Jul 16 Thursday
A Fine Art and Craft Exhibition, featuring the works of Susan Christian and Steve Belz.
Thursday July 16 and Thursday August 13, 2026, bring your projects and get help from experienced volunteers at Open Sewing Lab with the Walla Walla Public Library at the Senior Center at Jefferson Park, 720 Sprague Street in Walla Walla. No project? No problem! Use library-provided supplies and get inspiration from our collection of sewing books. Attendees under 12 years old require an adult helper 16+ attending with them, please.
No registration necessary for this no-cost event. Sewing machines, thread and fabric provided.For a full listing of library events and programs, check our online calendar. Questions? Call the library at (509)-527-4550, Monday-Friday 10:00 am-7:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am-3:00 pm, or send us an email at [email protected].
All are welcome to join us for Watercolor Time at the Olympia Arts Gallery! Drop in anytime for a relaxing afternoon of watercolor flow. No experience needed - perfect for beginners and hobbyists! All supplies are provided, and payment is donation-based only. Bring a friend, pull up a chair, and let's paint!
Jul 17 Friday
Jul 18 Saturday
Visit the Handforth Gallery to see Stephanie Meredith's "All My Mothers;" a body of work featuring monumental pieces that combine painting and hand-stitched embroidery. Through layered surfaces and intricate patterns and texture, Stephanie explores the tension between depth and flatness, creating spaces that hover between material presence and illusion.
Her works operate as sites of convergence, where abstraction and place intersect. The title of the show references the images Stephanie use in her work, which she inherited from her mother. They are all images of trees in a world before climate change started to take full effect. Trees are the mothers in nature, providing, cooperating and communicating.
The pieces are an attempt to preserve, and yet the veneer starts to slip when observed closely; melting glaciers, fires ravaging in the background and landscapes that are unreachable. Embroidered lines trace, disrupt, and extend painted forms, emphasizing both the physicality of the pieces and the imagined spaces it contains, and at times blocking the viewer from entering the space completely.
Opening July 18th, Show runs through September
Jul 19 Sunday
Fort Walla Walla Museum's Living Historians bring history to life, portraying real people from Walla Walla's past.
The troupe’s goal is to bring museum exhibits to life with live presentations every week from May through October, telling visitors dramatic stories about the lives of Walla Wallans and the issues of their day, and allowing guests to question the characters about their lives and times.
Join the Museum on July 19th as Edward Ball shares about the many hats he's worn over his career as a Dragoon Sergeant.
Jul 20 Monday
