(Photo | Pexels) Site Structures – City of Bend Public Works Campus The City of Bend in partnership with Art in Public Places (AiPP) seeks to commission designs for three structures: a bike shelter, a trash enclosure and a central utility plant enclosure on the Public Works Campus in Bend. The artist(s) will design inspired…
The Sunriver Art Fair committee invites artists to submit their applications for the 15th annual Sunriver Art Fair, taking place August 8-10 in The Village at Sunriver. Applications will be accepted from December 1, 2024 to March 9, 2025. The art fair is a nationally recognized, juried fine arts and crafts event drawing local Sunriver…
(Arthur Migliazza | Photo courtesy of Sunriver Music Festival) Valentine’s Day Dinner & Dance Concert 2025 continues the tradition of Sunriver Music Festival’s crowd-pleasing Valentine’s Day Dinner & Dance Concert. Sponsored by Sunriver Resort and featuring the 17-piece Blue Skies Big Band, here’s your opportunity for a fun night out in the iconic Great Hall…
The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation (MBSEF) and SELCO Community Credit Union began accepting submissions on Monday for the annual SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle Design Contest. The community contest precedes one of the largest multi-sport events in the Northwest, the SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle, which will return for its 47th running on Saturday, May 17,…
((L-R) Ornament by Helen Brown, Tiny Art by Dee McBrien Lee, Tiny Art by Shelli Walters) A holiday tree can be a fine art gallery all by itself with tiny art created by local artists. Every year, Tumalo Art Co. artists present hand-made ornaments and small works in many mediums. It allows art lovers to…
(Jennifer Bakker) Many famous artists have been inspired by music. In contemporary American art they include Keith Haring, who loved The Grateful Dead and gained appreciation with his subway art in New York City, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, a neo-expressionist who was also a jazz afficionado. At Red Chair Gallery, Jennifer Bakker, who describes her art…
(Kris Horn) “Exploring different mediums is part of the search, gaining knowledge. It’s the science end of it,” says Kris Horn, Dry Canyon Art Association’s Artist of the Month for December. “You wanna see what’s gonna happen. You wanna see how it responds when you do this or you do that. How can you tell…
(Jean Requa Lubin with Throwing a Wild Horse Fit) During a panel discussion at our art gallery, I posed a question to artist friends, gallery owners and patrons. “As an artist, if you knew that your art somehow would never — ever — be seen by anyone, would you still paint?” As an artist, I…
(Aspen Grove Estates (2023) by Hilary Baker) A new art exhibition that considers wildlife against urban backdrops opened recently at the High Desert Museum. Neighbors: Wildlife Paintings by Hilary Baker shares imagery of wildlife native to the High Desert—gray fox, black bear, pronghorn antelope and others. They stand in the foreground with urban encroachment in…
((L-R) Sylvia Ford, Cheryl Chapman, Dianne Lay Carolyn Waissman Sonya Runar) Shopping for holiday gifts should not be a burden. It should not be searching for parking or waiting for the UPS delivery. Shopping should be part of the joy of the season. At the Artists’ Gallery in the Sunriver Village, music is playing, people…
