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At the beginning of every month we send out a ✨must-see art #newsletter✨ to our subscribers. Are you one of them? Yes? — hi there, and thank you for being here. No? - what are you waiting for? Sign up at 📧 artandaboutpdx.com/newsletter 📫 to get The Latest in what art to see or events to attend in Portland and the greater Pacific Northwest. Impress your friends with our comprehensive newsletter and/or let it guide you to explore more art related happenings on your own. Since 2014 𝒜𝓇𝓉 & 𝒜𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 has documented and shared art exhibitions and events in Portland, the greater Pacific Northwest, and beyond. We found our beginning sharing art experiences from our daily life. Through our practice and interaction within our community, we’ve become known as *the go-to resource* for artists and art lovers. 💚If you enjoy our presence on social, the monthly newsletter etc. 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝒿𝑜𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒫𝒶𝓉𝓇𝑒𝑜𝓃. 💚 www.patreon.com/artandaboutpdx Xoxo #artandaboutpdx #contemporaryartjournal #pdxart #blogger #artandculture #contemporaryart #patreon #creator
jeff, ahuva s. zaslavsky 📍after/time collective - 735 SW 9th #110 🗓️April 4-27, 2025 ✨Opening Reception: First Friday, April 4, 2025 6-9 pm 📌Schedule of events: Leviathan - a dance performance: Friday, April 11, 2025 at 7 pm Washed Ashore: A Cento Poetry Workshop led by Ash Good: Sunday, April 13, 2-4 pm 🎭Poetry Reading: Sunday, April 13, 4-5 pm 🗣️Artist Talk hosted by V Maldonado: Saturday, April 19, 6-8 pm ✏️Life Drawing: Sunday, April 27, 1-4pm a solo exhibition by artist ahuva s. zaslavsky. This multimedia exhibition delves into the eternal tide between creation and collapse, where the forces of nature and human ambition intertwine. Drawing upon the mythology of the golem and the leviathan, zaslavsky explores the remnants of past structures and the emergence of new forms. What remains after collapse? The fragmented works serve as both elegy and prophecy, mapping the spaces between decay and regeneration. Repurposing artworks into new forms is an act of continuous creation—one that acknowledges destruction not as an end, but as a vital part of the creative process. Just as ruins provide the foundation for new structures, past works become raw material for new works, carrying their histories across mediums. In jeff, zaslavsky engages in an ongoing dialogue between past and present, presence and absence. Each layer, fragment, and reassembled element carries traces of its former self, yet emerges anew. In this way, repurposing is not just an act of preservation, but of possibility. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx
Soliloquy fine arts presents INTERTWINED, an exhibition of original art and poetry exploring the relationships we have with the greater world and each other. 📍Soliloquy fine arts - 2232 SE Clinton Street ✨First Friday, April 4 from 6-8 p.m. 🗓️April 4 - May 16, 2025 ⏳Hours: Thursday, Friday 2-5 p.m. 🆓 to the public Featuring a collaboration between groups of West Coast artists and writers and including video installations in the garage annex, this is our contribution to EKPHRAESTIVAL 2025, a celebration of word & image in honor of April’s National #Poetry Month. Soliloquy will be hosting 4 evenings of poetry readings throughout April and May, with the schedule of individual readers available at soliloquyfinearts.com. 👀Stay tuned @soliloquyfinearts + @ekphraestivalpdx. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx #soliloquyfinearts #ekphraestivalpdx
Bodies in Blotter 📍Carnation Contemporary - 8371 N Interstate Ave #3 🗓️April 5-27, 2025 ⏳Sat–Sun, 12–5 PM & by appointment A multimedia and multi-sensory exhibition featuring works by Megita Denton, Sarah Pagliaro, and Jeremy Rotsztain. This reconception of the Carnation space invites respite via all the senses, an installation in which the body is supported, celebrated, and simultaneously dissolved into another, softer, world. Drawing on both the visual elements and context of the works, the artists hope that viewers will drop in to the environment and give permission for the colors, textures, scents, and sounds to alter their reality, if only for a little while. By invoking the psychological freedom of a hallucinogenic trip, Bodies in Blotter holds space for mesmerizing visuals, sensory stimulation, and the imagination of alternate realities. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx @megitadentonart @anthem_and_object @threevertices @carnationcontemporary
Join curator Ori Z Soltes, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, and Kitra Cahana for a conversation about Survival and Intimations of Immortality: The Art of Alice Lok Cahana, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, and Kitra Cahana moderated by Rachel Stern. 📍Oregon Jewish Museum - 724 NW Davis St ⏳Thursday, March 27; 4:30pm-6pm 🎫Admission fee This unique and powerful exhibition explores the role of art and creativity, bringing the past into the present by focusing on three generations of artists from the same family. The artists and curatorial team will share their insights about the work in the exhibition, how the show was made and the impact its had, and share more insight into the remarkable life and work of Holocaust survivor Alice Lok Cahana. #ojmche #curatortalk #artandaboutpdx
TRIBUTARY II: Flow from Humanity 31 Artists and 35 original works that carve rivers. The sheerness, luminosity, and the life force of water is carved into the backdrop of this collection. Additionally, this theme revealed a surprising degree of darkness, echoing the depth in bodies of water and perhaps symbolizing dark shadows and hidden things (in the unsaid and the shadows). 📍Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, 1513 SE 42nd, Portland, OR 97215 🗓️March 29th-April 30th ⏳Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 11-5 #artandaboutpdx #artopeinginportland #hawthorne
Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue @adamsandollman Katherine Bradford, Gina Fischli, Alfred Jensen, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Ingrid Yi-Chen Lu, Ian Miyamura, Marlon Mullen, Ralph Pugay, Bill Traylor
ja’ / buuts’ / t’aan (Water / Smoke / Word) by Patricia Vázquez Gómez ✨Opening Reception today! Saturday, March 22, from 12-4 PM. ✨ 📍Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) Annex, 15 NE Hancock St 🗓️March 13 – May 31. 🎬Runtime: Timed Entry. This piece will run in 45-minute increments and start at the top of each hour. (free). ⏳Hours: Thursdays 5-8 PM, Fridays 12-6 PM, Saturdays 12-4 PM. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx
Breathing. Room @thelobbyatellenbrowning featuring: Jeff Elrod, Naotaka Hiro, Kwangho Lee, Kwon Young-Woo, Ranjani Shettar, Tsai Yun-Ju. ⏳Tues-Sat, 10 AM – 2PM or by appointment #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx
A Stone in a Field 🪨🌾 Works from the Miller Meigs Collection at lumber room @lumberroompdx Will be ruminating on all these #minimalist works for a bit…A beautiful collection of works on view - heavy hitters like #yvesklein #yayoikusama #louisbourgeois #donaldjudd alongside equally formidable names such as #sarahbraman #lyndabenglis #dorothearockburne #agnesmartin #artandaboutpdx #portlandartscene #lumberroompdx
“wanna go look at art?” #firstthursdaypdx highlights and Southeast Portland gallery opening 🇻🇳 @elizabethleachgallery Dinh Q. Lê: A Survey 1995 - 2023 🏁 @ninegallerypdx Girls Just Wanna Lay The Smackdown, Zeinab Saab @zeinab.saab 🪵 @blueskygallerypdx Lost Landscapes by Debra Achen & Charlotta María Hauksdóttir 🦋@secoopercontemporary Donald Morgan: Tomorrow was Yesterday @donaldlloydmorgan
Catalyst, by Kay Henning Danley @kaydanleyartist 📍Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan, Portland Oregon (Downstairs) 🗓️April 3-27, 2025 ⏳Hours: Thursday-Sunday 12-5 🗣️Artist talk on Saturday, April 19 at 2 pm. Danley’s large oil paintings convey dreamlike imagery that evoke memory, imagination, and an invitation for the viewer to experience her paintings as a personal narrative. The paintings in Catalyst include a focus on the human figure in an inventive environment, as well as the equine species in their surroundings. Of primary importance is the observation of the two species and the connection of figures to each other and to their specific situation. Danley shows her work throught the Pacific Northwest. Her work can be found in many privat4e collections throughout the U.S. and Germany. Danley’s most recent awards include first place for her painting “Veiled”, in the 2023 Artworks Northwest Biennial. Danley work has in the collection of the U.S. State Department program of art in the Embassies, most notable in the Thai Embassy. Danley is a Portland native and works out of her studio at NW Marine Artworks @nwmarineartworks #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx #contemporarypainting #northwestpainters #figurativepainters
@secoopercontemporary Donald Morgan: Tomorrow was Yesterday 🦋 #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx
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A couple weeks ago at Old Fashioned Garage Gallery opened and had their first show and opening reception 🎲MUD! By Dina No @dina_ceramic_soap 🎲
DREAM JUICE, a multimedia group show curated by Erika Callihan, including work from twenty-five artists exploring ideas that originated in dreams. 📍Paragon Arts Gallery at PCC Cascade 🗓️ March 7 - April 12, 2025 ⏳ W-F 12-7; S 12-5 ✨ Opening on Friday, March 7th, 2025 from 5-8p. Gallery will open at 12pm and close at 8pm. In the same way that dreams reveal a seemingly limitless array of elements and themes, the scope of this surprising and playful exhibition includes: paintings, drawings, collages, performances, photos, prints, songs, zines, videos, lamps, pillows, cookies, cake, candy, snacks, and a semi-functional papier-mâché “dating app.” Participating artists: Sophia Baraschia-Ehrlich, Laura Bartram, Erika Callihan, Jesse Carston, Imaginal Cells: Erin Aquarian + Nathan Hill, Sean Christensen (Phull Collums), Rachel Corry, Lindsay Costello, sd, Martha + Ním Daghlian, Kristen Diederich, Indigo Free, Kye Grant, Rainen Knecht, Eva Knowles, Josephine Lacosta, Rose Lewis, Biz Miller, Judy Myong Acupuncture, Salty Xi Jie Ng, Gili Rappaport, Dawn Riddle, Half Shadow, Anke Schüttler, Swinging, Jasmine Wood EVENTS: Friday, March 7th, 5-8pm -Exhibition opening event, with musical and dance performances by Half Shadow and Kye Grant, and Dorians (Dream Cookies) by Martha and Ním Daghlian Thursday, March 13th, 5-7pm- Dream reading: read aloud group with Erika Callihan and tarot reading with Rose Lewis. Dream snacks and dream interpretation group with Josephine Lacosta Friday 3/14 7-8pm The Comfort In by Sean Christensen: performance Friday 3/21 6-8pm Listen In: Sound bath with Imaginal Cells (Erin Aquarian and Nathan Hil)l and ear seeds with licensed acupuncturist Judy Myong Acupuncture. Friday 3/28 7-8pm Twin peaks episode with live score by Swinging Thursday, 4/3, 5-7 Found Fruits Dream Drawing Group with Erika Callihan Friday 4/11- Closing Event, TBD ✨opening event on Friday, March 7th, 2025 from 5-8p. Gallery will open at 12pm and close at 8pm.
Semi-Learned Borrowings Hoffecker Mejía 📍Well Well Projects - 8371 N Interstate Ave #1 🗓️March 1-30, 2025 In Semi-Learned Borrowings Hoffecker Mejía assembles discarded elements into unified but contrasting compositions. Aspects of commercial packaging, plastic, and wood scrap, sit next to welded steel, and laser cut plexiglass. The configurations borrow and contort modernist tropes, with a head nod to lineages of Latin American abstraction. Born in Bogotá, Colombia and raised in the United States, the works are a meditation on belonging, difference, estrangement and hierarchies of representation A ‘Semi-Learned Borrowing’ is a linguistic term for a word that is partially adapted from a classical language into a modern language. The word is changed to fit the phonology and typography of the language it is borrowed into. Semi-learned borrowings are reshaped based on sound changes in the language they are borrowed into, they are loanwords adopted from one language and used in another without translation.
Maryann Puls, A Collection 📍Laura Vincent Design & Gallery - 824 NW Davis St, Portland, OR 🗓️March 6-29, 2025 ⏳Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5:30 pm ✨First Thursday Opening Reception, March 6, 5-8 pm This body of work focuses on the placement of numerous and random visual components that have caught my attention and I have collected in a box, notebook or memory. Elements I feel compelled to arrange, combine and complete into a meditative form. @mpulsartist #maryannpuls #mpulsartist #abstractart #pdxartist #acollection #mixedmedia
Holding Space, Rebecca Boraz 📍 Froelick Gallery 🗓️ March 6 - April 12, 2025 ✨Opening Reception, Thursday, March 6, 5 - 8 pm 🗣️Artist Talk, Saturday, March 15, 11 am ⏳Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 5:30pm The show intricately weaves together themes of psychological presence and physical form, inviting viewers to engage with the delicate interplay of vulnerability and intimacy through her prints and porcelain pieces. Each creation captures the essence of offering a safe, non-judgmental environment for connection, while also showcasing mastery of shape, line, and contrast. The exhibition serves as a contemplative journey, encouraging reflection on the profound experience of coexistence and the quiet strength inherent in being truly present with one another. @froelick_gallery @rebeccaboraz #froelickgallery #firstthursday #portlandartgallery #rebeccaboraz #printmaker #portlandartist