Featured Events

In the Gallery

Sacred Places

November 7 - 30

This show features art in a variety of media, that expresses a theme that is universal and at the same time highly personal and reflective. 

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In the Theatre

Dulce Domum (Sweet Home)

December 5 - 14

A heart-warming holiday tale about an extraordinary friendship and the meaning of home. Rat and Mole stumble on Mole's abandoned home on a snowy Christmas Eve, and wind up playing host to a band of caroling field mice.

Click here to learn more about Dulce Domum

Portland Art Museum Comes to Columbia Arts

Wild Beauty

Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867 - 1957

December 10

Wild Beauty  presents many of the most beautiful, most telling, and most important images in the history of the Pacific Northwest.

Unique geography, advancing technology, abundant talent, and changes in thought about making photographs as art are all chronicled in the exhibition, a collection of over 200 prints at the Portland Art Museum through January 11th.

On Wednesday, December 10th, Terry Toedtemeier, PAM's curator of photography, and John Laursen, co-author of the exquisitely produced large-format book which accompanies the exhibition, will bring the history, the awe-inspiring  stories, and the images themselves to the CCA Theater.

This is a free event, though donations are always appreciated.

Click here to learn more about Wild Beauty at Columbia Center for the Arts.

Who We Are

Columbia Center for the Arts' is a community art center that offers both art and entertainment — theatrical performances, visual arts, dance, concerts, lectures, film, and a whole lot more.

We're a non profit organization, and we're proud of the community support we enjoy.

Our mission is to promote an arts-rich environment in the Columbia Gorge, where novices as well as established artists and performers, can discover and develop their full creative potential.

There's something for everyone!

Click here for more information about Columbia Center for the Arts.

November 7 - November 30

Sacred Places

Opening Reception: Nov. 7, 6 - 8 pm.

Features artist interpretations of that which is sacred. A variety of media will be represented.

Curator:  Sally Reichmuth

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November 7 - November 30

Therese Albert Retrospective

Opening Reception: Nov. 7, 6 - 8 pm.

Therese Albert studied for 10 years at Les Beaux Arts De Paris; the school enjoys the reputation of training many of the great artists in Europe. Her oils will be on display in the lobby throughout the month.

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Emerging / Developing Arts

Painting

Instructor: Joy Kloman.

Four Wednesdays: Oct 29, Nov 5, 12 and 19, 6:30 to 8:30 pm. $60 for all 4 classes. Click here for more details.

Schools Out, Arts In

Classes for Middle School Kids

Instructor: Susan Murrell.

8 sessions starting Nov 4, open to 6th, 7th, 8th grade students of all skill levels. Click here for more details.

December 5 through 14

Dulce Domum

"Sweet Home"

A heart-warming holiday tale about an extraordinary friendship and the meaning of home. Rat and Mole stumble on Mole's abandoned home on a snowy Christmas Eve, and wind up playing host to a band of caroling field mice.

December 5, 6, 12, 13, at 7:30 pm.

December 11: special bi-lingual performance at 7:30 pm.

December 6, 7, 13, 14 at  2:00 pm.

November 12

Henry Fool

Part of the Columbia Arts Film Series, every 4th Wednesday.

Henry Fool is hilarious comedy of art, commerce, faith, friendship, the mysteries of the creative process, and an audacious fable of fate.  

Show time: 7:30, (4th Wednesday).

$5 per person.