WED, Oct 6, 6pm 2021
Join Methow Valley School District students on Wednesday, October 6 for the 22nd annual school contest for Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. The competition, presented in partnership with the Washington State Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, the Public School Funding Alliance, Winthrop Kiwanis, the Association of Parents and… [Read More]
Spring 2021
Using poetry and quilting as avenues for exploration, fourth grade students at East Omak Elementary School journeyed into ancestry and heritage. Spearheaded by fourth grade teacher Kara Thornton, the project includes fiber arts, poetry writing, a walking field trip, and Indigenous studies. Mrs. Thornton learned to quilt from her grandmother when she was in third… [Read More]
school year 2021.2022
CLICK HERE for Job Description CLICK HERE for Application Form Methow Arts is implementing regular art classes in two Cascade School District elementary schools, in Leavenworth WA. We seek a dynamic and creative Art Instructor! Please send the following: 1. cover letter, 2. resume/CV and 3. completed application (see link above) to us via email: Amanda… [Read More]
Spring/Summer 2021
In a school year with so much change and uncertainty, art provided students with a sense of stability and a creative outlet for self-expression. Methow Arts education programs, which serve about 5000 students and 350 teachers in Brewster, the Methow Valley, Okanogan, Omak, Pateros, and at the Paschal Sherman Indian School, gave elementary students across… [Read More]
Spring/Summer 2021
Four new exhibits of student artwork are displayed at Three Rivers Hospital in Brewster. Sponsored by the hospital in partnership with Methow Arts, the exhibits feature work by Brewster Elementary and Methow Valley Elementary students and include block prints, chalk pastel landscapes, mixed-media self-portraits, and watercolor salmon paintings. Methow Valley sixth graders completed an interdisciplinary… [Read More]
Spring 2021
Kehinde Wiley (b. 1977) is one of the foremost portraitists of the 21st century, redefining a genre rooted in privilege. Historically, only those with means could afford to have their portrait painted, leaving museum visitors staring into the faces of primarily the upper-crust of European society. Wiley, too, was educated in this tradition. “I was… [Read More]
Spring 2021
Almost any kind of art looks beautiful with a patterned background behind it. If you’d like to create art in the style of artist Kehinde Wiley, create a self-portrait and place it on top of your patterned background. Make sure the patterned background is on a larger piece of paper than the self-portrait. STEP ONE:… [Read More]
May 19-23, 2021
Liberty Bell Drama Company, in partnership with The Merc Playhouse and Methow Arts, presents The Laramie Project, a play about the reaction to the 1998 murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. The murder was denounced as a hate crime and brought attention to the lack of hate crime laws in various states, including Wyoming. After Shepard’s murder in 1998, members of… [Read More]