Pacific Northwest Plein Air:  Sept 1- Oct 3

The Columbia Center for the Arts, in Hood River, OR, hosts its second annual plein-air painting and writing event, Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2006: Painting Outdoors from the Mountains to the Sea. 

The public is invited to the opening, which features an artist awards ceremony at 5:30 in the center’s gallery, and a special reading by the writers of their works, in the theater from 6 to 8. Wine and hors-de-oeuvres will be served in the gallery throughout the evening.

For more information about the show, click here.

Artist / Writer Reception: Public Invited! 

Our Town     Opens Sept. 22

A Pulitzer-Prize winning play about a small town.

Gorge actors Tom Penchoen and Gary Johnson narrate the story of daily life in a small town -- through love, marriage, and death.

Starring with them are other Gorge celebrities, including: Kirby Neumann-Rea, Lorre Chester-Rea, Mike Doke, Jan-veldhuisen Virk, Desiree Amyx-Mackintosh, Jeff Dellis, Jessica Metta, Delaney Read, and Anneke Virk.

For more information, click here.

This is a play you do not want to miss. Call now for tickets.

Gorge Artists Open Studios

Calling All Artists

A new “Gorge Artists Open Studios” event will take place in mid April, 2007. A self guided tour, it will bring art lovers from the Portland metro area and from all over the region, for a weekend to visit local artists in their natural habitat.

Artists with accessible studios and high quality work are invited to apply to this juried event. Those accepted will be published in the Gorge Artists Open Studios Directory, with samples of their work in this full color publication. Total artists will be limited to 50 throughout the Gorge.

For more information and to get an application, click here.

Coordinator

Columbia Center for the Arts

Columbia Center for the Arts seeks a part-time coordinator who will manage aspects of CAST (Columbia Arts Stage Troupe) and our Education & Outreach programs.  Candidate needs good communication skills, can multi-task, good marketing/promotion skills and fiscal management skills.  Mail resume and cover letter by Sept. 15 to Columbia Center for the Arts, P.O. Box 1543, Hood River, OR, 97031.

Columbia Center for the Arts is an art organization that nurtures creative life in the Gorge. We are dedicated to bringing you visual, performing, and literary art events that will thrill your heart, make you think, give you a laugh, and touch your soul.

We're also committed to keeping you informed --- about art events throughout the Gorge, as well as opportunities for getting involved in the arts.