Live Music Performances

in the Pearson Auditorium

 

Contemporary Art Exhibits

in the East Oregonian Gallery

 

 

 

Art Rocks Teens

FREE classes for 13-18 year-olds
AND Rock & Roll Camp
SIGN UP NOW.

 

Take a Class

Art and music for youth, teens & adults

Shop 

in the Pendleton Foundation Trust Fine Craft Gallery
Souvenirs for travelers & proud locals

 

Lifelong learning

Classes for adults in a range of mediums.

 

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. 

Sign up for one (or more!) of our targeted email newsletters HERE.

RIGHT NOW at PCA

EXHIBITS
Open Region Exhibit on view through April 28, 2023.

Check out the award winners HERE! 

ROCK & ROLL CAMP
August 7-11, 2023
REGISTER NOW!

EVENTS

Wednesday, April 5, 2023 – 7 PM
The EOCENES – Spring Fling!
Top-flight bluegrass you won’t want to miss. Tickets HERE.

Sunday, Apr. 23, 2023
Portland Piano International Rising Star
Yang Gao – Free Recital
2:00 PM

Thurs., April 27, 2023
Atlas Tango Project
Tickets and more info HERE.

LOCAL FAVORITES

Watch HIROKO CANNON ON
Oregon ART BEAT

Purchase cards, prints and originals HERE.

ON-GOING WORK

We’re always working to include a wider group of community members and visitors into Team PCA. Learn more about our goals to increase diversity, equity and inclusion HERE. 

 

 

JUMP IN! NEW CLASSES ARE HERE.

FIRST DRAFT WRITERS’ SERIES

Thursday, April 20, 2023

David Memmott’s work explores personal and mythic, rural and progressive views of the American West. His new collection, Small Matters Mean the World, came together during the pandemic, when he shifted to balancing the known with the unexpected.

7:00 PM – in the building +Zoom (Link Here)
Made possible in part through the generous support of Oregon Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

 

 

EXPRESS YOURSELF – ON YOUR SCHEDULE

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.

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Have some talent to share? Want to teach a class? Pitch your idea HERE. 

See all the opportunities for artists HERE.