My name is CarLy and I create baroque/gothic wall mounts using real taxidermy tarantulas. Each piece is hand-spread and completely unique, displayed without glass and allowing spectators to come as close as their courage may allow. In addition to spiders, I often take commission orders to mount other specimens such as bats, bees, butterflies, beetles and murder hornets. I take much inspiration from the elegant old buildings of Spokane, as well as the regal decor of chateaus like damask, lace, velvet and gold.
New Media
What is new media, you ask? Digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, interactive art, video games, computer robotics, 3D printing, art as biotechnology, and more!
Keely Liles
Hi my name is Keely Liles and I am a freelance multi-disciplinary artist with emphasis in media and film production. My artistic endeavors have long centered around the question “how does art change the world?” Throughout years of study and practice I’ve come to understand that art as a noun, the object itself does not change anything. It is in the making of art, it is the people involved, it is the process, the ideas, and the community that comes from creating that makes the change. It is the art transformed from an inanimate object into an inspirational force that propels people forward. It is the tools in the hands of passionate people. I have found that this force ignites both the makers and the viewers and so I am inspired to create work that acts as a catalyst for change. I am a photographer by nature and a filmmaker by practice. I love learning and practicing all types of art and my breadth of artistic practice extends to writing, printmaking, painting, installations and animation.
Joseph Wedge
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,
Neato Burrito
Neato Burrito is receiving SAGA funding to support a live-streaming service for local and regional talent.
Skyler Oberst
With SAGA support, Oberst and his team will film, edit, and promote three pilot episodes to facilitate community building and civic-minded engagement in the Inland Northwest.
Laboratory Virtual Studio Tours
Tune into Laboratory’s series of virtual artist studio tours! Throughout the month of October, Laboratory’s resident artists are sharing virtual studio tours and sharng their process and projects!
Masterpiece Monologues
Stage Left Theater presents MASTERPIECE MONOLOGUES! This fun foray into the minds of local artists spotlights 13 one-person plays written by regional playwrights and performed by regional actors!
POP Power from Warhol to Koons: Masterworks from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation
From Campbell’s Soup to Mickey Mouse, and from comic strips to balloon dogs, POP Power from Warhol to Koons celebrates the evolution of Pop art, a perennial movement that revels in the new and the now, the celebrity and the commodity, and art made accessible for all.
Volunteers of America Window Display Series
Visit storefronts to see their window dressings turned art-installations!
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.
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.