Women Painters of Washington
Women Painters of Washington

This September, the Gallery at the Park presents Voices in Color, a vibrant new exhibit featuring the work of Women Painters of Washington!

Voices in Color celebrates bold abstracts, luminous landscapes, and striking still lifes, with 27 exhibiting artists who work across a variety of mediums.

The juror for Voices in Color is award-winning artist Laura Gable. Gable’s portfolio includes landscapes, still lifes, and figurative works. Her expressive oil paintings portray composition and visual poetry. 

Women Painters of Washington was founded in 1930 by a group of six female artists. They joined together to create opportunities for artistic growth, nurture fellowship among its members, and encourage creative expression for women.

For more than 90 years, Women Painters of Washington has worked to promote community awareness for women artists while consistently providing opportunities to exhibit work across the United States and abroad. The organization currently has 200 active members residing throughout the state.

Learn more about Women Painters of Washington at womenpainters.com.

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Juried Show 2026
Juried Show 2026

Throughout the summer, the Gallery at the Park showcases its Annual Juried Show, an exhibition of talented artists from across the region!

The Gallery received more than 340 submissions from more than 120 artists, and juror Jack DeLap selected 67 pieces to display.

Dr. Jack DeLap is a professor, ecologist, and fine artist based in Seattle. He holds degrees in Fine Art & History, Wildlife Biology, and Environmental & Forest Sciences. 

At Seattle University, Dr. DeLap instructs science and sci-art classes, including environment and sustainability and scientific illustration. As a freelance artist, his natural science and wildlife images are widely published in books, journals, and scientific papers.

The Reception & Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, July 10. DeLap chose several pieces to receive distinguished awards.

Barbara J. Walker won the Larry & Mary Jecha 3D Award for Implemented, Pamela Petry-McKinsey won the Thelma Triplett Memorial Award for In the Distance, Bill Barlow won the Linda Ellis Andrews Memorial 3D Award for Olympian, They Be, Shelley Harris won the Nancy Messner Memorial Award for Winter Magpie, Chandra Sadro won the Leland and D. Eleanor Burger Memorial Award for A Hibakusha Visits B-Reactor, and Greg Tate won the Mid-Columbia Watercolor Society Award for Prescott Grain Elevators.

Board President and Juried Show Chair David Wyatt presented the Director’s Award, which went to Laura Gable for Basalt and Sage.

Finally, DeLap presented the Merit Award to Felicity Sanford for The Rink at Aberdeen, Self-Portrait, the Silver Award to John Strickland for Tatoosh Island, the Gold Award to David Lake for Northwest Mystical, and the Best of Show Award to Nicolas A. Pineda Delgado for Eyes of Xibalba.

More than $4,000 was awarded altogether!

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Studio Art Quilt Associates
Studio Art Quilt Associates

This June, the Gallery at the Park is featuring Markings: Traces and Impressions, a beautiful, innovative exhibition from Washington State members of Studio Art Quilt Associates!

Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) was founded in 1989 to promote art quilt as a fine art medium and to create opportunities for artists, curators, and collectors. SAQA Washington is one of more than 50 regions of the international organization, which has more than 4,000 members around the world.

Learn more about Studio Art Quilt Associates at SAQA.com.

The juror for Markings: Traces and Impressions is Lesley Riley, an internationally-known mixed media artist, art quilter, instructor, and writer. In the past 25 years, she has taught classes throughout the world, written 10 books, and contributed to numerous other books and magazines. Riley’s own artwork often incorporates photography and cyanotype in quilt designs.

The theme of the exhibit is markings made by things or beings. When selecting works, Riley’s primary focus was on composition and the principles of design. She noticed nature as a recurring source of inspiration, with markings used to tell stories, convey emotion, and evoke both decay and beauty.

“Collectively, this exhibition celebrates the breadth and vitality of contemporary art quilting,” Riley says. “Each work reflects an individual voice, and together they form a compelling body of work that speaks to the many ways artists continue to expand the expressive language of fiber.”

Learn more about Leslie Riley at lesleyriley.com.

Markings: Traces and Impressions is on display at the Gallery at the Park from June 2–July 3.  The reception is on Friday, June 5, 6–8pm.

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Scholarship Show 2026
Scholarship Show 2026

Every year, the Gallery at the Park presents a Scholarship Show to celebrate emerging artists! The show features unique art from local and regional students who are receiving Allied Arts Association scholarships.

The primary exhibition spotlights a graduate student enrolled in a Master of Fine Arts program at a university in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho. This year, jurors Mary Dryburgh and Tracy Walker selected Washington State University student Nickolas Carl Hurlbut as the scholarship recipient and featured artist.

Nickolas Carl Hurlbut is an artist and photographer whose work explores human sexuality and connection. As a queer creative, Hurlbut seeks to deconstruct traditional ideas of gender. 

“I rewrite the predominant cultural narrative depicting men as rugged, aggressive and destructive, by depicting the opposite – growth, calm, pacificity, and softness,” Hurlbut says. “Redefining masculinity in my practice has helped me heal parts of myself that I was once taught to change or reject.”

Hulburt prints his images as cyanotypes to give them a soft, painterly quality that reflects the gentleness of the subject matter.

The Scholarship Show also features work from Krystal Weston, a student in the Visual Arts program at Columbia Basin College, and work from Casie Nguyen, a Tri-Cities high school senior planning to pursue a higher education in visual arts. 

The Scholarship Show is on display at the Gallery at the Park from May 5–29.

The reception is on Sunday, May 17, from 1–3pm.

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Northwest Designer Craftartists
Northwest Designer Craftartists

This April, the Gallery at the Park is showcasing Handwork 2026: Shaped in the Northwest, an impressive new exhibition from Northwest Designer Craftartists.

Northwest Designer Craftartists was founded in 1954 to promote excellence of design and encourage public appreciation of fine craft. Members include artists in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska who work in clay, wood, glass, metal, fiber, and mixed media.

This exhibition is part of a contribution to Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, a nationwide initiative presented by Craft in America, the Peabody Award-winning documentary series on PBS, to honor the value of the handmade in both history and contemporary life. Handwork 2026 celebrates the depth and diversity of the crafts that define America.

The jurors for the Northwest Designer Craftartists exhibition are Vicki Piper Gerton and Ron Gerton. Vicki blends scientific observation with artistic intuition, creating work where color, texture, and pattern emerge through experimentation. Ron, a self-taught metalsmith and retired mechanical engineer, transforms natural objects such as leaves, insects, and wood into enduring sculptures, often combining them with wood turnings.

Learn more about Northwest Designer Craftartists online at nwdesignercraftartists.org.

Handwork 2026: Shaped in the Northwest is on display at the Gallery at the Park from March 31–May 1. The reception is on Sunday, April 12, 1–3pm.

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