AUCTIONS

"IN THE SHADOW OF PAHTO." 4:30 p.m. Aug. 7. Goldendale Senior Center, 115 East Main St., Goldendale. Regional Native American works. Wine tasting, dinner and auction. Cost: $14 in advance, $17 at the door. Info: Golden Art Gallery, 509-773-5100 or www.thegoldenartgallery.com.

ART CONTESTS

FRESH HOP ALE FESTIVAL T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST. Deadline to submit is today. Must be 21 or older to enter. Winning designs will be used on the 2010 Fresh Hop Ale Festival T-shirts. (Winner receives four shirts, two event tickets.) Hop Festival takes place Oct. 2. For entry specifications: www.freshhopalefestival.com/contest.html.

ART WALKS

FIRST FRIDAY ART WALKS.
5-7 p.m. Visit participating galleries and venues the first Friday of each month.

RUSSILLO'S ART ON THE BOARDWALK. Every Saturday through Oct. 9. View works by area artisans at Mike Bastinelli's Russillo's Piza and Gelato at Track 29 Mall. 509-453-0325.

SIP N STROLL WINE AND ART WALK. 5-7:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month. Visit with the wineries' featured artists. Locations: Cascade Wine Co., Donitelia Winery, Gilbert Cellars, Kana Winery, Tim's Downtown Tasting Room and The Tasting Room Yakima (in Naches Heights).

ELLENSBURG ART WALK.
5-7 p.m. the first Friday of each month. Each participating venue holds opening receptions for new shows on First Fridays. For a list of venues visit www.ellensburgarts.com/art_walk.html.

SPECIAL EVENTS

ERNEST NORLING MURAL RECEPTION. 3 p.m. today. Ellensburg City Hall, 501 N. Anderson St. Sponsored by the Ellensburg Arts Commission. Reproductions of the two-part mural "Progress," commissioned by the Works Progress Administration to record life during the Great Depression in the Civilian Conservation Corps camp.

KIM'S VICTORIAN TEAS. Yakima Valley Musuem, 2105 Tieton Drive. Art project, stories and tea with your family. Held in memory of Bill Donelson Robertson. Free with paid admission to the museum. yakimavalleymuseum.org or 509-248-0747.

* 1 p.m. Aug. 21: "Ice Cream Social."

OPENINGS

"STATE OF THE ART: WESTERN DESIGN TODAY." Opens Aug. 6 at The Clymer Museum of Art, 416 N. Pearl St. in Ellensburg. Variety of works including home furnishings, accessories, jewelry and apparel. Through Oct. 24. www.clymermuseum.com or 509-962-6416.

RECEPTIONS

10x10x10 TIETON JURIED EXHIBIT. Opens with a reception from noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Mighty Tieton Warehouse Gallery, 608 Wisconsin Ave., Tieton. Art, crafts, design, print and architecture works. Through Oct. 10. www.mightytieton.com or 206-321-2982.

KITTITAS COUNTY JURIED EXHIBIT. Opens with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 6 with an awards ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Works by local Kittitas County residents. Through Aug. 28. www.gallery-one.org.

WORKSHOPS/CLASSES

ARTSVAN FAMILY NIGHTS. 6:30-8:30 p.m.through Aug. 12. Free arts program for ages 5-12 and their parents. 509-966-0930, www.alliedartsyakima.org.

* Wednesdays: Tieton Park, Tieton Avenue and Elm Street.

* Thursdays: Franklin Park, South 21st Avenue and Tieton Drive.

ARTSVAN IN THE PARKS. Free drop-in arts program for ages 5-12. 509-966-0930, www.alliedartsyakima.org.

* Today: 10 a.m.-noon, Loges Park in Zillah; 1-3 p.m., Wapato Library; 10 a.m.-noon at Railroad Park in Toppenish and Aug. 6 at Pioneer Park.

GALLERY ONE SPRING CLASSES. 408 N. Pearl St., Ellensburg. Cost and registration: 509-925-2670 or www.gallery-one.net.

* Art Exploration for disabled teens.

* Clay Power.

*Art After Work: 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays.

* After School Art Classes: For kids of all ages. Schedule varies.

GOLDEN ART GALLERY. 103 E. Main St., Goldendale. Cost and registration: 509-773-5100 or www.thegoldenartgallery.com.

* 4 p.m. First Fridays: Open Studio for Kids.

* 1 p.m. Tuesdays: Drawing Series.

ONGOING

Galleries

GALLERY ONE. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays. 408 N. Pearl St., Ellensburg. 509-925-2670, www.gallery-one.org.

* "Sphere Charts, Interrupted Terrains and Revealing Culture." Works in the main gallery by Renee van der Stelt, on the Mezzanine by Matthew McConville and in the Eveleth Green Gallery by d'Elaine Johnson. Ends Saturday.

GOLDEN ART GALLERY. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and noon-4 p.m. Sundays. Local student art. 103 E. Main St., Goldendale. 509-773-5100, www.thegoldenartgallery.com.

* 4-8 p.m. the second Thursday of each month: Reception of the gallery's featured artist, local wines and live music.

D. HEILMAN ART STUDIO.
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays or by appointment. 7 N. 11th Ave., upstairs in Rex Marble CPA office building. 509-453-7234 or 509-965-4333.

* Oil paintings featuring Yakima Valley orchards, fields and harvest and other familiar landscapes by Duane Heilman.

LaKAT GALLERY. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. 10201 Highway 12, Naches. 509-653-1350, www.nachesvalleychamber.com.

* Fine art photography, wood handicrafts.

LARSON GALLERY. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 1-5 p.m. Saturdays. YVCC campus, South 16th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard. 509-574-4875, www.larsongallery.org.

OAK HOLLOW GALLERY.
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays. Chalet Place, 5631 Summitview Ave. 509-965-3846.

* Acrylic landscape works by Bill Brennen. Through Aug. 13.

PEGGY LEWIS GALLERY. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Allied ArtsCenter, 5000 W. Lincoln Ave. 509-966-0930, www.alliedartsyakima.org.

* "Word/Image." Local artists and poets collaborate and respond to each others' work, creating one new poem and one new artwork. Through Aug. 29.

RED ARTS STUDIOS. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Nob Hill Plaza breezeway. Workshops, after-school and home-school art classes. Call for schedule. 509-469-2766, redgalleryyakima.com.

SARAH SPURGEON GALLERY. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays. (Closed university holidays.) CWU's Randall Hall, off Dean Nicholson Boulevard, Ellensburg. 509-963-2665, www.cwu.edu/~art/gallery.html.

WHITEFOOT STUDIO. Open by appointment or chance, 3902 Harrah Road, Harrah. 509-848-2539.

* "Simcoe Collection." Owners/artists Frank and Jan Whitefoot's watercolors and Northwest pictographs.

Showings

CASCADE WINE CO. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. 214 W. Yakima Ave. 509-972-2811, www.cwcwine.com.

* Watercolors by Janice Allen Johnson.

GASPERETTI'S. 11 a.m.-midnight Mondays-Fridays, 4 p.m.-midnight Saturdays. 1013 N. First St. 509-248-0628.

* Works by Brian Holtzinger, Marcia Blevins and Delma Tayer.

GILBERT CELLARS. 2 p.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 2 p.m.-11 p.m. Fridays, noon-11 p.m. Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays. 5 N. Front St. 509-249-9049.

* Paintings by Debbie Hinkley.

GUERRA'S COFFEE CO. 5:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays. 1829 S. First St., Suite B, Sunnyside. 509-839-6101, www.guerras.com.

* "Quilts of the Yakima Valley," works by the Sew Saturday Quilt Group. Through Aug. 13.

HELEN JEWETT STUDENT CENTER. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Heritage University's main campus, 3240 Fort Road, Toppenish. 509-865-8546.

KANA WINERY. Noon-6:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays. 10 S. Second St. 509-453-6611, www.kanawinery.com.

* Large format acrylic paintings by local artist Bill Brennan.

KNIGHT HILL WINERY. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays. 5330 Lombard Loop Road, Zillah. 509-865-5654 www.knighthillwinery.com.

* Charcoal and pastel chalks by Western artist Daniel R. Green.

TIM'S DOWNTOWN TASTING ROOM. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, noon-5 pm. Sundays, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays. 312 E. Yakima Ave. 509-248-5251.

* Artwork by Denise Risley.

THE TOWER CAFE. 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 402 E. Yakima Ave. 509-249-5560.

* Original paintings by Ernest W. King.

YAKIMA VALLEY VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays. 101 N. Fair Ave. 509-573-3388.

* Framed art and original jewelry by local artist Rebecca Hillwig.

MUSEUMS

ALDER CREEK PIONEER CAROUSEL MUSEUM. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays. On the main street of Bickleton. $4 adults, $1 ages 11 and younger. 509-896-2007 or e-mail carousel@Bickleton.com. Open by appointment for special tours. 509-896-2824 or 209-896-2565.

* Rare hand-carved wooden Herschell-Spillman carousel horses and historical displays of the area.

* Collection of Native American arrowheads and artifacts from Montana, Oregon and Washington.

* World War II memorabilia.

* Restored farm windmill.

BENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, noon-3 p.m. Saturdays. Prosser City Park. Adults $3, 18 and younger $1. 509-786-3842.

CARPENTER HOUSE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY. Noon-4 p.m. Fridays-Sundays. 302 W. Third St., Cle Elum. 509-674-9766.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM. 9-3 p.m. Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays (closed Mondays). 4508 Main St., Union Gap. Self-guided walking tours from dawn to dusk. Admission: donation. 509-457-8735 or www.centralwaagmuseum.org.

CLYMER MUSEUM OF ART.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and noon-4 p.m. Sundays. 416 N. Pearl St., Ellensburg. Free. 509-962-6416, www.clymermuseum.com.

* "Native Treasures." Ledger art by George Flett, pastels by Mary Ann Cherry, beadwork collection of Frank and Charlot Beard. Ends today.

CWU MUSEUM OF CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT. 2-6 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays. Dean Hall on CWU campus, 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg. Free parking on campus after 4:30 p.m. weekdays and all day Saturdays. 509-963-2313, www.cwu.edu/~museum.

* "Beyond Black and White: The Stories Behind Our Masks." Includes masks from Latin America, Africa, Oceania and elsewhere, personal narratives of CWU students who have created masks, and a video presentation. Through 2010.

FORT SIMCOE STATE PARK. 6:30 a.m. to dusk through Sept. 27. At the end of State Route 220, 45 minutes south of Yakima. Interpretative center open by appointment only. 509-874-2372 or www.parks.wa.gov.

GOLDENDALE OBSERVATORY STATE PARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER. 2-5 p.m. and 8 p.m.-midnight Wednesdays-Sundays. Guided programs at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. 1602 Observatory Drive, Goldendale. Admission: donation. 509-773-3141 or www.perr.com/gosp.html.

KITTITAS COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, open until 7 p.m. the first Friday of each month. 114 E. Third Ave., Ellensburg. Admission: donation. 509-925-3778 or www.kchm.org.

* Exhibit includes historic postcard collection, Rollinger Rock collection, Howard Sorensen historic car collection, Mary Cheska doll collection, Native American beaded bags and basketry.

MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Washington Scenic Route 14, just west of U.S. Highway 97 near Goldendale. $7 adults, $6 seniors, $2 ages 6-16, free ages 5 and younger. 509-773-3733, www.maryhillmuseum.org.

* Ongoing exhibits: Auguste Rodin sculptures, international chess sets, Orthodox icons, North American Native American artifacts, Théâtre de la Mode, others.

* "Outdoor Sculpture Garden." Works by contemporary Pacific Northwest artists. Through Oct. 3.

* "William Morris: Native Species." Glass works. Through Sept. 6.

McALLISTER MUSEUM OF AVIATION. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. 2008 S. 16th Ave. 509-457-4933 or www.mcallistermuseum.org.

* "Unique Airplane Presentations and Flying Demonstrations." 2 p.m. Saturdays through September. Free. Lineup (subject to change): Saturday, John T. Session's Grumman F7F Tigercat; Aug. 7, Dick Pingrey's 1929 Curtiss Robin; Aug. 14, Don Berk's Aventura II Amphibian; Aug. 21, Mike Butterfield's Breeze; Aug. 28, Scott Bach's Pitts Special, Sept. 4, Randy Lervold's Cubcrafters, Top Cub and Sport Cub; Sept. 11, Lee Peterson's Marquette Charger. Info: Don Rasmussen, 509-965-1003.

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY MUSEUM. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 31. 10 Asotin Ave., Toppenish. Adults $5, 12 and younger $3. 509-865-1911, www.nprymuseum.org.

* Historical displays, Northern Pacific Railroad rolling stock, two steam engines, railroad artifacts and equipment.

RAY E. POWELL MUSEUM.
2-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. 313 S. Division St., Grandview. Admission: donation. 509-882-9238, www.grandview.wa.us/REPowellMuseum.htm.

SUNNYSIDE MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
1-4 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays. Corner of Fourth Street and Grant Avenue, Sunnyside. Admission: donation. 509-837-6010.

THORP GRIST MILL. 11 a.m. -3 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays through Labor Day. Off Thorp Highway in Thorp. 509-964-9640, info@thorp.org, www.thorp.org.

YAKAMA NATION CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER MUSEUM. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. U.S. Highway 97 and Buster Road, Toppenish. $6 adults, $4 students and seniors, $2 ages 10 and younger, $12 families. 509-865-2800, ext. 1, www.yakamamuseum.com.

YAKIMA AREA ARBORETUM. Dawn to dusk. 1401 Arboretum Drive. Jewett Visitor Center open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Admission: donation. 509-248-7337, www.ahtrees.org.

* 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 13: Worm Composting for Kids. Cost: $20 YAA members, $25 nonmembers.

YAKIMA ELECTRIC RAILWAY MUSEUM. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays through Sept. 6. Corner of South Third Avenue and Pine Street. 509-249-5962, www.yakimavalleytrolleys.org.

* Historic buildings house the entire collection of trolleys and locomotives of the Yakima Valley Transportation Co., plus the machinery to keep them operating.

* Trolley rides leave hourly 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays and holidays through Labor Day. $4 adults, $3 children and seniors.

* Private charters and facility rentals are available at any time of the year.

YAKIMA VALLEY MUSEUM.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. 2105 Tieton Drive. $5 adults, $3 students and seniors, free ages 5 and younger. 509-248-0747, www.yakimavalleymuseum.org.

* "Bicycle Eclectic." Adventure Cycling Association's national bicycle touring portrait collection. Through Oct. 24.

CALL TO ARTISTS

SEEKING ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. For First Friday art shows on the boardwalk at Track 29. Call Jan, 509-965-3582.

COWICHE CANYON JURIED EXHIBIT. Entries due Monday. Seeking art that reflects the landscape and environment of the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy. All forms of art accepted. Exhibit is Sept. 9-Oct. 28 at the Peggy Lewis Gallery, Allied ArtsCenter, 5000 W. Lincoln Ave. 509-966-0930, www.alliedartsyakima.org.

PLAN AHEAD

TOPPENISH WESTERN ART SHOW. Aug. 20-22 in Railroad Park on the corner of Railroad and Asotin avenues in Toppenish. Noon-6 p.m. Aug. 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 21, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 22. Wildlife, Western and Native American art and photography by 36 artisits. www.toppenishwesternart.org or 509-469-3092.

* Kids 'N Art: 9 a.m. Aug. 21. Free. Kids learn techiques for creating art.

* Showcase of student art: Works by young artists.

* Lion's Club Steak Feed: 6 p.m. Aug. 21. Cost: $12.

ANNUAL RAILROAD SHOW. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 20-22 at the Northern Pacific Railway Depot, 20 Asotin Ave. in Toppenish. Caboose rides, museum tours, hand pump car rides. Cost: $5 adults, $3 ages 12 and younger. 509-865-1911, www.nprymuseum.org.

MARYHILL ARTS FESTIVAL.
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 22. Maryhill Museum of Art, Washington Scenic Route 14, just west of U.S. Highway 97 near Goldendale. Over 50 artists displaying and selling art, live music, food vendors, hands-on art activities for families. Free. 509-773-3733, www.maryhillmuseum.org.