All events listed occur on the first Friday of the month and are free and open to all visitors unless otherwise specified.
Skulls and Coffee | Witching Hour Tattoo
Joinus for a gallery exhibition by local comic artist Shannon Wheeler, creator of Too Much Coffee Man!
Accompanying 3D artist Wendi Kai will be showcasing her oddity creations of skulls, bones, and flowers under glass! As always there will be drinks and snacks, tons of great art for sale, and an opportunity to chat with our resident tattoo artists about future projects!
4 PM – 9 PM @ 1960 SE Hawthorne Blvd, suite 102, Portland, OR
Donna Bates and Tamara Goldsmith Art Opening | Sidestreet Arts
Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating the strength and beauty of women through art. Featuring the vibrant oil paintings of Donna Bates, whose powerful figures embody resilience and grace, alongside the luminous stained glass creations of Tamara Goldsmith, whose work captures light and color in stunning, artful forms. Together, these two artists offer a dynamic exploration of strength, light, and the human spirit, each piece telling its own unique story. Don’t miss this unforgettable experience!
5 PM – 7 PM @ 140 SE 28th Ave., Portland, OR
Galeria Libris CLOSING RECEPTIOn | GAGALLERY
A Book Arts themed art show featuring Artist Books and Book related artworks as well as illustrations, collages, sculpture and small press books.
The exhibition will run from March 7th through April 4th. The opening reception (March 7th from 6pm to 8pm) will feature music by Doug Schaeffer, and the closing reception will feature music by Adrienne Awen (April 4th from 6pm to 8pm).
Join us for other upcoming events with our artists:
March 15th Channeling through Coloring with Tre Roberts (Great for Kids! Featuring the Little Witch Coloring Book)
March 15th Music and Artist Talk with Doug Schaffer
March 16th Open Gallery Hours with Harold McNaron
March 22nd
March 18th Fun Folded Forms with Erinn Katherine
March 22nd Workshop with Kyle Shelton
6 PM – 8 PM @ 2035 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR
INTERTWINED art/poetry collaboration opening | Soliloquy fine arts
INTERTWINED presents a collection of art and poetry created by pairs of West Coast artists and writers at the SE location for EKPHRAESTIVAL 2025, a celebration of word + image in honor of National Poetry Month. Join us for an inspiring assortment of artwork, poetry readings and video installations in the garage annex. Readings continue through the end of the exhibition on May 15. Additional details and full schedule at soliloquyfinearts.com.
6 PM – 8 PM @ 2232 SE Clinton St., Portland, OR
PORTRAYAL | Splendorporium Gallery
Splendorporium Gallery invites you to the opening reception for the Portrayal Show, a celebration of portraiture.
Opening night is Friday, April 4th 7-9 PM.
This show features new work by Momo Carter and over 25 other local artists working in a variety of media.
We will have:
Vegan Sushi by Radical Rolls
Live Guitar Music by WESKE John Chap
And Oracle Card Readings by Ghost.
The Children’s Gallery (inside the main gallery) will be featuring new work by students in our Art4Life program.
The show hangs through April 24th.
Regular gallery hours are weekdays 11-5.
Pictured: Potential Within, Mixed Media by Momo Carter
7 PM – 9 PM @ 3421 SE 21st Ave., Portland, OR
Public Wandering | Pulse PDX
Amidst current attacks on all things public, this show celebrates the sanctity of those spaces we share freely. Laura Glazer’s Repeat Admirer project shows the public library as a place that stimulates our senses and provides access to beauty while inspiring curiosity, informing the populace, and sharing knowledge. In Harold McNaron’s Sidewalking series, bits of urban life captured during ritual walks are distilled for memorial and spiritual practice. Harold and Laura send shouts out to the Situationists, Aboriginal ritual walkers and artist Ariana Jacob for being points of reference and departure for this exhibit.
Harold:
“Since the early Covid times, I’ve taken ritual walks to reconnect with the everyday bits of life around me. What began as a prescription for mental health flourished into opportunities for artistic wandering and spiritual fulfillment. As I captured bits of city life in frames and brought them home with me, they collaged and fused my outside and inside worlds. Now five years in, I continue to walk about, especially since losing my car in 2023. What a plethora of stories these streets and sidewalks can tell!
Wanna sidewalk with me? On Saturday, April 14th, I’ll co-facilitate a walking/moving mindfulness activity with Street Wisdom’s Sophie Pace from 12:00 noon to 1:30pm. We’ll start here at Pulse PDX before exploring Sandy and adjoining neighborhoods as source material for knowledge, guidance and fun!”
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM @ 3602 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Upcycle Bonanza | Ambient Magic Studios
Rumble in the Jumble, together with Ambient Magic Art Studios, is popping up once again for the Upcycle Bonanza! Friday, April 4 from 6-11pm.
Wanna know what you’ll find there? Here’s a hint… 20+ fantastic local artists & makers, featuring upcycled & sustainable arts galore, awesome live music, craft cocktails, an art supply swap table, and much more!
Rumble in the Jumble is a people focused project, aimed at building a supportive community focused on creativity. As such, all of our events are free to the public, and we keep our vendor fees as low as possible.
6 PM – 11 PM @ 322 SE Morrison St., Portland, OR
Bring It In | JaJa PDX
This gallery opening will be an introduction to the in-house members of JaJa PDX. We will showcase the wide variety of works by our talented community. Come meet our family, we would love to collaborate!
We will also be hosting a skate night with Fam Jam!
ALL AGES 7-11pm
7 PM -11 PM @ 819 SE Taylor St., Portland, OR
Pine ross | Clinton Street Coffeehouse
April Artist: Pine Ross
Join us for live music from Sydney Dreamstar
“Hello! My name is Pine (: since I was young I’ve been painting, drawing, sewing, making music, or doing something artistic at all times possible. I’ve always found love and comfort through animals and feel that creating art depicting creatures makes me feel at peace. I like to bring an otherworldly feeling to a lot of my art as well. Life can be heavy at times and it’s nice to look at, or create a piece of art that transports you into a different space. My hope is that my art helps to bring you to a state of peace and harmony (: “
5 PM – 7 PM @ 2706 SE 26th Ave.,Portland, OR
First Friday at Manifestation | Manifestation PDX
Come to Manifestation to check out our warehouse studio and makerspace! DJs will be spinning sounds, artists will be sharing their wares, and this month we will have a kiln demonstration.
6 PM – 11 PM @ 2020 SE Bush St., Portland, OR
ARTIST OPEN STUDIOS | EAST CREATIVE COLLECTIVE
Oh goodie! Get ready and mark your First Friday calendar for April 4th, 2025, starting at 6pm! See new art by new artists and familiar ones.
Welcome Spring with bouncey new art and MORE!!
6 PM – 9 PM @ 211 SE Madison St., Portland, OR
TYBOE | ADX Gallery x
Tyboe would like to cordially invite you, the entire universe, and all the other dimensional beings to the interconnectedness event of our space and time!
Join creation at @adxportland on April 4th from 5-9 pm for “Scientific Progress Goes Boeyink” – Inside the Transmogrification of tyboe: an interactive and immersive art gallery opening unlike any before, with a beats showcase from @foliagebeats , live (spray) painting with the artist, flow performances, face painting, art raffles, custom merch and so much more! In this show, tyboe hopes to inspire, motivate, and welcome everyone to the transformative power of creativity with the intent of raising the vibrational levels and feelings of interconnectedness for all involved.
We will embark on a journey through a brainstorm symposium of the artist, as he attempts to transmogrify himself into a higher vibrational being!
You will see his continual effort to condense and synthesize the information patterns hidden and seen all around us into a transformative art experience using: canvas, walls, ceilings, screens, projectors, lights, live music, performances, and you! Mark your calendars for April 4th, 2025 and take the plunge.
5 PM – 9 PM @ 417 SE 11th Ave., Portland, OR
CONES | The roll up
Opening Night: Friday, April 4th, 5-10 PM
Curated by Matt Perez (@matthewperezsculpture) &
Caleb Jay Colours (@CalebJay.art)
For months, Portland’s finest artists have searched tirelessly for the missing Cone. We followed every lead, checked every crosswalk, interrogated every construction site. Still, the Cone eludes us.
In its absence, 22 artists have done what they do best
-reimagine, reconstruct, and manifest the legend. The Cone may be lost, but on April 4th, we bring it home.
(There is still no Cone.)
5 PM -11 PM @ 2145 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR
KHEM Paints live! | EVO
Kick it with art fans
during the two hour
live painting show this Friday
at evo.
5 PM – 7 PM @ SE MLK Jr. Blvd. and SE Ash St., Portland, OR
April fools fools pop-up | kboo
This is no April Fools prank! We’ve got a killer lineup of artists, vendors, and performers for this Friday! Come run away and join the circus!
See you there xoxo
6 PM – 9 PM @ 20 SE 8th Ave., 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.