Come join us as we welcome a Christ-centered holiday season to the Palouse.
December 7-8, 2024
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Join us in celebrating Jesus Christ through your art!
We have already begun preparations for the Palouse Community Christmas Festival. This event will be held December 7-8. This event will look a little different than it has in the past.
As part of this phenomenal event we would like to extend an invitation to each of you to first, ponder your faith in Jesus Christ. Then, think about how you might symbolically represent, through your own creative process, how your faith in and testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ have grown as you have put into practice the pleadings of President Nelson; “I plead with you today to counter the lure of the world by making time for the Lord in your life—each and every day. I plead with you now—to take charge of your own testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel. Work for it. Nurture it so that it will grow. Feed it truth.“
The medium for your creation will be your choice. Painting, photography, quilting, woodworking, flower arranging, sculpting, welding—almost anything can be used to creatively represent the increased dimension and power that has come into your life as you have focused more intensely on Jesus Christ.
As part of the Christmas Festival we will anonymously display your works along with a short description of your “personal parable”; why and how your work represents your testimony of Christ.
PLEASE do not think that your piece has to be perfect in order to share!!!
Just as our works of art might not be perfect so too our testimonies are works in progress. We are all at varying levels of imperfection. Our goal is progress, not perfection. As we strengthen our own testimonies and share our experience with others we can also help to strengthen our neighbors. Old and young! Male and Female! Quantifiable artistic talent or those who feel they are lacking the necessary creativity are all invited to participate!
We will be accepting submissions up until October 1st. It does not have to be finished by then, we just need to know what you will be submitting.
Submission Guidelines
The theme of the 2024 Palouse Community Christmas Festival Art Exhibit is “Jesus is the Living Christ. He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world.”, which comes from “The Living Christ-The Testimony of the Apostles.”
- The exhibition is open to all members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and community members residing within the Moscow Idaho stake boundaries.
- The exhibition welcomes a variety of cultural and aesthetic traditions, styles, and artistic media. Media may include painting, drawing, textile arts, photography, printmaking, sculpture, glass, clay, ceramics, wood, leather, stone, metal, traditional and folk arts, mixed media, multimedia, video, and more.
- Each artist may send only one piece of art.
- The artwork must have been completed after January 2023 and before the submission deadline.
- The artwork cannot exceed 72 inches (183 centimeters) on the longest side, including the frame.
- The artwork may not exceed more than 300 pounds (136 kilograms) in weight, including the frame.
- The exhibition is not responsible for framing works of art or for attaching hanging or mounting mechanisms to them.
- All exhibits will be juried and agreed upon for display.
- The art and corresponding artist statement displayed will be reviewed and may not represent items or themes that are contrary to the beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Artist Submissions
We are currently accepting artist submissions in all media for potential exhibition.
Please fill out the submission for below.
2024 Event Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 7
Details to come
Sunday, Dec. 8
Details to come
Events held at
2600 West A Street, Moscow, ID
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Near the Moscow Walmart
And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!
Luke 2:12-14
Volunteer
Service opportunities for the event range from setting up and taking down decorations, to hosting the nativity exhibit and stable photo rooms and many other opportunities. Each opportunity, with its description, is listed at Sign Up Genius. You can sign up for either 2-hour or 3-hour blocks of volunteer time. There are opportunities for all who wish to help!