CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Over the years Portland’s art scene has expanded widely, and continued to persist even through a global pandemic. PADA & ORVAA work hard to promote openings, exhibitions and events all throughout the Portland Metro Area and greater State of Oregon. Events can be attended at galleries and institutions on any given night of the week.
First Thursday, Portland’s flourishing art walk, was initiated thirty years ago by the founding members of PADA. During this year-round, monthly event, galleries in and around the Pearl District and Northwest host opening receptions for new exhibitions. Many PADA members continue to follow the First Thursday schedule—keeping the tradition alive—while also having events throughout the month as well.
Pomegranate Doyle - Imaginary Friends | through Dec 27
Mae Al-Jiboori - Settling In | through Dec 27
Group Show - Winter Solstice | through Dec 27
Group Show - Holiday Benefit Exhibition | through Dec 27
Upcoming:
Group Show - Layered Perceptions | through Jan 31
Paula Bullwinkle & Libby Wadsworth - New Members Show | through Jan 31
Carol Benson - Peregrinations | through Jan 31
First Thursday Opening Reception | Jan 8, 5-8pm
Artist Talk | Jan 17, 2-3pm
Group Show - 35 Trips Around the Sun: Members' Anniversary Show | through Dec 27
Upcoming:
Group Show - Color Coded | through Jan 31
First Thursday Opening Reception | Jan 8, 5-8pm
Artist Meet & Greet | Jan 18, 12-2pm
Scott Gellatly - Lands Recalled and Echoed | through Dec 20
Upcoming:
Alexandra Boyden - Treelines | Jan 16 through Feb 28
First Thursday Reception | Feb 5, 5-8pm
Jeffry Mitchell - Winter Blooming | through Dec 27
Upcoming:
Wes Mills - Drift Fence | through Jan 31
Elizabeth Knight - Give a Girl a Dog | through Jan 31
Opening Reception | Jan 3, 3-5pm
Holiday Closure | closes early at 3pm on Dec 31 & Jan 1
Holiday Group Show | through Dec 20
Upcoming:
Michele Russo - Works From The Estate | through Jan 31
First Thursday Opening Reception | Jan 8, 5-7pm
Group Show - Of Earth and Sky | through Feb 1
First Thursday Opening Reception | Jan 8, 5-8pm
Artist Demos & Jazz | Jan 25, 11am-1pm
Blue Sky 1985 - 1995: The Second Decade | through Jan 3
Upcoming:
Lauren Grabelle - Deer Diary | through Jan 31
Constance Jaeggi, Angelina Sáen, & ire’ne lara silva - Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home | through Jan 31
First Thursday Opening Reception | Jan 8, 5-8pm
Artist Talk - Constance Jaeggi with Poet Reading from Angelina Sáenz & Ire'ne Lara Silva | Jan 10, 2-3pm
Artist Talk - Lauren Grabelle | Jan 10, 3:30-4:30pm
Shadow and Light: Native American Printmakers from Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts | through Dec 30 (at The Brinton Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming)
Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and Betty C. Davis Collection of African American Art | through Dec 20
Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial | through June 20
Upcoming:
D. E. May: Postcards from Islandsalem | Jan 24 through March 21
Lecture - D. E. May: Postcards from Islandsalem by Guest Curator Linda Tesner | Jan 24, 5-6pm
Opening Reception | Jan 24, 6-8pm
Upcoming:
Group Show - Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths | Jan 20 through April 25
Conversation with Alexandra Terry, Epiphany Couch, & Brenda Mallory | Jan 29, 4-5pm
Opening Reception | Jan 29, 5-7pm
tell ___ 'hi' from me: the work of self-taught, neurodivergent artists who live and work in Oregon | through Feb 13 (at Archer Gallery, Vancouver, WA)
Yoshida Chizuko | through Jan 4
Global Icons, Local Spotlight: Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer | through Jan 11
