Show off your creative side at the annual Picnic in Color in downtown Camas, hosted by the Downtown Camas Association. This family-friendly, art-focused event is slated for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 24, during Camas Days. The event will feature a puppet show by the Portland based Pegasus Puppet Theater, creative art projects, clay […]

Portland Japanese Garden and Portland Art Museum are co-presenting a lecture by Richard Deverell, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England, “Kew as a Global Living Museum: Gardens as a Metaphor for Change, Creativity, and Community-Building,” at 1:30 p.m. in the Whitsell Auditorium at Portland Art Museum, 1219 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. Tickets […]

Northwest Oil Painters Guild is celebrating 20 years of supporting Northwest oil painters from from Mercer Island to Camas. The group's annual show and sale will be hosted by the Corridor Gallery inside the Esther Short Building, 610 Esther St., Vancouver, across from Esther Short Park. The exhibit, on display along the main hallways, is […]

Vancouver Art Space will host the Creative Club Community Art Night from 5 to 7:30 p.m. July 29 in its Vancouver Mall location, 8700 N.E. Vancouver Mall Drive, Suite 283 on the second floor. There will be no instructor, just artists creating together. The event is designed for meeting other artists and creating art in […]

The Portland Art Museum presents "Perspectives," a special exhibition of more than 60 works by local BIPOC (Black, indigenous and people of color) photographers made during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Perspectives features work by artists Emery Barnes, Joseph Blake, Linneas Boland-Godbey, David (Daveed) Jacobo, Mariah Harris, and Byron Merritt. The exhibition opens […]

The Fern Prairie Art Fest will be held at Shangri-La Farm in Fern Prairie from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 30 and 31. Guests should park at Grove Field Airport, 632 N.E. 267th Ave., Camas, and take the free "Sunflower Mobile" from the airport parking lot to the farm. Guests may also walk the […]

Artists and art lovers over 18 are invited to join the Art Critique Group meeting every Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. in the atrium at 210 W. Evergreen Blvd., near Art on the Boulevard and Meiko's Marketplace Flowers. Attendees will draw, paint, and discuss art. For more information, email Gail at gqrn12316@gmail.com.