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Converge 45 returns for its 2026 edition, \u201cHere, To You, Now,\u201d curated by Lumi Tan and inspired by the writing of Ursula K. Le Guin, turning galleries, storefronts, and campuses across the city into one shared stage. The triennial\u2019s opening weekend (Aug 27-30) brings receptions, performances, and talks to all 16 venues, including PICA\u2019s debut of Trisha Baga\u2019s immersive installation \u201cMORE\u201d and new work at Oregon Contemporary and PNCA.\u00a0Converge 45<\/a><\/p>\n The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University reopens August 28 after a two-month closure with \u201cAnish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins,\u201d the internationally renowned sculptor\u2019s first retrospective devoted entirely to his printmaking practice. Drawn from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation\u2019s collection, the show gathers more than 150 prints spanning four decades, with a Family Day celebration on August 29.\u00a0Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU<\/a><\/p>\n PICA\u2019s Precipice Fund, part of the Andy Warhol Foundation\u2019s national Regional Regranting Program, is accepting applications for its 15th round, supporting scrappy, unincorporated visual-art collectives, alternative spaces, and collaborative projects in and around Portland. Artists and collectives have until September 20 to apply, with a required info session now available online.\u00a0PICA<\/a><\/p>\n Longtime Trail Blazers team photographer Bruce Ely opens a solo show of his behind-the-scenes portraits and documentary images, capturing players from Brandon Roy to Damian Lillard, at Weedman Design Partners Gallery in Northwest Portland. The show is open Fridays through the end of the month.\u00a0Portland Mercury<\/a><\/p>\n Portland Art Museum pairs \u201cA Brief History of Photography: The Portrait\u201d with \u201cAn Honest Day\u2019s Work: Photographs of Labor,\u201d a sweeping look at how photographers have documented working life alongside the medium\u2019s long history of picturing faces. Both shows settle in for a long run, making them an easy add to any Portland museum visit this fall or winter.\u00a0Oregon ArtsWatch<\/a><\/p>\n Sharon Servilio\u2019s \u201cTactile Transmissions\u201d fills the Corrine Woodman Gallery at The Arts Center with fiber-based, touchable sculptural work. Catch the free Artist Meet & Greet on August 20 from 5:30-7pm during Corvallis\u2019s monthly Arts Walk before the show closes at month\u2019s end.\u00a0The Arts Center<\/a><\/p>\n Corvallis\u2019s Arts Center is inviting artists to submit work for its SpecTACular Art Auction, a benefit sale supporting the nonprofit\u2019s exhibitions and programs. Entries are due by 11:45pm on September 8.\u00a0The Arts Center<\/a><\/p>\n The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon opens \u201cHigh Drama: Japanese Prints of Theater, Heroes and History\u201d August 22 in its Fay Boyer Preble and Virginia Cooke Murphy Wing, tracing centuries of kabuki, myth, and historical drama through woodblock prints. It\u2019s a long-running addition worth folding into any Eugene gallery-hop this fall.\u00a0Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO<\/a><\/p>\n A team of muralists led by Jo Brown spent a month transforming the former Darigold building near the Oregon Film Museum with 11 large-scale murals honoring movies and shows filmed in Oregon, from \u201cThe Goonies\u201d to \u201cGrimm.\u201d The final protective coating just went on; catch the official unveiling and ribbon-cutting September 23 at 4pm.\u00a0The Daily Astorian<\/a><\/p>\n Waldport artist John Parulis, once a Greenpeace ship photographer, brings paintings and photography inspired by the Oregon Coast and Siuslaw National Forest to the Florence Events Center. The free exhibit is in its final stretch, so catch the public reception on August 19 from 5-7pm while there\u2019s still time.\u00a0Oregon ArtsWatch<\/a><\/p>\n Newport\u2019s Visual Arts Center kicks off its fall lineup September 4 with three shows at once: \u201cTransgressors\u201d (through Oct 18), plus \u201cYear of the Fire Horse\u201d and \u201cHealing Rhythms\u201d (both through Nov 1), giving Coast visitors a fresh reason to swing by the Nye Beach gallery this fall.\u00a0Oregon Coast Council for the Arts<\/a><\/p>\n Heritage Station Museum pairs two exhibits this month: Peter Marbach\u2019s photography series \u201cPursuit of Happiness,\u201d capturing Oregon festivities from the Pendleton Round-Up to the Portland Rose Festival (through Aug 29), and \u201cMoments that Made US,\u201d a traveling History Colorado exhibit on the Declaration of Independence\u2019s legacy (through late September).\u00a0East Oregonian<\/a><\/p>\n Photographer Rosie Day\u2019s \u201cBelievers\u201d gathers portraits exploring faith and community, on view at the Barber Library Rotunda Gallery in Bend. It\u2019s a quiet, contemplative stop worth adding to a Central Oregon gallery loop before it comes down.\u00a0The Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n Miguel Almeida\u2019s \u201cLas Manos que dan de Comer\u201d (\u201cThe Hands That Feed\u201d) brings documentary photography of farmworkers and food-system laborers to the High Desert Museum in Bend.\u00a0The Bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n2. A Four-Decade Print Retrospective by Sculptor Anish Kapoor Opens, Portland \u2013 thru Dec 5, 2026<\/h3>\n
3. A Regranting Fund for Portland\u2019s Unincorporated Art Collectives Opens for Applications, Portland \u2013 Sept 20, 2026<\/h3>\n
4. A Trail Blazers Photographer\u2019s 26 Years Behind the Scenes Go on Display, Portland \u2013 thru Aug 31, 2026<\/h3>\n
5. Two Photography Exhibitions Trace Portraiture and Labor Through the Camera\u2019s Lens, Portland \u2013 thru Mar 7, 2027<\/h3>\n
6. A Fiber Artist\u2019s Tactile Sculptures Get a Meet-the-Artist Reception, Corvallis \u2013 thru Aug 29, 2026<\/h3>\n
7. The Arts Center\u2019s Annual Fundraising Auction Opens Its Call for Artists, Corvallis \u2013 Sept 8, 2026<\/h3>\n
8. A Trove of Japanese Theater and History Prints Goes on Display, Eugene \u2013 thru Oct 10, 2027<\/h3>\n
9. Eleven New Downtown Murals Celebrate Oregon-Shot Films, Astoria \u2013 Sept 23, 2026<\/h3>\n
10. A Former Greenpeace Cameraman\u2019s Coastal Paintings and Photos Go on View, Florence \u2013 thru Aug 24, 2026<\/h3>\n
11. Three New Exhibitions Open at the Coast\u2019s Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport \u2013 thru Nov 1, 2026<\/h3>\n
12. A Photographer\u2019s Oregon Celebrations and a Traveling History Exhibit Land in Pendleton, Pendleton \u2013 thru Sept 30, 2026<\/h3>\n
13. A Photographer\u2019s Portraits of Faith Fill a Bend Library Gallery, Bend \u2013 thru Sept 1, 2026<\/h3>\n
14. A Photo Series Honors the Hands That Feed Us, Bend \u2013 thru Oct 11, 2026<\/h3>\n