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"My inspiration is always nature,
it provides perfect design,
if I pay attention." ~ Marcia McDonald

When Marcia paints a landscape, her inspiration is not the scene, but rather the composition of the light and dark in the shapes, more of a design or pattern, than a painting of the actual scene. She tries to stay away from worrying about getting the colors just right or making sure the depth of field is correct. When painting an abstract, it is more about the colors and the way they can move the eye around the painting. How they interact with each other, warm against cool, intense next to muted or sharp edges relating to soft edges. With an abstract painting she tries to solicit an emotion using color.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus for the First Friday Reception on July 5 from 5-8pm to meet Marcia in person!

The Liberty Gallery’s first group photography show puts the focus on the natural world in and around the Pacific Northwest. The viewpoints range from incredibly closeup detail to wide and panoramic; from underwater to the highest peaks; from relics of man’s presence to intimate portraits of the animals who call the landscape home.

The Liberty Gallery is closed on the first Friday in July because of the July 4th holiday. The reception for the artists will take place on the second Friday on July 11th from 5pm – 8:30pm.

"Grow Like a Tree" is a book for curious children of all ages, exploring the life cycle of trees and the role forest fires play in this process. Each illustration is a collage of paper cutouts painted with foraged ink on watercolor paper. The foraged materials include copper, sumac, horse chestnut, chokecherries, and a railroad spike. The items were found on the forest floor and throughout the urban jungle. The goal for the book & exhibition is to inspire everyone to dwell in wonder at the lifeworld around them. Opening Reception: May 2, 5-8p

EAST GALLERY – “Recursion,” with Madeline McGinn & Arcano
WEST GALLERY – “The Paper Room” with Louise Kodis

EXHIBITION DATES: JULY 5TH – 26TH, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, July 11th, 2025, 5:00 – 8:00, free and open to the public
GALLERY HOURS: Fridays 12:00 – 8:00 PM, except Friday, July 4th

EAST GALLERY

Arcano: My work can be described as a alchemical process. It comes from emotion, from the unknown parts of me. There’s always a type of ideal that needs to be transmuted into images to fulfill its process of transformation. That’s why my work is always changing. I love to focus on different themes and aesthetics, to challenge myself, finding new perspectives through different medias and techniques - from traditional painting on canvas to illustration and comic books. My biggest influences are the subconscious images, the esoteric symbols, surrealism, pop culture, technology, internet culture, literature, mythology and the absurd. Creatures in surreal dreamlike landscapes, bodies that defy logic while interacting with the mysterious symbols of the world are my most recurrent themes.

Madeline McGinn McGinn is a Spokane based multidisciplinary artist working with large scale work focused around the human body. She received her BFA in printmaking and drawing from Eastern Washington University and her MFA in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Through her work, she continues to push identity through public vs private, layering memory and understanding fraught relationships with the body. It’s a field guide to getting lost and finding the way back through the organized chaos.

WEST GALLERY - Louise Kodis, "The Paper Room"

For this exhibit, Louise will recreate her studio in the gallery. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from July 5th until July 26th, Louise will work in her gallery studio from 2:00 – 6:00 PM.

Artist Louise Kodis will recreate her studio
in the gallery come! peek! peer! snoop! gaze!
SEE her carefully curated paper
collection all gathered during the past 60 years
WATCH Louise rip, cut, crumple, glue,
stitch to create art work.
Some work will be suitable for
framing,
some work will be on card stock,
suitable for gifting,
some will become repurposed
books, suitable for perusing.
INSPECT samples of her collages
from 1970 the present

These artists explore the use of common, sometimes discarded materials to compose installations or create new objects in Found, an exhibition at Terrain Gallery. The work in this show considers that which we might not have previously noticed or have forgotten, and suggests that a deeper looking honors the physical world, quietly informing us of our place in it.

Her past is a mystery. Her future is an adventure. Anastasia: The Musical is the spectacular new musical about discovering who you are and defining who you're meant to be.

From Tony winners Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, creators of such Broadway classics as Ragtime and Once On This Island, this dazzling show transports its audience from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love and family.

Rating: G - Appropriate for All Audiences

Take a short mile hike to tour the former Bismark Ranger Station and Mule Barn. Meet just south of Nordman, look for the sign at 9:00am.

"My inspiration is always nature,
it provides perfect design,
if I pay attention." ~ Marcia McDonald

When Marcia paints a landscape, her inspiration is not the scene, but rather the composition of the light and dark in the shapes, more of a design or pattern, than a painting of the actual scene. She tries to stay away from worrying about getting the colors just right or making sure the depth of field is correct. When painting an abstract, it is more about the colors and the way they can move the eye around the painting. How they interact with each other, warm against cool, intense next to muted or sharp edges relating to soft edges. With an abstract painting she tries to solicit an emotion using color.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus for the First Friday Reception on July 5 from 5-8pm to meet Marcia in person!

The Liberty Gallery’s first group photography show puts the focus on the natural world in and around the Pacific Northwest. The viewpoints range from incredibly closeup detail to wide and panoramic; from underwater to the highest peaks; from relics of man’s presence to intimate portraits of the animals who call the landscape home.

The Liberty Gallery is closed on the first Friday in July because of the July 4th holiday. The reception for the artists will take place on the second Friday on July 11th from 5pm – 8:30pm.