UMANI is a major community-wide collaboration between individuals and many of the largest cultural institutions in our area, including: Columbia Basin Allied Arts (CBAA) Moses Lake Library, Downtown Moses Lake Association, Columbia Basin Allied Arts, Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, Moses Lake Creative District, Big Bend Community College, Moses Lake High School MEChA, Artisans Co. and EDUBS C/S. 

Make it! Watch it! Buy it! Moses Lake’s first art festival is Art on Third!

10 AM – 5 PM – Make it! This year featuring: dry-medium mural making with charcoal, pencil, art pens, chalk pastel and oil pastels; weaving with natural fibers; and felting with Mad Hatter Fibers! Have your own craft you want to share and work on – stop by the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center for “Crafternoon” at 12 PM to join a group of crafty folks… getting crafty!

11 AM – 4 PM – Watch it! This year in the tent featuring the (unofficial!) spinning guild of the Basin, basket weaving, encaustic painting (wax and a blowtorch!) and wood burn carving. Down the street from 12 PM – 5 PM, throw clay pots at ARTGarden Pottery and paint waves at DolzCoffee Shop at the Drip!

10 AM – 5 PM – Buy it! We have fiber, drawing, painting, encaustic, wood and crystal vendors for your walls and tchotchke shelves. Down the street is the Moses Lake Farmer’s Market with additional vendors and all the wonderful shops down Third Avenue!

While you’re here, view AND add to The Colors of Hope, a project by the Columbia Basin Walk to End Alzheimers that features children’s chalk art on Third Avenue (the Walk starts at 9 AM on Third Avenue, walks around to the Farmers Market and back) AND, stop by the Moses Lake Farmer’s Market whose fall produce is KICKING UP and delicious, AND get some tickets to Sip n’ Stroll the Downtown Moses Lake Association’s 23-stop wine walk that features regional things to sip, local music, a CAR SHOW including the Moses Lake Classic Car Club and the Malditos Low-Riders, AND if you want to get involved or meet who is making all these amazing things happen, swing by the CARE Fair with CARE Moses Lake and all the non-profits who make our vibrant and wonderful community welcoming and fun!

This is a BUSY day downtown! Fun for all ages! Join us under the Art on Third tent, Stroll down Third Ave. and Walk by the Market and Museum!