(Owl Armor – 5’ Tall 3’ wing span – Forged Steel by Kellen Bateham) Bend native Kellen Bateham is a contemporary blacksmith and self-proclaimed ‘nonprofit junkie’ currently serving as president of the Northwest Blacksmith Association (blacksmith.org). An incredibly active member of the blacksmith community, Bateham is a three time, first place winner of the Oregon…
(Photo | Pexels) Check out First Friday events, new exhibit openings and artist meet and greets for August’s First Friday in Bend. 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…
(Artwork by local BIPOC artists | Images courtesy of Scalehouse Gallery) Be Nice White … You’re in Bend: Local Artists of Color Challenge the Narrative that Central Oregon has “No Diversity” On View August 6-September 25, 2021 Scalehouse Gallery announces their new exhibition, Be Nice White… You’re in Bend: Local Artists of Color Challenge the…
(Desert Drama by Tamara Ruiz, winner of the Jury’s Choice Award in the 2021 Art in the West exhibition | Photo courtesy of High Desert Museum) As a friend of the High Desert Museum we’re offering you the exclusive opportunity to bid on Art in the West before the general public! The juried exhibition and silent auction opens…
(Image provided) The City of Sisters, the eastern gateway to the Santiam Canyon, is home to a wide variety of artists and artisans. Two of these artists, Mel Archer and Terri Dill-Simpson, share a love for the Canyon and also feel deep sympathy for the residents affected by the cataclysmic wildfires of 2020. Mel and…
(Self-Portrait by Miina McCown, Best of Show-2D Category at COCC’s Student Art Exhibition | Photo courtesy of COCC) Showcasing more than 100 works of art, Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) online student art exhibition features top projects from this past academic year in media ranging from sculptural ceramics and painting to graphic design and vector…
Art, Technology & Storytelling Converge as LUMA Returns to it’s In-person Format September 10 & 11 Just one year after redefining virtual arts for the COVID age, LUMA will return to its much-loved street festival format with the seventh annual LUMA Projection Arts Festival on Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11, 2021. From Walt…
(Jason Graham | Photo courtesy of Jason Graham) Oregon Humanities recently announced the second round of Fields Artist Fellowships. The fellowships, offered in partnership by Oregon Humanities and Oregon Community Foundation (OCF), will pay four artists $100,000 each over the course of two years. The recipients of the 2021–23 fellowships are Jason Graham of Bend,…
(Oregon artist Sam Hamilton (foreground) with the Camas High School Choir following a 2019 performance of “THIS IS A CHOIR” at Portland Art Museum. Hamilton recently received a Career Opportunity grant award from the Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation | Photo courtesy of Oregon Arts Commission) Ensuring artists’ access to funding opportunities and…
(Wild Feather by Jesica Carleton) As summer blooms around us, we feel the beauty and it evokes happiness! Such is the same with art. Art is pleasurable because it evokes emotion every time, we gaze at it. This is the theme in the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver. Are walls are filled with art that will make…
