For Kids
Join Mika for an in-person generative writing workshop at Wishing Tree Books on Saturday, October 15, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Words
Event: October 15
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!
Words
Event: October 15
Golden Hour Poetry
Join us in the magical backyard at Wishing Tree Books for a poetry reading with Mery Smith & Mika Maloney!
Cultural
Event: October 7
Terrain 13
The region’s largest multi-media art and music event is back! Featuring 354 artists, 12 bands, 12 literary readings, 22 films, and 5 dance performances, and attracting thousands of attendees, Terrain 13 is a celebration of new energy and fresh ideas from all over the artistic spectrum.
LGBTQ+
Grantee
Bright Comet Theatre
Bright Comet Theatre will stage their first production, Lord of the Flies. Featuring an entirely femme presenting cast, and involving a multitude of diverse and queer artists.
Words
Grantee
Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Council
SAGA funding will provide pay for the four poets’ performances and expose a new
audience to our local poets’ work.
Stage
Grantee
Spokane Playwrights Laboratory
SAGA is providing project funding for intensive, month long professional script development workshops for Spokane playwrights.
Words
Grantee
Spark Central
In a new project titled “Little Libraries, Big Stories,” Spark Central will collaborate with local artists to create and auction three unique little free libraries, stocked with books from local authors and youth, in part generated from a Spark Central workshop designed to ignite young West Central residents’ imaginations and strengthen their writing skills.
Stage
Grantee
Spokane Shakespeare Society
The second half of the company’s season two will include the show Romeo & Juliet in July, with eight performances,
followed by Goodnight Desdemona, (Good Morning Juliet) in September with eight performances.
Visual
Artist
Star Belina Ryan Art and Design
Star is the owner of a small business located in Spokane, known as Star Belina Ryan Art and Design. With a degree in Fashion Arts and knowledge in Business and Graphic Design, she brings a unique blend of creativity and expertise to her work. Her childhood love for drawing portraits and her immersion in nature have greatly influenced her artwork. Star is a multimedia artist, originally from a secluded island in Canada. Since 2009, she has been a dual citizen living in Spokane, Washington.
Music
Event: June 25
Spokane Sol
Spokane Sol’s mission is to empower the community through a truly immersive experience.
Visual
Artist
Laura Kaschmitter
All my works, whether paintings or digital pieces, are begun with only the intention of letting happen what wants to happen and that I will do my best to help it be the best it can be. Sometimes I have a subject that I am thinking about but that typically tends to get in the way of the flow. I work mostly in acrylic and watercolor on canvas. I do enjoy the multi-media effects and love trying out new mediums and combinations to see what happens when one encounters another. I have always loved science and nature and am able to combine them within my art. If I receive any inspiration, it typically comes from my experiences in the outdoors, forests, or even my backyard garden. My pieces are for all age groups as they rarely have anything that is directly recognizable as an actual object. Although like the Rorschach test, people tend to see what they want to see.
LGBTQ+
News
Queer Art Walk 2022, presented by Spokane Arts
Spokane’s third annual Queer Art Walk begins Friday, June 3, 2022. Queer Art Walk was founded in 2019 by a group of local artists, with the mission to uplift LGBTQ+ voices and celebrate a historically marginalized group through art.