Community Calendar

The members of the Spokane Watercolor Society display their diverse styles in this exceptional show juried by area artist, Linda Hyatt-Cancel. Awards in excess of $700 will be given at the First Friday Opening Reception on September 4, 5:00-8:00 p.m. where you can meet this talented group of water media artists. This is a wonderful FREE "family and friends" activity.

Barbara Anderson & Patty Driscoll both work in soft pastels and often choose similar subject matter for their pieces. Friends for close to thirty years, creative souls and art lovers, they decided to embark on a creative journey after raising their families. Their very first pastel class was at a local art school, and they were the only adults in the class. But they were hooked! They traveled and learned together with many professional artists which put them on the right track. In 2024, they were thrilled to have been offered a sixth month residency at the Hive, where sharing a studio allowed the experimentation, collaboration and creation of this body of work.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus in the Historic Liberty Building this Sept to see their work ~ come by on First Friday Sept 4th from 5-8pm to meet them in person!

In the month of September the members of River Ridge Association of Fine Art (RRAFA) explore the theme of Water. To an artist water is fascinating and can be difficult to paint. The artists in the show have used many ideas, different medium and sizes, traditional styles to abstract, up close or far away for viewers to contemplate. Whatever emotion the art evokes, wistful, happy, contemplative and more, this is a show you will enjoy!

And don't forget to come by the Historic Liberty Building on First Friday Sept 4 from 5-8 pm to meet the artists in person!

Saranac Art Projects presents members Dustin Regul and Olivia Evans for the month of September. Dustin’s exhibit, “square, sphere” features color experiments based on Josef Albers and Albert Munsell. For “Soulful Imprints: An Interbeing Love Letter” Olivia Evans partnered with Jáiz Boyd in a collaborative multimedia exhibition featuring video projection, beadwork, installation, fashion, and textiles featuring nostalgic symbols and memories. The exhibition examines how multigenerational knowledge and joy shape our survival.

What does it mean “to practice the Dharma?” It’s about transforming our minds. Join Venerable Thubten Chodron and the Abbey monastics over Labor Day weekend to learn more and practice these valuable steps toward taming our crazy minds and growing our bodhicitta and wisdom. The Five Forces are practices from Kadampa Geshe Chekawa’s *Seven Point Thought Training,* an important Tibetan text outlining the *lojong* (thought training) teachings.

“WOVEN HERITAGE” brings together paintings by Red Matthews and Erin Lang alongside the woven fiber works of Kimber Follevaag.
The exhibition considers how personal, cultural, and family histories are not static artifacts, but living guides that continue to resonate as we move through our current lives. Each artist engages that inheritance differently — intentionally or spontaneously — and the works on view trace how the messages and meanings of personal heritage continue to speak through paintbrush, fiber, and the presentation of the finished work.

An opening artist reception will take place on Spokane’s First Friday, September 4, from 4 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will run from Sept 4 - 26, 2026. Gallery Hours are WED - SAT, 11am - 6pm

For 20 years Trackside Studio Ceramics Art Gallery has presented fine quality monthly exhibits with a focus on ceramics. Highlighting our 2026 calendar, this September exhibit, opens First Friday, September 4th from 5 - 8 pm will feature 5 noted ceramic artists from across the United States including local ceramics artist Collista Krebs from Spokane, WA., Other included artists are: Heather Lepp - Missoula, Montana, Amy Sanders - Lincoln, Nebraska, Deb Schwartzkopf - Seattle, WA, and Zach Tate - Jonesboro, Arkansas. These artists are highly respected leaders and educators in our national ceramics community working with clay on, but most importantly off the pottery wheel. "HandBuilt" continues through September 30, with regular gallery hours Wednesday through Friday, 11 AM - 5 PM.

Art works by four Spokane artists, John Deroulet (oil painting). Cat Truong (paper mache). Karen Mobley (oil painting). And Dennis Smith (ceramics). Artist reception First Friday, September 4, 5 - 9 p.m. Artists will be available for conversation on Sunday, September 20, from 1 - 4 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, from 1 - 4 p.m. Gallery also open by appointment at other times.

First Friday opening for show, which runs through September 26.

This show is Elizabeth’s way of processing connections to her father and his family's immigration experience.

These images are inspired by stories told by her father, memories of he and his family, and their life as emigrants from Mexico.

The body of work is born from questions that surround her own story - what it means to hold ties to so much culture and history and yet only know her heritage through what is translated by her family.

Using watercolor, Elizabeth learned to weave in her own visual perspective, adding bold hues and patterns to juxtapose her father’s black and white stories of poverty, hardship, commitment to family, and faith.

This series of watercolors are both joyful and somber, colorful and achromatic. Just the way the images of his stories and her heritage play out in her head.

The work presented in this show consists of
primarily still life and constructed reality imagery. My hope is that these images evoke both an
emotional response and intellectual connection on some level, while leaving room for the viewer
to explore personal narrative and find their own individual meaning or interpretation. My
process generally consists of some style of light painting in capture and composite in post. I use
light as my paintbrush and the computer as a canvas to construct and manipulate what I
physically see into what I see in my mind’s eye; to explore without boundaries.