Portland is a writer town. From zines to Tin House. The Buckman Journal https://www.buckmanjournal.com/ is a local writing and art dropper. They drop #14, Trance, this afternoon. Trance at Buckman Journal offices shared with Honey Latte Cafe 1033 SE Main 3PM-6 Free
Modular on the Spot twists knobs and wires into vibrations this evening. It is an international series of modular synth concerts. In Portland, it is a project of the Synth Library. It's free!
Tonight performers are Porcelain Girls, Madonno Productions, Half Gate, Cave Cricket, Eric Schlappi, and Noct/Fang.
At Kenilworth Park SE Holgate & 34th, 6PM Free
Friday, July 11, 2025
July 12 Blond Illustration Celestial Chorus Architectural Figure
SE Cooper brings Blonde on Blonde by Margaux Ogden and Tess Bilhartz.
"Our Blonde on Blonde started as a friendship, a way to live, a way to survive. As roommates, as studiomates, as a one-time design duo. We painted bathrooms, decorated weed dispensaries and wrapped wooden chairs in yarn for money. We filmed rambling critiques, late at night, which we’d post on our grad school’s facebook page. We made a zine to commemorate those posts. We went to Marfa. We went to Miami. We went to Portland. We drove from Boston to Houston in a recalled car. Ate as much Mexican food as we could along the way. We drank margaritas. Stopped at a casino, a museum, a karaoke bar, several gross motels. We opened multiple credit cards to pay for things. We went to plays – bad ones, good ones – a ballet we had to leave immediately, comedy shows, bars, bookstores, parks. Of course, we went to Bob Dylan concerts, together and separately. We got him tattooed on our sides, together. We made fun of those tattoos, together. We painted side by side, sharing a studio wall, for over a decade. An informal call and response. Not actively responding to each other, but observing each other’s work closely, over time. The most important kind of looking: sustained. There have been days when we work simultaneously, blasting Bob. Or weeks when we’re ships passing in the night. We’ve each admitted to entering the other’s studio when sick of looking at our own work. Needing to look at something different. And these worlds couldn’t be more different, despite being birthed within feet of each other. Kind of like siblings. When you see them side by side you look for their similarities, but when you meet them separately they could be from different planets."
At at SE Cooper Contemprary https://www.secoopercontemporary.com/ 6901 SE 110th Map 1PM-4 Free
Nucleus brings a two person show of cute illustration work by Betty Jiang and Kimera Wachna.
Https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/betty-jang-tba-2-person-show at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Way out in the Gorge at the Maryhill Museum, former Portland, now Artoria artist, Elise Wagner has Celestial Currents.
Wagner is an encaustic artist, paintings of wax media, a technique going back to Greece and Rome. The paint is worked hot from dishes on hot plates. The Northwest has a history of encaustic painters. Joseph Goldberg in rural Washington at Kucera polished his paintings unleashing luminosity; Linda Robertson and Jef Gunn are longtime Portland encaustic workers. Many of the artists do workshops.
Wagner has been inspired by science in her work. Some themes have been astronomy, weather, and particle physics experiments. The show is up until the end of July.
The Maryhill has several permanement and other exhibitions. Nearby are Brad Cloepfil's Maryhill Overlook, a running minimal sculpture, and a replica Stonehenge.
Today is a reception https://www.maryhillmuseum.org/events/elise-wagner-celestial-currents-opening-reception. At Maryhill Museum 35 Maryhill Drive, Goldendale, Washington. Museum 10AM-5, reception 2-4. $23
The Lumber Room has a delicate group show Chorus on now, so no big reception. But they do guest harpist Mary Lattimore this evening.
You should see the show by Janine Antoni, Olga Balema, Lynda Benglis, Forrest Bess, Simone Fattal, Wynne Greenwood, Ann Hamilton, Lonnie Holley, Suzanne Jackson, Martha Jungwirth, Hayv Kahraman, Kiki Kogelnik, Justine Kurland, Simone Leigh, Tau Lewis, Alice Mackler, Jenine Marsh, Ana Mendieta, Senga Nengudi, Christina Quarles, Lee Relvas, Pipilotti Rist, Betye Saar, Hiraki Sawa, Amy Sillman, Rose B. Simpson, Diane Simpson, Tecla Tofano, Kaari Upson, Erika Verzutti, and Rebecca Warren.
At The Lumber Room https://lumberroom.com/exhibitions/565/chorus 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map Doors 5:30PM show 6, limited capacity. Free
Sonia Kasparian https://www.soniakasparian.com/ is a gifted clothing designer, kids, bathing suits, athletic wear, and couture. She knows the body, so is a gifted painter and sculptor on that theme. I think I first saw her wire armature figures floating in the abandoned substation on Alberta. She has a gift reviving distressed plants into thriving landscapes too. She is doing a show with architect Bob Oshatz https://www.oshatz.com/. Oshatz has a individualistic style combining curve and linear shapes, particularly on steep topographies. Here he brings ceramics. This combination is a rare groove. Recommended.
Unusual location. At Urbanite modern vintage mall https://www.urbanitepdx.com/ 1005 SE Grand 6PM-9 Free
"Our Blonde on Blonde started as a friendship, a way to live, a way to survive. As roommates, as studiomates, as a one-time design duo. We painted bathrooms, decorated weed dispensaries and wrapped wooden chairs in yarn for money. We filmed rambling critiques, late at night, which we’d post on our grad school’s facebook page. We made a zine to commemorate those posts. We went to Marfa. We went to Miami. We went to Portland. We drove from Boston to Houston in a recalled car. Ate as much Mexican food as we could along the way. We drank margaritas. Stopped at a casino, a museum, a karaoke bar, several gross motels. We opened multiple credit cards to pay for things. We went to plays – bad ones, good ones – a ballet we had to leave immediately, comedy shows, bars, bookstores, parks. Of course, we went to Bob Dylan concerts, together and separately. We got him tattooed on our sides, together. We made fun of those tattoos, together. We painted side by side, sharing a studio wall, for over a decade. An informal call and response. Not actively responding to each other, but observing each other’s work closely, over time. The most important kind of looking: sustained. There have been days when we work simultaneously, blasting Bob. Or weeks when we’re ships passing in the night. We’ve each admitted to entering the other’s studio when sick of looking at our own work. Needing to look at something different. And these worlds couldn’t be more different, despite being birthed within feet of each other. Kind of like siblings. When you see them side by side you look for their similarities, but when you meet them separately they could be from different planets."
At at SE Cooper Contemprary https://www.secoopercontemporary.com/ 6901 SE 110th Map 1PM-4 Free
Nucleus brings a two person show of cute illustration work by Betty Jiang and Kimera Wachna.
Https://www.nucleusportland.com/blogs/future-exhibitions/betty-jang-tba-2-person-show at Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Way out in the Gorge at the Maryhill Museum, former Portland, now Artoria artist, Elise Wagner has Celestial Currents.
Wagner is an encaustic artist, paintings of wax media, a technique going back to Greece and Rome. The paint is worked hot from dishes on hot plates. The Northwest has a history of encaustic painters. Joseph Goldberg in rural Washington at Kucera polished his paintings unleashing luminosity; Linda Robertson and Jef Gunn are longtime Portland encaustic workers. Many of the artists do workshops.
Wagner has been inspired by science in her work. Some themes have been astronomy, weather, and particle physics experiments. The show is up until the end of July.
The Maryhill has several permanement and other exhibitions. Nearby are Brad Cloepfil's Maryhill Overlook, a running minimal sculpture, and a replica Stonehenge.
Today is a reception https://www.maryhillmuseum.org/events/elise-wagner-celestial-currents-opening-reception. At Maryhill Museum 35 Maryhill Drive, Goldendale, Washington. Museum 10AM-5, reception 2-4. $23
The Lumber Room has a delicate group show Chorus on now, so no big reception. But they do guest harpist Mary Lattimore this evening.
You should see the show by Janine Antoni, Olga Balema, Lynda Benglis, Forrest Bess, Simone Fattal, Wynne Greenwood, Ann Hamilton, Lonnie Holley, Suzanne Jackson, Martha Jungwirth, Hayv Kahraman, Kiki Kogelnik, Justine Kurland, Simone Leigh, Tau Lewis, Alice Mackler, Jenine Marsh, Ana Mendieta, Senga Nengudi, Christina Quarles, Lee Relvas, Pipilotti Rist, Betye Saar, Hiraki Sawa, Amy Sillman, Rose B. Simpson, Diane Simpson, Tecla Tofano, Kaari Upson, Erika Verzutti, and Rebecca Warren.
At The Lumber Room https://lumberroom.com/exhibitions/565/chorus 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map Doors 5:30PM show 6, limited capacity. Free
Sonia Kasparian https://www.soniakasparian.com/ is a gifted clothing designer, kids, bathing suits, athletic wear, and couture. She knows the body, so is a gifted painter and sculptor on that theme. I think I first saw her wire armature figures floating in the abandoned substation on Alberta. She has a gift reviving distressed plants into thriving landscapes too. She is doing a show with architect Bob Oshatz https://www.oshatz.com/. Oshatz has a individualistic style combining curve and linear shapes, particularly on steep topographies. Here he brings ceramics. This combination is a rare groove. Recommended.
Unusual location. At Urbanite modern vintage mall https://www.urbanitepdx.com/ 1005 SE Grand 6PM-9 Free
July 11 Fathom Mono
Monochrome 3 is a large self-described show. The artists are: Adrian Contreras, Alan Brown, Armando Veve, Azeta, Baptiste Hersoc, Christian Degn, Christian Williams, Dos Diablos, Ego, Eric Wolfe Sahlsten, FatGomez, Florence Solis, Jason Ramirez, Jeannie Lynn Paske, Jesse Fillingham, Jim Chen-Hsiang Hu, Josh Freydkis, Julián de la Mota, Juliet Schreckinger, Lucas Korte, Matt Stikker, Miantanzhou, Michael Powers Tarantelli, Michael York Gilreath, Nicomi Nix Turner, Penrider, Pig Hands, Quentin Gomzé, Rachael Pease, Ramsteko, Rohhalusmu, Sam Pierson, Saprophial, Sergei Zolotov, Simon J. Curd, Skullflesh, Sola, Song Kang, Sylvia Ji, Vvilczy, Wahyv Satria, and Wes Benscoter.
At Nucleus House Gallery https://www.nucleusportland.com/ 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
Cat Ross closes Fathoms. Ross is a multiartist in VR, performance, sound, painting, and poetry.
The paintings and poems were inspired by studying David Hockney's pool series along with internships and residencies with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. NOAA studies climate change and runs the Global Forecast System and other air, land, and sea computer models. Those are the basis of weather forecasts. It is being cut because science and truth is deemed dangerous. Now the crazies are attacking weather radars.
At PPSTMM 323 NE Wygant #203. 6PM-8 Free
At Nucleus House Gallery https://www.nucleusportland.com/ 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-7 Free
Cat Ross closes Fathoms. Ross is a multiartist in VR, performance, sound, painting, and poetry.
The paintings and poems were inspired by studying David Hockney's pool series along with internships and residencies with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. NOAA studies climate change and runs the Global Forecast System and other air, land, and sea computer models. Those are the basis of weather forecasts. It is being cut because science and truth is deemed dangerous. Now the crazies are attacking weather radars.
At PPSTMM 323 NE Wygant #203. 6PM-8 Free
Wednesday, July 09, 2025
July 9 Land of Ice
Patricia Wolf is a Portland electronic musician. Previously she produced First Thursday electronic concerts from a variety of musicians. She has evolved into film scoring. Tonight is a screening of one, Hrafnamynd. The film is an abstract documentary by Edward Pack Davee with ambient imagery of Iceland and vintage family images. https://vimeo.com/828149745 Includes Q&A with moviemaker, Wolf, and performances by Wolf and Carly Barton.
At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. Doors 7PM show 8 $20
At Holocene 1001 SE Morrison. Doors 7PM show 8 $20
Friday, July 04, 2025
July 5 Northside Art Openings+
For your +1 Good Wood Wood Goods has a talk about cabins. There is a local Cabin Club, with their first meeting tonight. Later Patrick Hutchison talks his book Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman.
At Good Wood https://goodwoodportland.com/ 205 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. 5:30PM Club, 7 Book Talk Free
End of Therapy is a new show by Bruce Conkle. He is prolific with daily drawings and his work is always a joy. Tonight includes the unveiling of a Conkle bronze sculpture in the referencing his climate themes in the median.
"Bruce Conkle declares an affinity for mysterious natural phenomenon such as snow, fire, rainbows, crystals, volcanos, tree burls, and meteorites. He examines contemporary attitudes toward the environment, including deforestation, climate change, and extinction. Conkle's work often deals with man's place within nature, and frequently examines what he calls the 'misfit quotient' at the crossroads."
At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 6PM-9 Free
Vicinity Hounds are photographers Joy Harris, Blake Andrews, Rob Brown, Nick Garcia, Frank Martinez, James Han, Claire Evans, and Jordan Monloire imaging the urban and suburban landscapes, West Coast and Arizona.
At Franklin Foto https://www.franklinfoto.org/ 8953 N Lombard 4PM-8 Free
Maria Lux https://marialux.net/ brings Heart and Mind, Blood and Nerves, a show themed on venomous snakes.
"Snakes have a persistent association with both healing and harm. Their venom contains risk and remedy, pain and potential. From antidotes made out of venom itself, to modern bioprospectors searching for the next billion-dollar drug—snakes and their venom have been used as healing agents for millenia—and cause hundreds of thousands of human deaths each year. Since the beginning, our intertwined relationship with snakes has been marked by a quest for knowledge, whether it’s the evolutionary theory that the avoidance of venomous snakes was instrumental in the development of human intelligence itself, or studies that show our fears and preconscious reactions to snakes are uniquely built into our very DNA. Recently, news outlets reported on the promising story of a snake-enthusiast who methodically allowed himself to be bitten by venomous snakes over 200 times in the hope that his own blood would create a universal anti-venom, but he is just one person in a long line who have sought invincibility to venoms through self-immunization. Whether these sacrifices and experiments lead to life-saving drugs or not, scientists all over the world look to the complexity and mystery of venom to unlock new understandings of medicine, immunology, physiology, and pharmacology. True to their many legends, snakes today can still be seen as guardians of ancient knowledge as well as yet-undiscovered secrets, and teach us things about who they and we are. Heart and Mind, Blood and Nerves considers the convergence of myth and medicine, storytelling and science, and caution and curiosity coiled around snakes."
Personally I don't care for them, I'll go with Lux's genetic theory.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Well Well has their member show by Andrea Alonge, Erik Geschke, Hyun Jung Jung, Colin Kippen, Jeremy Le Grand, Ondrea Bell Levey, Pete Hoffecker Mejia, Anthony Roberto, Claire Frances Spaulding, Katherin, and John Whitten.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
At Good Wood https://goodwoodportland.com/ 205 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. 5:30PM Club, 7 Book Talk Free
End of Therapy is a new show by Bruce Conkle. He is prolific with daily drawings and his work is always a joy. Tonight includes the unveiling of a Conkle bronze sculpture in the referencing his climate themes in the median.
"Bruce Conkle declares an affinity for mysterious natural phenomenon such as snow, fire, rainbows, crystals, volcanos, tree burls, and meteorites. He examines contemporary attitudes toward the environment, including deforestation, climate change, and extinction. Conkle's work often deals with man's place within nature, and frequently examines what he calls the 'misfit quotient' at the crossroads."
At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 6PM-9 Free
Vicinity Hounds are photographers Joy Harris, Blake Andrews, Rob Brown, Nick Garcia, Frank Martinez, James Han, Claire Evans, and Jordan Monloire imaging the urban and suburban landscapes, West Coast and Arizona.
At Franklin Foto https://www.franklinfoto.org/ 8953 N Lombard 4PM-8 Free
Maria Lux https://marialux.net/ brings Heart and Mind, Blood and Nerves, a show themed on venomous snakes.
"Snakes have a persistent association with both healing and harm. Their venom contains risk and remedy, pain and potential. From antidotes made out of venom itself, to modern bioprospectors searching for the next billion-dollar drug—snakes and their venom have been used as healing agents for millenia—and cause hundreds of thousands of human deaths each year. Since the beginning, our intertwined relationship with snakes has been marked by a quest for knowledge, whether it’s the evolutionary theory that the avoidance of venomous snakes was instrumental in the development of human intelligence itself, or studies that show our fears and preconscious reactions to snakes are uniquely built into our very DNA. Recently, news outlets reported on the promising story of a snake-enthusiast who methodically allowed himself to be bitten by venomous snakes over 200 times in the hope that his own blood would create a universal anti-venom, but he is just one person in a long line who have sought invincibility to venoms through self-immunization. Whether these sacrifices and experiments lead to life-saving drugs or not, scientists all over the world look to the complexity and mystery of venom to unlock new understandings of medicine, immunology, physiology, and pharmacology. True to their many legends, snakes today can still be seen as guardians of ancient knowledge as well as yet-undiscovered secrets, and teach us things about who they and we are. Heart and Mind, Blood and Nerves considers the convergence of myth and medicine, storytelling and science, and caution and curiosity coiled around snakes."
Personally I don't care for them, I'll go with Lux's genetic theory.
At www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8 Free
Well Well has their member show by Andrea Alonge, Erik Geschke, Hyun Jung Jung, Colin Kippen, Jeremy Le Grand, Ondrea Bell Levey, Pete Hoffecker Mejia, Anthony Roberto, Claire Frances Spaulding, Katherin, and John Whitten.
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Thursday, July 03, 2025
July 3 Westside Art Openings+
First Thursday also includes the Saturday following in the afternoon. Urban Art Network occupies 13th with all their booths of stuff.
Illy2, Stelo, The Black Gallery, Elizabeth Leach, Froelick & Adams and Ollman continue.
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
For your +2 the Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.
Michelle Dunn Marsh brings a group show of her personal collection of 30 years in show Seeing Being Seen. She has a fascinating story found on the Blue Sky website.
Eleanor Segel brings textile pieces, Explorations, to the Nine inside Blue Sky. At the Nine Gallery https://www.blueskygallery.org/nine-gallery
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Ka’ila Farrell-Smith has a show, Glyph bright spray paintings using stencils. Long time Portland artist Sherrie Wolf has a show of still lifes entitled Abstraction.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
PDX Contemporary opens their Summer group show with Christian Abusaid, Nick Blosser, Iván Carmona, Heloise De Mil, Marjorie Dial, Bean Finneran, Ellen George, Johannes Girardoni, Shanti Grandhi, Victoria Haven, Justin L'Amie, Yamamoto Masao, D.E. May, Kristen Miller, Jeffry Mitchell, Jenene Nagy, Joe Rudko, Tad Savinar, Susan Seubert, Adam Sorensen, Barbara Stafford, Storm Tharp, Nell Warren, Heather Watkins, and Marie Watt.
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 5PM-7 Free
Augen brings a large group show from their collection by Josef Albers, Jennifer Bartlett, Romare Bearden, Alexander Calder, Chuck Close, Richard Diebenkorn, Caio Fonseca, Jane Hammond, David Hockney, Richard Hull, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Jeff Koons, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Pablo Picasso, Frank Stella, Mark Andres, Bill Brewer, Sharon Bronzan, Sally Cleveland, Arless Day, George Johanson, Royal Nebekerm David Schell, Naomi Shigeta, Morgan Walker and Thomas Wood.
At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
Portland Arts Collective has paintings by Renée Zangara https://reneezangara.net/, Gardener's Palette. People may recognizer her work from the Biomass show. At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free
Dylan Hester all the way from St Paul presents I Can Hear These Sounds Just As Closely As You Can. According to their website: “Unique in their artistic vision and impulse, Dylan Hester’s practice presents an ongoing evolution of forms that paradoxically play within and dance around strict limits and open-ended aleatory perspectives that arise as the work overlaps, folds and creates conditions for mutual immersions and chaotic complexities. Being and doing what is possible continues to be key for Dylan and their practice.” Definitely not a copywriting award candidate. At After | Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free
Blackfish has a large show by recent art school graduates, as is their custom. Much of the work is online now on their website.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Ros Vila splits time between Portland and Barcelona. She works with paint, photography, and mixed media. This show, El Retorn, is primarily minimalist ceramics.
At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Lisa Ellis https://www.lisamarieellis.com/ brings show Unexpected Focus, landscape paintings. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
RAAC hosts Friends of Noise presenting band Charliehorse PDX/NYC. Friends of Noise is an all ages presenter. "Charliehorse is a noise, folk, pop band from Portland, based in New York City, dedicated to making music for sad teen girls. Using improvisation, cups and knives, synths, and anything else they can find in their basement, Charliehorse hopes to express some of the weird stuff they can’t really describe with words but know exists." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD9BkZBeWsE. Latecomer after Seattle's Vera Project, Friends of Noise https://friendsofnoise.org/ in the parking lot by RAAC https://racc.org/ 411 NW Park Ave #101 6PM Free
Illy2, Stelo, The Black Gallery, Elizabeth Leach, Froelick & Adams and Ollman continue.
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
For your +2 the Portland Art Museum, through a private grant, is open free first Thursdays. They are free the whole day 10AM-8PM.
Michelle Dunn Marsh brings a group show of her personal collection of 30 years in show Seeing Being Seen. She has a fascinating story found on the Blue Sky website.
Eleanor Segel brings textile pieces, Explorations, to the Nine inside Blue Sky. At the Nine Gallery https://www.blueskygallery.org/nine-gallery
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 5PM-9 Free
Ka’ila Farrell-Smith has a show, Glyph bright spray paintings using stencils. Long time Portland artist Sherrie Wolf has a show of still lifes entitled Abstraction.
At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-7 Early Close Free
PDX Contemporary opens their Summer group show with Christian Abusaid, Nick Blosser, Iván Carmona, Heloise De Mil, Marjorie Dial, Bean Finneran, Ellen George, Johannes Girardoni, Shanti Grandhi, Victoria Haven, Justin L'Amie, Yamamoto Masao, D.E. May, Kristen Miller, Jeffry Mitchell, Jenene Nagy, Joe Rudko, Tad Savinar, Susan Seubert, Adam Sorensen, Barbara Stafford, Storm Tharp, Nell Warren, Heather Watkins, and Marie Watt.
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 5PM-7 Free
Augen brings a large group show from their collection by Josef Albers, Jennifer Bartlett, Romare Bearden, Alexander Calder, Chuck Close, Richard Diebenkorn, Caio Fonseca, Jane Hammond, David Hockney, Richard Hull, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Jeff Koons, Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Pablo Picasso, Frank Stella, Mark Andres, Bill Brewer, Sharon Bronzan, Sally Cleveland, Arless Day, George Johanson, Royal Nebekerm David Schell, Naomi Shigeta, Morgan Walker and Thomas Wood.
At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis 5PM-7:45 Free
Portland Arts Collective has paintings by Renée Zangara https://reneezangara.net/, Gardener's Palette. People may recognizer her work from the Biomass show. At the Portland Arts Collective https://www.portlandartscollective.org/ 122 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free
Dylan Hester all the way from St Paul presents I Can Hear These Sounds Just As Closely As You Can. According to their website: “Unique in their artistic vision and impulse, Dylan Hester’s practice presents an ongoing evolution of forms that paradoxically play within and dance around strict limits and open-ended aleatory perspectives that arise as the work overlaps, folds and creates conditions for mutual immersions and chaotic complexities. Being and doing what is possible continues to be key for Dylan and their practice.” Definitely not a copywriting award candidate. At After | Time Collective Gallery 730 SW 10th (enter on 9th) 6PM-9 Free
Blackfish has a large show by recent art school graduates, as is their custom. Much of the work is online now on their website.
All at Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Ros Vila splits time between Portland and Barcelona. She works with paint, photography, and mixed media. This show, El Retorn, is primarily minimalist ceramics.
At Writers Block. 818 NW Flanders 5PM-8 Early Close Free
Lisa Ellis https://www.lisamarieellis.com/ brings show Unexpected Focus, landscape paintings. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th 5PM-8 Free
RAAC hosts Friends of Noise presenting band Charliehorse PDX/NYC. Friends of Noise is an all ages presenter. "Charliehorse is a noise, folk, pop band from Portland, based in New York City, dedicated to making music for sad teen girls. Using improvisation, cups and knives, synths, and anything else they can find in their basement, Charliehorse hopes to express some of the weird stuff they can’t really describe with words but know exists." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD9BkZBeWsE. Latecomer after Seattle's Vera Project, Friends of Noise https://friendsofnoise.org/ in the parking lot by RAAC https://racc.org/ 411 NW Park Ave #101 6PM Free
Saturday, June 28, 2025
June 29 Art Brunch
The Horn of Africa is a large area with many diverse tribes and cultures. The area has had problems with war and drought. So they have a diaspora, including to Portland. A friend of mine grew up in India, an even vaster geography. So I asked them, how do you judge good Indian food? The answer is, if it is like my mother's. Likewise "Ethiopian food" in Portland is a mix of Horn of Africa sub-regions and family traditions.
Ethiopia and the region have a long well documented history worth a read. Colleagues worked on modern day Ethiopian elections. There are many peoples and many languages to be comprehended by the ballot process. The Tigray are a people and there has been a recent civil war with them.
There are international Tigray societies, and they do events, and art shows. It's not art school art, usually what we like. There is a Tigray Community of Oregon. They have an art show at L'Atelier Yaffe, and a big party with music, Wa'Ela Tigray, this weekend.
Today L'Atelier Yaffe hosts a brunch for the Tigray Art Collective amidst the art. It is also excellent to see Lagos PDX opening for music, food, and socializing. Red Sea 2.0 upscaled.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-over-brunch-film-screening-artist-talk-tickets-1381228554789
Tigray art show brunch reception, at https://www.atelieryaffe.com/ 111 NE MLK BLVD, Suite 104. Noon $20, reservations required
Ethiopia and the region have a long well documented history worth a read. Colleagues worked on modern day Ethiopian elections. There are many peoples and many languages to be comprehended by the ballot process. The Tigray are a people and there has been a recent civil war with them.
There are international Tigray societies, and they do events, and art shows. It's not art school art, usually what we like. There is a Tigray Community of Oregon. They have an art show at L'Atelier Yaffe, and a big party with music, Wa'Ela Tigray, this weekend.
Today L'Atelier Yaffe hosts a brunch for the Tigray Art Collective amidst the art. It is also excellent to see Lagos PDX opening for music, food, and socializing. Red Sea 2.0 upscaled.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-over-brunch-film-screening-artist-talk-tickets-1381228554789
Tigray art show brunch reception, at https://www.atelieryaffe.com/ 111 NE MLK BLVD, Suite 104. Noon $20, reservations required
Friday, June 27, 2025
June 28 Ephemeral Junk
Mars Ibarreche brings collage art, sometimes including words, in a graphic art style, with show The Ephermeral and the Enduring.
At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders 3PM-5 Free
The Junk Show is a large group show with fifty artists. It happens four times a year. Very large and social. It was originally scheduled in the SE Industrial District. They moved it to ad agency Nemo Design who have hosted some epic art and music shows in the wayback. The Junk Show at 1875 SE Belmont 6PM-10 Free
At I Love You 2 - ILY2 https://ily2online.com/ 925 NW Flanders 3PM-5 Free
The Junk Show is a large group show with fifty artists. It happens four times a year. Very large and social. It was originally scheduled in the SE Industrial District. They moved it to ad agency Nemo Design who have hosted some epic art and music shows in the wayback. The Junk Show at 1875 SE Belmont 6PM-10 Free
Thursday, June 26, 2025
June 27 Cloud Atlas
Building 5 at the NW Marine Art Works welcomes resident artists. Look at what they have done and bring your proposals to fill the large space.
Val Britton https://valbritton.com/ is RSID & CCA minted, and now, a Portland artist. Her work is usually flat large paintings with pale ragged shapes in triangular meshes. She has done many public and interior works, including some 3D. With this space, the shapes are 3D and suspended, a cloud atlas.
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th Two day show. Friday 5PM-7 Saturday noon-5 Free
Val Britton https://valbritton.com/ is RSID & CCA minted, and now, a Portland artist. Her work is usually flat large paintings with pale ragged shapes in triangular meshes. She has done many public and interior works, including some 3D. With this space, the shapes are 3D and suspended, a cloud atlas.
At NW Marine Art Works https://www.nwmarineartworks.com/ Building5 https://www.buildingfive.org/ 2516 NW 29th Two day show. Friday 5PM-7 Saturday noon-5 Free
June 26 Ancestors Creature Walk
Adelina Ruvalcaba, recent PNCA MFA, brings I Am de Mis Antepasadas, ceramics. At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free
It is last Thursday on Alberta. The street will be closed from 15th to 30th for your walking pleasure.
Nucelus and Nucleus House continue.
Group galleries Alberta Street Gallery, Guardino, Alberta Studios, and Flight 64 will likely be open. Not sure about Souvenir.
Character Traits is a show of character arts by Kristen Egan, Jade, Kin Slate, and Nastia Calaca. Joining the fray are Wylee Risso and Tripper Dungan.
At Antler & Talon Gallery www.antlerpdx.com 2714 NE Alberta 6pm-9 Free
Form and Function is at Blind Insect 2841 NE Alberta 5:30PM-9 Free
It is last Thursday on Alberta. The street will be closed from 15th to 30th for your walking pleasure.
Nucelus and Nucleus House continue.
Group galleries Alberta Street Gallery, Guardino, Alberta Studios, and Flight 64 will likely be open. Not sure about Souvenir.
Character Traits is a show of character arts by Kristen Egan, Jade, Kin Slate, and Nastia Calaca. Joining the fray are Wylee Risso and Tripper Dungan.
At Antler & Talon Gallery www.antlerpdx.com 2714 NE Alberta 6pm-9 Free
Form and Function is at Blind Insect 2841 NE Alberta 5:30PM-9 Free
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