Community Calendar

You bring the gifts and Art Salvage provides the materials and inspiration for wrapping with upcycled style!

FREE- donations welcome
Sat, Nov 29th - Sat, Dec 20th
Tue/ Wed/ Sat 10am- 5pm
Thu/ Fri 10am- 7pm

The DIY Gift Wrapping Station will be available during open hours with a variety of reuse papers, ribbons and more for creating everything from the wrapping itself, to the tags and bows that go on top. If you need a little help, our examples will provide you with ideas for making gift bags, custom stamped papers, or vintage ephemera to pair with unique trims and finishes.

Diverse regional artists present their work for sale. The shop is open from 10 am - 5:30 pm Thursday through Saturday and 10 - 3 on Sunday. Live music daily and refreshments.
Shop local this season to help your neighbors, find unique quality gifts, and support our communities.

The Annual RHS Holiday Craft Fair will be filled with new exciting vendors along with returning favorites. Santa will be visiting for FREE photos. The Big Green Guy will also make a visit both days from 12pm to 1pm. Our Christmas Tree Alley raffle will be extended to both days of the Fair! FREE ADMISSION!! Concessions by the RHS Booster Club. Join us for fun, shopping, photos and lots of Holiday cheer!!

Spokane's premiere holiday attraction, Christmas Tree Elegance is a raffle of 16 fabulously decorated trees and accompanying gifts valued up to $4,999 to benefit the Spokane Symphony. Nine trees are at the Davenport Hotel and seven at River Park Square. The event is produced by 300 volunteers from the Spokane Symphony Associates.

Hannah Fountain is a self-taught artist living in Moses Lake, WA. She began drawing and painting in her early childhood in California, being drawn to realism and the effects of light in artwork. In 2019, Hannah launched her art business, and began appearing at local shows. In 2023, she was voted “Best of the Basin” in the Columbia Basin here in Washington state. She has been featured in Florida’s Surfmag magazine, as well as many gallery shows and fine art festivals in CA, MT, ID, and WA.

In Hannah's own words: “My process involves capturing images of water in motion, light reflecting, or even still life, and following the reality of what I see closely. I call my style "realistic expressionism" because realism is beautiful, but when we deviate from reality, it truly becomes a work of art."

Stop by the Liberty Gallery this Dec to see Hannah's beautiful paintings ~ stop by First Friday Dec 5th from 5pm-8:30pm to meet Hannah in person!

Nan Drye has been a working artist for 25 years and her first love has always been textiles. She started out designing and making clothing, and explored synthetic dyes as part of that. In 2011 Nan discovered the eco printing process, and has been doing that ever since. But every once in awhile an artist needs to branch out and explore and that is what this fiber jewelry show is about.

Accessories can pull an outfit together, dress up plain clothing, or help us express ourselves. Fiber jewelry is an extension of that ~ earrings, cuffs, bracelets, necklaces, collars, and scarves all made from small pieces of fine fabric, many made from upcycled materials.

Stop by Pottery Place Plus in the Liberty Building this Dec to see Nan's work ~ stop by First Friday Dec 5th from 5-8pm to meet Nan in person!

Bio

Jaiden Haley is a multimedia artist from Spokane, WA. She received a BFA in Studio Art from Eastern Washington University in 2021. She is the current Operations Manager at Emerge CDA. Jaiden utilizes acrylic paint, textiles, and ceramic to create work that revolves around themes of childhood development and interconnectivity of memory.

Statement

In high school I found an old SD card containing hundreds of photos from 2000-2005, all taken by my parents. While working towards my BFA, in the search of personal resources that could add more intimate meaning to the things I was creating, I started utilizing these photographs as references for my paintings, exploring my perceived childhood memories related to what was pictured. In my painting process I take one or two images and alter them physically through painting, layering, and combining to reflect my own emotional associations and congruencies to my adult life. In the last year I’ve expanded on this practice, compiling photographs that I’ve taken over the years and introducing them into my paintings alongside the older images in order to convey relationships between past and present. Outside of painting, I hold a similar sentiment for my three-dimensional and textile-based work. I try to make tangible, functional (but often impractical) objects to represent vague feelings or memories. At its core, to me making art has always been about problem solving. It’s about asking ‘How can I turn this idea or image or feeling into something tangible that will resonate with other people?’

Stan Miller, an internationally known artist, will be opening his studio, exhibiting watercolor and egg tempera paintings. Friday, December 5th, 5 to 8 pm. Saturday December 6th, noon to 4 pm, Sunday December 7, from noon to 3 pm.

Step into an afternoon of warmth and wonder as Holy Names Music Center presents Together We Shine: Candlelight Christmas Concert—a luminous seasonal tradition that brings our community together through beauty, artistry, and shared light.
Held in a glowing candlelit setting, this concert features our extraordinary faculty and talented students in a program designed to uplift the spirit and ignite the joy of the season. Highlights include:

• John Rutter’s Candlelight Carol performed with voices and string ensemble
• Ave Maria, shimmering with quiet radiance
• Selections by Chopin and Shostakovich
• El Nacimiento from Navidad Nuestra
• Festive favorites including Sleigh Ride
• A spirited audience Christmas sing-along

From intimate classical works to beloved carols, every moment is crafted to evoke connection, nostalgia, and celebration. This is the kind of concert that becomes a cherished December memory.
Join us for an afternoon where music glows, community gathers, and the season shines at its brightest.

Bill & Kathy Kostelec's Annual Holiday Open Studio! Featuring new works from New Mexico and Colorado, and more. Come wander through their home gallery full of black and white photography and visit their darkroom where the magic happens.
December 5th, 6th, & 7th (FRIDAY 5 to 9pm, SATURDAY and SUNDAY 1 to 5pm).
4 blocks west of Cedar (corner of 12th & Cherry).
1123 S. Cherry Street (4 blocks west of Cedar, corner of 12th & Cherry)
For questions call: 509-868-8910