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.
Group Show - Signs of Dissent | through Feb 28
Ellen Goldschmidt - Pardon My Paradoxes | through Feb 28
Don Bailey - Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance | through Feb 28
First Thursday Opening Reception | Feb 5, 5-8pm
Lauren Sheehan & Hobnail - Musical Performance | Feb 7, 7:30pm
News of the Day Workshop & John Daniel Teply Gallery Performance | Feb 13, 6pm
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Group Show - First Look: The New Artists of Gallery 114 | through Feb 28
First Thursday Opening Reception | Feb 5, 5-8pm
Artist Meet and Greet & Q&A | Feb 21, 2-4pm
Alexandra Petersen - Hope Is the Thing with Feathers | through Feb 28
First Thursday Opening Reception | Feb 5, 5-8pm
Alexandra Boyden - Treelines | through Feb 28
First Thursday Reception | Feb 5, 5-8pm First Thursday Reception
A Dialogue with Alexandra Boyden | Feb 14, 11am-12pm
Dirk Staschke - Magnificent Malaise | through Feb 28
Michael Paul Miller - In Search of Cascadia | through Feb 28
First Thursday Opening Reception | Feb 5, 5-7pm
Artist Talk | Feb 14, 11am-12pm
Palimpsests: Layered Surfaces, Group Invitational | through March 1
First Thursday Opening Reception | Feb 5, 5-8pm
Artist Talk | Feb 15, 11am-12:30pm
Group Show - Thinking Through Mud: Arrangements of Clay + Ikebana | Feb 20 through April 10
Opening Reception | Feb 20, 5:30-7:30pm
Group Show - Blue Sky 1995 - 2005: The Third Decade | through Feb 28
First Thursday Opening Reception | Feb 5, 5-8pm
D. E. May: Postcards from Islandsalem | through March 21
Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial | through June 20
Tuesday Gallery Talk by Linda Tesner | Feb 10, 12:30pm
Panel Discussion | Feb 26, 7:30-8:30pm
Claudia Hollister - Into the Blues | through Feb 28
Alison Dougherty - Coastal Poetry | through Feb 28
Reception | Feb 7, 3-5pm
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)
