DOCD Directory

Assistance, consultation, resources and a helping hand for Olympia area artists and arts organizations.

Alex Mauss is an Olympia-based artist creating bold, whimsical works that bring joy, capture attention & foster connection: on walls, merchandise, magazines, children's books, and beyond.

A community art space offering classes, residencies, studio access, and events with a focus on ceramics, woodworking, fiber arts, music, and cultural arts.

Art Journey Studio & Gallery is a dynamic creative space where local artists showcase their work and engage with the community.

August Creative is a creative agency and web design studio based in Olympia and Seattle, Washington. We focus on strengthening community resources and engagement through thoughtful, inclusive design.

Coffee shop serving Four Barrel coffee in downtown Olympia that shows local artists.

Offering individual counseling, dreamwork, & workshops.

Calvin Douglass Haute Couture is an Olympia-based fashion design studio specializing in upcycled design.

Since 1971, Childhood’s End Gallery has featured contemporary fine art and craft from the Pacific Northwest. The gallery represents more than 100 American artists working in mediums like painting, glass, ceramics, wood, and metal, offering a wide selection of unique gifts, functional pieces, and art for the home.

I am a multimedia artist working across genre to create work that inspires the evolution of community consciousness and inter connectedness. Working in series allows me to address contemporary concepts in mediums that feel relevant to the needs of fellow people to be inspired by the work to perpetuate growth in their own lives.

Club Silly Billy is a brand all about keeping playfulness and whimsy a core part of your life, no matter what stage you’re in. I design and handmade products inspired by and using nostalgic toys and characters.

Community Print is a member-run, community-supported printmaking studio and creative space operating in downtown Olympia, Washington for over 25 years.

Cruz Garcia is a photographer based in Olympia, Washington, with over 10 years of experience in art, design, and high-end photography. He specializes in creating tailored images for local businesses, artists, and individuals who want to share their unique stories through photography.

Cyrra Robinson's work investigates the threshold where imagination and the tangible environment converge.

Davis Bashungwa is an Interdisciplinary artist focusing his artwork on representation and visibility.

Diverse Events & Creative Arts Yard [or DECAY] is a 3rd space for creatives and technologists and a DIY music & film venue.

Devin River is a textile artist living and working in Olympia, WA. River combines careful patterning with intuitive sewing to explore the value of materials, labor, and ourselves.

Curated Vintage apparel and upcycled clothing as well as after hours events including goth dance parties and musiclal performances

Professional Storyteller, Emcee, Entertainer, Public Speaker, Theater Artist, Director, Actor

Photographer specializing in portraits for musicians, artists, craftspeople, and other creatives.

Evan Horback is an Olympia-based painter and collage artist.

Firecraft Northwest takes you outside to connect with nature, learn survival skills, and build community. Join us for a class, workshop, or private event to learn ethnobotany and plant ID, foraging, fireside cooking, green wood carving, basketry and crafting with natural materials, animal tracking, shelter building, and so much more!

Flipped Pot is a full-access ceramics studio with regular classes and 24/7 memberships, where we drop the gate keeping and make ceramics accessible for all.

Heart of Deernicorn designs, manufactures, and distributes table top role playing games.

ilk Lodge is a kid-friendly (all ages area) taproom/restaurant with regular live music and rotating artwork. Staff play vinyl for a packed house on rotation in this much-loved community spot.

ISM Festival is a 3 day, multi-venue experimental performance art festival taking place in Downtown Olympia, WA. It typically happens in mid-September and features music, sound, dance, and performance art - by artists hailing from the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Contemporary Folk Art Expressionism Fine Art and acoustic music (Vocals, guitar, harmonica.)

I am an artist and arts advocate, currently on the board of CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund). I retired from teaching studio art at The Evergreen State College.

Jericho Moss, born in Los Angeles in 1983, is a visual artist and writer now living in Olympia, Washington. She studied philosophy and fine art in Paris before completing a master’s degree in anthropology in London.

Based in Olympia, Washington, I create expressive, story-driven visuals across multiple mediums, from illustrated book covers and children’s books to branding, apparel graphics, and promotional materials.

Fine Art Oil Painter, Part time Graphic Designer, Gallery Director at Childhood's End Gallery in Olympia.

Independent performance and creative services business operating under the persona Jusby the Clown. Services include live entertainment (singing telegrams, roaming characters, clown performances), interactive workshops (LEGO-based decision workshops, laughter yoga), and specialty appearances for festivals, private events, and community programs.

SomnArts, run by artist Karah Novak, specializes in local environment painting, and block printing work. They sell at markets in the Olympia-Tacoma area, alongside their personal projects, and freelance work.

I am a Mixed Media Visual artist , I primarily focus on paintings while also creating other visual forms like Film Photography, Digital Photography and Video.

Kelly Elizabeth Watson creates site-responsive, material-focused sculptures, paintings, and installations that engage with the seasons, natural cycles, and the living world. Through expressive use of color and form, she explores perception, shifting viewers’ sense of scale and space.

Owned by Mikaela Shafer, Maqa Collective's mission is to inspire and motivate brands, artists, and arts organizations to move beyond the confines of traditional marketing strategies.

Handmade functional ceramics made in Olympia,WA

Photographer and Teacher based in Olympia, Washington.

My work tells a story of disconnection— generational, cultural, and spiritual. I am currently on a journey to find my way in my Hopi culture, rebuilding relationships, and healing.

Moving Parts nurtures the dance community through providing embodied research opportunities, dance performance, and a non competitive and injury preventative learning environment.

Naedre Studio makes one-of-a-kind upcycled apparel. They repair, dye, and embellish these pieces with embroidery, block printing, and their signature style of quilt applique.

Old Dragon Medicine LLC is a socially conscious creative publishing and production company based in Olympia, WA. We illuminate shadows, foster healing and growth, and elevate human consciousness through music, literature, live performance, and visual art.

Oly Creative Coop is focused on creating more every day opportunities for artists and makers to make a living from selling their work.

The Olympia Arts & Heritage Alliance Museum (Olympia AHA Museum) is a free, publicly accessible, vibrant gathering space where art, cultures, and history converge to honor our past, celebrate our present, and inspire our future. The Museum hosts rotating exhibits, workshops, walking tours, and special programming, and well as visitor and tourism information."

The mission of the Olympia Artspace Alliance is to preserve, develop, and advocate for affordable live, work and exhibitions space for artists in Olympia, WA.

The Olympia Family Theatre is a non profit community theater that engages audiences of all ages in performances and programs that entertain and educate.

Independent and international film screenings, live music and entertainment, and rotating art exhibitions at the historic Capitol Theater.

Organdy Salvage Art is the creative practice of artist Emily von Flotow, specializing in vibrant, colorful murals for public and private spaces, from large-scale outdoor installations to interior environments. Inspired by the Pacific Northwest, her work features botanical and nature-based imagery, alongside original paintings and repurposed clothing and accessories rooted in sustainability.

We are a day spa that offers traditional and advanced esthetic services. We Love amplifying our fine arts community.

I am an Olympia-based* interdisciplinary artist whose work centers on the concepts of home and earth, within us and around us.

Fern Tallos paints murals and small works on canvas. Find their work throughout downtown Olympia, throughout our schools in our district and beyond, and perhaps in your neighbors front yard.

Queer, neurodivergent-owned. Transmedia Installation Artist creating unique, music-inspired sculptural assemblages, mixed-media, collage and hand built ceramic works including tiles & mosaics.

Kian Ell is a queer/trans printmaker, mixed media artist, and tarot reader.

Reggie Garrett has spent many years performing across the United States and Canada. Based in Seattle, Washington, he primarily plays original material, along with select pop covers and traditional folk ballads.

Sandra Campbell is an Olympia artist creating collage and mixed media pieces and am a member of Arts Olympia and the Olympia Art League.

Sparrow Studios provides the Olympia community with recreational circus classes in aerial, acrobatics, juggling, clowning, and more. We aim to turn technical movement into a vehicle for personal empowerment, cultivating an inclusive space that celebrates creative expression and potential at every level.

Stardust is an all inclusive, community-focused, luxury hair and nail salon. They are proud participants in both spring and fall Arts Walk. They also showcase local artists throughout the rest of the year in the gallery space at the front of the salon and host an annual makers market every winter.

Artist Mo Golden creates fine art that she then translates into lines of functional homeware designs that she and a team of artisans handcraft in her studio downtown.

The 3rd Thing is an independent, volunteer-run press publishing interdisciplinary and experimental work by artists and writers—primarily Indigenous people, womxn, queer people, and people of color—across books, performances, and collaborative projects.

The Bridge Music Project is a nonprofit dedicated to helping young people create, produce, and share their own original songs as a way of expressing their experiences. Through this work, the organization fosters collaboration, responsibility, initiative, mutual respect, and personal growth.

We are a lounge that hosts artists and performances. We offer cocktails and mocktails and are open every day.

The Reflecting Pool is a magaZINE focused on featuring the art and stories of artists based in or near the Olympia area.

The Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts facilitates the free and public exhibition of art and performance in Olympia, Washington by hosting gallery exhibitions in underutilized commercial spaces.

A multi-media artists based in the Pacific Northwest, combinding design and storytelling

I make collages and also self-publish books. (“Building Ghosts: A Month of Empty Commercial Properties in a Capital City, and the History That Haunts Them” is available at Olympia and Tacoma bookstores).

The Washington Center inspires audiences and artists of all ages through live performances, enriching the vibrancy of our community.

Elizabeth Berrien's wire sculpture studio/showroom has an ever-changing array of works in progress, along with her collection of award winning works. Visitors welcome to tour the space... see wire horses, bears, cats, dogs, humans, even a 14-foot Giraffe.