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First Thursday: Art Opening and Book Talk!

Elisabeth Jones Art Center 516 NW 14th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for First Thursday on June 6th from 5pm to 8pm! Opening this First Thursday is an exhibit of woodblock prints by NW Artist and Author Molly Hashimoto. From 7pm to 8pm, Molly will give a talk on her recently published book Birds of the West: An Artist's Guide. Also exhibiting at the Elisabeth Jones Art Center: - For the Seventh Generation: A Community of Coastal Watchers - featuring new panels in the two-foot by one-mile panomural of the western coastline. - Earth, Water, Air, Fire - large scale acrylic paintings created collaboratively at EJArt Center honor the Earth and all living things. - Ghost Net - An installation by Emily Miller. A mountain of discarded ghost nets slowly repurposed into utilitarian objects. -…

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First Thursday: Dash, the Adorable Dog

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

“Dash, the Adorable Dog” is a series of paintings by Samyak Yamauchi, inspired by her adorable two-year-old rescue dog, Dash. Dash came to Yamauchi in December of 2017 from the Oregon Humane Society and has since been her constant companion – in and out of the studio. Yamauchi is showing these paintings to honor him for inspiring her to live and paint with joy, love, and absolute devotion.

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First Thursday: Aesthetics Without Borders

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

"Aesthetics Without Borders" is a solo exhibition of David Leiwei Li, Collins Professor of the Humanities at the University of Oregon and a published artist. The selected photography and painting represent Li's exploration and experimentation of form in his conscious mixing and merging of the world's multiple aesthetics.

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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.

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First Thursday: Night and Day

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

Inspired by the wonders of geology and astronomy, Portland artist Cristina Aine Berretta creates vivid mixed media landscapes and nature portraits.

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First Thursday: NEAR | FAR | WIDE

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

A keenly curious explorer, Portland field and street photographer Kendall Radkins shares moments captured not only around the city he loves and lives in, but also from locations near and far.

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First Thursday

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

In “Nurture vs. Nature,” Portland artist Jess Bronk brings new collections of watercolor, women, and dark dreamy landscapes in oil. Mysterious landscapes have long been a subject explored by Bronk. A couple years ago she began painting stern, resolute women, which for her has evolved into a many-faceted exploration of both homage and resistance.

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First Thursday: In the Pursuit of Truth: Art by Nils Dougan

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

Using laser technology to cut precise geometric patterns out of wood, Nils Dougan explores the intersection between math, art, illusion, and reality.

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First Thursday: Build It an Altar

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

In "Build It an Altar," Rebecca Artemisa references the way in which we as people build altars for our grief, faith, accomplishments, and happiness. Artemisa references her own Indigenous, Mexican, and Xicana roots with (often) symmetrical images of people building their lives around ends of life, ends of seasons, welcoming new life, embracing new seasons, and untapped joy.

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First Thursday: This Magic Moment

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

Renée Staeck is an artist and illustrator based in Portland, Oregon. Her work celebrates the small moments in life where daydreams and magic reside. A lifelong love of nature, eastern art, and historical illustration inform Staeck’s eclectic aesthetic.

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