Longhouse Events
The Longhouse hosts a variety of public programming throughout the year, including an annual community dinner, performances, lectures, films, cultural art workshops, and cultural presentations.
In addition to workshops, presentations and performances hosted by the Longhouse, there are several recurring events throughout the year: the annual tribal youth art-making event, Generations Rising, the Fall Community Dinner, and December's Holiday Native Arts Fair.
Current Events
House of Welcome-Longhouse Holiday Native Art Fair
Friday December 9 and Saturday December 10, 2022..
Hours: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM each day.
Event is free.
College charges parking on weekdays.
Past Events
The Longhouse will be hosting a virtual artist talk series at the noon hour on April 8th &15th
https://evergreen.zoom.us/j/89395463267 zoom link
The series explores the use of customary art materials in a time of climate change. Artists will be discussing the use of culturally important materials that are at risk due to a changing climate and how artists are adapting to teach and learn about using these art forms and preparing for a future when the materials may not be available.
April 15 - Old growth red and yellow cedar
Native Artist Lunch Talk Series, August 30-September 3, 2021. You can view this series on our Youtube page.
2015 Events
Holiday Native Arts Fair
- Friday, Dec. 11 & Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015
- 11am - 5pm
Longhouse 20th Anniversary Celebration
- Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015
- 1pm - 9pm
Native Programs Alumni Reunion
- Friday, Oct. 16, 2015
- 5pm in the Longhouse
Artist Presentation by Lyonel Grant
- Monday, Sep. 21, 2015
- 4pm in Longhouse room 1007B
Art Dedication Ceremony for the Fiber Arts Studio
- Monday, Sep. 21, 2015
- 2:30pm - 3:30pm in the Carving Studio Pay3q'ali
Salish Sea Native Arts Celebration
- Saturday, Jun. 27, 2015
- 10am - 5pm at Swantown Marina, Port of Olympia
Cedar Bark Stripping Tool Workshop with John Smith
- Saturday, Jun. 20, 2015
Quillwork Basket Workshop with Dawn Walden
- Apr. 15 - 19, 2015
- 9am - 5pm
Generations Rising
- Saturday, Mar. 7, 2015
- 11:45am - 6pm
Always Becoming: A presentation with Nora Naranjo-Morse
- Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015
- 6pm in Longhouse room 1007B
"Swimming Together" Clay Workshop with Nora Naranjo-Morse
- Feb. 2 - 13, 2015
- 10am - 3pm daily, in the Evergreen Ceramic Studio
2014 Events
Longhouse Holiday Native Arts Fair
- Friday, Dec. 12 & Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014
- 11am - 5pm, daily
Longhouse Community Dinner
- Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014
- 5pm
Site Dedication Ceremony
- Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014
- 11:30am - 1:30pm
Traditional Dyeing Workshop with Elizabeth James Perry
- Wednesday, Oct. 1 & Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014
- 10am - 4pm in the Longhouse Cedar Room
Woodcarving and Mask Making
Maori Sculptor and Designer: Lyonel Grant
Longhouse Artist-in-Residence public presentation
- Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2014
- 6pm
Lyonel Grant is one of Aotearoa's preeminent sculptors. He has designed and carved extraordinary meeting houses such as Te Noho Kotahitanga marae at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. Lyonel will be co-designing, along with Johnpaul Jones, the Longhouse's new Fiber Arts studio which will pay tribute to our long-term relationships with Maori artists and arts organizations.This event was made possible by the generous support of Creative New Zealand and Toi Maori Aotearoa.
Public Presentation: Micah McCarty, Makah Artist
- Thursday, Apr. 24, 2014
- 6pm in Longhouse room 1007B
Micah McCarty (Makah), will make a presentation on the process of carving a cedar dug out canoe.
Terrain: Plateau Native Art & Poetry
- April 7 - May 7, 2014 at Evergreen Gallery
Meet the Artists:
- Saturday, Apr. 26, 2014
- 2 - 4pm
Preston Singletary
Artist Trust 2013 Folk & Traditional Artist Fellowship winner
- Saturday, Apr. 19, 2014
- 6pm at the Longhouse
Northwest Heritage Program: Native American Artist Workshop
- Apr. 14, 2014
- 9am - 4pm at the Yakima Valley Museum
View collections from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian and the Yakima Valley Museum.
Wade Fernandez
- Mar. 22, 2014
- 6pm at the Longhouse
Wade Fernandez is a Menominee musician who was named "Male Artist of the Year" by the Native American Music Awards in 2006!
Cornhusk Weaving Workshop with Joey Lavadour
- March 7-10, 2014 at Crow's Shadow Institute in Pendleton Oregon
Native Arts Marketing Strategies for Creative Entrepreneurs
Workshops held in collaboration with Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.
- Feb. 1, 2014 at Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde Portland Office
- Feb. 15, 2014 at the Longhouse
- Mar. 1, 2014 at Museum at Warm Springs
Generations Rising
Annual Youth event sponsored by Hazel Pete Institute of Chehalis Basketry.
- Saturday, Mar. 1, 2014
- 12 - 6pm at the Longhouse
Delbert Sm3tcoom Miller
Artist Trust 2013 Folk & Traditional Artist Fellowship winner.
- Friday, Jan. 31, 2014
- 6pm at the Longhouse
Youth Art Workshop with Louie Gong
- Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 at the Wishram School in Wishram, WA
2013 Events
Longhouse Holiday Native Arts Fair
Friday, Dec. 13 & Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Presentation
Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013
Longhouse Community Dinner
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013
5pm
Free and Open to the Public!
This year we will be honoring two esteemed members of our community with the S3Lhihl Award, "Teaching by Example": Karen Reed (Puyallup and Chinook), Master Weaver, and Florentino "Tiny" Barril (Tlingit), Leader of the Alaska Kuteeyaa Dancers.
Sponsored by the generous support of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.
September 28, 2013
Mix It Up!
Support for Artists: A Resources and Services Workshop by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
The Evergreen State Longhouse is partnering with The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience to offer a workshop for artists at The Wing. The workshop will be led by Maria Villafranca, NYFA Senior Program Officer, to discuss strategies for sustaining your artistic practice including an overview of awards, residencies and opportunities available to individual artists in Washington State and nationwide.
Contemporary Fiber Artist Donna Campbell
Artist in Residence: Tina Wirihana and Matekino Lawless Lecture
June 8 - August 18, 2013
"In the Spirit" Contemporary Native American Art Exhibit, Festival and Market
Location: Washinton State History Museum
Festival and Arts Market will take place on Saturday, August 17th from 10am -7pm
Three Weekend Commitment
June 15-16, 22-23, 29-30, 2013
Make Model Canoes with Alex McCarty (Makah)
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse Carving Studio
August 17, 2013
Northwest Native Arts Market & Festival
Location: Washinton State History Museum
Cost: Free Museum Admission All Day
Time: 10 am - 7 pm
May 31 - June 1, 2013
Plateau Collection Project
Location: Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane
June 1, 2013
Drum-Making Workshop with Keith Impson (Choctaw)
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse Offices
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
May 2013
Artist in Residence
Master Inupiaq carver and sculptor, Larry Ahvakana collaborated with Inupiaq artist, Sean Gallagher to build an umiaq at Evergreen's new Carving Studio "Pay3q'ali." The umiaq will be ready to participate in the Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella in the summer of 2014.
May 24, 2013
Washington State History
Research Center Collection Project
Location: Washinton State History Research Center
May 11, 2013
Paddle-Making Workshop with John Smith (Skokomish)
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: 9 am - 5 pm
May 4th & 5th, 2013
3rd Annual Spring Powwow
Location: The Evergreen State College Recreation Center
Time: Saturday Grand Entry 1 pm & 7 pm, Suday Grand Entry 1 pm
April 27, 2013
Longhouse Cleansing Ceremony & Native Student Alliance Coastal Jam
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: Cleansing Ceremony at 5:30pm, Jam at 6:00pm
April 6-7, 13-14, 20-21
Bentwood Box Drum Class with David Boxley Sr.
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse Carving Studio
Three weekend committment, 9am - 4pm each day
Fee: $150
April 8, 2013
Napili Kai Foundation
Keiki Halau dance presentation
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: 11 am - 12 pm
March 2, 2013
Generations Rising
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: Friday, 12 pm - 6 pm
Friday February 8th, 2013
Longhouse Carving Studio
"Pay3q'ali" Open House
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: Friday, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Wednesday February 6th, 2013
Treaty
Sharing songs and words in support of Indigenous treaties
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: Wednesday, 4 pm - 6 pm
2012 Events
December 7, 8, 2012
Holiday Native Arts Fair
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: Friday, 11 am - 6 pm
Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm
November 17, 2012
Evening of Dignitaries
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: Saturday, 5 pm
October 14, 2012
Cedar Rope Necklace Workshop
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse Conference Room
Time: 12:00 pm - 5 pm
September 29, 2012
Native Student Welcome Luncheon
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: 12:30 pm
August 11, 2012
In the Spirit Festival
Location: Washington State History Museum, Tacoma
Time: 10 am to 7 pm
August 7, 2012
Pay3q’Ali Carving Studio Grand Opening
Location: Evergreen Longhouse
Time: 4 pm
July 29, 2012 – August 5, 2012
Paddle to Squaxin—Canoe Journeys
Location: July 29th: Olympia; July 30th – August 5th: Squaxin Island Community: Kamilche, WA
Time: TBA
June 21, 2012
In the Spirit Opening
Location: WA State History Museum, Tacoma
Time: 6 pm
June 16 & 17, 2012
Printmaking Workshop
Location: Evergreen Longhouse
Time: 10 am - 5 pm both days
May 26, 2012
Bushoowah-Ali Renaming
Location: Evergreen Longhouse
Time: All Day!
Coastal Jam
Location: Evergreen Longhouse
Time: 5 pm dinner followed by Jam Session
May 25, 2012
Longhouse Cleansing Ceremony
Location: Evergreen Longhouse
Time: 3 pm
May 12-13, 2012
Evergreen Spring Powwow Honoring Women
Location: Evergreen Gymnasium
Time: Saturday: Grand Entry at 1p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday: Grand Entry at 1p.m.
May 11, 2012
Janet Rogers
Victoria BC Poet Laureate
Location: Evergreen Longhouse
Time: 6 pm
May 3, 2012
Waziyatawin Speaks
Location: Evergreen Longhouse
Time: TBA
April 21, 2012
Cedar Paper Making Class
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
Saturday April 14, 2012
The Native Student Alliance and Punk Rock Preservation Society present: Native Punk!
Location: Evergreen Library
Time: TBA
April 5, 2012
Simon Sedillo presents: “Cuando Una Mujer Avanza – When a Woman Steps Forward”
Location: Squaxin Island Museum
Time: 3:30 pm
March 10, 2012
Screening of the Photo Movie "A Season in the Rain"
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: The Evergreen State College Longhouse Room 1007A
March 3, 12pm to 6 pm
Generations Rising: Native Youth Art Annual Event
Time: 12 pm - 6 pm
Place: The Evergreen State College Longhouse
For more info: call (360) 867-6718 or email Longhouse
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
February 25-26, 2012
Paddle-Making Workshop
Location: Squaxin Island Musuem, Library and Research Center
Time: 10am - 5pm
To Register: call (360) 867-5344
February 25-26, 2012
Padding–Making Workshop
Time: 10am - 5pm
Location: Squaxin Island Musuem, Library and Research Center
To Register: call (360) 867-5344
February 11/12, 2012 (Make Bentwood Red Corner Boxes)
February 18/19, 2012 (Make Etched Pendants)
2012 Tribal Canoe Journey Workshops
Time: 10am – 5pm
Location: Studio of Andrea Wilbur–Sigo and Steve Sigo in Shelton, WA
To Register: call (360) 867-5344 or email Tina Kuckkahn-Miller
February 11/12, 2012 (Make Bentwood Red Corner Boxes)
February 18/19, 2012 (Make Etched Pendants)
2012 Tribal Canoe Journey Workshops
Location: Studio of Andrea Wilbur–Sigo and Steve Sigo in Shelton, WA
Time: 10am – 5pm
To Register: call (360) 867-5344 or email Tina Kuckkahn-Miller
February 4, 2012 – 1:30 pm
Book Lecture: Walter Echo-Hawk
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
February 3, 2012 1:00 pm
Carving Studio Ground Breaking Ceremony
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
2011 Events
December 9, 2011, 11 am - 5 pm
December 10, 2011, 10 am - 5 pm
Longhouse Holiday Native Arts Fair
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
December 7th - January 18th, 2011
Cultural Connections art Exhibition
Evergreen Gallery
November 12 – 13, 2011, 10 am - 6 pm
Screen Printing with Peter Boome
The Evergreen State College Print Studio
August 6, 2011, 10 am - 7 pm
In the Spirit Northwest Native Arts Festival
Washington State History Museum
June 25, 2011 from 1-5 pm
Walking in Two Worlds
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
June 16 - August 28, 2011
In the Spirit Exhibition
Washington State History Museum
May 21, 2011 9 am - 10 pm
s3hLihL "To Teach by example"
A Salish Gathering at The Evergreen State College Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
Made possible by a grant from the Tulalip Tribes
s3hLihL Registration Form (PDF)
May 7 and May 6
Pow Wow and Coastal Jam
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
April 22, 2011 - 1 pm
Cleansing Ceremony
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
See Enlarged Flyer
April 9, 2011 - 6 pm
Water is Sacred
A message from a First Nations Grandmother
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
March 19-20 & March 26-27
Paddle-Making Workshop with John Smith
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
12-6 pm Saturday, March 5, 2011
Generations Rising
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
2010 Events
11-6 pm Friday, December 10
10-5 pm Saturday, December 11
Longhouse Holiday Native Arts Fair
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
1-3 pm, Saturday, November 20, 2010
Miniature Drum and Quilled Earrings Workshop
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
11:30 am to 1 pm, Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Ritual of Encounter DVD and presentation by Gene Tagaban
Lecture Hall 1
The Evergreen State College
7-10 pm Saturday, November 13, 2010
Drum and Dance Workshop
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
10 - 5 pm Saturday, August 7, 2010
Noon - 5 pm Sunday, August 8, 2010
In the Spirit NW Native Arts Festival
Washington State History Museum, Tacoma WA
12 - 1 pm, August 4, 2010
The Ritual of Encounter: A Collaborative Cultural Presentation
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
Event Information (PDF)
5 pm, June 17, 2010
In the Spirit Exhibition Opening
Washington State History Museum, Tacoma WA
12 pm - 4 pm, May 22, 2010
Anishinaabe Mino Bimaadiziwin (Good Native Way of Life)
Meet at the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
3 pm - 5 pm, May 24, 2010
Glimpses of the Past: a Weaver's Perspective
Meet at the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
12 pm - 4 pm, May 22, 2010
Anishinaabe Mino Bimaadiziwin (Good Native Way of Life)
Meet at the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
10- 5 pm, March 13-14 2010
Canoe Paddle Workshop
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
4-5 pm Monday, March 22 2010
Lecture: A Lawyer in Indian Country
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
February 17-18 2010
Pathways for Native Students: A Conference on Issues and Model Programs in WA Colleges and Universities
Doubletree SeaTac Hotel
www.evergreen.edu/nativeprograms/conferences/pathways
12 - 6 pm Saturday, March 6
Generations Rising
2009 Events
10 - 5 pm Friday, December 11
11 - 6 pm Saturday, December 12
Longhouse Holiday Native Arts Fair
November 12, 2009
Joe Feddersen, Pattern Recognition
Exhibition Opening Reception
Evergreen Library, 2nd floor, Rm 2204
5 - 7 pm
October 17, 2009
Longhouse Grand Re-Opening
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
1 pm
Longhouse Re-opening Slideshow Here...
August 8 – 9, 2009
In the Spirit Northwest Native Arts Festival
Washington State History Museum
10-5 Saturday the 8th
12-5 Sunday the 9th
May 11, 2009
Mo'olelo (Hawaiian Storytelling) Workshop and Presentation
Seminar II E1107
4 - 6 pm
May 2, 2009
Indigenous Grandmothers
Welcome Ceremony and Presentations
Library Lobby (2nd floor)
1 - 5 pm
February 22, 2009
Northwest Story Tellers
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
1 - 6 pm
Flyer (PDF)
2008 Events
December 5, 2008
Longhouse Holiday Native Arts Fair
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
10 am - 5 pm
Flyer (PDF)
October 11, 2008
Longhouse Community Dinner
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
6-10 pm
September 13, 2008
Tsimshian Fourth Generation Dancers Performance
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
2 p.m.
August 8, 2008
Reception for Dennis Banks
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
2-4 pm
June 28 - 29, 2008
In the Spirit Northwest Native Arts Festival
Washington State History Museum
Saturday: 10-5 pm
Sunday: 12-5 pm
June 19 - July 20, 2008
In the Spirit Juried Native Art Exhibition
Washington State History Museum
June 14, 2008
Super Saturday Native Arts Fair
10 am - 6 pm
March 1, 2008
"Generations Rising" Native youth art workshops and dinner
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
11 am - 6 pm
2007 Events
December 8, 2007
Longhouse Holiday Native Arts Fair
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
12 pm - 5 pm
December 7, 2007
Longhouse Holiday Native Arts Fair
Campus Activities Building (CAB)
11 am - 4 pm
November 3, 2007
Native Arts Marketing Service
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
10:00 am to 5 pm
October 27/28, 2007
3rd Gathering of Northwest Native Woodcarvers
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
News Release & Information
Registration information coming soon
October 27, 2007
Longhouse Community Dinner
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center
6-10 pm