Yakima art exhibit opens Nov. 4

YAKIMA — The works of 69 central Washington artists will be on display at the Larson Gallery in Yakima from Nov. 4 to Dec. 2. The opening reception for the 62nd “Central Washington Artists’ Exhibition” will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 4 at the gallery, at the intersection of the East Nob Hill Boulevard and 16th Street.

Admission to the opening reception is free. The exhibition “showcases the most current and progressive work being produced in the region,” according to a press release from the gallery. About $3,620 will be awarded to artists.

The show is open to artists from Grant, Okanogan, Douglas, Chelan, Yakima, Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, Klickitat and Walla Walla counties. The gallery received 223 entries from 91 artists throughout the region.

Featured works come in a variety of media, including oils, acrylic, gouache, etchings, photographs, pastels, acrylics, prisma color, cold wax and oil, glass. Works also are made of wood, fiber, porcelain, wool, collage, encaustic, linoblock, mixed media, ceramics, brass, jewelry and sterling silver.

The juror for the 2017 show is Freya Liggett, manager of the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center. Liggett chose 78 artworks from 69 artists to include in the exhibit.

Liggett has been Moses Lake Museum manager since 2007. She received an undergraduate degree in anthropology from Linfield College in Portland, and studied archeology as a graduate student at Stony Brook University, on Long Island in New York state.

She worked five years as the curator and archivist for the Bayside Historical Society in Queens, New York. In addition to her work as museum director, she specializes in exhibit research and design. She has worked as juror or curator on several exhibits in Washington and New York.

The gallery’s hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.