Columbia Arts & Black in the Gorge

Rooted in the Gorge

A Celebration of Diversity in Our Community

Columbia Arts Gallery

Best of the Gorge 2025

Juried Exhibition | Juror, Ruth Armitage

Columbia Arts is pleased to announce the return of the Best of the Gorge Exhibition with Curator Christine Knowles and Juror Ruth Armitage.  

Surface Tension

Exploring Unseen Layers of the Columbia River

An immersive exploration into the fathoms of life & it’s shadows.

Allowing the river to expand our relationship tension between self and the natural world.

Featuring artists Archer Mayo, Sylvianne Johnson, and Anna Kai-Walsh