“Cultivating creativity on the Palouse”

The Palouse has a high concentration of artists and craftspeople working out of their homes. Artisans at the Dahmen Barn, famous for its wagon wheel fence, provides studio space where visitors can watch creativity in action and purchase artisan made items. Thirteen studios feature a variety of artistic mediums, and the gift shop sells the work of more than 100 regional artists and artisans. Events each month include classes, free demonstrations, art exhibits, music performances, culinary art classes and a ceramic program for all ages.

Where and When
419 N. Park Way, Uniontown, WA 99179
10am-6pm Thursday – Sunday
January – February 10am-4pm

Contact
Call 509.229.3414
Email info@artisanbarn.org
www.artisanbarn.org
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This fine-art gallery featuring Northwest regional artists adjoins a French and Central American-inspired bistro as well as a French bakery that is open on Saturdays. Get on their email list to sign-up for special dinners inspired by the gallery’s exhibits and cooked by chef/artist/ owner Nelson Duran. On the bank of the Palouse River, the historic 1889 bank building with colorful arched façade provides the perfect ambiance for fine art and fine dining.

Where and When
100 South Bridge Street, Palouse, WA 99161
Hours: (Bistro) Thur.-Sat. 12:00 pm-2 pm; (Gallery) Thurs.-Sat. 11 am-3 pm (Bakery) Saturdays from 9 – 3

Contact
Call 509.878.8425 (Gallery) 509.878.1800 (Bistro)
Email na_durang@yahoo.com
bankleftgallery.com
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Local artist Karen Rohn not only showcases her own photography, art and poetic musings, but also represents other local makers in her shop, BlackBird. Nestled inside the historic WI&M Railway Depot, this gem of a shop shows off her love of vintage and funky finds and re-commerced clothing and boots. A great place to shop for gifts, house goods and personal style items.

Where & when
185 Sixth Street, Potlatch, ID 83855
Friday & Saturday 10 – 4

Contact
Call 509.595.7684
Email karenrohndesigns@yahoo.com
Web: karenrohn.com
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BMAG Art Center is a 501(c)3 non profit artisans guild. They have recently expanded to the neighboring building and have more art and are offering art classes. Their shows are two months long and they host six shows per year. Shows feature a junior and adult artist.  Art for sale ranges from paintings, photography, and pottery, to wood and metal art. Everyone is welcome to this small town gem!

Where and When
745 Main St., Pomeroy, WA 99347
Tuesday through Friday 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday 10 – 2

Contact
Call (509) 843-1350
pomeroybmag.com
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BookPeople of Moscow has been the Palouse region’s favorite independent bookstore since 1973. Locally owned and operated, BookPeople of Moscow features a variety of high-quality fiction and non-fiction for readers of all ages, plus a wide selection of gifts, candles, journals, puzzles, calendars, greeting cards, and certified bean-to-bar chocolate. Also featured are books, art, and other gifts created by local artists.

521 S Main St Moscow, ID 83843
Monday – Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 10am – 4pm
Check website for holiday closures.

Contact
Call (208) 882-2669
Email bookpeople1973@gmail.com
bookpeopleofmoscow.com
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Warm and knowledgeable staff welcome customers into Pullman’s beloved independent bookstore, which features the nostalgic charm of creaky maple floors and shelves brimming with over 100,000 used and new books on all subjects for all ages. Brused Books is best explored in person, as the treasure of tomes available in the store changes daily. Audiobooks and new books can also be found on Brused Book’s website.

Named the Best Bookstore on the Palouse by the Inlander’s 2024 Best Of ballot, the Main Street business is a haven for bibliophiles and a bustling community hub.

Where & When
235 E Main St, Pullman, WA
Monday, Wednesday-Saturday 11-6
Sunday 12-5
Closed Tuesdays

Contact
brusedbooks.com
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We’re an independent home decor shop, specializing in vintage and found furniture. We’re especially drawn to anything out of the ordinary or whimsical. Pop in to check out our latest finds—including new and secondhand clothing, rugs, decor, books, records, art, and more!

Where and When
220 N. Main Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Saturdays from 10-3

Contact
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Located on uptown Main Street Moscow, Essential Art Gallery is the premier gallery in Moscow. Featuring over 100 artists from the United States and Canada, including many local and Pacific Northwest artists. Each item in the store is hand-picked for quality by  Michael McCoy; a full-time artist since 1995 and Essential Art Gallery curator for over 15 years. There is a story behind every piece and every artist, and no two pieces are alike. Specializing in affordable art, award winning chocolate from Boise, ID, playfully elegant gifts for every occasion, there is always something new at the Essential Art Gallery. Check out our virtual tour on our website. Call to verify inventory.

Where and When
203 S Main Street Moscow, ID
Tuesday – Saturday – 10:30am-5:00pm

Contact
Call 208.571.5654
Email essartgallery@gmail.com
essentialartgallery.com
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Gem State Crystals’ artisans create custom jewelry, perform repairs and cut gemstones on site. Visitors may hear clanging hammers on silver, gold and platinum while perusing jewelry, local and international rocks, gems, and fossils. The showroom, in historical downtown Moscow, also features gifts, books and educational write-ups amongst exposed brick walls and a pressed tin ceiling.

Where & When
404 S Main St., Moscow, ID 83843
Tuesday-Friday 10-5:30
Saturday 10-3
Sunday and Monday – Closed

Contact
Email gemstatecrystals@gmail.com
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Vintage resale and gift shop featuring a curated collection of vintage, secondhand and locally made goods and art. Our shoppe has a variety of hand selected pieces of vintage clothing, jewelry and accessories, artisan pottery and home decor and goods, vinyls, locally made soaps, original art, honey, wood crafts and more.

Where & when
105 S Coeur d’Alene Ave #251, Harrison ID 83833
Also find them at the Coeur d’Alene Flea Market every 2nd Sunday from May through October.

Contact
Email info@hiddengemsshoppe.com
HiddenGemsShoppe.com
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From the banana belt of Riggins, Idaho, this lovely stop on the Salmon River offers Idaho wines and other fine wines, a great selection of Idaho and other craft beers along with unique gifts, books and antiques – many made by local artisans. A welcome stop whether traveling norths or south along Highway 95.

Where and When
1120 S. Main St., Riggins, ID 83549
10-7 daily

Contact   
Call 208.628.3615
Email ontheconfluence@yahoo.com
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Idaho Gift & Souvenir Shop is an Idaho themed shop that carries unique gifts and souvenirs that represent our great State of Idaho. Located in Newberry Square Mall in beautiful downtown Lewiston, you will find the largest selection of huckleberry items found in the area. Most huckleberry items are made from hand picked berries in the Sawtooth Mountains of Southern Idaho. We carry potato food products and souvenirs. Idaho books. Gemstones, jewelry, rocks & minerals. Apparel, Socks and Hats. Kids toys, games and puzzles & LazyOne pajama wear. Local photography, greeting cards, stickers and magnets. Idaho roasted coffee, chocolates, and candy. Mountain Madness Soap Co. Dry soup mixes made from lentils, peas and garbanzo beans grown on the Palouse area of Idaho. Dip, bread and cookie mixes. And don’t forget Bigfoot and all his goodies!

Where & When
800 Main Street, Suite #5, Lewiston, ID 83501
Tuesday – Saturday, 10-6

Curbside pickup available. Online ordering coming soon.

Contact
(509) 336-4839
idahomemoriesgift.com
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Intrigue, a popular Moscow, Idaho boutique, has ‘Everything You Never Knew You Needed’. From the silly to the sublime they offer: Accessories • Gifts • Fun Novelties • Jewelry • The Wall of Socks • Cards • Home Decor • Cute Things for Baby • Home Decor • Brand Name Handbags • Candles • Local Handmade items and so much more!

Where & When
213 S. Main St., Moscow, ID 83843
M-F 10am-6pm; Sat. 10am-6pm & Sun. 11am- 3pm

Contact
Call 208.596.8533
intriguemoscow.com
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The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU increases arts access for the Inland Northwest region, inviting visitors to experience the vitality of art in six galleries exhibiting preeminent artists from around the globe. Visitors can find the museum on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium on the WSU Pullman campus. Visit the Museum website for a schedule of free exhibitions and events.

Where & When
1535 NE Wilson Road, Pullman, WA 99164-7301 – on Terrell Mall, across from Martin Stadium
Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. -4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday

Contact
509.335.6282
debby_stinson@wsu.edu
museum.wsu.edu
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Karen Schoepflin Hagen has been quilting since 1975 and used to travel around the West to show them. Now hundreds of her quilts can be viewed at the former Masonic Lodge in Genesee, Idaho. Hagen’s quilts vary in size, color, textures, themes and techniques, from the traditional to the unusual. For example, two quilts feature all the T-shirts from the 42 years of the Cow Creek Run that happens at Genesee’s annual Community Day.

Where & When
148 E. Ash Ave. (corner of Ash Ave. & Laurel Street)
Thursday – Saturday, 10-3

Contact
Call 208.285.1786
Email kschhage@gmail.com

Artist owned gift shop that supports local vendors as well. This little shop is stocked full of a variety of great items with various price ranges for everyone. Glass, pottery, Gourds, fabric items, water and oil paintings, photography, hand made Idaho souvenirs, and much more. New items added daily.

Where and When
105 S Coeur d’ Alene Avenue Harrison, ID 83833
Thursday through Sunday 11 to 5

Contact
Call 208.582.1683
Email dgregoire57@gmail.com
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Artist Kristin LeVier is a former molecular biologist who creates contemporary sculpture at the intersection of art, nature and science to remind us of our connection to the breathtaking spectacle of the natural world. Her work is inspired by nature in all its forms, relationships between living creatures, and the beautiful Palouse hills on which she lives. Her carved and bent wood and metal sculptures embody an ethereal sense of motion. Kristin’s award-winning art can be found online and in galleries and exhibitions nationally.

Where & When
24/7 at kristinlevier.com

Contact
Call 208-502-1002
Email kristin@kristinlevier.com
Find her on Facebook & Instagram

The Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History, the largest gallery in northern Idaho, is off campus at 415 Main Street, in historic downtown Lewiston. Built in 1884, this 12,000 sq. ft. National Register for Historical Places building offers up to 10 exhibits a year reflecting the area’s culture, history, and arts.

Where & When
415 Main Street, Lewiston, ID 83501
Check website for hours: www.lcsc.edu/cah

Contact
208.792.2243
cah@lcsc.edu
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Mikailah Thompson is a Nez Perce tribal member originating from the Nez Perce reservation in Lapwai, ID. She specializes in beadwork, a traditional Native American art form. Her grandmother taught her how to bead at a young age. Since then, she has created her own signature style blended with traditional Nimiipuu influences.

Where & When
Mikailah’s available work can be found on her website and images of the many beautiful pieces she’s created can be viewed on her Facebook page.

Contact
Email hello@mikailahthompson.com
mikailahthompson.com
Find her work on Facebook  and Instagram

This beautiful little shop is located in Lapwai, the heart of the reservation. Works by dozens of local artists and beadworkers are proudly featured. Owned by a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, the Nez Perce culture is reflected in the art you will find here, and is just a few minutes drive from Spalding and the Nez Perce National Historic Park.

Where & When
302 S. Main St. Lapwai, ID 83540
Open Monday-Saturday 10-6; Sunday 12-5. Open in winter Tuesday-Saturday 10-6; Sunday 12-5.

Contact
208.843.7000
jonmcconville60@gmail.com
moccasinflatstradingpost.com
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Moscow Candy is a locally owned retail shop that features award winning fine chocolates and candies, a gallery space featuring regional artists and wonderful gifts. Owners Marilyn Lysohir Coates and Carise Skinner have created a welcoming space that encourages patrons to linger while sampling various products and enjoying the art.

Where & when
428 W. 3rd Street #3, Moscow, ID 83843
Monday-Saturday 10:30am-5:30pm

Contact
Call 208.882.4098
Email moscowcandy1@gmail.com
moscowcandy.weebly.com
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Moscow Contemporary is still running educational and community programs but is no longer located at the corner of 5th and Main. Check the website for class schedules and locations.

Hopefully they will find a new home soon!

Moscow Contemporary is a non-commercial exhibition space presenting work by local, regional, national, and international artists creating work across all media. A diversity of perspectives reflective of the richness of our world. Addressing the two most important needs of the arts community, Moscow Contemporary brings cutting edge artists to exhibit, and leverages these opportunities to create enriching educational programs.

K-12 EDUCATION

Art-making builds critical thinking and innovative solutions in problem-solving. Moscow Contemporary supports the acquisition of these skills through school day tours, after-school and summer programs, that embed learning about art through the power of making.

TOURING EXHIBITS

Moscow Contemporary creates museum quality exhibitions that are rented by other venues. This expands the visibility of the artists we exhibit to a national audience as well as awareness of the important work carried out by the gallery.

CONTINUING ED

Studio spaces for K-12 programs also support adult workshops. High school and college students advance their learning through internships and independent projects.

GALLERY STORE

The store welcomes visitors, contributing to the vibrancy of Main Street. It has unique offerings by artisans and crafts people from across the region, as well as being one of the best outlets for local creatives to sell their work and build audience.

Where & when

TBD

Contact
Email
Roger Rowley, Director
director@moscowcontemporary.org
Sonja Foard, Assistant Director
asstdirector@moscowcontemporary.org
moscowcontemporary.org
Facebook

Shayne Watkins is a wildlife and western artist specializing in bronze sculpture and scratch board. With a love of music, art, and hiking in the great outdoors, he explores the back roads and seldom-seen places in America’s inland northwest as much as possible. Shayne is an Idaho native with a passion for wildlife, explorers and pioneers of the west. He gleans inspiration from nature, outdoor experiences, and his family’s rich history in Idaho for creating his music and artwork. He and his wife, Alane, reside in Deary, Idaho.

Watch for Shayne Watkins art in local art galleries and Art Walk events.

Contact
Call 208-877-7714
Email beargrass@moscow.com
ShayneWatkinsArt.com

This little antique and decor shop, located in the Riggins One Stop gas station and convenience store, gets new pieces every month when Katherine returns from her monthly buying trip.

Where and When
1119 US 95 South, Riggins Idaho
Wed – Mon
Closed the last week of each month

Contact
Email coontskatherine@aol.com
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The Yarn Underground is the destination yarn store of the Palouse. Started in a downtown basement in 2010 and moved to current location a couple years later, The Yarn Underground consistently stands for great service and wonderful selections of wool, natural fibers, high quality tools, spinning wheels and more. Palouse Yarn Company is their very own house brand dyed by us, and you’ll find the widest selection available here!

Their mission is to keep the fiber community vibrant while supporting local and American companies. They’re here to bring you squishy yarn, irresistible fiber, affordable tools, and most importantly, good help! Stop by and meet the owner and dyer, Shelley — she is here just about all the time and it is her sole purpose to make The Yarn Underground the best yarn shop on the Palouse!

Where & When
409 S Washington St, Moscow, ID 83843
Tues- Fri noon-5pm
Sat 10-4
Yarn Circle, Thursdays 6pm-8, is a free gathering that runs August through May.

Contact
(208) 882-7700
yarnunderground.com
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The Third Street Gallery is a space for art in the heart of downtown Moscow. By featuring the work of established and emerging makers from the Palouse and the broader Inland Northwest, the Third Street Gallery celebrates the creative excellence of the region in a well-loved public space.

City of Moscow Arts Staff and members of the Moscow Arts Commission have worked together to create artistic direction for the Third Street Gallery since the gallery’s beginnings in 1998. The gallery features works in a wide range of media, subject matter, and content while presenting a curatorial vision open to all cultures and art forms.

The Third Street Gallery features artwork on the second and third floors inside Moscow City Hall. The building was designed by architect James Knox Taylor in 1911, and was formerly the Moscow Federal Building. Entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as a Second Renaissance Revival brick building, the structure now houses City offices and meeting spaces such as the City Council Chambers. The Third Street Gallery is an essential part of this building, as it brings art into the center of civic life in the City of Moscow.

Where & when
206 East Third Street, Moscow, ID 83843
Monday – Friday at 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Contact
Call (208) 883-7036
ci.moscow.id.us/230/Third-Street-Gallery
Email mcherry@ci.moscow.id.us

Gallery showroom for locally made soapstone carvings, antler carvings, lighting and furniture, photography, gourd art and jewelry. Antler art is made on site.

Neil and Shari Medley have spent countless hours in the wild observing wildlife, hunting shed antlers, and creating art from them. Shari learned the art of antler carving from her father, a master carver. Neil creates lighting and furniture from moose, deer, elk and caribou antler. All are U.L. approved. See exquisite examples and prices on line.

Where & when
7378 Hwy 95 South, Riggins, ID 83549
Oct-June  Tues-Sat 8-5
July-Sept  Tues-Sat 10-5

Contact
Call 208.628.3460
Email unqantlr@frontiernet.net
uniqueantlerdesign.com
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