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Home to more than 125 creative industries, more than 70 public murals, and a rich culture of arts and community activism, the DOCD is a supportive coalition of organizations, businesses, and individuals.
Explore a list of businesses, clubs, makers, and organizations that work and live in our district. You can also register your own business!
Explore our comprehensive calendar of community events and register an upcoming event in the DOCD!
Davis Bashungwa is an Interdisciplinary artist focusing his artwork on representation and visibility.
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.
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.
A community art space offering classes, residencies, studio access, and events with a focus on ceramics, woodworking, fiber arts, music, and cultural arts.
Community Print is a member-run, community-supported printmaking studio and creative space operating in downtown Olympia, Washington for over 25 years.
The Washington Center inspires audiences and artists of all ages through live performances, enriching the vibrancy of our community.
Do you have an upcoming show, event, opening, or gathering you’d like to share? Submit it to the DOCD calendar! You can use our landing page to promote your event (if needed) or provide people with a place to add to their calendar.
Before submitting, please take a moment to review the guidelines to make sure your event is right for the calendar.
Are you a downtown business, creative, artist, performer, or organization? Register for the Downtown Olympia Creative District Directory today!
The 30 blocks of the Downtown Olympia Creative District include a mix of creative businesses from curated retail spaces, award-winning local breweries and coffee shops (and roasters!), and arts organizations, many housed in former warehouses and industrial structures.
Downtown is home to several independent theaters including the historic Capitol Theater, Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Harlequin Productions, and several all ages and 21+ venues that host live theater productions, music, comedy, and even aerial performances.
The Creative District features more than 70 large murals that celebrate a long legacy of visual art in our downtown, dozens of hosted art installations (including sculptures and statuary), two growing museums, and many rotating public art installations that feature our local artists.
Many of the district’s spaces are warehouses, older industrial or historic buildings repurposed for creative uses. For example, the Olympia Armory Creative Campus is a project converting a historic armory into multi-use arts space.
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The Olympia Creative District is a state-certified Creative District under the Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) program. This website was funded by cultural access funding through INSPIRE Olympia.
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