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...

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...

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...

The Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design and the College of the Arts celebrate the twelfth year of the Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize at Portland State University. A jury composed of Schnitzer School faculty and representative professionals from the art and design community reviewed 55 applications from art and design students,...

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...

ja’ / buuts’ / t’aan (Water / Smoke / Word) is a multichannel video and sound installation emerging from a multidisciplinary and iterative project that encompasses public engagement, print, and media works. The presentation, made in collaboration with Patricia Vázquez Gómez and a group of Mayan youth living in Northeast Portland, explores the relationship between these young...

Join an inspiring evening celebrating the strength and beauty of women through art. Donna Bates's vibrant oil paintings, whose powerful figures embody resilience and grace, will be featured alongside Tamara Goldsmith's luminous stained glass creations, whose work captures light and color in stunning, artful forms. Together, these two artists offer a dynamic exploration of strength,...

This April, Portland-based fiber artist LeBrie Rich will unveil new work in her solo exhibition, “Crackers (& Cookies)” at Nine Gallery. Continuing with her visual explorations of mass-produced food and its cultural significance, Rich will present two-dimensional textile pieces and large-scale felted sculptures — including some snack-inspired furniture — featuring iconic brands of crackers and...

Carnation Contemporary is pleased to present Bodies in Blotter, a multimedia and multi-sensory exhibition featuring works by Megita Denton, Sarah Pagliaro, and Jeremy Rotsztain. This reconception of the Carnation space invites respite via all the senses, an installation in which the body is supported, celebrated, and simultaneously dissolved into another, softer, world. Drawing on both the...

Based on a large group of mushrooms, Cluster is a magical exhibition where artists customize a 5" tall pine mushroom.  Opening Reception: April 4 / 5pm - 7pm

Davor Gromilovic is a visual artist currently residing in Sombor, Serbia (born in Yugoslavia in 1985). Although contemporary drawing represents the primary field of his creative exploration and development, he also shows creative abilities and genuine commitment to other artistic forms such as painting, illustration, graphics, murals, art fanzines, etc. His work is narrative and often inspired...

The Imperfecta Gallery is excited to invite you to the opening reception of Il Cantastorie (The Storyteller), an exhibition featuring Italian artists Marco Calvi and Gioconda Pieracci. The show features an impressive collection of original artdolls, illustrations and stories that retrace the travels of "Il Cantastorie" (The Storyteller) — a mysterious and immortal figure who crosses eras,...

Homemades is a new exhibition in the North View Gallery featuring work by ceramic artist Jamin London Tinsel. This exhibition was made possible through generous support from the Regional Arts and Culture Council. “Homemades” is a term that some, including Tinsel’s Italian grandmother, use to describe handmade pasta. In this exhibition, Tinsel investigates the making of...

Alberta Street Gallery hosts the 4th Annual Paper Invitational: Paper-based artworks by 15 PNW artists and Cast in Metal and Pigment: Sentimental paintings by Gabe Wolfe w/ unique metalworks forged by Thomas Hynes. Opening Reception April 24, 6-9 p.m

Portland Japanese Garden welcomes the Bonsai Society of Portland (BSOP) for a bonsai exhibition in the Yanai Classroom, located in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center. Bonsai, which literally translates to “tree-in-a-tray,” is the art and science of miniature trees. Literal translation aside, “bonsai” has evolved to mean an artistically shaped woody plant that...

Join two fantastic contemporary art exhibitions during the month of May. The North Gallery will feature We Speak in Color, featuring the Abstract Expressionist work of Heather Adamek and Jeffrey Fuchs. The South Gallery will feature a completely new body of work, Inventing People by Los Angeles transplant Michael Spence. The show will run from May...

Vision Quilt and Lewis and Clark Art For Social Change are amplifying the visions and voices of Portland youth and community at their Community-led Art Exhibition at the Lewis and Clark Community Counseling Center (the Art Therapy Gallery is on the second floor).  Vision Quilt (VQ) and Art for Social Change (ASC)  believe the arts...

The Imperfecta Gallery presents ANCESTORS, an exhibition featuring Portland artist Reese Bowes. The show features artworks created to draw one's attention "away from the digital edifice and interface, by subverting it and destructing it and choosing materials that mimic and mock it." Pieces in the show are the artist's 3rd iteration of a series that started in...

Ani-May Scroll Show is a group exhibition celebrating the nostalgic anime scroll. Artists: Boya Sun / Choo / Junko Mizuno / KEHASUK / Kelly Sux / Maruti-bitamin / Natalie Andrewson / Patrick Mathews / Perry Maple / Matias Bergara / Mengxuan Li / Shintaro Kago / Sibylline Meynet Opening Reception: February 7 / 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. 

Inspired by archetypes of nurturing, acceptance and trust, Renee Couture and Ebenezer Galluzzo explore the spaces where difference and belonging exist together. The tension between searching and finding, confusion and knowing, letting go and holding on are the guides in each artist’s work. Each Step Pronounced gives space to witness and honor the small actions...

The Portland Garden Club will host a Garden Club of America major flower show. Visitors will experience an extraordinary display of creativity and expertise in horticulture, floral artistry and photography. Multiple exhibits created by artists from across the U.S. will compete in 4 divisions: Floral Design, Horticulture, Photography, and Botanical Arts. An educational exhibit will...