What a beautiful day for an art ride!
FIRST FRIDAY ART RIDE | START AT SIDESTREET ARTS
First Friday Art Walk (bike to art galleries) Sidestreet Arts (art gallery), 140 SE 28th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Fri, May 1, 2026, 5:45 PM meet at 5:45pm, enjoy 1st gallery for 30 min, ride at 6:15pm
Casual ride to art galleries for the First Friday Art Walk.
First Friday Art Walk is a monthly tradition where art galleries stay open late, bring in artists, have free food, and have hands-on arts projects. /
Biking is the best way to get around to these wonderful galleries, as they’re spread around inner SE/NE. 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 bike 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’ll use small neighborhood streets with minimal cars. The ride ends at a different location from the start. If you need advice for how to bike home afterwards, chat with the ride leader or other cyclists.
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5:45 PM @ 140 SE 28th Ave, Portland, OR
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Open Artists’ studios | East Creative collective
FIRST FRIDAY! – It’s fun! Visit OPEN ARTISTS’ STUDIOS at EAST CREATIVE COLLECTIVE and see Artists and their artwork!
The East Creative building is home to an ever-evolving community of artists, and creatives. Come by and visit our art studios, see our work, buy a cute piece of art, and meet the artists on FIRST FRIDAYS! Featuring new artists every month to chat with, new exciting art, installations and more. Buy direct from local artists!
6 PM – 9 PM @ 211 SE Madison St., Portland, OR
Visit for a full listing of First Friday art openings and our gallery map
PATRICK DESHAYE ART GALLERY OPENING | HIPBONE ART STUDIO
Join us in person for an exciting evening at the Patrick Deshaye Art Gallery Opening. Explore stunning paintings from life by the talented Patrick Deshaye. It’s a perfect chance to connect with art lovers and soak in the creative vibes. Patrick Deshaye has been an artist in Portland for over 30 years. All the paintings in this gallery are done from life at Hipbone Art Studio where this will be hosted and other galleries around the city. He is sadly retiring and leaving Portland. Don’t miss out on this unique experience, come see the beauty he has captured before he departs!
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM @ 1847 E. Burnside Street, #104 Portland, OR
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MORIAH IVERSON: LAND QUILTS | ADX Gallery
Land Quilts (2023-2026) is a collection of dreamy, abstract landscapes painted in my favorite corners of the Pacific Northwest - canvases propped up on picnic tables, easels carefully balanced on river rocks, layers of paint mixed with campfire smoke and tree pollen.
Beginning with aerial views of agricultural regions resembling patchwork quilts, Land Quilts started as a love letter to my native Northern California but quickly evolved into colorful interpretations of the PNW’s sweeping blankets of land that have brought me comfort through periods of homesickness. While this corner of the world is known for its lush forests and stunning mountains, I’m drawn to the alien beauty created by the intersection of the natural world and the built environment. Viewers will spot turbines, power lines, hiking trails, and wildfire burns in my paintings; an attempt to include all the various bits and pieces of our world and stitch them together into something sweeter.
5 PM - 9 PM @ 417 Southeast 11th Ave., Portland, OR
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FEATURED ARTIST PENINA FINGER AND SHRINKY DINKS | PAST LIVES MAKERSPACE Come visit the gallery and check out our featured artist Penina Finger for First Friday. /peninamakesplaces/
May 1st 6-9pm
We’ll also be making Shrinky Dinks
6 PM – 10 PM @ 2808 SE 9th Ave, Portland, OR
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THE CRYPTIDS SHOW | SPLENDORPORIUM
Please join us for the opening reception of The Cryptids Show on Friday, May 1st 6-9 PM.
This is our annual end of year Art4Life Show, in which Student and Professional work is displayed side by side throughout both the Main and Children’s Galleries.
We will have:
Live Piano Music by Lee Comet and Ice Cream and Coffee for sale by Sinister Coffee and Creamery
The show runs through May 28th.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 11-5.
Pictured: Should We Check on the Babysitter?, Group Project by Art4Life Students at Abernethy Elementary
6 PM – 9 PM @ 3421 SE 21st Ave, Portland, OR
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WOODLAND ENCHANTMENT | SIDESTREET ARTS
Featured artists: Casey Capell, Lara Duren King, Tamara Goldsmith (curator), Nicole Gustafsson, Melissa Kojima, Ken Overman, Marika Paz, Tera Stenzel, Shanna Doolittle
Runs: April 30th – May 30th, 2026
First Friday: May 1st, 5-7 pm, with artists at the opening.
Bringing together some of her favorite local artists, Tamara is proud to present a mystical, magical, wondrous world of forest life as imagined by 9 local artists.
Touching on folklore in storytelling, each artist brings forth visions of its creature inhabitants and their mysterious collaborations, the unstoppable strength of nature, and the poignant narratives they weave together in coexistence.
Celebrating themes like the power of myth, the circle of life from decay, and the reverence for the natural world and its many creatures, we as artists have committed to passing on these ideas and relationships through our art. In handing down concepts of awe and wonder, transformation and metamorphosis, blended with cautionary tales and spiritual practices, we hope to provide a visual guide that future generations can continue to use in honoring and preserving our shared world.
5 PM – 7 PM @ 140 SE 28th Ave., Portland, OR
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First Friday Open Studios | East Creative PDX
The East Creative building is home to an ever-evolving community of artists, and creatives.Come by and visit our art studios, see our work, buy a cute piece of art, and meet the artists on FIRST FRIDAYS! Featuring new artists every month to chat with, new exciting art, installations and more.
Buy direct from local artists!
6 PM – 9 PM @ 211 SE Madison St., Portland, OR
Visit for a full listing of First Friday art openings and our gallery map
Baddies From The Block | Manifestation
We’ve got a double-feature First Friday next week on SE 21st street! At Manifestation- Baddies from the Block! Outdoor DJ set and dance party, with vendors and demos inside! At Splendorporium Gallery- Flora and Fauna- creatures and creations from over 30 artists.
6:30 PM @ 2020 SE Bush St., Portland, OR
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Kiko Bordeos and Alexis Gallo: Keepsakes | RSA Projects Gallery
Keepsakes is a collection of work by Kiko Bordeos and Alexis Gallo that capture and preserve moments in time. Through the use of grids and vibrant colors the canvas acts as a record and container for experiences and emotions, making the intangible, tangible. These process based arrangements allow for play and spontaneity that create a dialogue of past and present self that is reflective, energetic, and immediate.
5 PM – 8 PM @ 1327 SE Division St., Portland, OR
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I will have two ceramic pieces on display in the Flora and Fauna Show @splendorporium opening tomorrow Friday, April 3rd 7-9 PM @firstfridaypdx
The opening will have live guitar music by @circularmusic
Group soul portraits by @infinite_doorways_art
Tarot readings by @ghostofearth
And new visual artworks by 54 (!!!) amazing local artists
