Summer Classes at Art Center at the Old Library
Summer classes to begin at the Art Center! Summer offers the perfect opportunity to get the kids or yourself down to the Art Center to explore your creative side and learn something new. The Art Center is an extremely valuable resource for our community and offers amazing classes and events to enrich the lives of those who call La Grande home. Click HERE to see the summer class schedule. pass it on...FacebookTwitterGoogle...
Read MoreThe Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
The Oregon Book Awards Author Tour brings writers to the Cook Memorial Library in La Grande, 2006 Fourth St.,for author readings and free writing workshops. Oregon Book Awards authors Toni Hanner, Ismet Prcic and Carter Sickels will offer free writing workshops, followed by a reading and panel discussion with all three writers at 3:00 p.m. Workshop: Get Ready to Write!, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. This fast-paced poetry workshop will focus on generating new first drafts and is appropriate for beginning writers as well as those with more experience. You will go home with some new tools and ideas for...
Read MoreMay Third Thursday Art Walk
May 16th is the Third Thursday of the month and that means it is time to get out and visit with the visual arts in La Grande. Stroll downtown, catch the shuttle up to ArtsEast – grab some dinner after viewing the great collection of works, discuss and consider – and listen to some music at Ten Depot Street to cap the night! View the list of participants below and their respective showcases! Art Center at the Old Library 1006 Penn Ave. 541-624-2800 Arts for All at the Art Center The Art Center at the Old Library will be having an award ceremony and reception from 6:00 –...
Read MoreApril Third Thursday Art Walk
April 18th is the Third Thursday of the month and that means it is time to get out and visit with the visual arts in La Grande. Stroll downtown, catch the shuttle up to ArtsEast – grab some dinner after viewing the great collection of works, discuss and consider – and listen to some music at Ten Depot Street to cap the night! View the list of participants below and their respective showcases! Art Center at the Old Library 1006 Penn Ave. 541-624-2800 The Art Center at the Old Library will feature work created by students from Eastern Oregon University and Pacific Lutheran...
Read MoreMarch Third Thursday Art Walk
March 21st is the Third Thursday of the month and that means it is time to get out and visit with the visual arts in La Grande. Stroll downtown, catch the shuttle up to ArtsEast – grab some dinner after viewing the great collection of works, discuss and consider – and listen to some music at Ten Depot Street to cap the night! View the list of participants below and their respective showcases! Art Center at the Old Library 1006 Penn Ave. 541-624-2800 HERE: Recent Paintings by Susan Murrell March 19 – April 13 On exhibit at the Art Center from March 19 through April 13 are...
Read MoreFebruary Third Thursday Art Walk
February is here – spring is in the air – no wait, that’s snow – more snow – ahhh winter in La Grande. Get off your buns and head downtown and takin art at all kinds of places. Below is the list of participants – the walk starts and 5:30 and wraps up at 8pm – see if you can make to all the shows! Art Center at the Old Library 1006 Penn Ave. 541-624-2800 A Retrospective of E. Charles Miller If you wandered in the Art Center in the next month, you might think there is a very eclectic group of individuals standing around. You would be right. The...
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