CURRENT EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Over the years Portland’s art scene has expanded widely, and continued to persist even through a global pandemic. PADA members and ORVAA partners 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.
Recent Oregon Art Graduates - RECENT GRADUATES SHOW | through Aug 2
First Thursday Opening Reception | July 3, 5-8pm
Group Show - Collective Visions | through Aug 2
First Thursday Opening Reception | July 3, 5-8pm
Meet the Artists | July 20, 12-2pm
Ka'ila Farrell-Smith - Portal Glyph | through Aug 2
Sherrie Wolf - Abstraction | through Aug 2
First Thursday Opening Reception | July 3, 5-7pm
Artist Talk | July 12, 11am-1pm
Lisa Ellis - Unexpected Focus | through Aug 3
First Thursday Opening Reception | July 3, 5-8pm
Artist Talk | July 13, 11am-12:30pm
Group Show - WOODCORE | through July 11
In Conversation - WOODCORE artist Monica Setziol-Phillips | July 10, 5:30-7pm
Group Show (curated by Michelle Dunn Marsh) - Seeing Being Seen: A Personal History of Photography | through Aug 2
First Thursday Opening Reception | July 3, 5-9pm
Conversation with Michelle Dunn Marsh & Adrain Chesser | July 5, 2-3pm
C. S. Price - A Portrait | through Aug 30
Gallery Talk - Guest Curator Roger Saydack | July 8, 12:30-1:30pm
Group Show - Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial | July 12 through June 20, 2026
Robin Kerr - Flowers in Your Hair | through July 26
Jennifer Rabin - Home | through July 26
Steven Miller - Outside In | through July 26
Reception | July 5, 3-5pm
Davis Wohlford - Carnival of Animals | through July 27
Opening Reception | July 13, 12-2pm
Deanna Weisenhaus & Adam Richards - The Architecture of Experience | through Aug 15
Group Exhibition - tell ___ 'hi' from me | through Aug 28
Opening Reception | July 17, 4-6pm
Jason Langer - Berlin: A Jewish Ode to the Metropolis | through Oct 26
Group Show - Outliers and Outlaws | through Oct 26
Monet’s Floating Worlds at Giverny: Portland’s Waterlilies Resurfaces | through Aug 10
Free First Thursday | July 3, 10am-7pm
Meet the Curator - Lloyd DeWitt, Ph.D. | July 11, 1-2pm
Group Show - BlackOut: A 5 Year Retrospective of Portland’s Racial Justice Protests | through July 5
Closing Reception | July 5, 5-7pm