Looking for classes for your child or a family-friendly activity? We can help! If you’re looking for places where your child can take classes or workshops designed for kids, check out Spark Central, Shine Youth Center, or Spokane Art School. Spokane’s public libraries and parks also offer a wide range of free programming for kids and families.
Writers in the Community (WITC) at EWU offers free workshops to audiences as varied as inmates, veterans, men and women in recovery, pediatric oncology patients, and elementary, middle, and high school students.
Spokane Arts’ Arts Incubator program provides support and resources to fledgling nonprofit arts & culture organizations, offering fiscal sponsorship to groups or organizations who don’t yet have their own 501c3 status.
Spokane Arts’ three city-wide arts tours feature venues large and small simultaneously hosting artwork, curatorial projects, and performances. Our SATURATE initiative that spotlights artists of color especially deepens the conversation on race, identity, and culture in our city and beyond.
TheaterFest is a one-day showcase of the performing arts, featuring short performances, activities and workshops for kids and adults to play, learn, and try something new.
Poetry Out Loud builds on the recent resurgence of poetry as an oral art form. Poetry Out Loud competitions teach students to appreciate poetry of all types and encourage them to incorporate great poetry into their lives.
Each October during national arts and humanities month, we celebrate! Join us for a full month of celebrating arts and culture in our region.
Spark Central is a nonprofit that breaks down barriers to creativity so that people of all economic backgrounds can create the future they imagine. The organization offering transformative programs, access to innovative technology, and a welcoming creative community for people of all economic backgrounds.
Founded in 1916, the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture is the largest cultural organization in the Inland Northwest, serving more than 100,000 visitors a year. It is one of Washington State’s five Smithsonian affiliates and are accredited by the Alliance of American Museums.
SAGA is supporting local playwright Kemuel DeMoville in the creation of an original work, “Fire Melt Stone,” along with the creation of a complimentary education packet for area schools (focused on grades 3-6).
The Spokane Art School is a non-profit corporation established in 1968 and provides quality art education taught by professional artists. We strive to remove barriers, both financial and otherwise, to hands-on arts education. We provide art classes to the general public in a variety of studio genres.
Since 2013, Columbia Fire & Iron (CFI), a 501(c)(3), has volunteered hundreds of hours teaching and demonstrating traditional and modern blacksmithing around the Spokane area, giving the community an affordable way to try blacksmithing for the first time and offering continuing education in the craft.
Power 2 The Poetry is a performing arts LLC specializing in spoken word poetry. The group promotes freedom of expression, and provide a platform for underrepresented demographics in the community. Power 2 The Poetry’s after school poetry program will offer a platform for students to learn how to find their voice.
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