The Josephy Center is proud to host the Art About Agriculture Touring Exhibition 2026: Field Report, a juried showcase of fine art and craft inspired by agricultural experience, research, history, and lived observation across the Pacific Northwest.
Save the Date! Presented by The Josephy Library this upcoming exhibition celebrates the creativity and cultural heritage of Nez Perce artists. Through a diverse collection of contemporary and traditional works, the show highlights the living artistic traditions and innovative voices of the Nez Perce community. Call to Artists now open for Indigenous artists.
Join the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture for a special field trip to the breathtaking Zumwalt Prairie in preparation for our upcoming exhibition, Wild Landscape – Zumwalt Revisited.
The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture invites artists to submit work for Wild Landscape – Zumwalt Revisited, the next installment in our annual Wild Landscape series celebrating the natural beauty of Wallowa County.
Wild Landscape – Zumwalt Revisited is part of the Josephy Center’s annual series honoring Wallowa County’s remarkable natural areas. This year’s exhibit invites regional artists to explore the Zumwalt Prairie’s unique ecology, history, and sense of place through their creative practice.
The Josephy Center for Arts & Culture invites artists to apply to the 43rd Annual Wallowa Valley Arts Festival, featuring our signature En Plein Air Competition.
Calling all Quick Draw Artists!
Artists will spend five days painting on location throughout Wallowa County, capturing the dramatic landscapes, historic towns, and rural beauty of the region. With over $3,500 in awards, the competition celebrates fresh, original plein air work created during the 43rd Annual Wallowa Valley Arts Festival
Join us for the opening reception of Wild Landscape – Zumwalt Revisited, featuring the breathtaking works of Zumwalt Prairie, one of North America’s last great native grasslands—a place of vast horizons, delicate wildflowers, and untamed beauty.
Mark your calendars! This exhibition offers a profound moment of connection with the natural world through color, light and landscape. We look forward to sharing these works with you.
Sharol Chandler’s paintings are representations of landscapes throughout the western U.S.; however, her work has primarily focused on scenes in the Wallowa mountains of northeast Oregon where she has lived since 1976. During the last several years the Eagle Cap Wilderness has been of particular interest to her.
Choose your favorite mug or hand-crafted bowl, enjoy a warm treat, and take your very own playful “Mug Shot” portrait. It’s art, soup, cocoa, and pure comfort — all supporting youth art programs!
This exhibit seeks to honor both the long-standing ties to this land and the varied paths that have brought people to Wallowa County. We welcome work that explores identity, memory, culture, belonging, and connection — including but not limited to ancestry, food traditions, handmade practices, personal histories, community stories, and contemporary interpretations of heritage. Our hope is to create a space that reflects the richness and complexity of community.
The Josephy Center's annual Women's Exhibition is one of our most beloved and anticipated events of the year, celebrating the breadth and depth of artistic expression by women artists from across the region and beyond. Each year the exhibition is shaped by a unique theme and guided by a guest curator, bringing a fresh perspective to this cherished tradition.
The Youth Arts Festival is bursting with creativity and fun, featuring: A dazzling display of youth artwork, hands-on activities to spark your imagination and open Mic for Youth Performances!
