Exhibitions and gallery events are free and open to the public.
Gallery Hours
| Evergreen Gallery Hours | |
|---|---|
| Days | Hours |
| Monday - Tuesday | Noon - 6 pm |
| Wednesday | 1 - 6 pm |
| Thursday - Saturday | Noon - 6 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Current Exhibition
Art and Place: Native Weaving and Mapping in the Pacific Northwest
September 21 - December 11, 2026
Opening Reception October 8, 5 - 7 pm
Art and Place: Native Weaving and Mapping in the Pacific Northwest (taught by Susan Pavel and Zoltán Grossman in 2025-26) used art and geography as “common ground,” incorporating cross-cultural learning to explore relationships of Pacific Northwest Native peoples to place. These connections were expressed artistically and geographically through Native wool weaving and cartography (mapmaking), particularly in Coast Salish territory along the Salish Sea in Washington and British Columbia.
The program “wove together” Native art and place, based on the geographies and worldviews of Pacific Northwest Native nations, and developed student skills in wool weaving and cartography to express these worldviews. In fall and winter quarters, the class collaborated with the Coast Salish Wool Weaving Center and its Burke Museum exhibit "Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving."
In fall 2025, students developed multimedia podcasts on the “Woven in Wool” artists, and in winter 2026 students developed their own applied projects in either wool weaving on Coast Salish looms, or cartography in Adobe Illustrator (producing maps of the tribal communities of each Woven in Wool” exhibit artist). In spring 2026, the program directly engaged students with tribal communities, and reciprocated student learning with service.
Group Tours
If you would like to schedule a tour for your class or group, please contact Alexis.L.Xochihua@evergreen.edu
About the Evergreen Gallery
Curating Exhibitions and Events
Providing an opportunity
Exhibitions and Gallery events are free and open to the public. As managers of the Evergreen Gallery, the House of Welcome aims to provide opportunities for artists to bring education, cultural competency, and their unique perspectives on the human experience to the Olympia campus. Depending on the exhibition, viewers may see video screenings, live performances, interactive installations, or two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks and installations.
The Gallery presents art by professional artists — local, national, and international — with a show by Senior Thesis students at the end of each academic year. The Senior Thesis show offers students the opportunity to submit their portfolio to a rigorous review process, and, if their work is selected, to become deeply involved in creating a professional-level exhibition.
History of the Evergreen Gallery
Our mission
The Gallery has existed since the beginning of the college and has been in the current location since 2009. The space was designed to be flexible enough to show works in any media.
In 2021, management of the Evergreen Gallery was transferred to the House of Welcome Cultural Arts Center. The House of Welcome oversees the Gallery’s temporary exhibitions, with a new show installed at the beginning of Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters. The intent behind these exhibitions is intrinsically linked to the mission of the House of Welcome: to advance Indigenous arts and cultures through education, cultural exchange, and economic opportunity. The House of Welcome staff has embraced the responsibility of providing Evergreen and surrounding communities a chance to experience art from diverse cultures, philosophies, disciplines, in a range of media.