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Portland's monthly First Thursday event is on today and it looks like it might have good weather as well. There are over 50 (probably 100) galleries having openings tonight.

We have a very large list below thanks to Sequential Art Gallery (328 NW Broadway) & Rich Vail Mackin. They compile an email called the  "[h]IT LIST" of events every month. You can join it by emailing them @ sequentialart @ gmail dot com. We have reproduced much of it below with permission.

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Are you on the Twitter? Follow @FirstThursday to see what people are posting about it. Use @firstthursday or the #firstthursday hashtag when tweeting about the event. We will retweet many. You can also follow Sequential art on twitter: @sequentialart

This month at Sequential Art Gallery
{328 NW Broadway #113}
FREEDOM BY SEAMUS HEFFERNAN
OPENS: First Thursday, April 1, 2010; 6pm-10pm
CLOSES: Saturday, May 1, 2010; after 5pm

April is Portland's third official Comic Book Month, and to help the city celebrate Sequential Art Gallery will be showing ink drawings and comic book pages from artist Seamus Heffernan. The pieces are from his upcoming graphic novel Freedom, a dynamically illustrated tale of colonial revolution set in the late 1700s.

Curated by Kaebel JK Hashitani and Merrick Monroe.

50+ Portland First Thursday Events after the break…

The 6th Annual Stumptown Comics Fest Art Show @ PCPA
{1111 SW Broadway – ArtBar}
OPENS: First Thursday, April 1, 2010
CLOSES: Monday, May 31, 2010

Portland Center for the Performing Arts, the Stumptown Comics Foundation, and Sequential Art Gallery are excited to present the 6th annual Stumptown Comics Art Show, coinciding with Portland's third annual Portland Comic Book Month. The exhibit this year showcases an unprecedented 40+ artists, ranging from local to international professionals and emerging talent, with 80 pieces of comic book and illustrated art.

Opening reception will be hosted at PCPA on First Thursday, April 1, from 6-9pm. Mayor Sam Adams will be in attendance to read the official proclamation of April as Portland's Comic Book Month, and many of the participating artists will also be on hand throughout the evening. Catering and drinks for the event will be provided by PCPA's ArtBar and MacTarnahan's Brewing.

Free guided tours featuring the exhibit as well as other local galleries will be provided to attendees of the Stumptown Comics Fest (April 24-25; www.stumptowncomics.com). The Stumptown Comics Art Show will be available for viewing throughout April and May in the Antoinette Hatfield Hall of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts at 1111 SW Broadway (10am-5pm, Monday-Saturday; www.pcpa.com). For a complete list of artists please visit www.sequentialartgallery.com.

Everett Station Lofts

• 117. TRIBUTE GALLERY [thetributegallery.com] – “Tracing Territories” – group show
• 115. ERRATA – “Foolish Care” by Jennifer Mercede
• 231. SHOW & TELL [showandtellgallery.org] – Coffee, cookies, live music, and a 15 minute creative project!
• 114. TRACTOR [tractorpdx.com] – “Emperical Geodism” by Chelsea Lynn Linehan and Nathaniel Thayer Moss
• 110. SEA CHANGE [seachangegallery.org] -the gallery is transformed into a recording studio; Connie Hockaday interviews “communities living in resistance”.
• 111. HALF/DOZEN [halfdozengallery.com] – “Fog”- Spring group show.
• 113. SEQUENTIAL ART [sequentialartgallery.com] – “Freedom” by Seamus Heffernan
• STUDIO COUER [corepdx.com]- Mega Core group show; work by Nemo Boko
• GARBAGEMAN ASTRONAUT [garbagemanastronaut.blogspot.com] – “Playmaker”, functional and useless objects by Jordan Gehman.

Also open on First Thursday: 101. SALOME – 102. IGLOO – 103. MODEST – 104. EYEFUL – 105. PONY CLUB – 107. THE LIFE – 108. DARRAS – 109. DOPPLER – 116. TYSON SPACE – A MOOD CHANGE – OGLE – VIRTUOSO STUDIOS – ANKA GALLERY

Old Town / China Town

• FLOATING WORLD [floatingworldcomics.com] – “Stumptown” by Matthew Southworth; “Young Lions” by Blaise Larmee.
• BACKSPACE [backspace.bz] – work by Peeta, Adam Catalani, Ashley Montague. With live painting and music.
  BUTTERS GALLERY [buttersgallery.com] – work by Julie Rall and Jock Sturges
• ATTIC GALLERY [atticgallery.com] – Oil Paintings by Tommer Gonser, Nathaniel C. Praska and David Carmack Lewis. Acoustic Blues Guitar by Mary Flower.
• SHAFFER FINE ART [shafferfineart.com] – works by Michael Flohr, Christopher M, and Tim Cotterill- Frogman
• SOMEDAY LOUNGE [somedaylounge.com] -Free music by The FIX, Rev Shrev, Shines, Kez, Dun Diggy

Also open on First Thursday: GRASSY KNOLL GALLERY – NRFCU  – 24 HOUR CHURCH OF ELVIS  – CANAL ROAD – HECKLEWOOD – BERBATI'S – FORTUNATO ARTWORKS – MORGAN COLE PASINSKI – UPPER PLAYGROUND- P:EAR GALLERY -  COMPOUND GALLERY – GALLERY RENE

Other NW Galleries

• BEPPU WIARDA [beppugallery.com] – “Distant Visions” wood carving by Stan Peterson
• FROELICK GALLERY [froelickgallery.com] – “Codex” by Joe Feddersen; “Studio Window and Field Studies” by Terrell James; “Less” by Victor Maldonado
• AUGEN NW [augengallery.com] – “Augen Print Invitational” group show.
• BLACKFISH [blackfish.com] -Works by Rosemary Powelson & Theresa Redinger
• BLUE SKY [blueskygallery.org] – Work by Allen Bryan, Eric Klemm and Larry Sultan
• CHAMBERS @ 916 [chambersgallery.org] – “All that glitters…” by Blakely Dadson
• GALLERY 114[gallery114.org]

  - “Cycles” by Pat Barrett; “Celebrations” by Paul Dahlquist

• LAURA RUSSO [laurarusso.com] – works by Tom Fawkes and Judith Poxson Fawkes.
• MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT [museumofcontemporarycraft.org] – “The Academy is Full of Craft”, “Elusive Matter”, and “Tranference” by Andy Paiko and Ethan Rose
• LITTLE GREEN GROCER – Works by Abraham Wylie
• BULLSEYE GALLERY [bullseyegallery.com] – “e-merge 2010″ group show.

Also open First Thursday: TENDER LOVING EMPIRE – PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE ART – POWELL'S – MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORAY CRAFT -BELLA PERLA – CAROLEZOOM STUDIO  – 3D CENTER -  CHILDREN'S HEALING ART PROJECT -   VINO PARADISO – ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY -  GALLERY 815 -
CAPLAN ART DESIGNS – PULLIAM DEFFENBAUGH  – QUINTANA GALLERIES – PDX CONTEMPORARY ART