✨Sitka Resident Talk✨
Join us online via Zoom
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
4 PM PST
Free, registration required, Link in bio
Featuring Nykelle DeVivo, Gili Rappaport, Jaye Nasir and Katy Brett. Learn about what the artists, writers and scientists experience while living in residence on Sitka’s campus, as well as more about their larger practices.
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Clockwise from top left: Nykelle DeVivo, Gili Rappaport, Jaye Nasir and Katy Brett
⚡️Sitka Center is now accepting applications for Campus and Workshop Hosts for our 2026 workshop season. Join us on our beautiful campus and play a key role in supporting artists, instructors and guests throughout the summer and early fall.
These seasonal positions run from June 8 through October 16 and do not include housing. Positions vary from part-time to full-time, and include an opportunity to take one free workshop during the summer.
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If you—or someone you know who lives locally—are looking for a fun, engaging role in a creative, nature-rich environment, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply or help us spread the word. Positions are open until filled. Link in bio.
Sitka celebrates its 56th birthday today. We are so grateful for our Sitka community, as we come together to support art and nature access for all. Here’s to the next 56 years and beyond! 🎉
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Photo credit Joshua Berman
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Linda Hutchins
Final day! Saturday, May 2, 2026
The gallery will open early, at 10:30 a.m., for a Reading / Screening / Conversation at 11:00 a.m. - Noon. The event features a work-in-progress screening of Steven Doughton’s documentary response to my work, a reading of the dream I wrote while on camera, and a conversation moderated by Sue Taylor, author of the essay that accompanies the show.
Join us for this special event!
Nine Gallery (enter through Blue Sky Gallery)
122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat noon-5 p.m.
Photo by Erin Boberg Doughton
⚡️Sitka Resident Talk
Join us online via Zoom
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
4pm PST
Free, registration required LINK IN BIO
Featuring Mara Ramirez, Rebecca Lexa, Miki’ala Souza, Alexandra Light and Grant Cutler.
This is what it looks like when the art community comes together. We’re elated to see such an enormous show of support at the opening of The 2026 Oregon Artists’ Biennial: The Price of the Ticket, curated by Sitka resident TK Smith.
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The Price of the Ticket, presented by Oregon Contemporary, explores the interconnected themes of place, power and promise, especially as they relate to our complex relationships with the land, our histories and our nations. It will act as a response to the 250-year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Earlier this year, the Biennial faced an unexpected challenge when a confirmed National Endowment for the Arts grant was withdrawn at the last minute, putting the exhibition at risk. Sitka stepped forward with emergency support to help ensure the project could continue. The gesture reflects a shared belief that artists—and the conversations their work creates—matter deeply in our communities.
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The exhibition runs April 3 - July 5, 2026.
The 2026 Oregon Artists’ Biennial: The Price of the Ticket, curated by Sitka resident TK Smith, is celebrating its exhibition opening on Saturday, April 4, 5-8pm at Oregon Contemporary, 8371 N. Interstate Ave in Portland.
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Congratulations to Sitka artists and residents Demian DinéYazhi’ (2024), Anis Mojgani (2021), Stephen Hayes and Hand2Mouth Theater on their inclusion among the featured Biennial artists.
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Presented by Oregon Contemporary, The Price of the Ticket will explore the interconnected themes of place, power and promise, especially as they relate to our complex relationships with the land, our histories and our nations. It will act as a response to the 250-year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Earlier this year, the Biennial faced an unexpected challenge when a confirmed National Endowment for the Arts grant was withdrawn at the last minute, putting the exhibition at risk. Sitka stepped forward with emergency support to help ensure the project could continue. The gesture reflects a shared belief that artists—and the conversations their work creates—matter deeply in our communities.
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The exhibition runs April 3 - July 5, 2026.
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Image credit: Bust of York by Todd McGrain
This June I’m heading back to Sitka Center for Art & Ecology to guide you through building your own ceramic spiritual animal in the tradition of Mexican Alebrijes inspiration.
Over three days you’ll sculpt, shape, and bring your creature to life with colorful underglaze, texture, and soul — all in one of the most breathtaking settings imaginable, where the forest meets the Oregon coast @sitkacenter
June 26–28, 2026
10am–4pm
Sitka Center for Art & Ecology
To register link in bio or go here:
/workshops/ceramic-alebrijes-mexican-spirtual-animals/
#Alebrijes #CeramicsWorkshop #SitkaCenter #ArtRetreat #MexicanFolkArt
Special thanks to the @leonianfoundation for its support of Sitka’s youth outreach with point-and-shoot instant cameras, chronicling sense of place in the high desert. In Paisley and Lakeview, Oregon, Sitka Photography and Rural Youth Outreach Fellow Mike Vos recently spent a week in residence as a teaching artist, working with students who rarely have access to visual arts classes during the school day. Thank you for helping make this impactful photography project a reality. @studiomikevos
I woke up at the beautiful @sitkacenter for my first full day as an Artist in Residence here. Cascade Head was in a morning cloud, I set up my studio, got into some ink, and saw more squirrels than people today. Hoping day 2 will be just as big!
Sitka Resident Talk
Join us online via Zoom
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
4pm PST
Free, registration required
LINK IN BIO
Featuring Joshua Oduga, Tove Danovich, David Andree and Nancy Floyd. Learn about what the artists, writers and scientists experience while living in residence on Sitka’s campus, as well as more about their larger practices.
