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Innovation Award Recipient for Fall Arts Walk 2026

Mystery and Wonder

Our Pick
Date: Oct 02 - Oct 03, 2026
Snowy mountain cap behind a vast mountain range horizon of trees
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701 Franklin St. SE

EVENT HOURS
FRI: 5-8PM
SAT: 12-6PM

Guest Organists, live music | SAT. 2:30PM and 4:30PM
Guided Tour, 1909 world's fair stained glass | SAT. 1:45PM and 3:45PM
John Von Almen, folk music & commentary | FRI. 6PM
Hillary Ryan of "Huggable Hens," textile craft
Group Show: Into the Fae Wilds - Art Inspired by Faerie
Contributing Artists:
Emely Von Almen, mixed media
Nicole Cohoon, mixed media
Karen Ferguson, crafted faerie houses
Group Show: The PNW Experience and the Natural World
Contributing Artists:
Lisa Di Marzo, painting
John Von Almen, photography
Judy Bushell, poetry

Come enjoy art, craft, music, and sacred space transporting the viewers/listeners into a sense of wonder and mystery.

Guest Organists: Our sanctuary will feature music on our historic organ, manufactured by Reuter Organ Company of Lawrence Kansas, and installed in 1929. Two gifted local musicians will play the organ at 2:30 and 4:30 on Saturday.

Guided tours of our stained glass windows will be offered on Saturday 1:45 and 3:45. The windows were installed in 1928 and crafted by Belknap glass Company of Seattle, founded in 1907 by Charles Belknap. Belknap created art for the World's fair in 1909. In 1938, upon his death, he willed is company to his 40 employees who continued their work in the northwest and beyond until the 1980s.

Folk Music & Commentary: Friday evening at 6:00 folk music and commentary will be offered in the sanctuary by John Von Almen.

Friday and Saturday local artists will offer art based on themes

Into the Fae Wilds - Art Inspired by Faerie: A celebration of whimsy will include Hillary's Huggable Hens (fabric/fiber comfort hen art) and offerings from Emely Von Almen, Nicole Cohoon and friends that lead us into the fae wilds, featuring art inspired by faerie. In addition, a collection of miniature fairy houses created by Karen Ferguson will be displayed.
The PNW Experience and the Natural World: Artists include landscape painter Lisa Di Marzo, landscape and nature photographer John Von Almen, as well as local poet Judy Bushell and her nature inspired poetry.

Presented by First Christian Church of Olympia
https://www.firstchristianolympia.org/

Stained glass window with a religious image displayed in the center
Handcrafted Faerie house with a tiny faerie sitting on a stump in its front yard

fairy house by Karen Ferguson

Interior shot of miniature handcrafted fairy house that opens the front walls of the house

Karen Ferguson

Work sample of textile artist, Hillary Ryan, including handcrafted stuffed hens in a basket

Hillary Ryan's Huggable Hens

Portrait illustration of a pointy-eared fairy with flowers in her hair

By artist, Nicole Cohoon

Illustration of a fairy wearing a flower like a dress with a surprised look on her face

By artist, Nicole Cohoon

Woman posing beside her poetry presentation in an interior setting

Poet, Judy Bushell

close up shot of a woman smiling for the camera

Artist Lisa Di Marzo

Snowy mountain cap behind a vast mountain range horizon of trees
Mystery and Wonder
Oct 02 - Oct 03, 2026
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