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Maryhill features several special exhibitions annually. These exhibitions are on view for a limited run, highlighting a variety of works from the museum’s collection as well as featuring some of the region’s most well-known contemporary artists. Current Special exhibitions are:

Mélange: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
March 15–July 7, 2019

Maryhill Favorites: Still Life
March 15–November 15, 2019

Théodore Rivière: Sculpture
March 15–November 15, 2019

Washington Art Education Association Exhibition
Teachers as Artists – Exploring Identity
March 15 – May 26, 2019

Click here for more information on these current special exhibitions.

Join us at Maryhill Museum of Art for this fantastic family-friendly event – a magical overnight campout and stargazing experience in one of the most majestic settings imaginable. Volunteers from Rose City Astronomers will provide telescopes to give visitors awe-inspiring views of the summer night sky. Catch glimpses of the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy, Sagittarius, Jupiter, Venus and Mars! A special group of children’s telescopes gives little ones the same incredible views.

Learn about the stars during a twilight conversation with Troy Carpenter from the Goldendale Observatory and storyteller Will Hornyak sharing a selection of star stories. Arrive early in the afternoon for sun viewing with special filters, hosted by the Friends of Goldendale Observatory (starts at 3 p.m.). Explore the museum, which will be open late until 7 p.m., and have dinner in the cafe before it closes at 6:30 p.m.

Visitors who wish to stargaze without camping, are welcome. Stargazing only is FREE on the grounds of the museum.

Cost for Tent or RV Campsite: $50 members | $60 non-members. Includes campsite in the gardens at Maryhill, and one (1) free admission to the museum for each member in your party. Tent and RV sites accommodate one tent or RV. Campers provide their own tents and camping gear. No cooking or fires permitted. There are no RV (electrical) hook-ups or showers. Deadline to register for tent or RV site is July 15. Click here to register online.

Saturday, July 20 & Sunday, July 21, 2019

For nearly two decades, Maryhill Museum of Art has extended free admission on designated weekends to its neighbors in Oregon and Washington. On July 20 & 21, 2019 residents from the following counties are granted free admission upon presentation of an I.D. with address:

Oregon — Benton, Clackamas, Hood River, Jefferson, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam.

Washington — Benton, Clallam, Columbia, Franklin, Island, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Walla Walla, and Whatcom.

Monday-Friday July 22-26, 2019 | 8:30 am to 4:00 pm daily.

Storytelling is central to human experience – it’s how we explain and make sense of the world. This year discover the power of stories at Maryhill’s Summer Art Institute. This five-day intensive program will strengthen your knowledge of art while giving you strategies for using art as an effective mechanism for storytelling in the classroom. We will explore the art of print-making and book-making as a means to create visual stories and dip into storytelling in the performing arts. The Institute is led by Maryhill’s executive director, Colleen Schafroth, and features guest artists and presenters throughout the week. Extracurricular activities can include visits to artist’s studios and regional institutions.

Cost: $195 members / $215 non-members; to register, please call 509 773-3733 ext. 20 or email education@maryhillmuseum.org.

Continuing Education Clock hours will be available at no additional cost through Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Three (3) credit hours will be available through Antioch University Seattle for an additional charge of $150.

Scholarship(s) are available through the Janet P. Swartz and Harriet G. Langfeldt Summer Art Institute Scholarship Fund. To learn more or apply, please contact education@maryhillmuseum.org.

Dance on the edge of the Columbia River at Maryhill Museum of Art. Nowhere else is there a more inspiring view of the sky, mountains, hills and river. Come with a partner or solo. Light refreshments are included. Beginning, novice and more experienced dancers are invited to take a lesson prior to the milonga. See below for more information on private lessons. Group Beginning/Intermediate Lesson is at 6 p.m.; milonga runs from 7 to 9 p.m.

Cost: $7 members / $10 non-members. Pre-registration preferred but not required. To register in advance, call 509.773.3733 ext. 25. To gain entry after hours, please use entrance to the Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing just off the Cannon Power Plaza.

An outdoor Milonga is planned for September 14 with a live band (ticket price for the live band will be $20).

TANGO PRIVATE LESSONS
Private lessons are available at 5 p.m., prior to Maryhill’s Milonga, if arranged individually by emailing our instructor, Hannah, at tangowithhannah@gmail.com

OUR INSTRUCTOR
Hannah Grenfell has studied dance and movement since childhood—ballet, tap, and various partner dances, as well as martial arts and acting. She began dancing Argentine tango in Aspen, Colorado, in 2006 with Heather Morrow and spent several years training, attending festivals, and later teaching. She moved to Portland, Oregon, in 2013, where she tango, teaches, and performs with Alex Krebs. Hannah recently had the opportunity to travel to Buenos Aires where she studied with some of the more well known tango maestros of today. Noelia Hurtado and Carlitos Espinoza, Mariana Dragone, Fernando Sánchez, and Roxana Suarez and Sebastián Achaval are just a few of her favorite instructors. Hannah encourages grounded, comfortable movement while maintaining good technique and fluidity. She believes that both lead and follow have equal opportunity of expression and responsibility within the tango embrace. Tango, like any skill, gives back what you put into it, and most importantly, it should bring you joy!  Hannah offers private lessons as well as group classes and workshops at various venues around Portland and Oregon.

Thursday, August 1 | 10:30 a.m.

It’s back! Maryhill is happy to continue its partnerships with Fort Vancouver Regional Library system and The Dalles-Wasco County Library to bring you stories in the galleries. Librarians carefully choose books to read next to the amazing works of art to which they connect! After having fun with books and art, your family will work together on an art project that is a perfect connection to your day.

Presented in partnership with The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library System.

Drawing on a long tradition of painting in the open air, Pacific Northwest Plein Air in the Columbia River Gorge attracts some of the finest painters from the Pacific Northwest and from across the country to capture the stunning light and inspiring vistas of the Columbia River Gorge. After four days of painting, works are displayed at Maryhill with jurors awarding prizes to the most exceptional works.  Join us to view the “fresh” paintings artists created in plein air, meet the artists, and enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres. Artwork will be available for purchase, with a percentage of the sales benefiting Maryhill. Awards will be given in a number of categories, including “Best Sky,” “Best Mountain,” “Best Water,” “Maryhill Museum of Art Award,” and a purchase award.

Paintings will remain on view and available for purchase August 4 through August 24, 2019 in the Event Sales Gallery in the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center. Proceeds support Maryhill Museum of Art. As work is sold and removed, other work created during the paint-out will replace it.

Thursday, August 8 | 10:30 a.m.

It’s back! Maryhill is happy to continue its partnerships with FVRL system and The Dalles-Wasco County Library to bring you stories in the galleries. Librarians carefully choose books to read next to the amazing works of art to which they connect! After having fun with books and art, your family will work together on an art project that is a perfect connection to your day

This program is free to participants with a library card from either system (show at entry). Bring a picnic and run through our sculpture garden enjoying the views of the Columbia River Gorge when you are finished!

Presented in partnership with The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library System.

Come join in the fun at the culmination of the Exquisite Gorge Project, a collaborative printmaking project featuring 11 artists working with communities along a 220-mile stretch of the Columbia River. Artists worked with community members from their assigned stretch of river and carved images on 4 x 6 foot wood panels. Each completed panel will be connected end-to-end and printed using a steamroller to create a massive 66-foot print. Washington State Poet Laureate, Claudia Castro Luna, will be at Maryhill to create a poem commemorating the event and the Columbia River. Meet the artists at noon, then enjoy kids printmaking activities, music and more. Free on the grounds of Maryhill Museum of Art. Full schedule of events TBD.

Saturday, September 7, 2019 | 5 to 9 p.m.

Spend a magical evening on the terrace at Maryhill, overlooking the Columbia and under the stars for a night you won’t soon forget. The museum’s annual benefit auction celebrates the region’s bounty, from wines and brews, to a fabulous array of traditional western foods from Paradise Rose, an authentic chuck wagon. Guests bid on fabulous auction lots, such as exclusive dinners, trips, wine and more, with all proceeds supporting the museum’s annual exhibitions and programs.

Cost: Tickets are $100 per person, with a portion of the ticket cost tax-deductible. Purchase tickets online.

Tables and sponsorships are available. For more information, contact Colleen Schafroth at 509.773.3733 ext. 23 or colleen@maryhillmuseum.org.

Join us for a summer evening of live music by Ciao Felicia! featuring the legendary Adrian Jost on bandoneon on the open air terrace at Maryhill. Ciao Felicia! is a Portland trio featuring Rita Sabler on piano, Hong Lee on Saxophone/Cajón, and Oliver Gifford on upright bass. Blending jazzy influences with the traditional Argentine classic tangos, valses and milongas Ciao Felicia! will be joined by Adrian Jost of Trio Garufa (San Francisco) for an unforgettable evening of live music.

Light snacks, wine, dancing under the night sky, and spectacular views of the eastern Columbia Gorge.

TICKETS
Advance tickets: $18 members / $20 non-members; pre-registration preferred but not required. Purchase tickets online.
At the door: $20 members / $25 non-members

To gain entry after hours, please use entrance to the Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing just off the Cannon Power Plaza.

TANGO PRIVATE LESSONS
Private lessons are available at 5 p.m., prior to Maryhill’s Milonga, if arranged individually by emailing our instructor, Hannah, at tangowithhannah@gmail.com

October 2, 3, 9, 10 & 11, 2019 | 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Immerse your 3rd and 4th grade students in discovery through hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a musical performance connecting with the day’s theme of COLOR! State and National standards are important guides for this fun, educational experience.

Colors are important tools informing us about the food we eat, the clothes we wear, and even the pets we choose. When we look at a work of art, the first thing we might notice are the colors chosen by the artist…but there is a LOT more to color than meets the eye!

This journey through color reinforces vocabulary like hue, saturation, temperature and value. We will explore the role of color in creating harmony, rhythm, emphasis and mood. While always focusing on visual learning, we will see how art and science work together, and we will use language arts to document our exploration.

After exploring the Maryhill collection, students will enjoy a new way to think about colorful expression through the cello performance of Gideon Freudmann from Young Audiences Arts for Learning.

This program is designed for students in 3rd and 4th grade; program takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $3.00 per student; schools provide one chaperone per 10 students.

Maryhill Museum of Art wishes to thank the following for their support of the museum’s Spring or Fall Museum Week: Columbia Bank; Cross Three Foundation; Robert and Barbara McCormick Fund at the Gorge Community Foundation, Caithness Shepherd’s Flat Wind Farm, Columbia Bank,  J.D. Fulwiler, and  Windy Flats Wind Farm.

Saturday, October 5 & Sunday, October 6, 2019

Celebrate Sam Hill’s love of roads, the automobile, and the arts during this two-day festival devoted to creativity in all its forms.

SCHEDULE – Saturday, October 5:
Concours de Maryhill | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Classic car show; anyone can enter. The show concludes with an awards ceremony followed by a barbecue dinner on the Museum lawn hosted by Bob’s Texas T-Bone. Dinner is $18 per person and is open to everyone, including the public. Dinner tickets are sold by Goldendale Motorsports Association and are available while preregistering for the show or on show day. Dinner is limited to the first 100 tickets. Organized by Goldendale Motorsports Association. Car show is free on museum grounds for spectators. Want to enter your car? Click here for more information.

Drive the Maryhill Loops Road | Noon to 2 p.m.
The historic Maryhill Loops Road, one of the first modern roads in the Northwest, is opened for automobiles only twice a year. This is your chance to take a spin past the beautiful scenery and through the road’s eight hairpin curves. Free on the historic Maryhill Loops Road, located just east of US 97 off of State Route 14.

SCHEDULE – Sunday, October 6:
Maryhill Loops Hill Climb | 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Vintage sports cars from the 1930s to 1960s race singly in a two-mile timed climb up the historic Maryhill Loops Road. Free for spectators viewing the race from the Highway 97 Overlook and from designated viewpoints along the route. Organized by the Maryhill Loops Vintage Hill Climb Association; the Maryhill Loops Road is not open other drivers during this event, only approved cars and drivers will be competing.

MANY THANKS TO OUR Car is King Weekend Partners: Goldendale Motor Sports Association | Maryhill Loops Vintage Hill Climb Association | Maryhill Museum of Art | Tri-Cities Strictly British Motor Club | Yakima Valley Sports Car Club and the Goldendale Chamber of Commerce.