For Kids
Based on a survey of need in Spokane’s digital content community, SFP has put together a series of educational panels and workshops.
Film
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Visual
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.
New Media
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Black Lens News
Black Lens News created a 12-page, full-color insert filled with the photographs of 16 African Americans in Spokane and their stories.
For Kids
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Spark Central
SAGA is providing support for Spark Central’s “West Central Publishing Union” (WCPU) in order to continue their mission of decreasing the artistic opportunity gap even as their mode of delivery changes.
Visual
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Terrain
SAGA is providing Terrain with operational support due to the financial fallout from Covid.
Visual
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Avenue West Gallery and Aaron Smith
The Avenue West Gallery has received operational support from SAGA to help with issues arising from the COVID-19, and to help raise awareness of the gallery with a mural by artist, Aaron Smith.
Visual
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Katie Creyts
Artist Katie Creyts is pursuing a new medium in her artistic practice and with the help of the SAGA.
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Artist Jiemei Lin beginning work on new mural downtown!
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.
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Event: Opens July 1
Threshold
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.
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Outdoor court mural artists announced
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.
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Event: Opens June 4
Soften
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.
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New public art proposed for Riverfront
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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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.