American Institute of Architects
315 SW Fourth Ave, 223-8757

Art by Architects, a collection of paintings, sculptures, and other works by local architects. Opens Oct 5


Art Home

121 NW 2nd, 721 0270

Traditional Chinese painting and abstraction converge in the work of Yang Yanping. Opens Oct 5


Artists Repertory Theatre
1516 SW Alder, 241 9807

Photographs by Owen Carey grace the walls of the theatre's gallery space. Through Oct 15


Attic Gallery
206 SW First Ave, 228-7830

Figurative paintings by Sidonie Caron and stoneware by Meaghan Kunzmann. Opens Oct 5


Atwood Primitive/Lawrence Photographic
205 SW Pine St, 226-6334

* Landscape scenes in platinum from master printer Dan Burkholder. Opens Oct 5


Augen Gallery
817 SW Second Ave, 224-8182

* A retrospective of photographs from Thomas Miller, and Prints from Pace, a selection of marvelous works from such art world notables as Kiki Smith and Chuck Close. Opens Oct 5


Basil Hallward Gallery at Powell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside, 228-4651

The Victorian Boudoir photos of B.B. Chase, and a photo survey entitled Oregon: Then and Now. Opens Oct 5


Berbatis Pan
19 SW Ankeny

Berbati's joins the roster of Portland exhibition spaces, featuring End of an Era: Junque, a, "tongue and cheek", pop-inspired exhibition of digital mural prints on canvas by Audrey Ray. Opens Oct 4


Blue Sky Photography Gallery
1231 NW Hoyt St, 225-0210

New York collaborators Len Jenshel and Diane Cook present their photographic investigation of aquariums throughout the world. Opens Oct 5


BoyerArts
1325 NE Fremont St, 280-8845

Donna Ferrato's recent photographic series, Eve's Peasure, celebrates the sexual vitality of our society's older citizens. Opens Oct 5


Brian Marki Fine Art
2236 NE Broadway, 249 5659

Travelogue, a selection of images captured from several cities by Steven Scardina and Robert M. Huff. Through Oct 31


Broderick Gallery
814 SW First Ave, 224-4020

The Orient Meets the Occident, elements of the East and West meet in the paintings of Zifen Qian. Opens Oct 5


Butters Gallery
520 NW Davis St, 248-9378

Masks and goblets from glass artist Jay Musler, and paintings from Susan Harlan. Opens Oct 5


Chetwynd Stapylton Gallery
615 SW Broadway, 223-4226

Pamela Edwards offers hand-colored, Polaroid transfers as well as traditional prints, and Ukranian painter Slava Mamsikov displays recent oils on canvas. Opens Oct 5


Contemporary Crafts Gallery
3934 SW Corbett Ave, 223-2654

* Timeless Light: Contemporary Platinum Photography, an exhibition of over 100 platinum and palladium prints. Through Nov 5


Contemporary Crafts Gallery

3934 SW Corbett Ave, 223-2654

* Transfer, an exhibition of Polaroid emulsion transfers by Sandra Landers Lopez. Opens Oct 5


Elizabeth Leach Gallery
207 SW Pine St, 224-0521

An installation by Robert Lyons with Dutch Meyer, Views from Italy, photographs by Chritopher Rauschenberg, and Selected Works from 1980 to 2000 by Richard Misrach. Opens Oct 5


Fifth Element
404 NW 10th Ave, Suite 1, 279-9042

An Exhibition of Wood and Soda Fired Pottery, featuring the ceramic work of Josh DeWeese. Opens Oct 5


Froelick Adelhart
817 SW Second Ave, 222-1142

* Chimeras, tintypes from photographer Susan Seuberrt, and Flowers in the Attic, soft sculptures by Iggi Green. Opens Oct 5


Gallery 114
1100 NW Glisan, 243-3356

Photos Americas 2000 alive and well: Images from Craig Pozzi, Deborah Dombrowski, and Paul Dahlquist Opens Oct 5


Gallery Untitled
723 NW 18, 222-1822

Silences and Solitudes, abstract paintings from Arnold Suffin. Opens Oct 5


Groundswell Gallery
1800 NE Alberta, 331-1420

Desperate & Delicate, mixed media work by Brooke Fitzgerald that explores the theme of grieving the loss of a loved one. Through Oct 24


Guardino Gallery
2939 NE Alberta, 281-9048

Photography by Bryan Wolf and found object sculptures by George Von der Linden. Through Oct 24


Hawthorne Arts
4134 SE Hawthorne, 231 7466

Fragments of Spain, color photographs by LeeAnn Slawson. Opens Oct 5


Heart Gallery
7912 SE 13, 731-6005

Two-dimensional and three-dimensional abstract works by Oregon artist Gregory Belzer. Through Oct 14


Inchmeal
625 NW Everett St #108, 228-1683

* Family Show, monotypes by Blanka Dvorak; photo-poetry on the streets by Jiri Dvorak; and social satire through watercolor by their daughter, Mara Infidelious. Opens Oct 5


L & B Viewing Room
1714 NW Overton 2 Flr, 241-4144

* Mareseatoats, a menagerie of new work by Mary Ellen Pinfold, and Faces, a collection of portraits in oil by Peggy Schultz. Opens Oct 4


Laura Russo Gallery
805 NW 21 Ave, 226-2754

CHARACTER: Standing, Sitting, Prone, paintings by Gregory Grenon, Pilchuck Variations, vitreographs and monotypes by Rae Mahaffey, and selected gouache works from Michael Brophy. Opens Oct 5


Macri Gallery
2324 SE Division, 238-1523

Uncommon Returns, photographs by Therese Gietler and Stewart Harvey. Opens Oct 6


Margo Jacobsen
1039 NW Glisan St, 224-7287

Exposed on the Cliffs of the Heart, large color landscapes by Oregon photographer Ron Cronin; and carved wood sculpturtes by Steve Jensen. Opens Oct 5


Mark Woolley Gallery
120 NW Ninth Ave, Suite 210, 224-5475

Ghosts, photographs by Carol Yarrow; Portraits of Portland, Shades of L.A., oils by Diane Remnick; and Immagini Pagane (Pagan Imaging), mixed media work by Lynda Frese. Opens Oct 5


Marylhurst Art Gym
17600 Pacific Hwy, 699 6243

* Incidents and Ideas 1975-2000, an exhibition of drawings, photographs, and sculptures-including three outdoor works by artist Paul Sutinen Through Oct 26


Matrix and Our Dream Galleries
2209 NE Alberta St, 288-3024

African Americans: Our Experience Will Never Be Forgotten, an exhibition of digitial photography by Stephen Marc. Also, As the Old World and New World Merge, paintings by Anthony Jeffery and Travis Bonneau. Through Oct 24


Meow Meow
527 SE Pine, 230-2111

As part of the Charm Bracelet, John Ryczek shows The Young and the Restless, acrylic, trophy-like superheroes; and Zinc Atom from Abra Anchiffe, a 60-piece atom sculpture in pastels. Oct 6 only


Nil Contemporary Art
328 NW Broadway #114, 221-3182

* Mini/Maxi (Real), an exhibit of self-images by Muriel Bartol. Opens Oct 5


Omni Gallery
416 NW 5th Ave, 224 2754

A Day in the Life of a Man with a Plan, an Inverse Film, a series of selenium-toned, silver gelatin prints by Larry Cwik. Opens Oct 5


Onda Gallery
2215 NE Alberta St, 493-1909

Eclectic Vision, an exhibition by the Inner Light Photographic Society, a group originating from Clark College in Vancouver. Through Oct 24


Pacific Northwest College of Art
1241 NW Johnson, 226-4391

* Echoes: A Century Survey, an exhibition of paintings, collages, drawings and writings by New York artist Arnold Mesches. Through Oct 30. Ravenous, an installation by Smith Dudley Eliot at the Manuel Izquierdo Sculpture Gallery. Through Oct 14


PDX
604 NW 12 Ave, 222-0063

* Invasive Basalt: Northern Oregon Coastal Headlands, a photographic journey into geological formations by Terry Toedtemeier. Opens Oct 3


Photographic Image
240 SW First Ave, 224-3543

New Pictoralism, a group show of young artists, and New York Noir, nightscape photography from Orville Robertson. Through Oct 30


Plain Jane
2936 NE Alberta St, 528-9691

Public debut of paintings by DY Wilson. Through Oct 24


Portland Art Museum

1219 SW Park Ave, 226-2811

* Oregon's 20th Century in Photography, an exhibition drawn from the museum's permanent collection, featuring photographs taken over the last 100 years. Through Jan 3


Portland Open Studios
Tour through the real life spaces of local artists. The $12 catalog/calendar and map is available at Art Media. The purchase guarantees a seat on this wild tour for you and a guest. Oct 7th and 8th


Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway, Neuberger Hall, 725 2315

Director's Choice, a group exhibition featuring seven different approaches to photography. Opens Oct 5


Portland State University, Littman Gallery

1825 SW Broadway, Neuberger Hall, 725 2315

* Callback, a group exhibition featuring 120 PSU alumni artists at Autzen Gallery, and Mysteries of Everday Life: 1976-2000, a photographic exhibition by Craig Pozzi at Gallery 299. Through Oct 27


Pulliam Deffenbaugh
522 NW 12th Ave, 228-6665

* Cityscapes, new paintings by Northwest art veteran George Johanson. Opens Oct 5


Pulliam Deffenbaugh Broadway Gallery
507 SW Broadway, 228-8208

New photographic works by Brad Rogers. Opens Oct 5


Reading Frenzy

921 SW Oak, 274-1449

Portraits from Mission High Yearbook 1942, a series of paintings by Christine Shields. Opens Oct 5


Talisman
Standard Dairy Complex #5, 2808 NE Martin Luther King Blvd, 284-8800

Photographs by Stephen Datnoff and oil paintings by Carol Brandwein. Opens Oct 5


Three Friends Coffeehouse

201 SE 12th, 236 6411

Liberation, pastel work by artist Samuel Paden. Opens Oct 5


Torrefazione Italia

1140 NW Everett, 224 9896

Large Photographs, color and black & white photography by Amy Archer. Through Oct 31