visual art

Temporal: A group show by Coast Salish Museum of Fine Art 

“Temporal: A group show by Coast Salish Museum of Fine Art: Stories of Indigenous Present, Re-imagining Indigenous Futures” is curated by Mikaela Shafer in partnership with Indigenous Creatives Collective. It is a show that is full of real people and stories of current indigenous people, using their own voices in their own space, envisioning a future where indigenous people exist in the here and now on their own terms. CSMoFA has taken over Thurston County Museum of Fine Art to represent tribal nations in the Northwest.

Visual Arts Fill the Lobby at Harlequin Productions

Harlequin Production’s State Theater is also an art gallery that features exhibitions of work by local artists concurrent with each of their stage shows. And there is an opening celebration for each exhibition where art lovers mingle, partake of snacks and drinks, visit with one another and with the exhibiting artists, and may purchase original works of art.

Oly Arts Fall/Winter 2026 Print Edition — Issue No. 37

The Fall/Winter print edition of Oly Arts magazine is published! Copies of the printed version are available free of charge throughout the area – find out where you can pick up a copy and see a list of articles in this issue.

Catch them if you can: Arts Aficionado’s picks for ’26

It’s improbable — or maybe even downright impossible — that anyone could take in the abundance of plays, performances and exhibitions happening in Olympia and environs. That’s an excellent problem to have, as far as the Arts Aficionado is concerned, but if you’d like help narrowing down the options, Molly Gilmore is at your service.

From Hwagae Market to Pike Place Market at SPSCC

The art shared in the show “From Hwagae Market to Pike Place Market” at South Sound Community College through October 16 is from fourteen artists selected from the Korean American Artists Association of Washington, which makes for a very mixed response to the theme aesthetically, with styles ranging from surreal painterly studies, still life and folk art in style, to collage, wire work, and installations.

South Sound Studio Tour is Looking for New Board Members

Many area residents and visitors have loved participating in the South Sound Studio Tour, seeing local artists’ creations up close and personal, talking with the artists about their art, and in many instances watching the magic of turning blank sheets of paper or canvas, hunks of clay or found materials into works of art. Now the Studio Tour is looking for volunteers to serve on the board, specifically, to fill the Outreach Coordinator and Volunteer Coordinator roles.

Lightwire Theater’s The Adventures of Tortoise and Hare

You know how the race ended — but the story was just beginning. Lightwire Theater’s The Adventures of Tortoise and Hare: The Next Gen picks up a decade after the finish line, where Old Man Tortoise and Big Daddy Hare are now fathers navigating a world of smartphones and video games. When Tortoise Junior and …

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