Exhibitions 2025-2026

Jane Orleman: Endless Dreams

September 13-Ocober 18, 2025

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13, from 3-5pm

Please join us for an exhibition of mural-style paintings by iconic Central WA artist Jane Orleman! Her vivid, larger-than-life paintings are intensely personal and yet also universal, touching on themes drawn from the artist’s emotional and spiritual landscape, such as cycles of life, love, loss, and the nature of time.

The gallery will be open late for Art After Hours on September 26 from 5-7:30, so that you can enjoy Jane Orleman’s paintings and a musical performance by James Hunter.

Path of Petals: A Cultural Journey through Día de los Muertos

Opening Reception: November 1st from 4pm-7pm

The Yakima-based Mezcla art collective presents a new installation that evokes the feeling of a graveyard on the Day of the Dead in the original Larson Gallery space.

The Mezcla Collective’s mission is to support, advocate for, and provide a safe collaborative space for Central Washington’s Latine artists.

This event will be held in the Original Larson Gallery building from November 1st, 2025 through December 6th, 2025.

70th Central Washington Artists Exhibition

Exhibiting November 1 – December 6, 2025

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 1, from 4-7pm

Award Ceremony will be held at 5pm.

This year’s juror is Central Washington Artist, Leo Adams.

“I am honored to be the juror for this show. It was quite a task to go through the large number of amazing submissions for the 2025 Central Washington Artists’ Exhibition. I went through the stack of work multiple times, considering how each of the chosen pieces would contribute to a cohesive and engaging exhibition, representative of the region. During my deliberation, I was amazed by the quality and variety of work, and artistic talent that resides in Central WA. Congratulations to all of the artists represented in the show.” -Leo Adams

Exhibition sponsored by Christian and Janet Schlect.

Image: Asphalt and Autumn, photograph by Kim Miller.

Tiny Works for Winter

For the months of November and December we will be having a Tiny Works for Winter exhibition on our giftshop wall.

This exhibition will run from November 1st- December 19th, 2025.

Exhibiting artists include; Sandy Aronson, Betsy Bloomfield, Mary Diefenbach Duke, Kate Green, Ana Gresham, Leslie Ann Hauer, Aislinn Hematyar, and Stephen J. Rice.

Image: On the Horizon, painting by Aislinn Hematyar

Kids React Holiday Show

December 13- 20, 2026

Cheryl H. Hahn : Good Speech

January 10- February 21, 2026

Sponsored by Karen Ireland MD and Jeffrey Reynolds MD

“The Work featured in the Good Speech series provides a platform of healing, understanding, and appreciating positive communication. However, the paintings are not intended to be didactic, but rather to emerge from the “ether” of life”. ~ Cheryl Hahn

Threadlines: A Forest Tapestry

March 7th- April 18th, 2026

Sponsored in the creative spirit of Cathy Olivieri

A group exhibition of work by Charolette Bird, Ree Nancarrow, Terri Shinn, and Margo Klass with a focus on West Coast ecosystems.

Four artists whose lives and visual imagery are inspired by the boreal and temperate forest join together in presenting this collection of art quilts, fiber sculpture, artist books, and other mixed media pieces. Through their work each artist expresses a keen awareness of the biodiversity of the forest’s natural ecosystems.

Image: Forest Primeval by Charlotte Bird

Charm

March 7th- April 18th, 2026

Sponsored in the creative spirit of Cathy Olivieri

Renee Adams constructs mixed media sculptures that reference plant cycles, symbols, patterns, and ecological systems. Using forged and fabricated steel and hand-shaped wooden forms, her work highlights the tension between organic life and industrial processes.

Image: Heart of Glass by Renee Adams

YVC Department of Visual Arts Exhibiton (DoVA)

May 5 – 30, 2026

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MMIP Exhibition

April 24, 2026 – May 30th, 2026

This exhibition focuses on indigenous perspectives on missing and murdered indigenous people (MMIP). You are invited to experience works of art, historical information, and audio-visual materials that explore the MMIP epidemic with an emphasis on its impact on the Yakama Nation. This exhibition is a collaboration between Yakima Valley College’s Diversity Series, the creators of the War Cry podcast, and the Larson Gallery.

Location: the original Larson Gallery building, next to Prior Hall and across the street from the new gallery building.

Cover Image: Our Lifeline by Mishani Jack-Gonzalez