Kimekomi comes alive
By Reader Staff Celebrate Pend Oreille Arts Council artist of the year Jenni Barry at a free opening reception Friday, July 11, at the POAC Gallery (313 N. Second Ave.). Barry will unveil and...
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Festival at Sandpoint unveils 2025 poster
By Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint unveiled the 2025 fine arts poster at its July 8 sponsor appreciation dinner at The Idaho Club. Local artist Perky Smith-Hagadone’s “Wild Cantata” was selected as the...
Shifting space
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After four years of operating a studio gallery space at 104 S. Second Ave., local artist Woods Wheatcroft is closing the doors — but not before hosting one more...
POAC Presents: Tattered Memories, a solo exhibition by Nives Rigodanzo
By Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council will host Tattered Memories, a collection of mixed-media abstract paintings by local artist Nives Rigodanzo, with a reception Friday, May 2, from 5-7 p.m. at the...
‘Art from the unexpected’
By Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council will display the exhibit Second Life: Art from the Unexpected at the POAC Gallery (313 N. Second Ave.) throughout the month of April, beginning with an...
Local artist Doug Flückiger opens show at Misty Mountain
By Reader Staff Area artist Doug Flückiger will give a rare appearance at a free showing of his work Friday, Nov. 26, at Misty Mountain Gallery (502 Cedar St.) from 5-8 p.m. In addition...
Pieces selected for six-month cycle of Sandpoint’s ‘Silver Box’ art-on-loan program
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Select Sandpoint street corners will be home to new sculptures in the city’s Silver Box public art-on-loan program, after council members approved a trio of entries at their regular...
Sandpoint cuts the ribbon on Silver Box installation ‘At Rivers Edge’
The city of Sandpoint celebrated the installation of the first of three pieces in the 2023-’24 Silver Box art-on-loan program with a ribbon cutting Sept. 13, welcoming the sculpture “At Rivers Edge,” by Bonners...
POAC announces new adult art class schedule at new location
By Reader Staff The Pend Oreille Arts Council has announced the fall adult art class schedule at its new location, which will be ready for students by mid-September. Classes offered at the relocated...
Half a century of craftsmanship
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff It’s been 50 years since Sandpoint experienced its first Arts and Crafts Fair, and 43 since the Pend Oreille Arts Council adopted the event. Records show that before it...
