“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 […]
Zimbabwe Artists Project – June 2011
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 […]
Salal Spring Arts Festival
The Salal Review, by Kathryn Marks, gallery watercolor artist The 2011 Salal Review will be available this week! Did you know there is a Salal Spring Arts Festival to celebrate the 2011 issue? You are invited to join the celebration! Salal Spring Arts Festival, and launch of the 2011 Salal Review Friday, May 27 […]
Artist Spotlight: Scott McRae
Scott is a great believer in primary colors. You can always see them in the bright, freshness of his paintings. He mixes most of his colors from the primary colors of red, blue and yellow. He paints in a somewhat Impressionist style, choosing common, ordinary subject matter, and applying paint intuitively, often from memory […]
Springing into Cinco de Mayo First Thursday!
We are springing into May with the opening of our show on Cinco de Mayo First Thursday, May 5 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Our featured artists are Becky Knold, Marie Wise and Della Moore. We’ll have music by Dian Norman and Mike Therault. We’re also kicking off the first of an ongoing series of door prize […]
The Northwest Art of Mitzi Christensen
Mitzi spent most of her life on the California coast and in Hawaii, loving the sea and spending endless hours on boats. In 2001 she retired to Washington state. In her paintings you can see her love of water and the reflections cast by boats and nautical subjects. Her love of strong bright colors, especially […]