Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Laura Beth Reese, whose 2024 Critical Mass exhibition, #influenced, will be on view at Blue Sky from Apr 3 - 26, 2025.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Nykelle DeVivo, whose exhibition, Tha Crossroads, will be on view at Blue Sky from Apr 3 - 26, 2025.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Debra Achen & Charlotta María Hauksdóttir, whose exhibition Lost Landscapes is on view at Blue Sky from Mar 6 - 29, 2025.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Hyun-taek Cho, whose exhibition, Vacant Room, will be on view at Blue Sky from Feb 6 - Mar 1, 2025.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Colton Rothwell, whose exhibition, Pearl Road, will be on view at Blue Sky from Feb 6 - Mar 1, 2025.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us on Zoom for an artist talk from Ken Paul Rosenthal, whose exhibition, In Light, In!, will be on view at Blue Sky from Jan 9 - Feb 1.

This artist talk will take place on Zoom.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Ford Gilbreath, whose exhibition, Our Town After Dark, will be on view at Blue Sky from Jan 9 - Feb 1, 2025.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join the Blue Sky staff on Zoom for a 2025 Pacific Northwest Drawers Application Q&A session. This is the perfect opportunity to ask questions about the application whether you are a first time or returning applicant.

This event will take on Zoom.

Please join us on Zoom for an artist talk from Charles Xelot, whose exhibition, White Water, will be on view at Blue Sky from Nov 7 - Dec 21.

This artist talk will take place on Zoom.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Pierre Dalpé, whose exhibition, Wigstock, will be on view at Blue Sky from Nov 9 - Dec 21.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Ashley McLean, whose 2023 En Foco Fellowship exhibition, Seeking you in other bodies.., will be on view at Blue Sky from Oct 3 - Nov 2.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Zach Oren, whose exhibition, Ides of Gender, will be on view at Blue Sky from September 5 - 28.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Xavi Bou, whose exhibition, Ornithographies, will be on view at Blue Sky from September 5 - 28.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Blue Sky is teaming up with Pro Photo Supply and 2024 Pacific Northwest Drawers artist Claudia Hollister to bring you a fun and unique cyanotype workshop.

This event takes place at Pro Photo Supply Event Center

NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

What is a cyanotype?

Cyanotype prints are an exciting non-toxic, alternative photographic process using light-sensitive iron salts and UV light to develop a blue-colored image. Cyanotype prints have no emulsion, instead, the light-sensitive iron salts have been infused into the paper fibers while a negative film placed on the sensitized paper is exposed to UV light. Once the image has finished being exposed it must be washed out in water to reveal a positive image. The blues are unique to this process and can’t be duplicated in any other medium.

The cyanotype process was invented by Sir John Herschel in 1842 to create architectural blueprints. Before the invention of photography, scientists utilized detailed descriptions and other artistic processes (typically illustrations or engravings) to record botanical specimens. In 1843, Anna Atkins printed the first cyanotype prints documenting plant and sea life. Anna self-published her detailed and meticulous botanical images using the cyanotype photographic process in her 1843 book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions. With a limited number of copies, it was the first book ever to be printed and illustrated by photography.

About this Class

This is a 4-hour workshop designed to take you through the process of creating your own photographic cyanotype prints. In this workshop, you will learn how to create both a positive and negative transparency film from a photograph, and what photographs are likely to give you a successful cyanotype print.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from 2023 Sitka Residency Artist Christian Orellana Bauer. Their body of work ¿Imataq Sutiy? // What is My Name? is on view on the Community Wall through Sat, Aug 31.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Christian Orellana Bauer (b. Cuenca, Ecuador, 1995, they/he/any) is an interdisciplinary poet, visual artist, filmmaker, and musician working in a wide variety of mediums. They are interested in the intersections between many subjects some of which include language and its relationship to culture, ethnocentrism v.s ethnorelativism, ecology and climate collapse, the idea of cultural belonging and its relationship to race, melancholy, play/humor, as well as the various tensions embedded within and produced by the concepts of post-modernism and neo-liberalism.

Their work has appeared in the Regional Arts and Culture Council’s (RACC) public works collection and has exhibited in galleries and events throughout Oregon as well as in national publications. They have been supported by the Oregon Arts Commission, The RACC, The Nat Turner Project, as well as their family, friends, and community members always.

About the Sitka Residency

The Blue Sky/Sitka Center Photography Residency was created to increase Sitka’s visibility in the photography community through a collaboration with Blue Sky Gallery, one of the most well-known photography galleries in the Pacific Northwest. Each year, Sitka offers 2 alumni of Blue Sky’s exhibitions and Drawers program the opportunity to be in residence at Sitka Center for up to a month. Residents are selected through a jury of Sitka Center and Blue Sky staff, along with a Blue Sky Residency alum.

Learn more about past residency artists.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Eli Craven, whose exhibition, Touching, will be on view at Blue Sky from August 1 - 31.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Kristina E. Knipe, whose exhibition, The Lusty Lady, will be on view at Blue Sky from Jul 3 - 27.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Kristina E. Knipe, whose exhibition, Talisman, will be on view at Blue Sky from Jul 3 - 27.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Ivan McClellan, whose exhibition, Eight Seconds, will be on view at Blue Sky from Jun 6 - 29.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Mikael Owunna, whose exhibition, Imagine Fresh Darkness, will be on view at Blue Sky from Jun 6 - 29.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, masks are encouraged.

Please join us on Zoom for an artist talk from Dylan Hausthor, whose exhibition, What The Rain Might Bring, will be on view at Blue Sky from My 2 to Jun 1.

This artist talk will take place on Zoom.

Please join us on Zoom for an artist talk from André Ramos-Woodard, whose 2023 Critical Mass Exhibition, BLACK SNAFU, will be on view at Blue Sky from Apr 4 to 27.

This artist talk will take on Zoom.

Please join us on Zoom for an artist conversation with Toni Pepe and Renee Brown, Pepe’s exhibition, Mothercraft, will be on view at Blue Sky from Apr 4 to 27. Renèe Brown is a PhD candidate at Boston University. Her research explores photo archives, text-image relationships, visual anthropology, and photo-based philosophies of knowledge. She is currently working on a dissertation about photo librarian Paul Vanderbilt.

This artist talk will take on Zoom.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Sarah Malakoff, whose exhibition, Personal History, will be on view at Blue Sky from Mar 7 to 30.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, mask is encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Fazilat Soukhakian, whose exhibition, Queer in Utah, will be on view at Blue Sky from Mar 7 to 30.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, mask is encouraged.

Please join us on Zoom for an artist conversation between Sage Sohier and Christopher Rauschenberg. Sohier’s exhibition, Passing Time, wis on view at Blue Sky through Sat, Mar 2.

This artist talk will take place on Zoom.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Terra Fondriest, whose exhibition, Ozark Life, will be on view at Blue Sky from Feb 1 to March 2.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, mask is encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for an artist talk from Ebenezer Galluzzo, whose exhibition, As a Home Changes, is on view at Blue Sky through Jan 27.

This artist talk will take place in the gallery, mask is encouraged.

Please join us in the gallery for a conversation between David Paul Bayles and special guest Fred Swanson. Bayles’ exhibition, Following Fire: A Resilient Forest / An Uncertain Future, is on view at Blue Sky through Sat, Jan 27.

This event will take place in the gallery, mask is encouraged.

Fred Swanson is a retired US Forest Service scientist specializing in studies of geophysical and other disturbance processes in forest and stream ecosystems. He has partnered with David throughout this Following Fire project, contributing insights about forest history and environmental change. Principle sites of Fred's work include the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in the Oregon Cascades and Mount St. Helens.