(Photo | Courtesy of the High Desert Museum) The High Desert Museum is kicking off February with a brand new, original exhibit. Hope to see you here! To check out the details for all our events, go to highdesertmuseum.org/calendar. Here’s all the fun coming up this month. Winter Nights Thursdays, 4-8pm Join us after hours…
(photo | Courtesy of Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts) Rotating Artists from Danger Punch + FO(u)RT Collectives Excuse Me: a Structural Device for Visual Communication is a collaborative exhibition from Danger Punch and FO(u)RT art collectives. Each week will showcase the work of an individual artist in response to a single poem by Dr. Jenna…
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 February. Blue Spruce…
(Youth participants from the 4J Migrant Education Program show off the masks they made during Lane Arts Council’s Creative Link last summer | Photo courtesy of Oregon Arts Commission) Twenty-three arts organizations, including Bend’s High Desert Museum, will each receive $10,000 grant awards to support their educational projects in partnership with Oregon schools through $230,000…
(My Fave Aunt and Uncle by Paula Bullwinkel) The Pence Pinckney Gallery at Central Oregon Community College (COCC) is exhibiting a range of works from COCC art faculty members now through February 4; the gallery is open 10am-4pm Monday to Thursday, and from 10am-2pm on Fridays. The exhibition includes works by COCC art instructors Paula…
(Life Lines by Michael Stutz | Photo courtesy of Art in Public Places) Models of the proposed art sculptures for Alpenglow Community Park (located at 61049 SE 15th Street) will be on display at the downtown Bend Deschutes Public Library through January 29 and at the Larkspur Community Center from January 31-February 7. Community members…
(The Wonder of Scott Lake by Barbara Cella) All of us at Hood Avenue Art are wishing you a healthy and happy New Year. As a Sisters gallery, we take pride in our diverse group of local artists. We have cultivated a wide variety of styles and mediums showcasing the artistry of our members. We…
(Art | Courtesy of the High Desert Museum) Exclusive Members’ Exhibit Preview If you could create your own world, what would it look like? The new, original exhibit Imagine a World explores the history, ideas and art of intentional communities. It opens to the public on January 29, and members get an exclusive sneak peek…
(Residents of Hog Farm, a still-functioning commune that began in the 1960s, ride in a Fourth of July parade in 1968. The High Desert Museum exhibition Imagine a World considers the approaches of intentional communities throughout the West during the last half century, including Hog Farm | Photo by Lisa Law) The COVID-19 pandemic, which…
(Art by Karen Z. Ellis) Beauty, strength and hope characterize this new exhibit of early and recent artwork by Karen Z. Ellis. Always enchanted by the cycles and rhythms of the natural world, her work also explores the realm of myths, dreams and legends side-by-side with the simple beauty of natural forms. For example, the…
