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November 14, 2024
Elaine Lim works on a watercolor painting at her Washougal residence in an undated photo. (Contributed photos courtesy of Elaine Lim)

Washougal artists to host holiday market, studio tour

Elaine Lim feels that now is the time for her to get to know the East Clark County art community and for it to get to know her. With a recent display at a downtown Camas art gallery and an upcoming appearance at a prominent Washougal art event, she’s quickly turning her hopes into reality.

September 26, 2024
Washougal resident Christopher Corbell’s poem, “A Present from Apollo,” has been selected for the Artstra 2024 Poetry Moves program and will be featured inside C-Tran buses for the next 12 months. (Contributed photo courtesy of Christopher Corbell)

Washougal poet selected for C-TRAN’s ‘Poetry Moves’

Christopher Corbell started writing poems when he was a teenager. He published a chapbook and worked on a literary journal in the 1990s, but largely drifted away from the medium during the next several decades to focus on his music career, professional responsibilities and other interests.

September 5, 2024
Artists paint outdoors during the 2023 September First Friday “Plein Air” art event in Camas. This year’s “plein air” event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, throughout downtown Camas, ahead of the 5 to 8 p.m. First Friday festivities. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Downtown Camas Association)

Art is in the air for Camas First Friday

Local artists will set up their easels in downtown Camas this Friday for the annual “plein air” art event that precedes the Downtown Camas Association’s (DCA) September First Friday festivities.

September 5, 2024
Visitors peruse artwork inside Gallery 408 in downtown Camas during the gallery's grand opening on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas Art and Wine Walk set for Saturday, Sept. 7

The inaugural Camas Art and Wine Walk will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, throughout downtown Camas. Organized by the Camas Students and Families Foundation, the…

August 8, 2024
Washougal resident Susan Fronckowiak will participate in her first art show at the 2024 Washougal Art and Music Festival, to be held Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Reflection Plaza. (Contributed photo courtesy Susan Fronckowiak)

Washougal Art and Music Festival returns Saturday

Susan Fronckowiak’s two young children enjoyed the playhouse their father built for them on the family’s rural Washougal property after they relocated to Clark County in the late 2000s, but naturally grew out of it as they got older.

August 1, 2024
James Cook performs at the 2023 Washougal Songcraft Festival. (Contributed photos courtesy of Washougal Songcraft Festival)

Second annual Washougal Songcraft Festival returning bigger than before

The 2024 Washougal Songcraft Festival (WSF) will feature more concerts, more performers and more venues than it did in 2023, its inaugural year. Some of that growth is by design and some of it is happening as the result of some unexpected news delivered by the owner of one of the 2023 festival’s host venues.

July 5, 2024
Artwork by Camas high school students is displayed inside the Second Story Gallery, located on the second floor of the Camas Public Library, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. The gallery will host artwork by Camas high school students through July and art by Camas middle school students during the month of August. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

Camas’ Second Story Gallery to spotlight local student artists this summer

When the Second Story Gallery inside Camas’ public library revived its monthly exhibitions in July 2022, following a more than two-year closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, the gallery focused on local student artists with a two-month “Stepping Out” art show featuring Camas and Hayes Freedom high school artists.

June 27, 2024
The Columbia River Arts and Cultural Foundation hopes to construct a performing arts center on the Washougal waterfront, featuring an auditorium with between 300 and 500 seats. (Contributed photo courtesy of Columbia River Arts and Cultural Foundation)

Groups adjusts vision for performing arts center

Columbia River Arts and Cultural Foundation (CRACF) leaders recently learned that their vision of including a 1,200-seat auditorium as part of the performing arts center they hope to construct on the Washougal waterfront is probably a bad idea.