Come discover Oregon’s most dynamic artists, wildly varied in their
mediums and aesthetics, through this juried exhibition of contemporary
painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and video. The 2006 Oregon Biennial is
curated by Jennifer Gately, and shows work by 34 artists out of 760
submitted entries. The centerpiece of four concurrent contemporary art
exhibitions—featuring sculpture by Roy McMakin, video/puppet show work
by Pierre Huyghe, and the prints of Mahaffey editions—the Biennial celebrates Oregon’s thriving art community of emerging and established artists.

Begun in 1949 as an annual exhibition, the now-much-broader Oregon Biennial unfolds
against the Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, allowing the
Museum to continuously present a timeline of modern art, and celebrate
new work by Oregon artists.

Tours, gallery talks, and family artmaking opportunities with Biennial artists available.

Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery
Reed College
Sutapa Biswas: Birdsong
August 29 - October 8

The film installations of British East-Indian artist Sutapa Biswas are
dreamy, metaphorical journeys that re-imagine culture and family
through diverse time periods and works of art. Literary, fantastical
and sumptuously visual.

Hoffman Gallery
Oregon College of Art & Craft
Lisa Conway
Through September 3

Inspired by the human body and the natural world of insects, flowers,
fruit, plants and shells, Conway addresses sexual relationships, the
expression of identity, and humans’ responses to one another.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
2006 Time-Based Art Festival
September 7 - 17

A contemporary art festival of more than 250 regional, national and
international artists presenting theatre, dance, music, film, visual
exhibition and installation. Join us for moments of movement and
imagery throughout Portland, Oregon.

Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery
New Embroidery: Not Your Grandma’s Doily
September 22 - November 12

An examination of the resurgence of handcraft traditions, surveying
three decades of embroidery by 21 artists. Includes work by Hildur
Bjarnadóttir, Louis Bourgeois, Lou Cabeen, Orly Cogan, Wendy Huhn,
China Marks, Darrel Morris, Andrea Vander Kooij and Anne Wilson.

The Affair at the Jupiter Hotel
September 29 – October 1

Forty rooms of contemporary art; adventurous and thoughtful dealers,
curators, collectors and artists meet for an intimate art fair. Special
exhibitions, tours of local collections, discussions and parties
animate this immersive art weekend.

Disjecta / 230 East Burnside
Maryhill Double
Through October 1

This summer, a new Maryhill Museum will rise in the Gorge. Artists
Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo, funded by Creative Capital, have
assembled a full-scale architectural double of the Maryhill Museum of Art made entirely out of scaffolding and construction netting. Witness the spectacle. Sunday bus tours.

Feldman Gallery
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Illegal Art
Through October 21
1st Thursday Opening: September 7, 6-9 p.m.

A traveling exhibit on the plight of visual artists, filmmakers, and
musicians like Heidi Cody, Todd Haynes, David Byrne and Danielle
Spencer who’ve encountered legal problems over copyright.

Portland Art Dealers Association (PADA) Portland Art Dealers Association (PADA)
Portland Art Dealers Association (PADA) includes the state’s foremost
contemporary art galleries committed to the highest standards of
representation. One will find the region’s leading artists exhibited
alongside renowned national and international artists. PADA hosts
city-wide public receptions on the first Thursday evening of every
month.