November 29 Scope!

Last Thursday thins in cold and dark. But Antler and Talon have openings tonight. Antler has Neil M. Perry, Chris Austin, Ki Sung Koh and Calvin Ma, all with wildlife illustration. Talon has Teagan White and Jennifer Parks, with Susannah Kelly. Antler is bringing artists to Scope Miami, excellent! At Antler Gallery + Talon Gallery antlerpdx.com + talongallery.com 2728-2724 NE Alberta 6PM-9 Free



Nat Turner Project presents their first artists of the The Drinking Gourd fellowship. The Project is also a guest zine contributor at the well worth seeing Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal… show at the Portland Art Museum. At Ori Gallery, little with a big vision, www.oriartgallery.com 4038 N Mississippi 6PM-9 Free

November 22 X Squared

The Xhurch has musicians Keith Foster https://keithfoster.bandcamp.com/, Crystal Quartez https://crystalquartez.bandcamp.com/, Francisco Botello http://franciscobotello.com/, Winnie Black https://www.winnie.black/ and Flysch https://concretehorizon.bandcamp.com/. Visuals by Z. These events are always interesting and social. At Xhurch xhurch.net 4550 NE 20th. Map 7PM-10:30 Donations to performers accepted



When we say truth is stranger than fiction, it is usually not a good thing. Local multi-artists Jacob and Arnold Pander are filmmakers, writers and graphic novelists. A few years ago, they wrote and illustrated Triple-X, about a cyberpunk Orwellian future. They have updated it and added to the story in Dissident-X. A longer interview about the motivation and the plot is at www.comicsbeat.com/interview-pander-brothers-dissident-x/. Tonight they drop the new edition at Bridge City Comics 3725 N Mississippi, 6PM-8 Free. After, they have DJ friends spinning music the characters in Dissident-X would listen to at the Mississippi Studios patio bar, 9PM-11 Free

November 20 Bix

Emily Bixler has a new show as part of the Stumptown fellowship. She is principal at BOET and PNCA minted. Bixler is the latest Stumptown Coffee Roasters Artist Fellow, which this opening celebrates. At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd 5PM-7 Free

November 17 Insofar as I Knew

Jae Yeun Choi and Maysha Mohamedi have paintings and poetic words in Insofar as I Knew. 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 Free

November 16 Developing Cuts

A Thousand Cuts, by by B. G-Osborne is a video installation we would like to see more of in galleries. At Fuller Rosen Gallery in the Ford Building created by Killjoy Collective alumni. www.fullerrosen.com 2505 SE 11th #106 Map 6PM-9 Free



Rachel Rosenbaum has been developing photographs from her grandfather's negatives exposed in WWII. At Blue Moon Camera www.bluemooncamera.com 8417 N Lombard, enter on N Kellogg 5PM-7 Free



Disjecta also has their annual fundraising auction tonight. Details on their website.



In Springfield, Oregon, Ditch Projects is holding a retrospective. They have had shows in Portland at Rock's Box and several of their artists are represented by Fourteen 30. It is https://ditchprojects.com/A-Good-Way-to-Invent-the-Future.

November 15 Animal Body

Sari Carel has The Coyote After-School Program. The gallery website has a description. At Melanie Flood Projects, www.melaniefloodprojects.com 420 SW Washington St #301 Early 6PM-8 Free



Amanda Triplett has Body Is, performance and installation. It's at 1122 Gallery 1122gallery.com 1122 SE 88th. 6PM-10 Free

November 8 Salute Dust Sheep

Into Dust is a new show by longtime artist Corey Smith. PNCA-minted, his work is graphic and poppy; he is also a professional snowboarder and designer. At One Grand www.ogpdx.com 1001 E Burnside 7PM-10 Free



Black Sheep Collective presents their group show Curio. Artists include Olivia Pace, Cassandra, Vinh Pham, Tim Tran, Safiyah Maurice, Joe Connors, Kailea Figueroa, Christian Orellana-Bauer, Courtney Gallardo, Mason Mimi Yadira and Mui Easland. At the Erickson Gallery 9NW 2nd 6PM-8 Free



Salut! 4 is a huge show, 1000 pieces by over 100 artists, on small coasters, for sale cash/card and carry for $60 each. The Nucleus website has the list of artists, with their web/insta. At Nucleus Portland nucleusportland.com 1445 SE Hawthorne Blvd 7PM-10 Free

November 7 Westside Art Openings+

Hey November!

The PSU Schnitzer gallery opened earlier, and it is open tonight. Keep an eye on it.



Vanessa Renwick has Cold Holy Water, video in the Nine. Emma Kisiel, Jamila Clarke, Nolan Streitberger, Sam Wrigglesworth, and Troi Anderson as well as founders Ann Hughes, Christopher Rauschenberg, Craig Hickman, Robert DiFranco, and Terry Toedtemeier show at Blue Sky. Recommended. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free



Ellen Lesperance - Flowers Wrapped in Newspaper is here. The artist is epic, with a local gallery special to guest them. 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 6PM-9 Free



Brenda Malory makes constructions. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders early close 6PM-8 Free



Jess Perlitz has People Making People Sounds. She is a local performance artist to follow. At Holding Contemporary www.holdingcontemporary.com (in the former Williamson | Knight, now Williamson+Harker) 916 NW Flanders 6PM-8 early close Free



+Eastside Womxn House has taken the old Dust to Dust space. They have a large show Mirror. Emerging artists represent: Allison Jarman, Annie Dang, Beth Zimmerman, Brittany Wilder, Caitlyn Clester, Chloé Jarnac, Ellen Robinette, Jocelle Tade, Judith Sturdevant, Kelly Brand, Kelsey Hamilton Davis, Lauren Johnson, Lindsay Costello, Mary Snow
and Rachel Warkentin. At 3636 N Mississippi, the old Dust to Dust space. 7PM-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 9PM-10:30ish



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

November 6 Outsider

Musician Sean Croghan is also a painter in the outsider art figurative genre. Further Stories of the Beforetime: Todd’s Bedroom & Beyond - Straight Outta Gresham is some of that work. At Union Knott 2726 ML King Blvd. 6PM-9 Free

November 2 Pop!

Faceland are cartoons on poppy backgrounds by Matt Bennett Laurents. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9



Earlier are closing events at Disjecta for the Biennial.

October 28 - November 3 Raw Reality

Reed Arts Week is curated by students. It brings individual artist works, from campus, and from the world; and art talks. Having a budget allows it to do above average. And always an opportunity to experience the new edge. Some of the events are on the Reed Events web http://events.reed.edu/group/reed_arts_week, some are on the Reed Arts Week Facebook https://www.facebook.com/reedartsweek2019/, some are on the Inata https://www.instagram.com/reedartsweek/, TikTok, no idea. https://events.reed.edu/raw-2019 at Reed College 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. Free

October 26 Butoh Pome

Natsu Nakajima is one of the first female butohs. Today she works with disabled individuals. She makes her second, and perhaps last, visit to Portland at age 76. Tonight she guests a discussion. 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 7PM $5-20



Jennifer Pons-Wilber reads poems alongside Todd Molinari‘s visual show: Trickster of the Dark God. The intent is to "open up a larger conversation of Jungian ideas of becoming, dreams, and moving through traumatic memories through artistic and alchemical processes." At the Third Room Project www.thirdroom.net 717 NE Broadway #205 7PM-9 Free

October 17-19 Teeming Sea, Tranquil Land

Butoh is an experimental modern dance style originating in Japan in 1959. Sankai Juku from Japan and France is responsible for exporting butoh to the world beginning in the early 1980s. Their style is one of the most refined and elegant - they are a great introduction to the genre. It is extremely rare for groups from Japan to tour the US. There are occasional events in Portland and Seattle by local or visiting solo performers.

Sankai Juku was founded in 1975 by Amagatsu, who cofounded Dairakudakan with Akaji Maro. Maro was an early friend and collaborator with butoh's originator, Hijikata. Video excerpts of all their performances are widely available on the Internet.

Amagatsu brought the first butoh to the West in 1980. In 1985, one of their dancers fell to their death in a public outdoor performance produced by a friend in Seattle. The group almost disbanded in grief. They did not. In turn, the Seattle audience and the performers have an emotional relationship that is palpable.

For three evenings Sankai Juku returns to Seattle, with Meguri: Teeming Sea, Tranquil Land. The set resembles the sculptural relief backdrop of Shijima, updated to reference the sub-ocean deposits of fossils. The stage references the water of Unetsu.

Sankai Juku at the University of Washington World Series https://meanycenter.org/tickets/2019-10/production/sankai-juku Meany Hall UW Campus 8PM $61-69

October 11 Musics Failing

Chrispy Martin has a show. At Tips on Failing www.failing.exposed 3903 N Michigan Map
6PM-10 Free



There is recommended music at the boathouse too. At the Boathouse Experimental Music www.boathousemicrocinema.com 822 N River 8PM $6

October 6 Puzzling Gestures

Maria Antelman and Jules Gimbrone open Incidental Gestures. At Melanie Flood Projects, www.melaniefloodprojects.com 420 SW Washington St #301 Early 1PM-3 Free



The Lumber Room has engaged a one year project, A Puzzling Light and Moving, with New Zealand artist Kate Newby. This is the final event in that project and the release of a catalog, Pocket Works. At The Lumber Room lumberroom.com 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map 4PM-6 Free

October 5 Saturday Art is Not Boring

Mark Flores and William E. Jones have Perverted By Language. It's pop culture-inspired graphic-reduced portrait work in the Private Places conceptual curation lens. At Private Places www.privateplaces.us 2400 Holliday 5PM-7 Free



Jeremy Le Grand has Genesis Lobby. The artist is known for op art raster pieces, silhouettes and bulbous sculptures. From the gallery description it's hard to tell which this work will be. At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 6PM-9



The Mobile Projection Unit continues the RACC projection series, now driven by individual artists.

Mobile Projection Unit projects at the East Portland Arts & Literary Festival tonight. There is an interactive component, participants can draw on projections. Artist Sabrina Haque projects historic images of neighborhood residents involuntarily camped in WW2 because they were Japanese Americans.

There are many artists and readers involved in the East Portland Arts & Literary Festival. We frown on their suggested $5 donation. I believe the APNO location is more free.

The event is split between APNO 8188 SE Division and Fubon 2850 SE 82nd. Details https://www.apano.org/ampsummerseries.

Projections sunset. At APNO 8188 SE Division. Free

October 4 Eastside Art Openings+

This month you will find spooky art at many galleries.



Curious Beasts is a group show of imagined beasts, each one with a story from the artist. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free



Trophies Unlimited is a show by Thomas C Bradley. At One Grand www.ogpdx.com 1001 E Burnside 7PM-10 Free



Splendorporium, the children's art school and gallery has a Tarot show and creepy fortune telling. At http://www.splendorporium.net/ 3421 SE 21st. 7PM-9 Free



Polaroid 55 P/N and a View Camera is a show of still life by Ron van Dongen over more than 15 years, until the film was discontinued. They get the digital print treatment. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-8 Free



Doug Jeck has an installation and Angela White has porcelain containers illustrated in spider webs. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9 Free



Kay Myers, Patricia Stevens, and Dvora Robinson have prints at print studio Bite 2000 SE 7th 6PM-10



Haunts celebrates the remarkably similar-across-cultures rituals of Fall spirits. At 211 SE Madison 6PM-9 Free



Way up in Vancouver, Pamela Chipman has photography and video installation. At Art at the Cave 108 E. Evergreen Blvd. Vancouver 6PM-9 Free

October 3 Westside Art Openings+

Tom Cramer has his signature wood relief carvings. A long time ago, when he started the series. his pigments on them were inspired by painter Cassie Wright. This show also includes painter Roger Kukes. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8PM Free



Jenene Nagy has Box Breathing. She is a minimalist who birthed their art in Portland. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free



In The Hour Before: This Land, by Stephen Hayes contemplates the locations of gun violence. If Trees Could Walk are sculptures by artist Lee Kelly. Both at Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9 Free



Blue Sky has Ann Hughes, Christopher Rauschenberg, Craig Hickman, Robert DiFranco, and Terry Toedtemeier. They founded the gallery. In the Nine gallery Courtney Kemp is a guest artist. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free



Color Vision, textile works by Sarah Wertzberger opens. At Holding Contemporary www.holdingcontemporary.com (in the former Williamson | Knight, now Williamson+Harker) 916 NW Flanders 6PM-8 early close Free



Native artist Rick Bartow is deceased but his work lives on. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8PM 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 9PM-10:30ish



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



Deep NW the Bodecker Foundation has Erin Lacerra and performances.



Eastside, Fecund Flora by Violet Aveline opens. At Union Knott 2726 ML King Blvd. 5PM-8 Free



Todd Molinari has sculpture, painting, and ritual. At the Third Room Project www.thirdroom.net 717 NE Broadway #205 7-9pm.

September 26 JJHRMVP

Move as galleries do. New show, Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Ryan McLaugthan. 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 6PM-9 Free



New space Shed has Vinh Pham 6817 N Missouri 6PM-8 Early close Free

September 18 Skin

I never met him, but there was a color scientist at Kodak dedicated to studying the history of skin tone in print. Over the years in print magazines, skin tone has wandered into green, orange and blue. Color management is the term of art for reproducing the colors in nature in a naturally believable way. Color management was built into film; our eyes are very sensitive to the correctness of skin tone. Today the computer in your camera does the same, then you can remix it further in Photoshop.

Shirley Cards, named after Kodak model Shirley Page, were portrait standards including color patches used to calibrate photography from film to print. Similar systems are used in video. Their history is traced by Dr. Lorna Roth at Concordia University, Ontario, Canada, for instance: www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/2196/3069.

The challenge is that if the final image we see, a photographic print, a magazine print, a web image, video, or projected film has a figure with a different skin tone to a Shirley card, and the Shirley card is used to correct the image, the skin tone will not be accurate. (We leave for a moment the abysmal lack of calibration in computer screens and home entertainment TV screens; Filmmaker Mode, welcome!)

In about the 1980's Kodak introduced Shirley cards with Caucasian, Asian, and African models on the same card. Meanwhile, Fujifilm introduced its own models to more accurately reproduce Japanese skin tone. Today, we have a variety of mass-produced color checker targets, and the implied class setting of Kodak's models have been updated as illustrated in Getty's surreal version at www.colourbalance.lornaroth.com/projects/shirley-card/.

Contemporary artists and social commentators worldwide have incorporated the male gaze and the Shirley Card into their creative analysis, though we don't see much critical thinking about beauty and the absence of male models, to say nothing of implied class and income/asset inequality. Maybe we need a Nomads or Residents of New York by Serrano, set in Portland? Nonetheless we are starting to get traction on simple things like first aid bandages.

The Presence of Color by painter Jeremy Okai Davis are portraits inspired by the Shirley Cards. He works in portraits from photographs with a great awareness of color, so the show is an ouroboros. Davis is the latest Stumptown Coffee Roasters Artist Fellow, which this opening celebrates. At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd 5PM-7 Free