First Thursday ~ August 4 Featured Artists Mike Swift (drawings & paintings) | Diane Springer (gourds & origami) Mary Fortner (jewelry) | Jan Lee Madden (painting) Miniatures Show Winners to be announced! If you haven’t seen Diane Springers colorful gourds or whimsical origami, you simply must! It will make you smile. And who doesn’t enjoy […]
This year’s Miniature Show includes over 65 pieces of miniature artwork! “Dozens of works, including tiny paintings, ceramic animals, delicate paper art and carved waterfowl, demonstrate the skill of artists working in small spaces.” Miniature art is a genre that focuses on art (especially painting, engraving and sculpture) in much-smaller-than-usual sizes. An often-used definition is […]
Meet Marisa and the July featured artists! First Thursday July 7, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Marisa Mercure’s paintings are featured in July, along with, Alice Beckstrom’s stained glass works, and the Lower Columbia Woodcarvers. You can meet the artists at First Thursday on July 7, 5:30 – 7:30. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite miniature […]
You’re never too young, or too old, to create art! June is the month for our annual student art show. This year’s artists are very talented, and we think you’ll agree their work is outstanding. The show featured artwork by 20 oil painting students and 10 drawing and watercolor students, in addition to artwork by photojournalist […]
“State funded arts programs have survived but with significant economic scars,” ~ Laurel Murphy, community arts blogger. I received many emails this year from arts organizations urging me to lobby on behalf of the arts. There were times when it appeared that National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) would lose all funding and the Washington […]
The Broadway Gallery is proud to bring the Zimbabwe Artists Project to Longview in June, for a showing of folk art created by the women artists of Weya in rural eastern Zimbabwe. Melinda Gates and the Gates Foundation works to improve the lives of mothers and children through better nutrition and reproductive health. The […]