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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.
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Painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, screenprinting, photography, architecture, textiles, crafts, and so much more. If you love the visual arts, don’t miss First Fridays, presented by the Downtown Spokane Partnership. Find your new favorite gallery via our interactive art map.
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Event: May 1
May Virtual First Friday
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.
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Event: Opens May 1
May Online Gallery
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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Event: April 3
Virtual First Friday
Join Spokane Arts and Downtown Spokane Partnership as we celebrate a Virtual First Friday! Even as we Stay Home, Stay Healthy, our community has a wealth of artwork to share. Share your #VirtualFirstFriday events with us by tagging Spokane Arts, post links to your events below, or emailing details to Artshelper@spokanearts.org! Artists, tag @SpokaneArts here and on Instagram to show us your new work! We’ll be sharing events, live streams, and artwork all day on Friday, April 3 for you to enjoy from your home.
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Event: April 4
Helen Parsons: Harmful if Swallowed
AS2 Gallery will be doing a live stream with Helen Parsons on her new show, “Harmful if Swallowed” on Facebook for Virtual First Friday. Join us at 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. (ish) depending on questions and Helen’s commentary. https://www.facebook.com/andrew.whitver
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Counting Coup Media
Counting Coup Media will be producing a supernatural drama set in the city of Spokane a hundred years before white settlers and spoken entirely in the Salish language.
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Anne Hedin / Browne Elementary
Bringing Contemporary Art into the Lives of Elementary Children with the Foster Art Project: Elementary children at Browne Elementary will be directed by a professional artist to help create both large and smaller scale art. which will be publicly displayed and loaned out to reside in student homes temporarily.
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GO Art Center
With SAGA support, a sought after, sustainable ceramics center will be returning to operation in Spokane. GO Art Center will be repairing equipment, upgrading safety features, and preparing for a broader set of therapeutic, corporate, and community workshop offerings for Fall 2020.
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The Botanical Alchemists
Sarah Edwards and Ava Barany of The Botanical Alchemists will be creating a three-part, seasonal, free-to-the-public, Community Nature Art Workshop Series seeking to engage a broad spectrum of participants in the Spokane community.
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Richmond Art Collective
Richmond Art Collective (RAC) is receiving SAGA support for operational and infrastructure development costs related to an unexpected relocation.
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The Traveling Theater Company for Wayward Artists
Finding Your Light: An Evening of One Act Plays is a three-night theater event featuring 10-15 minute plays written by mentored teen playwrights.
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Nanette Cloud
Nanette is a shapeshifting webwitch who makes intimate and otherworldly comics as an irreverent act of worship to Goddex’s of chaos, change, and fnord. If you’re interested in working together or buying a commission you can have an out-of-body experience and meet with her at a glimmering pool of lost souls in the ethereal spirit realm, or you can email her.