Artwalk Season Finale event to be held June 26

Celebrate a cultural cornerstone with art exhibits, live music and more

A look back at the June 2024 Artwalk Season Finale | Geoff Crimmins | Courtesy, City of Moscow

The City of Moscow’s 21st Annual Artwalk will celebrate its season finale event on Thursday, June 26, from 4-8 p.m. Located downtown, the event will feature many exciting activities. The event is open to all, free-of-charge.

The Artwalk Street Fair will stretch from Third to Sixth Street.

The street fair includes a council-approved temporary suspension of open container laws within the boundaries of the event. Attendees who are 21 or older may present identification to participating vendors to get an event cup and a wristband. Enjoy beer and wine from Pour Company, Hunga Dunga Brewing Co., Moscow Food Co-op and Mikey’s Gyros.

Street vendors include MEG art 907, printmaking; Woven, handwoven textiles; The Furious T-Rex Art, prints and ceramics; Shaelyn Jenkins Face Paint, face and body paint; and famous artworks come to life, presented by Moscow Contemporary and Inland Oasis.

Available food vendors include Pour Company, Moscow Food Co-op, Henry’s Lumpia, Hunga Dunga Brewing Co., SushiMan Moscow and Smilee Ice.

Pick up an Artwalk Passport from a flyer or the City Info Tent at Friendship Square. The Artwalk Passport is a fun scavenger hunt with the chance to win prizes. Visit six participating locations, get your passport signed or stamped and turn it in at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center before 7:45 p.m. to enter a drawing for prizes.

On Fifth Street, find the City of Moscow Public Works Fair. Interact with the Fleet Team’s light and sound board, learn about water and sanitation, make a tree cookie coaster with the Parks Department, see plows painted by local schools and help Environmental Services create the next installment of the Community Collage collection.

Kidwalk will be on Fifth to Sixth streets and will feature street games, nature rubbings, sidewalk chalk, Girl Scouts Jenga, a drawing lab, the Magenta and Co. Third Annual LEGO House Competition winners and paintings by 12-year-old Pullman-based artist Iyla.

Beyond Main Street, Artwalk can also be found at other locations around Moscow.

Goldie Lyons, a mixed media artist, will exhibit work that explores themes of transformative reality, energy and the mind at the Lounge at Lodgepole, 102 N. Main St., from 5-8 p.m. Shelly Gilmore’s metal sculptures will be available for viewing at University of Idaho, Latah County Master Gardeners on 102 S. Washington St. from 4-7 p.m.

Art by Ernie Weiss, Cheryll Root and Maggie Keefe will be located at Kelly Kimberling Insurance Agency at 205 S. Main St. from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Elizabeth Harwood will share watercolor and plein-air landscapes at Tapped Taphouse and Kitchen, 210 S. Main St., from 4-8 p.m.

Various artists’ works will be at Café Artista, 218 S. Main St., from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Artist Merissa Marr will showcase watercolor, gouache, oil, mural, acrylic, plein air and mixed media pieces at Latah Realty, 128 E. 3rd St., from 4-7 p.m.

At Tara Lew Interiors, 112 W. 4th St. no. 1, enjoy watercolor paintings by Amberly Beckman from 4-8 p.m. Wildlife art by Dave Gressard, photography by Bill Voxman and music by Jim Boland and Kristie Mattoon will be available at RE/MAX Connections at 318 S. Main St. from 4-8 p.m.

Enjoy music by Bart Budwig from 5-6 p.m. and Zachary Degler from 7-8 p.m. at Friendship Square.

At Hyperspud Sports on Main Street, Kate Perkins and Pam Rogers will share nature-inspired watercolor and ink pieces from 4-7 p.m. Palouse Patchers will present “My Dream Vacay” and “Bermuda Triangle” quilt challenges at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Main Street from 4-8 p.m. Palouse Patchers will also be selling tickets for their 2026 quilt raffle.

Enjoy live music from Will Fontaine, Jodi Fisher and Navin Chettri at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre from 4-6 p.m.

At the Storm Cellar on 504 S. Main St., see Makayla White’s food illustrations and various portraits from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Chris Marx will display photography at Knit Designing Community, 512 S. Main St., from 5:30-8 p.m.

MaryAnn Fiorillo will present fluid acrylic artwork at Ampersand Oil and Vinegar Tap House, 519 S. Main St., from 4-7 p.m. The Palouse Watercolor Socius, a collective of Palouse artists, will display their works at the Moscow Food Co-op, 121 E. 5th St., from 4-8 p.m.

View part of the collection of the late Ronald Wheeler, supplied by his daughter Jennifer Bobier, at BookPeople of Moscow, 521 S. Main St., from 4-8 p.m. See assorted pieces from the Moscow Contemporary Collage Club at Mikey’s Gyros, 527 S. Main St., from 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Robert Skilton, a north Idaho-based artist, will share abstract portraits at One World Café on 533 S. Main St. from 4-6 p.m. Local artist Anneke Mulder will display the colors of the rainbow in different watercolor styles at Pour Company, located at 402 W. 6 St. no. 102, from 4-8 p.m.

For more information, visit https://www.ci.moscow.id.us/189/Artwalk.

Dakota Steffen can be reached at [email protected].

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Dakota Steffen Editor-in-chief for the 2025-26 school year. I'm a junior studying English and history with a political science minor.

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