Littman Gallery presents foreGround, curated by PORT's own Jeff Jahn. The show addresses the "pervasive but often hidden influence of geology on contemporary life," and features works by Zachary Davis, Arcy Douglass, Jacqueline Ehlis, Jim Neidhardt, Matthew Picton and Ben Young.

"Call it existential geology. The show sidesteps the literal landscape to get at things hidden in plain view. It is a landscape show which explicitly avoids traditional landscape art in order to explore geology's existential, intellectual and spatial impact on our lives."

Opening reception • 5-7pm • November 5
Littman Gallery PSU • 1825 SW Broadway • Smith Center, 2nd Floor Room 250 • 503.725.5656


Lauren Payne, "Matanuska Magic," 2010

FalseFront presents MAGIC > NATURE, the first in a rolling series of group shows curated by invited regional artists. This month's stylists: Michael Endo and Emily Nachison. "Drawing on the lost symbolic languages of pseudo-sciences, synthetic colors and mimetic natural environments, these artists pick up the remnants of our disenchanted world abs seek to assemble new truths and speak to our desire to have our world re-enchanted."

Featuring John Bohl, Lauren Marie Cherry, Tia Factor, Lauren Payne, Kendra Larson, Hermonie Only, Andrew Rogers and Ian Waite.

Opening reception • 6-10pm • November 5
FalseFront Studio • 4518 NE 32nd • 503.781.4609