Students from Central Valley High School English Language Learning program partnered with students from the art program. The ELL students told their “coming to America” stories which were then illustrated and interpreted by the art students. The process broke down barrios between the students and friendships resulted, as well as art!
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.
Norman Rockwell’s America
Norman Rockwell’s depictions of everyday life made him a beloved American artist of the 20th century. Norman Rockwell America includes 22 oil paintings, seven studies, original posters and all 323 vintage Saturday Evening Post magazine covers.
Dan McCann Mixed Media
Mechanics of… dress patterns, wood, glue, surgical tubing, packing materials, embroidery hoops, wiggle board.
Reception for Makoto Fujimura: Silence – Mysterion
Makoto Fujimura’s art explores our common experiences with suffering and trauma, healing and beauty. His work combines traditional Japanese materials and techniques with modern abstraction, resulting in layered, prismatic paintings.
The Heart of Leadership
Intercultural Care Using Beauty as a Language of Peace: Jundt exhibition artist, Makoto Fujimura, and Shann Ferch, professor of leadership studies at Gonzaga, will discuss intercultural care, and beauty as a conduit for peace and leadership.
Ethnicity and Identity as Themes in Art
In conjunction with the 2019 ERIP Conference, artwork focusing on themes of ethnicity and identity will be on display. Selected works convey information about the artists, their experiences, and worldviews.
Oh Heavens!
Exhibition of work by Spokane Art School Artist in Residence and pastel artist T Kurtz.
Fairy Tales
“Fairy Tales” alludes to children’s stories of morality and the interplay of good and evil. There will be an Opening Reception on October 4th from 5 to 8 PM.
Artisan Group Show – Celebrating Fine Art Craft!
A group show featuring the works of fine art crafters working in glass, fiber, wood, clay and silver. Mini painting wall and paint table for customers to create their own.
To Shalimar: Art Inspired by Toni Morrison’s Literature
Mixed media artwork based on the novels and short stories of African American female, Nobel Prize-winning author, Toni Morrison.
Art & Animals
Once again the artists of Avenue West host a benefit reception for the animals of SCRAPS. Including dog paintings by Avenue West members. We will be joined by a few special animals needing forever homes.
Italian Hilltowns by Gordon Wilson
Art Professor Gordon Wilson’s Italian Hilltowns (Plein Air – Oils): Gordon spends his summers relaxing in Italian towns. Placing his easel down in the town square, he chats with locals while pushing paint around his canvas. Good times. Grrreat results!