Brad Carlile Photo Blog

Wow! Blue Sky Gallery (122 NW 8th Ave, Portland OR) has a wonderful new space.

Thursday night I went to a preview party for members and supporters. A grand new place that will really allow shows to be hung in a way to enhance the works.

It has some nice high ceilings, and they kept the old high windows that allow nice light to stream in at the end of the day.

There are many spaces that I imagine will more comfortably allow Blue Sky to host their typical two shows a month.

I liked the division of the space. TJ Norris noted the flat files, yes, very nice. Also a nice library area.

Nine Gallery also came along with Blue Sky.

Congrats to Chris Rauschenberg and the rest of the folks at Blue Sky!

I also went into the preview party for Froelick Gallery (714 NW Davis, Portland OR). Fantastic space. I was running late so I didn’t take any photos. This is a nice gallery space. As you’d expect for an opening the work is a group show of many of Froelick’s artists. I’m really looking forward to the experience of big solo show there.

Looks like Augen Gallery (716 NW Davis, Portland OR) also had a preview party, but I didn’t get an invite. So… Sunday…

Sunday, July 22nd, from noon to 7:30pm is the Grand Opening of many of these spaces in the DeSoto building. It is the building between NW Broadway and NW 8th (on the North Park Blocks between Couch & Davis). Participating spaces include: Froelick Gallery, Augen Gallery, Portland’s Museum of Contemporary Craft, Blue Sky Gallery (and Nine Gallery), and Hartman Fine Art.

D.K. Row, Oregonian’s art critic, wrote extensively about the DeSoto Project in the Oregonian’s Blog. Port has written this so far, I imagine they have a lot more to come, after the Soirée on Sunday.

Wine, cheese, art? not sure if that will be there, but I know there will be a Beer Garden by Bridgeport Brewery. Hopefully no beer-confused gallery viewer will hit this “end the world button”…