Upcoming Events › Arts & Museum Exhibits

May 2 - May 31 As is the gallery's tradition of reinvention, for the 2019 show season we introduce the concept of the ART AiSLE. The gallery dedicates a specific area on a monthly basis to host a new body of work that highlights female artists from the Pacific Northwest. Our featured artist for May is Elizabeth Bruno.

"Don’t touch the art." It’s the first thing we learn about visiting a museum -- but what happens when art is designed not only for touch, but for interaction and participation? What happens when the artist deliberately invites viewers into the work, allowing them to become active participants in the creative process? Since the 1970s, these questions have intrigued and challenged contemporary artists, whose creative responses continue to stretch the boundaries of how we understand visual art and the role… Continue Reading pARTicipation Art Exhibition

Collapse Contemporary Art Gallery 115 S. Wenatchee Ave. Fri:4-7, Sat:12-5 Reception Friday June 7th 4-9pm Over the last 40 years, Rod Weagant has established himself as one of the top landscape artists in the Pacific Northwest. Rod’s work has been featured in American Artists magazine, National Art for the Parks and over 45 one-man shows throughout the West coast.

May 17 - June 8, 2019 Reception for the artists, Friday May 17th 4-7 pm. Regional artists, Jamie Ellsworth and Barbara Duzan, both bring animals to life with style and whimsy thorough their mediums of oil and bronze. Barbara captures the beauty and quirks of flora and fauna in bronze. Making each subject unique while at the same time representing their species as a whole. Jaime paints animals using simple forms and a palette of bold colors in oil and… Continue Reading Life Untamed: Jaime Ellsworth & Barbara Duzan

David Partridge paints, tools leather, carves wood, and welds metal art sculpture, incorporating skills he honed during a 33-year career as a millwright for Boise Cascade. From his first watercolor of a buffalo (60 years ago, for a fourth grade assignment) to present day, this Walla Walla artist has created hundreds of paintings, focusing on the beauty of the landscape and the animal world. Through June 1, Wenaha Gallery is showcasing a wall of his oil paintings.

The Dayton Historic Depot has a new exhibit ready for viewing. This year, we will be sharing women’s clothing from the Depot’s Collection and from the Boldman House Collection. The clothing is organized by time period, and is accompanied by foundation garments, hats, and purses, as well. The exhibit provides some cultural information on each decade and a discussion on how the fashion changed during that time period. As women’s roles transformed, their clothing necessarily did as well. The exhibit… Continue Reading Making an Impression: Daily Wear in Dayton, 1890-1989