(Among the Shadows 12×16 oil by Krystal Allen) How do you view the world? Through rose colored glasses? Through a practical or artistic eye? Prineville artist Krystal Allen views it searching for beauty in abstract lines. Always considering composition, light and shadow, capturing moments in time are what excites her when creating her art. Whether…
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Bend’s Beloved 20-Dollar Art Show Returns to the High Desert Museum
It’s almost time for the return of Bend’s biggest little art event, The 20-Dollar Art Show! Presented by Bright Place Gallery, this year’s exhibition will feature a record 6,041 original works by 272 artists. Sizing a maximum 36 square inches, each piece will be priced at just $20, allowing art lovers to bring home unique creations…
October First Friday Gallery Events & New Exhibit Openings
BEND First Friday Bend Senior Center 1600 SE Reed Market Rd. 541-388-1133 • bendparksandrec.org/facility/bend-senior-center The Bend Senior Center at the Larkspur Community Center is showing art by members of the SageBrushers Art Society. Come visit the facility and enjoy beautiful paintings in acrylic, oil, pastel and watercolor, as well as outstanding photography. Showing through October…
COCA Receives $25,000 Grant
A grant of $25,000 was awarded to the Central Oregon Center for the Arts (COCA) by the Oregon Cultural Trust as part of that organization’s Cultural Development Grant Program. The grant will support COCA in its mission to enhance the cultural landscape of Central Oregon by providing a state-of-the-art facility for entertainment, artistic expression, education…
Cascade A&E Magazine Call To Art
(Previous covers | Cascade A&E Magazine) Calling All Painters, Photographers, Sculptors & More! Cascade A&E Magazine is looking for artwork submissions for the covers for the December, 2024 print editions. If your artwork is selected for the cover, we will include an artist profile and additional images of your work inside. December cover submissions must…
Last Call — Get Creative for the Owyhee
Did you want to submit your artwork to the Owyhee Art Contest but ran out of time? Good news! We’ve extended the deadline to Monday, September 23, so you still have time to get your piece in. This contest is open to any age, skill level, and art form. The winning piece will be presented…
High Desert Chamber Music 2024-25 Season Announced!
(Trio con Brio Copenhagen | Photo by Nikolaj Lund) Seventeen Years of Chamber Music in Central Oregon High Desert Chamber Music Announces (HDCM) the 2024-25 Season Schedule for their 17th season in Central Oregon! This year features Trio Con Brio Copenhagen — October 6, 2024, Telegraph Quartet — November 22, 2024, Frank Almond — February…
Joan Sheets’ Mission is Art Education
(Joan Sheets) If your elementary school child has enjoyed an art project in a Redmond School District school, there is a good chance that Joan Sheets was the driving force behind it. When Joan and husband Don Sheets, a noted woodworker, moved to Eagle Crest in 2008, they learned that there was no money in…
Rick Bartow: Animal Kinship Opens September 20
(Little Kestrel On The Ground by Rick Bartow) Rick Bartow: Animal Kinship, an exhibition from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation by one of Oregon’s most celebrated artists, will open September 20, 2024 at the High Desert Museum. This is the third art exhibition in a yearlong series of collaboration with…
Tananáwit ~ Native Art Gallery & Shop in Warm Springs
(Photo courtesy of Tananáwit) Opened in September of 2022, Tananáwit is a Native-owned and operated nonprofit art shop and gallery with a mission to promote, preserve and advance traditional artforms that are common among Native artists in the Warm Springs Reservation. Their gallery and art shop is filled 100 percent with Native art, with around…