October 10, 2025 (Moscow, Idaho) — The City of Moscow and the Moscow Arts Commission present three exhibitions at Moscow City Hall, available for public viewing from October 16, 2025–January 2, 2026.Everyone is invited to a reception for artists featured in all three exhibitions, which is slated for Thursday, October 23 from 5–7pm. The reception will feature refreshments by Pour Company and Wilder Catering. Participants in the Covering the Palouse exhibition will host a presentation about the history of the publication starting at 6 p.m. inside Council Chambers. 
Brooch the Subject
Brooch the Subject

The Box Gallery on the 1st floor of Moscow City Hall presents the work of University of Idaho MFA candidate Chandra Drennen. The artist makes jewelry while also considering its social function. Drennen says:“Brooches are wearable art that convey ideas and act as a visual introduction to the wearer. This collection uses a variety of materials, from fine metals to embroidery thread. Some were made with a subject and theme in mind and some were made to experiment with techniques and materials.”
Covering the Palouse
Covering the Palouse

On the 2nd floor of the Third Street Gallery is an exhibition of artist-designed covers of the publication known at different points as the Moscow Magazine, Palouse Journal, and Northwest Journal. From 1981 to 1995, it was a free tabloid, supported entirely by advertising, published five times a year by Ivar Nelson and Pat Hart. The publication tapped the zeitgeist of the Palouse via wide-ranging commentary, investigation, and musing by mostly local writers and artists willing to work for cheap. These were the days before social media. These were the days before everyone carried a supercomputer in their pocket with access to all the information in the universe. A paper magazine without digital backup is different. The Palouse Journal presented perfect icons for a cultural moment.
The Sweet Controversy
The Sweet Controversy

Some topics are so controversial that one hesitates to bring them up in public for fear of causing an argument. In The Sweet Controversy on the 3rd floor of the Third Street Gallery, artists charge boldly into divisive subject matter including licorice jellybeans, circus peanuts, and candy corn. These confections are guaranteed to elicit a love/hate response. Even better, they will generate deep nostalgia and rich conversations. This exhibition features a candy cornucopia of paintings made by University of Idaho students.The Box Gallery and the Third Street Gallery are located inside Moscow City Hall at 206 E. Third St. Moscow, ID.Gallery hours are 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays.
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About the Third Street Gallery

The Third Street Gallery is a space for art in the heart of downtown Moscow. City of Moscow Arts Staff and members of the Moscow Arts Commission have worked together to create artistic direction for the Third Street Gallery since the gallery’s opening in September 1997. The gallery features artworks in a wide range of media, subject matter, and content while presenting a curatorial vision open to all cultures and art forms. The Third Street Gallery exhibits the work of established and emerging makers from the Palouse and the broader Inland Northwest, celebrating the creative excellence of the region in a well-loved public space. The Third Street Gallery features artwork on the second and third floors inside Moscow City Hall. The building was designed by architect James Knox Taylor in 1911, and was formerly the Moscow Federal Building. Entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as a Second Renaissance Revival brick building, the structure now houses City offices and meeting spaces such as the City Council Chambers. The Third Street Gallery is an essential part of this building, as it brings art into the center of civic life in the City of Moscow. 

About the Box Gallery

The Box Gallery is a micro-gallery located on the 1st floor of Moscow City Hall. Founded in 2021 following the transformation of a window into a glass-fronted gallery space, The Box Gallery hosts exhibitions featuring a wide range of artworks, often presented in complement to exhibitions in the Third Street Gallery on the 2nd and 3rd floors inside Moscow City Hall.