32 JCIStQUt MAY 5, 2006 on view These galleries hold artist receptions, usually from 6 to 9 p.m., once a month. ® First Thursday Last Thursday First Friday ArtBar at Portland Center for the Performing Arts presents Beyond Pop: Comic Book Art from Mercury Studios extended through May 31. (1111 SW Broadway.) (ft The Art Institute of Portland presents Spring Student Show through May 31. (1122 NW Davis St.) Gay-owned Brian Marki Fine Art exhibits Ike Leahy 's nature photographs and Jeffrey Palladmi's oils through May 31. (2236 NE Broadway.) ® Butters Gallery presents Melinda Stickney-Gibson's paintings and Jock Sturges' photographs through May 27. Sturges reception 5-7:30 pm May 5. (520 NW Davis St.) (ft Chambers presents Upheaval, paintings on wood by Peter Archer, and Overdrawn, a drawing installation by Don Olsen, through May 13. (207 SW Pine St. # 102.) collective QuArt PDX through May 24. (3000 NE Killmgsworth St.) (ft Elizabeth Leach Gallery presents Malia Jensen's Nature Studies along with the large-scale group exhibition Fresh through May 27. (417 NW Ninth Ave.) (ftFroelick Gallery presents painter Michael Schultheis' Spherical Lunes through May 24. (817 SW Second Ave.) Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center in Hillsboro presents abstract painters Todd Bauer and Ronald Rasch along with glass artist Sue Moir through June 23. (527 E Main St.) Goodfoot Pub & Lounge exhibits artists Cathie Young and Anna Todaro through May 22. (2845 SE Stark St.) Clackamas Community College in Oregon City presents the group show History 8 Identity through May 11 at Alexander Gallery. (19600 S Molalla Ave.) (ft Gottlieb Gallery presents Sally O'Neill's oil paintings and Gene Gill's watercolors through May 27. (220 SW Yamhill St.) Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery presents Oregon College of Art & Craft's Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition May 13-June 4. Opening reception 5-7 pm May 19. (3934 SW Corbett Ave.) (£|Guardino Gallery exhibits Gabriel Fernandez's oil paintings and Julian Voss-Andreae's mixed-media sculpture through May 23. (2939 NE Alberta St.) ® Queer-owned Cup and Saucer Northeast presents The Miniatures Group Show by Portland queer art ■ Photographic Image Gallery displays Mike Ryerson’s "Expose Yourself to Art" featuring former Portland Mayor Guestroom Gallery presents Compound Bud Clark through May 27. Concoction, featuring the works of 12 American and Japanese a traveling version of the permanently installed exhibit at artists, through May 31. (128 NE Russell St.) the Smithsonian Institution featuring five audiovisual pre­ Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center sentations, two interactive experiences and more than 350 presents Harmony: Nature and Human artifacts, through Sept. 17. (1200 SW Park Ave.) Beings, a collection of watercolor paintings (ft PDX Contemporary Art exhibits Akzidenz Grotesk— by Ming X. Wei to celebrate Asian v Light Oldstyle Figures, Patrick Abbey's paintings and Heritage Month, through June 17. (5340 N mixed media; Fallen, a short film by Ryan Jeffery; and a Interstate Ave.) special presentation of Nazraeli Press books through (ft Lawrence Gallery presents Jennifer May 27. (925 NW Flanders St.) Gray's oils and mixed media through (ft p:ear gallery exhibits Reflections, the brilliant and May 31. (903 NW Davis St.) dynamic mirrors of Portland artist Tom Cramer, Mark Gamba Gallery in Milwaukie presents through May 26. (809 SW Alder St.) Mark Gamba's Buckaroos: A Rare Glimpse at (ft Photographic Image Gallery exhibits Say Cheese! Oregon's Remaining Cowboys through featuring candid and studio portraits by gallery artists June 2. (10600 SE McLoughlin Blvd. # 104.) through May 27. Gallery talk by famed jazz photographer Multnomah Arts Center Gallery presents Herb Snitzer 7-8 pm May 18. (79 SW Oak St.) The Nam '67 '68, wartime photography by F. Kurt Rolfes, through June 7. (7688 SW Capitol Highway.) ® Gay-owned Onda Arte Latina presents Looking for Don Quixote, paintings and drawings in mixed media by Hampton Rodriguez, through May 23. (2215 NE Alberta St.) Oregon College of Art & Craft's Hoffman Gallery presents Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition May 18-June 18. Opening recep­ tion 4- 7 pm May 18. (8245 SWBarnes Road.) Oregon Convention Center presents more than 200 Oregon and southwest Washington clay artists in the 24th annual Ceramic Showcase through May 7. (777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) Tango Berretin offers queer-friendly classes Mondays through June 12. Oregon Historical Society presents The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden, ® Portland Art Center presents Five Folks: A Variety Show, an exhibition of senior thesis students from Linfield College, through May 27. (32 NW Fifth Ave.) Portland Art Museum presents Roxy Paine: PMU through May 28; From Anxiety to Ecstasy: Themes in German Expressionist Prints through June 11; Hilda Morris through July 16; Highlights from the Paul and Clara Gebauer Collection of Cameroon Art through Aug. 13; Great Painters in Brescia from the Renaissance to the 18th Century through Sept. 17; and Mysterious Spirits, Strange Beasts, Earthly Delights: Early Chinese Art from the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection through Jan. 1, 2007. (1219 SW Park Ave.) (J^ Powell's Books exhibits nine young, up-and-coming Seattle artists in The Bhg Drawing Show through May 31. (1005 W Burnside St.) (ft Pushdot Studio exhibits The 1 Eye International Animation Festival through May 27. Animation demonstration 1 -2 pm May 6. (830 NW 14th Ave.) (ft Quintana Galleries exhibits Kwawhlhal: Argillite Carving of the Haida, a black, slate-like stone found exclusively off the western coast of British Columbia, through May 27. (120 NW Ninth Ave.) (ft Random Order Coffeehouse exhibits David Neevel's Art as Sacrament, Art as Excrement through May 24. (1800 NE Alberta St.) Reed College's Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery exhibits photography from the Ovitz Family Collection in New Trajectories II: Expansions through June 11. (3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.) (ft Ringers Annex exhibits art pieces by Adam Heim through May 31. (1223 SW Stark St.) Shogun's Gallery exhibits more than 200 original Japanese manga woodblock prints by Hokusai published in 1875 through May 21. (1111 NW23rd Ave.) (J^ Sister Sally's Gallery presents Banana Split with a Bush on Top, Steven W. Ochs' silkscreens of the pre­ sident's face collaged with Saddam Hussein, along with his children's books and surreal photomontages through May 5. (625 NW Everett St. #104.) Small A Projects presents photographer Zoe Crosher's Out the Window (LAX) through May 27. (1430 SE Third Ave.) ® Space Monkey Coffee presents Reasons Why, oils and mixed-media work by queer artist Serena Barton, May 15-June 15. (5511 SE 72nd Ave.) ® Talking Drum Bookstore presents Where I'm From, an exhibition of photographic work by Woodlawn Elementary School students involved with the I Have a Dream Foundation, through May 15. (446 NE Killingworth St.) For details on our special rates and issues contact the sales department at 503-236-1253. This is an excellent opportunity to introduce yourself to thousands and thousands and thousands of gay, lesbian, bi and trans consumers. COME JOIN US!