(Photo | Courtesy of Erin Moore) Speakers Offer Perspectives from the Arts, Humanities & Environmental Sciences; Share Their Knowledge & Experiences on Connecting History, Living Culture & Ecology Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture (PMRCAA), a working ranch in Sisters focused on arts, agricultural and ecological projects, and The Roundhouse Foundation, which supports…
(Photo | Courtesy of High Desert Museum) In 1991, eight people sealed themselves for more than two years into a structure of glass pyramids and buildings. They were attempting to thrive as a closed ecosystem that could create oxygen and grow food. On Wednesday, April 13, join us at the Museum for the Biosphere 2…
(Reaching for the Heavens by Bruce Jackson) In 1993, Deschutes Children’s Foundation hosted their first major event. Hosted in the sanctuary of the repurposed church of their first location, Rosie Bareis Community Campus, the auction featured a wide variety of items and raised $10,000 to support the organization. From this humble beginning, the heritage event…
((L) Handsome Jack, bronze, 23 in tall x 6 x 11 by Kim Chavez (R) Something Fishy, watercolor 10×12 by Annie Ferder) Right in the heart of the Old Mill District, where it has been for 12 of its 20 years of operation, Tumalo Art Co. is a place of inspiration, for curious visitors who…
(Artist Chris Cole with the Londonderry sculpture | Photo courtesy of Bend Park and Recreation District) New Piece featuring Historical Figure Annie Londonderry, by Local Artist Chris Cole, made Possible by a Partnership between Bend Park and Recreation District and Discovery West Developers Discovery West, a new neighborhood in Bend, and the Bend Park and…
(What Moves Us (installation view), 2021, Dura-Lar, black ink, gold ink, gold leaf, paint marker and acrylic by Samantha Wall) A mural by Portland artist Samantha Wall, commissioned through Oregon’s Percent for Art in Public Places Program, has been installed in Oregon State University – Cascades’ Edward J. Ray Hall (Ray Hall). The Percent for…
(Art courtesy of Gillian Burton) As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, displaying sunflowers has become one of the many ways the world is showing solidarity for the Ukrainian people. Sunflowers — soniashnyk in Ukrainian — have been grown there since the mid-18th century. They have been an integral part of the country’s economy and…
Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is announcing nine new artists to the folk festival lineup, adding to an already stellar cast of musicians performing at its 25th annual event September 30-October 2, 2022 in beautiful Sisters. After an exhilarating folk festival in 2021, the SFF staff and board are looking ahead with excitement to bringing roots music…
Public Art Call to Artists Butler Market Road, Empire Avenue & 27th Street Roundabout & Powers Road & Brookswood Boulevard Roundabout Art in Public Places seek to commission two permanent large scale works of art for the Butler Market Road, Empire Avenue and 27th Street Roundabout in NE Bend and the Powers Road and Brookswood…
((L-R) Frank Buffalo Hyde, Camas Logue and Brutis Baez | Photos courtesy of High Desert Museum) Indigenous futurism imagines Native people well into the future, including in the realms of science fiction, outer space and cosmology. It’s a vibrant part of the exhibit Imagine a World and you can meet the artists this Thursday evening!…
