Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
Cheree LaPierre currently serves as a Development Assistant at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture since August 2023. In addition, Cheree has been working with Family Promise of Spokane since October 2020, holding roles as a Systems Integration Specialist, Bookkeeper, and Historian/Archivist. Previous experience includes supervising a landscape crew at Fairchild Air Force Base and handling packages at UPS in 2020. Cheree also contributed as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Asian Studies Program Coordinator at the University of Oregon Graduate School and assisted with aerial photography at the University of Oregon. Early career roles include maintaining neighborhood parks for the City of Spokane and groundskeeping at Whitworth University. Cheree is pursuing a Master of Library & Information Science at San Jose State University and has earned degrees in History and Mathematics from Whitworth University and currently pursuing a Master's degree in Asian Studies at the University of Oregon Graduate School.
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC) seeks to engage our audiences in the appreciation of art, history, and culture of the Inland Northwest and beyond through collection stewardship, exhibitions, and programs that enrich and inspire. Established in 1916, the MAC is the oldest cultural organization in Spokane, Washington, and serves visitors from Eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana and southern British Columbia. The museum is located on a 4.5-acre campus in Spokane’s oldest neighborhood, Browne’s Addition, and features a mix of 4 historic and contemporary buildings, including historic Campbell House, a 13,000 square foot mansion built in 1898, as well as a 2001 state of the art gallery and education spaces. The permanent collection contains over 60,000 objects including works of art, historic objects, and art and material culture from regional tribes. The museum presents a dynamic variety of exhibitions and programs that attract around 100,000 visitors a year. In addition to hosting popular, nationally traveling exhibitions, the museum highlights regional artists through exhibitions, publications, and educational events.