurism from 1936.

Spaceness is an annual art confab organized by Julia Barbee, Matt Suplee, Alison Jean Cole and many volunteers. It is loosely themed on futurism, the unknown, space, aliens and regional nature-based mysticism. The weekend, beginning late Friday dinnertime, and extending to Sunday noon, includes visual art, installations, music and performance. It's centered at the Sou'wester hotel trailer park in Seaview, Washington which has a direct connection to the Pacific Ocean beach where some installations engage. Recommended.

All information is on their spaceness.com. It is an about 2 1/2 hour drive each way, consider lodging on the coast nearby. Friday 5 to Sunday noon. Free

Saturday, February 23, 2019

February 24 Vestmenta

Martha Daghlian is the artist behind the Grapefruits Art Space, which we miss. The bright pink poppy website for Grapefruits parallels the aesthetics of Daghlian's own idea-driven art garments. Ceremonial Vestments is her show of those garments. Writer Amy Bay has a short essay on the work on the Melanie Flood Projects website; it's well worth reading. At Melanie Flood Projects, www.melaniefloodprojects.com 420 SW Washington St #301 Noon-2 Free

February 23 Wabi Sabi Social Caldera

The social practice artists have a participatory conference today: The Schemers, Scammers, and Subverters Symposium. The event mascot is a snake. You can drop in or out any time, the schedule is on their website http://schemersscammers.club/. In the Windsor Rooms A & B of the Crowne Plaza Hotel 1441 NE 2nd 9:30AM-6 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 Sarah Abdel-Jelil (Minneapolis, MN), Gisell Calderón (Minneapolis, MN), Abigail Chabitnoy (Fort Collins, CO), Ian Hanesworth (Minneapolis, MN), Larry Krone (New York, NY), Rubén García Marrufo (Portland, OR), Aurora Masum-Javed (Lewisburg, PA), Maximiliano (Portland, OR), Jamila Osman (Portland, OR.)

At Camp Caldera (use your Tripcheck.com for weather conditions on the road) www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR Map 12:30PM-3:30 Free



Wabi Sabi Lobby is a show by Alika Cooper and Eric Wesley from LA. Wesley is known for converting an abandoned Taco Bell in St Louis into an art gallery, www.bortolamigallery.com. Here is the story of that project: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmmqgw/why-an-la-artist-turned-an-abandoned-taco-bell-into-a-midwestern-art-exhibit. Alika Cooper is a mixed media painter, sculpts and intervenes. The space, Private Places has very limited hours, so see the opening at this gallery in a working studio that plies the space between Portland and Los Angeles. At Private Places www.privateplaces.us 2400 Holliday Map 5PM-7 Free

Friday, February 08, 2019

February 8 Think Reverie

Think of Me is a group show by self-taught artists on the theme of keepsakes and mementos. So it has narrative. At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of two members of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, www.adamsandollman.com 209 SW 9th early close 5PM-7 Free



Reverie Room, is a show by teen artists Ella Jones and Ruby Zapf-Gellar. It takes a long time to regain as an adult the edit-free work of young people, and witness KSMOCA. Artists have kids, often producing good work. At 1122 Gallery 1122gallery.com, gallery in a garage, 1122 SE 88th. 6PM-9 Free

Thursday, February 07, 2019

February 7 Westside Art Openings+

Reed photographer Leo Rubinfien has Eyehold to Eyehold, work of almost 40 years documenting globalization, much in Southeast Asia. At Reed College 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. Talk, Eliot chapel 5:30PM, Reception after in the gallery. Free


WAYout: Worldwide Arts for Youth works in Sierra Leone making art. Sierra Leone had a bad situation between 1991 and 2001 which especially impacted the personality development of children to teens of the time. They are old enough now to have their own children. Tonight P:ear Mentor youth artists show vérité photographic work inspired by Sierra Leone youth artists. At P:ear www.pearmentor.org 338 NW 6th early close 5PM-8 Free


Chip Thomas has In Messages from the Underworld, a meditation on the agriculture of corn in the Americas, where it originated as a native wild grass. Jinhyun Cha from South Korean has Post-Border Line, photographs of the most mined border in the world amidst a great thaw between North and South. Chip Thomas has an artist talk 3PM Saturday, Jinhyun Cha has an artist talk tonight at 5PM.

Jerry Mayer is in the Nine Gallery.

At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free


Kendra Larson works in impressionistic landscapes. It is cool she is at Augen. The new work mixes in color. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free


The Night Lights video projection project outdoors in a parking lot has Megan Mckissack piece using Oregon LIDAR data and climate change. It's on the building wall at 411 NW Park 6PM-9ish 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's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. But Dolphin Midwives may be interesting at Variform. 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 9PM-10ish Free

February 7-9 Moar Light!

The Portland Winter Light Festival is inspired by light festivals around the world and hometown DIY projects like the Light Bar. It's in its fourth year. So there are more events in locations beyond the OMSI center, including performances in the World Trade Center. It's big enough and dispersed enough that you can experience it over multiple evenings. It's child friendly and popular with families. Some installations are warm wood-burning fire. We may have snow and that will be beautiful! The Portland Winter Light Festival www.pdxwlf.com some daytime locations, OMSI evenings, the World Trade Center evenings. The Portland Street Car is free after 5PM each night: go by train! 6PM-11 Free

Sunday, February 03, 2019

February 3 Soft Shades

Lilian Martinez has Soft Shades, impressionist portraits in a domestic setting. At Nationale www.nationale.us 3360 SE Division Map 3PM-5 Free

Saturday, February 02, 2019

February 2 Natura Redacted Birthday+

It's NoPo night!


Ním Wunnan has paintings and drawings, Natura Morta. It is at the new ExtraOrdinary Gallery space in a private home 3554 N. Missouri 6PM-9 Free



Alan Page from Portland, operating as Sic Redacted, has his first solo show tonight. He works in video glitch and noise. We would like to see more of this branch of video art. At Ori Gallery, little with a big vision, www.oriartgallery.com 4038 N Mississippi 6PM-9 Free



The [web instantiation of the] Internet is 30 years old*. So Carnation Contemporary mounts Http://www:A Birthday Celebration on that theme. HBTY!

Artists include: Bjørn Magnhildøen, Elizabeth Withstandley, Julia Tatiyatrairong, Justin Lincoln, Larissa Garcia, Louis Frehring, MidGray (Simon Boas + Kris Blackmore) + Catherine Chen, Morgan Buck, Nathan Paul Rice, Olivia No, Qigemu (April Lin + Jasmine Lin), Sarah C. Blanchette, Tannon Reckling, Tricia Knope and Zach Whitworth. They are having events and interventions all month which could be interesting.

The first opens tonight. There is a more eloquent exposition on their web site which will link to events.

*The first primitive implementation of the Internet was in 1969. Mass usability emerged in 1989 from the CERN high energy physics lab by Tim Berners-Lee. The rest is (continuing) history.

At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9 Free



More a happening in the music realm, the Imbolic Sleep Concert starts late and goes early.

Friday, February 01, 2019

February 1 Love Together Breathe Beauty Morsels Together

Bite Studio has Love in Print, a massive group show. It's a benefit for P:ear, yes. The big list is on their website At Bite Studio www.bitestudio.org/UPCOMING-SHOWS 2400 SE 7th 6PM-10 Free



Abney Wallace and Daniel Glendening have a show Alone and Together. At the Third Room Project www.thirdroom.net 717 NE Broadway #205 7PM-9 Free



All This Useless Beauty are paintings from Serena Cole. Jeremy Okai Davis has Together, Brothers. At Stephanie Chefas Projects www.stephaniechefas.com 305 SE 3rd Ave #202 - the City Sign Building, formerly a low cost artist space Map. 6PM-9 Free



Breathe In, Breathe Out is a show by Andrew Casto. Also Joy Morsels is there from Nick Weddell. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9 Free