To quote myself from last year, "Portland Open Studios is an artist run organization that brings together and opens the studios of 100 artists in the Portland area. The public is invited in to see and learn about the work and the process. It's a diverse group with people working in a wide range of media."
Full color tour guides with images of the artist's work are available for $15 or for $5 you can buy a map by itself. I hope you can find some time to visit. If you'd like some more information or would like to come by at another time, please don't hesitate to contact me.
p.s. After more than a decade, I'm making the move to scottconary.com from conary.org. Too many battles with spam and hackers has rendered the latter unreliable.