This coverage is made possible in part by a grant from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition.
The gallery, in an industrial park, is a sprawling nexus of beautiful, high-end art, savvy entrepreneurship, state-of-the-art technology, and light industry.
Drama, comedy, and music take center stage at Gallery Theater, Linfield University, Struts & Frets Theatre Company, Gather Repertory, and Pentacle Theatre.
August shows also include a family of ceramicists at Linfield University and stories from the forest at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s cultural center.
The Forest Grove artist uses images from old maps and nearly a century’s worth of American magazines to create pieces that range from overstuffed to exuberantly symbolist.
Witte will read May 9 from her collection “A Rupture in the Interiors” during the McMinnville Public Library’s monthly Poetry Night.
The show leads into Linfield’s May 10 Camas Festival, which honors the cultural significance of plants and landscapes important to Northwest Indigenous peoples.
Jazz, string quartet, rock violin and more set the rhythm for the new festival in a music-happy town. Next up, March 20: Peter Eldridge of New York Voices.
K.B. Dixon takes a camera tour through the McMinnville museum, from the Spruce Goose to the world’s fastest jet to replicas of the Spirit of St. Louis and Apollo Lunar Rover & more.
Students had a say in picking the artists whose work is featured in the artistically complex and politically engaged exhibition, which runs through March 16 at the McMinnville university.
The 13th annual festival runs Feb. 23-25 with something for everyone — more than 100 films will be screened in 90-minute blocks.
The exhibit, which runs through February, includes both aesthetic and pedagogical components, and has a high “wow” factor. An artists’ reception will be Feb. 16.
From coast to desert to hills and valleys and places in between, culture thrived in towns large and small around the state. Wherever people were, so was art.
The year ends with holiday opportunities to shop local, view art, hear music, or see a play.
The weekly McMinnville gathering, like others around the state, draws participants who say they are both energized and calmed by the practice. “The primitive nature of the drum in the story of humanity,” says one drummer.
The library has weathered budget and staff cuts, an unwieldy inventory, and the pandemic to deliver everything from books to workshops, games, and homeless outreach to the Yamhill County community of 2,200.
The Turkish-born professor populates his politically charged work with images of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, Allen Ginsberg and Gollum.
Kulla, part of a team that documented 70 plants around the world, combines her organic-farming and illustrating skills on an international publishing project.
“Quarterback Princess,” a 1983 TV movie that kicked off two future Academy Award winners’ careers, is also a McMinnville (or rather, “Minnville”) time capsule.
Lemire fell hard for the pipe organ as a child. On Tuesday, he will play his own score to accompany the silent film in McMinnville.
The show, in the McMinnville gallery through Oct. 6, features work by artists from Outside the Frame, a nonprofit that mentors unhoused youth.
From the annual Art Harvest Studio Tour to metal and fiber arts exhibits, a double handful of autumn gallery and studio shows to catch in Yamhill wine country.
Born following a ruckus about “political” symbols in local schools, the professional company — part of Yamhill County’s thriving theater scene — aims to create a safe space for minority communities.
The McMinnville plumber taught himself to paint by watching YouTube tutorials during the pandemic. This fall, he’s teaching classes at Back Door Studio.
Organizers say this weekend’s show aims not only to feature local and regional bands, but also to draw national bands to the city’s growing music scene.
This year’s festival features a commemorative wine, named and bottled in honor of composer-in-residence Kareem Roustom, paired with music by Roustom, Hawa Diabaté, Caroline Shaw, Kenji Bunch, and Beethoven.
Director Katrina Godderz calls Kate Hamill’s adaptation a “wink-wink, nudge-nudge” take on the romantic comedy.
The warhorse-at-a-winery production featured students from the festival’s Young Artists Showcase–and a last minute replacement.
A Q&A with Roustom, composer-in-residence for this year’s Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival.
The Oregon wine country music festival’s Young Artists program is helping young opera singers get a leg up on their careers.
The Portland-based ensemble performs Philip Glass’ science-fiction music drama under the Spruce Goose as the finale to its season exploring the human mind.
After a 3-year pandemic hiatus, the event for writers of all levels returns April 29. Festival participants Emily Grosvenor and Lisa Weidman talk about what to expect.
The former Oregon resident says the festival, which starts Thursday, is unusual in its focus on celebrating filmmakers and making connections.
The medium is “having a moment in the arts world” due to interest in studio crafts and handmade work, sustainability, and local cultures.
Near Willamina, Joe Robinson has created a haven for ceramicists working with the wood-fired kiln. “When you stand next to a fire,” he says, “you feel like you belong.”
The self-taught McMinnville pyrographer and etcher says creating art is integral to his life. “When it comes to doing what I’m passionate about, it’s close to meditation.”
The Dec. 10 show at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center features 30 artists who make everything from jewelry to Viking armor.
Theater companies in McMinnville, Salem, and Forest Grove stage holiday plays, including a new “Christmas Carol,” and look ahead to their 2023 seasons.
Judge Henry Hughes calls the work in the 29th collection of poetry and prose “exceptionally high quality,” despite a pandemic hit to the budget and fewer contributions from adults.
Theaters and galleries ramp up for the holidays with a stone-age musical, a new adaptation of Dickens’ classic, art sales, and a Pride Winter Ball.
The 30-year-old event, last held in 2019, takes place on the West Valley Community Campus, an up-and-coming center for art and culture.
A show at Newberg’s Chehalem Cultural Center focuses on Mexican artisans, many in trades on the cusp of vanishing.
The self-guided tour over two weekends includes 49 painters, sculptors, book and jewelry makers, ceramacists, and fabric artists, among others.
The Portland photographer says she is interested in the “lived history of Black place,” the legacy of Black artists in Oregon who came before.
Coming months also see the return of the Walnut City Music Festival and Art Harvest Studio Tours, as well as Gallery Theater’s season and a Scottish festival.
The nonprofit offers two-week immersive classes in everything from print-making to Ghanian drumming to performing in a Shakespearean play.
The festival, which starts Thursday, includes musical chestnuts as well as concerts benefiting Ukrainian relief and “Ourland,” a modern, dystopian opera.
Nearly 40 bands and musicians attend the inaugural event, offering everything from Aztec dance to a “vibrational sound bath.”
Though the pandemic led to the demise of several wine-country arts groups, others are gearing up for summer.
The 11th annual event returns to an in-person format with an epic vibe and changes afoot for next year.
Linfield Gallery opens a window on the remarkable life and work of an Oregon artist who traveled the world restlessly and created beautiful, disquieting art.
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