May 03 Sunday
"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
Mamas, Minis & Mermaids is a springtime family market celebrating motherhood, imagination, and community. This whimsical Messy Mama Co event brings together mom-owned businesses, interactive kids’ activities, mermaid magic, and a lively atmosphere designed for the whole family. Guests can enjoy shopping from local makers, meeting mermaids, dancing with DJ Aikibo and Olympia Boss Society, and exploring hands‑on activities for little ones. Moms receive a free raffle ticket and special discounts from select vendors, with swag bags available for the first 20 attendees. Held at the Thurston County Fairgrounds on Sunday, May 3 from 12–5 PM, this event blends coastal charm, spring energy, and community connection into a memorable day for mamas and their minis.
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 a variety of Walla Wallans, the issues of their day, and allowing visitors to question the characters about their lives and times.
Join the Museum on May 3rd to hear from Bror Sornson, a follower of Mormon schismatic group leader William W. Davies. Sornson will describe his family’s immigration from Sweden to Utah, where they became followers of Davies and later followed him in building a commune on the outskirts of Walla Walla.
Professor Mark Goodenberger, the CWU Percussion Studio, alumni, and guests will present The Errors Tour: Stumbling my way to the finish line… on May 3, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. in Hertz Concert Hall at Central Washington University.
Join us as we celebrate Mark Goodenberger ‘s retirement after 24 years of percussion magic at CWU’s Music Department.
Free admission
“Missing this concert would be Bananas!” - Joshua Gianola, current and future Percussion professor
The finale concert of Crazy Callen Weekend, a part of the 131st Sequim Irrigation Festival, highlights the power and beauty of water-an essential element in Sequim’s history and identity. The irrigation ditches that shaped the Sequim-Dungeness Valley remind us how water sustains our community and fuels growth. Beyond our fields, those same waters connect to winding rivers and open seas—pathways of travel, trade, and imagination—reflected in today’s program of seafaring journeys and waterfront scenes. Enjoy ‘Victory at Sea’ by Richard Rodgers, ‘Titanic’ by James Horner, the campy festive piece following Jack Sparrow ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ by Hans Zimmer.
May 04 Monday
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.
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.
IMAGE: Paul Strand, Wall Street, 1915
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.
Mimi Jung: An Unfinished Origin ExhibitionMarch 31, 2026 – June 27, 2026Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm, CLOSED Sun, Mon
"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.”
LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium/CUB) WSU Pullman campus.
IMAGE | Mimi Jung, Resonate With, 2023
Mimi Jung: An Unfinished Origin ExhibitionMarch 31, 2026 – June 27, 2026Tuesday through Saturdays from 10am to 4pm, CLOSED Sunday, Monday
