Olympia Downtown Alliance Cancels Annual Music in the Park Series
By Jonah Barrett The 41st season of Olympia’s Music in the Park series has been cancelled this year due to public health concerns concerning COVID-19. […]
Olympia Symphony Orchestra Provides Creative, Digital Offerings in Response to COVID-19
By Molly Walsh As Washingtonians enter another week of a “new normal” under Governor Jay Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order, social distancing measures have […]
Evolving Artist Becky Knold on Cardboard, Roofing Paper and Collages
By Alec Clayton Becky Knold was a late blooming artist. She didn’t start painting seriously until she retired from teaching in 2006. Her only formal […]
Art in Flight: The Creations of Chris Maynard
By Alec Clayton Olympia’s Chris Maynard is a marvel. He makes art of a kind seldom if ever seen anywhere else. He makes images of […]
Teri Bevelacqua: Acrylics, Encaustics and Billboards, Oh My!
By Alec Clayton Imagine a billboard that is a work of art — not just a commercial that’s artistic, but an actual painting, and not […]
Alec Clayton: 50 Years of Painting
By Editor OLY ARTS writer Alec Clayton was invited to do a talk on his art at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts’ Center […]
Postponement of the Species: Eli Sterling Explains Importance, Benefits
By Christian Carvajal For two decades, the indisputable highlight of Olympia’s spring arts season was Arts Walk and its attendant, handcrafted parade, the Procession of […]
Op-Ed: Last Call or a Call to Action?
By Anna Schlecht On March 16, 2020, I rolled into Equal Latin with a friend for what was likely the last happy hour for the […]
Color and Light: Value Contrasting Through Photography with Laney Hawley
By Alec Clayton Anyone who has stopped in at Hawley’s Gelato for an affogato to sip on while watching people come and go across the […]
Isolating Without Isolation: Vince Brown Offers Music Lessons From Home
By Aigner Loren Wilson Now is a time of community. Of outreach and support. Thousands in Thurston County have lost hours, jobs, gigs and money […]