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.
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.
Nicole Locker
Nicole strives to connect others and create the most value for the viewer through her intricate levels of detail.
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.
Maura Garcia
Maura García (non-enrolled Cherokee/Mattamuskeet) is a Dancer Choreographer who creates contemporary Indigenous performance.
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.
Egor Shokoladov
Originally from Eastern Europe, Egor is a graphic artist creating etching prints, illustrations, paintings, murals as well as special visual projects.
Hannah Charlton
SAGA is excited to support Hannah Charlton in her research, documentation and display for The Forgotten Book of Women. Her project will begin with seven 9” x 12” pieces in gouache and gold on vegan parchment.
Black Lens News
Black Lens News created a 12-page, full-color insert filled with the photographs of 16 African Americans in Spokane and their stories.
Artist Jiemei Lin beginning work on new mural downtown!
Spokane Arts is excited to announce the installation of a new mural by artist Jiemei Lin as part of the Alleyways Mural project in downtown Spokane! The mural will be located on the 100 North block alley between Howard and Wall Streets in downtown Spokane. Pullman, Washington-based artist Jiemei Lin was selected following an open call for artists this spring by a selection panel consisting of Arts Commissioners, and community and project representatives. The mural design, which features two panels each with a child swimming in a pool, is meant to celebrate our shared global connections.
Outdoor court mural artists announced
Tiffany Patterson, Joshua Martel, and Nick Goettling have been selected as the three individual artists to install outdoor basketball court murals on Spokane Parks basketball courts in Peaceful Valley, Chief Garry Park, and Thornton Murphy Park. The murals are part of a Hooptown USA project revitalizing courts throughout the region, made possible with support from MultiCare Regional Health System and Spokane Arts. The court murals are a celebration of the strength of both our local arts and sports communities. Together the mission is to establish a mosaic of art and basketball throughout the region to inspire and encourage inclusivity, ultimately building healthier communities.