 Our understanding of time is a fascinating thing. When regarded as an objective phenomena it carries an inexorable weight tied to impermanence and its passage flies before us. However, when detached from a conceptual framework, and regarded instead as a purely subjective experience, we gain access to a boundless abundance that is scarcely less then eternity. By turns of perspective, each moment is both the briefest flicker, and also an endless river of light. In addition to highlighting shows this month on this topic, I invite you to regard art as a gateway to an experience of timelessness. As you viewer a work of art tonight, allow yourself to become fully immersed in it, and swim in the cool river of its expereince. Hope to see you tonight, Noah Alexander Isaac Stein First Friday PDX President JUNE ART EVENTS  THE THIN VEIL | SPLENDORPORIUM The Thin Veil refers to a time or place where the boundary between our world and the spirit world, or the mystical and mundane, is less solid and more easily transversed. This show features work by collage artist Greg Traw and over 20 other local artists exploring such liminal and otherworldly spaces in a variety of styles and media. Please join us for opening night, Friday June 2nd, 2023 from 7 to 9 pm. The show runs through July 28th. 7 PM – 9 PM @ 3421 SE 21ST Ave., Portland, OR 97214  DURATION: PHIL HARRIS | PUSHDOT STUDIOS Portland photographer Phil Harris exhibits images from his Duration series of large-scale time-based inkjet prints. The pictures are about the passage of time, change, and the unstable quality of the fleeting moment. All the images were made using a small hand-held point-and-shoot camera, along with some patience and wholehearted attention. Each assembled picture lays out a process of change that can be hard to understand without a visual guide. Phil Harris has been a Portland-based art photographer for decades. He taught for some years at Oregon College of Art and Craft, and has exhibited his work around the US. His images are held in numerous collections, public and private. 6 PM – 8 PM @ 2505 SE 11th Avenue, Suite 104 – in the Ford Building, enter on Division Street Portland, OR  10TH ANNIVERSARY | MANIFESTATION 10 year anniversarv at Manifestation!Brother husbands on DJ duties. 6 PM – 9 PM @ 2020 SE Bush St., Portland, OR  OUT OF TIME AND PLACE: STEVE HILL | ART ON THE BOULEVARD 5 PM – 8 PM @ 210 W. Evergreen Boulevard #300, Vancouver, WA  WILDFIRE AND GHOST FOREST | ART AT THE CAVE This interdisciplinary exhibit will feature paintings, photographs and language as vehicles for processing the wildfires of 2020 which now visit us annually along the West coast. Painting by Ann Ruttan, photography by Sarah Grew and writing by Apricot Irving will transport you through creative interpretations of this collective experience.Driven equally by hope and despair, Ann has emerged with breathtaking landscape oil paintings showing the unstoppable force of the flame. Sarah has developed sobering carbon photographs onto glass, composed of the ashes from these very same forests, and Apricot’s blog entries capture the reader 4 PM – 8 PM @ 108 E Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver, WA  FIRST FRIDAY | SIDESTREET ARTS Join us for adult beverages and nibbles! You can meet the artists while enjoying the ART! Feature show artists: Tyler (Awake) Bingham, Emily Kepulis, Erick Martinez Spotlight artist: Kendra Kent Show runs: June 1-July 2, 2023 Art is also available online, starting on June 1. Emily Kepulis is a mixed-media visual artist and muralist living in Portland, OR. Tyler (Awake) Bingham is a self-taught painter living in Portland, OR. Erick Martinez is a figurative sculptor fascinated by the human body and its emotions. Kendra Kent a visual artist currently living in Beaverton, OR. Ha Austin: ceramics Melody Bush: carved books Ann Magruder: paintings Jackie McIntyre: mixed media This show runs May 4-28. 5 PM – 7 PM @ 140 SE 28th Ave., Portland, OR  THE DRAWING CLUB | EAST CREATIVE COLLECTIVE East Creative welcomes Drawing Club guest artists Scott Brown, Molly Day, Theresa Devost and Heather Mcgeachy who will be displaying their show-Human Condition 2nd Edition on First Friday June 2nd! Come meet the artists! Tour our studios, enjoy Live Painting, Live music and more. 6 PM – 9 PM @ 211 SE Madison St., Portland, OR 97214  EVERYDAY OBJECTS: KELLY DELAY | BEULAHLAND Photography by Kelly Delay 6 PM – 11 PM @ 118 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR 97232  COALESCENCE: DAVE LONG AND RACHEL RUSENKO | EARTH SPACE PDX We are thrilled to announceCoalescence, a duo art show featuring the work of Dave Long @mistymenus and Rachel Rusenko @rusenkoart here at Earth Space PDX!This is gonna be a special one! We will unveil the first prototype of el-wire light art collaboration, featuring Rusenko linework, and 3D printing wizardry by Dave Long! Dave will also have several of his animatronic wings on display- vou are warmly encouraged to try them on and play! Along with original paintings by Long and Rusenko, this will be a jam-packed juicy, multi sensory, multi medium experience you won’t want to miss!The show opens Fridav June 2nd from 6-10pm! *Gongfu Tea Service with Antlerstone Tea @antlerstonetea @russell bohr© Tarot Readings with Love Cult @the.love.cult @psvtherialSad Live music by Dave Long @mistymenus 6 PM – 10 PM @ 4135 SE Gladstone St., Portland, OR  FIRST FRIDAY | BITE STUDIOS Hey friends, we are back for First Friday on June 2nd with a fabulous group print show. 6-10 pm at Bite Studio. You should join us!(Image by Pat Stevens) 6 PM – 10 PM @ 2000 SE 7th Ave., Portland, OR  SKATE DECK SHOW | ADX GALLERY X Come join us for our epic Summer Skate Deck Show•. We had over 100 artists answer the call and the artists take 100% of sales. The work is diverse, dynamic, and in a huge variety of mediums. Glass, cloth, clay, epoxy, paint…Free Live Music from & :@superoceanband and @higlowmusicDonations for drinks pay the bands. Special thanks to @fracturebrewing_starkIf you are not tagged you will be on Wednesday. If you are tagged but will not be in the show- you can still come and hang out. 4 PM – 7 PM @ 417 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR Visit the First Friday PDX website for more events and the First Friday mapContact UsWe love to promote art events involving our participating galleries and artists, please be sure to send your news and any feedback to: press@firstfridaypdx.org Or use our online event submission form! General inquires: info@firstfridaypdx.org |