Art on Main Gallery and Vault Gallery - Accepts applications from regional artists to install 3-dimensional or multi-media art installations in two site-specific gallery spaces in downtown Auburn: the Art on Main Gallery and the Vault Gallery. Both spaces provide a $1,000 artist stipend to support the creation of new work and site-specific projects, or the installation of existing work for three-month exhibitions.
Eligibility: This is a call to artists residing in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon and Idaho).
Project Budget: $1,000 stipend for selected artists.
Application deadline: September 7, 2023
For more information or to apply, please view the online application.
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Art Galleries - Artists are selected through an annual application process for exhibitions in three city gallery spaces, showcasing diverse artworks by regional artists.
Eligibility: This is a call to artists with no geographical restriction, but all artwork must be dropped off and picked up in person in Auburn, WA on the assigned exhibition dates.
Application deadline: September 7, 2023
For more information or to apply, please view the online application.
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Art on Main Gallery
One Main Street
Artist: Maggie Andersen
Exhibition Dates:
April 12 - July 5, 2023
Maggie Andersen at Auburn’s Art on Main window-front gallery will be on view until July 5, 2023. As Andersen explains their work, "Clothing speaks a universal language that most people relate to. I am asking viewers to rethink the application of something so common. These life-sized wall sculptures suggest stories of exploration, survivorship and overcoming."
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Artist: Deanne McGahan
Exhibition Dates: July 10 - October 21, 2023
The City of Auburn and the Auburn Arts Commission are pleased to present an upcoming art installation by Deanne McGahan, a Seattle-based artist creating works in the 3-dimensional realm. As response to creating an installation piece specific to the space, says McGahan, "I've always struggled with adding color into my work as I tend to find it distracting in 3D forms. My work is about moving forward, and through that, I've learned that I have to take more risks to make the world evolve, whether that's the society around us or the world as a whole. No color, no change. Creating art is how I navigate life and I hope the work that I can create can give that energy of Finding Color within anyone”
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Community Center Gallery
910 Ninth Street SE
Artist: Marit Berg
Exhibition Dates: May 2 - July 6, 2023
Artist Marit Berg is a printmaker with an incredible eye for detail, and she draws inspiration from patterns seen in nature. She writes about how her art “reflects on the intricate relationship humans have with the environment and with other animal species both past and present.” Her artwork is informed by contemporary views on ecology and “the wonders of myth and folklore.”
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Artists: Hadiya Finley and Jon Haaland
Exhibition Dates: July 7 – August 29, 2023
Artist Hadia Finley’s sculptures focus on the female figure and are meant as an expression of women’s feelings. Her artworks are crafted with “simplicity of form, softening of edges, joints and surfaces. Exaggerated form, altered relationships and integrated texture are used to show women as strong, powerful and tender beings who use their bodies as a means of expression.”
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John Haaland considers his artwork an examination of “spaces away from people, either protected from or recovering from human endeavour.” The artist seeks to use his photography and mixed media work to document “the damage done, and the blight we leave behind, while illuminating the vast scapes held in small spaces, beautiful and unseen, sheltered from human hands.“ |
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Cheryl Sallee Gallery
808 9th St SE
Artist: Fred Thumhart
Exhibition Dates: May 2 - July 6, 2023
Fred Thumhart is a photographer who believes that “creativity is a fusion resulting from a collision between chaos and order, and that the special kind of creativity we call art is generated by a fearless, playful approach to the world that escapes the everyday conventions and results in a new and startling order.” His intriguing images range from “pure realism to abstraction, and surrealism” aiming to “show the viewer something she/he has never seen before.”
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Artist: Joy Kloman
Exhibition Dates: July 7 - August 29
Artist Joy Kloman references vintage black and white photographs, exploring themes both bittersweet and nostalgic. Says Kloman, "in my paintings, I have added color and a fluorescent underpainting, creating tension between past and present." Her colorful and painterly work "addresses and questions brief, heartening moments in time— delving into the joys, rites of passage and simple contentment, which cumulatively represent an epoch."
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Wednesdays, July 12 – August 16
12pm | Les Gove Park
Exciting performances designed just for kids! This ‘kid-approved’ series is enjoyable for wee ones through tweens! This entertainment series will be held at the park shelter beside the Discovery Playground.
Line-up:
- July 12 – Reptile Isle
- July 19 – Louie Foxx’s One Man Side Show
- July 26 – Eric Ode
- August 2 – Eric Herman and the Puppy Dogs
- August 9 – Matt Baker’s Comedy Stunt Show
- August 16 – The Magic of Jeff Evans
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SUMMER SOUNDS
Thursdays, July 13 – August 17 6:30pm | Les Gove Park
The perfect summer entertainment series the whole family will enjoy! Pack up a picnic blanket or chairs, dinner and enjoy a summer evening of performances. The series will be held at the Les Gove Park picnic shelter beside the Discovery Playground.
Line-up:
- July 13: Slim Wizzy - Country, Blues and Rock
- July 20: Ranger & The Re-Arrangers - "Hot Club Swing"
- July 27: Michal Powers – Contemporary Jazz Guitarists and More
- August 3: Auburn Symphony Brass Quintet – Pops Music
- August 10: The Kim Archer Band – Soulful Singer, Songwriter
- August 17: Wally & The Beavs – Rock n Roll Classics
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Auburn Community Junior Players:
Junie B. Jones Jr.
Participants will learn voice, choreography, acting, and more that will culminate in four community performances. Auditions will be held on the first day of camp.
Camp opportunity for youth Ages 7-15
July 10-28 | 9am-4pm |57406
3-week Fee: $730/$925
Location: Ilalko Elementary | Instructor: Kathryn Stahl
Performances at Auburn Riverside High School Theater: Friday, July 28 at 7pm; Saturday, July 29 at 2pm & 7pm; & Sunday, July 30 at 2pm
Register online or by calling 253-931-3043.
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Auburn Community Junior Players
The Many Disguises of Robin Hood
Participants will learn acting, blocking, stage direction and audition techniques. Camp will meet for three weeks and end with three community performances of the full production.
Camp opportunity for youth Ages 7-15
August 7-25 | 9am-4pm | 57412 | 3-week Fee: $730/$925
Location: Arthur Jacobsen Elementary| Instructor: Kathryn Stahl
Performances at The Theater at Mountainview: Friday, August 25 at 7pm; Saturday, August 26 at 2pm; & Sunday, August 27 at 2pm
Register online or by calling 253-931-3043.
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The transformation of Auburn's historic Post Office into an Arts & Culture Center continues to progress. The facility will provide increased access to the arts and cultural education for the local and regional community and drive economic activities in Auburn’s downtown core. We are looking forward to a Fall 2023 opening.
Follow the construction progress and find full project details at auburnwa.gov/arts.
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Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation
253-931-3043 | www.auburnwa.gov/arts
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