All events listed occur on the first Friday of the month and are free and open to all visitors unless otherwise specified. Due to the 4th of July holiday, many of our regular galleries may not be open.
FRIDAY 07.03.26
First Friday Art Ride | Start at Sidestreet arts
Casual ride to art galleries for the First Friday Art Walk.
First Friday Art Walk is a monthly tradition where inner SE art galleries stay open late, bring in artists, have free food, and have hands-on arts projects. http://firstfridaypdx.org/
Biking is the best way to get around to these galleries. We get to 5-8 galleries, depending on how long our group spends in each gallery. We don’t know exact routes and galleries, because we decide in the moment. We’ll stay out until ~9:30pm, then see if folks are up for a group dinner afterwards. Join for as many galleries as you like, and leave when you wish. If you have a sound system bring it! I love music on group rides.
Ride details: 5-15 minutes of biking between galleries. Our ride is perfect for new cyclists and families with kids. We’ll go at a slow pace so folks can socialize, and everyone can keep up. We use small neighborhood streets with minimal cars. The ride ends at a different location from the start. If you need help biking home afterwards or getting to your car, chat with the ride leader.
Meet at 5:45pm, enjoy 1st gallery for 30 min, ride at 6:15pm
https://www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-23866
5:45 PM @ 140 SE 28th Ave., Portland, OR
Canvas & Clay; A Study in Flora & Fauna | Sidestreet arts
July’s featured artist show at Sidestreet Arts Gallery brings together three painters: Kasey Wanford, Lisa Brinkman, and Molly Reeves, and a potter, Ha Austin.
These 4 artists have interpreted the natural beauty, flow, and simple moments of our world in their own unique styles. These nature-inspired works depict our common desire to find stillness amid the chaos in order to feel a sense of belonging, rather than separation from the world that surrounds us.
About the Artists:
Molly Reeves
Molly uses flora and fauna as a vehicle, encouraging herself and others to experience the familiar in a new way. She enjoys bringing the viewer on a visual journey using whimsy and re-invention, offering a feeling that brings us all closer to nature. Her tendency is to use line, color, and composition to “write” with, inviting viewers to savor the little moments and cherish our natural surroundings.
To see more of Molly’s work, visit her Instagram @Molly.reeves.oils
And her website: mollyreeves.com
Kasey Wanford
Kasey Wanford is an expressive abstract painter living in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Her latest method uses colorful alcohol ink to form a base layer of merging fluid patterns, then layers in acrylic paints to shape and add depth to the piece.
For this show, she uses this technique to create impressions of flora, inviting contemplation of our emotional connection to nature.
For Kasey, painting is a tool to process thoughts and feelings, with color selection, shapes, and marks telling the story.
Kasey’s work has been in several regional art shows and galleries, and most recently at The Other Art Show in Los Angeles during L.A. Art Week.
To see more of Kasey’s work, visit her Instagram @kaseywanford.art
And her website: tdlart.com
Lisa Brinkman
Lisa Brinkman is an Oregon-based artist whose work is rooted in a lifelong
communion with the natural world. From her forested “treehouse” home of nearly
four decades, she creates lyrical mixed media paintings with eco-prints that explore
our relationship to nature, spirit, and imagination.
Her current process involves steaming raw silk with locally foraged
plants—geranium, oak, maple, and sumac—creating organic, ethereal imprints.
These eco-prints often incorporate cochineal, a vivid natural red dye, and serve as a
foundation for layered oil paintings that honor the rhythms and symbols of the
natural world.
Born in New York City, raised in Chicago, and living in Portland since 1974,
Brinkman earned her BFA from PNCA (Helman Purchase Prize, 1997) and an MA
in Art Therapy.
Her work has been exhibited regionally, including at the Portland Art Museum;
Buckley Center Gallery, University of Portland; Littman Gallery, PSU; Lake
Oswego Arts Festival, OR; Multnomah Art Center; the Clackamas Arts Alliance.,
Buckley Center Gallery, University of Portland, and the Maude Kern Arts Center.
and has been published in Cosmos &; Logos: Journal of Myth, Religion, and
Folklore and The Journal of Naturopathic Medicine.
To see more of Lisa’s work, visit her Instagram @lisa_brinkman_arts
And her website: lisabrinkman.com
Ha Austin
For a long time, Ha put off using the artistic side of her brain and pursued a path in science and healthcare. She wandered into a ceramics classroom one fine day and was immediately overtaken by the endless possibilities and freedom to explore and express her artistic side. Since relocating to Lake Oswego in June of 2009, she has focused on crystalline glazes and Sgraffito techniques in high-fire kilns. The more she learned, the more she realized that working in clay combined science and art, and she found herself right where she wanted to be.
To see more of Ha’s work, visit her Instagram: @ha_austin_ceramics
And her website: haaustinceramics.squarespace.com
5 PM – 7 PM @ 140 SE 28th Ave., Portland, OR
First Friday | Past lives Makerspace
It’s time for the 4th of July weekend First Friday Art Walk in S.E. Portland this coming Friday, 7/3. 💥
Drop by Past Lives Makerspace from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., and you’ll not only get to see an exhibition by multi-talented Past Lives member Lane Kidd, but you’ll also get to make your very own Shrinky Dink to take home. Win-win.!
So, see you there!
More about Lane:
Lane is a 25-year-old artist who has been experimenting with art for as long as they can remember, from 2D to 3D forms; you can find drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, and metalwork from their hands.
Recently finding the most inspiration from kinetic art, they have been experimenting with creating mobiles and other interactive pieces yet to come. Lane also offers custom commissions through their art account on Instagram, @background_noise_art, and is @background_noise_art , as well as starting to teach metal smithing and jewelry making right here at Past Lives Makerspace.
6 PM – 10 PM @ 2808 SE 9th Ave, Portland, OR
Open Artists’ studios | East Creative collective
Don’t forget to stay up to date with some cool artists at our monthly open studio event!
The collective is cooking up some more work to show you and this is a great opportunity to go home with some cool art, prints, jewelry, and more!
There will also be some rotating vendors bringing music, tarot readings and some more fun stuff.
WHEN: July 3rd, 6pm-9pm
WHERE: 211 SE Madison St., Portland OR
WHO: You and your friends! All ages welcome and it’s FREE!
6 PM – 9 PM @ 211 SE Madison St., Portland, OR
FIRST FRIDAY | The HAVEN PDX
Check out our gallery of amazing visionary art, and more.
✨ FREE EVENT ✨
The Haven PDX is an interdisciplinary art & wellness collective — a regenerative sanctuary where artists, healers, and innovators unite.
For 5 years, we’ve hosted immersive art shows, workshops, and citywide activations. Now we’re entering a new era — transforming an industrial space into a living cultural hub for creativity, healing, and shared prosperity.
We are more than a gallery, we’re building an economy of imagination, wellness, and collective growth.
6 PM – 10 PM @ 2505 NE Pacific St., Portland, OR
Contact Us
We do our best to make the list as complete as possible, if you have an event or correction you would like to see listed please send show details to Info@FirstFridayPDX.org or use our easy online event submission form.
