CBC Dept. of Visual Arts

09/09/2026

Build up your photography skills - REGISTER TODAY!
https://www.columbiabasin.edu/i-am/future-hawk/apply/index.html

Fall 2026
ART 201: Photography I
Tuesday/Thursday from 12:40-3:10pm
3 credits

ART 201: Photography I, introduces students to the foundations of photography/digital photography and photographic composition through various assignments, case studies, and a final project. Students are introduced to fundamental camera controls and tools used to manipulate or enhance photographic images from image-capture to print. Emphasis is placed on how photography functions as an interpretive medium. Student supplies digital camera. CBC provides login access to Adobe Creative Cloud/Photoshop.

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Columbia Basin College Arts Center
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Columbia Basin College

07/14/2026

Join us on July 18 from 1-4pm at the Esvelt Gallery to celebrate the Reception & Program - Morse Clary: Passages and Portals: A Retrospective

06/12/2026

Save the date for our summer exhibition at The Esvelt Gallery - Morse Clary: Passages and Portals: A Retrospective running June 29 - September 15.

A reception and programing honoring the life and work of Morse on July 18 from 1-4pm in the Esvelt Gallery with a program from 2-3pm in the theatre of the P building. To protect out community, this is a fragrance free event.

If you would like to support the Morse Clary Memorial Scholarship, please consider donating at the link or QR code: https://bit.ly/Claryscholarship

A silent auction will accompany the exhibition see bidding details here - https://bit.ly/ClarySilentAuction

CBC Dept. of Visual Arts
Columbia Basin College Arts Center
Columbia Basin College
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06/02/2026

04/29/2026

Help use celebrate the creative work of our Columbia Basin College Art Student at the 2026 CBC Juried Student Show running May 4 - June 11 in the Esvelt Gallery.

Reception & Award Ceremony is on May 14 from 6-7:30pm at the Esvelt Gallery.

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Columbia Basin College Arts Center
Columbia Basin College
ASCBC

03/04/2026

The Esvelt Gallery is honored to present Mythic Revisions, an exhibition by Crista Ann Ames. Mythic Revisions, an exhibition by Washington artist Crista Ann Ames, questions familiar feminine tropes in art and art history. Raised on a small subsistence farm in Kennewick, her work draws from personal experiences with pastoral life, animal husbandry, women’s craft, and fertility.

The exhibition runs from March 9 – April 23, 2026, with an artist demo on March 18 from 1:00-3:00pm in P101 and a reception to follow at 3:00pm in the Esvelt Gallery.

02/19/2026

Register for Spring Art Classes at CBC!

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Columbia Basin College Arts Center

01/20/2026

Save the date for the CBC Art Faculty Exhibition running January 26-February 26 with artist talks and reception on January 27 @ 3:00pm in the Esvelt Gallery!

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Columbia Basin College Arts Center