Sunriver Lodge Betty Gray Gallery continues in the festivities of Traditions with the lower gallery exhibit of the Two Rivers, Three Sisters quilt from the Quilt for Two Rivers project. The upper gallery exhibits Going to The Dogs, collaborative art by Kathy Deggendorfer, watercolors and Tonye Belinda Phillips, quilts.
The Quilt for Two Rivers project seeks to raise awareness of Whychus Creek and the Metolius in their flow along the Sister’s Mountains toward their confluence with the Deschutes River. Both waterways received recognition by the Oregon legislature as Wild and Scenic Rivers and are now part of the National Forest Foundation’s Treasured Landscape Conservation Campaign to restore watersheds and ecosystems in national forests. The project also seeks to raise money for these conservation efforts.
Many local, regional and national organizations including Sunriver Resort join in supporting the Quilt for Two Rivers project but, perhaps, the most notable is the Two Rivers, Three Sisters quilt by 20 of the Pacific Northwest’s foremost fabric artists. This collaborative interpretation in fabric of Whychus Creek is a 40 ft. length of 17 individual panels that depicts Whychus Creek running through and connecting the quilted segments.
A partnership between the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, the National Forest Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service, sponsors include the Presenting Sponsor, US Bank, and other contributing sponsors of Deschutes County Cultural Coalition, Deschutes County Commissioners Discretionary Fund, Oregon Arts Commission with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Roundhouse Foundation, Deschutes Land Trust and Deschutes River Conservancy.
The upper gallery presents the delightful Going to the Dogs series, a collaboration of two widely recognized Sisters artists, Kathy Deggendorfer, watercolor artist, and Tonye Belinda Phillips, quilter. The basis for the series was Deggendorfer’s Yellow Dog concept from her art about Oregon specialty farms and Phillips’ dog houses from her House Party series.
These ideas transformed to whimsical, side-by-side two panel depictions of eccentric dogs of several breeds and their charming doghouses. The left panels, watercolors by Deggendorfer, combine with the right panels, small quilts by Phillips, to depict the endearing images that are available in original works as well as editioned fine art prints.
The gallery welcomes the public to the exhibition continuing through the New Year celebrations during Lodge hours. Billye Turner, art consultant and gallery curator, provides additional information at 541-382-9398.