(Art | Courtesy of Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts) Registration closes at noon on Thursday for Art + Words Literary Festival Starts Thursday. Art + Words is a multi-disciplinary event that convenes writers, creative thinkers, performers and artists to encourage collaboration and inspiration across artforms. Through a series of performances, talks, workshops, and interactive art projects,…

The culmination of the Mercury Company sessions during the pandemic, the festival celebrates the creative work accomplished with staged readings and five short films premieres. In June of 2020, Artists Repertory Theatre (ART) established a repertory company called the ART: Mercury Company, spanning 18 months, 240 writers, directors, educators, actors, technicians, designers and producers, were hired to…

(Packaged as three-term programs, the certificates are intended to provide job-ready skill sets | Photo courtesy of COCC) Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) art department will begin offering two unique visual art certificate programs this fall, specializing in graphic design and illustration. Packaged as three-term programs, the certificates are intended to provide job-ready skill sets….