Welcome to the Pendleton Center for the Arts… a great place to express your creative self and enjoy the creative work of others. Located in the heart of Eastern Oregon, our beautifully restored 1916 Carnegie Library building overlooks the Umatilla River at the north end of Pendleton’s charming downtown. Browse the galleries, shop for finely crafted wearable and functional art, take a free or low-cost class, take in a live music, literary arts or dance event, or hold your own event in our historic building. Read our statement on diversity, equity, & inclusion HERE.
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RIGHT NOW at PCA
ROCK & ROLL CAMP
REGISTRATION IS LIVE!
EASTERN OREGON ARTISTS
Artists of Eastern Oregon, Vol. 1 is HERE! Flip through it online HERE We have a limited number of copies for sale in the Pendleton Foundation Trust Fine Craft Marketplace.
FIRST DRAFT WRITERS’ SERIES
Join us Thurs., June 19 as we welcome Christina deVillier for a Zoom reading.
More info HERE.
Go right to the Zoom link HERE.
Christina deVillier stewards conversations; writes to learn; learns patterns and possibilities from her garden and her babies and floodplains and the moon; and is doing her damndest to cultivate emergence as a fundamental skillset for chaotic times.
Join us for the new Walking Tour of the building. Learn more HERE.
EXHIBITS
Join us for the Opening Reception
June 6, 2025 5:30-7:00 PM
CREATION STATION
We’re excited to unveil our UPGRADED Creation Station! Thanks to funding through the AWS InCommunities Umatilla County Fund, run by ChangeX, you can drop in and explore all the fun things you’ve been dying to try. Adults, kids with a parent or older pal – anyone! And it’s FREE. What a great way to spend a little time.
SPECIALS
Purchase Hiroko Cannon Reproductions HERE.