(Photo | Courtesy of Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts) Intersections: Where Art & Activism Meet features the work of two contemporary artists at the center of art and social critique. April Bey’s Atlantica depicts a world, beyond this earth, where Blackness, queerness and joy are respected and celebrated. Atlantica seeks to center Black opulence and pleasure when on Earth both concepts…
((L) Fair Warning/Poetic Advice by Rebecca Sentgeorge (R) Reaching Towards the Sun by Rebecca Sentgeorge) Spring is a happy time. Flowers are beginning to pop up and new possibilities unfold. This is especially true for artist, Rebecca Sentgeorge. She has a few things popping up this month. First, she was juried into the 47th Western Federation…
((L) Spring Portal by Amelia O’Dougherty (M) Blue Flower by Paul Alan Bennett (R) Rounding Home by Jill Neal) Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is getting ready to host its largest annual fundraiser and community arts celebration, My Own Two Hands, taking place April 29 and 30. Proceeds from the event support SFF’s mission of strengthening…
(Tetons at Night by John Mikkelson) The High Desert boasts some of the darkest night skies in the continental United States. But with the region’s population growth, dark skies are a natural resource being lost. Increasing light pollution emanating from developed areas threatens the health and populations of species that depend on the dark including…
((L) Golden Crown Sparrow by Jacqueline Newbold (R) Roussillon by Jacqueline Newbold) A Peek Inside My Watercolor Art Journals features Jacqueline Newbold’s colorful watercolor and experimental art journals. Filled with fabulous florals, landscapes, animals and exotic scenes, Jacqueline’s journals provide a place where she can play, try out new ideas and embellish pages with mixed…
((L) Jeff and Heather Thompson, (R) Sea Turtle 2021 by Jeff and Heather Thompson | Photos courtesy of Red Chair Gallery) The husband and wife team of Jeff and Heather Thompson have been creating beautiful blown glass together for two decades. Their colorful sea creatures and tall striped vases are sold in several galleries all…
(Poster art by Dennis McGregor) Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is rolling out The Pronghorns, the new 2022 festival poster image commemorating its 25th annual event September 30-October 2, 2022 in beautiful Sisters. After a rousing and much-anticipated folk festival in 2021, the SFF staff and board are looking ahead with excitement to once again bringing roots music…
33rd Annual High Desert Rendezvous is Saturday, August 27 The High Desert Museum’s signature fundraiser returns Saturday, August 27! You don’t want to miss this annual, in-person celebration of the Museum’s mission. Rendezvous brings a night of revelry including a live auction, raffle and more! The High Desert Rendezvous helps support the Museum’s educational programs,…
(…But I Can’t Prove It, 2016; acrylic and The Dawes Roll book, 8 x 8 x 9 inches, by Tom Farris) Stereotypes of Native American peoples are ubiquitous and familiar. Savages and Princess: The Persistence of Native American Stereotypes, opening Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at The Museum at Warm Springs, brings together 12 contemporary Native…
(Photos | Courtesy of Pine Meadow Ranch Center for the Arts and Agriculture) Pine Meadow Ranch Center for the Arts and Agriculture, a working ranch in Sisters focused on arts, agricultural and ecological projects, has awarded residencies to 26 artists, scientists, scholars and researchers working on individual or collaborative interdisciplinary projects and other forms of…
