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Current Exhibits
MUSEUM CAMPUS:
2316 W. First Avenue,
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 456-3931
GALLERY HOURS:
Wednesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday: Closed
Holidays: Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day
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Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television
June 6, 2009 - September 5, 2009
The MAC will host the traveling exhibit Out of This World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television from June 6 through September 5, 2009. Out of This World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television will feature more than 30 costumes and related objects from science fiction films and television programs such as, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Terminator, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Batman. The exhibition will allow visitors to examine how costume design incorporates color, style, scale, materials, historical traditions and cultural cues to help performers and audiences engage, in new or accepted ways, with the characters being portrayed.
Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television. Organized by Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Seattle Washington: emplive.org
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Marie Watt: Forget-me-not
April 25, 2009 – October 24, 2009
Marie Watt's (Seneca) installation Forget-me-not explores themes of remembrance, relations, and storytelling, heirlooms, and the notion of things— built, natural, spiritual—passed down from one generation to another. Marie Watt will be in residence throughout the week of April 20, 2009 leading public discussions and visiting area schools. She will give a Gallery Talk at 5:30 p.m., Friday, April 24, followed by the Opening Reception.
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Stories from Within: Selections from the Permanent Collection
April 4, 2009 - November 28, 2009
Whether beaded bag or lithograph, Pueblo painting or Jacob Lawrence print, these narrative works depict people in settings where stories unfold. Representing diverse cultures, various media, and multiple time periods, these works encourage long and active looking and inspire viewers to make meaning based on their own life experiences. The exhibition draws inspiration from the work of Harvard-trained psychologist Abigail Housen and from Visual Thinking Strategies, the method based on her research. Visit and share online »
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Living Legacy: The American Indian Collection
July 19, 2008 – July 17, 2010
This exhibit displays all of the Manning American Indian Collection acquired in 1916, the founding collection of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. It explores the legacy of “Victorian” collecting and the period during which Native Americans saw their cultural objects institutionalized in glass cases.The exhibit also offers an alternative and culturally appropriate viewpoint that honors indigenous Plateau life-ways by contextualizing the Manning collection with objects drawn from the now vast and nationally important American Indian collection.
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Spokane Timeline: Personal Voices
Longterm exhibit with periodic artifact changes
Over a century of Spokane history translates into a three-dimensional tapestry of personal stories. Museum Collection treasures tell of family, community, and business adventures from fur trade and fire, through aviation and ticker tape. Names like James Glover are familiar; others are little-known but important for their contribution to Spokane life.
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Spokane Timeline: Big Timber
August 16, 2008 - July 2009
From lumber camps and “lady loggers” to “river pigs” and railroads, this new Spokane Timeline feature explores multiple facets of a key Inland Northwest industry. Log brands, caulk boots, mess tent dishes, crosscut saws, and plenty of stories make a lively introduction to an important topic.
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ART @ WORK Sales & Rental Program
Helen South Alexander Gallery in the Cheney Cowles Center
Currently on view are selections from the ART @ WORK Sales & Rental Program's eighty plus regional artists. Artists currently showing include: Kay O'Rourke, Charlie Palmer, Ken Yuhasz, Kathleen Cavender, Megan Martens, and many more. Also know as Art @ Work, this program provides a link between many of the region’s finest artists, the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture and its membership, and the business community. Artworks are available for rental and sale.
Please click here for more information on the Sales & Rental Program.
ART @ WORK Sales & Rental Program Hours:
Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tammy Gabbert, Assistant Manager
For more information please call (509) 363-5317 or e-Mail tammyg@northwestmuseum.org
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Current Exhibits