The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture is a community-based

arts center An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues for ...

located in

Joseph, Oregon Joseph is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. Originally named Silver Lake and Lake City, the city formally named itself in 1880 for Chief Joseph (1840–1904) of the Nez Perce people. The population was 1,081 at the 2010 census. ...

, United States. It hosts monthly exhibits, a variety of workshops, classes, film showings, and guest speakers. The Center is a registered

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and is run almost entirely through grants and donations.

History

In 2010 several citizens of Joseph, Oregon came together to discuss the idea of a community arts center. In 2012 a generous patron purchased a spacious log building on the corner of Alder and Main. The Center has occupied this space ever since, using it to host monthly exhibits, talks, and film showings, and renting out the remainder as studio or class space. From 2012 to early 2015 the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center rented exhibit space upstairs. Also upstairs, and linked with the Center, is

the Alvin M. and Betty Josephy Library of Western History and Culture The Alvin M. and Betty Josephy Library of Western History and Culture is a private, non-circulating SAGE-affiliated library located in Joseph, Oregon, United States. It is located on the second floor of the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture. It ...

Events

The Center holds a variety of weekly classes, including painting workshops, clay classes for kids, and other kids' art programs. It also provides space for a variety of community events, such as yoga, meditation, and chess club. At least twice a month the Center hosts film screenings about a variety of topics, including '' DamNation'', ''

Finding Vivian Maier ''Finding Vivian Maier'' is a 2013 American documentary film about the photographer Vivian Maier, written, directed, and produced by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, and executive produced by Jeff Garlin. Maier was a French-American woman who work ...

'', and '' Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child''. "The Year of the Horse", and "The Art of War". In June 2015 the Center will host an exhibit of Native American art to coincide with the opening of the Nez Perce National Historical Park."Year End Summary and Plea"
Wandschneider, Rich, Josephy Library blog, Dec. 17, 2014

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External links

{{Official website, http://www.josephy.org/ Arts centers in Oregon 2012 establishments in Oregon Buildings and structures in Wallowa County, Oregon Joseph, Oregon