First Friday Art Walk

Celebrating over 25 years of connecting community through the arts!

The Ellensburg First Friday Art Walk is designed to showcase performing & visual arts on a monthly basis in galleries and non-traditional spaces in Ellensburg. The First Friday Art Walk is an event to honor the regional artist and their work.

ART WALK VENUE MAP

Art Walk Artist Information: Friday, February 6, 2026

^{Information updated as it is submitted by First Friday Art Walk venues.} 

The Mule
Featured Artist/Exhibit:  

The Mule is honored to host FREEDOM DREAMS presented by SOLIDARITY ART COLLECTIVE A showcase of work by incarcerated artists. To learn more about the show and the program:  solidarityartcollective.org 

Featured Music: The Lost Keys, classic rock & blues from 6:00-8:00 pm

Clymer Museum and Gallery
Featured Artist/Exhibit: The Clymer Museum and Gallery will be closed for renovations.

Main Gallery: 

McGiffin Gallery: 

Additional Celebrations:  

Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame
Featured Artist/Exhibits: The Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame will be closed for renovations.

Exhibits are always rotating at the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame. ERHOF has collected hundreds of photographs, posters, jewelry, prize buckles, programs, costumes, saddles, films, programs and many other historical artifacts from the Ellensburg Rodeo donated by local and national competitors, participants, volunteers, and their families.

Gallery One
Featured Artist/Exhibit:  
Main Gallery: Lindsay Breidenthal – Patterns of Behavior

Mezzanine: Edgar Smith – Last Places

Eveleth Green Community Gallery: Annual Members’ Exhibition 2026

Community & Hallway Gallery: Annual Members’ Exhibition 2026

Featured Music: 

Gard Vintners: Art  
Featured Artist/Exhibit: With live music every Friday, Paint & Sips, Pop-Up shops, and wine club member events, there is always something fun and exciting happening in our tasting room. We also offer a lovely event space that's available to rent for your next special event or gathering! h live music every Friday, Paint & Sips, Pop-Up shops, and wine club member events, there is always something fun and exciting happening in our tasting room. We also offer a lovely event space that's available to rent for your next special event or gathering! 

Featured Music:  The Roberts 6:00-9:00 pm

Hotel Windrow
Featured Artist/Exhibit:

Kittitas County Historical Museum
Featured Artist/Exhibit: 

The Ink // An Incubator for Creativity 
Featured Artist/Exhibit: Blue Bear Puppet Lab is featuring February Lantern Parada starting at 6:00 pm.

Featured Music: ECR will be playing music on the speakers in the downtown, featuring the Friday evening show, Burning Marrow.

The Ink (named for its location as the former printing room of the Daily Record) is designed to act as an incubator for creativity. It is a shared space for artists, creative businesses and creative nonprofits to interact with each other and the greater community.  Current creative businesses in The Ink include Ellensburg Community Radio, and Blue Bear Puppet Lab. 

The Ink is available for event rentals and concerts or music events on the Tiny Stage.

Nuwave Gallery 
Featured Artist/Exhibit: Trailblazers: Celebrate the spirit of pioneers, adventurers, and modern explorers. 

Featured Music:

Guest can enjoy an evening of art, music, and Fortuity Cellars wine in the heart of downtown Ellensburg. 

The Palace Gallery  
Featured Artist/Exhibit: "MOWING", a series of figurative oil paintings by Montana artist Lily Kip.  "This body of work lives in the same heavy late summer world as Frost’s poem: “gift of idle hours,” “heat of the sun,” “pale orchises,” the repetition of “whisper” in various tenses. But the central conceit of labor and cultivation also capture the primary doctrine of my figurative paintings—relationships are work. Frost’s own offered summary of “Mowing” is as follows: “He takes up life simply with the small tasks.” My paintings do not depict highs or lows, but the small, ongoing chore of communication. The cropped compositions position the viewer as an uninformed participant, tasked with reading my figures’ mixed and illegible emotions. So it is in real life. We may assume to understand each other, but communication depends on the imperfect art of interpretation. To live in community is to take up life simply with endless small tasks—to listen, to pay attention, to share."

The exhibition opens February 6th with the First Friday Art Walk from 4-8pm for your convenience and will be on display Saturday's from Noon-4pm throughout the month of February 2026! We hope to catch you there! 

The Palace Gallery is easily located at 210 W. 4^th Ave. Suite X (upstairs) in downtown Ellensburg. 

More info at www.thepalacegallery.com

Pearl Street Books & Gifts
Featured Artist/Exhibit: Pearl Street Books & Gifts will be featuring the artwork of Jeannie Johnson. Jeannie is primarily self-taught although she has studied under many different instructors over the years and takes classes whenever there is opportunity for them. She enjoys working in many different mediums. Lately she has been using acrylics--a bit like oils which she loves but they dry faster. She also recently discovered encaustics, which has opened a new vista of creativity.

New Venue! Royal Junction Loft Gallery

Featured Artist/Exhibit:  Jeannie Johnson

My passion for art springs from my desire to express myself in my work. I strive to impart such a passion through my teaching. I enjoy painting any subject, but I am especially drawn to rustic, rural scenes and vintage buildings. Such scenes tell us stories of history that is slipping away. In some small way, I can retain that history in my paintings.

Valo Cellars 
Featured Artist/Exhibit:  Artist Jason Clifton

Live Music: Featuring Kyle James Bain

Wooden Enterprises/The Fitterer's Building
Featured Artist/Exhibit: Sheri Bay, Ryan Dykes, and Sam Albright

Live Music: Kittitas Drum Circle

Rock-n-Roll History Presents  
This is THE spot to score your ultimate concert gear!  Whether you're chasing that vintage tour tee, digging for rare rock memorabilia, or just want to soak in the nostalgia of music’s wildest eras—we've got you covered. From the legends of the ‘60s to the headbangers of the ‘90s, our collection is packed with handpicked treasures that scream rock and roll. Vinyl, band tees, collectibles, and more—because the music never dies, and neither does the style.

Featured Artist/Exhibit: 

Ellensburg Odd Fellows 

Explore the historic Ellensburg Odd Fellows while celebrating the artists of the region. February at the Oddfellows features performance art from Valley Theatre Company performance of "Murder on the Orient Express" in the Main Ballroom. Get your tickets: 

Murder on the Orient Express 2026 | Valley Theatre Co.

307 N. Pine Street, Ellensburg WA 98926 Home | Ellensburg IOOF

Art Walk Venues Listing and Contact Information

Becoming A Venue

Please fill out the FFAW Venue Agreement Form: First Friday Art Walk Venue Agreement Form

Venue Information:

First Friday is a special evening set aside each month so everyone can visit your business and meet your featured artist. That is why it is important that the artist be present. The Arts Commission advertises that the Art Walk begins at 5:00 PM. You are welcome to provide light snacks.

Plan to have your featured artist’s work on display throughout the month. If there is artwork for sale, please mark accordingly.

The public likes to see variety and they look forward to coming back each month to your venue to see what’s new. With that in mind, we suggest changing your featured artist each month.

It is the responsibility of the venue to find a new artist each month. If you have difficulty in this area please refer to the Artist List on our web site. It is for this very purpose the list was established. The list includes the artist, e-mail contact, and brief description of their medium.

The publication of this list is not an endorsement by the Arts Commission of the artist but is solely provided as a courtesy to the venues as a resource. We hope this will be a valuable tool for you.

The Arts Commission occasionally prints a brochure with contact information and featured artist & medium. Your venue and featured artist will be published in the “First Friday Art Walk” section of the Daily Record.

Join us in supporting and promoting the outstanding talent and art that comes from this wonderful and diverse community of Ellensburg.