April 20 - May 5, 2021
Please GiveBIG to Methow Arts by May 5, 2021. Your partnership is critical to helping our artists, makers, students, schools and community members impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic. We need your help in sustaining valuable programs. Since last March at the start of the pandemic, Methow Arts has raised and awarded over $100,000 to local… [Read More]
Sat, May 15, 1pm, 2021
Please join Cascadia Music for their 2021 Spring Concert at the Pavilion at TwispWorks on Saturday, May 15th, at 1pm at TwispWorks Pavilion, right after the Farmer’s Market. They will be strictly adhering to all Covid guidelines, including wearing masks and asking people to maintain social distancing during the performance. Linda and Wayne Mendro will… [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]
2021
In 2019, Methow Arts received a grant from Icicle Fund to support a Youth Arts Initiative (YAI) for students in grades K-3 in the Methow Valley Elementary School. The Initiative is a three-year pilot grant that has a goal of increasing the dosage of professional arts education specifically in sequential art learning and basics and… [Read More]
Spring 2022
The Methow Valley Seed Collective offers a selection of locally grown, regionally adapted vegetable, flower and herb seeds for local gardeners. Anaka Mines began growing wholesale organic seed in 2013 and, in partnership with Cailyn Brierley and Kyle McKnelly of Hoodoo Blooms, has now launched a retail line of seed available to local growers. The… [Read More]
Spring 2021
Held on May 13-16, 2021, Bird Fest celebrates the return of migratory birds in the midst of peak wildflower season. Participants enjoy the excitement of birding field trips and workshops, and take part in speaker events, music, visual arts, picnics, and activities for all ages and abilities. In March, the Wenatchee River Institute hosted a Youth Bird Fest Poster Competition, which invited… [Read More]
Winter 2020.2021
Now regarded as a major American painter, Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978) spent most of her life as an art teacher in Washington D.C. public schools. Only after retiring was she able to devote herself to her own paintings, and create the work for which she is best known. She used “exuberant” colors to depict the… [Read More]
Spring 2021
Learn more about the Twisp Creative District CLICK HERE. A series of art panels will soon be installed on buidlings in downtown Twisp, thanks to a recent grant from the Washington State Arts Commission, matching funds from Methow Arts and In-kind support from the Town of Twisp. For the project Methow Arts hired local artist… [Read More]