Educational Programs
Maryhill Museum Education Programs
Press Release
Current Education Program Calendar
Teachers as Artists
March 15 – April 17
Submissions January 12 – February 9
Incoming Curator of Education, Sorcha Meek Paul is delighted to present the upcoming show Teachers as Artists. Maryhill Museum of Art has worked in partnership with Oregon Art Education Association and Washington Art Education Association to showcase teacher talent through juried exhibitions in the museum’s MJ Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center. This juried exhibition has put Maryhill on the map with both Oregon and Washington art educators and has encouraged field trips from a wider range of locations. Juror Lou Palermo will be at the opening reception to announce the following awards: Best in show, First Place, Second place, Third Place, Curator of Education Choice, and several honorable mentions.
Please join us for our opening reception March 18th 2023 at 3:00pm. All welcome! Members are Free
Image caption: Best in Show: Reagan Boysen. Solar Eclipse, acrylic on canvas. Twin Falls Middle School, North Bend, WA, Principal: Jeff D’Ambrosio
Slow Art Day
April 22, 2023 @ 1pm
An adventure though two paintings in Maryhill’s Collection, part of an international museum event.
Registration required*, free with admission
Elizabeth Ives Hunter talks about R.H. Ives Gammell and his The Hound of Heaven series
May 20, 2023 @ 2pm
Liz Hunter is the former Executive Director of Cape Cod Museum of Art (2003 – 2012) and co- author of Transcending Vision: R.H. Ives Gammell, 1893–1981 (2001). Gammell was Hunter’s godfather, her father was Gammell’s studio assistant, and her late husband, Robert Douglas Hunter, was one of Gammell’s students.
Free with admission
Discover Chess
June 1 – July 13, 2023
View Maryhill’s chess set collection and play on boards of various sizes. Tap into your creative side by using the provided materials to make a chess piece to take home!
Free with admission
Nocturne Workshop
June 24, 2023
Probe the midnight sky with Laurel Bushman by exploring painting nocturnes inspired by Hubble Space Telescope images.
Registration required*, $60 nonmembers, $50 members
Starry Night at the Museum with Rose City Astronomy
June 24, 2023
Camp out on Maryhill’s beautiful Great Lawn with storyteller Will Hornyak and astronomer Troy Carpenter. Rose City Astronomers will set up telescopes to view deeply into the universe.
$90 nonmembers, $80 members
2023 Summer Art Institute: Art History & Media
July 17 – 21 2023 from 8:30am to 4:30pm daily.
Exploring art history through a variety of media including watercolor, gouache, tempera, fresco, mosaic, pastel, textile and found materials.
$270 nonmembers, $250 members, register by July 1 2023*.
The Art Museum: A Tool for Education
September 8 2023 from 4pm – 7pm
Exploring Maryhill’s collections while giving art educators hands-on art making experience. Guest artists will lead art- making experiences.
Registration required*, $10 registration fee includes pizza, salad & dessert.
As the Crow Flies: The Scarecrows of the Columbia River
October 1 – 31 2023
Travel down the Columbia River to visit sites where Scarecrows tell a story through art, history, craft and curiosity. Locations include: Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale Community Library, White Salmon Library, The Dalles- Wasco County Library, The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The History of Hood River County.
Free with admission
