DEADLINE: Mon, Oct 5
Cascadia/Pipestone School of Music is now accepting applications for Christine Cherrington Memorial Scholarship need-based awards. Applications may be gotten from local music teachers or at the Cascadia office in room 3 of the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp. Deadline for scholarship applications is Oct. 5. Need-based scholarships are available to students of any age… [Read More]
Economic recovery is a hot topic in the Methow these days. Last summer’s fires wreaked havoc on many businesses. But the issue of a healthy economy for our community is not new—we all want to see living wage jobs, successful businesses and thriving downtowns. With last summer’s natural disaster as a catalyst, the Twisp and… [Read More]
SAT & SUN, SEPT 19-20, 9-5PM
PRESENTED BY CONFLUENCE GALLERY, METHOW ARTS ALLIANCE & TWISPWORKS 27 Artists. 18 Studios. 2 Days. SAT & SUN, SEPT 19 & 20, 9-5pm The Methow Valley Artist’s Studio Tour is a festive event where local artists open their studios along with other artists in an inviting marketplace of fine art. Instructions: 1. Purchase a ticket… [Read More]
May 23, 24, 2015
Pipestone Music Days Weekend promises to be another showcase of our local musical talent. Conducted by Tara Kaiyala Weaver since 2012, the Pipestone Orchestra performs Saturday evening, May 23 at 7pm in the Methow Valley Community Center Gym and will feature music by Mahler, Dvorak, Mozart and Beethoven, along with other special surprises of the evening. Weaver states, “We… [Read More]
Winter 2015
by Ashley Lodato Education Director, Methow Arts Alliance When do you get to see the Methow Valley Elementary School art room filled with eagles, cougars, rattlesnakes, herons, and black widows? Second graders know the answer to this–when Jody Olson visits the school, that’s when. Olson, a Riverside artist and art teacher, has been leading papier-mâché residencies… [Read More]
SPRING 2015 Magazine
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Winter 2017
[METHOW ARTS EDUCATION REPORT] Third graders at Brewster Elementary School integrated biology, watercolors, and 3D design in a residency that allowed them a close study of owls. The art residency was preceded by a classroom unit on the habits, characteristics, and habitats of various nocturnal animals. Working with Twisp artist and naturalist Bruce Morrison, students… [Read More]
Oct 23-31, Wed-Fri, 7pm & Saturdays, 9pm, 2015
October, the time for haunts and horrors! The Merc Playhouse presents its Fall performance of mayhem and madness in an all-local production of The Diabolical Elixir, onstage in the style of a traditional radio show, complete with live Foley sounds. Directed by Ki Gottberg, this production follows the style of The Vampire that visited The Merc the… [Read More]