November 16 Public Nature

Public Nature is a performance series, a few times a year, sign up for their announcments or follow their socials. Each event is a collaboration between a mover, a writer, and a sound artist, working together for the first time, one time. This one is Sam Hamilton/Sam Tam Ham, sound, Subashini Ganesan-Forbes, movement, and Endi Bogue Hartigan, text.

The space is an unheated barn, so dress warmly and bring hot drinks. Hot tea is complementary. The location is near the Salmon Creek Trail if you want to extend your day.

At Jaster Farms Art Space 317 NW Bassel Rd, Vancouver, WA. 2:30PM doors, 3 show $5-15 suggested donation, Paypal/Venmo/Cash All proceeds go to the artists

November 15 Africa is Not Enough

Mono Space has a listening session today. Gem Nwannem brings music from Africa and the African diaspora.

For the terrain, https://mono-space.org/blogs/events/gallery-hours-curated-by-gem-nwannem at Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 11AM-5PM Free (ring buzzer for entry)


Society is the public space of a group of artist studios above Mother Foucalt's Bookstore.

Christian Alborz Oldham, all the way from Berlin, brings Having No Talent is Not Enough. He was art-schooled in the NW. He will visit in person tonight.

At https://societysocietysociety.com/ 711 SE Grand upstairs above Mother Foucault’s. 5PM-7 Free

November 15 Uncertainty

Uncertainty Surrounds the Holding of Things is a group show of 16 artists. Curators Olivia Miller and Bella Feinstein from NYC and LA. Normally a gallery would list the names of the artists in plaintext, maybe even the names of the pieces, artist location, and bio. Maybe it is all a conceptual performance of uncertainty?

At After/Time Collective https://www.aftertimecollective 735 SW 9th Ave #110 6PM-9 Free

November 13-16, 20-23 Seattle International Butoh Festival

Butoh is a modern dance performance style. Up in Seattle they are having a 2 weekend festival of performance and workshops. Events https://www.daipanbutohcollective.com/seattle-butoh-festival-2025 at Yaw Theaterin Seattle Georgetown 6520 5th Ave S, and some performances at the Ma Theater in the U district. Various times and events. Performances about $27

November 8 Electric Zine Post Shangra Night Flame

Mono Space has a listening session today. "In the wake of the recent passing of D’Angelo (1974–2025), Mono Space will present a day-long tribute to the beloved artist by featuring the four magnificent albums that he gave to the world (Brown Sugar, Live at the Jazz Cafe, Voodoo, and Black Messiah). This special Gallery Hours curation will also include his notable collaborations, remixes, and rarities.

Throughout the day, we will also share some of the music of his contemporaries, particularly the other classic recordings that were created alongside Voodoo at Electric Lady Studios during the legendary sessions led by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and featuring the music collective that became known as The Soulquarians." A long time ago I had a private tour of Electric Lady Studios.

At Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 11AM-5PM Free (ring buzzer for entry)


The Portland Zine Symposium comes to the PSU Smith Center Ballroom 11AM-5PM and Sunday too Free


Day and Night are intimate beaded wall works and an installation by Kristen Miller.

At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5 Free RSVP by email to info at pdxcontemporaryart.com


Ralph Pugay occupies the gallery with ShangraLIEF, drawings, paintings, and sculpture,

At Adams and Ollman Gallery, the second of four members of the New Art Dealers Alliance newartdealers.org/members, www.adamsandollman.com 418 NW 8th 3PM-5 Free


Nucleus has their 10th Postcard show with artists ©Joyce, 0073.UV, Aaron Robert Baker, Agustin Morales, Albion Moonlight, Alex Achaval, Alex Cabal, Alex Cline, Alex Kuno, Alexia Novella, Alexis Marga, Alvaro Escobar, Amelia Rozear, ameruu, Amy Earles, Amy Lewis, Ana Neves, Andrea Kang, Andrea Offermann, Andrew Brandou, Andy Cash DeLapp, Angela Ramones, Anjastama, Anka Yanovna, Anuj Shrestha, Athena Parella, Audrey Helen Weber, Authan Chen, Baked Lab, beachghost, Bekah Zeimetz, Berta Vallo, Bird Cvlt, Brianna Miller, Brooks Shane Salzwedel, Bryce Wymer, Caitlin Du, Caleb Sinchok, Calvin Laituri, Camila Rosa, Candie Bolton, Carolin Leary Prinn, Carolyn Jenny Gavin, Casper Manning, Catherine Unger, Célia Housset, Charlie Immer, Charlotte Parent, Chizu Wada, Chloe Chan, Chris Koelling, Chris Lowail, Chris Polaczenko, Chris Topper, Claire Merchlinsky, Cris James, Crystal Barbre, Cuddly Rigor Mortis, Cyndi Dodes, daifei, Dan Power, Dan Tavis, Dana Blume, Daniel Isles (DirtyRobot), Daniele Turturici, David Still, Deachete, Debbies Grahl, Demian Anderson, Diana Bama, Diego Penuela, Dusty Ray, Dylan M, Edward Cao, Ekata Mandal, Elaine Chen, Elisa Escalera Aguilera, Elizabeth Ranger Art, Ellie Kerr-Smiley, Em Randall, Emilie Bach, Emmanuelle Walker, Erica Peebus, Erika Kosmatka, Erikas Chesonis, Fat Cap Sprays, Faunesque, Fictograph, Frederique Matti, friedbaens, fulltime fish, Fumina Tsutsui, Furry Little Peach, Gemma Correll, Gemma Román, George Wylesol, Gerlanda di Francia, Gina M. Contreras, Grace Aldrich, Grace Cho, Graham Annable, Graham Franciose, Gretel Lusky, Grey Chen, Grimbytes, Guno Park, Haley Manchon, HAMADARAKA, Hanna Jaeun, Hannah Tjia, Hayden Goodman, Hazel Ang, Heidi Lustig, helice wen, Hermann Mejia, Hilary Martin, Iryna Khymych, Ivardi Ahau, Izzy Faith V, James Lipnickas, Jamie Wells, Janice Chu, Jay Kristoffersson, JB Burke, Jeff Dekal, Jen Yoon, Jenn Liv, Jenna Gibson, Jennika Bastian, Jeremy Nguyen, Jerome Tiunayan, Jess Hannigan, Jessica Luna, Jessica Warrick, Jodi Cachia, Joe Dragunas, John Rego, JoJo Lee, Jon Fox, Joseph Renda Jr., Joshua Barrera, Josiah Ellner, JP Neang, JUHWA, Julia Lundman, Julia Peng, Julian Callos, Julian Miholics, Juliet Schreckinger, Justyna Koziczak, Kamryn Tulare, Karol Polak, Kate Balfe, Katie Mai, Kay Seohyung Lee, Keda, Kelley Sutphin, Kelly Pringle, Kelly Yamagishi, kelogsloops, Kevan Hom, Key Detail, Kidtofer, Kim Slate, Kima Lenaghan, Krissta Passanante, Leo Espinosa, Lian Cho, Liang Wang, Lilblueorchid, Lily Qian, Lin Snow, Linda J Wallis, Little Paper Forest, Lizzy Gass, Lorena Alvarez, Lourdes Navarro, Luhan Wang, Luna Ana, Lunatik Kid, Maddo Hughes, Madeline Peng Miller, maezanilla, Mall, Marika Paz, Marisa Aragón Ware, Marjolaine Roller, Mark Seabrook, Marlowe (Odd Rabbits), Marquis Fortune, Mat Hurtado, Matt Schu, Matt Stikker, Maya Ruiz, Mayumi INOHA, McMonster, Meadow & Fawn, Melis Cemberci, Michael Banich, Michael Camarra, Michael Powers Tarantelli, Michael York Gilreath, Michelle Hiraishi, Mike Chen, Mike Howat, Miranda Tacchia, Miriam Martincic, Molly Mendoza, Monika forsberg, MonQ MKR, Morten Thyholt, Nah, Nan Lee, Nana Williams, Naoshi, Nathan Mckee, Nell Alcraft, Nicole Bustamante, Nicomi Nix Turner, Niky Motekallem, Niqui Toldi, Noségo, Nozomi Uchida, Odelia Lainé, oilymarj (Marjorie Snyder), Olivia Harwood, ONIKU kuitai, Owlyjules, Paper Puffin, Parakid, Paralilac, Patrick Edell, Patrick Kochakji, Paul Stavroulakis, Paulette Jo, Perrilla, Petra Frankova, Po Yan Leung, Pony Ma, Poopikat, Poppy Crew, Pritha Bhadra, Quathryn, Raahat Kaduji, Rachel Power, Rachel Silva, Rae Ritchie, Raid71, Rain Szeto, Rémi Jacquot, Rex (@_rexpo), Rii Abrego, RO Fen, Robert Pellicer, Rose Wong, Rustlehare, Sam Pierson, Sandra Yagi, Sara Kipin, Sara Wilson, Sarah Gonzales, Sarah Whang, Scott Balmer, Scott Mills, Selynn Lee, Sena Adjovi, Shanna Van Maurik, Shannon Knight, Shee Liu, Shelly Swann, Shoko Ishida, Sibylline Meynet, Simon J. Curd, Song Kang, Sri Whipple, Stephen Doan, Stevie Shao, Stewart Francis Easton, Sylvia Ji, Taryn Knight, Tassy, Tena Galović, Teny Issakhanian, Tess Smith-Roberts, Tete Garcia, thanksxu, Thao Tattoo, Thinh Dinh, Tim Kern, Tom Christophersen, Tony DiTerlizzi, Tora Kozic, Tung, Veronica Steiner, Victoria Gedvillas, Wallace May, Wenting Li, Xinmei Liu, Yazu Kohori, Yellena James, Young Lee, Young-Ji Cha, Yuk Fun, Zach Meyer, Zachary Oldenkamp, and Zoe Persico.

Https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/p-s-10-postcard-show at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free


Jennifer Gillia Cutshall https://www.jennifergilliacutshallart.com/ has sculptures Ghost of the Flame https://www.verumultimumartgallery.com/single-post/ghost-of-the-flame-hanging-in-the-balance-an-installation-by-artist-curator-jennifer-gillia-cut.

At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th. 5PM–7. Free

November 7-9 Quantum Entanglement

CETI https://ceti.institute/ is where electronics meets art. Its roots were a meetup of DIY artists and coders, then a program at PNCA, and now it is at PSU. They are a good resource with a maker space, short classes, a host to Teardown and a strong network. This weekend they occupy the old Gap in Lloyd Center for all to see projects. All the dets: https://ceti.institute/event/constellations-entanglement/ Friday 5PM–7 Saturday 1PM-7 Sunday 1PM-6 Free RSVP requested on the link

November 7 Eastside Art Openings

Stephanie Chefas Gallery celebrates 10 years of operation with a show of ten of their artists. The artists are Jess Ackerman, Bobby Adams, Ryan Bubnis, Laura Burke, Jordan Clark, Lisa Congdon, Godeleine de Rosamel, Kristen Diedrich, Nate Ethington, Shawn Huckins, Yellena James, Emily Kepulis, Dan Lam, Kyle Lee, Nathan McKee, Mako Miyamoto, John Vitale, Betsy Walton, Nicole Williford, Emily Wise, Jessie Weitzel Le Grand, and Paige Wright. It is a good opportunity to see what the gallery is interested in and their surrounding community.

At Stephanie Chefas Gallery www.stephaniechefas.com 134 SE Taylor, Ste 203. Map. 5PM-8 Free


Damien Heller-Chen https://www.damienhellerchen.com/ shows A Meditation on Labor in the upstairs space.

At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free


Lifo Kim from Seoul and Zangano also from Korea show illustrations. At Nucleus House Gallery https://www.nucleusportland.com/ 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free


Former Portland artist Chaise Baido releases a book of illustration about elves.

At Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map Noon-3 Free


All the Eastside events are at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.

November 6 Westside Art Openings+

November is still prime art show month.


Illy2, The Black Gallery, Elizabeth Leach, and After | Time Collective continue.


The Portland Art Museum is suspending their free first Thursdays. That supports their free ticketed reopening November 20-23. Go online and get free tickets for that!


For your +1 you can experience Flamenco music with guitarist Brenna McDonald and guitarist/vocalist Yeshe Wingerd. A project of Espacio Flamenco, it repeats on first Thursdays. At Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis 7PM-9 Free


The En Foco Fellowship has been operating for 50 years from the Bronx https://enfoco.org/. In its partnership with Blue Sky it expands Portland's curatorial horizon. From El Foco, Andrew Kung https://www.apkung.com/ recontextualizes the Hudson River School. The images Asian American men in a pastoral setting parallel in concept to Justine Kurland's Girl Pictures. China had a dispora as mercantilism rose, resulting in men leaving their families and working in anything but partoral settings in the US. That story is also told by the Kam Wah Chung general stone, now musum in John Day. Oji Haynes https://www.ojihaynes.com/ makes muxed media alterations over narrative portraits and places.

At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free


Gwen Davidson has Shorelines, coastal landscapes. It accompanies a retrospective show for the gallery. Charles Froelick Gallery and PDX Contemporary Gallery ecolved from the William Jamison gallery, a Pearl District Pioneer and the first Portland Gallery with a New york City branch. Remembering Jamison/Thomas Gallery is a group show from Jamison artists. There is a gallery talk about it Saturday at 2.

At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 5PM-8 Free


Lisa Jarrett has Nightlughts, 2D work on the theme of Black hair and identity. Willie Little recontextualizes childhood memories of Pactolus Township, North Carolina, an exurb of Greenville, with In My Own Little Chair.

At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free


Xavier Kelley has Running Through the Field. Kelley moved from Seattle to Portland and paints outsider portraits sometimes with sports themes in a Basquiat style.

At IndustryOneGallery www.industry1.org 415 SW 10th 5PM-9 Free


The big ad agency has clades of employees; it's agood idea. The Native clade guests local creators and a market to acknowledge Native American Heritage Month. They should connect to the current show at One Grand and the many Native nodes in our region.

At W+K www.wk.com 224 NW 13th Map 5PM-8 Free


Justin Auld has Quantum Movement, Priscilla Carrasco has Working Women of Peru, Stephan Soihl has Landscapes and Pendulums - Then and Now, Aaron Johanson has Choreography of the Unextraordinary, and Dede Lucia has Playa.

All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free



Ashley Sophia Clark https://www.ashleysophiaclark.com/ makes surreal narrative images based on photography in her series Energetic Fields. At Fine Art Fruit https://fine-art-fruit.square.site/ 925 NW 19th Ave Suite A 5PM-7 Free


Tiffany Noelle Palafox has abstract paintings with drawing elements, occasionally text. At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free


Mark Andres has colorist landscapes in show Portland and Astoria New Paintings.

At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free


Ruth Armitage has Between Certainties, abstract paintings.

At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free


Fans Only shows its residents. This month there are works from PSU and the Parenthesis Project entitled Our Mother the Mountain by students at the Northwest Academy. It's an artist residency in an office building with First Thursday readouts. At Fans Only https://www.fansonly.studio/ 1010 SW 11th 5PM-8 Free


Scott Gellatly has abstract landscapes. At Laura Vincent Design and Gallery www.lvdesignandgallery.com/ 824 NW Davis 5PM-8 Free


PNCA Willamette has many visual shows tonight.

At PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.willamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free

November 1 Northside Art Openings+

The Schnitzer collection is a vast archive of mostly multiples. They assemble vast shows from that. What's Not to Love is primarily portraits, local, national, and international.

At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon Noon-6 Free


Portland painter Ryan Riss https://www.ryanriss.com/ brings An Expanding Echo.

At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 3PM-6 Free


Raphael Arar https://rarar.com/ brings Planning.

Here is the ambitious plan: "In Planning, Raphael Arar extends his research-based art practice into the terrain of collective decision-making. The exhibition moves between earnest proposals and playful provocations, between technical schemas and poetic operations. Each piece navigates the design challenges of organizing ourselves differently, treating economic coordination as both practical problem and aesthetic proposition. The works assemble fragments of other possibilities, leaving open the question of what democratic economic planning might look like."

At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free


Maybe Together We Can Get Somewhere by Andrea Alonge http://www.andreaalonge.com/ is bright mixed media works, and nature-music inspired works.

At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map  5PM-8 Free


One of Portland famous novelists and thinkers is Ursula K Le Guin. Her son was coprincipal of UpFor Gallery which we miss. A Larger Reality: Ursula K Le Guin is a visual survey of her work. ⁠

At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free


Steve Wozney https://woznyphoto.com/ has a show Do Not Think That I Have Come To Bring Peace To The Earth, an ongoing sociology-documentary project.

At Franklin Foto https://www.franklinfoto.org/ 8953 N Lombard 5PM-8 Free

October 30 Generative Love

Sáandlaanaay Kimberly Fulton Orozco https://saandlaanaay.art/ brings Generative Love, mixed media paper works. She is recipient ot the Native Arts and Culture LIFT award for early career artists and has her MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, 2025. One Grand has been doing excellent curation. This is an example. They appear to be advancing their collector base. They are now a member of PADA.

Generative Love https://onegrandgallery.com/Kimberly-Fulton-Orozco at One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free


It is Last Thursday on Alberta and some of the galleries may be open.

October 29 Home

Monear Shaer brings film Gaza is Our Home mixing 2021 footage with post-October 7. The film is online.

At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free

October 25 Corresponding Glass

Mono Space has a listening session today. Bryston Wallace is your guide.

At Mono Space https://mono-space.org/ 608 NW 13th Ave Ste 102. 11AM-5PM Free (ring buzzer for entry)


Jade Novarino brings Mi Mano a Tu Mano. She has sampled years of personal correpondence across the world, collages and poems.

You can see it at the Old Fashioned Garage Gallery.

It is a residence. They don't want their address published. Look them up and follow the directions to message them for the address, or go with a friend already going, or later message them for an appointment.

Old Fashioned Garage Gallery opening show 3PM-6 Free


PNCA Willamette opens their MFA studios for an early and mid-program readout. It's always fun to see artist studios, even when they have been cleaned up for visitors!

They request you get free tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-studios-at-the-glass-building-tickets-1758656000439

Open Studios at the Albina glass factory 2139 N Kerby. 5PM-8 Free

October 20 Dig vs Pluck

Cambria Matlow has a long form movie, Why Dig When You Can Pluck?

"A filmmaker seeking inspiration for her next movie brings her volatile husband and defiant young son camping on the Oregon coast. When her competing desires to be a good mother and creative artist come to a head, she reaches a painful but powerful breakthrough."

At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free

October 18 - 24 Ai Weiwei Presents Cockroaches

Ai Weiwei is an artist focused on exposing human wrongs.

His father and grandfather were both favored and crushed by the Chinese government. Weiwei lived in poor conditions as a child for that. In 1981 in the first wave of Chinese international students, he came to New York City at age 24. He photographed Wigstock and police response to the early AIDS protests in New York. That experience sparked his art life of fighting injustice. 1989 and the Democracy Movement was yet to come.

Ai Weiwei exhibited photographs Dropping the Urn in Portland at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in 2010.

Later he really got in trouble. Privatization and corruption resulted in rapid building throughout China. The result was "tofu construction" with poor quality concrete and inadequate rebar. The Sichuan earthquake of 2008 caused them to crumble. Tofu construction killed about 90,000. The government never even counted them. Weiwei organized volunteers to go door to door to record the names, many were children. He later collected rebar from the buildings, straightened it, and displayed it alongside the names. As a result he was disappeared in 2011 by the Chinese government for 81 days.

A strong documentary by Alison Klayman in 2012, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, tells the artist's story to that point. Klayman generously visited the Portland Art Museum to screen the film. She subsequently made a fly on the wall documentary about Steve Bannon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TvFouKz6j0

Since, Weiwei has taken on many injustices, including the refugee migrations in Europe. Republican neocons, President Bush II, and John Bolton developed the idea of the Axis of Evil. Some were selected for war, including Iraq, Syria, and Libya. The list expands and contracts. Families naturally fled and flooded Europe. That changed, and continues to change governments. Irish artist Richard Mosse has also engaged the subject.

Since the revolution, China seems to have a desire for manifest destiny. Sound familiar? That included Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and soon Taiwan. Filmmaker Deborah Stratman captured the story of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang in film Kings of the Sky. Weiwei brings the story of Hong Kong democracy protests in film Cockroach.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/18/cockroach-review-ai-weiwei-hong-kong-protests-pro-democracy-activists

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/cockroach/488037419?autoplay=1 Trailer

Weiwei is making stream free for a few days. Click through at https://arte.bio/ai-weiwei/b/34Bh1L2.

His autobiography 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir in 2021 is a fascinating read, and he has a new book On Censorship coming in January.

In my opinion, the United States should have encouraged Hong Kong immigration to the US, but this was 2020. Ditto Taiwan in the near future, but this is 2025.

October 12 Rain Abstraction

Tonight, for your viewing pleasure, is a program of abstract movies. Arianna Gazca and Matthew Nash abstract from nature. Brent Coughenour completes the program this evening with live video. Live video is an artform, seen at monthly Live in the Depths, ocasional program Volt Divers, and one of the branches of the Portland Synth Library if you would like to DIY.

At the Boathouse Microcinema www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River Doors 7:30PM show 8 Free

October 11 Count Winged Womb Fields

Emily Counts https://emilycounts.com, with an early show at Duplex here, is now in Tacoma. Today she opens Tender Echoes, impressionistic figurative work in bright ceramics. Laura Camila Medina https://lauracamilamedina.com/, all the way from Cleveland, Ohio has Ceremony for the Winged. She was born in Columbia, BFA at PNCA, and MFA from Yale. She occupies the Project space with an installation and shows sculptures, painting, and video.

At Nationale www.nationale.us 15 SE 22nd Map Noon-3 Free


Louise Joséphine Bourgeois, born in 1911, who passed at age 98 is paired with Isabelle Albuquerque born in 1981, in a show, The Wandering Womb, at the Lumber Room. Both were inspired by the female body. Albuquerque makes sculpture and performance today. With her trajectory, it is unusual for her work to be seen in Portland so it is a good chance to see it and an inspired curatorial combination.

Albuquerque is giving a free talk Monday at 6PM at PNCA and live streamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAgJ_foHMVU.


At The Lumber Room https://lumberroom.com/exhibitions/565/568 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map  4PM-7 Free


Heather Watkins is a Portland sculptor, often incorporating fiber. She brings that in show Visual Fields and adds prints.

At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 3PM-5


1122 brings their spooky show The Spook Easy. It is art, snacks, drinks, and conversation, family-friendly too.

It repeats Friday 10/24 and Thurs 10/30.

At 1122 Outside Gallery www.1122gallery.com 7629 SE Harrison 7PM-10 Free

October 5 Ears to the Ground

Anis Mojgani https://www.thepianofarm.com/about is a poet. He is the current Experimental Art Research Forest - EAR Forest https://college.lclark.edu/departments/art/ear-forest/ artist in residence. He reads out the results today.

At EAR Forest installation at Lewis and Clark College https://college.lclark.edu/departments/art/ear-forest/directions/ (and parking) 615 S Palatine Hill 3:30PM Free

October 4 Northside Art Openings+

The Schnitzer collection is a vast archive of mostly multiples. They assemble vast shows from that. What's Not to Love is primarily portraits, local, national, and international.

It benefits local artists to be curated into shows with noted outside-Portland artists. Jeff Jahn did this in early shows, for instance, including Cao Fe. Curators, just ask. Ditto, collections.

Artists are Katherine Ace, Derrick Adams, Chul-Hyun Ahn, Robert Arneson, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Rick Bartow, Mel Bochner, Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Catlett, Judy Chicago, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, Jeffrey Gibson, Jenny Holzer, Malia Jensen, Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Jeff Koons, Karen LaMonte, James Lavadour, Roy Lichtenstein, Hung Liu, Robert Longo, Elizabeth Malaska, Marilyn Minter, Bruce Nauman, Alice Neel, Julian Opie, Anton Perich, Sally Haley, Keith Haring, LaToya Hobbs, Elizabeth Peyton, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Wendy Red Star, Ed Ruscha, Alison Saar, Tschabalala Self, Amy Sherald, Shahzia Sikander, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Swoon, Storm Tharp, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, Andy Warhol, Carrie Mae Weems, and Charles Wilbert White.

At the Schnitzer Family Collection https://www.jordanschnitzer.org/schnitzer-collection/ 3033 NW Yeon Noon-6 Free


Rachel Hayden from Cincinnati, where artist space is still affordable, brings surreal x exotica style paintings extracting bugs and plants.

https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/rachel-hayden at Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free


Epiphany Couch brings In the Name of Progress. The artist talk is November 16th.

At Souvenir Gallery https://souvenirartspdx.org/ 1233 NE Alberta 5PM-8 Free


Kim Smith Claudel https://www.kimsmithclaudel.com/ has Paper Prototype, paper and paint.

At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free


Anna Fidler, Michael E. Stephen, and John Whitten bring ₍^. .^₎⟆ & /|\ ^._.^ /|\. Perfect for the season.

"For as long as humans have gazed into the dark, there have been cats and bats staring back. From divine guardians to ominous omens, these otherworldly creatures have captivated the human imagination for centuries.

The cat: collaborator of witches, its flashing, changeable eyes glinting with nocturnal mischief.

The bat: a messenger of the underworld, a velvet-winged omen overhead.

[The show] summon[s] the humor, tenderness, and strangeness of these animals. Part séance, part pet portrait, part garage-sale coven, this exhibition conjures a shared love of magic(k) and mystery through drawing, painting, installation and assemblage."

Fidler has been exploring iconic mysticism for a few years, so we are excited to see this.

At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map  5PM-8 Free


Oregon Contemporary continues. Their guest curator announces the 2026 biennial artists. The artists are Sahar al-Sawaf (Hillsboro, OR), Raphael Arar (Portland, OR), Wayne Bund (Portland, OR), Francesca Capone (Portland, OR), Michael Cavazos + Hand 2 Mouth Theater (Portland, OR), Kerr Cirilo (Brooklyn, NY), Deep Time Collective: Amanda Leigh Evans and Tia Kramer (Walla Walla, WA), Demian DinéYazhi’ (Portland, OR), James Enos (Portland, OR), Tannaz Farsi (Eugene, OR), Marcelo Fontana (Portland, OR), Ebony Frison (Portland, OR), The Black Gallery & Don't Shoot PDX: Taishona Carpenter and Teressa Raiford (Portland, OR), Bean Gilsdorf (Portland, OR), Stephen Hayes (Portland, OR), Jaleesa Johnston (Washougal, WA), Joe Kye (Portland, OR), Ambrin Ling (Salem, OR), Katherine Longstreth (Portland, OR), Todd McGrain (Portland, OR), Mako Miyamoto (Portland, OR), Anis Mojgani (Portland, OR), Gabby Severson (San Francisco, CA), Stephen Slappe (Portland, OR), Ash Stone (Portland, OR), and Taravat Talepasand (Hillsboro, OR).

At Oregon Contemporary nee Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.oregoncontemporary.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free


Angel O'Brian has a show at Franklin Foto. Good Wood has nice events and one is a closing tomorrow. Glam Jam is a big celebration of Grass Hut and friends with a suggested $2 donation in the Lloyd Mall. The Greek Festival is this weekend too.

October 3 Eastside Art Openings

PPSTMM has Lynn Yarne with Roast Duck is an Atonal Love Song. It's all explained on their Insta.

At PPSTMM 323 NE Wygant #203. 6PM-8 Free


David Le Goon a tattoo artist all the way from Australia makes illustrations on themes of queerness and the Asian experience. Brad Hoseley schooled in Portland and now in Brooklyn, New York has surreal illustrations on the themes of sexuality, normality, and the everyday. At Nucleus House Gallery https://www.nucleusportland.com/ 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free


New Riso shop and gallery, Riso Studio Arts, brings Robyn A Frank https://robynafrank.com/ who has tamed the machine into making fades between colors. Since each drum is one color, that is not easy. At Riso Studio Arts https://pdx.risostudioarts.com/ 1327 SE Division 6PM-9 Free


All the Eastside events are at http://firstfridaypdx.org/ and their socials which list many shows and their times.

October 3-24 Designing Portland

October 3-24 is Portland Design Month, 3 weeks with events. More at https://www.aigapdx.org/portland-design-month-2025.