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A Fountain of Creativity 📍The Schnitzer Collection - 3033 Northwest Yeon Ave 🗓️November 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 ⏳Public Hours: Tuesday through Friday 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., group and educational tours available turing the day upon request via Eventbrite During the early twentieth century, the arts community in Oregon was small and, isolated, and offered offering few opportunities for artists to exhibit and sell their work. While the Portland community valued public engagement with arts and culture, establishing an art museum, symphony, and a public library, local artists were isolated from the wider national art community due to a lack of commercial gallery space to show and sell their work. Arlene’s son, Jordan Schnitzer, purchased his first work of art when he was fourteen years old. It was through her and her gallery that his initial acquisition turned into a lifelong pursuit to collect, share, and promote the visual arts. Jordan Schnitzer is now recognized as one of the Top 200 Collectors globally (ARTNews). His collection, one of the most notable in North America, functions as a living archive to preserve art for future generations and share it with the public through groundbreaking exhibitions, publications, and programs. Arlene Schnitzer was quoted as saying “a city without an art community has no soul.” Honoring her legacy and influence on the history of Portland, A Fountain of Creativity features a range of bold, evocative, and influential works created by Pacific Northwest artists from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation — many on public display for the first time. Featuring notable artists such as Louis Bunce, Carl Morris, Hilda Morris, Mike Russo, and Mel Katz, this original trio of exhibitions reflects the enduring legacy of Arlene Schnitzer and the Fountain Gallery and the ways that her work has helped feed the soul of Portland and of arts and culture across the state. @schnitzerfoundation #JordanSchnitzerFamilyFoundation #SchnitzerCollection #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

Fresh Connections: Antonius-Tín Bui 📍Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU - 1855 SW Broadway 📱Thursday, November 21, 2024 from 12-1 PM 📌RSVP: https://forms.gle/LbebpxQs8xWG8LFt9 @psu_museum_of_art JSMA at PSU, in collaboration with our university partners, invites you to the Fall 2024 Fresh Connections gallery discussion with visiting artist Antonius-Tín Bui, featured in the museum’s current exhibition, Color Outside the Lines from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Led and moderated by PSU students and faculty, the Fresh Connections program series spotlights community voices in dialogue with leading contemporary visual artists. This ongoing series seeks to engage our university community, inspire transdisciplinary connections through art, and empower students to play a critical role in shaping the future of intellectual and creative discourse at PSU. All Fresh Connections events are free and open to the public. Color Outside the Lines is curated by Maryanna G. Ramirez. Support for this exhibition is provided by Jordan Schnitzer and the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, JSMA at PSU Exhibition Circle, Richard and Helen Phillips Charitable Fund, and Elements Roofing. Image Credit: Antonius-Tín Bui, that a moment can be a monument, that the monumental can be this momentary, 2022, Hand-cut paper, ink, and paint, 76 x 42 inches, Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, Image courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago @buimonster #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx #fallartviewing

Join @gallery114 on Saturday, Nov 2 at 4:30pm for Hyphae’s closing event, featuring a music performance by @ne0lithh ✨ Neolith is sonic material unearthed, extricated, conjured from a vast internal geography. Noise artifacts emerge and give record to a layered and dense ground lithified through the slow pressures of time and witness. After the performance, the exhibition will close on a communal note, with a participatory sound piece created by Brian Zegeer in collaboration with the other exhibiting artists. Using augmented reality, visitors will point their cameras at works in the show to activate audio submitted by each artist, creating a spontaneous chorus made up of the “voices” of the artworks. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

Ghosts in the Void - Closing Exhibition and Performance 📍Building 5 at NW Marine Art Works 2516 NW 29th Ave, Portland, OR 🗓️Sunday, November 10, 3-6 pm 📌Performance begins at 4pm Ghosts in the Void takes its name from a chance encounter between the artist and a man who worked in Building 5 for 30 years, when it was a bustling machine shop creating large components for sawmills and dams. Standing in the emptiness of the space, he talked of the many ghosts in the palpable void. His clear and detailed memories provide the threads that are both woven together and unraveled to create an installation that touches on loss, absence, and the ghosts of our memory. Ghosts in the Void uses light, sound, ethereal paintings, and performance to call attention to the spiritual presence within this space—a space in which ghosts linger, machines no longer roar, and a buried lake lies beneath. Layered in complexity, it is a place in which yesterday’s technological optimism confronts the present moment: the profound depletion of the natural ecosystem amidst the lasting remains of a forgotten industry. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

Occulture Art Show: Dia de los Muertos 📍Past Lives Makerspace, 2808 SE 9th Ave, Portland, OR 🗓️11/1/2024 ⏳Hours: Friday 7pm-10pm Experience a unique group art show featuring a blend of local Pacific Northwest artists, creators from Past Lives Makerspace, and currently incarcerated artists. Showcasing an eclectic mix of mystical art and fine crafts—including paintings, encaustics, metalwork, ceramics, soft sculpture, drawings, and collage—the exhibition explores themes of surrender and the natural rhythms of life, death, and rebirth. This month’s show honors The Day of the Dead and includes a cultural sharing and an authentic Mexican folkloric dance performance by Ballet Papalotl. We warmly invite everyone to participate in our Community Ofrenda by bringing: -Framed photos of deceased loved ones 🖼️ -Offerings of their favorite flowers, items, or beverages 🥀 -Battery-operated tealights or candles 🕯️ We will also have a community table where you are invited to bring your departed loved one’s favorite food, snacks, or drinks to share. Please note: To honor the cultural significance of the event, we kindly request that patrons refrain from wearing costumes or sugar skull makeup. @pastlivesgallerypdx @balletpapalotl_portland ℹ️ featured image @whiteheartritualart #artandaboutpdx #art #artopening #artgallery #occulture #1stfriday #pastlivesgallery #pastlivesmakerspace #portlandnightlife #pdx #paganart #witchyart #occultart #gothicart #portlandfreeevent #eastsideartride #liveperformance #whattodothisweekendpdx #portlandartscene #dayofthedead #diadelosmuertos #danceperformance #mexicandance #folkloredance #mexicanculture #folclor

LAURIE DANIAL “Before My Very Eyes” 📍Froelick Gallery 🗓️On view now through November 30, 2024 ⏳Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 5:30 pm EXHIBITION EVENTS ✨First Thursday Reception: Nov 7, 5 – 8pm 🗣️Artist Talk: Saturday, Nov 9, 11am Laurie Danial’s latest body of work, “Before My Very Eyes” features new paintings and framed works on paper. Laurie Danial is known for her loose, gestural, abstract paintings and experimental practice. Starting new work comes naturally for Laurie, it’s the process, the “wrangling” that defines the work. As a painting develops, she describes the next discovery as “another rabbit hole to explore” - one mark leading to the next. It’s in the making that she filters through her day-to-day inspirations like her latest obsession with triangles, odd geometrical shapes, and moments of symmetry and repetition. “Before My Very Eyes” is an exhibition of spontaneous elements, captivating encounters, and harmonious conclusions. Laurie Danial received her art education from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Portland State University. She has been featured in numerous solo and group shows regionally and nationally since 1991, including at the G. Gibson Gallery (Seattle, WA), Portland Art Museum, Oregon Center for Contemporary Art (Portland, OR), Schneider Museum (Ashland, OR), University of Oregon (Eugene, OR). @froelick_gallery @lauriedanial #froelickgallery #froelickartgallery #portlandartist #portlandartgallery #FirstThursday #LaurieDanial #LaurieDanialartist #LaurieDanialpainter #portlandbasedartist #contemporaryartist #Portlandart #PortlandNorthCoastSeedStudios #SeedStudiosPortland #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

“A Light For Tomorrow”—For @pdxwlf tenth year, you’re invited to dive into the boundless world of technicolor transformation and explore how light shapes our future. Celebrating a decade of illuminating art and creativity. 🗓️This free and inclusive event will take place from February 7 - February 15, 2025 📍Various locations throughout the city. ⚓️Anchor Sites Open: February 7 & 8 and February 14 & 15 (Fridays and Saturdays only) 6 - 10 PM at Pioneer Courthouse Square, World Trade Center Plaza, and Electric Blocks. ✨Performances and Live Events: Times and specific locations will vary; see the schedule for details. ✨All Other Festival Pop-Up Locations: February 7 - 15, 6 - 10 PM unless otherwise noted 🗺️A comprehensive map with all locations and hours will be released in January. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

Sarah Tiedemann and Chris Whyte at 📍@decibel_drinks 🗓️ November 17, 2024 ⏳Sunday, 4:30-5:30PM 🎟️ Ticketed event ✨ 21 and over Third Angle New Music continues intimate concerts and craft cocktails in the John T. Montague Memorial Decibel Series. Sarah Tiedemann and Chris Whyte’s performance will highlight the oldest and the newest music 3A can perform. The duo will premiere a 2024 arrangement of Parallel Play by Sarah Kirkland Snyder which celebrates “embracing the vulnerability of motherhood.” The duo will also celebrate the 1974 piece Libertango by Astor Piazzolla, performing the nuevo tango staple just before it ages out of Third Angle’s 50 year window for programming. The program also includes music by Gareth Farr, Evan Williams, Alice Goméz, and Frédéric Devreese. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

Amy Bay // The Book of Love 🗓️October 25-December 1, 2024 ✨Opening reception Sunday, October 27 (1–3pm) 📍 @nationale The Book of Love is a meditation on the familiar comfort of floral motifs. This collection expands on Bay’s intimate portrayal of decorative scenes that unveil myriad webs of complexity and connection. The works are unapologetically lush, ripe with feminine symbolism that subverts traditional classification as merely docile and frivolous. For the artist, flowers instead shine as powerful arbiters of meaning. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx #floral #painting

Sondra Perry’s powerful video work, Black Girl as a Landscape, performed by Dionne Lee through December 15, 2024 at @oregoncontemporary Sondra Perry’s videos and performances foreground the tools of digital production as a way to critically reflect on new technologies of representation and to remobilize their potential. At once abstract and representational, the video Black Girl as a Landscape articulates Perry’s stated interest in the possibility of abstraction as a way of creating dimensionality that connections individual bodies to larger visual and environmental ecologies. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

The Only Way to Hold a Weight: Richard Serra Prints from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation 📍 @ojmche 🗓️10/26/2024-01/12/2025 ⏳Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11am-4pm Richard Serra (1938-2024) is best known for his monumental, rolled steel sculptures and architectural interventions. However, he maintained a vigorous drawing practice alongside the sculptural. Serra considered the drawings their own entities and not lesser companions to the sculptures. Serra’s prints similarly push the boundaries between two and three dimensions, creating a powerful interplay of form and space. This exhibition features 18 prints spanning his extensive career, showcasing his innovative use of black as a medium and a material that evokes a physical presence. The Only Way to Hold a Weight: Richard Serra Prints, is guest curated by Daniel Duford from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. 🎟️Adults $10; Seniors $6; Students $5; Members Free; Free admission for all First Sunday of each month ✨Exhibition Related Event: The Only Way To Hold A Weight: Curator Talk with Daniel Duford. Richard Serra may be best known for his steel sculptures, but he was also a prolific printmaker and drawer. Join Daniel Duford, curator of The Only Way to Hold a Weight: Richard Serra Prints from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, to learn more about the artist’s life and his lesser known–but equally impressive–2D works. Duford will also demonstrate the printmaking techniques Serra utilized that are on display in the exhibition. 📌November 21 | Event starts at 6 – 7:30pm, Doors open at 5:30pm | Location: OJMCHE | $5 for general, free for members with code on back of membership card.

Learn the art of crafting flying kites out of handmade Japanese mulberry paper in a Kite Making 🪁 Workshop on 🗓️November 16th at 🗓️Textile Hive! Invite your curiosity to explore how a kite can be created or how a flying sculpture can come to life. Led by Lucas Cantoni Jose, the workshop will introduce you to the materials and serve as an open invitation for everyone to learn together, sharing ideas and discoveries along the way. For Lucas, making a kite is more about finding a way to cast the feeling of the wind into a sculptural form. “It started from this personal connection with the wind,” they say, “the stories in the back of my head about wind’s presence and the spiritual connection you can have to it.”

Carnation Contemporary presents In-Carnation, an interstate cross-pollination with Seattle’s artist-run gallery, SOIL 📍Carnation Contemporary 8371 N Interstate Ave Portland @carnationcontemporary 🗓️November 2-30, 2024 ⏳Hours: Saturday-Sunday 12pm-5pm The exhibition conjures variations on memories from the mythological near-romance between the two cities. Portland was said to have fallen in love with Seattle, the goddess of Tokul of the Duwamish who then failed to return this love, eclipsed by her technocratic hyper-capitalist mindset. In retaliation, Portland sent for Seattle’s eyes to be plucked out and thrown to the ground. From this site of roiled SOIL, 24 carnation flowers grew to tell their own contemporary stories of love, loss, family, strength, tenacity and fragility. Exhibiting Artists: Iole Alessandrini, Nola Avienne, Sophia Lorraine Anderson, Tania Colette B., Colleen Louise Barry, Sofya Belinskaya, Colleen RJC Bratton, Erin Elyse Burns, Lee Davignon, Cameron Day O’Connell, Parisa Ghaderi, James Hartunian, Ben Hirschkoff, Jia Jia, Philippe Hyojung Kim, Margie Livingston, the monarq, Quinton Merada, quinn mcnichol, forrest perrine, Warren Pope, Tim Roda, Tara Tamaribuchi, Ellen Ziegler. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

Jeremy Okai Davis | from the stage, a calling… 📍 @elizabethleachgallery 🗓️November 7 - December 7, 2024 ✨First Thursday reception: November 7, 5:30 - 7:30 pm This new body of work explores the rich history of Black performance, drawing inspiration from the vibrant worlds of comedy, music, vaudeville and even magic. Davis seeks to capture the resilience, creativity, and joy that Black performers have brought to the stage, often against the backdrop of systemic oppression. Performance, for many Black artists, has always been more than just entertainment—it’s been a powerful form of expression, resistance, and identity. The parallels between this and his practice are undeniable. As a visual artist he feels inclined to educate himself through research and turn that into the performance of creation and exhibition much like this, from the stage, a calling emerges, where laughter, music, and movement become tools for expression and subversion. This calling is not just about the act of performance but about the deeper responsibility to reflect the complexities of the Black experience. For those who answered this call, the stage became a platform to challenge stereotypes, break boundaries, and create new narratives. Through his work, Davis aims to honor that legacy, capturing the spirit and impact of those who have used performance to reshape history. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

From Memory by Rae Brown 📍Well Well Projects - 8371 N Interstate Ave #1 @wellwellprojects 🗓️November 2-December 1, 2024 ⏳Hours: Saturday and Sunday 12-5pm “I want viewers to immerse themselves in my paintings, finding their own journey within the stories I tell. Each piece invites you to explore, creating a sense of calm and excitement, like wandering through a maze of adventures. Though I’m not a writer, I approach painting like storytelling—reluctant to finish because I enjoy unfolding the narrative. I often include figures in my work to bring it to life, allowing others to step into the scenes I’ve created. Some of my work, like Minimum Wage and Lemon Aide, offers political commentary on the greed and turmoil in today’s world. These stories need to be told, even when they’re difficult. I express these emotions through the faces in my paintings, hoping to convey what I feel when words aren’t enough.” @walkinpdx #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx

🗓️Wednesday October 16th, Virtual Artist Talk with David Onri Anderson - 5pm PST. 📌Register: http://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvceqgrTkpHND2C8A2q1t1H2SLpu3JHMUg#/registration 🔗Link also posted on the Gallery 114 website! 🍄‍🟫Ascending Stump Amanitas, acrylic and graphite on raw canvas, by David Onri Anderson

SALT / WATER, Roberta Lampert 📍Waterstone Gallery, 124 NW 9th Ave, Portland, OR 97209 🗓️November 6–December 1, 2024 ⌛️Hours: Weds-Sat 11 am-5:30 pm; Sunday: 11 am-4pm ✨First Thursday Opening Reception November 7, 5-8pm 🗣️Artist Talk November 17, 11am–12pm. 🐟Cascadia Composers event: November 14, 7pm A collection of new works by ceramist Roberta Lampert. For this exhibition, Lampert explores new sculptural forms, choosing to step outside her history of creating predominantly functional pieces. Combining her practice of salt firing and her attachment to the north coast of Oregon, Lampert’s pieces, including an installation of several dozen fish, represent the trajectory of life along our coastlines and waterways, and they embody her respect for the mystery and magic of water. In describing the recent shift in her creative process, Lampert writes “My depiction of ocean environments and coastal imagery have moved from the surface of my work to become the work”. Additionally, in cooperation with Cascadia Composers, Waterstone will host an evening of music and readings of works by former Oregon Poets Laureate on November 14th. Inspired by the work of former Poet Laureate Lawson Inada, Lampert created an installation symbolizing the desolation and isolation of the incarcerated Japanese Population of the Western United States during World War ll. She will speak about the art and her process at this event. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx #waterstone gallery, #salt-fired, #ceramics, #OregonPotters, #roberta lampert, #ceramics, #Salt fired, #fish, #Oregon

DRIVE WOLVES MAD 📍Performance Works NW, 4625 SE 67th Ave, Portland OR 🗓️October 18-19 2024 ⏳7:30pm show start both nights 🎟️Ticketed event! Bringing their recent debut to Portland for two nights only, Seattle duo Jenny Peterson and Kaitlin McCarthy present a dance work of horror, humor, and friendship. Told through their distinctive aesthetic of the unhinged and uncanny, DRIVE WOLVES MAD tracks the aftermath of an inciting event and ambiguous line between victim and perpetrator. A musical score by Jenny Peterson riffs on predatory pop songs, altering and abstracting them as an act of reclamation. Peterson/McCarthy’s journey seeks to transcend archetypes authored by men, finding their way to a place of survival and remediation–a way to exist in a context of their own creation. Through the dance they move from a place of dissociation into states of empowerment–which sometimes looks like camaraderie, sometimes wild physical abandon, and sometimes a complete release of the societal obligation to be a palatable, consumable feminine entity. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx @the.the.bonnies, @pwnwpdx, @onlymefairme, @kaitlinmmcc, #portlanddance, #dancepdx

SYNTHESIS mixed-media artist Sally Squire and sculptor Stephen Walter 📍Murdoch Collections Gallery @murdoch.collections 🗓️October 5-November 16 ✨Opening reception with both artists on Saturday, October 5 from 2-5 pm. These artists achieve a duet between organic forms and geometric structures. Squire’s intricate abstract compositions, elements made of porcelain, and other media unite in virtuosic patterns, evoking musical rhythms and the human heartbeat. Walter’s sculptures, composed of found and repurposed wood, alternate between biomorphic forms and the ordered regularity of the grid. These new bodies of artwork reference the lineages of mid-century modernism, hard-edge abstraction, and minimalism. #artandaboutpdx #artgallery #onviewpdx #portlandartscene #contemporaryart #pdxart #artinpdx #pdx #pnw #whattodothisweekendpdx #fallartguide

Threads of Time: Textile Legacies from Junin, Peru Opening Exhibit Party 🎉 Thursday, October 10 from 6-9 PM 📍Origins and Legacies Gallery by Textile Hive, 516 NW 14th Avenue 📌 Free and open to the public, RSVP at @portlandtextilemonth This exhibit showcases textiles collected by Andrea Aranow in Peru (1973 - 1980) and the stories of the Mantaro Valley artists who produced them. In her travels through Peru, fashion designer and textile collector Andrea Aranow was captivated by the stunning beauty of the landscape, the rich culture, and the continued use of handwoven clothing around her. After six months of serving as the regional textile researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Aranow felt called to do original fieldwork, collecting and documenting the region’s unique, creative textiles and dress. Aranow’s collection includes daily-use items like tapestries, mantas, and alto-relieve embroideries. These items, each a testament to the region’s history, feature heroic religious and military themes, with elements such as airplanes and flowers and distinct motifs and patterns. They serve as a unique connection to the past, preserving the historical significance of the region’s textiles. The resulting Peruvian collection curated and managed by Textile Hive comprises over 700 textiles and garments, thousands of field photos, Aranow’s research notes, video interviews, and lectures about her time living and collecting in Peru between 1973 and 1980. Cultural historians, fashion, and art enthusiasts will be mesmerized by the breadth and beauty of this never-shared-before collection.