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In the lull between Summer and Fall, the Time-Based Art Festival takes place. The annual event is known for presenting visually stimulating performances, videos, talks, workshops, and exhibitions across the city. Artists from up and down the West Coast, including Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles, will be highlighted, making this year a regional spectacle. This year, the iconic Portland festival will be spread across 10 days, Sept 4-14, so you have plenty of time to attend one, some, or all the programming. Go with friends, make it a romantic or platonic date, or even bring your kids this year, since some showtimes have been pushed up; you don’t even need to call the babysitter. Or go alone, but do go to something! You don’t want to be the person who didn’t go this year or doesn’t know firsthand the magic that is TBA. Not to mention the after-hour hangs that commence once the show ends, allowing you to discuss what you just saw, thoughts and feelings, etc, etc, etc. Even if you can’t linger after a show, make sure to plan to attend the after-hours Dirty Thirty Closing party (yes, PICA is growing up like the rest of us & celebrating turning 30 this year.) We’re excited to collaborate with PICA to share what’s happening throughout the festival, so keep an eye out for what’s to come and what we’re seeing!
A beautiful evening visiting, Slip Condition a site-specific installation by Los Angeles–based artist Lily Clark @lilyyill, presented in collaboration with Marta Los Angeles @marta.losangeles staged across the oak woodlands of Antica Terra in Amity, Oregon. A variety of sculptures that utilized rocks, water, and magnetic forces that initiated movement and explored themes of containment, motion, and energy. Glasses of wine poured by @antica_terra only helped us linger in effortless contemplation as we watched the sunset and threw gifted seed balls with wildflowers into the wind, dispersing on the grounds. Plus, a fun ride up and back on ATV golf carts through the vineyards. Thank you Rachel and Antica Terra team for inviting us and hosting magical experience. ✨🌳🪨💧🍷🍇🌅 #artandaboutpdx #portlandartscene #sitespecific #sitespecificinstallation #lilyclark #waterart #sculpture #martalosangeles #anticaterra
dance apron, Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) 📍Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 417 NW 9th Ave., Portland ⏳Hours: Tues-Sat, 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 🗓️ September 4 - October 11, 2025 ✨Opening reception: September 4, 5:30 - 7:30 pm 🎟️ Free to the public dance apron, is Sara Siestreem’s (Hanis Coos) second solo exhibition at Elizabeth Leach Gallery. Featuring sculpture, installation works, and Siestreem’s most ambitiously scaled paintings to date, dance apron represents a continuation and evolution of the artist’s multifaceted practice. In dance apron, Siestreem examines themes of land, culture, and identity, combining traditional forms and media with contemporary art practices. The exhibition underscores Siestreem’s commitment to ecological and social justice, Indigenous feminism and survivance, and the continued expansion of her visual language, making hers a leading voice in contemporary art on this land mass. Siestreem’s multidisciplinary practice is rooted in ecological and social justice, and her works draw inspiration from the land, the fight for women’s rights, and her Indigenous heritage. Her visual language is grounded in patterns drawn from the Coos weaving tradition and a specific color palette, which Siestreem calls her “first language.” As such, these new works carry intentional and layered meanings, infusing each work with both personal and collective resonance. 🔻 image featured: crazy quilt, 2016-2025, acrylic, graphite, color pencil, Xerox transfer on panel boards, 60 x 84” #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland #pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #artgallery #artgallerypdx #travelportland SaraSiestreem #HanisCoos #ElizabethLeachGallery
Justin L’Amie | Dismal Nitch Polyphemus Moth 📍 PDX Contemporary Art 🗓️September 10 - October 4, 2025 ✨Opening reception, Saturday, September 13 from 3-5 pm (RSVP encouraged) The works in this exhibition are inspired by a gift to the artist of a Polyphemus moth. The moth was found at the Dismal Nitch rest area, a cove in Washington along the lower Columbia River and notable as the Lewis and Clark Expedition’s last campsite before sighting the Pacific Ocean. Over the next couple years, L’Amie made many drawings of the moth and credits these drawings in helping him find excitement, meaning, and inspiration from the natural world. Also during this time, he began falling more in love with different kinds of art and artists: Japanese prints, Morris Graves, Odilon Redon, naturalist drawings, folk art, early manuscripts, and codices. These artistic influences have shaped L’Amie’s practice through the years as he renders flowers, moths, birds, insects, and creatures of all kinds into his compositions with a dexterous hand and gentle sensibility. The works are a reflection of his fascination and adoration with the natural world, capturing its tender resilience in both beauty and darkness. 🌕🦋Moon Moth 🐍🍄‍🟫The Snake of Warm Welcome 🪶🍃Bramble Bird 🖌️All #watercolor and gouache on paper and made in 2025 #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland #pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #artgallery #artgallerypdx #travelportland #artistsupportartists #justinlamie #pdxcontemporaryart
Cascades, Chris Lael Larson 📍The Purple Door Gallery 3557 SE Division Street, Portland OR 97202 🗓️ September 6 – October 12, 2025 ✨ Opening reception: Friday, September 6, 6:00 PM ⏳ Hours: Sun / Wed / Thur: 2-6 pm. Fri / Sat: 2-8 pm Free to the public “Cascades” at Purple Door Gallery: A Vibrant, Immersive Collision of Nature and Art — Step into a surreal forest 🌳 of paint, 🎨 light,💡 and found materials in this solo exhibition. Purple Door Gallery invites you into a vivid, surreal, and deeply sensory world with “Cascades,” an experimental new solo show by Chris Lael Larson, on view from September 6 through October 12. Cascades isn’t your typical landscape show — it’s a ritualistic, shape-shifting exploration of the Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast, where boundaries between photography, sculpture, and painting are constantly blurred, broken, and rebuilt. Each piece invites the viewer to get lost in a layered terrain of color, texture, shadow, and light, where the natural world is reimagined through studio experimentation and gestural expressionism. Cascades is designed to be more than an exhibition — it’s an invitation to pause, wander, and get immersed. Each work asks viewers to look closely, to lose their bearings, and to consider how we experience the world around us. With its unusual materials, dreamlike compositions, and recursive structure, the show reflects the messy, layered brilliance of the natural world itself. #artandaboutpdx #chrislaellarson #thepurpledoorpdx
THE NO VACANCY WINDOW GALLERY 🪟 📍Old Town PDX 🗓️SEPT 4 - DEC 1 The No Vacancy Window Gallery has transformed Portland’s historic Old Town Chinatown neighborhood into a vibrant, accessible, and free open-air art gallery featuring local Portland artists. Seventeen boarded-up storefronts have been converted into dynamic exhibition venues, creating a continuous art corridor that begins at the iconic White Stag building and guides visitors throughout Old Town’s culturally rich streetscape. The No Vacancy Window Gallery is a collaboration between the Old Town Community Association, elle Gallery, and Field States. Together, we are creating a bold new model for culture-driven streetscapes, proving that art accessibility and economic development can work hand in hand to create lasting positive change in Portland. Curator Lauren Lesueur is a multi-media Artist and Founder of ODE Artist Wellness Initiative, elle Gallery and Portland Tastemakers Market. elle Gallery hosts a collective of local Artists work, monthly solo exhibitions and events that foster togetherness. No Vacancy Window Gallery Artists Franz ‘N Family Footwear Tylor Rogers Jasper York Mark Anthony Brown Jr. Ruby Webb Adia Marie Gibbs Shadrach Subah See King Anthony Roberto Julie Lai amen, amen. Studio Wesley James Ryan Swedenborg Katharine T. Jacobs Lauren Lesueur Anastasio Wrobel Kim Smith Claudel #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland #pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #artgallery #artgallerypdx #travelportland #artistsupportartists #ellegallery
Warp Speed: Contemporary Conversations in Fiber 📍PNCA - 511 NW Broadway @p_n_c_a @ccac_pnca ✨PUBLIC RECEPTION: Thursday, September 4th, 5-8pm ⏳GALLERY HOURS: Monday - Saturday, 10am-4pm 🗓️DURATION: September 4 - October 26, 2025 The Center for Contemporary Art and Culture at the Pacific Northwest College of Art is proud to present Warp Speed: Contemporary Conversations in Fiber. Featuring new, contemporary works in fiber from 5 Portland-based artists: Carolyn Hazel Drake, Michael Espinoza, Abbie Miller, Melissa Monroe, and Joshua Sin, presented alongside historic fiber works from the former Museum of Contemporary Craft Collection, Warp Speed spans over five decades of fiber innovation and artistry. Presented in conjunction with Portland’s Textile Month @portlandtextilemonth, Warp Speed blends historic fiber works alongside innovative use of fiber and textile-based artwork, including disparate techniques and material applications, ranging from hanging interactive sculpture to tufted furniture. Each of the five Portland-based artists follow the inquiries present in their rich practices, to colorful and textural ends. Individual artist inquiries include: matrilineal heritage, queer sexuality and community, textile history and production, wonder and play, and cultural symbol and ceremony. #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland #pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #travelportland #artistsupportartists #fiber #textile
Promise Me Everything, mixed media work by Randall Slaughter 🌀 📍Happy Anyway Gallery + Shop, 3125 SE Belmont Street 🗓️ August 8 - October 6, 2025 Cleveland artists, Randall Slaughter and Cheryl Andrey will be in Portland to open their concurrent shows at Happy Anyway Gallery + Shop on SE Belmont Street. 📌

Slaughter’s show, PROMISE ME EVERYTHING, will hang in the main gallery and feature his colorful and energetic mixed media work. Andrey will be showing a small collection of her cosmic-themed cardboard assemblages in what the gallery calls a “sideshow”. @randallslaughter @cardboardsea @wearehappyanyway #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland#pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #artgallery #artgallerypdx #travelportland #artistsupportartists
Elizabeth Arzani @elarzani #Footnotes at @chefasprojects 🥏🥝🦷 These #tin sculptures are compelling in form — the curves and angels — directs the viewers gaze. You can also find hidden details, like contrasting patterns sneakily in these crevices. These wall sculptures are an exploration of color, form, and memory through material. #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland #pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #artgallery #artgallerypdx #travelportland #artistsupportartists
Angelo Scott “Omni Rail” presented with @picapdx for TBA:25 🗓️September 4 at ⏳ 6 PM taking plsce at the 511 Building home to @p_n_c_a In collaboration with PICA’s Time-Based Art Festival, Angelo Scott presents “Omni Rail,” an ambisonic, walk-through instrument designed from the stairwells, railings, and cable system of Portland’s historic 511 Building. Across three floors of PNCA, musicians strike, bow, or slide the instrument as it acts as its own speaker system, both metaphorically and physically. Angelo Scott is an interdisciplinary artist from the South currently living in Portland, OR and completing their BFA in Intermedia at PNCA. Their sonic compositions build shifting layers of melodic sentiments from splintering phrases, emphasizing irregularities in live sampling, synthesis, and insisting upon fleeting swells of emotive expression as a passage through intricate patterns in overwhelming soundscapes. Photo of Angelo Scott by Christopher Paul Klarer #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #TBA #tba25 #timebasedart #picatba #artinpdx #artinportland #pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pacificnorthwest #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #travelportland
We have a new 🌟mini interview🌟 on the site today with Margaux Ogden @maggie_ogden & Tess Bilhartz @tess_bilhartz in conjunction with their show “Blonde on Blonde” at SE Cooper Contemporary @secoopercontemporary Both accomplished artists and close friends, the show brings together their unique blend of contrasting techniques and approaches. Their rich friendship forms a uniting bond between the two. Along with their shared passion for art and their admiration for Bob Dylan. In fact, the exhibition’s title is a direct nod to their love for Dylan’s music. A key theme in both artists’ work is transformation. Bilhartz explores the ephemeral through surrealist landscapes and portrait, while Ogden presents bold, crisp, and vibrant geometric designs. Blonde on Blonde beautifully showcases how these two friends, with their distinctive styles, are united by their creative process and a shared desire to create. A reminder that art can transform both the artist and the viewer’s experience of the world. #artandaboutpdx #portlandartscene #artistinterview
We’ve picked up our bowl 🥣 from @themudroompdx 🪨 It’s the perfect shade of #blue 🩵 A couple #Reels ago we went to the “Try It” Wheel Throwing Classes. The Mud Room @themudroompdx has a great selection of classes at both their North and Southeast Portland studios. #artandaboutpdx #themudroompdx #ceramics #pottery #wheelthrowing
Christian Alborz Oldham, Having no talent is not enough @societysocietysociety 📌August 23 - November 15, 2025 ✨ Closing party with the artist November 15, 5-7pm + more updates from the space online or via newsletter. SOCIETY is for art, its discourses and histories. #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland#pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #artgallery #artgallerypdx #travelportland #artistsupportartists
🌿🪵✨Terrain: a land art experience ✨🪵🌿 🗓️Final weekend: August 22, 23, and 24, 2025 📍Building 5 (2516 NW 29th Avenue, Portland, OR) ⏱️Timed-entry each day from 11 am until 5 pm Terrain artists were prompted by the dynamic history of what lies around and beneath Building 5. This site used to be home of Guild’s Lake and wetlands connecting Forest Park and the Willamette River. TERRAIN artists: Intisar Abioto, Midnite Abioto, Lauren Carrera, Rose Covert, Santigie Fofana-Dura, Sapata Fofana-Dura, Pamela Hadley, Erinn Kathryn, Daniela Naomi Molnar, Jocelyn Rice, Philip A. Robinson, Jr., Clairissa Stephens, Amanda Triplett, Alice Christine Walker, and Beth Wilson. TERRAIN curators: Tammy Jo Wilson, Kendra Roberts, Clairissa Stephens August 23, 4pm Artist talks with Lauren Carrera and Jocelyn Rice August 24, 3:30pm Artist talks with Midnite Abioto and Philip A. Robinson, Jr. Closing performance by Alice Christine Walker at 4:30pm. 🎟️Tickets are on a sliding scale and proceeds will be split among the participating artists. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.🎟️ #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland#pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings
A relaxing Sunday afternoon visiting @p_a_r_t_l_y browsing their books, art, ceramics by @martinathornhill and focused collection of apothecary goods + @musiqueplastique selection of tapes and records. #artandaboutpdx #portlandoregon #artandculture #partly #musiqueplastique #ceramics #art #bookstore #thisisportland #northeastportland #pdxartandculture #artandaboutpdxguide
At 711 #openstudio last night. 1-2. @nimdaghlian 3-4. #marthadaghlian 5. @patboasart 6. @ehaidle 7. @banankoen 8-9. @klikewise4u 10. @idoradon 11. @societysocietysociety 12. Lights in the kitchen 13. #aperolspritz 14-15. @motherfoucaultsbooks #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland#pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #artgallery #artgallerypdx #travelportland #artistsupportartists
Rug Farm by Ricky Bearghost 🪢🪏 📍Elbow Room 318 SE Main St Suite 125 Portland OR 97214 🗓️ Date: August 17 -October 3, 2025 ✨Opening reception: Sunday August 17, 2025 from 3-6pm ⏳ Hours: Fridays from 2-5pm Elbow Room invites you to join us for Rug Farm, the first (and long overdue) solo exhibition for studio artist Ricky Bearghost. Over the past decades, Ricky has become well known for making vibrant, expressive weavings strung with rainbow pony beads and found and scrounged materials. Working on the loom, Ricky commands the cohesive power of warp and weft, drawing color, texture, juxtaposition, language, and chance encounters into unique gravitational fields. Recently, Ricky has been expanding his textile practice by hand stitching woven panels into colossal garments, and hand-carving wooden furniture with woven chair seats. Ricky is an enthusiastic participant during weekly summer outings to Elbow Room’s community farm plot , often being the first to get down in the dirt pulling weeds and planting. His excitement for garden projects can spill over into his work back at the studio with names of seasonal produce frequently cropping up in his characteristically text-heavy drawings and his foodie collages, each page a veritable feast. #artandaboutpdx #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #artinportland#pdx #portland #portlandoregon #pnw #pacificnorthwest #whattodothisweekendpdx #pdxartgalleries #discoverart #artblog #artplatform #arthappenings #artgallery #artgallerypdx #travelportland #artistsupportartists
Portland Lesbian Choir Community Concert at 📍Oregon Jewish Museum 🗓️ August 21 from 7 - 8:30 p.m ✨ Doors open for seating at 6:30pm. The concert will begin at 7:00 and run for approximately 75 minutes, including a 10-minute intermission. members of the Portland Lesbian Choir bring to life the sounds of this grassroots feminist movement — from Tracy Chapman to Bob Dylan, Melissa Etheridge, and Elton John — music that once galvanized political resistance and forged community across Oregon. This program is presented as part of Outliers and Outlaws. In conjunction with their show, Outliers and Outlaws showcases the vibrant history of Eugene’s lesbian community from the 1960s through the 1990s. This groundbreaking project, developed through the Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project and shared with many as a museum exhibition, digital exhibition, digital archive, and full-length documentary film, captures the stories of 83 women who were instrumental in shaping the city’s social and political landscape. The exhibition highlights an extraordinary period when Eugene was known as a “lesbian mecca,” creating a unique community that challenged traditional societal norms. At OJMCHE, visitors can dive into the history of the Jewish-Lesbian “Balabustas” community, including memories from the 1992 Freedom Seder organized around the opposition to the antigay Oregon ballot measure 9, which was eventually rejected by voters. #artandaboutpdx #portlandlesbianchoir #pride #portlandpride #summermusic #summerconcert
Still thinking about our visit to @minimartcitypark with @colleenrjcbratton work on view both inside the gallery and outside on the mural space 🐚🌿✨🦪💧🪶🪵 #artandaboutpnw #artandaboutsea #artandandaboutseattle #seattleartmuseum #seattleartscene #minimartcitypark #sculpture
@huthhayden at @fryeartmuseum 🪏🐍 #artandaboutpnw #artandaboutsea #artandandaboutseattle #seattleartmuseum #seattleartscene #hughhayden #fryeartmuseum