Events

Head to the Oregon Convention Center for the annual Bricks Cascade, Portland’s premier public LEGO event. See creations from hundreds of builders from the Pacific Northwest and worldwide in this two-day event. Talk to the creators of these fantastic creations, then leave your own builds on the Wall of Creation. Race your own brick-built car...

Throughlines embraces wonder and curiosity, bringing together artworks from across the Museum’s collections to explore the range of artistic innovation. From diverse geographies, cultures, and time periods, artists have consistently created images, objects, and experiences that ask us to consider ourselves and the world from different perspectives. Visitors will encounter playful groupings that reveal how artists...

Curated by Sima Familant, Breathing. Room opens October 18 and showcases renowned artist Ranjani Shettar’s first exhibition in Portland. Her monumental installation Morning Song — crafted from lacquered wood by Indian artisans — explores the balance between industrialization and nature. The exhibit invites viewers to pause and reflect on space and stillness. It also features works by Jeff Elrod, Naotaka Hiro,...

Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s reveals the passion and creativity of the era through the iconic rock posters of San Francisco and beyond. The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco was an incubator for ideas, expression, social thought, and, above all, music. Young people from across the nation gathered there to explore alternative ways...

Froelick Gallery is proud to present two outstanding solo exhibitions by Rick Bartow and Yoshihiro Kitai Rick Bartow — Looking for the Medicine  Rick Bartow (1946 - 2016) is considered one of the leading figures in contemporary Native American art, celebrated for his dynamic pastel and graphite drawings and his contributions as a painter, sculptor, and printmaker....

The Rental Sales Gallery is excited to welcome newly-selected Member Artists. Come and see their works and find our more about these exciting, regional artists and what they will be bringing to the gallery. New Member Artist Show Opening Reception: Friday, December 6th, 4-7 p.m.

An exhibition immersing viewers in the world of Godhead, an interactive webcomic that proposes an Afrofuturist vision of the United States in the nineteenth century. The narrative centers on a girl genius named Walnut enslaved in a historical United States where slavery is still legal. The story follows Walnut as she develops an unlikely friendship with...

New Beginnings: May art be the change this year that brings good things to you. Wood art by Heather Kolbo and fiber art by Kim Tepe in the windows. Undulating: Line and color reflect vibrant rhythms and flow of life. The exhibition features paintings by Maquette and ebru-style works by Danny Rodriguez, a master of...

Through their work, they explore the complex emotions of interpersonal relationships and self-love, focusing on layered visual storytelling, mark-making, and color. They write stories, paint murals, teach students, and draw. Molly has worked for clients such as APWOT, Lock-On Magazine, and The Marshall Project — made comics with Bulgilhan Press, Oni, Nobrow, and Shortbox Comics...

Irene Saputra, also known as Nengiren, formerly worked as a graphic designer and enjoyed being a part-time illustrator before she embraced a full-time artist. Her art journey began 13 years ago, seeking solace in sketching as a form of meditation. In 2014, she discovered a love for fabric and thread, leading her to dive into...

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU is pleased to present Just Playin’ Around, featuring the work of Derrick Adams, Calvin Chen, Jeremy Okai Davis, Latoya Lovely, Jillian Mayer, Takashi Murakami, Jeremy Rotsztain, Heidi Schwegler, Joshua Sin, Matthew Earl Williams, and Erwin Wurm. All events are free to the public. Play and humor have...

Miller Family Free Day includes free Museum admission all day to enjoy the current exhibitions Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s, Throughlines: Connections in the Collection and the Portland Fine Print Fair. Free tickets can be reserved online one week in advance and are available at the door. Miller Family Free Days are generously supported by Sharon L. Miller...

The exhibition explores the work of three artists representing three generations of one family: Holocaust survivor Allice Lok Cahana (1929 – 2017), her oldest son, Ronnie Cahana (born 1953), a major stroke survivor, and his daughter, Kitra Cahana (born 1987), a filmmaker and photographer. Alice Lok Cahana grew up in Sarvar, Hungary. She survived four different...

Alberta Street Gallery's February show is a Local Photographers Group Show — photographs by Chenoa Kacheta, Cory Cliffe And Carol Isaak. In the windows will be Love Works — Artwork by David Friedman and Jewelry By Leslie McMillan Opening Reception January 30, 6-9 p.m.

Brief Encounters is an exploration of the legacy of artists using instant photography to express the queer experience. Queer people have used instant formats to protect the free expression of their intimacies, relationships, sexual liaisons, and communities; some of the risks of showing these images exist to this day. Brief Encounters encourages artists to freely express...

Tender to the Touch, A solo exhibition by Kim Smith Claudel, suggests a time of softening, a time to be tender and also a time of feeling tender — sore, sensitive, bruised; and yet, still strong and resilient. This exhibition is a collection of recent works: tenuous sculptures on the verge of collapse, large ethereal paintings stretched...

This February, Waterstone Gallery is pleased to present Unconventional Wisdom: The Work of North Pole Studio for the annual invitational show. This year's group show is a collection of works by Adam Richards, Adolph Bastendorff, Davis Wohlford, Deanna Wiessenhaus, Doug Wing, James Enos, Nathan Ueno, and Tyla Parsons of North Pole Studio. Waterstone is thrilled to...

Enjoy Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s and Throughlines: Connections in the Collection on Free First Thursday, offering free Portland Art Museum admission for the community all day. Thanks to the generous support provided by the Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All Program, Museum admission is free on the first Thursday of every month, and programs at the...

The monumental canvas Waterlilies by Claude Monet is perhaps the most treasured painting in the Portland Art Museum’s collection. Now, after over 65 years, it will finally look much as the artist intended — without varnish. The detailed process of conservation resulted in new color harmonies and brightness. To celebrate the restoration of the painting...

The Oregon Potters Association's Ceramic Showcase and the Gathering of the Guilds form one of Northwest's largest, unsurpassed art shows. More than 300 artists working in metals, glass, wood, beads, fibers, clays and glazes will be exhibiting their wares, doing demonstrations, offering youth activities and more during this unique and diverse three-day artisan show. In...