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 Invitational - BLACK MATTER | through June 27
Eddie Reed & Mae Al-Jiboori - I Am | through June 27
First Thursday Opening Reception | June 4, 5-8pm
Juneteenth Salon Discussion + Post-Panel Party | June 19, 5-9pm (at Studio 516)
Group Show - Small Wonders | through June 27
Sally Finch & Sharon Servilio - Endangered | Engendered | through June 27
First Thursday Opening Reception | June 4, 5-8:30pm
Sally Finch & Sharon Servilio - Artist Talk | June 13, 2-4pm
Small Wonders Artist Meet & Greet | June 20, 2-4pm
James Florschutz - Sounds of Memory | through June 13
Robin Kerr - With the Windows Wide Open | through June 13
Lukas Kubeja - Diaries | through June 19
Lukas Kubeja - Artist Talk & Reading Event | June 5, 6:30-8pm
Upcoming:
Calvin Wong - Thinking Ahead, Throwing It All Away | June 26 through July 31
Calvin Wong - Opening Reception | June 26, 6-9pm
Kim Osgood - Tender Tales of Remembering | through June 27
Tom Fawkes - New Works | through June 27
First Thursday Opening Reception | June 4, 5-7pm
Kim Osgood & Tom Fawkes - Artist Talk | June 13, 11am-12pm
Greg Wilbur with visiting artists Kristin Mitsu Shiga, Peter Reich, & Zachary Pearson - BALL | through June 28
First Thursday Opening Reception | June 4, 5-8pm
Artist Talk | June 21, 11am-12:30pm
Naomi Likayi, Yesmín Abduljalil, & Yaya El Tiempo - Inheritors of Movement | through July 29
First Thursday Opening Reception | June 4, 5-8pm
Juneteenth | June 19, 12-5pm
Trent Davis Bailey - The North Fork | through June 27
Jay Wolke - Big Boat Little Pond | through June 27
First Thursday Opening Reception | June 4, 5-9pm
David Eckard - Don't Be Clever, Be True: Late Works by David Eckard | through June 20
North Pole Studio - Wondrous Anatomy and The Hawk and the Naked Guy | through June 20
First Thursday Opening Reception | June 4, 5-8pm
Public Lecture - Daniel Duford | June 11, 6-7:30pm
Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial | through June 20
Upcoming:
Handmade Revolution: Craft in the Pacific Northwest | June 13 through March 13
Opening Reception | June 13, 6-8pm
Handmade Revolution Gallery Talk - Jonathan Bucci | June 23, 12:30-1:30pm
Dennis Worrel - Strange Times | through June 27
Mark Andres - Water-Gazer | through June 27
Richard Rowland - Ahikaaroa – Conversations with Fire | through June 27
Reception | June 6, 3-5pm
Paul Harris: Shut-In Suite | through June 7
David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation | through July 26
2026 HeART of Portland: A Portland Public Schools K-12 Arts Showcase | through Sept 20
Marco Brambilla - Maximalist Dreamscapes | through Nov 20
The Art of Mark Rothko | through Feb 28, 2027
Art & Conversation - Paul Harris & Printmaking | June 4, 10:30am-12:30pm
Group Show - An Oregon Art Beat Retrospective Exhibit | through July 11
Opening Reception | June 5, 4-7pm
