::: 2022 CALENDAR OF EVENTS :::

January 27th, 2022

ART CHAT with CHRIS POTHIER 
(FREE TO MEMBERS)
5:30pm @ LDT, White Salmon, WA

February 17th, 2022

WSAC PUBLIC MEMBER MEETING
5:30pm @ Inn of the White Salmon, White Salmon, WA

April 28th, 2022

ART CHAT with JULIE BEELER
(FREE TO MEMBERS)
5:30pm, Location TBD

April 30th & May 1st, 2022

MAY DAY ARTISAN MARKET
(MUST BE A MEMBER TO VEND)
11 am - 5pm, Both Days @ Mountain View Grange, White Salmon, WA

May 19th, 2022

WSAC PUBLIC MEMBER MEETING
5:30pm @ Inn of the White Salmon, White Salmon, WA
June 10th - 12th, 2022
WSAC YOUTH ART WALK
Downtown White Salmon Businesses
August 18th, 2022
WSAC PUBLIC MEMBER MEETING
5:30pm @ Inn of the White Salmon, White Salmon, WA
September 17th & 18th, 2022
WSAC ARTIST MEMBER ART WALK
(MUST BE A MEMBER TO VEND)
11 am - 5pm, Both Days, Downtown White Salmon Businesses
October 27th, 2022
ART CHAT with SCOTT STEPHENSON
(FREE TO MEMBERS)
5:30pm @ LDT, White Salmon, WA
November 17th, 2022
WSAC PUBLIC MEMBER MEETING
5:30pm @ Inn of the White Salmon, White Salmon, WA
December 3 & 4th, 2022
ARTIST MEMBER SHOWCASE MARKET
(MUST BE A MEMBER TO VEND)
11 am - 5pm, Both Days @ Mountain View Grange, White Salmon, WA
::: Art Connects Community :::

Membership Applications NOW OPEN 

~> Have you been wanting to get more involved with the local art community?
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​~~~>>> Then join White Salmon Arts Council today! Just click the link below:

UPCOMING EVENTS DETAILS: 

Art Chat with Chris Pothier ::: Jan 27th, 2022

         I feel that my main responsibility, as an artist, is to be true to myself and to make images that are honest and involve my thoughts completely without pretense or segmentation. I seek to tell my stories as I can only do, not to make images in an attempt to please others or to garner favors. I want to leave this world knowing that in my lifetime, I didn’t leave anything on the table or regret any creative decision. As for the viewers and lovers of art, I want you to know that it is my attempt to make a connection, however large or small that may be, that drives me to keep creating more and more.
          My stories come from my dreams, thoughts and interpretations of the world around me. The dreams that I have are vivid, strange and symbolic. The thoughts that I have flow like waterfalls… I have trouble controlling them. I am also highly affected by the state of mankind and the human experience in general; a subject that I am extremely passionate about. These thoughts are documented and eventually used as subjects of my paintings. 

Please join us for an exciting night with Chris!

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Rites of Spring Fundraiser Dinner - March 6th

We are pleased to announce Rites of Spring, a Dionysian evening of food, wine and art, generously hosted by COR Cellars. The evening will feature a menu prepared by Jure Poberaj and Nina Jimenez, proprietors of the White Salmon Baking Company, a selection of works for sale by local artists and a fantastic selection of COR wines. A portion of the proceeds from the dinner and the sale of artwork will benefit the WSAC. This is our only fundraising event of the year, and we’re thrilled at how quickly tickets are selling out! ​

Art Chat ~ Artist Jen Smith 

Wildlife Artist Jen Smith-Lewis will Talk About Her Work

The White Salmon Arts Council is pleased to host an Art Chat with Stevenson artist Jen Smith  February 6th at Le Doubblé Troubblé Wine Co. in downtown White Salmon. The event will open at 5:30  with a no-host bar and hors d’oeuvres. Jen Smith’s lecture will begin at 6pm. The event is free for White Salmon Arts Council members and $10 for non-members. 

Art Chats provide an opportunity to connect with regional artists in an informal setting. This iteration will enable the community to experience a selection of Jen’s wildlife compositions in person while gaining first hand insight into her journey as an artist documenting the American West. 

Jen Smith spent her childhood in northern Wyoming, just east of Yellowstone National Park. Her family’s rural locale required self-reliance and as a result they grew and hunted most of their own food. This hunter gatherer upbringing deeply informs her artwork which combines keen observation of the natural world with her own singular voice. Smith’s studio is littered with stones, tree limbs, feathers and bones that she collects on walks in the Columbia River Gorge. These objects often serve as references for her vivid charcoal compositions.  Animals such as wolves, buffalo, deer and ravens are also consistent subjects of her drawings. These works capture the animals’ likeness, the textures of their fur and feathers, and the luminous gaze of their eyes, to provide a portal into the natural world. 

Jen Smith received her Bachelors of Fine Arts at Montana State University. Her work has been exhibited across the country. This fall Smith’s work will be included in Western Visions, an annual exhibition and fundraiser that highlights the top wildlife artists in the country at The National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 

​Art Chat ~ Macramé Artist Kristine Pollard

Macramé Artist Kristine Pollard
Please join us for a presentation by Kristine Pollard, renowned Gorge macramé artist.
Kristine will talk about her passion for her craft and the way she has built her practice and following, one beautiful piece at a time.
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Macramé Artist Kristine Pollard Will Talk About Her Work


The White Salmon Arts Council is thrilled to host an Art Chat with artist Kristine Pollard on November 7th at 5:30 at Le Doubblé Troubblé Wine Co. in downtown White Salmon. There will be a no-host bar and light snacks. Kristine’s presentation will begin at 6:00.


Art Chats provide an opportunity to connect with regional artists in an informal setting. These gatherings invite the community to experience the artists’ work in person while gaining first hand insight into their process and inspiration.


White Salmon artist Kristine Pollard has been making macramé (a textile produced by knotting rope) for 25 years. What began as a friend sharing a knot for jewelry making evolved into elaborate wallhangings, hammocks and swings. Pollard’s work does not rely on chance and improvisation. Her multi-textured pieces are deliberate compositions that are carefully mapped out before they are realized in a painstaking variety of knots. Driven by challenges, Pollard embraces the unknown and the failures that often arise in her production process. She is equally inspired by the Gorge landscape, manifested in her textile creations, and empowering others through her love of teaching. Her work can currently be viewed at M.E. Jewelry Co. & Atelier in White Salmon.

2019 Fall Art Walk

​“We believe that art has the power to connect our community and that concept will guide all of
our efforts moving forward,” said Sarah Morton-Erasmus, President of the White Salmon Arts
Council (WSAC) at a recent gathering.
Embracing the concept of “Art Connects Community”, WSAC invites you to attend the Fall
2019 Art Walk. Taking place over the weekend of October 18,19, & 20th - this year’s art walk
explores the ways in which art connects us. This event makes art accessible to all viewers with
window displays, free events and participatory projects.
Included in the festivities will be the work of 400+ White Salmon public school students. In a
gallery-style walk along Jewett and Main, this work will be displayed in windows both inside and
out. WSAC members worked closely with teachers, asking students to respond to a simple
prompt, “what do you love about your community?”. Council members visited classrooms and
inspired students to respond in personal ways to the culture, landscape and people that make
up this special place. Local establishments generously donated their storefront windows to
display the work of our youngest artists in a way that celebrates this budding creativity.
In addition to the Children’s Gallery Walk, professional artists from our community will have their
work displayed in local establishments along Jewett, Main and Estes. Many of these display
locations will have small opening events on Friday evening October 18. Check out WSAC
Facebook page or posters around town for a list of artists and locations.
On Saturday, October 19th between 10:00 and 4:00 our town will be alive with engaging
activities including a pizza box painting contest, the chance to work on a giant macramé
creation with artist Kristine Pollard or the opportunity to reflect on our connection to others by
joining artist Cyndi Strid in her compelling “Red Chair Project”.

Everything is happening up and down our main street as well as Estes and Main. Chelsea
Heffner - a WSAC board member says, “Bring the whole family - take in the Children’s Gallery
Walk; check out the amazing work of some of our talented local artists; engage in an interactive
activity; enjoy a meal or a slice or a festive beverage and come help celebrate all the ways in
which Art Connects Community.”
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The White Salmon Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) organization focused on building community
through art-focused events and creative educational opportunities. We are supported by our
members and partnership with the local business community. Let’s keep White Salmon
Creative!

White Salmon Library: Artist Reception Koobdooga

September 27th @ 6pm

Join us at the opening reception for the KOOBDOOGA Art Exhibit.
Music performed by Charles Crosman and refreshments provided by Friends of White Salmon Valley Community Library. The display of artistic responses to this year’s featured book will be available throughout October in the library’s Sprint/Baker Gallery during library open hours.

http://www.fvrl.org/koobdooga

https://www.facebook.com/events/954423284911632/

Artwork featured below by White Salmon Arts Council Members: Kristie Strasen & Sally Gilchrist

Steven Muñoz :: Art Chat

At our next monthly meeting White Salmon Arts Council members are invited to join in an informal conversation with artist Steven Muñoz. Steven is visiting the Gorge as a contributor to the Exquisite Gorge project hosted by the Maryhill Museum of Art. The event will be an opportunity for Steven to share thoughts on printmaking, his love of gardening, and the role bees currently play in his work. Join us for a glass of wine and take advantage of an opportunity to see a selection of Steve's prints in person.  

Le Doubblé Troubblé Wine Co. 
111 E Jewett Blvd, White Salmon

Thursday June 20th, 5:30pm

Steven Muñoz lives in Washington D.C., where he produces woodcut and intaglio prints through his press Midway Bee. He also serves as the Director of the Lee Arts Center in Arlington, VA. A recipient of the Allen M. Carney Memorial Scholarship in Fine Arts, and the Elizabeth Van Swinderen Award,  Muñoz's work is in the permanent collections of the Western Railroad and Mining Museum in Helper, Utah and Arlington County Government in Virginia.

Steven Muñoz ~ Art Reception & Dinner

Please join the White Salmon Arts Council in welcoming Washington, D.C. artist Steven Muñoz for a reception at Le Doubblé Troubblé Wine Co. featuring an exhibition of works by the artist followed by a family style dinner in the Westward Private Dining Room at Henni's Kitchen and Grill. All profits will benefit the White Salmon Arts Council. 

June 5th, 2019

6pm private art reception at Le Doubblé Troubblé Wine Co. at 111 E Jewett Blvd, White Salmon

7pm dinner at the WESTWARD PRIVATE DINING ROOM at 110 E Jewett. Blvd, White Salmon

Tickets are $50 and space is limited. Click the link below to purchase your tickets.

                                                                   { THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT }
White Salmon Arts Council To Host Washington, D.C. Artist Steven Muñoz

The White Salmon Arts Council is delighted to host artist Steven Muñoz. for three weeks during the production of his contribution to the Exquisite Gorge Project, organized by the Maryhill Museum of Art. During his residency WSAC will organize an exhibition of Muñoz’s work at local wine bar Le Doubblé Troubblé Wine Co.  More info can be found at whitesalmonarts.org.

The Exquisite Gorge Project will feature 11 artists, each assigned a section of the Columbia River and its corresponding community. The project is inspired by exquisite corpse, a drawing game invented by the Surrealists in which participants collectively assemble a composition without seeing the previous participant’s contribution. The artists’ individual prints will be unified by their section of the Columbia which will course through each composition and together depict a 220 mile stretch of the river. The project will culminate with the production of a massive 66 foot long steamrolled print at the Maryhill Museum of Art on Saturday August 24th. For more information visit maryhillmuseum.org.

https://www.maryhillmuseum.org/news/collaborative-exquisite-gorge-project-to-create-66-foot-woodblock-print-of-the-columbia-river

Fall Art Walk in White Salmon : October 2018

Self-guided walking Art tour, downtown White Salmon October 20th, 21st & 22nd, opening at 11am, closing at 5pm all three days. Sponsored by White Salmon Arts Council. Tour artist studios and a pop-up gallery on the north side of our beautiful Columbia River Gorge.

11 local Columbia River Gorge artists participated last year 
~ painters, print makers, woodworkers, potters, jewelers, photographers, sculptors and more!!

 Join us this Fall in beautiful White Salmon!! 

Art & Wine Fusion: July 2017

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Join us for one of the premier summer events in the Columbia River Gorge! The annual "Nights in White Salmon" Art & Wine Fusion is a event offering a fun-filled evening of exciting, family-friendly activities, great local food, renowned local entertainment, works by local artists, award-winning winemakers offering tastings of their incredible local wines, and all the warmth and beauty of an early summer evening in the Gorge.
Wine-tasting packages (commemorative glass + tasting tickets) will be available for purchase online or at the event.

Open Studios Tour: Spring 2017

Self guided tour of Columbia River Gorge artist studios during Blossom Festival. April 28, 29 & 30 2017.
38 artists will open their studios to the public, sharing their thoughts and processes with you. See where they work and what inspires them. Purchase and take home fabulous and meaningful art.

Fall Art Walk in White Salmon : October 2016

Self-guided walking Art tour, downtown White Salmon October 21, 22, 23, opening at 11am, closing at 5pm all three days. Sponsored by White Salmon Arts Council. Tour artist studios and a pop-up gallery on the north side of our beautiful Columbia River Gorge.

15 local Columbia River Gorge artists ~ painters, printmakers, woodworkers, potters, jewelers, photographers, sculptors and more.

Enjoy sustenance and refreshment at our local eateries, free parking, easy to get to in scenic White Salmon.