Arts

A special flare for art and culture add yet another spice to the mix that is the Lewis-Clark Valley. Year round, one can indulge in many unique and specialized events. Live performance theatre has a special place in the hearts of the Valley residents, which they graciously love to share with visitors and guests.

Museums
Museums in the area cover all aspects of time, culture and people. From the Native American and Asian cultures, to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, history is vividly displayed. Click below for more information.

* Asotin County Historical Society Museum – 215 Filmore; Asotin, WA; 509-243-4659. Features hands-on displays emphasizing the region’s pioneer period. Highlights include a Mastodon elephant tusk over 10,000 years old, 1880s sheepherder’s cabin, pioneer home, old time barbershop and a one-room schoolhouse. Square-nail construction and complete details reflect its original look.
* Nez Perce County Historical Society & Museum – Situated in one of Lewiston’s first buildings, the Nez Perce County Museum preserves the history of Nez Perce County and features Native American and pioneer artifacts.
* Nez Perce National Historical Park & Museum – Located at 3rd and C Streets in Lewiston. The museum is located in one of Lewiston’s first buildings and preserves the history of Nez Perce County. The museum features Native American and pioneer artifacts. For more information call (208) 743-2535.

Art Galleries
* Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown – Cultivates creativity on the Palouse by providing studio space for working artists, a venue for local performing and exhibiting artists, and creative experiences for children and adults through classes and workshops.
* Lewis-Clark Center for Arts and History – 415 Main Street; Lewiston, ID; 208-792-2243. Housed in an 1884 building, the Center showcases the Beuk Aie Temple and turn-of-the century artifacts from Lewiston’s Chinese community. Numerous artists display work in rotating exhibits. They also present concerts, recitals and literary events.
* Valley Art Center – 842 6th Street; Clarkston, WA; 509-758-8331. Displays work by local artists, conducts art seminars and classes, and hosts special events. The annual Sun Festival in Clarkston is a big event for the center.

Theatre
* Lewiston Civic Theatre – 805 6th Avenue; Lewiston, ID; 208-746-1371. Housed in the Historic Anne Bollinger Performing Arts Center, originally constructed in 1907 as the Lewiston Methodist Church. The award-winning theatre produces musicals, plays, workshops, Readers Theatre and art exhibits.
* Village Center Cinemas – Showing current release movies

Music
* Idaho – Washington Concert Chorale – IWCC performs a wide variety of music from the choral repertoire, including music from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods, through to 20th Century and Contemporary choral works. In addition, an occasional concert may be devoted to other musical styles such as Pop, Jazz or Broadway.
* Washington / Idaho Symphony Orchestra – The Washington Idaho Symphony offers & produces concerts & performances throughout the year in the greater Moscow, Idaho and Pullman, Washington area.

Public Art
The valley has a growing collection of public art. The North Lewiston Gateway Project, provides artwork that can be appreciated as you drive into Lewiston from the north and east. Artists David Govedare and Keith Powell created a series of statues depicting the meeting of Lewis and Clark and the Nez Perce people. Three bronze statues, created by Shirley Bothum, depict Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacajawea. They are located at the intersection of Highway 12 and 21st Street.

In the center of Lewis-Clark State College campus is a representation of the explorers meeting Chief Twisted Hair. The wooded setting depicts the Clearwater region with waterfalls and native plants. Other bronze figures include Nez Perce women gathering food.

The Tsceminicum sculpture is located on the Lewiston side of the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers. It interprets Nez Perce mythology with a symbolic Earth Mother figure whose body sustains all forms of life, and from whose hands the rivers run. The wildlife and legends depicted on the east-facing wall are those of the Clearwater River and its tributaries; on the west face are those of the Snake River. The central “Trickster” character of Indian legend, Coyote, keeps watch from the north end of the wall.

Other art include a bronze statue of Sacajawea at Lewiston’s Pioneer Park. Water flows from the bowls in her outstretched hands in the summer months, into a pool guarded by four bronze coyote statues. Brackenbury Square, on Lewiston’s Main Street, features a modern sculpture fountain of connected rings with three bronze children playing in the pool of water. Tribune Plaza, a public area created by the Lewiston Tribune, features a bronze sculpture of long-time local newspaper reporter Tom Campbell. In 1973 Don D. Joslyns was commissioned to create the bronze of a Nez Perce warrior on an Appaloosa horse entitled “Indian Summer 1974”, located at the Nez Perce County courthouse.