There is also a very nice interview with Phil Knight and the late Dan Weiden on the interwebs in honor of the film Air.
Leach, Froelick, and A&O continue.
I have never vibed with Parralax/Jones. But this month they have a show similar to the Climate Kids movement. Hello, get wih the program Portland parents! Long time art makers Shawn Creedon, Sarah Baker, and Nora Colie bring playful climate discussion in Making Earth Cool. At Parallax Art 516 NW 14th 5PM-9 Free
Kristen Joy Emack, from Cambridge, MA, brings sensetive portraits of her daughter and nieces imaged over 10 years. Liliana Guzmán combines photography and painting, many with mask-like faces. * PNCA photo students selected by faculty have a show at Blue Sky too.
Ronna Neuenschwander has an intimate connection to Mali and it can be seen in her ceramic scultures. She is at the Nine Gallery inside Blue Sky.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-8 Early Close Free
Arleene Correa Valencia has Antes De Mi / Before Me techings. Julia Oldham has Dendrostalkers. There is a BFA juried show. Mounds is by Rosie Colette Christopher. And Todd Umhoefer performs. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free
Michael Brophy has NW themed landscapes, especially themed on luminous forests. Long time painter Lucinda Parker has a variety of paintings beyond her historic geometric abstarcts. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5:30PM-7 Early Close Free
JWUNY (just wait until next year) by Simone Fischer opens at After/time Gallery 730 SW 10th 5PM-8
Blackfish has a another massive show of many of their artists. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 6PM-9 Free
Dave Haslett has sculptures Force of Earth and Kristy Kun has organic sculptures. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th Free
Thursday, April 06, 2023
Wednesday, April 05, 2023
April 5 Lost and Found Ephemeros
Tina Beebe has paintings Lost & Found, which look like abstract landscapes. She studied with Joseph Albers at Yale. Nell Warren has landscape paintings, Ephemeros.
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 5PM-7 Free
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 5PM-7 Free
Saturday, April 01, 2023
April 1 Still Bizarre Daily Exchange
Fisk, which is always fun, is launching their next print edition of The Daily Fisk. They are designers, including print work. They are doing a free bring your own t-shirt screening too. At Fisk Projects 3613 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. Noon-3 Free
Shintaro Kago opens manga illustrations. "He describes himself as kisou mangaka (“bizarre manga artist”), and his work usually features strong satirical overtones as well as themes of grotesque, experimental, and the bizarre." At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Still Life by Sun Eun Park is an installation with a serious theme.
"Hearing the rhythmic sound of musical instruments playing somewhere, an old man suddenly realizes that it is the last day to see his first love’s final moment. It is a perfect ceremony for not only the dead but everyone in this small village. The man dresses to attend the funeral of the woman, who died at the age of 99. Death is the only certainty in life—we are aware that all living organisms die—and, fortunately, this is not the death of a child or a young man or even someone struck by a sudden tragedy. It is a peaceful death of a person who lived a full life, which gives way to a “happy funeral.” The scenes of the funeral in “Village of the Watermills” from Akira Kurosawa’s collection of short films “Dreams” (1990) is what greatly stimulated my interest to explore the idea of a “good death.”
Speculating about the meaning of life and death often reveals that they do not need to be extraordinary to be significant. To be alive in the present moment is only magnificent and remarkable when we all suffer identity crises, becoming a distinctive “someone” or a “nobody” who is completely merged with the crowd during the limited period of our journey. Death must honor the dignity of the person who has lived a life.
With the current pandemic, we would all be deliberating the concept of mortality. The intensity of this inevitable shadow forces us to accept the prospect of personal death, and this acceptance has an impact on how we live. How can we fearlessly but more consciously accept the truth of reality? What should the end of our journeys look like? Do we have the opportunity to genuinely grieve about the closure of life? Is it enough to show the dignity of death in the current funeral culture, whether it’s a cultural or religious ritual or a superstition? What does our body remaining as part of nature after death mean?"
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Tennessee is very weird now, and not in a good way. The few large cities are more normal, but the cultural politics are offensive.
Between Spaces is an exchange between Carnation Contemporary and Wavelength Space in Chattanooga. They bring visiting artists Eleanor Anderson, Katie Hargrave, Meredith Laura Lynn, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Taylor Loftin, Carlie Trosclair, Olivia Tawzer, and Claire Whitehurst.
At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8
Oregon Contemporary is on Spring break and preparing for their auction party next weekend.
Shintaro Kago opens manga illustrations. "He describes himself as kisou mangaka (“bizarre manga artist”), and his work usually features strong satirical overtones as well as themes of grotesque, experimental, and the bizarre." At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Still Life by Sun Eun Park is an installation with a serious theme.
"Hearing the rhythmic sound of musical instruments playing somewhere, an old man suddenly realizes that it is the last day to see his first love’s final moment. It is a perfect ceremony for not only the dead but everyone in this small village. The man dresses to attend the funeral of the woman, who died at the age of 99. Death is the only certainty in life—we are aware that all living organisms die—and, fortunately, this is not the death of a child or a young man or even someone struck by a sudden tragedy. It is a peaceful death of a person who lived a full life, which gives way to a “happy funeral.” The scenes of the funeral in “Village of the Watermills” from Akira Kurosawa’s collection of short films “Dreams” (1990) is what greatly stimulated my interest to explore the idea of a “good death.”
Speculating about the meaning of life and death often reveals that they do not need to be extraordinary to be significant. To be alive in the present moment is only magnificent and remarkable when we all suffer identity crises, becoming a distinctive “someone” or a “nobody” who is completely merged with the crowd during the limited period of our journey. Death must honor the dignity of the person who has lived a life.
With the current pandemic, we would all be deliberating the concept of mortality. The intensity of this inevitable shadow forces us to accept the prospect of personal death, and this acceptance has an impact on how we live. How can we fearlessly but more consciously accept the truth of reality? What should the end of our journeys look like? Do we have the opportunity to genuinely grieve about the closure of life? Is it enough to show the dignity of death in the current funeral culture, whether it’s a cultural or religious ritual or a superstition? What does our body remaining as part of nature after death mean?"
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Tennessee is very weird now, and not in a good way. The few large cities are more normal, but the cultural politics are offensive.
Between Spaces is an exchange between Carnation Contemporary and Wavelength Space in Chattanooga. They bring visiting artists Eleanor Anderson, Katie Hargrave, Meredith Laura Lynn, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Taylor Loftin, Carlie Trosclair, Olivia Tawzer, and Claire Whitehurst.
At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8
Oregon Contemporary is on Spring break and preparing for their auction party next weekend.
Saturday, March 25, 2023
March 26 Buttercup
Helens Costume resumes with a group show, Buttercup, by Ralph Pugay, Kristan Kennedy, Annie Costello Brown, Andy Heck Boyd, and Dan Attoe. It's just in time for Spring snow.
At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill Street Opening today. 2PM-5 Free
At Helen's Costume https://www.costumeintl.com/ 7706 SE Yamhill Street Opening today. 2PM-5 Free
March 25 Bright House
Alina Tenser opens House / Xaoc. Ukranian-born, she is a semi-minimalist sculptor and professor all the way from New York. Her gallery there has a more eloquent writeup than I can do https://hesseflatow.com/exhibitions/84-alina-tenser-a-particular-kind-of-embrace/press_release_text/. At at SE Cooper Contemprary https://www.secoopercontemporary.com/ 6901 SE 110th 1PM-4 Free
Allie Furlotti is a force of nature behind small but vital funds drops for alternative spaces in the Precpice Fund. She a performing comic. And she is a star in the orbit of social practice art. She facilitated collaboartive works in her ILY2 - I Love You 2 - residency and store on SW Oak St, now Lloyd Center. She has an audio confession line and a photo project there now. Now she reopenens ILY2, as ILY2 Too in the long running former space of Jane Beebe designed by Brad Colepfil.
Bonnie Lucas http://bonnielucasartist.com/ is the first artist in the new space with very Spring-like bright illustrations and 2 1/2D mixed media. It is her first post-pandemic show.
There is an event in their Lloyd space after at 4.
At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders Noon-4 Free
Allie Furlotti is a force of nature behind small but vital funds drops for alternative spaces in the Precpice Fund. She a performing comic. And she is a star in the orbit of social practice art. She facilitated collaboartive works in her ILY2 - I Love You 2 - residency and store on SW Oak St, now Lloyd Center. She has an audio confession line and a photo project there now. Now she reopenens ILY2, as ILY2 Too in the long running former space of Jane Beebe designed by Brad Colepfil.
Bonnie Lucas http://bonnielucasartist.com/ is the first artist in the new space with very Spring-like bright illustrations and 2 1/2D mixed media. It is her first post-pandemic show.
There is an event in their Lloyd space after at 4.
At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders Noon-4 Free
Friday, March 17, 2023
March 17 Body Department
The Art Department group is a group show. At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free
Kristin Reeves is an artist working with film projection, as in plastic sprocketed chemically color processed. Her work lately involves multiple projectors in a grid running loops. Sponsored by the Cinema Project, long running proponents of film work unavailable on streaming, tape, or disc.
Kristin Reeves has Bodies for Strength and Power, a 16x9 grid of analog projections themed on women at PNCA https://pnca.willamette.edu/ 511 NW Broadway (enter on Park) 8:30PM Free
Kristin Reeves is an artist working with film projection, as in plastic sprocketed chemically color processed. Her work lately involves multiple projectors in a grid running loops. Sponsored by the Cinema Project, long running proponents of film work unavailable on streaming, tape, or disc.
Kristin Reeves has Bodies for Strength and Power, a 16x9 grid of analog projections themed on women at PNCA https://pnca.willamette.edu/ 511 NW Broadway (enter on Park) 8:30PM Free
March 17 - 18 - 19 Sou'wester Art Residency Readout
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.
The curation, by artists, of artists, is stellar.
There are performances and events on a schedule from 6PM-10 Friday, and Noon-10 Saturday with other installations and works to attend to on your own throughout. Sunday 10AM-1PM there is a readout of the children collaborating with the resident artists at their preschool 2 blocks away.
More at https://www.souwesterlodge.com/artsweek2023/ and https://www.souwesterlodge.com/arts-week-2023-program/
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 curation, by artists, of artists, is stellar.
There are performances and events on a schedule from 6PM-10 Friday, and Noon-10 Saturday with other installations and works to attend to on your own throughout. Sunday 10AM-1PM there is a readout of the children collaborating with the resident artists at their preschool 2 blocks away.
More at https://www.souwesterlodge.com/artsweek2023/ and https://www.souwesterlodge.com/arts-week-2023-program/
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
Saturday, March 04, 2023
March 4 Imaginary River Door Memory Valentine Dandelion Private Defiance Afterword
Sapata and Santigie Fofana-Dura bring Door, an architectural installation. At Souvenir Gallery https://souvenirartspdx.org/ 1233 NE Alberta Noon-4 Free
The late D.E. May has a show along with Jenene Nagy, A River With No Banks, minimalist abstract drawings. Reception this afternoon. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5 Free RSVP required
The group show Imaginary Spaces opens today. It is Andy Busc, Christine Nguyen, Edwin Ushiro, Emily Ding, Felicia Chiao, Giorgiko, Hank Huang, Huntz Liu, Kristen Liu-Wong, Maggie Chiang, Mari Inukai, Mika Yokota, Raina Lee, Sean Chao, Yoskay Yamamoto, Yu Maeda, Yumi Sakugawa, and Yusei Abe. At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
There is a reception for The Shape of Memory curated by Home School, the second group show in their residency. Nanda D'Agostino's video projection on sculptures continues with a performance by Laura Cannon. At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Afterword is a group photo show by Andre Buenacosa-Brooks, Megan Hansen, Amy Herman, John Kirkley, Fernanda Soto Mastrantonio, and Sue Palmer Stone. At the Small Talk Collective Strange Paradise Gallery www.smalltalkcollective.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free
Katherine Spinella has Dandelion and Sam Cohen has Electric City Magic Valentine. At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map Artist talk 4:15PM Reception 5PM-8 Free
My Private Property is a group show. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8
Cybernetic Defiance presents Orchid Tooth, Dust Bunny, DJ Ki, and Lenny Beach for visuals. It is experimental music. At Xhurch xhurch.net 4550 NE 20th. Map 7PM $5-15 Donation
The late D.E. May has a show along with Jenene Nagy, A River With No Banks, minimalist abstract drawings. Reception this afternoon. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5 Free RSVP required
The group show Imaginary Spaces opens today. It is Andy Busc, Christine Nguyen, Edwin Ushiro, Emily Ding, Felicia Chiao, Giorgiko, Hank Huang, Huntz Liu, Kristen Liu-Wong, Maggie Chiang, Mari Inukai, Mika Yokota, Raina Lee, Sean Chao, Yoskay Yamamoto, Yu Maeda, Yumi Sakugawa, and Yusei Abe. At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
There is a reception for The Shape of Memory curated by Home School, the second group show in their residency. Nanda D'Agostino's video projection on sculptures continues with a performance by Laura Cannon. At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Afterword is a group photo show by Andre Buenacosa-Brooks, Megan Hansen, Amy Herman, John Kirkley, Fernanda Soto Mastrantonio, and Sue Palmer Stone. At the Small Talk Collective Strange Paradise Gallery www.smalltalkcollective.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate#1 Map 5PM-8 Free
Katherine Spinella has Dandelion and Sam Cohen has Electric City Magic Valentine. At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map Artist talk 4:15PM Reception 5PM-8 Free
My Private Property is a group show. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8
Cybernetic Defiance presents Orchid Tooth, Dust Bunny, DJ Ki, and Lenny Beach for visuals. It is experimental music. At Xhurch xhurch.net 4550 NE 20th. Map 7PM $5-15 Donation
Friday, March 03, 2023
March 3 Film Water
Sator continues their independent curation with Pour the Water As I leave. It's a 90 minte annimation. There is a panel discussion Friday, March 17th, 6PM and a closing night fundraiser party Friday, March 31st, 5PM-10. Otherwise it is open Saturday & Sunday, 12PM-5. At 1715 SE 3rd. Free
March 3-April 3 Studio Ghibli Film Fest
Not our usual fare, but fun. Japan's Studio Ghibli has been very successful with lyrical anime suitable for all ages. OMSI brings them on the big screen with good sound for an inexpensive price. The whole schedue is https://omsi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023_Studio_Ghibli_Film_Festival_Schedule.pdf.
At the OMSI Empirical Theater www.omsi.edu 1945 SE Water Various times Adult $7.50 Youth $6.00 Senior $6.50
At the OMSI Empirical Theater www.omsi.edu 1945 SE Water Various times Adult $7.50 Youth $6.00 Senior $6.50
Thursday, March 02, 2023
March 2 Westside Art Openings
Portland needs more competitively curated art awards with cash money and collecting. We need awards for artists who can sell nationally and internationally. Not sure if this is that, but it is a welcome award for PSU student artists. Johanna Houska, Shelbie Loomis, and Nia Musiba are awarded the Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize and are shown in the PSU Jordan Schnitzer Museum until March 29. 5PM-7 Free.
Whitney Nye is a painter and collage sampler working large in abstract regular patterns. She opens her show, Ramble, made across the US in Covid residencies. Accomanied by Belle Époque by Stephen O’Donnell, finely detailed photorealistic paintings involving animals in a subtily ironic context. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5:30PM-7 Early Close Free
Dinh Q. Lê has Cambodia Reamker. He was in the first PICA visual artist show and is world respected. He does a form of sampling, weaving strips of two images. physically. He samples heavy stuff. Recommended. Local Mark Smith has Stress Formations. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-8 Early Close Free
Christine Clark is well known for her minimal metal sculpture. For this show, Rendering Form, she branches into glass pebbles with the same sensibility. She is at the Nine Gallery inside Blue Sky.
Sam Geballe has experimental self portraits in Self-Untitled. Frank Frances brings Remember the South, sampling the Southeastern US into a visual narrative.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-8 Early Close Free
Takahiko Hayashi has quiet Japanese abstracts. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis Early Close 5PM-8 Free
Blackfish has a massive show of many of their artists. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 6PM-9 Free
MarchFourth is a band, sometimes marching, laying down a funk groove, accompanied by gogo dancers of a sort, some on stilts. https://www.youtube.com/@MarchFourthBand for a look and listen. They have been around long enough, about 20 years, to gather a cult following. They have made artifacts of that journey too. Some are on sale at an art show tonight. At the Murdoch Collections 2219 NW Raleigh 5:30PM-8:30 Free
Barbara Mason and Tony Furtado have Whales in the Room, 2d and 3d meditations on the environment and wildlife. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th Free
India Lovejoy closes Dark Center. At Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 412 Northwest 8th Avenue 6-8pm.
Adams and Ollman continues.
Whitney Nye is a painter and collage sampler working large in abstract regular patterns. She opens her show, Ramble, made across the US in Covid residencies. Accomanied by Belle Époque by Stephen O’Donnell, finely detailed photorealistic paintings involving animals in a subtily ironic context. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5:30PM-7 Early Close Free
Dinh Q. Lê has Cambodia Reamker. He was in the first PICA visual artist show and is world respected. He does a form of sampling, weaving strips of two images. physically. He samples heavy stuff. Recommended. Local Mark Smith has Stress Formations. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-8 Early Close Free
Christine Clark is well known for her minimal metal sculpture. For this show, Rendering Form, she branches into glass pebbles with the same sensibility. She is at the Nine Gallery inside Blue Sky.
Sam Geballe has experimental self portraits in Self-Untitled. Frank Frances brings Remember the South, sampling the Southeastern US into a visual narrative.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-8 Early Close Free
Takahiko Hayashi has quiet Japanese abstracts. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis Early Close 5PM-8 Free
Blackfish has a massive show of many of their artists. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 6PM-9 Free
MarchFourth is a band, sometimes marching, laying down a funk groove, accompanied by gogo dancers of a sort, some on stilts. https://www.youtube.com/@MarchFourthBand for a look and listen. They have been around long enough, about 20 years, to gather a cult following. They have made artifacts of that journey too. Some are on sale at an art show tonight. At the Murdoch Collections 2219 NW Raleigh
Barbara Mason and Tony Furtado have Whales in the Room, 2d and 3d meditations on the environment and wildlife. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th Free
India Lovejoy closes Dark Center. At Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 412 Northwest 8th Avenue 6-8pm.
Adams and Ollman continues.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
February 25 Snow Day Opportunities
Suggest verifying these events in light of the weather.
Adams an Ollman is doing a group show of all their artists for their 10th year aniversary. 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
Dark Moves: Fabiola Menchelli and Heather Watkins, Mexico City and Portland collaborating artists have a show at Reed College's Cooley Gallery. They give a talk today. Talk in the Eliot Hall chapel, on the second floor. Reed College 3203 SE Woodstock. 2PM Free
Justin "Scrappers" Morrison https://humanpocketknife.com/ has a new show. They are always fun. At Stumptown Belmont 3356 SE Belmont 5PM-7 Free
Shivani Joshi performs Kathak dance accompanied by Vishal Nagar on tabla, Suhail Yusuf Khan on sarangi, vocals by Shruti Jahangirdar, and Padhant by Shrikant Naware. At Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College. 7PM
Espacio Flamenco Portland brings Rachel Sidles from Seattle, violinist and vocalist Michelle Alany, dancers Lillie Last and Shiho Travis, vocalist Yeshe Wingerd, and co-director of Portland’s Espacio Flamenco and guitarist Brenna McDonald. Tablao Flamenco La Alcachofa at Artichoke Music, 2001 SE Powell 7:30PM $22 Sold Out
Flowers for Black Elders is curated by Future Praire. It is photographs of Black musical elders in Portland shown at Nationale. It has a closing party tonight. It is a listening party. 1001 E Burnside 7PM-10 Free
Sunk Heaven (NYC), Ellery Everet, Guzo, and Location Services play experimental music. At Xhurch xhurch.net 4550 NE 20th. Map Doors 7PM $10
Adams an Ollman is doing a group show of all their artists for their 10th year aniversary. 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
Dark Moves: Fabiola Menchelli and Heather Watkins, Mexico City and Portland collaborating artists have a show at Reed College's Cooley Gallery. They give a talk today. Talk in the Eliot Hall chapel, on the second floor. Reed College 3203 SE Woodstock. 2PM Free
Justin "Scrappers" Morrison https://humanpocketknife.com/ has a new show. They are always fun. At Stumptown Belmont 3356 SE Belmont 5PM-7 Free
Shivani Joshi performs Kathak dance accompanied by Vishal Nagar on tabla, Suhail Yusuf Khan on sarangi, vocals by Shruti Jahangirdar, and Padhant by Shrikant Naware. At Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College. 7PM
Espacio Flamenco Portland brings Rachel Sidles from Seattle, violinist and vocalist Michelle Alany, dancers Lillie Last and Shiho Travis, vocalist Yeshe Wingerd, and co-director of Portland’s Espacio Flamenco and guitarist Brenna McDonald. Tablao Flamenco La Alcachofa at Artichoke Music, 2001 SE Powell 7:30PM $22 Sold Out
Flowers for Black Elders is curated by Future Praire. It is photographs of Black musical elders in Portland shown at Nationale. It has a closing party tonight. It is a listening party. 1001 E Burnside 7PM-10 Free
Sunk Heaven (NYC), Ellery Everet, Guzo, and Location Services play experimental music. At Xhurch xhurch.net 4550 NE 20th. Map Doors 7PM $10
Friday, February 17, 2023
February 17 - March 19 Sound Remembering Experiment
The Portland Synth Library is a successful project of Felisha Ledesma https://felishaledesma.com/. An early project was the Multiplex Gallery https://portlandorusnow.blogspot.com/search?q=multiplex in the Everett Station Lofts. The Synth Library continued as she moved to LA, the UK, and Berlin establishing her career.
Remembering to Remember: Experiments in Sound is an about month-long event curated by Ledesma and Roya Amirsoleymani, Professor of Art & Social Practice and more https://www.royamir.com/.
It is arranged as an opening reception tonight, February 17, 6PM-8, workshops, February 18, March 6, and other dates and times on their website / socials, performances, March 3, 4, & 5, and open hours Saturdays & Sundays.
Artists include Adee Roberson, Alison O’Daniel, Bone Lattice, Crystal Quartez, Hiro Kone, Kite & Robbie Wing, Lucy Liyou, Nivhek, Nyokabi Kariũki, Reese Bowes, Saint Abdullah, Sholeh Asgary, Synth Library Portland, Takashi Makino, and Tomoko Sauvage.
You can see the full scuedule at https://pica.org/events/r2r. Masks required. Most events are free
Remembering to Remember: Experiments in Sound is an about month-long event curated by Ledesma and Roya Amirsoleymani, Professor of Art & Social Practice and more https://www.royamir.com/.
It is arranged as an opening reception tonight, February 17, 6PM-8, workshops, February 18, March 6, and other dates and times on their website / socials, performances, March 3, 4, & 5, and open hours Saturdays & Sundays.
Artists include Adee Roberson, Alison O’Daniel, Bone Lattice, Crystal Quartez, Hiro Kone, Kite & Robbie Wing, Lucy Liyou, Nivhek, Nyokabi Kariũki, Reese Bowes, Saint Abdullah, Sholeh Asgary, Synth Library Portland, Takashi Makino, and Tomoko Sauvage.
You can see the full scuedule at https://pica.org/events/r2r. Masks required. Most events are free
Saturday, February 11, 2023
February 11 Fan Love
Jason Sturgill is a simple line illustrator with a sense of humor. For this show Fan, he explains “I’m a fan of being a fan of things.” At A Sometimes Gallery 687 N Tillamook 6PM-9 Free
Ditch Projects is a noted minimal and conceptual artist-run space. Tonight they open Amy Bay with Me and You and You and Me, along with Jen Vaughn, Rockclock. At Ditch Projects https://ditchprojects.com/ 303 S. 5th Ave #165, Springfield OR Map 6PM-8
Ditch Projects is a noted minimal and conceptual artist-run space. Tonight they open Amy Bay with Me and You and You and Me, along with Jen Vaughn, Rockclock. At Ditch Projects https://ditchprojects.com/ 303 S. 5th Ave #165, Springfield OR Map 6PM-8
Thursday, February 09, 2023
February 9 Happy Place
KSMOCA is a happy story. The King K-5 Portland Public School is just off NE Alberta at 6th. Parents banded together to make it an art magnet school. One of the student projects is to curate their own gallery at the school, including the work of established contemporary artists. Contemporary artists work with the students on their own projects. The Littman and White Gallery hosts a show curated by a 5th grader from King. It opens tonight.
At the Littman and White Gallery https://www.littmanandwhite.com/white-gallery/ in Smith Union Room 250, 1825 SW Broadway. Map 5PM-7 Free
Saturday, February 04, 2023
February 4 Northside Art Openings
Everything Leaves a Trail is a show by gallery artists Andrea Alonge, Nick Fagan, Sarah Wertzberger, Ben Young and Jeremy Le Grand. At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
It’s Complicated is a show of a year of collaborative exhibitions by all the Carnation members. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8, masks required in the first hour Free
Oregon Contemporary opens an installation Chrysalis (Generativity), by Fernanda D’Agostino. She is well known for her video work and is half of the Mobile Projection Unit, on break for grad school. The Home School continues with part II The shape of memory, works by Star Feliz, Deborah-Joyce Holman, Dozie Kanu, Nkhensani Mkhari, Portland Backyard Art Group, and MODUS. At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
It’s Complicated is a show of a year of collaborative exhibitions by all the Carnation members. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8, masks required in the first hour Free
Oregon Contemporary opens an installation Chrysalis (Generativity), by Fernanda D’Agostino. She is well known for her video work and is half of the Mobile Projection Unit, on break for grad school. The Home School continues with part II The shape of memory, works by Star Feliz, Deborah-Joyce Holman, Dozie Kanu, Nkhensani Mkhari, Portland Backyard Art Group, and MODUS. At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
February 4 Westside Art Openings
Westside art openings are focused on Saturday afternoon openings.
Adams and Ollman, and Elizabeth Leach continue. Froelick has a group show of gallery artists, and Augen has a print show.
Kevin Bennett Moore has George, expressive self portraits in the Yale School. It pairs well with Diego Moreno, In My Mind There is Never Silence, costumed characters of a festival in a Mexican town. The Blue Sky website has a much more eloquent and detailed description you should read, or read at the gallery.
The Nine Gallery inside Blue Sky has Christopher Rauschenberg, Window Shopping. They are shop windows captured between 2007 and 2021.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th Free
Blackfish has Myra Clark, Pictures of No Things, abstract paintings, Benjamin Mefford, Materia, minimal sculptures, Eddie Read, My Experiments With Truth, outsider paintings, and Don Bailey, Native Perspectives: Then and Now, themed on native American mythology. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map Free
Dan Gluibizzi has In Common Time, colorful illustration-style work and paintings by Eric Stotik, known for his strong portrait style. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st Free
Waterstone has a show from Shift gallery in Seattle. They are a similarly organized coop. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th Free
Adams and Ollman, and Elizabeth Leach continue. Froelick has a group show of gallery artists, and Augen has a print show.
Kevin Bennett Moore has George, expressive self portraits in the Yale School. It pairs well with Diego Moreno, In My Mind There is Never Silence, costumed characters of a festival in a Mexican town. The Blue Sky website has a much more eloquent and detailed description you should read, or read at the gallery.
The Nine Gallery inside Blue Sky has Christopher Rauschenberg, Window Shopping. They are shop windows captured between 2007 and 2021.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th Free
Blackfish has Myra Clark, Pictures of No Things, abstract paintings, Benjamin Mefford, Materia, minimal sculptures, Eddie Read, My Experiments With Truth, outsider paintings, and Don Bailey, Native Perspectives: Then and Now, themed on native American mythology. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map Free
Dan Gluibizzi has In Common Time, colorful illustration-style work and paintings by Eric Stotik, known for his strong portrait style. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st Free
Waterstone has a show from Shift gallery in Seattle. They are a similarly organized coop. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th Free
February 3 - March 4 African Films - Free
The Cascade Festival of African Films is a favorite event. It is Friday and Saturday, and some Thursdays, showing films from all over Africa.
They have a mix of stream at home and in-person showings.
Every single one of the films is free!
Most are shown on the PCC Cascade Campus on N Killingsworth. The opening night is at the Hollywood Theater, also free.
The PCC Library maintains a copy of all the films shown over 30 years for in-library viewing.
The 31th annual Cascade Festival of African Films www.africanfilmfestival.org at Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104, Portland Community College Cascade Campus, 705 N Killingsworth; and the Hollywood Theater, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. Check the schedule for times. Free
They have a mix of stream at home and in-person showings.
Every single one of the films is free!
Most are shown on the PCC Cascade Campus on N Killingsworth. The opening night is at the Hollywood Theater, also free.
The PCC Library maintains a copy of all the films shown over 30 years for in-library viewing.
The 31th annual Cascade Festival of African Films www.africanfilmfestival.org at Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104, Portland Community College Cascade Campus, 705 N Killingsworth; and the Hollywood Theater, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. Check the schedule for times. Free
February 3, 4, 10, 11 Light Art
The Portland Winter Light Festival us upon us. All the info is at https://pdxwlf.com/. It's free and kid-friendly.
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