Art

Included in the “Be an Art” exhibition opening this Friday at Terrain Gallery is a retro TV set showing the late local rapper Isamu “Som” Jordan explaining to a crowd what “an art” is. After each word about “art” that Som shouts out, he has the audience respond: “Can be an art!”

Folk art plays a large role in rural Idaho’s history. It is a form of utilitarian art that is typically passed on and preserved through families over the generations, but as modernization and population growth in Idaho changes rural communities, folk art is becoming harder to preserve.

From staff reports

Although not done in front of an audience, hanging a gallery show is like a piece of performance art.

Fifteen friends integrated in Spokane’s art scene grew together in July and August, creating the city’s largest mural.

Terrain's "In the Mean Time" is an analysis of language and how it intersects with the visual. Includes a political and cultural aspect.

A 15-foot sandcastle stands in the middle of 138 art vendors at Art on the Green this weekend and will remain on the North Idaho College campus for weeks after the tents are taken down.

In a field bathed in the golden glow of the late afternoon sun, surrounded by towering sunflowers, bright yellow petals radiate warmth and calmness.

Spark Central hosts many programs and classes aimed toward the creative and artsy. But what if you don’t feel particularly creative or artistic?

On Saturday, the Chewelah Children’s Art Festival is set to return for a day full of easel painting, weaving, collaging, Shakespearean theater, shaving cream marbling and much more.

Spokane-native Jeff Olson left town for Seattle but still comes back to the city he was born and raised in to participate in First Friday, a monthly event featuring artists, musicians, restaurants and other creative aspects around Spokane.

Many visitors brought home souvenirs from Expo ’74 – T-shirts, pins and buttons, postcards, even commemorative plates and spoons, all emblazoned with the blue, green and white Expo logo designed by Lloyd L. Carlson.

Music, cider and readings by area poets and writers, paired with panoramic views of the Saltese Uplands Conservation Area offer an inspirational way to welcome summer.

A touch of Harold Balazs was unveiled at the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle at the beginning of the month.

Downtown Spokane will be dominated by local artists and businesses with handmade products on Saturday for the 10th annual Terrain Bazaar.

I first heard of John Conley while working as an intern at KHQ-TV back in the 1980s. Fondly referred to as, “that guy who bought all of the Expo stuff,” by co-workers, I later learned Conley had purchased all 280,000 pieces of leftover Expo ‘ 74 merchandise after the event ended. The items fueled a steady stream of flags, wallets, coloring books and other funky fair souvenirs in his two Spokane White Elephant stores, which have since closed. Decades later, remnants of Conley’s investment in Expo ‘ 74 history can still be found scattered across the Spokane-area landscape in homes, thrift stores and collectibles shops.

This is the story of the Carousel of Happiness in Nederland, Colorado. It is a fairly long story, over a century in length ... It starts in Utah, at an amusement park called Saltair, and then takes us south of Salt Lake City to a town called American Fork, where the carousel operated for a few decades. Then it moves to Colorado, to the town of Nederland. – Janette Keene Taylor in “Don’t Delay Joy: The Story of the Carousel of Happiness.”

Felisa Carranza Englund’s life canvas is embellished with tales of romance, adventure and fate. Now in her 90s, the story of her journey as an artist is as intriguing and vibrant as the paintings she creates.

Convergence is the theme for this month’s Art Spirit Gallery show at Coeur d’Alene’s downtown ArtWalk.