For more than 100 years, the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture has been a hub for, well, arts and culture. Through exhibitions, events and educational opportunities, the museum has put the spotlight on artists and ideas that connect to the Inland Northwest.
Though many visit the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture several times throughout the year, it’s not often the first place that comes to mind when thinking of holiday destinations.
While driving through the Cheney and Medical Lake area on Saturday, Nov. 29, you might see bright yellow signs with an image of a flying goose. Follow those signs, and you’ll be led to seven venues showcasing art from 14 artists who call the West Plains home.
Visit just about any art museum, and they will almost surely have several rooms full of paintings from around the world and throughout history. Other rooms may feature sculptures or photographs, fiber arts or metal work.
A trio of Bob Ross paintings sold for more than $600,000 in a Los Angeles charity auction Monday to help support public television programming that is struggling after government funding was slashed.
In previous years, Northern Quest Resort and Casino’s Native American Heritage Month primarily focused on a dance championship which brought dancers from a variety of tribes to the casino to compete for monetary prizes.
Between federal grant cancellations, strained finances and budget deficits, the mood at staff meetings for Seattle performing arts organization On the Boards hasn’t often been celebratory the last few years.
The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture’s recently closed exhibition, “Fire: Rebirth and Resilience,” examined the devastating effects of fires throughout the state’s history.
Though she has seen the event grow year after year, Ginger Ewing, executive director and co-founder of Terrain, cannot help but think before each year’s art extravaganza: “Is anyone going to show up?”
In artist Gina Freuen’s mind, the Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour is the natural evolution of Inland Crafts, an art show held in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. After that show closed, Freuen and a few artists thought “Well, let’s do it more out of our studios.”
For Seattle-based artist Kate Powell, still life paintings don’t need to be confined to flower vases and fruit bowls – they can also include self portraits and pieces of trash found outside while walking the dog.
According to Tim Butler, marketing and communications director for the Museum of Glass, the Pacific Northwest has three major cultural exports: coffee, tech and glass.
When talking to Rylan Wood with EquipmentShare about why she wanted to rent an asphalt roller, Jeni Riplinger, executive director of Emerge, had to explain herself twice.
