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Hundred Days
Harlequin Productions 202 4th Ave E, Olympia, WA, United StatesBook by The Bengsons & Sarah Gancher Music & Lyrics by The Bengsons Directed by Aaron Lamb and featuring local artists Amy Shephard, Denim Protégé, and members of local bands Sugar and the Spitfires and SpareCrow. Join us as we transform The State Theater into an intimate cabaret for an uncensored, exhilarating, and heartrending true story about ...
Puget Sound Book Artists 12th Annual Members’ Exhibition
It's back! The 12th Annual Puget Sound Book Artists Members’ Exhibition! (June 5 – July 27, 2023) Opening Reception June 7, 4:30-6:30pm, Collins Library, University of Puget Sound Remarks from the curatorial team and awards will be presented during the reception at 5:30 pm.
Puget Sound Book Artists 12th Annual Members’ Exhibition Reception
It's back! The 12th Annual Puget Sound Book Artists Members’ Exhibition! (June 5 – July 27, 2023) Opening Reception June 7, 4:30-6:30pm, Collins Library, University of Puget Sound Remarks from the curatorial team and awards will be presented during the reception at 5:30 pm.
I SPY: The Secret Museum
Harbor History Museum 4121 Harborview Dr., Gig HarborI SPY is for the kid in all of us. A special exhibition created by the Harbor History Museum detective squad, I SPY: The Secret Museum is a journey through the little-seen collection areas of the Harbor History Museum. Inspired by the much-loved I SPY books, we decided to apply the idea to our own ...
Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts
Olympia Armory Creative Campus 515 Eastside St SE, OlympiaThe Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts (TCMoFA) is popping up for one week at the Olympia Armory Creative Campus. The museum will be open July 8th-15th from 12-6pm each day and feature over 25 local artists. Check out our special events: Saturday, July 8th, 12-6: Opening festivities featuring live music and ...
Armory Arts Intervention – Illuminate Pride: A Celebration of Diversity and Community
Olympia Armory Creative Campus 515 Eastside St SE, OlympiaIlluminate Pride: A Celebration of Diversity and Community Illuminate Pride is an immersive one-day festival that merges the vibrant LGBTQIA2S+ community with the creative energy of the city hosted by Capital City Pride, WildTiny Productions, and Lucy ElleBalls Productions. Festival highlights include a Pride Gathering, Artistic Light Installations, Cultural Showcases, Workshops & Panels, Pride Market, ...
Art on the Farm
Melrose Botanicals 8708 Johnson Point Road NE, OlympiaArt on the Farm is a place where people can come to unplug, recharge and allow themselves to be immersed in local art and nature. Held on an organic hobby farm, the show meanders through the farm's orchard, pasture, and trees... around each corner a new maker to visit, more work to take in. ...
Autumn’s Chorus: A Fine-Art and Craft Exhibition of Crows, Ravens, and the Spirit of Autumn
Childhood's End Gallery 222 4th Ave W, OlympiaSept 29th - Nov 12th Arts Walk Opening Artist Reception: Friday Oct 6th: 5-9PM Saturday Oct 12-6PM Autumn’s Chorus is an exhibition filled with crows, ravens, and the spirit of autumn. Featuring work from artists Kathy Anderson (printmaking), Elizabeth Berrien (wire sculpture), Liza Brenner (painting), Boni & Dave Deal (raku ceramics), Loralin ...
Unforgettable Art with Maureen Wells
Olympia Timberland Library 313 8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA, United StatesUnforgettable Art offers an up-close and personal art viewing experience for people with dementia and their caregivers. The art is supplemented with music, poetry, and artists’ biographies. During the one-hour program themed art prints are displayed stimulating discussions and reminiscing. Maureen Wells first developed the program in 1989 and has presented it to senior centers, ...
Autumn’s Chorus: A Fine-Art and Craft Exhibition of Crows, Ravens, and the Spirit of Autumn
Childhood's End Gallery 222 4th Ave W, OlympiaSept 29th - Nov 12th Arts Walk Opening Artist Reception: Friday Oct 6th: 5-9PM Saturday Oct 12-6PM Autumn’s Chorus is an exhibition filled with crows, ravens, and the spirit of autumn. Featuring work from artists Kathy Anderson (printmaking), Elizabeth Berrien (wire sculpture), Liza Brenner (painting), Boni & Dave Deal (raku ceramics), Loralin ...
Autumn’s Chorus: A Fine-Art and Craft Exhibition of Crows, Ravens, and the Spirit of Autumn
Childhood's End Gallery 222 4th Ave W, OlympiaSept 29th - Nov 12th Arts Walk Opening Artist Reception: Friday Oct 6th: 5-9PM Saturday Oct 12-6PM Autumn’s Chorus is an exhibition filled with crows, ravens, and the spirit of autumn. Featuring work from artists Kathy Anderson (printmaking), Elizabeth Berrien (wire sculpture), Liza Brenner (painting), Boni & Dave Deal (raku ceramics), Loralin ...
Book Folding Workshop
Lacey Timberland Library 500 College St SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesJoin local artist and instructor René Westbrook for a fun-filled, easy, and rewarding papercraft workshop, where we will learn how to transform ordinary books into fantastic pieces of art! Using a few basic folding techniques, each participant will create a "lighthouse" from their own hardcover book. The finished result will be something you can take ...