May 02 Saturday
Join Daniel Tiger and your friends from Northwest Public Broadcasting as we celebrate America's 250th great big birthday! Together children and families can participate in fun STEAM activities designed especially for children ages 2 to 8.
Come meet and take your picture with Daniel Tiger! Take home a free book and Explore Together as we celebrate our shared American story.
Free and open to all.
Mimi Jung: An Unfinished Origin ExhibitionMarch 31, 2026 – June 27, 2026Tuesday through Saturdays from 10am to 4pm, CLOSED Sunday, Monday
"Mimi Jung: An Unfinished Origin" brings together recent sculptural works from this Helena, Montana-based artist. The loom has long served as the foundation of her methodical and often labor-intensive process, where the slow creation of each piece allows for deliberate shaping and assessment over time. Using unexpected and unconventional materials like paper and foam as wefts, a variety of non-traditional strings as warps, as well as woven pieces cast in metal, the artist’s work rewards close inspection, asking us to slow down and engage reflectively.
Central to her concerns are the gaps between what we believe we know and what remains unknown, creating space for wonder, contemplation, and connection. Correspondingly, her woven forms are intentionally ambiguous and in a state of change. Their structures invite multiple interpretations appearing near completion, undergoing deconstruction, or suspended between concealment and exposure. Jung relates this fluidity to one’s own sense of evolving self.
“The core component of my work has always been identity and self-preservation,” says the artist. “It’s about how our narratives constantly evolve to fit into a much larger cultural narrative in order to survive.”
IMAGE | Mimi Jung, Resonate With, 2023
LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus.
Mimi Jung: An Unfinished Origin ExhibitionMarch 31, 2026 – June 27, 2026Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm, CLOSED Sun, Mon
LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium/CUB) WSU Pullman campus.
Master of Fine Arts: Thesis ExhibitionMarch 31, 2026 – June 27, 2026Tuesday through Saturdays from 10am to 4pm, CLOSED Sunday, Monday
The annual "MFA Thesis Exhibition" is the culmination of three or more years work by the Master of Fine Arts graduate candidates. With its wide range of art-making approaches, it provides a stimulating experience for faculty, students, and museum visitors. This year’s MFA candidates are Keegan Baatz, S. Camille Comer, and Kahyun (Kate) Uhm.
Arriving from diverse locations, these student-artists immersed themselves in an intensive, interdisciplinary studio experience. Through regular group discussions and individual critiques with faculty, alongside sustained engagement with visiting artists and scholars, they received wide-ranging perspectives on their work. Over time, each artist strengthened their voice, refined their practice, and clarified their artistic direction. This MFA Thesis Exhibition represents both a culmination of focused study and a meaningful threshold as they step into their professional lives.
IMAGE | MFA candidates Keegan Baatz, S. Camille Comer, and Kahyun (Kate) Uhm.
March 31, 2026 – June 27, 2026Tuesday through Saturdays from 10am to 4pm, CLOSED Sunday, Monday
Light is ethereal; it opens and spreads. It radiates and fills spaces. It illuminates both the beautiful and tragic as well as the mundane, bringing the contents of our lives into sharper focus. In a traditional sense, light is also ephemeral—it is with us, and it wanes; humankind has celebrated its existence and return throughout the ages.
We measure time through movement of light: the arc of the sun, the length of a shadow, the fading of day into night. Light does not simply mark time; it carries it. In physics, light is also a record of the past. Starlight reaches us years or millennia after it was emitted, turning observation into an act of looking backward. Light, in this sense, is time made perceptible.
"Longer Light: Selections from the Collection" offers a wide-ranging exploration of how artists represented in the museum’s holdings have engaged with this universal and compelling relationship. For many, their creations preserve fleeting moments amid constant change; for others, the emphasis lies not on fixed appearances but on shifting conditions and perceptions. Still others approach light itself as a quasi-transcendent or spiritual force, evoking a sense of timelessness that can serve as a reassurance or reminder in the face of impermanence.
While the presentation will span a variety of genres and media approaches, Longer Light will give special emphasis to the museum’s growing photography collection, where the use of available light is fundamental to lens-based practices.
IMAGE: Paul Strand, Wall Street, 1915
"Dream Logic”
Group Fine Art and Craft Exhibition
Artists: Torrey Dasmann, Valency Genis, Gumaelius Family, Joelle Montez, Shannon Richardson
Dates: April 24 – June 7, 2026
Spring Arts Walk Artist Reception April 24 5-9pmArts Walk con't Saturday April 25 12-6
FREE
Childhood’s End Gallery222 4th Ave WOlympia WA 98501
Image on Poster:Shannon Richardson"Triumph of Inertia"Oil on canvas
Join us for "Inner Reflections" the Yakima Valley Quilters' Guild quilt show, Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2, at the Yakima Convention Center. With more that 400 quilts on display, you'll find inspiration and works of art throughout the show. Demonstrations both days, vendors from around the Pacific Northwest, and much, much more. Featured quit artists are Nancy Rayner (Guild Featured Artist) and Kim Mikkelsen (Community Featured Artist.) Admission is $10 and is good for both days. Children 15 and under are admitted free of charge! Come and reflect on what inspires you artistically!
Birchwood Garden Club 2026 Plant Sale Saturday, May 2, 2026 Bellingham Central Library, Lower Level 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM
It is said that April showers bring May flowers. May flowers will also be found at the 33rd Annual Plant Sale of the Birchwood Garden Clubon Saturday, May 2.
The Plant Sale will be held in the lower level conference room of the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Avenue, Bellingham WA.
Local plants grown by local gardeners for our local climate ― all plants in the sale have been donated by the Birchwood Garden Club members. There will be an affordable assortment of annuals, perennials, veggie starts, indoor plants, and more. Come early for best selection!
Cash or check only please.
Proceeds from the Plant Sale benefit numerous community organizations and provide for the maintenance of the public gardens at the Museum and Central Library. The Club also funds small grants for gardening-related projects that enrich our neighborhoods and encourage the love of gardening for all ages.
Founded in 1931, Birchwood Garden Club membership is open to anyone in Whatcom or Skagit Counties. You are invited to join us at our monthly meetings held in the Rotunda Room of the Whatcom Museum, featuring guest speakers on current gardening topics. Check out our website, www.birchwoodgardenclub.orgor join us on Instagram and Facebook @ Birchwood Garden Club.
We are delighted to present our annual ICON show, now in its 12th year. It’s always a hit! Our recurring theme invites artists to interpret the word ICON in their own way, and each year, it’s more fun. The gallery received more than 100 entries this year with submissions in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, glass, collage and assemblage. The show, juried this year by Chris Holt, will include receptions on Second Saturday (April 11) to celebrate all the artists. Explore the art yourself: click on the show title or image, or visit our Exhibits page to see all the art entries. Three awards will be presented at the ICON Reception, on Saturday April 13 from 2 to 4 pm: Innovative Use of Materials, Strong Voice in Art, and People’s Choice Award. Located in the heart of Pioneer Square, Lynn Hanson Gallery is a contemporary art gallery – a welcoming space full of approachable art. Open First Thursdays from 5 to 8:30 pm, and Friday-Saturdays from 11 am to 4 pm.
On Saturday, May 2nd, from 11am-3pm for the 40th annual Olympia Waldorf School May Faire! Make a flower crown, join in maypole dancing, crafts, meet the flower fairies and garden gnomes, play lawn games, enjoy a plant sale, a knitting corner, chess, puppet play, a pocket person, live music, food trucks and more! Maypole dancing begins at 11:30am. All are welcome to join in this celebration of spring!
All parking should happen in the field off of 80th Ave.
