Opening Art shows

First Friday

Vancouver

Art galleries and local businesses celebrate this month’s art shows with a First Friday Art Walk in downtown Vancouver from 5 to 9 p.m. Visitors can enjoy opening receptions and light refreshments at art galleries, after-hours shopping, dining and drink specials, live music and other events. www.vdausa.org.

Camas

First Fridays in Camas are themed, family-friendly events from 5 to 8 p.m. when galleries stay open late for artist receptions. Guests can also enjoy after-hours shopping, dining and additional activities inspired by the month’s theme. April’s theme is “Spring into History.” downtowncamas.com

Opening exhibits

Chuck Moffit, through April, with an opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. April 5. A designer from Mount Baldy, Calif., Chuck Moffit’s works challenge conventional assumptions of gender, history and materials. From April 6 to 14, the exhibit will be featured as part of Design Week Portland, with an open house at 4 p.m. April 10, when Moffit will conduct a demonstration entitled, “Imagining the Subverted Moment,” followed by a Q&A. The CAVE Art Gallery, 108 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. 360-314-6506 or cave.gallery.vancouver@gmail.com

“4 Seasons,” through May 31, with an opening reception from 5 to 9 p.m. on First Friday, April 5, featuring complimentary refreshments and a chance to meet the artists. This is a group exhibit featuring the work of pastel artist Steve Hill, Tracy Leagjeld, who creates oil-based monotypes, oil painter Romona Youngquist and watercolorist Yong Hong Zhong. Art on the Boulevard, 210 W. Evergreen Blvd., is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on First Fridays. 360-750-4499 or www.artontheboulevard.org

“Visions & Voices — A Community Art Experience,” through April 30, opening with a First Friday reception from 6 to 8 p.m. April 5. An exhibit featuring the works of a creative art exchange in which community members were invited to offer a visual or written art piece and anonymously paired to respond to each other’s work. The original visual art and written pieces are displayed alongside the response pieces. Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St., Vancouver. 360-906-5000 or www.fvrl.org/loc/va

Surface Design Association, through April, with a First Friday reception 5 to 9 p.m. April 5. This exhibit showcases fiber-based art, including fiber vessels and wall hangings, created by Mary Arnold, Bonnie Bucknam, Maris Cavanagh, Donna Joslyn, Sally Sellers, Sharon Svec, Karen Turner and Marie Murphy Wolfe. Aurora Gallery, 1004 Main St., Vancouver. 360-696-0449 or www.AuroraGalleryOnline.com

Randy Cole, through April 30, with a First Friday opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. April 5. Cole’s art was showcased for several years in a small gallery in North Portland. He studied design, typography, and printing in Munich, Germany. He stayed in Europe for nearly 20 years, developing and designing classical music books and children’s music books, including designing and illustrating the music curriculum books for the Bavarian state school system. Camas Gallery, 408 N.E. Fourth Ave., open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. 360-817-241 or camasgallery.com

“Northwest Wonderland,” through April 27, with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on First Friday, April 5, featuring light refreshments, live music and a chance to chat with the artist. Camas photographer Dale C. Larson offers metal plates depicting the wildlife and scenery of Washington, Oregon and Alaska. The photographs will remain on display during regular library hours, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. 360-834-4532 or www.secondstorygallery.net

“What Lies Beneath,” through May, with an opening reception on First Friday, April 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. This exhibit showcases artworks that capture hidden moments. The Artist Loft, 1001 Main St., Suite C, Vancouver. Regular gallery hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Friday, or by appointment. 360-519-4019 or www.artistloftvancouver.com