Columbia River Gorge · est. 2026 · until further notice
Anticline Collective is a temporary artist collective in the Gorge -- a real storefront, movable walls, and a crew of local artists showing work made here, about here, and about everything else. The storefront is borrowed time, and we're fine with that, we'll do pop-ups as well.
Everyone in the Gorge calls Coyote Wall "the Syncline." One problem: it's an anticline.
The great wall of basalt above Bingen is folded rock pushed up -- geologists call it the Bingen Anticline. The actual syncline, the downfold, sits under the Columbia River where nobody rides bikes. The nickname stuck anyway.
We're named for the thing everybody sees and almost nobody calls by its right name -- a little contrary on purpose. Temporary fits the same streak: borrowed storefront, no forever lease, no museum pretensions. Just work on the wall while the window's open.
A gallery with wheels under everything and no illusions about permanence.
No monthly payment hanging over anybody. When work sells, the space and the collective take a cut. Sell nothing, owe nothing. Final split is being worked out -- join the conversation and help shape it.
Walls, panels, and display fixtures that break down and load into a truck. The same kit that fills the storefront works a First Friday in the Gorge or a Third Thursday in White Salmon.
Artists help run the thing: hanging, open hours, popups -- not just dropping work and vanishing. The salon and esthetician who share the building keep daily eyes on the floor and earn commission for it. Who does what, and how it's valued, is still open. Show up and help write the rules.
About 800 square feet, ours until a long-term tenant signs. Security cameras are planned, and we're sorting coverage for work on display. Everything is built to survive a move -- including the name.
Starting with the Gorge. Not ending there.
In from the start: Robby Miller and Joseph Broschart, capturing landscapes with cameras. Other mediums are very welcome; the wall isn't scenery-only.
This thing gets shaped by whoever shows up early.
Commission, layout, hours, popups -- none of that is locked. The real discussion happens with whoever's in the room. Let's do this.
I'm Daniel Broschart, Gorge local for decades, software for work, art for happiness even when I'm not making it. My brother Joseph is one of the photographers in from the start. A high-school classmate owns the storefront on Jewett in White Salmon and needs a tenant; I'm organizing the collective so we can use the space until that happens (and possibly even after).
