Visual Art Search
As We Go Up We Go Down
Fri, Sat. Through May 25.Gallery
As We Go Up We Go Down: Joe Wardwell's landscape paintings would be subtle and quiet, if lyrics like "REBEL SOULS" and "COME ON FEEL IT" were not outlined in bright colors all across them.
Free.
Expressions in Haida Mythology
Tues–Sun. Through May 25.Gallery
Expressions in Haida Mythology: Argillite Works of Lionel Samuels: Carvings in the traditional Haida black slate by a contemporary native Canadian artist. Free.
Inside-Out
Fri, Sat. Through May 25.Gallery
Inside-Out: An exploration of street art with new work from Daya Astor and curation by Liz Patterson. Free.
Mosaic Arts International 2013
Wed–Sun. Through May 26.Museums
Mosaic Arts International 2013: Nearly 50 artists working with materials ranging from glass and ceramic to dinosaur bones display their work in this juried exhibition. $12.
Easton Richmond and Mike Monaghan
Mon–Sun. Through May 27.Gallery
New work by local photographers Easton Richmond and Mike Monaghan.
Labor Art Exhibits at Folklife
Fri-MonEvent
Take a break from dobros and finger picking to take in five exhibits dedicated to the history of labor in Washington state is available for your cultural edification. Free.
Plastics Unwrapped
Through May 27.Museums
Plastics Unwrapped expands upon the prescient sentiment of Mr. McGuire in The Graduate: plastics. Unwrapped acknowledges that this prevalent and troublingly useful substance is thoroughly integrated into every aspect of our lives, and asks us—through works presented in a variety of mediums—to make thoughtful choices. $10.
Spinning Yarns: Photographic Storytellers
Mon–Sun. Through May 28.Gallery
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Spinning Yarns: Photographic Storytellers: Photographers tell stories using diptychs, titles, grids, timelines, installations, abstraction.
Free.
Barb Campell and Javier Cervantes
Through May 30.Gallery
Barb Campell and Javier Cervantes: Functional and sculptural ceramics. Free.
Out of the Silence: Ending Bullying for LGBTQ Youth
Mon–Sun. Through May 31.Gallery
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Out of the Silence: Ending Bullying for LGBTQ Youth features more than 60 pieces by 39 calligraphers from across the U.S. and Canada. Proceeds from the show go to Pizza Klatch—the funnily named organization that does seriously important work, providing anti-bullying training and free pizza to high schoolers during their lunch period.
Free.
Carol Charney
Tues–Sat. Through May 31.Gallery
Carol Charney: Photographs of liquids in transitional phases turn out to look very much like oil paintings. Free.
Clare Belfrage: Threads
Tues–Sat. Through May 31.Gallery
Clare Belfrage: Threads of woven glass.
Free.
Joe Reno Retrospective
Wed–Sun. Through May 31.Gallery
Joe Reno Retrospective: Paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints from the beloved Northwest artist.
Free.
The Pleasure of Pattern: An Informal Installation of Decorated Paper
Mon–Sat. Through May 31.Gallery
The Pleasure of Pattern: An Informal Installation of Decorated Paper: A lot of paper. Basically the gallery is one giant sample book of paper from around the world.
Sheri Bakes: Windsong
Tues–Sat. Through May 31.Gallery
Sheri Bakes: Windsong: peaceful paintings of natural things swaying gently. Free.
Wax and Water
Mon–Sat. Through May 31.Gallery
Wax and Water: Encaustic paintings from Deeanna Heily.
Free.
The City and the City
Open by appointment.Gallery
The City and the City: a collaboration between LxWxH owner Sharon Arnold and Portland artist Daniel Glendening. Free.
John Grade: After the Wawona
Tues–Sat. Through June 1.Gallery
After the Wawona: Following the immense, weather-sensitive radness that is Capacitor (a past work) and his arresting installation at MOHAI (a 64-foot wood sculpture made of rescued beams from the old Wawona schooner), John Grade brings transformation of the microscopic to the human-scaled with this new series of sculptures.
Free.
The Landscape Described
Wed–Sun. Through June 1.Gallery
Artist and Prographica founder Norman Lundin has this idea that all paintings lie somewhere on a spectrum ranging from descriptive to evocative. The Landscape Described—featuring Darlene Campbell, Kimberly Clark, Josh Dorman, Kathy Gore-Fuss, Laura Hamje, Michelle Muldrow, and Andrew Yates—explores the descriptive end of that spectrum. The next show will explore the evocative end.
Free.
New Members' Show
Wed–Sat. Through June 1.Gallery
New Members' Show: Julie Alexander, Julia Freeman, and Shaun Kardinal present new work investigating material, process, and narrative.
Free.
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