March 2022
Students in grades K-8 are invited to submit bird artwork to become the feature image on the 2022 Bird Fest poster. Instructional art videos below can guide you or provide inspiration, but you are free to create any bird art that sparks your imagination. Held on May 19-22, 2022, Bird Fest celebrates the return of… [Read More]
Spring 2022
By Jamie Petitto, Marketing Director for the Twisp Chamber of Commerce Oh, Spring. That much-welcomed time of year when we have more hop in our step than the Easter Bunny. After all, in Spring, we find stronger footing amongst the melting snow, loosen up in lighter layers, and salute the sun for sitting in the… [Read More]
Apr 30-June 11, 2022
CURATORS: JANET FAGAN & JENNIFER MOLESWORTH Biophilia: a hypothetical human tendency to interact or be closely associated with other forms of life in nature: a desire or tendency to commune with nature. – Merriam Webster “Do human beings have within them an innate sense of connection to other forms of life? If so, can this… [Read More]
June 16-25, 2022
The Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival is back, with inspiring live music and exhilarating changes after a two-year break because of the pandemic Festival Artistic Director Kevin Krentz is thrilled to be assembling musicians and programming for six concerts in June. “We’re really, really looking forward to returning to the celebratory feeling of everyone being… [Read More]
Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Confluence Poets at a free event, Friday, April 15th, 7:00 – 8:30 at Confluence Gallery in Twisp. Read a poem you’ve written, one by a favorite poet, or just sit back and listen. Featured poets will be Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Easton Branam, Christine Kendall, Merry Maxwell, and Greg Wright.… [Read More]
Wednesday, Feb 9-Mar 16, 2022
Learn about the specialized visual language of comics and graphic novels, and how to apply them to your own art, in this detailed class. We’ll be looking at comics and graphic novels from all eras of history to see how they’ve evolved and just how diverse this medium can be! You’ll storyboard, write, and draw… [Read More]
2021.2022 school year
In a collaboration among Methow Arts, the Public School Funding Alliance, and the Methow Valley School District, 9th graders at Liberty Bell High School explored the meaning of justice and how it could be enhanced in their lives, school, community, and country. Activist Darcy Ottey helped freshman English teacher Dani Golden launch the unit, in… [Read More]
June 16-25, 2022
New Space We are pleased to offer our concert attendees an exclusive experience in the scenic Cascade Room of the Twisp Terrace Lodge at Rockchuck Ranch (formerly Tice Ranch). The room’s stunning mountain views and excellent acoustics — along with our lineup of virtuoso performers — promise the same high quality concert experience that festival… [Read More]