Wed, July 4, 11:30-4pm, 2018
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION for the 31st ANNUAL METHOW ARTS FEST SIMPLE FORM HERE! Deadline: June 1st Join us for a Bicycle-Inspired Methow Arts Fest in Twisp This 4th of July marks the 31st year of Methow Arts Fest and to get into gear, we’re calling for submissions to contribute in creating an artistically engaging event!… [Read More]
First Thursdays each month, 4-7pm, 2018
First Thursday every month from 4-7pm Do you have some outdoor items that need mending? Don’t buy new stuff–come down to sports manufacturer eqpd for this FREE monthly Fix Your Gear Night! eqpd founder Jonathan Baker and his team will fix your damaged sports gear–sleeping bags, jackets, tents and more–so bring ’em on down! DATE:… [Read More]
Spring 2018
Mia has worked with Methow Arts for her Junior and Senior high school years as an Intern. She will graduate from Liberty Bell High School in Winthrop, WA this June. Here she shares about applying to Art Schools, sharing her journey with other students who may pursue Art after high school. —————————————————- It is a… [Read More]
Spring 2018
Winthrop Gallery artists Teri Pieper and Tamera Abate work in encaustic art. What, you might ask, is “encaustic” art? Encaustic is a wax-based paint composed of beeswax, damar resin, and pigment which is kept molten on a heated palette, applied to a wood surface, and then reheated to fuse the paint to the panel. The… [Read More]
High school students from Okanogan will travel to Twisp this spring to receive art instruction and access to specialized printing equipment at Door No. 3 Print Studio. Okanogan High School art teacher, Dan Brown, facilitated the opportunity as a way to offer a unique learning experience and to help expand his student’s understanding of art… [Read More]
Winter 2018
In 2015, Washington became the second state (after Montana) to require Native American Studies as part of a public school education, but offered few resources toward delivering a tribal curriculum; schools were simply directed to “Collaborate with federally recognized Indian tribes within or neighboring district boundaries” and to teach a tribal sovereignty curriculum. Virginia Grainger… [Read More]
Thu, Feb 1, 2018
Mackenzie Woodworth, a Liberty Bell High School senior, will represent the Methow Valley at the Washington State Poetry Out Loud Championships in Tacoma in March. Mackenzie won the sixth annual Poetry Out Loud competition for Liberty Bell High School and Independent Learning Center students at The Merc Playhouse in December, reciting “I Go Back to May 1937”… [Read More]
Thurs, Feb 8, 7pm, 2018
His name is SupaMan, an origin of the Apsaalooké (Crow Nation), who blends his Native American culture with hip-hop in the Siouan language. He holds a dedicated mission of empowering youth and educating his followers with a message of hope through culture and music. 2017 MTV video music award winner, “Native American Music Award”, “North American Indigenous Image… [Read More]