Michael Brophy, "Start"
Michael Brophy presents
Silence, an exhibition of recent paintings at Laura Russo.
Opening reception • 5-8pm • July 2
Laura Russo Gallery • 805 NW 21st • 503.226.2754
Amy Stein
Blue Sky is exhibiting Amy Stein's
Domesticated, "a series of photographs based on real stories from local newspapers and oral histories of intentional and random interactions between humans and animals." The show "explores our paradoxical relationship with the 'wild.'"
Opening reception • 6-9pm • July 2
Blue Sky Gallery • 122 NW 8th • 503.225.0210
Peter Kreider, "Tetralunal"
OCAC's Hoffman Gallery presents
BENT, an exhibition curated by Jeanine Jablonski of
Fourteen30. The show features works by
Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Peter Kreider and Donald Morgan, who "connect in ways beyond their strength in contemporary craft. The enigmatic physicality of each artwork, their relationships to the human body, as well as the artist's use and response to everyday mundane objects, all became strong ties within the exhibition." The show runs through August 23.
Opening reception • 4-7pm • July 2
Oregon College of Art and Craft • 8245 SW Barnes Rd • 503.297.5544

Fontanelle presents a collaborative installation of new sculpture, collage, and works on paper by Midori Hirose and Joshua Orion Kermiet. Hirose and Kermiet will create "a unique gallery environment based around formal ideas of repetition, intuitive pattern, and tactile shape making."
Opening reception • 6-9pm • July 2
Fontanelle Gallery • 205 SW Pine • 503.274.7668
Wes Mills, "Mondrian's Forest"
Wes Mills is exhibiting
Mondrian's Forest at PDX Contemporary. The drawing consist of 40 small, framed works featuring "simple organic forms floating in space and ethereal lines creating contemplative and sometimes tension filled drawings."
Opening reception • 5-8pm • July 2
PDX Contemporary • 925 NW Flanders • 503.222.0063
First Thursday at modest gallery:
'INTRODUCING FREEDOM' an interactive living installation by Paul Loverme. one day only.
625 NW Everett Street #103
Portland, OR 97209