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Portland's monthly First Thursday event is tomorrow  and it looks like we will have good weather (60 & sunny…really…). There are over 50 (probably 100) galleries having openings this month.

We have a very large list below thanks to Sequential Art Gallery (328 NW Broadway) & Rich Vail Mackin. They compile an email called the  "[h]IT LIST" of events every month. You can join it by emailing them @ sequentialart @ gmail dot com. We have reproduced much of it below with permission.

Related: Portland EVENTS LISTINGS

Are you on the Twitter? Follow @FirstThursday to see what people are posting about it. Use @firstthursday or the #firstthursday hashtag when tweeting about the event. We will retweet many. You can also follow Sequential art on twitter: @sequentialart

From Pipeline:

• IRPC First Annual Chili Cook-Off and Olde Time Auction | Free Beer & Wine
• Anka Gallery | Ilibrium Curated by Anna Solcaniova King
• Floating World Comics – “POP GUN WAR: CHAIN LETTER” — The Art of Farel Dalrymple
• Film – “Gift to Winter, the Story of the Winter Solstice Puppet Collective” @ Hollywood Theater
• First Thursday Pearl Featuring Work Of Former NBA Player Desmond Mason | Barre3
• Lizard Lounge | Surfrider Benefit To Protect Oceans & Ban the Bag Campaign
• Scandals: Artists for Cascade AIDS Project | 25+ Artists | All Art $40
  
• Stumptown Downtown |  Julie Forward Demay “Last Show”

This month at Sequential Art Gallery (328 NW Broadway #113):
THE WHALES ARE MY CLIENTS:
SKYLAAR AMANN CONSTRUCTS WORLDS IN WHICH THE WHALES WIN

Continuing to bring attention to the urgent need for nature conservation is artist Skylaar Amann, showing throughout June at Sequential Art Gallery. As the International Whaling Commission discusses lifting the ban on commercial whaling, Skylaar's show of comics, poems, and handbound books–and a pod of soft-sculpture whales moving throughout the room–constructs worlds in which the whales win. Her installation uses elements of humor, storytelling, and nostalgia to invite the viewer into the simultaneous role of biologist, archaeologist, and activist.

“The Whales Are My Clients” opens First Thursday, June 3, from 6-10pm, and shows throughout June.

If you aren't able to attend our opening reception, we will be livestreaming all night! You can check out the live video feed at ustream.tv/channel/sequential-art-gallery-studio

Many more First Thursday Event after the break…

ART EVENTS NOT TO BE MISSED!

FIFTY 24PDX Gallery / Upper Playground
presents…
TOTALLY SPOKED
Eleven artists bring you a visual feast of all things two-wheeled!
The opening reception for “Totally Spoked” will be held Thursday, June 3rd from 6:00-9:30pm with music from DJ Friendly Dave and refreshments from Redhook Brewery. In conjunction with Pedal Consumption, an alleycat race will be held starting under the Hawthorne Bridge on the Eastbank Esplanade at 6pm. Registration begins at 5:30. The race will end at FIFTY24PDX Gallery, with giveaways and prizes for the top finishers.

IGLOO – “Pop Coochie” group show.
This will be the final show at the Igloo in the Everett Station Lofts. Stop by and say, “bye”.

Everett Station Lofts

• STUDIO COUER – work by Sarah Cosman, Jerred Breeden, Gabe Flores, Sara McCormick, and Andrew Macrae (shown)
• 117. TRIBUTE GALLERY – “When The Time Is” by Jonathan Marrs
• SEQUENTIAL ART – “The Whales Are My Clients” by Skylaar Amann (see above)
• 102. IGLOO – “Pop Coochie” group show.
• 109. DOPPLER – “A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITIES BURNING BELOW – THE SECOND COLONY” by Brennan Conaway
• 110. SEA CHANGE – “To Be Determined” by SEA Change Collective (yes, I think that's the title of the show, not just a placeholder)
• 115. ERRATA – “Thriving, Not Just Surviving” Art Show and Fundraiser for “Above Coping”.
• 111. HALF/DOZEN – Fliperama Rhapsody, pinball themed art by Artur Silva
• ANKA GALLERY – “ilibrium” group show curated by Anna Solcaniova King

Also (likely to be) open on First Thursday: 101. SALOME – 103. MODEST – 104. EYEFUL – 107. GARBAGEMAN ASTRONAUT – 108. DARRAS -114. TRACTOR – 116. TYSON SPACE – A MOOD CHANGE – OGLE

Old Town Chinatown

• P:EAR GALLERY – “Stakes is High”; work of Roscoe Hall II with p:ear youth artists.
• FLOATING WORLD -Pop Gun War: Chain Letter release party and art exhibit of Farel Dalrymple
• GRASS HUT - “FROM THE OUTSIDE IN”, work by Josh Herbolsheimer and KaToPe
• GRASSY KNOLL GALLERY -”Doubts About My Faith In the Color of Emeralds” art and video by Nathan and Noah Rice, live performance by Lets Go Outside
• BUTTERS GALLERY – “Moment” by Larry Brown
• SHAFFER FINE ART GALLERY – Bronze Sculpture by Tim Cotterill-Frogman
• COMPOUND GALLERY – Spirit Flyer: work Zach Johnsen & Mhak; Taiko Drum Performance by Takohachi
• UPPER PLAYGROUND – Totally Spoked group show (see above)

Also (implied to be) open on First Thursday: – NRFCU – 24 HOUR CHURCH OF ELVIS – CANAL ROAD – HECKLEWOOD – BERBATI'S – FORTUNATO ARTWORKS – MORGAN COLE PASINSKI – GALLERY RENE- BACKSPACE

Other NW Galleries

• AUGEN NW - “Targets” by Eva Lake; Recent Paintings by Terry Waldron
• ELROY GALLERIES – Ê»Dinosaurs & Diving Girlsʼ by Vintage Roadside's Jeff Kunkle
• BEPPU WIARDA – Recent Mixed Media by Deanne Belinoff
• BLACKFISH -” Kinetic Invitational” by Stephan Soihl
• CHAMBERS @916 - Wid B. Vicious works the room
• BLUE SKY – Work by Alejandro Cartajena and Christine Osinski
• LAURA RUSSO-”Native Outsiders – New New Work” by Gregory Grenon; New Paintings by Francis Celentano
• BULLSEYE GALLERY - “Outbreaks of Obfuscation” by Richard Marquis
• ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY – “Latin Studies”, Wall constructions and works on paper by Al Taylor; “In Touch” by Judy Cooke
• GALLERY 114 – Work by Joan McGuire
• PDX CONTEMPORARY ART- “Hercules” by Storm Tharpe; “Romance” by Brad Adkins
• MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT – “Gestures of Resistance” group show; “Land Art” by David Shaner
• FROELICK GALLERY – “On The Slough” by Barry Pelzner; “Two of A Kind”, a portrait exhibit of photographers and painters.
• LITTLE GREEN GROCER – work by Abraham Wylie

Also (rumored to be) open First Thursday: TENDER LOVING EMPIRE – GALLERY 815 – PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART – POWELL'S – 3D CENTER – CAPLAN ART DESIGNS – QUINTANA GALLERIES- CHILDREN'S HEALING ART PROJECT – VINO PARADISO – OREGON JEWISH MUSEUM – PULLIAM DEFFENBAUGH

Art in SW

• READING FRENZY – “Country Club” by Lori D.
• Independent Publishing Resource Center - Chili Cook Off and Olde Time Auction.
• SCANDALS GALLERY AND BAR – 25 local artists (including Anna Todaro, Chris Haberman, etc) selling all work for $40 to benefit Cascade AIDS Project.
• GALLERY SESSO – Erotic Art Show – Featuring Live Body Painting led by Matt Huntley.
• LIZARD LOUNGE - Benefit art show for the Surfrider Foundation
• AUGEN GALLERY – Group Show:Contemporary Master Prints, with work by Dine, Frankenthaler, Motherwell and others
• PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY – Artist's reception for “We, Us, Humans” by Eukang Koh, and numerous other exhibits.