((L-R, Top Row) River Roots by Chris Rench and Shaping Continuity by James Dinh. (L-R, Bottom Row) Crossroads by Karen Yank, Halo by Patrick Marold and Spirit of Flight by Saori Ide and Jonathan Russell) Design renderings of the proposed sculptures for the Colorado Avenue & Columbia Street roundabout will be on view from March…
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Red Chair Gallery Presents Blue Spruce Pottery
((Left) Melissa Woodman. Photo courtesy of Red Chair Gallery (Right) Blue Spruce baking dish by Patrick Woodman) When a new generation takes over a family-owned business, there is usually an orderly transition. In the case of Blue Spruce Pottery, the changeover was completely unexpected, due to the death of founder Michael Gwinup one year ago….
BendFilm Unveils Poster Design for the 20th Annual Bend Film Festival
BendFilm, Inc unveiled the poster design for the 20th Annual Bend Film Festival, scheduled for October 12-15, 2023. The poster was orignally designed by the former local design firm the Astir Agency and updated by local graphic designer and BendFilm employee Elise Furgurson. The creative design features an iconic image of Bend – the sun…
COCC Art Show Explores the Future of Gender
(NonBinary by Sara Weimers) Central Oregon Community College (COCC) is unveiling an art exhibition titled The Future is Genderless from March 15 to April 28 at the Pinckney Gallery in Pence Hall on the Bend campus, with an opening reception from 4:30-7pm on Wednesday, March 15. The gallery is open Monday to Thursday, 9am to…
Call for Artists
(Photo by Rudy and Peter Skitterians) The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon’s (UUFCO) Art Resource Team will present Primavera: A Celebration of Spring to be featured in our Linus Pauling Gallery, from April 2, 2023 to June 4, 2023. Art must be available for exhibit for the entire time and dropped off and picked…
Discover our March Artists in Residence
(Art courtesy of Caldera Arts) We are proud to embark on our third-month session of Caldera’s Artists in Residence program. The March cohort is now working at Caldera Arts Center on projects involving body art, multi-disciplinary art, filmmaking, photography, painting, and writing. For a comprehensive overview of our program please visit the AiR landing page…
Yonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth & Leftover Salmon
(Photo courtesy of Hayden Homes Amphitheater) A Bluegrass Jam Sesh Presented by Relix, three legendary bluegrass bands, Yonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth and Leftover Salmon, will each play full jamming sets all in one night! This tour is unique in that the order of the bands will change every stop, but they’re not going to announce the lineup in advance….
Sharing the Spectrum of Watercolor
((L-R) Raven Steals The Light by Rebecca Sentgeorge, Fractured Reflections by Kathleen Buck, Sea Garden by Linda Burgel and Larkspur & Sunflowers by Winnie Givot) The Watercolor Society of Oregon (WSO) is a nonprofit with around 600 registered members that is dedicated to furthering the creation and appreciation of water media. WSO was founded in…
Local Flare in Betty Gray Gallery
(Alfalfa Market by Dan Price) The Betty Gray Gallery at the Sunriver Lodge is offering a delightful array of artists for its March showcase. Upstairs are two local painters who showcase the wonders of Central Oregon, while a local photographer with a unique reason for starting his work fills the downstairs space. Bonnie Junell features…
March 2023 Roaring In Like a Lion for Artist Ken Marunowski
(Anza-Borrego Desert. Mixed-media on paper, 26”x40”, 2022 by Ken Marunowski) This March is certainly roaring in like a lion for Bend artist Ken Marunowski with his second solo exhibition at LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY (LVDG) in Portland and his first workshop at the Borrego Art Institute, located in Southern California’s stunning Anza-Borrego Desert. With…