50+ Portland First Thursday Events: Pearl, Old Town Chinatown, NW, SW | December 2011
November 30, 2011 — PDXPIPELINE
Portland’s monthly First Thursday event is tomorrow night! The weather looks pretty nice for this time of year, so thousands will surely be out there enjoying the festivities. There are over 50 (probably 100) galleries having openings this month, with most openings taking place in the Pearl district and Old Town/China Town.
We have a very large list below thanks to Sequential Art Gallery (328 NW Broadway). 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.
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
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Related Portland Events & Info From Pipeline:
- Portland Holiday Gift: Limited Edition Portraits By Chris Haberman Of You & Your Loved Ones
- December 1-4: Portland Holiday Ale Festival In Pioneer Square | 17,000+ Attendees
- Downtown: Looptworks First Thursday Sample Sale | 70% Off Limited Edition Upcycled Gear & Clothing
- December 1: The Art of Musical Maintenance First Thursday Show @ The Goodfoot | FREE, 50+ Artists
- December 1: Art of Flight Screening @ East Burn | FREE, Prizes, $5 Redbull Cocktails
- December 1: Urban Scapes by Lena Schmidt @ Victory Gallery | FREE, All Ages, Music, Art
- December 1: Hot Inch Action Local Portland Artist Holiday Button Show | Free Admission
- December 1-2: Portland First Thursday & Friday Urban Art Network Holiday Art Walk & Sale | FREE, Local Art, Jewelry, Ceramics
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MANY Portland First Thursday Art Events
This Month at Sequential Art Gallery
My Cross To Bear - Nubby Twiglet
After a three year hiatus from art, Nubby’s return is most notably marked by an abundance of black and white pieces which feature motifs bearing her trademark graphic style.
A visual continuation of the acclaimed 2007 series Black & White Graphic Insight, My Cross to Bear presents a more refined artistic direction, featuring typographic elements seamlessly woven with fashion magazine mash-ups. These themes are often merged with self-portraits to create a modern collage style that walks a fine line between graphic design and fine art.
Sequential Art Gallery + Studio is located in Old Town Chinatown at the Everett Station Lofts, 328 NW Broadway #113. Open for regular gallery hours Thursdays (3pm-7pm) and Saturdays (11am-5pm) or by appointment. The gallery showcases local artists who explore the concept of sequential art, which is loosely defined as using consecutive images to tell a story. Curated by Kaebel JK Hashitani and Merrick Monroe.
More information is available at www.sequentialartgallery.com.
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Everett Station Lofts | 625 NW Everett & 328 NW Broadway
- 113. SEQUENTIAL ART: ”My Cross to Bear” by Nubby Twiglet (see above)
- BREEZE BLOCK [623 NW 6th]: “5 Year Anniversary Show”
- 114. FLUIX: Le Manifesto de Magnuson
101. SALOME| 102 TRACEY | 103. RIGHT SIDE ART | 104. PAINTING IS DEAD | 105. PONY CLUB | 106. PORTAL | 107. FOTOEFFECT | 108. MOHDI | 109. <VACANT> | 110. DARRAS | 111. ALKALINE | 115. <NEW> | 116. TYSON SPACE | A MOOD CHANGE
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Old Town Chinatown First Thursday Events
- FLOATING WORLD [400 NW Couch]: “Violence Valley book release and art exhibit with Jesse McManus
- BUTTERS [520 NW Davis]: “Fertile Ground” by David Geiser
- HELLION [19 NW 5th]: 1 Year Anniversary Show (see above)
- COMPOUND [105 NW 5th]; “The Doodling Show”
- UPPER PLAYGROUND [23 NW 5th Ave] art by 15 female artists
Also Should be Open:
BACKSPACE | 24HR CHURCH OF ELVIS | ROCKSBOX |GRASSY KNOLL | GRASS HUT
Northwest Portland First Thursday Events
- CHAMBERS [916 NW Flanders]: “Werd scho wida” by Blakely Dadson
- GRAETER GALLERY [131 NW 2nd] ”Gamic Magic”: New Works by Jesse Reno and Theodore Holdt
- CANNIBALS [518 NW 21st] “100 gifts under 100 dollars”; Featured artist, Alicia Justus
- ELROY ARTSPACE @ The ORIGINAL [300 SW 6th Ave]: ”Flashbacks of Yestermorrow” by George Perrou
- LAURA RUSSO [805 NW 21st]: work by Eric Stotik andFrank Boyden
- BENJAMIN BENJAMIN [1720 NW Lovejoy]: ”Rivals”: A show being done in conjunction with the Gigantic Gallery (their rival gallery).
- AUGEN NW [716 NW Davis ] “”Until We Are Ghosts”: new paintings by Trish Grantham; recent drawings by Karen Esler.
- GALLERY 114[1https://ui.constantcontact.com/rnavmap/evaluate.rnav/pidApGDKmu7jh0qPqZ8yfwU91100 NW Glisan]: ”Liminal Suspension” by Alaina Dias Lara; installation work by Tyler Stuart.
- BLUE SKY [122 NW 8th Ave]: work by Joakim Eskildsen
- BLACKFISH [420 NW 9th Ave]: group show of human and horse themed work
- GALLERY 135 [135 NW Park]: “Tinker” by Kristy Charroin
- MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY CRAFT [724 NW Davis]: “Studio H: Design, Build, Transform” and “Northwest Modern and 75 Gifts”
- BULLSEYE [300 NW 13th Ave]: “Bodywork” group show
- ELIZABETH LEACH [417 NW 9th Ave]: “Body Gesture”; a group exhibit of Feminist Art.
- FROELICK [714 NW Davis]: “Control Release Control” by Laurie Danial; “Chasing Deer” by Miles Cleveland Goodwin; “Smoking Section” group show
- PDX CONTEMPORARY [925 NW Flanders]: ”Honeydrippers” by Molly Vidor; “Pulse Miami 2011″: work by Amjad Faur, Johannes Girardoni, and D.E. May
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Southwest Portland First Thursday Events
- PORTLAND ART MUSEUM[1219 SW Park]: ”APEX” by Adam Sorensen, “Seven Decades Paperworks” by Manuel Izquierdo, ”The Artist’s Touch, The Craftsman’s Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum“
- STUMPTOWN DOWNTOWN[128 SW 3rd]: “X Zone Verboden” by Brian Visser
- SHAFFER FINE ART [308 SW 1sr Ave]: Oil Paintings by Donna Young
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PSU ART DEPARTMENT GALLERIES:
- Autzen Gallery - [Neuberger Hall, Rm. 205, 724 SW Harrison]: “One Million Brush Strokes: The Scholarship of Making Murals” by Robin Corbo – PSU MFA Candidate Exhibition
- MK Gallery and AB Lobby Gallery [2000 SW 5th Ave]: “Meal Ticket” by Lexa Walsh – PSU MFA Candidate Exhibition

















