A special thanks to all the Clark County Open Studios artists for opening their doors, sharing their creative process, and spreading inspiration. Open Studios 2022 was a wonderful weekend reconnecting with our art community. Thank you to all our visitors that ventured out and explored Clark County for the love of art! Also, thank you [...]
Clark County Employees not only serve our county, they also contribute to the creative and cultural community of Southwest Washington. Come visit the Rebecca Anstine Sixth Floor Gallery to visit an exhibition of photography, painting, fiber art, and mixed media on display through the end of January 2023. Participating artists include Angelina Kotchetova, Leigh Radford, [...]
After a one-year pause, the popular self-guided tour of artists’ studios returns the first weekend in November. In its eighth year, Clark County Open Studios Tour celebrates the creativity of local artists and artisans as they open their doors to the public. Art lovers, treasure seekers, holiday shoppers, and the art-curious will get a rare [...]
Season 8 poems are now being installed on C-Tran buses and will be on display July through December. Congratulations to all Season 8 poets! Artstra thanks Clark County Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Morgan and poets Gay Garland Reed and Morgan Hutchinson for their work in selecting nine poems from more than 70 submissions from K-12 students [...]
In mid October, Printed Matter Vancouver publishers and Poetry Moves jurors Christopher Luna and Toni Partington announced winners for Season 3 of Poetry Moves. The program is sponsored by Printed Matter Vancouver, Clark County Poet Laureate Christopher Luna, Arts of Clark County, and C-Tran. The new batch of poems will appear in all C-Tran buses [...]
The shower is where Seattle metal artist Matthew Dockrey was when inspiration struck to masterpiece the large steel tentacle bursting through a manhole in Uptown Village on the corner of West 23rd and Main Street. "I had been thinking about designs for the application," said Dockrey, after successfully applying and then capturing Arts of Clark [...]
Arts of Clark County (AoCC) seeks an artist (or artist collaboration) to develop site-specific artwork for the Uptown Village area of Vancouver, Washington. AoCC seeks an artist whose work will interact with and compliment the street life of Uptown Village. The budget for the artwork is $9,500 all-inclusive of travel expenses, taxes, transportation of the [...]
Arts of Clark County in collaboration with the Clark County Arts Commission now sponsors art installations in three public buildings. A key location curated every three months is the Sixth Floor Gallery in the Clark County Public Services Building. New exhibitions are announced in the AoCC newsletter. Art installations in City Hall and within the [...]
The Chalk Door Project was a roving art piece by K. C. Madsen with collaborators Temple Lentz, Cameron Suttles and everyone who made their mark in chalk. The mobile installation asked people to describe what they love about their Clark County community. Viewers were invited to finish a sentence any way they want, doodle, or [...]