April 20 - May 5, 2021
Please GiveBIG to Methow Arts by May 5, 2021. Your partnership is critical to helping our artists, makers, students, schools and community members impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic. We need your help in sustaining valuable programs. Since last March at the start of the pandemic, Methow Arts has raised and awarded over $100,000 to local… [Read More]
2021
In 2019, Methow Arts received a grant from Icicle Fund to support a Youth Arts Initiative (YAI) for students in grades K-3 in the Methow Valley Elementary School. The Initiative is a three-year pilot grant that has a goal of increasing the dosage of professional arts education specifically in sequential art learning and basics and… [Read More]
Winter 2020.2021
Now regarded as a major American painter, Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978) spent most of her life as an art teacher in Washington D.C. public schools. Only after retiring was she able to devote herself to her own paintings, and create the work for which she is best known. She used “exuberant” colors to depict the… [Read More]
Spring 2021
Since the pandemic began, Methow Valley resident Carolyn Sullivan has stayed connected with her grandchildren remotely. “I was doing different activities with the kids online, like playing Clue,” says Sullivan. “Then one day I went to the Methow Arts website and found your art videos.” Sullivan is referring to the art videos Methow Arts began… [Read More]
Spring 2021
Recognized as one of the most creative and original visual artists of the twentieth century, the artist Romare Howard Bearden (1911-1988) was a New York City social worker by day and an artist by night as he worked to launch his career. His life and art encompass a broad range of intellectual and scholarly interests,… [Read More]
school year 2020.2021
Methow Arts teaching artists have created videos to help students build a foundation in the literary arts. Click HERE to access our writing videos. This page showcases some of the writing students have created while using our literary arts videos. Submit your writing sample to info@methowartsalliance.org and let us know which writing video you used… [Read More]
2020-2021
Performing arts refers to art that is performed before an audience. Professionals usually focus on one aspect of art such as drama, dance or music. Others possessing craftsmanship or technical skills often fill supporting roles such as set designers or sound technicians. The performing arts include dance, music and theater. Many performing artists use their… [Read More]
Winter 2021
Uh oh, beetle infestation. And we love it! These vibrant beetles were created by Methow Valley Elementary School 4th graders. Beetles come in a fantastic variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Some are innocuous and black, others iridescent shades of green and blue. All beetles, however, share common traits, including a hard wing casing that… [Read More]