Summer Art Camp at The Dalles Art Center

The Dalles Art Center Classes & Workshops offers activities such as Revive, Ladies Night: A Vision of 2026, and Elemental: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Spirit. The program also includes events and classes like the Opening Party: Elemental, TDAC Book Club, Elemental Create Night with Denae Manion, Looking Closely at Art, Songwriting: Finding Your Voice, Poetry Open Mic: Voices of the Elements, Sip and Glaze, Winter Landscape Plein Air Painting at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Learning to Paint With Oil with Chris Pothier, Copies of the Masters with Chris Pothier, and The Poetry Wheel.

• Schedule: TDAC will be closed to the public from December 21, 2025 to January 21, 2026, and is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11am to 5pm, except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the month of January.

The Dalles Art Center states its mission as being a connecting hub to inspire and engage with the arts. The organization notes that it thrives from the support of the community and asks for support through contributions of time or money. It states that it fosters artists by cultivating opportunities and pushing boundaries, and that it aims to invite, support, and include the many diverse people and groups that create the community. It also states that it pursues long-term sustainability with a focus on integrity and financial stability.

Last updated January 6, 2026.