Upcoming Events

COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENCE, EXHIBITION OPENING
Saturday, September 14, from 3-7 pm
Free, all ages

POETRY OPEN MIC
Friday, September 27, from 5-6:30 pm
Bring something to read from any genre, performance art, movement, and theatre are also welcome
Free, all ages

CEREMONIAL ABYSS, WICKING GROUND, & SHIELD MAIDEN musical performances
Saturday, September 28, 6 pm
$10-20 suggested donation for touring bands NOTAFLOF, All-ages

Ceremonial Abyss Plays Tony Conrad: Ceremonial Abyss (1987–) is an aleatoric tape artist, curator, and writer based in the Pacific Northwest. He has toured the U.S. extensively in support of his releases 23, Betrayal, and Tape Study for Four Variants. Along the way, he has performed with musicians and authors such as Pete Swanson (Yellow Swans), Jennifer Soong, Zan da Perry, Vi Khi Nao, DIIV, and Will Alexander.

Tony Conrad (1940–2016) was a multidisciplinary artist known for his groundbreaking art, music, films, and videos, although his work doesn’t fit comfortably within any of these disciplines. He eschewed categorization and actively sought to challenge the constraints of media forms, their modes of production, and the relationships of power embedded within them. Conrad was an early member of the Theatre of Eternal Music, along with La Monte Young, John Cale, Angus Maclise, and Marian Zazeela. 

CRAFT CLUB
Every 2nd and 4th Sunday at Marmo from 11 am-2 pm
Upcoming Dates: Sept 22, Oct 6
Bring a project to work on, or help yourself to our collage supplies.
Free, all ages

STILL LIFE NIGHTS
Every Friday evening from 3-6 pm
Draw a different arrangement every week
Changing arrangements, colored pencils and paper are provided, you can bring your own supplies too! Self-led.
BYOB welcome (beer&wine) $5 corkage fee
Free, all ages

Past Events

POETRY READING
Saturday, August 24, 5:30-7 pm
Readings by Anne Kilfoyle, Aileen Keown Vaux, and Steven Hendricks

Anne Kilfoyle is a fiction writer who grew up in Boise, Idaho. Her writing has appeared in Joyland, Epoch, Salamander, and elsewhere. A finalist for CutBank’s Montana Prize and Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers, she is also a Tin House fiction alum, a Summer Fishtrap Fellow, and received support from the Community of Writers. Anne holds an MFA from Eastern Washington University and lives in Oregon with her spouse and two berserk dogs, Hubert and Noodle.

Aileen Keown Vaux is a queer poet and essayist whose chapbook Consolation Prize was published by Scablands Books. Their poems can be found in Faultline Journal, Roanoke Review, Northwest Review, and Portland Review. They live and work in Portland, OR.

Steven Hendricks is a writer and book-artist in Olympia, Washington. Hendricks earned his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has taught at The Evergreen State College since 2002. Hendricks’s first novel, Little is Left to Tell (2014, 2016) is available from Campanile Books and Calamari Archive. His new novel, Now Beacon, Now Sea, published by Kernpunkt Press, is a dreamy farrago of myth, fable, and interlocked lives. Hendricks’s work has appeared in The Denver Quarterly, The Brooklyn Rail, Conjunctions, and elsewhere.

JULY 27 SHELTON ART WALK EVENTS AT MARMO

VINTAGE POP-UP BY GRAYCE
11 am-7 pm

SHIELDMAIDEN
8-9 pm

Lizzy Sheehan is a multidisciplinary artist and experimental musician. While performing under the moniker shieldmaiden, she creates emotional, sonic landscapes comprised of cut-up audio samples that are intricately patterned between ethereal vocal loops and melodic beats

TETHER
9-10 pm

Tether is an Olympia-based experimental collaboration of Rose Nielsen and Quinn Trivett. Weaving slow cello melodies with droning synth, they create a unique cinematic ambiance. This will be their debut performance.

VJ JAY: C’EST LA VIE DANCE PARTY
10 pm-late

ARTIST TALK WITH DAVE HOEKJE, J. HUKEE, AND MARIELLA LUZ
Thursday, July 25, 3:30-5 pm

ARTIST TALK WITH GREG BARTOL
Wednesday, July 24, 3:30-5 pm

EXHIBITION OPENING: The Color of Fruit
Opening Reception Saturday, July 6, from 6-9 pm

ARTIST TALK WITH FAITH HAGENHOFER
Thursday, June 27, from 3:30-5 pm
Free & open to the public

SUMMER fiber arts POP-UP MARKET
Sunday, June 23, from 10 am-2 pm

FELT ALONG WITH DELORES BROWN
Sunday, June 9, from 12-3 pm
Cost: $15 (supplies provided)
Limited spots, email to register: info@marmogallery.com

EXHIBITION OPENING
Pattern Weaving; Myth Making Through Fiber
Opening Reception Saturday, May 18, 5-7 PM

UNDERSTORIES BOOK READING
Readings by Ansley Clark, Miranda Mellis, and Steven Hendricks, from their forthcoming books
Saturday, March 30, 5-7 pm

COLLAGE WORKSHOP
Led by Hypatia artist-in-residence, Lorelle Rau
Free, limited spots, email for more info/to register
April 5, 1-3 pm

SEED EXCHANGE & HOMEWOOD FLORAL POP-UP
Homewood Floral will have American-grown flowers for sale. Bring seeds to exchange with friends.
Saturday, February 10, from 11 am-2 pm, at Marmo

I’D RATHER BE WRITING A SONNET
Come by and write a letter or sonnet to a loved one in preparation for Valentine’s Day. Paper, pens, and inspiration will be provided.
Sunday, February 11, from 11 am-2 pm, at Marmo

HYPATIA-IN-THE-WOODS:
Artist-in-Residence Showcase ft. Krystyny Vandenberg
Friday, February 2, from 1 pm-3 pm, at Marmo

INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING: FINDING OUR VOICE
Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Orca Books

Join us for an evening of cultural sharing, poetry, songs, and ancient stories. Mariana Harvey and Itsa Shash will share about finding our voice as a process for self-actualization, healing, and protection. Mariana Harvey is a citizen of the Yakama Nation, a foods gatherer, singer, and storyteller. Itsa Shash is of the Mexica people, descended from Nahua, Apache, and Chichimeca peoples; he is a poet, singer, and storyteller who has been sharing cultural teachings nationally for 30 years.

THE 3RD THING PRESENTS WORDS & MOVING IMAGES
Saturday, February 15, 2020

Celebrate the launch of The 3rd Thing’s 2020 Cohort with a reading and screening of works by Marilyn Freeman, and Jennifer Calkins. 3rd Thing mavens, Sarah Tavis and Anne de Marcken, will give away special edition broadsides as a thank you to those who pledge their support on the opening night of our 2020 crowdfunding campaign.

LINDSEY BOLDT & SAM LOHMANN: A POETRY READING
Saturday, February 8, 2020, at Orca Books

Lindsey Boldt and Sam Lohmann, will be reading poetry.

STEVEN HENDRICKS: A READING
Saturday, February 1, 2020, at Orca Books

Steven Hendricks will be reading from his novel, Little is Left to Tell, as well as from some of his newer work. A week-long Book Arts exhibition at Orca Books will follow this reading.

MIRANDA MELLIS: THE (NECESSARY/ALTERNATIVE) PRINT IN PROCESS
Saturday, January 25, 2020, at Orca Books

Miranda Mellis will be reading from a novella in progress called Escaping, as well as excerpts from her new book of inferences, aphorisms, and constellated commentary in the minor key, Demystifications. 

KNITTING MILLS INTERDISCIPLINARY IN-PROCESS READINGS
Saturday, January 18, 2020

The 3rd Thing Press presents an interdisciplinary reading by Vito Valera and Ashley Corbett Williams, current members of the Knitting Mills Collective. Join us to hear about their works and creative processes, followed by a discussion that will help us engage with the magical practice of work, the process of pattern-making for oneself, and what at times seems to be the final product.