For Kids
Visit storefronts to see their window dressings turned art-installations!
Visual
Event: Opens October 1
Cultural
Make no mistake: there are rich cultural offerings throughout Spokane. From the annual Gathering at the Falls Powwow to the South East Asia Cultural Association’s events featuring internationally-renowned musicians and dancers, to Fiesta Spokane (the Hispanic Heritage Festival), Unity in the Community, and so much more. These events and gatherings weave together music, food, dancing, art, storytelling, and more, creating celebrations of heritage while welcoming people of all cultural backgrounds.
Words
Event: October 2
3 Minute Mic
“3 Minute Mic” is Auntie’s monthly poetry open mic, held every first Friday at 8pm. Free. Online via Zoom; find the Zoom details an hour before the event on Auntie’s Bookstore Facebook page.
Visual
Event: Opens September 21
EXIT-X-IT: Mixed media installation by Tom O’Day
This exhibition by recently retired art faculty member Tom O’Day will open to the public as a work in progress from the opening to the closing.
Visual
Event: Opens October 1
Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour Show
The 13th Annual Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour will move online this year because of Covid-19, with the virtual show opening on Saturday, September 26, at 8:00 a.m. Over three dozen, well-known, regional artists are participating.
Film
Event: Opens October 1
Transform: Another World is Possible; Social Justice Film Festival
Screening over 70 films challenging systemic injustice, stigma, and targeted oppression, this social justice film festival is presented by the Social Justice Film Institute, Northwest Film Forum, and Meaningful Movies Project.
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News
2020 Arts Awards
Spokane Arts announces 2020 Arts Award winners & kicks off Arts Month! Winners of the 2020 Spokane Arts Awards were announced at the annual event on Saturday, September 26, which was held as a live-streamed broadcast from Lucky You Lounge. The Arts Awards serve as the kick-off for Arts Month, the month-long celebration of arts and culture in Spokane to coincide with national arts and humanities month in October.
Visual
Artist
Nicole Locker
Nicole strives to connect others and create the most value for the viewer through her intricate levels of detail.
Visual
Artist
Miguel Maltos Gonzales
Miguel Maltos Gonzales, originally from San Anonio, TX, is a Chicano artist blending his Mexican and American heritage into a visual representation of being bi-cultural.
Dance
Artist
Maura Garcia
Maura García (non-enrolled Cherokee/Mattamuskeet) is a Dancer Choreographer who creates contemporary Indigenous performance.
Film
Artist
Jeremey Catterton
Catterton is a film maker, educator, and working member of the SAG-AFTRA union. He is a multi-discipline artist whose work has curated national and regional film festivals, choreographed avant-garde dance in Bali, Indonesia, to a solo sculpture exhibition at the Wild Embeddings gallery, Bushwick Brooklyn.After graduating from Interlochen Arts Academy in 2000, Catterton studied with an emphasis on Shakespeare from the Guthrie Theater’s BFA actor training program. He then went on to study post-graduate multi-media studies at Sarah Lawrence University & The Kitchen NYC, as well as directing at Middlesex University London. Currently, Catterton focuses his work as film company KORREA Productions.
Visual
Artist
Egor Shokoladov
Originally from Eastern Europe, Egor is a graphic artist creating etching prints, illustrations, paintings, murals as well as special visual projects.