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Future Feels 2030 – Launch Party

Outlet 2500 Northeast Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR, United States

Come by Outlet on July 20th from 6-9pm to celebrate the launch of Grace Mervin’s (@endoplasmic_reticulum) pop-up collaborative exhibit @futurefeels2030, as well as the release of the second edition of the book they wrote & self published about climate change & the future. There will be beverages, snacks, wonderful humans & plenty of feels! Please BYO cup so we can reduce waste! This project is entirely self funded, any & all support is greatly appreciated.

Free

First Thursday: A Walk on the West Side

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Behind every sign, every doorway, is place and history. “A Walk on the West Side” captures the details of Old Portland that are hidden in plain sight. In her bold, modern oil paintings, Susan Caricaburu highlights the beautiful realism of what was – and what is – in the City of Roses.

Free

BAD GATEWAY Tour 2019 with Simon Hanselmann

Floating World Comics 1223 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR, United States

Megg & Mogg reach new highs—and lows. Simon Hanselmann’s previous three Megg & Mogg books—2014’s Megahex, 2016’s Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam, and 2017’s One More Year—have all been international best sellers that have cemented Hanselmann as one of the most exciting graphic novelists of his generation. Bad Gateway is the magnum opus that those three books have been building towards, as Megg and Mogg’s fraught relationship careens into psychological depths that Hanselmann has previously only hinted at. Perpetually drunk and high, lovable degenerates Megg and Mogg have drifted through a life full of raucous antics and free of consequences. But their heavy drug use, once a gateway to adventure, has begun to take a grim psychological toll. As her unstable lifestyle finally catches up to her, Megg must turn to her past to uncover the…

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The Unseen

Taborspace 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

The Unseen is a curated exhibition showcasing marginalized artists in their personal work to freedom and self expression. We are looking for female, non-binary, and LGBTQ artists willing to share their personal journey’s as the Unseen, those who have been shut out or quieted by the greater artistic establishment. Here we may give voice to ourselves. We are looking for visual artists, acoustic performers, spoken word artists, or performance based works. The event will be open to the public and will include a private showing of the first scene of the Quiet Crowd. Have tacos, desert, and listen to La Vie En Rose with us in the dining room.

Free

Brandi Kruse ‘flat out’ Book Launch + Poetry Reading

Fuller Rosen Gallery 2505 SE 11th Ave Suite 106, Portland, OR, United States

Book launch + poetry reading August 10, 2019 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pre-order a copy of flat out by Brandi Kruse from our gallery shop. Part of an ongoing consideration of immaterial and material intersections, Kruse’s work in flat out investigates imagined spaces, physical absence and how very few things are actually flat. Light, reflection, and memory are compressed and expanded into sculpture, poetry, and found objects. I flatten things every day: my face in mirror images, my body in the shadows, the world through photographs. I have flattened ideas by recording them on pages, in words made of letters, made of lines, shapes without form; seemingly non-dimensional. But they are not formless and they are not without dimension. Through this flattening and…

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Last Day for Exhibit: NIEDECKER PANELS by KATHERINE KUEHN

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

Katherine Kuehn’s gorgeous wall hangings present short poems by the incomparable Lorine Niedecker, sewn onto vintage textiles hand-dyed in indigo. The Niedecker panels are accompanied by two other sewn projects featuring texts by David Abel (Threnos) and Henry David Thoreau (Winter Lines). Printer, printmaker, and book artist Katherine Kuehn has been sewing texts for many years, making innovative objects that transform the act of reading. “After twenty-five years of setting type by hand,” she once remarked, “I wanted something slower.” The works in the exhibition can be seen during regular shop hours (Thursday through Saturday, 12:00-6:00 pm), as well as by appointment other days and times.

Free

A Change of Light and other observations

Fuller Rosen Gallery 2505 SE 11th Ave Suite 106, Portland, OR, United States

A Change of light and other observations a solo exhibition of new work by Sammie Cetta Opening reception Saturday September 14, 2019 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Cetta’s work in A Change of Light and other observations is a welcomed intermission from the deluge of contemporary imagery and provides a quiet place for the viewer to imagine their own potential. True to the artists preoccupation with the sky, the space for possibility begins at the horizon line; where the earth and sky dissolve into one another. In a series of 12 letterpress prints, Cetta appoints text written by Julio Cortázar as a jumping off point filled with hope and discovery. A Change of Light and other observations is a suite of prints produced during…

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Nailed Zine Launch

AFRU Gallery 534 SE Oak Street, Portland, OR, United States

It's really happening -- Nailed is going to print! Join us at AFRU Gallery as we celebrate the launch of Nailed Zine with and evening of artwork and readings from some of our favorite contributors. Our stellar lineup for the night includes: Amber Flame Sage Schick Robert Torres Jessica Wadleigh & the artwork of Sienna Morris Doors open at 7pm. Reading at 7:30pm Drinks and light snacks available See you all there!

Free

Release of Alyson Provax’s “What are we waiting for”

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

Celebrate the release of Alyson Provax’s “What are we waiting for”, a limited edition art book composed of digital reproductions of letterpress prints. 4.25 x 6.5 inches, softcover, with letterpress printed jacket. • In the artist’s words: “In it I work through themes of uncertainty, the unknown, legibility, and what makes something complete. I drew on my own love of books and reading, and have explored the format of the book by responding to the reader’s hand.” • Event at PNCA’s new Book Arts Room, 511 SW Broadway, Portland. 6-8pm with reading by Jennifer Rabin @jenniferrabin at 6:45. This event is wheelchair accessible.

Free

Trans Voices Fringe Fest

Marrow PDX 7025 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, United States

This showcase features independent trans and genderqueer artists exhibiting nontraditional and unconventional vocal expressions. Organized by A Stick And A Stone! LINEUP: Cohabitation of Breaths - Abigail J Hansel of Yolk Sauna & June T Sanders (trans femme audio-visual ambient noise duo from "Idaho") Porch Cat (grunge-y pop punk / riot grrrl from "Bellingham") Sibila (industrial dancey synthy noise en español from "Olympia") DJ Vu (improv / experimental / noise from "Olympia") ChrisTiana Obeysummer (spoken word from "Seattle") Mx. Valentino (jazz-folk-punk) Robert Torres (poetry / spoken word) Sefer Raziel (glitch / noise / performance art) Myllo Mae (performance art) Dreams (synthy gay electronic beat rock) A Stick And A Stone (haunting choral experimentations) & More TBA In conjunction with TVF 2019 (a festival of trans…

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