Brown Bag: The Issue of Suicide in Wallowa County

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

Due in part to the Covid Pandemic, suicide rates across the country have surged over the past three years. Wallowa County is not immune to this national problem, and the Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness is the focal point for dealing with suicide locally. Center Director Chantay Jett and the Center’s clinical director, Mollie Cudmore, will address the issue.

Needle Felting with Janet Hohmann

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

Needle Felting is the process of using barbed needles to turn wool fibers into a more condensed material. The needles are pushed repeatedly through the fibers locking them together. In this class you will learn the basics of needle felting and will create a small spring time animal figure to take home.

$25.00

Heartwood Opening Reception

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

Fancy dress encouraged. An exhibition by Steve Arment & Anna Vogel.

Book Reading-The Word Gobblers with Catherine Matthias and Joan Gilbert

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

Catherine Matthias author of The Word Gobblers - a handbook for parents (and teachers) working with children who struggle to read, will be here with Joan Gilbert the illustrator to read The Word Gobblers and answer questions during the Youth Arts Festival. 

Wallowa Valley Youth Arts Festival

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

This exciting annual event features a wonderful display of artwork, lots of awards ribbons, hands-on activities, and musical performances by area youths.

Virtual Lecture: Intro to Nez Perce and other Sahaptin languages with Angel Sobotta

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

An introduction to Nez Perce and other Sahaptin languages. How close are they? What do they share or what makes them different? Accepted linguistic spellings and pronunciations. Common greetings and place names, especially names of places in Oregon and Idaho. Family names--how are they passed down and carried on? Next steps for those who want to really learn the language.

$30.00

Hansel & Gretal Performance

Enterprise High School 204 SE 4th Street, Enterprise, OR, United States

Presented by Missoula Children's Theatre - for students of all ages! Friday & Saturday performance tickets are available here.

$5.00 – $10.00

Book Group: Brothers on Three

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

In conjunction with Josephy’s “Native Sport” exhibit in place for the month of April in our gallery. From journalist Abe Streep, the story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a team uniting a community.

Hansel & Gretel

Enterprise High School 204 SE 4th Street, Enterprise, OR, United States

The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture is thrilled to announce the return of Missoula Children’s Theatre to Wallowa County!  An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of HANSEL AND GRETEL Monday, May 2 from 4pm to 6pm at the Enterprise School–Multi-Purpose Room.

$5.00 – $20.00

Native Sport Exhibit and Raffle

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

Join us Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 3pm for a reception at The Josephy Center to celebrate much of “Beautiful Games,” with updates from regional reservations and current contests that bring “Native Sport” and athletes to Eastern Oregon and the Wallowa's today.

$10.00 – $25.00

2022 Women’s Exhibit – An Invitation to the Lighter Side

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

"An Invitation to the Lighter Side;" Artworks from women exploring humor and the joys that keep us going through challenging times. The exhibit opens February 26 - March 28, 2022.

Nature in the Abstract

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

This exhibit encourages artists to examine and reveal nature beyond the familiar, especially now in a rapidly changing world. Open through February 22.

Little Works

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

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.

Wallowa Valley Festival of the Arts

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

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.  

Instance in Time

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

A collaborative photography exhibit between Adele Buttolph & Rick McEwan.

Nez Perce Treaties & Reservation

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

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” Exhibit

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

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.

Wallowa Valley Youth Arts Festival

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

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

Women’s Exhibit: “Motherhood”

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

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

Who’s Your Buddy?

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

Human / Animal connection exhibit

View Finder exhibit

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

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

Hello From Lockdown

Josephy Center for Arts & Culture 403 N Main St, Joseph, OR, United States

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

Determined to Rise Exhibit

"The Valient Women of the Vote". Runs through April 15. In conjunction with the 100 year anniversary of the Women's […]

Tribal Artists

January 5 - February 23, 2020 Exhibit Opening: Sunday, January 5 at 2 PM   Stacia Morfin, a young artist […]

Function of Medium: New Works by Auburn Isaac and Kevin Boylan

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 […]

Dream Oregon by Anna Vogel

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

Scenes from Wallowa Barn Tour

Historic barns inspire the imagination.  One can almost hear the clack of hammers against wood, a dusty farmer, a saw […]

Le Cirque de Arment Exhibit

The grand opening of this show is Friday, July 6 at 7 p.m.  Meet a fortune teller, a magician, a ringmaster […]

Dams, Salmon and Controversy Exhibit

In partnership with Tamástslikt  The June exhibit at the Josephy Center, funded in part by a “Arts Build Communities” grant […]

Point Rouge Exhibit

A collaboration of Wallowa County galleries, runs November 3 - December 5.

Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts

En Plein Air Exhibit and Ruby Peak Film Festival at the Josephy Center, and Art Festival celebrating many artists at the Joseph Community Center.

Oregon Printmakers Exhibit

Josephy Center for Arts and Culture presents an exhibit of prints curated by Christy Wyckoff. The show features Oregon artists, […]

Women’s Art Show

Honoring Women's Art Month, with events, classes, and lectures by women throughout March.

Student Art Show

Celebrating the work of our Josephy art students, young and old.

Free

Gift of Art

Our local holiday exhibit featuring affordable art by the community.

The Wild Landscape: 2nd Annual

Subject is the wild landscape of Northeast Oregon from its river canyons to its bench grass prairies to Eagle Cap Wilderness. The purpose of the exhibit is to professionally display original photographs that capture the diversity and beauty of the wild NE Oregon Landscape (Wallowa, Baker and Union Counties).

Sam Collett Exhibit

The mixture of forested mountains, rural farm and ranches has become his artistic metaphor. Paintings and Drawings By Realist Painter and Draftsman Sam Collett. Runs through August 2.

Native American Art

Crows Shadow prints, Indian art, and regalia, complete with monthly artist-in-residencies with Celeste Whitewolf and Allen Pinkham, Jr. Runs through […]

Art Shop Spotlight Exhibit

We will be moving the Art Shop and expanded items to the gallery to showcase for these three weeks.

Wings: Flight in Fine Art

This exhibit is a juried show focusing on the theme of flight. Wings as subject may be open to interpretation. It […]

Women’s Art Exhibit

Showcasing women photographers, artists and sculptors, for our Women’s Art Exhibit. Exhibit runs through March 29.

Bob Fergison Painting Exhibit

Come welcome a life retrospective of longtime Wallowa County resident Bob Fergison, landscape and figure painter. Show runs through February 17.

Student Art Show

Our winter kids & adult art show, after another season of classes, will be up on display until Dec. 18.

The Gift of Art Exhibit

Local art, unsold from the auction, will be available starting at $50 and sold for the rest of the month for the exhibit - perfect for the holidays!

Barns in the Rural Landscape

The Josephy Center is honored to present "Barns in the Rural Landscape" exhibit as part of our Art & Agriculture series.

The Wild Landscape: Photography Exhibit

The Josephy Center is honored to present our first juried photography show. Explore the beauty and diversity of Northeast Oregon's wild landscape.

LH Veteran’s Ceramic Show

Josephy welcomes the LH Project back for a third exhibition of raw and uninhibited work by veterans working in the […]

Nuunimníx Art Show

The Center is hosting a traveling Native American Exhibit in partnership with the Nez Perce National Historical Park which is celebrating their 50th birthday.

The 1950’s

The Josephy Center presents the 1950's: Building the American Dream.

Black & White Exhibit

The Josephy Center is honored to present a new exhibition, “Black and White” opening Saturday, February 7 at 7 p.m. The show […]