Check out our new exhibit!
Object/Artifact: an art exhibition with Rob McKirdie, Tybre Newcomer, and Cozette Phillips
July 1 – August 26, 2022
Closing reception Friday, August 5, 2022
5 – 8 p.m.
“Perhaps the simplest, yet most appropriate, distinction would be that an artifact is primarily the product of craftsmanship and skill, while a work of art is invested with an emotional, philosophical, spiritual, or esthetic quality that reaches beyond. It has an ambiguous something that is not always easy to define, perhaps a special element that elevates it from the realm of workmanship to a more significant level.” -David L. Shirey
Sculptors Rob McKirdie, Tybre Newcomer, and Cozette Phillips present a collection of work that reflects on their past explorations and how materials preserve and shape perception. This exhibition showcases each of their distinctive artmaking practices and investigates the intersection between object and artifact.
To see images of their work visit: Object/Artifact: an art exhibition with Rob McKirdie, Tybre Newcomer, and Cozette Phillips
Spokane Art School Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Upcoming Exhibit
2022 Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Member Show
September 2 – 30, 2022
Awards reception: Friday, September 23, 2022
5 – 8 p.m.
Participating Artists:
Kitty Bendixen – Park
Oral Carper
Diane Conkright
Dan Eacret
Kim Gardell
Joy Gruenewald
Gail Johannes
Gail Johannes
Kelly Knouff-Burk
Mary Lou Martin
Diane Postlewait
Sue Rohrback
Karen Robinette
Greg Saue
Margo Sety
Patricia Taylor
Bonnie Williams
Vicki West
City of Ladies – Hannah Charlton : 2022 Spokane Art School Artist in Residence
October 7 – 28, 2022
Opening reception: Friday, October 7, 2022
5 – 8 p.m.
I create medieval style illuminated manuscripts, recreating a historical art form using modern materials. We call them “illuminated” because they are lit up with gold and decoration. The pieces in this show are based onThe Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, completed in 1405. The City is a collection of women in history: queens, goddesses, witches, folklore figures, and Christine’s contemporaries.
The book was written out of Christine’s despair at how men wrote about women: that they were weak, stupid, and “full of every vice.” She collects stories of what women have accomplished and invites them to inhabit her metaphorical city.
Each misogynist idea is countered with stories that challenge it: men say women are stupid, so Christine tells the stories of the famous scholars Cornificia, Proba, Sappho, and Leontium. Men say women are unfaithful, so Christine tells the story of Penelope, who was faithful to her husband for years and put off her suitors with clever tricks.
The Book of the City of Ladies was obscure for many years. It was translated into English in 1520, and wasn’t translated again until 1982. Today, there are whole departments in universities dedicated to “Christine studies” about France’s medieval feminist writer.
However, The Book of the City of Ladies was never as richly illuminated as it deserves. There are over 100 women featured in the book, so the pieces here are just a start. I want to teach people about Christine de Pizan’s work, but to also help us rethink how we picture the Middle Ages in Europe. Our history is always more complicated than we think. Every story can test our assumptions.
Annual Ornament and Small Work Show
Friday, November 4 – Friday, December 23, 2022
Past Exhibits
In Search of the Perfect Vase – Collista Krebs
June 3- 24, 2022
Whim – Andi Keating
May 6 – 27, 2022
Concepts from Nature – Laura Novak
April 1 – 29, 2022
Elyse Hochstadt Process: Investigations in Fiber, Form & Transformation
March 4 – 25, 2022
Moving Towards Spring – T Kurtz 2019 Spokane Art School Artist in Residence
February 4 – 25, 2022
2022 Annual Ornament and Small Works Show
November – December 23, 2021
2021 Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Member Show
October 1 – 29, 2021
Owen McAuley Retrospective
September 3 – 24, 2021
Open Space – Mariah Boyle
August 6 – 27, 2021
Sanctuary Life – Kit and Pete Jagoda
July 2 – 30, 2021
Pleurotus Vestitus – Lisa Soranaka
June 3 – 26, 2021
Wonder Wall – Roger DuBois
May 6 – 28, 2021
Seasons of Spokane – Megan Perkins
April 1 – 30, 2021
Outside In – Owen McAuley
March 4 – 26, 2021
Ars Gratia Artis – Tom Quinn
February 4 – 26, 2021
Ornament and Small Works Show 2020
November – December 2020
Mother Daughter: Hannah Pomante – Spokane Art School Artist in Residence
October 2 – 30, 2020
Short Story: Works by Mary Farrell Opening at the Spokane Art School
August 7 through September 26, 2020
Alternative Finishes – Spokane Watercolor Society
July 10 – 31, 2020
Long Shadowz Fade to Black & White – Robert Charloe
February 7 – March 25, 2020
Annual Ornament and Small Work Show – 2019
November 8 – December 23, 2019
Oh Heavens! – T Kurtz
October 4 – 25, 2019
An Extended View – Laura Truitt
August 2 – September 27, 2019
Current II – Mariah Boyle
August 2 – September 27, 2019
2019 Area High School Show
Juried by Jamie Nadherny
June 5 – July 26, 2019
Charlotte Bigelow – Cheney High School
Cora Cashmere – Freeman High School
Teyonia Craft – On Track Academy
Jasmine Daily – Cheney High School
Christopher Dawson – Cheney High School – Honorable Mention
Erin Dougherty – Gonzaga Prep
Kaila Emtman – Mount Spokane High School
Gillian Janda – Mount Spokane High School
Bailey Johnson – Mount Spokane High School
Candence Keller – Mount Spokane High School
Kitana Klingback – Mount Spokane High School – 1st Place Winner
Michael Legkobit – Freeman High School- Honorable Mention
Caitlin Martin – Gonzaga Prep
Bella Mazza – Gonzaga Prep
Moira McLaughlin – Cheney High School
Tyler Mosset – Freeman High School
Mary Neale – Freeman High School
Shonto A. Pete – Cheney High School – 2nd Place Winner
Ceinwyn Phipps – Gonzaga Prep
Sarah Schlegel – Gonzaga Prep – 3rd Place Winner
Brandon Shaffer – Cheney High School
Tegan Shipman – On Track Academy
Grace Thompson – Mount Spokane High School
Eva Ulrichsen – Gonzaga Prep
Jaiden Wagner – Gonzaga Prep
Integration – Jamie N. Nadherny
April 5 – May 31, 2019
My Delicate Flower – Daniel Lopez
February 1 – March 29, 2019
Ornament and Small Works Show 2018
November 9 – December 22, 2019
Aesthetic Contraption – Larry Ellingson
October 5 – 26, 2018
Avoid the Struggle, (a book of fear) – Dan McCann
September 7 – 28, 2018
Area High School Exhibition
July 6 – August 31, 2018
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Juried Show by Robert Fifield
Keenan Avery-Carpenter – Honorable mention
Eleanora Becherini
Athayla C. Begay – 1st Place
Katelyn Bumbeck
Ada Cashmere
Chloe Daniels
Donna Finger
Ericka Flory
Emily Freeman
Stuart Gibbs
Xzandre Jean-Francois
Ashley Jensen – Honorable Mention
Bailey Johnson
Hope Johnson
Laura Jones
Namida Amy Kangvanwanich
Hunter Koss
Halle Kuhar-Pitters
Hailey Landkammer
Jamie LeMieux
Savannah Lindsley – Honorable Mention
Avery Matson
Teigan Mikkelsen
Alexa Miller – 2nd Place
Andrew Nordhagen
Mia Puzzo
Annika Readel – 3rd Place
Ashley Runge
Rachel Schupp
Katelyn Tippett
Reluctant Compromise – Joseph Tomlinson
May 4 – April 27, 2018
Alchemy for Cells and Other Beasts – Maya Zeller and Carrie DeBaker
March 2 – April 27, 2018
The Art of the Darkroom: film photography with Bill and Kathy Kostelec
January 12 February 23, 2018
Ornament and Small Works Show
November 3 – December 23, 2018
Crawl Space – Karen Kaiser
October 6 – 27, 2017
Dreamscapes : Sketchy Memories – Ken Spiering
August 4 – September 29, 2017
Water Color; Between the Cascades and the Rockies
June 2 – July 28, 2017
Cleave, Stick and Split – Lenora J. Lopez Schindler & Richard J. Schindler
April 17 – May 26, 2017
