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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.

Come join in the fun as we create a massive 66-foot woodblock print using a steamroller!

This is 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.

SCHEDULE:

NOON:
Meet the artists
McClain/Gamblin printmaking activity for kids and adults
Exquisite Corpse Game for families
Artist Demonstrations

1:00 P.M.
Remarks and introductions

1:15 to 2:00 P.M.
First print pass/start will depend on the wind, ink, day

3:30 to 4:30 P.M.
Remarks and then Second print pass

Can’t make this event? You can still see the massive 66-foot print, on view at Maryhill from September 3-25, 2019 in the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center.

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.