VISUAL ARTS REVIEW by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS Works from three major installations come together in the show Tracing Genetic Inheritance: Recent Work by Geraldine Ondrizek at The Evergreen State College art gallery. This is a highly unusual, beautiful and intelligent exhibition that combines science and art in ways that should open the mind …
Join us for a fun event next Friday, 3.29.24 What to Expect: Decorative Techniques: Learn the art of arranging a charcuterie board for maximum visual appeal from Jessica Maze the owner of evergreengrazingco.com. Your culinary masterpiece awaits, ready to steal the spotlight at any gathering. Guided Wine Tasting: Immerse yourself in the world of …
The 13th Annual Puget Sound Book Artists members’ exhibit is currently accepting book and postcard art submissions. This year’s suggested theme is Time Travel. You’re free to travel backwards or forwards or even sideways in time. This can be a personal journey to the past or you can envision a whole world of the future. …
From the low tides of Mud Bay in the Pacific Northwest to the lush greenery of Mississippi and beyond, 81 pieces by 19 poets including seven from Thurston County are joined in “Mud Flat Verse (an anthology).” The anthology, published in late 2023, is a creation of Olympia publisher Mud Flat Press.
Join us, in partnership with City of Olympia and Evergreen’s Center for Climate Action and Sustainability, for a special after-hours screening of the film 2040. Concerned about his young daughter’s future, filmmaker Damon Gameau travels the world in search of new approaches and solutions to climate change. There will be a short discussion after with local …
Honoring the Legacy of Hazel Pete at SPSCC’s 2023 Native American Art Exhibition through Dec. 8th including baskets, mats, clothing and dolls from the 1800s through the present day.
This show is dedicated to Veterans, past and present, and is curated by George Amiotte, Oglala Lakota and Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps -Vietnam. The Evergreen State College Gallery will be showcasing works by Indigenous artists sharing visual representation of their connections across space and time to their Indigenous roots. The show will be open for …
Fall is a time for rebirth, for rejuvenation, especially
when coming in the wake of a scorching dry summer
and a pandemic that refuses to go away. And the biggest, most extravagant arts event of all, Olympia’s fall Arts Walk — October 6 and 7 — our semi-annual community event celebrating all of the arts, but with an emphasis on visual arts when a majority of downtown businesses turn parts of their stores into art galleries.
Olympia Family Theater Artistic Director Lily Raabe has resigned to spend more time writing and traveling. The company has hired its first executive director, Olympia actor Mark Alford.
OLYMPIA– Serve Washington is looking for some volunteer actors to play the role of disaster survivors during an upcoming simulations exercises to prepare Community Emergency Response Teams, CERTs, to help people during disasters. The exercises will take place from noon to approximately 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at The Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW. CERTs are volunteers …