Past Exhibits
howard point marker
February 2022
Olympia Arts & Heritage Alliance installed a marker to commemorate Alexander and Rebecca Howard. The marker honors the Howard Family and Howard Point, a geographical feature along East Bay Drive that is visible from the marker. The interpretative panel located on East Bay Drive near Glass Avenue, funded by a Thurston County Heritage Grant, is a project of the Olympia Arts & Heritage Alliance in partnership with the City of Olympia.
It’s the Water preview. Posters designed by Kristen Ramirez. Installed in the 1912 City Hall/ Fire Station, Capitol Way and State Street, downtown Olympia.
it’s the water
April 2021
It’s the Water was an installation highlighting the arts, history and cultures of the South Sound as they illustrate the theme of water. Sited in the windows of the historic, 1912 City Hall/ Fire Station at State Street and Capitol Way, It's the Water used historic photographs, contemporary art and artifacts to tell the rich story of everything from shipbuilding, oyster harvesting, maritime fleets, the fire department, beer brewing, artesian wells, festivals, Capital Lake, rain fall, sea level rise, tribal fishing and trade routes, little Hollywood, and the Port. Funding for It's the Water came from our generous donors, a City of Olympia Grant to Arts & Culture Organizations, and a grant from the Squaxin Island Tribe.