Art Galleries near Hillsboro, OR

“This was my first time at the Walters Cultural Arts Center in Hillsboro. I was grateful to attend a moment in history and had never heard of this small venue. This year is the 400th anniversary of the first folio of Shakespeare's work being published (his collected plays in 1623). There are events or special things happening throughout the world like the British Library printing a unique folio. This was Oregon's event which was an intimate (piano only) and free presentation by several pretty amazing opera singers. They did a shortened version of Romeo and Juliet in spoken English with several key songs sung in the original French opera by Gounod: Romeo et Juliette. The very first opera ever written was debuted in 1597 (the first opera was Macbeth!), the same year Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor (a personal favorite) was performed. Several of the singers are favorites from Portland Opera and a very sweet Baritone from the vineyard performance I attended a few weeks ago was an amazing opener. The performance space was perfection for this. Opera is glorious enough on a large stage but I feel pretty blessed when I get to hear it like this. These singers also seem to perform even better when they can present their amazing craft in such spaces, really connecting truly with their smaller audience. Just magical. This arts center is nestled into the neighborhood with a very tidy and ample parking lot. They converted this stone church which holds 150-200 people ad the layout is very straight forward with no wasted space or awkward corners, The acoustics are very impressive though since it was built as a church that is not surprising.”

“This place is great! I have gotten to know the artists here from the Tuesday Hillsboro Art Walks, and they are so talented. I would defiantly recommend coming to check out their work :)”

“Absolutely great Art Gallery, specializing in beautiful, curated work from Pacific Northwest artists. Friendly Must stop when in the Portland area! Always make a purchase when we visit!”