TUES, DEC 15, 2020
THANKS TO ICICLE FUND. JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! The applications will open TUES, DEC 15 via SurveyMonkey. CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION – Artists living in Okanogan and Douglas Counties -APPLY HERE. Artists living in Chelan and Grant Counties – APPLY HERE. Thanks to Icicle Fund, Methow Arts and Icicle Creek Center for the… [Read More]
Two Methow Valley freshmen from Liberty Bell High School were awarded Scholastic Art and Writing Awards from the Alliance for Young Writers and Artists. Ayla Belsby’s poem, “Coming out of the Closet” won an Honorable Mention Award and Gabby Studen’s poem, “Let America be What it has Never Been: A Sanctuary” won the Silver Key… [Read More]
Winter 2021
Uh oh, beetle infestation. And we love it! These vibrant beetles were created by Methow Valley Elementary School 4th graders. Beetles come in a fantastic variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Some are innocuous and black, others iridescent shades of green and blue. All beetles, however, share common traits, including a hard wing casing that… [Read More]
Winter 2020.21
Like his more conventional namesake, Yeti-Claus appeared in the night, while not a creature was stirring to see him make his grand entrance. But unlike Santa, Yeti-Claus has remained in Twisp past Christmas and into the new year. The brainchild of artists Bryan Putnam (who owns Twisp’s Printmade Apparel Co. and Pinetooth Press) and Jessica… [Read More]
STUDIO A is a PROJECT OF METHOW ARTS ALLIANCE. In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and school closures, Methow Arts continues to reach students across the County via in-person and remote art lessons. Remote lessons consist of innovative arts education videos filmed weekly for grades k-6 found online at methowarts.org/arts-videos-grades k-6. All videos are filmed… [Read More]
Winter 2020.21
Kathy and Jim Meyers pulled up outside of the Confluence Gallery one snowy winter day in the late 90’s. Kathy was looking for a place to sell her artwork in the Methow Valley so they just dropped by, cold called if you will, at the Gallery. She was impressed that Sybil Macapia, Confluence’s director, took… [Read More]
Winter 2020.21
The “Our Nations Spaces” Project is a four part video series to feature 13 Performing Artists from Washington State. PART 1 – features singer/songwriter Tony Louie, traditional singer/culture bearer Scarbo Marchand, and singer/songwriter Two Shields Hale. This project is made possible by Northwest Native Development Fund, in partnership with First Peoples Fund. (Creative Directors, Roxanne… [Read More]
*This article has since been corrected. See footnote. TwispWorks is picking up right where we left off last March, planning for a summer of arts programming at the Performing Arts Pavilion. Newly hired Retail Operations and Events Manager, Lindsey Bryson is looking forward to sharing the calendar of performances she curated in 2020 but then… [Read More]