Computer technology is helping artists create new ways of seeing, expressing, and celebrating life.

In this month's show, thirteen artists share a remarkable range of works that reflect their explorations and adventures with digital art. See artist works in 3D animation, infrared photos, photographic manipulations, light show effects and much more!

Join the First Friday ARTIST RECEPTION on Friday, May 1 from 6 - 8 pm, where you'll have a chance to meet and greet the artists.  FUN!

Death and the Maiden, a partnership between CAST and the Columbia Rvier fellowship for Peace, is a psychological thriller that has been staged in over 30 countries.

The play received the Pulitzer Prize, Time Out Award in London and a Tony on Broadway.

The play is about Paulina, a woman who believes that a stranger who comes to her home is the doctor who, under a military dictatorship, tortured her many years before.

Click for details and ticket information about the Death and the Maiden.

In this slide-illustrated program, photographer, teacher, and author, Carole Glauber, traces the distinctive work of four early women photographers, whose works helped to document the history of Oregon. The program provides a unique window into our state’s history, reflective of our communities, culture, and gender.

Click for details: Carole Glauber: Early Women Photographers.

The infectious global fusion Brent Gunter creates on-stage blends equal parts world and jazz with an array of wild Middle Eastern rhythms and an infusion of flamenco. Even the most gently rolling of Gunter’s performances is steeped with a rich percussive undertow of exotic world percussion.

Click for details: Brent Gunter - Infectious Fusion

This Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film begins in 1945 when Antonia's farm starts to become the center of matriarchal utopia, based on tolerance and common sense.

Click for more info about Antonia's Line.

Classes and other art experiences for elementary, middle and high school students.

This summer's schedule is chock full of classes for young people in grades K through 12. Classes in painting, photography, jewelry making drawing, and much more, all at very reasonable prices.

June 22 - 26

A New Way to See Color, with Camille Przewodek

July 20 - 23

Methods for Plein Air Painting: Mastering the Basics, with Randall Sexton

See photographers, painters, sculptors, fabric artists and jewelers from Stevenson to Goldendale, and from Hood River to The Dalles. 38 artists in all will be showing their works and talking about their working methods.

Tour Guides ($25.00 for two for the weekend) offer directions, maps and samples of the artists' work.

Tour Guides are being sold at Columbia Center for the Arts ... stop by on your way to the first studio!

Click to learn more and to order tour guides for the Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour.

Music for all ages!

Workshops ... performances ... contests!

Come enjoy an evening concert or listen to some of the nation's best contest fiddlers as well as fresh new talent and acoustic pickers to impromptu jams.

For those who like to play together, or jam, there are plenty of places to gather a group large or small.Brian Wicklund & Friends - American Roots Music

Opportunities for Artists & Performers                  

Current Opportunities include the Oregon Lavendar Festival Plein Air Paint Out and exhibits during the 2011 exhibit season at Columbia Center for the Arts. Please visit the Columbia Arts website for details. 

Get Involved in the Arts

Columbia Center for the Arts is looking for Volunteers for a range of opportunities. Please contact Joanie Thomson at 541-387-8877 ext. 111 or director@columbiaarts.org.