Jeff Slakey sits down with Molly Wheat Baker inside her studio at Graffiti Community Art Space in downtown Shelton, Washington—and what starts as a conversation about her library exhibit quickly turns into a window on everything that’s growing in the Shelton arts scene right now.

Molly’s work is everywhere in Shelton—murals on Cota Street, stickers and shirts, commission paintings, and now a solo show at the Shelton Timberland Library through the end of March 2025. She talks about what it’s been like to find her community here, how organizations like Mason County Blue Zones and spaces like Marmo have knit Shelton’s creatives together, and what it means to go from “living in the woods” to being part of a movement working toward official state Creative District designation.

Oh—and she’s painting a bus.

📍 Graffiti Community Art Space | Railroad Ave, Shelton WA (across from Tolley’s)

🎨 Library Show: Shelton Timberland Library | Through end of March 2025

🗓️ Tue March 24 | 2:45–4:45pm — Live painting session

🗓️ Thu March 26 | 2:00–3:30pm — Artist talk (Tea Talk & Time Out)

🌐 mollywheatbaker.com | 📧 mollywheatbaker@gmail.com

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Live Murals, Community Art & What’s Growing in Downtown Shelton | Molly Wheat Baker