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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.
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Spokane Taiko
Spokane Taiko is “Thunderous Entertainment” (Chey Scott, Inlander). We are a non-profit community group founded in 1997 that plays the traditional music and rhythms of Japan on Taiko drums and other instruments. We are a performing group that also conducts hands-on workshops, where the audience gets to play the big drums. The culture that surrounds the art of taiko is one that involves patience and discipline in every aspect of our lives. We perform and do workshops with all ages.
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Tracy Poindexter-Canton
Tracy Poindexter-Canton is a mixed media artist in Spokane, Washington. Through collage, vibrancy and portraiture, Poindexter-Canton examines Black American identity and melding literary imagery with visual art. An eclectic assortment of media and materials are incorporated into her work – often including acrylic, oil pastel, ink, feathers, beads, magazine clippings, bubble wrap, scrapbook paper, nylon cord and found objects.
Music
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Matthew A.S. Bogue
Matthew A.S. Bogue was born and raised in Spokane, WA. He has been in the Graphic Design field for the past 17+ years, currently partner and creative director with a local digital design and development studio called Houdini Interactive. They specialize in Experiential Marketing, where they blend the digital world with physical installations. He has been heavily involved in the art and music scene for most of his adult life.
Cultural
Event: October 15
Artist Meet Up – Balancing Art/Work/Life
Join us for a series of Artist Meet Up events! Spokane Arts presents a new networking and professional development series taking place in galleries and venues throughout Spokane. These free events will be an opportunity for artists to learn, meet and discuss themes relevant to our arts community.
Visual
Event: November 1
Arts & Letters Series: Broadside Showcase
Join us at Spokane Print & Publishing Center for an exhibit of print broadsides featuring writing and artwork created as part of the Arts & Letters workshop series, a collaboration between Spark Central and Spokane Print & Publishing Center.
Cultural
Event: November 10
Dinner With Shades
Dinner with Shades: A Bridge to Intimacy! Dinner with Shades is an opportunity for the community to meet, talk with, and get to know an array of talented artists in the Spokane area. These racially, ethnically, spiritually, and artistically diverse group of artists are excited to meet new friends who support their journeys as artists.
Cultural
Event: October 13
Dinner With Shades
Dinner with Shades: A Bridge to Intimacy! Dinner with Shades is an opportunity for the community to meet, talk with, and get to know an array of talented artists in the Spokane area. These racially, ethnically, spiritually, and artistically diverse group of artists are excited to meet new friends who support their journeys as artists.
Cultural
Event: October 6
Dinner With Shades
Dinner with Shades: A Bridge to Intimacy! Dinner with Shades is an opportunity for the community to meet, talk with, and get to know an array of talented artists in the Spokane area. These racially, ethnically, spiritually, and artistically diverse group of artists are excited to meet new friends who support their journeys as artists.
Cultural
Event: Opens October 4
CVHS Immigration Project Art Show
Students from Central Valley High School English Language Learning program partnered with students from the art program. The ELL students told their “coming to America” stories which were then illustrated and interpreted by the art students. The process broke down barrios between the students and friendships resulted, as well as art!
Visual
Event: Opens October 4
The Heart of Leadership
Intercultural Care Using Beauty as a Language of Peace: Jundt exhibition artist, Makoto Fujimura, and Shann Ferch, professor of leadership studies at Gonzaga, will discuss intercultural care, and beauty as a conduit for peace and leadership.