Community Calendar

The Buddha encouraged us to brighten the mind through meditating on the four Divine Abodes (brahmavihāras) of loving-kindness (mettā), compassion (karuṇā), empathetic joy (muditā), and equanimity (upekkhā). By focusing on the two supplementary qualities of compassion—the heart’s response to others’ suffering—and empathetic joy—its response to others’ happiness, we broaden our capacity to meet all circumstances, internal and external, with love.

"My inspiration is always nature,
it provides perfect design,
if I pay attention." ~ Marcia McDonald

When Marcia paints a landscape, her inspiration is not the scene, but rather the composition of the light and dark in the shapes, more of a design or pattern, than a painting of the actual scene. She tries to stay away from worrying about getting the colors just right or making sure the depth of field is correct. When painting an abstract, it is more about the colors and the way they can move the eye around the painting. How they interact with each other, warm against cool, intense next to muted or sharp edges relating to soft edges. With an abstract painting she tries to solicit an emotion using color.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus for the First Friday Reception on July 5 from 5-8pm to meet Marcia in person!

The Liberty Gallery’s first group photography show puts the focus on the natural world in and around the Pacific Northwest. The viewpoints range from incredibly closeup detail to wide and panoramic; from underwater to the highest peaks; from relics of man’s presence to intimate portraits of the animals who call the landscape home.

The Liberty Gallery is closed on the first Friday in July because of the July 4th holiday. The reception for the artists will take place on the second Friday on July 11th from 5pm – 8:30pm.

The Art Spirit Gallery is excited to announce the opening of its latest exhibition, “Finer Things,” opening Saturday, July 5th at 11 a.m. This vibrant new show features the inspiring works of six talented artists from our community and beyond, celebrating craftsmanship, emotion, and the beauty found in everyday moments.

Join us for the opening day celebration, which includes an engaging Artist Talk from 11 a.m. to Noon, featuring Tyson Soth, Sara Taylor, Austin Frantz, and Louise Telford from the Elevated Gallery. It’s a wonderful opportunity to meet the artists, hear their stories, and gain insight into their creative journeys.

Meet the Artists:

• Tyson Soth: A passionate luthier who crafts beautiful, responsive guitars inspired by personal resilience and craftsmanship.
• Sara Taylor: A fluid artist and YouTuber whose vibrant pour paintings reflect her life, motherhood, and emotional stories.
• James Bason: Montana native known for serene landscapes capturing the quiet, expansive beauty of rural life.
• Austin Frantz: A self-taught painter exploring the divine and inner journeys through nature-inspired oil works.
• Meidi Karampour: An MFA artist blending figurative and abstract scenes that celebrate ordinary moments and cultural richness.
• Charlie Knapp: A veteran ceramist whose clay forms balance meditation, physicality, and artistic expression.

This opening takes place just one day after the lively Fourth of July celebrations, when downtown Coeur d’Alene is filled with summer fun and community spirit. We invite everyone to come celebrate our 29th year in business and support the arts during these challenging economic times.

Location: The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Date: Saturday, July 5th
Time: 11 a.m. Artist Talk | Opening Reception

"Grow Like a Tree" is a book for curious children of all ages, exploring the life cycle of trees and the role forest fires play in this process. Each illustration is a collage of paper cutouts painted with foraged ink on watercolor paper. The foraged materials include copper, sumac, horse chestnut, chokecherries, and a railroad spike. The items were found on the forest floor and throughout the urban jungle. The goal for the book & exhibition is to inspire everyone to dwell in wonder at the lifeworld around them. Opening Reception: May 2, 5-8p

Celebrate the Summer Season with us at our beautiful Winery Estate on Lake Roosevelt. Enjoy live music onstage, and dance on the lawn. Sample our Organic Sulfite-Free Wines and Victory’s Organic Food Products. Check out the wares of local Artists and Craftsmen. There will be Food Available, or you may bring a picnic. Bring your camping chair or a blanket to sit on. No Dogs Please!

EAST GALLERY – “Recursion,” with Madeline McGinn & Arcano
WEST GALLERY – “The Paper Room” with Louise Kodis

EXHIBITION DATES: JULY 5TH – 26TH, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, July 11th, 2025, 5:00 – 8:00, free and open to the public
GALLERY HOURS: Fridays 12:00 – 8:00 PM, except Friday, July 4th

EAST GALLERY

Arcano: My work can be described as a alchemical process. It comes from emotion, from the unknown parts of me. There’s always a type of ideal that needs to be transmuted into images to fulfill its process of transformation. That’s why my work is always changing. I love to focus on different themes and aesthetics, to challenge myself, finding new perspectives through different medias and techniques - from traditional painting on canvas to illustration and comic books. My biggest influences are the subconscious images, the esoteric symbols, surrealism, pop culture, technology, internet culture, literature, mythology and the absurd. Creatures in surreal dreamlike landscapes, bodies that defy logic while interacting with the mysterious symbols of the world are my most recurrent themes.

Madeline McGinn McGinn is a Spokane based multidisciplinary artist working with large scale work focused around the human body. She received her BFA in printmaking and drawing from Eastern Washington University and her MFA in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Through her work, she continues to push identity through public vs private, layering memory and understanding fraught relationships with the body. It’s a field guide to getting lost and finding the way back through the organized chaos.

WEST GALLERY - Louise Kodis, "The Paper Room"

For this exhibit, Louise will recreate her studio in the gallery. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from July 5th until July 26th, Louise will work in her gallery studio from 2:00 – 6:00 PM.

This blockbuster Broadway hit musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s hit play The Matchmaker, bursts with humor, romance, energetic dance and some of the greatest songs in musical theatre history.

The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher Levi, turn-of-the-century matchmaker and “woman who arranges things,” are certain to thrill and entertain audiences again and again.

Winner of 14 Tony Awards

Rating: G - Appropriate for All Audiences

“A musical comedy dream... Wow, wow, wow indeed"
“In a word, perfection."
“Glorious... exudes both the burnished glow of a musical from another era and the gleam of a newly-minted coin.”
“Dazzling... Type out all the superlatives you can because nights like this in the theatre make you feel overjoyed... Hello, blockbuster!”
“Classic Broadway at its best.”
“So surpassingly beautiful, propelled by such glorious razzle-dazzle, and crafted with such joy and intelligence that it deserves to be studied, emulated and above all celebrated.”
“An extravagant pleasure of swoops and whirls and high kicks. The show is a riotous delight.”

Artist Louise Kodis will recreate her studio
in the gallery come! peek! peer! snoop! gaze!
SEE her carefully curated paper
collection all gathered during the past 60 years
WATCH Louise rip, cut, crumple, glue,
stitch to create art work.
Some work will be suitable for
framing,
some work will be on card stock,
suitable for gifting,
some will become repurposed
books, suitable for perusing.
INSPECT samples of her collages
from 1970 the present

These artists explore the use of common, sometimes discarded materials to compose installations or create new objects in Found, an exhibition at Terrain Gallery. The work in this show considers that which we might not have previously noticed or have forgotten, and suggests that a deeper looking honors the physical world, quietly informing us of our place in it.