Partnerships
At Artisans of Corvallis, we believe in the power of community partnerships to help us achieve our mission of supporting local artists and promoting the arts in Corvallis.
We are grateful for the support of our dedicated community partners who play a vital role in helping us carry out our mission. They provide us with resources, support, and connections. We are grateful for their commitment to making a difference in our community.
Thank you for sharing our vision.
Community Partners
The Arts Center inspires creativity and contributes to community well-being through equitable access to and engagement with the visual arts. We collaborate to offer exhibitions, learning opportunities, artist development, and cultural events in the greater Corvallis area.
Working together to connect, network, support, and promote the craft of sewing in Corvallis and the surrounding Willamette Valley, the Corvallis Sewing Community welcomes teachers, shop owners, theaters, designers, seamstresses, upholsterers, and makers that use a sewing machine.
Organized entirely by artists, the Northside Open Studios Tour (NOST) is modeled after the South Town Art Walk. A grassroots effort, the NOST encourages visitors to explore North Corvallis home studios to view locally created works and the artists' creative practice and spaces.
Tarweed Folk School stewards opportunities for community-based, hands-on learning to all ages by hosting classes taught by local educators, craftspeople, scientists, tradespeople, small business owners, and members of our Willamette Valley communities.
Common Fields is a community tap room and food truck pod promoting sustainability and local products, including beer from independently and locally owned and operated breweries. Common Fields also hosts The Artisan Market @ Common Fields, held on the first Saturday of each month.
The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition provides grassroots leadership, inspiration, resources, collaboration, and solutions to help Corvallis and Benton County become more sustainable. Our purpose is to accelerate progress toward a sustainable future by fostering greater communication and collaboration.
The South Town Art Walk (STAW) is an annual grassroots event started in 2011 that occurs on the first Sunday in December. It is organized and led by artists in South Corvallis to promote local makers and artists, build connections in the Southtown community, and celebrate shopping locally.
The TEAL Artist Coop is a seasonal art gallery in Corvallis, OR, and has the reputation as "the place" to shop for unique gifts, hand-made in the Willamette Valley. Every October, their team of dedicated artists transforms an otherwise vacant storefront into a gallery - a world of color, light and beauty - open during Nov and Dec with some of the best the Willamette Valley has to offer.
The Corvallis Fall Festival is a not-for-profit event with the mission to help sustain local arts and crafts while serving, supporting, and showcasing the Corvallis community. Located in Central Park and occurring every 4th weekend in September, the Fall Festival is the area’s largest art festival.
Highland Woodshop is a small shop located on family property run by dedicated folks excited to bring woodshop knowledge and access to our community. Membership models include options that foster creative community, knowledge sharing, and localized environmental action.
The Southtown Stand & Farmers’ Market is held on Tuesdays from 5-7pm during May through October at Flicker & Fir’s urban farm. This market features vegan desserts, gluten free items, crafts, drinks, jams, pickles, plants, mushrooms, fruits, cookies, and freshly made foods such as tamales, Indian food, pizza and salads.
Ten Rivers Food Web is an all volunteer organization whose mission is to steward the growth of a resilient local food web. In partnership with Oregon Taste, the Ten Rivers Food Web created a sub-directory of local food available in Benton, Lincoln, and Linn counties, in addition to running two annual cornerstone events — the Soil Amendment Sale in March and Fill Your Pantry in November.
Established at the Corvallis Art Center in the early 1960s as the ‘Clay Clan’, the Willamette Ceramics Guild has grown into a large group of ceramic artists who support each other and ceramic art in the Mid-Willamette Valley. Highly visible in the community, members exhibit and sell their work in local galleries and markets.
Thanks to funding from the Corvallis Community Empowerment Grant, this directory is free for both users and artists. We are extremely grateful for their generous support. If you would like to help or contribute towards our work, we would love to connect with you!