For Kids
With SAGA support, Hudson will publish her coloring book, including 30 pages of hand drawn images of locations in Spokane.
For Kids
Grantee
Words
Words of all types: writing, spoken word, storytelling and more! All genres welcome. Seek out a book club or writing group, mark your calendar for visiting authors, or find ways to tell your story live onstage. If you are specifically interested in poetry, check out our Poet Laureate page, too!
For Kids
Grantee
The Center for Children’s Book Arts
CCBA will be able to make book-arts related workshops accessible for Spokane families of limited means by providing season-long scholarships.
Visual
Artist
Olivia Ralye Hilton
Olivia is a sketch artist currently exploring avenues of hyperrealism. She works mostly in graphite and charcoal, but occasionally dabbles in paint.
For Kids
Grantee
Kemuel DeMoville
DeMoville is receiving SAGA support to write two short plays. These plays will eventually join a total of seven or eight new short works by DeMoville in a suite of Theatre for Youth plays entitled, “Bridges.”
Culinary
Grantee
Ari Nordhagen
The Spokane Cookbook will share, celebrate, and support the stories and efforts of Spokane’s important culinary industry.
Words
Grantee
Latah Books
Latah Books is working to position itself as one of the emerging and independent literary destinations for memoirists, while diversifying the authors they promote.
Music
Event: November 5
The Songwriters Laboratory – A Special SPL Fundraising Event
Come to the Art Spirit Gallery on November 5 at 7 p.m. for a unique opportunity to peek inside the mind of a songwriter. Dahveed Bullis will play original songs (and a few covers that inspired his writing) as he breaks down the structure, inspiration and flow of his process. If you ever wanted to compose your own song, this will be your chance as Dahveed will be writing a song live.. . with a little help from his friends (that’s you!). There will be art all around, and even a guest musician to share in the fun.
Visual
Artist
Hank J Chiappetta
A traditional hardwood carver, with a mallet and chisel Hank Chiappetta carves in the round hardwood sculptures, large and small scale. He also paints in a modern style contemporary in watercolor.
Visual
Event: November 5
First Friday Open House at The Hive!
Start your November First Friday with a tour of The Hive! See what the Artists-in-Residence have been creating in the recently opened Spokane Public Library studio spaces! The Artists-In-Residence (and one Writer-In-Residence) have been working hard for the last few months and invite the public to come see their progress during First Friday ArtWalk! Come visit their studios and check out their work. Tours of The Hive will also be available.
Visual
Event: Opens October 1
Her Words to Life
“Her Words to Life” is a celebration of Black American womanhood. Spokane artists, Shantell Jackson and Tracy Poindexter-Canton, exhibit a collection of visual art inspired by the poetry and/or literary prose of Black women writers, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison.
Visual
Event: Opens October 1
“Spookane” at the Liberty Gallery in October!
Superstition, folklore, urban legends and things that go bump in the night are inspirations for October’s Liberty Gallery exhibit “Spookane”. The show is held in the Historic Liberty Building, opens on Friday, October 1st and includes works by Collista Krebs, Ann Contois, Andrea Parrish, Ryker Murdock, Katie Frey, Mary Pat Kanaley, Betsy Mott, Karen Sutula, Robbie Anderson, Geri Griffin and Terri Griffin. Our Halloween show also includes excerpts from Chet Caskey’s Spokane ghost story books to give visitors even more chills. Unlike the Spokane ghosts, “Spookane” will disappear on October 30th!