Mary Ellen Mark, from Falkland Road, Bombay, India, "Early morning in the Olympia Cafe," 1978

Blue Sky presents three series by influential photographer Mary Ellen Mark, Falkland Road, Indian Circus, and Ward 81. The images in Ward 81 were made at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem in the mid-1970s. She'll be delivering an artist lecture on March 30 at 7pm at Reed College's Kaul Auditorium.

Opening reception • 6-9pm • March 3
Blue Sky Gallery • 122 NW 8th • 503.225.0210



Jeffry Mitchell, "Ohio Honey Pot #10"

Pulliam Gallery presents pot & snowflake, an exhibition of ceramics and snowflakes by Jeffry Mitchell.

Opening reception • 6-8pm • March 3
Pulliam Gallery • 929 NW Flanders • 503.228.6665



Dan Ness, "Parlordome"

The Art Institute of Portland is hosting Centrifuge: An Examination of Art and Architecture. Curated by Jennifer Porter and Martha Wallulis, the show examines the cross-section of art and architecture through the eyes of 14 artists and architects from GBD and ZGF.

Opening reception • 6-9pm • March 3
Art Institute • 1122 NW Davis



Adds Donna

Half/Dozen presents Black Moon by Adds Donna. Through a variety of lenses and filters, Donna explores the idea that the "objective" appearance of something is in fact influenced by perception.

Opening reception • 6-9pm • March 3
Half/Dozen Gallery • 625 NW Everett #111 • 503.512.9079



Vanessa Calvert

The Nisus Gallery presents Overgrown by Vanessa Calvert. The installation "explores the ways in which spatial design informs our patterns of behavior in live/work spaces. The organic growth of upholstery integrates and disrupts the everyday traversing of a gallery."

Opening reception • 6-9pm • March 3
Vanessa Calvert • 328 NW Broadway #117 • nisus@nisusgallery.com




At W+K Re/Activate is a collaboration of visual arts and choreography that explores the boundaries of planning and improvisation involving two well known installation artists Damien Gilley and Jordan Tull. Rachel Tess (choreography) with Thomas Thorson (abstract composition, Rachelle Waldie (costume) & Jennifer Lin (lighting design) round out the collaboration. According to the artists, "Damien Gilley and Jordan Tull create a meandering, sensory environment that reacts to the building's architecture through a graphic, sculptural approach. Using primarily raw building materials, the artists' reference a retro-futuristic modernism interpreted through the language of the general contractor: a hybrid juxtaposition of design and construction. The work plays with perception of boundaries, transparency, and the limits of flatness through the manipulation of materials and the gallery space."

Opening reception • 6-9pm • March 3
Re/Activate at W+K •224 NW 13 th avenue •


Current installation at PRESENTspace

PRESENTspace, a new pop-up gallery in the Pearl, is having a soft opening for First Thursday. The space was imagined by Micajah Bienvenu and Nez Hallett, and will be showing work by Micajah Bienvenu and Julian Voss-Andreae. Eva Lake will start curating for the gallery in April, but here's your chance to check out the new digs.

Opening reception • 6-9pm • March 3
PRESENTspace • 939 NW 10th • info@presentspace.org




Also in the new art space files: CHAP, the Children's Healing Art Project, which supports children with cancer through art making. Their gallery space will be open for visitors during First Thursday, times unknown.

CHAP Art Factory • 1030 NW Marshall • 503.243.5294


Also: If you missed the first opening for Matt McCormick's The Great Northwest and Here/Now at Elizabeth Leach, check 'em out for First Thursday.

First Thursday reception • 6-9pm • March 3
Elizabeth Leach Gallery • 417 NW 9th • 503.224.0521