MANY Portland First Thursday Art Openings & Events | NW, SW, Pearl, Old Town, China Town
April 7, 2011 — PDXPIPELINE
Portland’s monthly First Thursday event is tonight! And there is currently some sunshine, so the crowds should be out starting around 6 or 7. 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: 2011 Portland April Events
Are you on the Twitter? Follow @FirstThursday or the #firstthursday hashtag to see what people are posting about it. You can also follow Sequential art on twitter: @sequentialart
Related Events & Info From Pipeline:
- April 7-10: MANY Portland Weekend Events, Parties, Free Tickets ($200+)
- April 6-9: Aries Spears @ Helium Comedy | MADtv, Def Comedy Jam, HBO (Win Tickets)
- April 7-17: SOUL'D OUT Music Festival | Mos Def, Lauren Hill, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and MANY others
- April 7: Head For The Hills & Elephant Revival @ Mt. Tabor Theater
- April 7: Visitor w/ Grouper & Ilyas Ahmed @ Holocene | Gorgeous, Experimental Compositions
- April 7: Jimmy Robb & Dave Clarke, Left Coast Country @ Goodfoot Lounge | Classic Americana, Bluegrass
- April 7: Preservation Hall Jazz Band w/ March 4th Marching Band @ Crystal Ballroom
MANY Portland First Thursday Art Events----------------
Everett Station Lofts, 328 NW Broadway #113
Sequential Art welcomes Lukas Ketner back to the gallery, as he brings us “Witch Doctor: Under the Knife”. This exhibit offers a preview of the forthcoming “Witch Doctor” four-issue miniseries by Ketner and writer Brandon Seifert, published by Robert Kirkman (“The Walking Dead”) through Skybound (a divison of Image Comics). Ketner says that this exhibition will have “…a little of everything from the past three years, from concept sketches to pages and covers, past, present, and a bit of what’s to come.” The exhibit opens on First Thursday, April 7th, with both Ketner and Seifert in attendance at the opening. “Witch Doctor: Under the Knife” is just one of the many events of Portland’s annual Comic Book Month. Ketner and Seifert are also featured guests at this year’s Stumptown Comics Fest.
His previous show at Sequential Art in May 2009 was “Black Gold & Iron Ore”, a collection of his work for Portland band, The Builders and the Butchers.
Curated by Kaebel JK Hashitani and Merrick Monroe.
ART NOT TO BE MISSED…
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April is National Photography Month, and it’s also the time of year for a certain thing with comic art, which we hold a bit dear in our hearts here. With that in mind, some suggestions for this month:
Event the First: (ANKA GALLERY | 325 NW 6th Ave | Portland, OR 97209)
In 1957 Russell A. Kirsch created the square shaped digital pixel and by doing so created the fundamental building block on which all digital imagery is based. The most vibrant and dynamic industries in the world rely on Mr. Kirsch’s creation to power their products. He has literally shaped the way we view the world and consume visual media.
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Event the Third: (Nisus Gallery | 328 NW Broadway (at Flanders) #117)
Nisus Gallery and the Center for Cartooning Studies (VT) have partnered on a group showing of comic artists. There will be hung works as well as a pop up store of mini-comics and books.
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Everett Station Lofts Art Openings
- 113. SEQUENTIAL ART -”Witch Doctor: Under the Knife” (see above)
- ANKA GALLERYÂ - B/W: new work by TJ Norris; PXL curated by Anna Scolcaniovia King and TJ Norris:presentations by Russell A. Kirsch (see above)
- 105. PONY CLUB - Stumptown Cartoonist Show (see above)
- 108. MoHDI – “Shapes” by Alex DeSpain
- BREEZE BLOCK - Shrunken Head Skateboards anniversary art show.
- 115. ERRATA -”Foolish Care”; New works by Jennifer Mercede
- 117. NISUS – “Panelled” Comic Works featuring over 15 artists from Oregon to Vermont.
- 111. HALF/DOZEN- “Black Moon” by Adds Donna
Also might be open on First Thursday:
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Old Town / China Town
- HELLION GALLERY - Art by Peach Momoko
- SHAFFER FINE ART GALLERY – works by Henry Asencio, Hessam and Amy Ericson
- COMPOUND GALLERY – “Terra’s Black Marker” by Katsuya Terada
- GRASSY KNOLL GALLERY - “Graffiti for social and political change” by Aden Catalani and Jackson M. School
- FLOATING WORLD – “MADMAN” Book release and art exhibit with Michael Allred
- BUTTERS GALLERY – Art by a wide selection of artists
Also might be open on First Thursday:
NRFCU - 24 HOUR CHURCH OF ELVIS – CANAL ROAD – SEVEN PLANET – FORTUNATO ARTWORKS- MORGAN COLE PASINSKI - GALLERY RENE -TRIM-VODJANI GALLERY at P:EAR - HECKLEWOOD - BACKSPACE - CRAVEDOG - GRASS HUT - UPPER PLAYGROUND
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Other NW Galleries
- LIZARD LOUNGE - art by Scott Chase, Benefiting Mercy Corps relief efforts for Japan. Live music by Cars & Trains. Drinks and food provided by Widmer Brothers Brewery and Koi Fusion.
- BENJAMIN BENJAMIN – “Aliens”- art inspired by celestial beings and extra terrestrials
- OBA! – Art by Bret Hostetler and Kurt Van Vlack; 6-7pm pedal steel by Paul Brainard
- PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART- “Learn to Read Art”, curated by AA Bronson; paintings by Michael Woodcock; ” If You Were Asking the Right Questions You Would Know the Answer in Advance”, by Liam Drain
- POWELL’S BASIL HALLWARD GALLERY- “They Ain’t Called Saints For Nothing!”, Chris Haberman’s for the book by KC Cowan.
- AUGEN NW - Photography by Phil Bard, David Levinthal, Grace Weston, and Ron Cronin; “Prompts”: paintings and works on paper by Trude Parkinson
- CHAMBERS@916 – “Universechild”: works on paper by James Pustorino; “Encyclopedia: Videos” by Allen Maertz
- GALLERY 114 – “This Goes Here, That Goes There.” by Jennifer K. Combe
- BLUE SKY - work by Michael Light and Mitch Dobrowner
- BEPPU WIARDA – New Drawings by Robert Nelson
- BLACKFISH - work by Kentree Speirs, Jim Neidhardt, JoEllyn Loehr, Erin Soihl
- BULLSEYE GALLERY – “Demonstrations” by Caleb Charland; inForm group show.
- ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY – “Upstate” by Sean Healy; “Selections”, photographs by Isaac Layman
- FROELICK GALLERY – Three Photography exhibits: ”Proof ” by Ron van Dongen ;
< r e s t r a i n t > by Susan Seubert ; and “Cinema Deconstructed” by Theresa Wingert - LITTLE GREEN GROCER – work by Abraham Wylie
- PDX CONTEMPORARY ART -”Ball” by Ashby Lee Collinson; Bethlehem in Wax by Amjad Faur; “KAWA=FLOW ” by Masao Yamamoto
- LAURA RUSSO GALLERY -”Work += Play (Rites and Rituals)” by Mary Josephson; Recent Photography by Julie Blackmon and Eirik Johnson
- ELROY ARTSPACE - “CEREAL: A few of Break*Fast” by Brian Kappel
Also might be open on First Thursday:
3D CENTER - CAPLAN ART DESIGNS - MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT -KALISTA SALON – CHILDREN’S HEALING ART PROJECT -QUINTANA GALLERIES – VINO PARADISO - PULLIAM DEFFENBAUGH – OREGON JEWISH MUSEUM -
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Art In SW
- STUMPTOWN COFFEE - ”(un)Self” by Paul Kottke
- AUGEN SW - “Works from Estates and Private Collections” including work by famous artists such as Calder, Goya, Frankenthaler, Hockney, Hundertwasser, Miro, Motherwell, Picasso, Stella, Steinberg, Vlaminck, Warhol & others
Also, these local businesses display art and sell artsy wares:
FLORA- RADISH UNDERGROUND - ATTIC GALLERY - ART MEDIA - PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - TENDER LOVING EMPIRE -READING FRENZY
