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Coming to the James Hibbard Gallery at Blackfish in September:Jerry Svoboda: Natural Forces In Natural Forces, Jerry Svo...
09/02/2026

Coming to the James Hibbard Gallery at Blackfish in September:

Jerry Svoboda: Natural Forces

In Natural Forces, Jerry Svoboda’s first exhibition at Blackfish Gallery, the artist imagines the primordial currents of the world’s genesis, as if seen through the eyes of the first human. Through his charcoal drawings, Svoboda uses landscapes as a stage to explore the flow and transformation of elemental forces. Clouds, fire, and water reveal and obscure mysterious forms that speak equally of dream archetypes, memory, and the underlying geometries that shape our world.

Exhibit Duration September 2 - September 26
First Thursday Artist Reception September 3, 5 – 8 pm
Artist Talk: September 16, 2026 6 pm • Don Bailey
Artist Talk: September 19, 2026 2 pm • Clint Brown
Closing Reception Featuring live music from The Greebles September 25, 7 - 9 pm

Coming to gallery two at Blackfish in September:Don Bailey: People I’ve Known Simultaneously political and intensely per...
09/01/2026

Coming to gallery two at Blackfish in September:

Don Bailey: People I’ve Known

Simultaneously political and intensely personal, Don Bailey’s new exhibition People I’ve Known extends the artist’s acclaimed series of Native American portraits into exploratory narratives of his subjects. Known for his painted portraits taken from archival photographs, Bailey transforms his sources into dynamic narrative compositions incorporating vibrant color, traditional native design, contemporary cultural references, documents, and real and imagined landscapes.

Exhibit Duration September 2 - September 26
First Thursday Artist Reception September 3, 5 – 8 pm
Artist Talk: September 16, 2026 6 pm • Don Bailey
Artist Talk: September 19, 2026 2 pm • Clint Brown
Closing Reception Featuring live music from The Greebles September 25, 7 - 9 pm

Coming to the main gallery at Blackfish in September:Clint Brown: A LIFE OF DRAWINGDrawing inspiration from intense exam...
09/01/2026

Coming to the main gallery at Blackfish in September:

Clint Brown: A LIFE OF DRAWING

Drawing inspiration from intense examination of the contemporary social landscape, Clint Brown’s exhibition A Life of Drawing, displays both Brown’s mastery of the medium and continuing relevance. Across a range of charcoal and conté drawings, Brown confronts pressing issues such as homelessness, environmental degradation, and epidemic disease, as well as universal constants of love and death. In presenting viewers with alternating images contemporary, historical, and timeless, Brown stresses an essential humanity, that is in equal parts challenging and tender.

Exhibit Duration September 2 - September 26
First Thursday Artist Reception September 3, 5 – 8 pm
Artist Talk: September 16, 2026 6 pm • Don Bailey
Artist Talk: September 19, 2026 2 pm • Clint Brown
Closing Reception Featuring live music from The Greebles September 25, 7 - 9 pm

Congratulations to Blackfish Gallery artist Benjamin Mefford on his sculpture "Head's Up" being selected for the Arts Co...
08/31/2026

Congratulations to Blackfish Gallery artist Benjamin Mefford on his sculpture "Head's Up" being selected for the Arts Council of Lake Oswego's Gallery Without Walls, on the corner of 1st and B Avenue. Take a stroll in Lake Oswego and view it through 2027!

Final day tomorrow! Turnbull, Theiss, Knutson — 11–5, 938 NW Everett.
08/28/2026

Final day tomorrow! Turnbull, Theiss, Knutson — 11–5, 938 NW Everett.

These are the last few days to see our August exhibitions....closing Saturday, August 29thAmy TurnbullConformation 202...
08/27/2026

These are the last few days to see our August exhibitions....

closing Saturday, August 29th

Amy Turnbull
Conformation 2025
oil on canvas
24” x 39”

Hannah Theiss
Sink 2026
mixed media
25” x 37” x 2”

Michael Knutson
Harnett’s Letter Rack 1974
watercolor 30” x 46”


Out now from CoDesign CollaborativeUNFOLD: Design for DissentA publication showcasing methods of dissent and protest thr...
08/26/2026

Out now from CoDesign Collaborative
UNFOLD: Design for Dissent

A publication showcasing methods of dissent and protest through art and design.

CoDesign Collaborative mission statement: Our mission is to inspire social change through the transformative power of design. Our vision is to help more people design for good.

Scan the QR code to access Nick Cheney’s article about Blackfish Gallery’s February 2026 show “Signs of Dissent”

codesigncollaborative.org

Call for Art: Q***r Spirit 🌈🎨“Q***r is Grace. Q***r is Beauty. Q***r is Desire. Q***r is Authentic," are the words paint...
08/25/2026

Call for Art: Q***r Spirit 🌈🎨

“Q***r is Grace. Q***r is Beauty. Q***r is Desire. Q***r is Authentic," are the words painted across Pomegranate Doyle's piece "Time to Begin."

Blackfish Gallery invites greater Portland-based artists to submit to "Q***r Spirit", an exhibition opening in January 2027 celebrating q***r identity, community, lived experience, and radical imagination. We’re seeking 2D, 3D, experimental, and installation-based work that holds space for care, joy, resistance, and becoming.

Full details and submission link: https://app.entrythingy.com/blackfish/q***r-spirit

No submission fee. Deadline: September 15.

***rArt

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938 NW Everett
Portland, OR
97209

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Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
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