Columbia Center for the Arts has launched an exciting new membership program and we are inviting you to become a member today.

With your annual membership, you are helping to ensure that you will be able to continue enjoying great art programs in the Columbia River Gorge throughout the year.

Annual memberships start at just $25 a year.

Buy a raffle ticket and a chance to win one of three ways. Winnings are valued at $5,000.  Win cash, win a bike (or bikes!), or win a train trip through the Canadian Rockies...your choice!

Please help. Your contributions are needed now more than ever.

A Plays for Non Profits production, this play, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, explores the universal issues of human dignity and compassion —and what happens when free spirits are confined to a closed system: rules are about to be broken!

Set in the world of an authentic mental hospital in Salem, Oregon, the play features the unforgettable characters of nurse Ratched, Chief Bromdem, Randle McMurphy, and Billy Bibbit.

50% of the profits benefits Gorge area non-profit organizations including: SMART, The Next Door, FISH, and Columbia Center for the Arts.

Click to learn more about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

When you purchase a Season Ticket you get to see four great plays for only $50...and you get to choose 4 out of 5 plays.  There is no need to choose the specfic dates when you purchase your Season Ticket. Simply let us know two weeks before a play opens which date you would like to reserve.

Click for more info about Season Tickets.

In this inspiring documentary, acclaimed filmmaker Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred) takes an insightful look at change motivated by love, featuring interviews with spiritual activists Thich Nhat Hanh, Desmond Tutu, Daryl Hannah, Julia Butterfly Hill, and more.

Click for more info about Fierce Light.

Painting & Writing Outdoors

Plein Air Painters and Writers will be spending five days visiting some of the most visually remarkable sites in the Columbia River Gorge and putting their impressions in works of art and on paper.

Paint Out: Art work created during the 5 day "Paint Out" will be on display and available for sale at Columbia Art Gallery from Sept. 4 thru 27. Click to learn more about the Plein Air Paint Out.

Write Out: A public reading of the writings created will take place on Sept. 20, and will be followed by the production of an on-line anthology. Click to learn more about the Plein Air Writing Exhibition.

Teacher Arts Institute & Kids Summer Classes

If you teach art, you won't want to miss the Teacher Arts Institute scheduled for August 10, 11, 12. Free to Hood River District employees, $100 for out of area employees.

PLUS ... for kids, this summer's schedule is chock full of classes in painting, photography, jewelry making drawing, and much more, all at very reasonable prices.

Annual show at The Dalles Art Center

This popular annual show is a juried art show featuring works in all media and topics from artists throughout the Gorge. Be sure to cast your vote for your favorite piece of art in the People's Choice Award.

Opportunities for Artists & Performers                  

Click on links below to see details of current opportunities:

Click on links below to see details of current opportunities:

Get Involved in the Arts

Columbia Center for the Arts is looking for Volunteers for a range of opportunities. Please contact Joanie Thomson at 541-387-8877 ext. 111 or director@columbiaarts.org.