Tune in weekly for a new series featuring local artists on KSPS! Inland Sessions showcases local musicians and spoken word artists as they perform in the KSPS studio. With the support of Spokane Arts we are showcasing a range of local talent that have been side-lined by the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out Inland Sessions MONDAYS at 7:30pm on KSPS or stream it online at www.ksps.org!
Spokane Arts is excited to share Wooden Storytellers online this fall! Featuring large scale woodblock prints created as collaborative pieces between the traveling arts organization Big Ink and 17 artists from around the United States, Wooden Storytellers showcases some of the most exciting work being done in woodblock printing today! Featured artists: Rachel Thern, Debra Olin, Abel Alejandre, Angela Earley, Jessica Billey, Jun Lee, Julie (J.L.) Abraham, Christopher O’Flaherty, Robert Maloney, Eben King, Robin Gibson, Zachariah Schmitt, Stephen Grossman, Reinaldo Gil Zambrano, Carolyn M. Muskat, Beth Howe and Clive McCarthy, and Lyell Castonguay.
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.
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.
Spokane Arts is excited to share Threshold at the Chase Gallery and online, July 1 – August 28, 2020, featuring the work of May Kytonen, Sam Marroquin, Mariah Boyle, Laura Ahola-Young, Sally Machlis and Delphine Keim. Threshold is a group exhibit featuring the work of six artists working throughout the northwest in a variety of mediums. Using paint, printmaking, drawing, with work on fabric, paper, and canvas, these artists explore boundaries of home and meanings of place. Through diverse approaches, the work in Threshold centers on themes of home and housing, migration and immigration, environment and boundaries. Powerful individual pieces invite the viewer to examine the many thresholds we approach and cross in our lives.
Enjoy the exhibit here online all summer. Spokane City Hall is currently closed to the public. Normally open to the public Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Chase Gallery is open if and when City Hall is open to the public.
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.
Spokane Arts is excited to share Soften at the Chase Gallery, June 4-26, 2020, featuring the work of Sarah Barnett, Jessica Earle, Nadiya Nacorda, Morganne Radziewiez, Mica Lillith Smith, and Azzah Sultan. Curated by June T. Sanders and Krista Brand, Soften showcases artwork utilizing softness of form and aesthetics within video, painting, and collage.
Selection panel recommends Saya Moriyasu as the selected artist for a new public art piece. Her proposal is a whimsical sculpture of a beaver, that doubles a bench people can sit in.
Join Spokane Arts for our second Virtual First Friday! Even as we Stay Home, Stay Healthy, our community has a wealth of artwork to share. We are hosting an online open gallery with recent work from local artists, hosting a virtual panel discussion, and sharing online events happening throughout the city by local artists and creatives.
Join Spokane Arts and local artists for a Virtual First Friday Exhibition — highlighting recent art made by local creatives during this time of isolation. Our virtual gallery is live for the month of May with a 3-D rendered gallery space, gallery tour, and information about all of the artists involved! May’s virtual online gallery features work by Dario Ré, Jerry White, Sn, Ryker Murdock, Megan Perkins, Sophia Maggio, Debbie Hughbanks, Lily Alsept, Dj Moon, Tricia Florence, Kay O’Rourke, Carol Schmauder, Jim Bauer, Gay Waldman, Ryan West, Hannah Charlton, Antonio Romero, Germs the Artist, Lukas van der Walde, Stefani M. Rossi, Alexander Lee, and Abigail Kirsten!
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