Wenatchee First Fridays

Cave Noire
2026-09-04 16:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Cave Noire, 100 N Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Enjoy a complimentary glass after any wine tasting flight.

American Shoe Shop
2026-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | American Shoe Shop, Inc., 126 N Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Extended hours. Open until 7pm

MAC Gallery
2026-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | MAC Gallery, 1300 Fifth St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Featured Event: 2026 WVC Art Faculty Exhibition.

2026 WVC Art Faculty Exhibition
WVC MAC Gallery
September 4—October 30
First Friday Reception: September 4, 5:00—7:00

The MAC Gallery opens the ’26/’27 school year by showing off the fruits of WVC Art Department faculty members’ professional artistic practices. The group exhibition includes creative works across a variety of media by Art Instructors Scott Bailey, Natalie Dotzauer, Arius Elvikis, Ellen Bruex, Linda Lyons, Elena Payne, Edgar Smith, and Sarah Sprouse, as well as Instructional Technicians Nik Penny and Denis DuBois.

2026 WVC Art Faculty Exhibition

It is an important characteristic of WVC Art Department faculty members that, in addition to being excellent, caring teachers of their disciplines, they are also high-level practitioners of their crafts. This exhibition displays the fruits of the professional art-making activities that make our art faculty members the fine artists and professors they are. They teach with authority from a perspective of knowledge and experience, having developed and refined their various crafts over many years. They are all practitioners of what they preach.

These are instructors who care as deeply about their artistic integrity as they do about being educators. They recognize that their studio work provides the solid platform upon which to present their course content, but they don’t impose their personal styles and artistic decisions upon the students. They are caring and nurturing in the classroom, striving to develop students with excellent fundamental skills with individual goals for their own work.

The exhibition includes pieces by Scott Bailey (Painting, Drawing, Art Appreciation), Natalie Dotzauer (Sculpture, Drawing, Printmaking, Art Appreciation), Arius Elvikis (Graphic and Digital Design), Ellen Bruex (Art History, Art Appreciation, Drawing, Figure Drawing), Linda Lyons (Digital Photography, 2D Design, Art Appreciation), Elena Payne (Graphic Design, 2D Design), Edgar Smith (Drawing, Figure Drawing, 2D Design, Art Appreciation), and Sarah Sprouse (Ceramics), as well as pieces by Art Department Instructional Technicians Nik Penny and Denis DuBois. Through the consistent high quality and the broad variety of styles, media, and conceptual concerns on display here, viewers can see the breadth and depth of artistic experience in the WVC Art Department.

Art Alley @ Pybus
2026-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Pybus Public Market, 3 N Worthen St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Featured Artist: Ellen Bruex.
Ellen Bruex presents her show “A Piece of Downtown”
Everyone is invited as Ellen Bruex brings us her creative imagery of our colorful locale at the Art Alley @ Pybus!
Featured Musicians: Just Us Band
Beverages and hors d’oeuvres crafted by local Pybus merchants available by donation.

Arlberg Sports
2026-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | WA
Visit Arlberg Sports and meet our friends at Buddies Cafe Cart. It’s a business where people of all ability levels can build confidence and make meaningful connections in our community by providing delicious coffee and snacks.

Visit Wenatchee Visitors Center & Tasting Room
2026-09-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Visit Wenatchee Visitor’s Center and Tasting Room, 137 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Featured Musician: Owen Barnhart.
This September First Friday, the Visit Wenatchee Visitors Center & Tasting Room welcomes Washington native Owen Barnhart for a night of soulful, story-driven country music. A Northwest CMA finalist and two-time nominee, Owen recently opened for Jake Owen at Town Toyota Center — and his sound draws from greats like Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, and Eric Church. Grab a glass, settle in, and enjoy live music from an artist whose voice was shaped by real resilience.

Two Rivers Art Gallery
2026-09-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Two Rivers Art Gallery, 102 N Columbia St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Featured Artist: Dean Rainey.
Live music by James Bryant, guitar. Local wines.
Opening Reception: September 4th. Current exhibition runs from September 4 – 27.

ARTWORX
2026-09-04 17:00 - 20:00 | ArtWorx, 15 Yakima St, Wenatchee, WA, 98801, United States
Featured Event: Kids Art Show.
Kids under the age of 18 in the Wenatchee area are exhibiting Art from throughout this past year! Come see art on display from the Valley’s most creative kiddos!
