The Josephy Center is excited to bring you our first ever Livestock Art Show! We've invited local farmer and rancher artists to submit work to our call for farm and ranch animals and any scenes or depictions of farm and ranch life.
Join us for an evening of sipping wine(or other beverage of choice) and painting on a 30" x 30" canvas. Students learn various mark making techniques, composition and more. Bring beverages, snacks, and engage in lively conversation. Class concludes with a group critique. Beginners welcome.
Students will learn slab, coil and pinch construction techniques and various surface design techniques. Preregistration Required.
Students will learn slab, coil and pinch construction techniques and various surface design techniques. Preregistration Required.
Heidi Muller teaches all the basics of playing the dulcimer in this five-week workshop. Students can typically play one or two simple songs by the end of the first lesson. Music includes traditional tunes and familiar songs, as students progress from one-finger melodies to using chords. No musical experience required!
Artists - hang your artwork for sale at 2024 Josephy Fest! Limited to 10 total art pieces to adorn our gallery throughout the festival. Limit 2 pieces per artist.
The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture invites women to submit work to this years’ theme, Feminine Visions: Embracing Strength and Adventure.
Fish biologist Ian Wilson has a long interest in stream and habitat restoration, and a growing interest in the role of the humble beaver in shaping and managing ecosystems.
Kellee Sheehy and Jacy Sohappy from Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland will show their video on the development of Tamkaliks, the annual July powwow and celebration on the Homeland grounds.
An incredible opportunity for beginners and returning students in watercolor; painting practice is the path for exploring the compendium of watercolor rules & techniques. This is an eight-week session for ages 18 and over.
An incredible opportunity for beginners and returning students in watercolor; painting practice is the path for exploring the compendium of watercolor rules & techniques. This is an eight-week session for ages 11-17.
Join us during the Livestock Art Show for some good ol' fashioned western movies! Bring your comfy seating, blankets, pillows and beanbags! Popcorn provided! FREE
It’s hard to think that it’s been almost eight years since Pam Royes published Temperance Creek: A Memoir, and harder yet to think that it’s been near fifty years since she rode into Hells Canyon with a restless Vietnam vet from Eastern Oregon named Skip, and they set off on their life adventure.
The piano students of Amy Fairchild and the violin students of Robyn Burns will be giving a recital on February 13th at 6:00 pm. This performance is free and open to the public!
Josephy Fest is back! 2 Days of Music and Movement in Deep Winter. Featuring Yoga, Qi-Gong, Jazz, Afrobeat, Soul and Folk Music. 12 artists total, headlined by Julia Keefe - Nez Perce jazz quartet.
This art exhibit is a testament to the extraordinary resilience, creativity, and vision of female artists. It explores the multifaceted theme of celebrating female artists and their incredible journeys in the face of adversity while cultivating peace and overcoming injustice.
Join Cody Limbaugh in this beginners drawing course designed to help students build confidence and gain a level of competency that will encourage continued drawing practice long after the course ends!
The Josephy Center is hosting a screening of the documentary "Objector" in line with the upcoming art exhibit themed, "Feminine Visions: Embracing Strength and Adventure".
Free and open to all ages, longest running Chess Club in Eastern Oregon.
Tuesday Talks this month relate to the exhibit theme, "Feminine Visions: Embracing Strength and Adventure." On Tuesday, March 5, Nora Hawkins will talk about her adventures in Antarctica.
In this class students will learn about the reduction printmaking process and complete an edition of six two-layer linocuts. Classes held at The Josephy Center downstairs in the Printmaking Studio.
A "soft" unveiling of the major exhibit we are preparing for the State Capitol in Salem; Nez Perce in Oregon; Removal and Return. The small, colorful, and very dense exhibit will go to the Capitol later in the year.
At noon on Thursday, March 14, the Josephy Center welcomes a special exhibit of work by Nez Perce artist Carla Timentwa with an open house and artist talk. The exhibit features fabric arts, including traditional basket hats. FREE.
Join Susan Pesti-Strobel for a morning of creating textile art. In conjunction with the Women’s Exhibit, we invite you to bring your thoughts, wishes, “feminine visions,” and the like, and put those in fabric and stitches as you meditate about them, and what they mean for you.
Create your own unique copper earrings with or without a bit of sparkle added. No experienced need. Just come and have fun creating.
