Central Oregon Philanthropic Organization’s Donation will Allow Art in Public Places to Install Public Art in Four Roundabouts Over the Next Two Years Bend Foundation, a philanthropic organization established by Brooks-Scanlon, Inc. and shareholders of Brooks-Scanlon and Brooks Resources, is donating funds to support new public art in four Bend roundabouts. The Bend Foundation and…
(Sinking Boat by Claire and Tesar Freeman) The Pence Pinckney Gallery at Central Oregon Community College (COCC) is exhibiting Dirge, an art installation by Claire and Tesar Freeman, from March 9 to April 8, with an opening reception at 4:30pm on Wednesday, March 9. The gallery is open 10am to 4pm, Monday to Thursday, and…
(Photo | Courtesy of Sisters Folk Festival) Sisters Folk Festival is seeking nominations for their 2022 Ben Westlund Advocate for the Arts Award. This award is given to the artist, organization or person who consistently supports, promotes and perpetuates cultural expression and engagement, seeks to inspire artistic endeavors in others and advocates for building on…
(Graphic | Courtesy of Tualatin Valley Creates) It’s a new year and Hillsboro is already planning its summer activities. On July 16 and 17, the west end of Downtown Hillsboro will become a two-day gallery of street paintings averaging 10’x10’. Local and national chalk artists will transform E. Main Street and flanking avenues into a…
(Photos | 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…
(Diversity by Hampton Rodriguez) Leading a group of ten Oregon visual artists awarded 2022 Individual Artists Fellowships, Tracy Schlapp will receive the Oregon Arts Commission’s honorary 2022 Joan Shipley Award. The other artists awarded 2022 Fellowships are Mika Aono, Heather Goodwind, May Maylisa Cat, Laura Camila Medina, Susan Murrell, Hampton Rodriguez, Alejandra Salinas, Pace Taylor…
((L) King Leo, (R) Sage by Katherine Taylor) I am a longtime Central Oregon oil painter, although I began my art career, strangely, right after I got my first job teaching high school English in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Although I had worked hard on my Secondary Ed degree and found I loved teaching (still do),…
Bend Senior Center 1600 SE Reed Market Rd. 541-388-1133 • bendparksandrec.org/facility/bend-senior-center The Bend Senior Center at the new Larkspur Community Center is showing art by members of the SageBrushers Art Society. Come visit the new facility and enjoy beautiful paintings in acrylic, oil and watercolor, as well as outstanding photography. Showing thru March. Blue Spruce…
(Photo | Courtesy of Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts) Rotating Artists from Danger Punch + FO(u)RT Collectives The current exhibition, Excuse Me: A Structural Device for Visual Communication, is changing weekly (this is the last week). This week Rachel Wolf will be taking over the Gallery. Excuse Me: a Structural Device for Visual Communication is a…
(Zenith by Troy Pillow) Art in Public Places (AIPP), Bend Park & Recreation District staff and Bend Park & Recreation Foundation selection committee members have selected Troy Pillow to create the Zenith sculpture at full scale for Alpenglow Community Park. To garner broad public input, AIPP welcomed public comments online for the first time, increasing…
