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SUMMARY:"Here and There" – Photographs by Micheal DeCesare at the Liberty Gallery this July!
DESCRIPTION:The Liberty Gallery is featuring the beautiful & striking nature photography by Micheal DeCesare during July. As Mike says\, “We are blessed living in the Pacific Northwest\, because there is so much beauty\, so close\, and that is reflected in the work presented. However\, my search also goes far away\, and that too is included in this show.”  \nStop by the Historic Liberty Building at 203 N. Washington St. from June 29th until July 25th to see Mike’s photographs; come by the gallery from 5-8pm on Second Friday July 10th for a reception to meet the artist.
URL:https://downtownspokane.org/event/here-and-there-photographs-by-micheal-decesare-at-the-liberty-gallery-this-july/2026-10-22/
LOCATION:Liberty Gallery in the Historic Liberty Building\, 203 N Washington\,\, Spokane\, WA\, 99201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Art
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SUMMARY:April Robinson is the PPP Guest Artist for July!
DESCRIPTION:April Robinson is a North Idaho-based artist whose work explores beauty\, identity\, and the quiet resilience of the human spirit. After years spent in social work and ministry\, she returned to art as a place of healing-discovering in the creative process a sense of freedom\, presence\, and renewal. \nWorking in oils\, acrylic\, mixed media\, and glass mosaic\, April creates layered\, expressive pieces inspired by her travels\, relationships\, and inner life. Her work moves between realism and impression\, often infused with vibrant color and emotional depth. \nRooted in her belief that art speaks where words fall short\, April’s work is an invitation-to pause\, to feel\, and to reconnect with both the seen and unseen beauty within and around us. \nStop by Pottery Place Plus in the Historic Liberty Building at 203 N. Washington St. from June 29th until July 25th to see April’s artwork; come by the shop from 5-8pm on Second Friday July 10th for a reception to meet the artist.
URL:https://downtownspokane.org/event/april-robinson-is-the-ppp-guest-artist-for-july/2026-10-22/
LOCATION:Pottery Place Plus\, 203 N Washington St\, #200a\, Spokane\, WA\, 99201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Beyond Conservation: Rights of Nature and the Reorientation of Environmental Law
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, environmental law in the United States has operated primarily within a conservation framework that regulates pollution and extraction while continuing to treat the natural world as property for human use. As climate disruption intensifies and biodiversity loss accelerates\, this model is increasingly criticized as structurally incapable of preventing ecological harm at its roots. This lecture examines an emerging jurisprudential shift: the movement from protecting nature as an object of regulation to recognizing ecosystems as subjects of legal rights.  Focusing on Rights of Nature as both a legal and philosophical development\, the presentation will explore how this framework challenges anthropocentric assumptions embedded in conventional environmental and property law. It asks what follows when rivers\, watersheds\, forests\, and other ecosystems are understood not merely as resources\, but as living systems with interests the law should recognize and protect. The lecture will also consider how this shift reframes the relationship between human communities and the natural world\, emphasizing that human health\, stability\, and flourishing are inseparable from the flourishing of the ecosystems on which communities depend.  Alongside developments in Washington State\, the talk will situate these questions within a broader global movement\, tracing how jurisdictions and communities around the world are advancing new legal approaches to ecological governance. The result is not simply a new environmental doctrine\, but a deeper challenge to the assumptions that have long structured modern law.
URL:https://downtownspokane.org/event/beyond-conservation-rights-of-nature-and-the-reorientation-of-environmental-law/
LOCATION:Downtown Spokane Partnership\, 818 W Riverside Ave Ste 150\, Spokane\, Washington\, 99201\, United States
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