A special exhibit at Josephy featuring little works of any 2D or 3D mediums that fit into an imaginary 7” x 7”x 7” box.

Our 39th annual festival is the largest juried fine art exhibition in Eastern Oregon, featuring representational realism as well as contemporary art from the Pacific Northwest and beyond.  

A collaborative photography exhibit between Adele Buttolph & Rick McEwan.

The exhibit explores the Nez Perce Treaties of 1855 and 1863, and a “Proposed Reservation for the Roaming Nez Perce Indians in the Wallowa Valley in Oregon,” promulgated and then rescinded by President U.S. Grant executive orders.

Fire Stories is a historic and contemporary exploration of wildfire in Northwest landscapes. A collection of 1930s panoramic photographs from fire lookout sites paired with modern replicates provides unique perspective.

Youth, K-12, are invited to show one piece of artwork in this annual exhibit.

Our annual women's exhibit. All mediums were welcomed in our exploration of the powerful and transcendent idea of motherhood.

Human / Animal connection exhibit

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”  – Dorothea Lange

Inspired by the global pandemic. October 2 - November 18.

Fine art, oil, and photograph exhibit featuring three of Wallowa County's finest artists over the past few decades. Artist Preface Last January when I received the invitation to participate in an art show with renowned local painters Mike Koloski and Leslie LeViner, I knew it would be a rare and special opportunity.  Covid 19 wasn’t […]

Virtual Exhibit with accompanying audio: Click here!  About the Exhibit Before Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, there were photo post cards, America’s first great social media crush. Wallowa County, like the rest of the country, eagerly embraced the new technologies that made it easy for ordinary people to take a “snapshot” and have it printed on […]

"The Valient Women of the Vote". Runs through April 15. In conjunction with the 100 year anniversary of the Women's Right to Vote, and National Women's History Month. In its seventh year, the Women’s Exhibit is hosted in conjunction with National Women’s History Month – March 2020.  This year marks a special century of history […]

January 5 - February 23, 2020 Exhibit Opening: Sunday, January 5 at 2 PM   Stacia Morfin, a young artist and entrepreneur, is the curator of this exhibit, which features traditional as well as contemporary art.  War clubs, beading work, baskets, hats, paintings -- all the work of tribal artists.  Both seasoned and emerging artists […]

About the Exhibit Working in different mediums, using techniques specific to their own style; Kevin and Auburn have created a unique collection that displays their most recent expirations of materials while referencing the environments that surround them. function  noun the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role medium  noun instrument by which something […]

Another wonderful Wild Landscape exhibit at the Josephy Center The Wild and Scenic Lostine River is an iconic Oregon landscape. The river begins amid the rugged peaks, placid lakes, and weather-beaten white bark pines of the Eagle Cap Wilderness. Its clear, cold waters follow a glacially-hewn valley for 31 miles to the confluence with the […]

In the summer the Josephy Center looked at Indian music. “From Drums to Rock,” will trace traditional Nez Perce and Plateau Indian music and Tribal musical stories from participants and descendants of “The Nez Percians” and other dance, jazz and Rock ’n Roll bands to present day traditional and contemporary--we’ve maybe found some rappers!--musicians. NEZ […]

A fantastic exhibit by Anna Vogel & friends, featuring Carrie Chupp, Kolle Riggs, Kelly Riggle, and Jennifer Klimsza.  

Our annual women's art exhibit.

Spanning the past 150 years.  

Historic barns inspire the imagination.  One can almost hear the clack of hammers against wood, a dusty farmer, a saw whirring in the distance as the barn is being built.  The industry of generations past who worked without manuals, YouTube videos, or the vast information found though the internet.  Just know-how passed to them from […]

Art & Words of the Zumwalt Prairie   The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture invites the public to the opening of their new Wild Landscapes-series exhibit: The Wild Landscape: Art and Words of the Zumwalt Prairie, on Friday, August 3, 2018 at 7 p.m., doors open at 6:30. The content of the exhibit is also available for purchase […]