Pictures worth more than a thousand words
David Bates
March 15, 2021
A narrative art exhibit at the Chehalem Cultural Center tells stories that “provide insight into the human condition.”
This coverage is made possible in part by a grant from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition.
A narrative art exhibit at the Chehalem Cultural Center tells stories that “provide insight into the human condition.”
Last month’s all-virtual festival receives rave reviews, and we tell you which films took home the honors.
Poetry, podcasts, theater, dance, and music are all available virtually from the McMinnville school.
A conversation about the difference between America’s ideals and its reality leads to a Newberg fiber arts show.
The 10-day festival starts this week, bringing 127 films, none longer than 20 minutes, to the comfort of your home.
Documentaries play a big role in the festival, with particular focus on the environment and Native Americans.
The Bend filmmaker talks about ‘Tutu Grande’ in the upcoming McMinnville Short Film Festival.
A McMinnville retrospective shows the late artist’s range, from echoes of the Holocaust to Fauvism.
Adrian Chitty’s work celebrates the unseen people who “work so very hard to get that wine in your glass.”
Many events are canceled or scaled back for 2021, as gathering in crowds remains unlikely, but it’s not all bad news.
A show at the Chehalem Cultural Center considers the ramble of clutter that makes up home.
A Yamhill County artist visited a local park over a year and came away with a series of pastels expressing her life.
The planned performing arts wing wins the support of an influential statewide arts lobbying group.
The Watercolor Society of Oregon’s show in Newberg debunks stereotypes about the medium.
Organizers are coming up with two scenarios for February, and a virtual fundraiser this weekend will feature greatest hits.
Yamhill County calendar: A “season like no other” on campus, plus a watercolor show and film festival preview.
Artists Natalie Niblack and Ann Chadwick Reid explore climate change in a Chehalem Cultural Center show.
Chehalem Cultural Center and Converge 45 respond to a year of crisis with a show of contemporary posters.
With autumn around the corner, arts and culture events are creeping back onto the Yamhill County calendar.
Composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival create an album in a wine cellar.
The work of more than 40 Yamhill County artists is displayed in Newberg.
A music festival known for blending sounds and wine pops the cork on its fifth vintage – this time, via streaming.
Chehalem Cultural Center showcases work by the late Michael Gibbons, Kerri Evonuk, and Sara Siestreem.
The Oregon artist helped create Toledo’s arts colony, and has a show at Newberg’s Chehalem Cultural Center.
The Fire Writers conference helps Yamhill County teenagers tap into their potential.
Limited hours and requests to wear masks are common as galleries start welcoming back visitors.
Voices from the front: Members of the coastal arts community talk about how the pandemic has changed them.
Voices from the front: Philanthropist Ronni Lacroute says COVID-19 is forcing arts groups to think in new ways.
An online exhibition at Chehalem Cultural Center explores artistic responses to COVID-19.
McMinnville’s Third Street Books rides out COVID-19 with home deliveries, curbside pickup, and mail order.
Fiber artists explore the toll plastics are taking on the oceans in a Chehalem Cultural Center exhibit.
Voices from the front: Anton Belov brings a community of singers together through Facebook Karaoke.
Yamhill and Polk county residents will have clearer listening to the classical radio station beginning Thursday.
Things are changing daily, but most local art and cultural events have been closed or postponed because of COVID-19.
Wine country calendar: A little of everything at Linfield, new shows in Newberg, and Salem goes steampunk.
From horse-racing to Newberg’s 99W drive-in, there’s a lot to like in this weekend’s McMinnville Short Film Festival.
The Yamhill County calendar also includes new gallery shows and jazz by the Christopher Brown Quartet.
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn will talk about their book, “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope.”
Gallery shows on glass, Rogue River Wars, and tea service; a play reading; and a native son comes to town.
A student show at The Gallery at Ten Oaks provides an encouraging view of arts education in Yamhill County.
Leaders of Newberg’s Chehalem Cultural Center look forward to more performing arts and a new culinary center.
Book author John Dodge will speak in Cannon Beach about the 1962 Columbus Day Storm.
The new year rolls in with a little of everything: gallery exhibitions, TEDx talks, readings, and music.
The Chehalem Cultural Center fills its galleries with masks by Tony Fuemmeler and other artists.
This drama of working-class life is difficult and ambitious — and Linfield College’s production will leave you gobsmacked.
Adleane Hunter directs Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of identity, economics, and race.
An interview with Justin Zimmerman of the McMinnville Short Film Festival.
It’s a busy month in Yamhill County: art openings, author readings, theater, and music.
Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr. and a 6-year-old boy collaborate on a Newberg installation.
Besides Art Harvest, shows explore fiber art, and prints about the political/cultural moment.
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