CdA’s Emerge celebrates creativity with one-night event

If this sounds familiar, like the Terrain event held each October in downtown Spokane, you wouldn’t be mistaken. Event organizer Jeni Hegsted – until recently the director of the Art on the Edge program in Coeur d’Alene – said she was inspired by Terrain to do something similar in the Lake City. She is friends of Terrain co-founders Luke Baumgarten and Ginger Ewing.

“I hope that ours continues to grow and we can bring that same level of enthusiasm to the Emerge event as they are doing for Terrain,” Hegsted.

Last year, Emerge – so named because it focuses on emerging artists – drew about 1,200 visitors to the Wiggett Building on the corner of Fourth Street and Lakeside Avenue. There are 65 pieces of art featured this year, which is fewer than last year. Read more . Carolyn Lamberson, SR