The Spokane Arts artist roster is a searchable tool designed to showcase local creatives and connect them with community members seeking artists and makers. Browse the entire roster to discover a new favorite artist or filter by the type of work you’re seeking. You’ll find samples of their work, a description of what drives them to create and links to check out their website or social media. Use the roster to discover the incredible talent living right here in our community. Please note: the artist roster is a free resource directory to find artists. Any local artist can add their information. The artists on the roster are not endorsed or represented by Spokane Arts.
In order to foster a thriving creative community where artists can make a living doing their work, Spokane Arts believes in the importance of paying artists. Too often, creatives are asked to provide time, labor, materials, or finished work for free. While most of us wouldn’t ask an electrician, CPA or nurse to provide their professional services at no cost — knowing they trained and studied to gain expertise — artists are often asked to donate their services. Many artists and creatives do choose to donate their time to causes they care deeply about, but to make a living, doing work for free should be the exception, not the rule. We humbly ask you to keep this in mind when contacting creatives on the roster, and know that you can always ask an artist to give you a cost estimate or written proposal to review. Questions? Don’t hesitate to ask our staff; we’d be happy to help guide you. Contact shantell@spokanearts.org.
Brought to you from the mountains of North Idaho is a country boy with southern roots. Acuff’s blend of old school storytelling and powerful voice takes you to an unfamiliar place of honest country music. From high flying grassroots country to slow ballads that will pull at your heartstrings, there is no doubt that his music is meant for the people.
PNW local, Dylan Lipsker’s appreciation and understanding of the impact that color has on mental state started from a young age. Yet, it wasnt until he was nearly 30 that he began honing his talents and dedicating everyday to the persuit of bringing to life the heartwarming color pops that he had always seen in his mind. Driven by an unbridled passion and an idea that life is best lived in color, Dylan creates beautiful one of a kind pieces that are both a reflection of himself and the world around.
Anji Marth was born in the early 1970s in coal country, then lived in Philadelphia in her teens. She later moved to the Pacific Northwest. She learned as a child, to paint and draw from her uncle, David Borghi, whose work can be found in the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. From him, she picked up creative freedom, and a willingness to try new things.
She has worked in a variety of mediums and passed through several stages of style and expression over the decades. Her tattoo work is known for its botanical and arboreal content. Other notable works include “Spider Monkey”, (2013) an assemblage, “Neanderthal Toothache”, (2005) a gestural oil portrait, and “Picking Season Ends”, (2011) a landscape in oil. Her current works are large-scale watercolor, abstract pieces referring to the pandemic.
Joe Wedge is a Washington born artist who has been a performer and entertainer for over 20 years in mediums ranging from burlesque to digital media and now poetry. He has just returned from a 6 year stint exploring and honing his craft in Saskatchewan, Canada with his extensive musical background, and a deep love for wordplay,
I compose visual ruminations about the common narratives in which people routinely participate. I am interested in historic and contemporary rituals–both sacred and mundane–that we practice to discover, establish, understand and share our lives.
After a very rewarding time working with troubled teens, Lisa realized that the color of creativity was a crucial part of her soul. Searching for a path that would lead to the perfect blend of right and left brain culminated in a meaningful journey to being an artist, photographer, curator, and marketing director. Over the years, she has had the pleasure of working with wonderful art establishments such as Where ART Lives Gallery, Visual Language Magazine, Artists of Texas, and The Spokane Liberty Building & Gallery.
Dylan specializes in automotive, journalistic, and documentary style photography.
Kyle explores the relationship between personal calamity and existentialism, producing each new work with a fragile balance of calculated intention and arbitrary whim.
essiray Wheeler is a painter and a poet living on the Spokane Indian Reservation. She has been published in the Yehaw Indigenous Art Zine and has shown in both the We Are Still Here Art Show and the Gathering At the Falls Art Show. Her work has been chosen to represent NICWAs 39th Annual Protecting Our Children Conference (2021).
Vincent loves to make custom work! Paintings for yourself, loved ones, man cave, office, MURALS, you name it!
Nicole strives to connect others and create the most value for the viewer through her intricate levels of detail.
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