In five years, owner Paige Prendergast has thrown 60 art shows and transformed Breeze Block Gallery from a small alley space off N. Mississippi into an Old Town bastion of art wheeling, dealing and squealing. Celebrate her labor of love with Breeze Block's Five Year Anniversary Show.

New works by Meg Adamson, Sean Barton, Kevin Bouton-Scott, Ryan Bubnis, Conrad Carlson, Brandon Chuesy, Sara Golden, Jay Howell, Bryce Kanights, Cole Kemp, Samahra Little, Tim Kerr, Josh Keyes, Melissa Loop, Justin Lovato, Joshua Petker, Natalie Phillips, Jeff Proctor, Sam Rodriguez, Stephen Scott Smith and Sloane White.

Opening reception • 6pm-late • December 1
Breeze Block Gallery • 323 NW 6th • 503.318.6228


Eric Stotik, "Untitled LR216 (crouch)," 2011

Laura Russo presents new work by Eric Stotik, this year's RACC Fellow in Visual Arts. "Incorporating dreamlike figures and settings that warrant further investigation, Stotik’s paintings probe a darker side of the psyche— aiming for, as the artist says, 'insight with a gasp.'"

Opening reception • 5-8pm • December 1
Laura Russo Gallery • 805 NW 21st • 503-226-2754


Brian Visser, "Wizard Island," 2011

Stumptown presents Brian Visser's X Zone Verboden. Drawing on sci-fi flicks, Northern Renaissance landscapes and the strange realities of astrophysics, these paintings use multiple perspectives "to create a cohesive vision of a place where more is unknown than known."

Opening reception • 6-8pm • December 1
Stumptown Downtown • 128 SW 3rd • 503.295.6144


Tyler Stuart, "Burden of Reciprocity #1," 2010

Gallery 114 presents Liminal Suspension, featuring a site-specific installation by Tyler Stuart. His previous sculptural work incorporated weighty beams of lumber or steel, often balanced mid-thrust by swathes of fabric.

Opening reception • 6-9pm • December 1
Gallery 114 • 1100 NW Glisan • 503.243.3356


Joakim Eskildsen, "Venus and Mucusoara liked to watch Indian movies, and dressed up in an Indian way, Romania" 2002

Blue Sky presents Joakim Eskildsen's The Roma Journeys, an "intimate, provocative portrayal of Roma lifeways." Eskildsen spent six years with Roma families, eventually making his way across Hungary, India, Greece, Romania, France, Russia and Finland. This show is but a sampling of his extensive portfolio.

Opening reception • 6-9pm • December 1
Blue Sky Gallery • 122 NW 8th • 503.225.0210

*Jeff's additions below


It is officially Linda Hutchins month in Portland with her work appearing at the Lumber Room and Pulliam Gallery but it is her collaborative project (with Endi Bogue Hartigan) at 9 Gallery that has me most excited. At the Nine Linda will be drawing on the gallery walls throughout the month with silver thimbles on the fingers of both hands, scratching and stroking the walls to accumulate marks (something like this would have improved the otherwise nice Interior Margins show). Poems from a working manuscript of Hartigan's will be on display and changed out throughout the month at the entrance to the exhibit space.

Opening reception • 6pm-9pm • December 1
Nine Gallery • 122 NW 8th • 503.225.0210


RACC's new conference room

Though complaining about RACC is the Portland Art Scene's favorite past time, they have improved a great deal. Now they have new offices, situated on the ground floor of the Park Blocks and want to invite you in to learn more about how they can help you achieve your artist goals. We hope their new HQ's will only spur on the Portland Metro area's main source of grants to new levels of engagement, relevancy and excellence.

Open House • 5-8pm • December 1
RACC • 411 NW Park Avenue Suite 101 • 503-823-5111