Community Calendar

Kelsea Rothaus is a self-taught artist based in Spokane. Her work explores themes of the human condition and the interconnectedness of the universe. Using primarily ink and water to embrace both unpredictability and permanence, each creation is shaped into a moment in time, with quiet tension between light and dark.

Kelsea's latest body of work looks outward to the stars and universe while reflecting on what it means to be human. Using her own style of ink wash, she embraces a process that is fluid yet permanent. Each mark is final, and echoes the irreversible nature of lived experience. These dreamscapes are subtly embellished with detail, inviting you to slow down and look closer at the art or into yourself.

Stop by the Liberty Gallery located in the Historic Liberty Building from Jan 25th to Feb 28th... stop by First Friday on Feb 6th to meet Kelsea in person!

Sheri Medford's creative process shifts between portrait & figurative painting, and designing "soft sculpture" animals. Primarily a mixed-media artist she is fascinated by the human form and tries to capture moments in the lives of the people she paints.

Sheri also enjoys designing and creating soft sculpture animals, and recently has begun turning 2D images into 3D soft sculptures. More than "stuffed animals" for toys, they are one-of-a-kind designs sewn by hand.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus in the Historic Liberty Building this Feb to see Sheri's original work ~ come by First Friday on Feb 6th to meet Sheri in person!

Elaine Cline's art exhibit at Indaba continues through February. Come for the art. Stay for the Coffee!

Joni Michel of River Ridge Association of Fine Arts continues to display art at the Garland Sandwich Shoppe through February. Come for the art, stay for a sandwich!

Kelsea Rothaus is a self-taught artist based in Spokane. Her work explores themes of the human condition and the interconnectedness of the universe. Using primarily ink and water to embrace both unpredictability and permanence, each creation is shaped into a moment in time, with quiet tension between light and dark.

Kelsea's latest body of work looks outward to the stars and universe while reflecting on what it means to be human. Using her own style of ink wash, she embraces a process that is fluid yet permanent. Each mark is final, and echoes the irreversible nature of lived experience. These dreamscapes are subtly embellished with detail, inviting you to slow down and look closer at the art or into yourself.

Stop by the Liberty Gallery located in the Historic Liberty Building from Jan 25th to Feb 28th... stop by First Friday on Feb 6th to meet Kelsea in person!

Sheri Medford's creative process shifts between portrait & figurative painting, and designing "soft sculpture" animals. Primarily a mixed-media artist she is fascinated by the human form and tries to capture moments in the lives of the people she paints.

Sheri also enjoys designing and creating soft sculpture animals, and recently has begun turning 2D images into 3D soft sculptures. More than "stuffed animals" for toys, they are one-of-a-kind designs sewn by hand.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus in the Historic Liberty Building this Feb to see Sheri's original work ~ come by First Friday on Feb 6th to meet Sheri in person!

Join us for the opening reception of “Back & Forth”, an exciting new art show at Terrain Gallery. Artists Jen Erickson and Kate Lund invite viewers to contemplate memory, connection to nature, and personal narrative through abstraction and layered symbolism. The exhibition features a range of artworks that combine intricate renderings, bold washes of color, and thoughtful mark-making.

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JEN ERICKSON ARTIST STATEMENT:

Jen Erickson is a visual artist working in oil painting, watercolor, and printmaking. Her work explores memory, personal narrative, and the intersection of science and visual data—transforming abstract ideas into intimate, tactile imagery. Through layered symbolism and thoughtful mark-making, Erickson creates work that invites interpretation and reflection.

She holds a BFA in Painting from the University of Montana and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from Central Washington University. Erickson is currently a Professor of Art at North Idaho College, where she teaches drawing, watercolor, and oil painting. She also serves as Director of the Corner Gallery, fostering connections between students and regional artists through curated exhibitions and community engagement.

KATE LUND ARTIST STATEMENT:

Kate Lund is originally from the small town of Challis, located in Central Idaho. She received a Bachelors in Fine Art from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington and earned an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Montana.

Her artistic process is reliant on being outside, collecting objects and photographing occurrences in nature. Kate is an artist and teacher; she teaches high school and college level art classes in Wallace, ID.

Please join us on Friday, February 6th, for the opening of "Broken is a Beautiful Place to Start - A Woman’s Journey", a moving new exhibit by New Orleans artist Mary Bonney. Taking on a theme based on Dante’s Inferno, Bonney’s deeply personal and reflective exhibit of painting, mixed media and sculpture explores the process of healing, reemergence and redemption after suffering a personal and inflicted trauma. Bonney has exhibited throughout the US and in Europe, and her D2 show is her first time exhibiting in the Pacific Northwest. Music provided by Spokane jazz musician David Larsen, playing the sounds of New Orleans.

This event exhibits ceramic sculpture by Mark Moore.
The work is about mortality and impermanence. It refers to the the cyclical nature of life and if the universe.

On Foot is an exhibition of paintings created from observations made while walking through Spokane. Walking is not only my primary form of transportation, but also a central part of my artistic practice. The title, On Foot, refers directly to the way I have come to know and see this city, step by step, through slow attention to its details.
These works explore life and the beauty of fleeting moments through the lens of shadows, architecture, and the seemingly mundane objects people leave behind. I am drawn to the overlooked: an abandoned chair, a light glowing in a window, a car waiting in silence. Each of these details carries traces of human presence and possibility.
My meditative walks and the visual documents they inspire are a way of grappling with the vastness of human experience. There is a weight to the large amount of lives and stories being lived out around me that I will never fully know. By celebrating the beauty of the spaces people inhabit and interact with, I aim to honor them in a small way.