MANY Portland First Thursday Events: Pearl, Old Town Chinatown, NW, SW | August 2012

By PDXPIPELINE on August 2, 2012 in art, events

Portland’s monthly First Thursday event is tonight! The weather is perfect, and there are sure to be thousands of people roaming NW Portland. 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. Most gallery openings begin at 5PM or 6PM and end at 9PM or 10PM.

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:

Events: Our Portland July Events Calendar & Ticket Giveaways
Music: First Thursday Phunktion @ The Goodfoot | Philly’s Phunkestra, Midnight Honey, Funk, Soul (August 2)
Dance: First Thursday Dance Party @ PICA | Downtown Portland Birthday Celebration (August 2)
Hunter Hero: Big Buck Hunter HD Launch Party @ Bossanova Ballroom | FREE, Tournament, Prizes, Drinks (August 2)
Comedy: Todd Glass @ Helium Comedy Club | Last Comic Standing, Mr. Show, Comedy Central Presents (August 2-4)
Film: Top Down Rooftop Cinema @ Hotel Deluxe | The Ghost & Mr. Chicken, Music, Food (August 2)
Cats: Amazing Acro-Cats @ Headwaters Theatre | Cats on Skateboards, Cat Rock Band, Balancing Acts (August 1-14)
Seattle Pipeline: August First Thursday Seattle Art Walk In Pioneer Square | Over 90 Galleries

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This Month at Everett Station Lofts

625 NW Everett & 328 NW Broadway

101. GALERIE SALOME - Open First Thursday
102. SOHITEK GALLERY - The Art of Thomas Bradley, music by Charts.
103. RIGHT SIDE ART - Open First Thursday
104. ORIENTATION – Open First Thursday
105. PONY CLUB GALLERY - Open First Thursday
106. COCK GALLERY - Open First Thursday
107. FOTOEFFECT GALLERY – Open First Thursday
108. [VACANT]
109. B*ORIGINAL ARTGLASS – Open First Thursday
110. DARRAS – Open First Thursday
111. ALKALINE - Open First Thursday
113. SEQUENTIAL ART GALLERY - Closed for August
114. TIMESHARE - Open First Thursday
115. ABSTRACT IDEA MOTION - Open First Thursday
116. TYSON GALLERY – Open First Thursday
117. PAINT HARD – Open First Thursday
BREEZE BLOCK GALLERY [323 NW 6th Ave] -”The Fossilized Present”; prints by Jenny Odell.

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Old Town Chinatown First Thursday Events

LAN SU CHINESE GARDENS [NW 3rd & Everett]: Open 6-8pm — FREE ADMISSION — Featuring silk embroidery art from Suzhou, China (Portland’s sister city) — thru September
OREGON NIKKEI LEGACY CENTER [121 NW 2nd]: Open 4-7pm — FREE ADMISSION — “Shadows of Minidoka” by Roger Shimomura
FIFTY24PDX/ UPPER PLAYGROUND [ 23 NW 5th]: “Friends in the Dark”; art by Dave Correia
FLOATING WORLD [400 NW Couch]: “Grendel Omnibus book release and art exhibit” with artist/creator Matt Wagner
BUTTERS [520 NW Davis]: 24th Anniversary Group Exhibition
HELLION [19 NW 5th]: work by Joelle Jones
GRAETER GALLERY [131 NW 2nd]: “Building Speed: Motorcycle Racing & Mechanical Triumphs of the 1950s & ’60s” group show
GRASS HUT [400 NW Couch]: “The Sweet Science” art by Keith Warren Greiman, James Ulmer, and Tim Goug; “It Came From San Francisco” toy show.
BACKSPACE [115 NW 5th]: – Open First Thursday
COMPOUND [107 NW 5th Ave]: “Vivid Visions“; work by Arbito, Buff Monster, Grant Wiggins, Martin Ontiveros, Oliver Hibert,Pinky and Spencer Hibert.
TRIM/VOJDANI GALLERY at P:EAR [338 NW 6th Ave]: “Snorkel Time” by p:ear youth artists
24HR CHURCH OF ELVIS [408 NW Couch] – 24Hr Church of Elvis

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Northwest Portland First Thursday Events

CHAMBERS [916 NW Flanders]: “Bejing”, photographic composite images by Aaron Yassin
LAURA RUSSO [805 NW 21st]: Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists: Paintings, Sculpture, Textiles, Works on Paper
AUGEN NW [716 NW Davis ]: Assemblage wall sculpture by James Florshutz; “Portland to Delhi” by Hibiki Miyazaki
GALLERY 114 [1100 NW Glisan]: “Figurative Works: Explorations Into Human Connections” by Christopher Mooney
THE SPACE/ILLIAN RABE LLC [1030 NW 12th Ave]: Open First Thursday
BLUE SKY [122 NW 8th Ave]: photography by Guy Tillim and Ricardo Telles
BLACKFISH [420 NW 9th Ave]: “EAST meets WEST”, curated by Sandy Brooke, Henry Sayre and Boyd Harris.
MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY CRAFT [724 NW Davis]: - Open First Thursday
BULLSEYE [300 NW 13th Ave]: “hazy” by Mel George
ELIZABETH LEACH [417 NW 9th Ave]: “Drawings and Sculpture by Julia Mangold, “Closer to the Water” by Gregg Renfrow
FROELICK [714 NW Davis]: ”I Know Who’s Drowned – It’s Us” by Gabriel Liston; Abstract Landscapes by Gwen Davidson
PDX CONTEMPORARY [925 NW Flanders]: “Movement of Objects at Rest” by Heather Watkins; “The 109 Trees and One Stump of Oregon Park” by Nate Orton.
GALLERY 135 [135 NW Park]: – Open First Thursday

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Southwest Portland First Thursday Events

READING FRENZY[921 SW Oak] “The Axiom Absurd” by Harlan Mahaffy
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM [1219 SW Park]: - ongoing collections
STUMPTOWN DOWNTOWN [128 SW 3rd]: – Open First Thursday
SHAFFER FINE ART [308 SW 1sr Ave]: Original ink drawings on stone by Ken Wachtveitl
ELROY ARTSPACE @ The ORIGINAL [300 SW 6th Ave]: – “Flow Into Summer”, by Jenn Ski
GALLERY SESSO [824 SW 1st Ave] – Erotic Art Show, featuring Erika Moen, Rebecca Woods, and Keri Grassi

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