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Denver museum calls on children of the Colville Confederated Tribes to curate Clyfford Still exhibit

In a 1937 letter to Herbert Kimbrough, dean of Washington State College’s School of Music and Fine Arts, abstract expressionist painter Clyfford Still wrote, “During the summer of 1936, while (colleague Worth Griffin) and I were painting on the Indian reservations in the State of Washington, we were struck by the abundance of valuable and colorful material that is offered the creative worker. We came to the conclusion that something should be done to bring this material more forcibly to the attention of the people of the state, and potential artists, in particular, in a way that is not possible in the class rooms at the State College...”
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Warm hearts with your art

Young artists, break out your markers and paints. It’s time for The Spokesman-Review’s annual Valentine’s Day coloring contest.
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Is a Chihuly glass sculpture in a Tacoma McDonald’s? The answer may surprise you

If you’ve driven past the McDonald’s on Tacoma Avenue near the County-City Building, you’ve likely seen a large glass vase of flowers dominating the restaurant’s facade for the last 25 years. Commenters on Reddit have speculated for years that the sculpture was done by Dale Chihuly, a world-renowned glass artist who got his start in Tacoma and is credited for shaping the glass-art scene in the ...