Dec 1, 2014
The Phoenix Festival, a music and arts festival organized to benefit fire and flood recovery efforts in the aftermath of Washington’s largest wildfires, drew over 700 people on Saturday, October 18, 2014. The festival raised a total of $12,984, with all admission proceeds and donations going to support Methow Valley Long Term Recovery, a non-profit… [Read More]
Winter 2013
Fourth graders at Virginia Grainger Elementary School in Okanogan integrated biology and ecology with the traditional art of block printing in a Methow Arts Education residency. Teachers incorporated the visual arts component into their regular Salmon Studies unit, which centers around the life cycle of salmon and an understanding of riparian ecosystems. Methow Valley printmakers… [Read More]
December 2014
By Ashley Lodato, Arts Education Director – Methow Arts Alliance “Ekphrasis” doesn’t roll easily off the tongue, but it defines a method of exploring art that comes easily to students, once they understand the concept. The goal of ekphrasis–writing about art–is to make the reader envision the piece of art as if he were actually seeing… [Read More]
Holidays 2014
Methow Arts Gift Idea: Methow Arts Dollars. Good for anything Methow Arts: Tickets, tee-shirts, concessions, you name it. Choose from 10 ridiculously artsy designs, perfect for that under-filled (or overfilled!) stocking. Cost: $20 per gift card Where to find: Any Methow Arts event, contact us by phone or email or stop in the office in… [Read More]
Winter 2014/15 Magazine
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Fri, Dec 12, 7pm, 2014
WE WILL SELL OUT! ORDER TICKETS HERE 21 years and older only! America’s Next Top Bachelor Housewife Celebrity Hoarder Makeover Star Gone Wild! “Only one a cappella group has remained steadfastly lewd, crude, and rapturously reviewed…. Legendary for their succulence, sarcasm, and style, the Kinsey Sicks can easily shock and awe unsuspecting audiences…. Rollicking…. [They]… [Read More]
Open Reception Nov 15, Exhibit through Jan 3, 2014-2015
Join Confluence Gallery for curator Jennifer Molesworth’s holiday show entitled Snow and Indigo. Are you familiar with Jan Brett’s Annie and the Wild Animals? The synopsis: Annie was lonely. Taffy, her golden-haired cat, had disappeared. Life in the woods was empty. There was no one to love and be Annie’s friend. Outside, the snow was deep and the winter seemed… [Read More]
Sat, Nov 22, 6:30pm, 2014
The Merc Playhouse Presents BURN: Stories of the Fire from the Methow Valley Storytellers. Curated and directed by Rose Weagant, with support from Humanities WA, locals from in and around the Methow Valley will share personal, creative narratives through story, poem, and song. One night only on Saturday, November 22nd. Doors open at 6:30, performance… [Read More]