Art & Art History Department

Local and visiting pedestrians are in for a visual treat in the Lewistown Art Center’s Main Street display window. On exhibit through the holiday season are altar books created by Lewistown artist David W. Wharton. Two more books displayed in the LAC’s main gallery space bring the total to nine…

So when is a pencil not just a instrument to draw a picture, but something bigger?

The question sounds existential, but it’s train of thought students in Alyse Yeaman’s drawing class at Gig Harbor High School ponder each day.

Should historic works created during different times with different sensibilities be shelved? Should the work be altered? Can the work be done if proper context is provided? How often do you see representations of people who look like you on a regular basis? (No. Yes. Yes. Almost never.)

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With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Pratt is proud to announce this summer’s Artist-in-Residence, Tyna Ontko. Tyna will be developing new work for her upcoming showing at Davidson Galleries in October. She plans to take advantage of Pratt’s unique multidisciplinary facilities…

Volcanoes have fascinated Northwest Coast artist Ryan Molenkamp since Mount St. Helens erupted when he was a small boy in 1980, frightening and amazing him. He read about them, visited natural-history museums and hiked their peaks as he got older. So it’s not surprising that when he went off to…