Meet the women behind a local art movement

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The small farming town of Othello, in eastern Washington state, is home to a longstanding arts hub, The Old Hotel Art Gallery. Built in 1912 as a railroad hotel along the Milwaukee Road, the space was reclaimed in 1975 by a group of mostly women who saw its immense potential as an arts center. Since then, the gallery has served as a community gathering place showcasing local and regional artists and providing arts and crafts classes for all ages. The Old Hotel staff and volunteers also support the popular annual Sandhill Crane Festival and other local events. NWPB's Annie Warren has a personal connection to the place: her grandmother, Gladys Para, was one of the original founders of the gallery, and Annie took classes there as a child. NWPB speaks with current gallery director, Samantha Copas, and former director, Nancy Briggs, about some of the people, the challenges and the inspiration that have kept The Old Hotel Art Gallery alive and serving the community for the last fifty years.

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