Explore Spokane Arts

Questions? Concerns? Kudos? Contact us at 509-321-9614 or artshelper@spokanearts.org, or visit our contact page for our hours and locations.

Explore the Spokane Arts artist roster, a searchable tool designed to showcase local creatives and connect them with community members seeking artists and makers. Browse the entire roster to discover a new favorite artist or filter by the type of work you’re seeking.

Are you looking to hire someone creative for a gig or special project? Spokane Arts can help connect you with professional artists right here in our community. Submit your opportunity here.

Arts Awards recognize the accomplishments of artists, arts and cultural organizations and local individuals committed to enriching our community through the arts.

Spokane Arts’ Arts Incubator program provides support and resources to fledgling nonprofit arts & culture organizations, by offering fiscal sponsorship to groups or organizations who don’t yet have their own 501c3 status.

Each October during national arts and humanities month, we celebrate! Join us for a full month of celebrating arts and culture in our region.

Explore Spokane Arts’ own gallery shows. The Chase Gallery is always free and open any time City Hall is open. Join us for First Friday receptions the first Friday of each month. Spokane Arts curates 4 shows a year in the gallery, following a public call for submissions.

Lit Crawls are a program of the Spokane Poet Laureate & Spokane Arts! Concentrating on one neighborhood area at a time, we travel from venue-to-venue at these events listening to local writers reading their poetry or prose.

Meet the Makers is a short-film series, produced and filmed by local filmmakers, featuring the creatives who are shaped by Spokane and who make Spokane what it is.

Music Video Jams is a music video festival and competition featuring new work created by collaborating local filmmakers and musicians.

The Poet Laureate program celebrates Spokane’s vibrant literary community and aims to strengthen the future of literary arts in our city by engaging a broad range of communities.

Poetry Out Loud builds on the recent resurgence of poetry as an oral art form. Poetry Out Loud competitions teach students to appreciate poetry of all types and encourage them to incorporate great poetry into their lives.

A primary function of the Spokane Arts Commission is coordinating the selection, placement and other planning and design factors of municipal art projects in accordance with the overall municipal arts plan.

TheaterFest is a one-day showcase of the performing arts, featuring short performances, activities and workshops for kids and adults to play, learn, and try something new.

Spokane Arts’ three city-wide arts tours feature venues large and small simultaneously hosting artwork, curatorial projects, and performances. Our SATURATE initiative that spotlights artists of color especially deepens the conversation on race, identity, and culture in our city and beyond.