Arts Month - Spokane Arts

Each October during national arts and humanities month, we celebrate! Join us for a full month of celebrating arts and culture in our region. Use this map to find great events to enjoy in-person and online and watch this page for more details on Arts Month event listings coming soon!

Head over to our events page, to check out October’s many great artistic and cultural offerings.

Let us know what performances, exhibits, and other arts events you’re planning and hosting in October so we can add them to the full Arts Month listings. Submit details here.

2020 Arts Month Events

Event: Opens October 1

The Sweetgrass Virtual Film & Arts Festival: Sovereignty, Storytelling, Spirituality

The One Heart Native Arts and Film Festival is the premier Native arts and multimedia cultural festival event in the Inland Northwest. Now celebrating its 5th year of showcasing the diversity and vitality of contemporary Native artists, One Heart continues to broaden its audience through the shared community interest and education in Native arts and film in a virtual setting. One Heart presents: The Sweetgrass Virtual Film and Arts Festival: Sovereignty, Storytelling, Spirituality October 16, 23, and 30, 2020.

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Event: Opens October 5

KSPS Inland Sessions

Tune in weekly for a new series featuring local artists on KSPS! Inland Sessions showcases local musicians and spoken word artists as they perform in the KSPS studio. With the support of Spokane Arts we are showcasing a range of local talent that have been side-lined by the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out Inland Sessions MONDAYS at 7:30pm on KSPS or stream it online at www.ksps.org!

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Event: Opens October 18

Eleven Gatherings Plateau Salish Art

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Event: Opens October 9

Live music from Neato Burrito / Baby Bar!

Tune in for live music concerts streaming from Neato Burrito! Enjoy live music from home & support local musicians! Ticket gives you access to the live stream and 24- hour rebroadcast. 100% of proceeds go to the artist!

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Event: Opens September 21

EXIT-X-IT: Mixed media installation by Tom O'Day

This exhibition by recently retired art faculty member Tom O'Day will open to the public as a work in progress from the opening to the closing.

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Event: Opens October 2

Wood, Watercolor, & Words

Kolva-Sullivan Gallery is honored to present Hank Chiappetta first solo show in Spokane. Hank’s passion is cutting into wood and allowing forms to appear—the musings of both conscious and unconscious mind.

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Event: Opens October 4

POP Power from Warhol to Koons: Masterworks from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation

From Campbell’s Soup to Mickey Mouse, and from comic strips to balloon dogs, POP Power from Warhol to Koons celebrates the evolution of Pop art, a perennial movement that revels in the new and the now, the celebrity and the commodity, and art made accessible for all.

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Event: Opens October 1

Volunteers of America Window Display Series

Visit storefronts to see their window dressings turned art-installations!

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Event: Opens October 1

Recent Grads

See artwork by recent Whitworth graduates, Marissa Gibson, Daniel Miller, Rachel Prior, Katelyn Rinehart and Rebecca Young. The Bryan Oliver Gallery is currently open by appointment only.

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Event: Opens October 1

October Guest Artist: Mike DeCesare

Photography is Mike DeCesare’s first language, expressed in images that draw the viewer inside a scene to see, feel, interact with, and add their personal interpretation of a place or a time when light, color and form combined to create a unique and memorable human experience.

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Event: Opens October 2

WHERE THE AIR IS CLEAR

Real and imagined spaces; environments constructed to evoke a sense of calm; finding joy in the moments, big or small, tangible or surreal; Where the Air is Clear is a body of sculptural works that celebrate reconnecting, centering, and finding one’s breathe.

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Event: Opens October 1

Melissa Cole

Melissa Cole will be the featured artist for October. It’s been 18 months since we’ve featured her and it’s exciting to have her back. She’s one of the most popular and beloved artists on our region.

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Event: Opens October 1

Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour Show

The 13th Annual Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour will move online this year because of Covid-19, with the virtual show opening on Saturday, September 26, at 8:00 a.m. Over three dozen, well-known, regional artists are participating.

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Event: October 24

Women Who Confound Expectations

Wishing Tree Books is proud to announce a virtual event for Kristen Millares Young's newly published novel SUBDUCTION, featuring a reading and discussion with three outstanding Northwest writers.

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Event: Opens October 9

Live at Lucky You | Fall 2020

Lucky You Lounge is bringing local live music into your home! Livestream concerts this fall to enjoy fantastic live music and support the local music community! Tickets are $10/concert (only one ticket needed per household/streaming device) or $40 for a five concert ticket bundle! Each livestream will also focus on a different local non-profit and ticket buyers have the option of adding an additional donation to their purchase to support non-profits including Terrain, Spectrum Center, and SCAR Spokane.

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Event: Opens October 4

Music Finds a Way: The Spokane Symphony

Spokane has earned its fine symphony the hard way, through sacrifice, dedication, talent and risk. Meet the exceptional men and women who have sustained and propelled the Spokane Symphony into its 75th year.

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Event: Opens October 4

Bomber Boys: Portraits from the Front

Featuring a series of candid portraits reproduced from a secret stash of World War II images, ephemera, and a diary from 1945, the exhibition highlights the combat, crew, and camp life of the 445th bomb squadron of the 12th Army Air Corps stationed on Corsica and in Italy (the same outfit featured in Catch-22.)

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Event: Opens October 10

American Inheritance: Unpacking World War II

Seventy-five years after the fighting stopped, evidence of the world’s deadliest global conflict can still be found in almost every home, community and aspect of American life. WWII legacies survive in suburban attics, memorialized in public spaces and the ways in which Americans view the world itself.

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Event: Opens October 1

Metal at the Moon

Sculptures from recycled metals and found objects in an assortment of sizes and shapes.

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Event: October 3

Masterpiece Monologues

Stage Left Theater presents MASTERPIECE MONOLOGUES! This fun foray into the minds of local artists spotlights 13 one-person plays written by regional playwrights and performed by regional actors!

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Event: Opens October 1

Mother Daughter

In Mother Daughter, Hannah Pomante examines the tradition of quilt making and its relationship to our transitioning environments. Under the guidance of her mother, Hannah began to learn to quilt, using the process to act as a rite of passage from childhood to adulthood.

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Event: Opens October 1

Carved

Trackside Studio is excited to unveil the 36 piece grid of carved stoneware forms by ceramic artist and Trackside Studio co-owner, Chris Kelsey.

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Event: October 1

Marie Lu: Skyhunter

The latest from YA sensation Marie Lu is nearly here! Purchase Skyhunter (available September 29th) from Auntie's to get a signed book plate and access to an exclusive virtual meet and greet on October 1st at 6pm PST.

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Event: October 24

Blue Canary Quartet

Enjoy this online livestream concert of The Blue Canary Quartet! Watch for free on the Imagine Jazz YouTube here or Facebook here. Find details about this and learn more about Imagine Jazz on their website at imaginejazz.org! The Blue Canary Quartet is classic jazz with modern sensibilities! Performing live with friends on October 24, at 7 p.m. Concert brought to you by Imagine Jazz, KEWU 89.5 fm and Spokane City Credit Union.

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Event: Opens October 6

Laboratory Virtual Studio Tours

Tune into Laboratory’s series of virtual artist studio tours! Throughout the month of October, Laboratory's resident artists are sharing virtual studio tours and sharng their process and projects!

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Event: Opens October 1

Marsha Marcuson & Grace June

At Avenue West Gallery, see Aaron Smith's recently completed mural, Grace June's photos of the Alaskan wilderness, Marsha Marcuson's paintings of fall colors, and more artwork by other members!

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Event: October 2

3 Minute Mic

"3 Minute Mic" is Auntie's monthly poetry open mic, held every first Friday at 8pm. Free. Online via Zoom; find the Zoom details an hour before the event on Auntie’s Bookstore Facebook page.

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Event: Opens October 1

Transform: Another World is Possible; Social Justice Film Festival

Screening over 70 films challenging systemic injustice, stigma, and targeted oppression, this social justice film festival is presented by the Social Justice Film Institute, Northwest Film Forum, and Meaningful Movies Project.

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