(Wendy Red Star, Apsáalooke Roses, Lithograph 18 x 26, CSIA Permanent Collection | Image courtesy of Scalehouse Gallery) Scalehouse Gallery is pleased to announce their new exhibition, Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts: Prints from the Permanent Collection. This exhibition will open Wednesday, May 7 and will be on view through Saturday, June 26. We…
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Art or Craft?: The Makers Chime In! Featured Maker: Joe von Heideken
(Heideken’s Display at Red Chair Gallery | Photo by Kenneth Marunowski ) The economic, social and cultural history of Oregon is intimately connected to its landscape and specifically to one of its primary resources: wood. In the early 1900’s, lumber mills were key to establishing what is now the city of Bend. Logging persists throughout…
Red Chair Gallery Presents Michelle Lindblom
(The Shadows Beneath by Michelle Lindblom) There is a little personal philosophy in every painting Michelle Lindblom creates. “I’m always expressing what’s inside of me,” she explains. Lindblom writes a monthly blog about her inner reflections and then uses them for artistic inspiration. Her abstract acrylic paintings and monotypes are showcased at Red Chair Gallery…
Whatever Floats Your Boat! Mixed-Media Works by Pat Clark at Sage Custom Framing & Gallery
(Travel Memories, mixed media drawing, 10”x20” by Pat Clark) This month of May, Sage Custom Framing and Gallery presents Whatever Floats Your Boat, a series of mixed-media images by master printmaker Pat Clark. As the exhibition title suggests, boats, in a variety of guises both obvious and subtle, serve as the common denominator in the…
Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts Presents Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Prints from the Permanent Collection
(Artwork by Yoonhee Choi, Trace 0 | Courtesy of Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts) Join us for the opening of Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Prints from the Permanent Collection, this Friday, May 7 from 5-7pm at the Scalehouse Gallery. This will be a safe and socially distanced event — masks are required and…
Caldera Arts Updates
(Graphic | Courtesy of Caldera Arts) We have a goal to reach by June 30 and we need your help! We know you support creativity, that you are passionate about the young, creative minds that have found a second home at Caldera, and that you find inspiration from our AiR program. So, we’re asking you…
Red Chair Gallery Presents Artist Joren Traveller
(Painting by Joren Traveller) For many people, the social isolation and stress imposed upon the world by the COVID pandemic has been hard to bear. Not so for Joren Traveller, sculptor and painter, whose work is showcased at Red Chair Galley in April. The more time she spent at her home outside of Bend in…
Great Art Picks Up Where Nature Begins & a Special Surprise at the End
((L) Stained Glass by Becky Henson (R) Forest Walk by Cheryl Chapman) As we inch closer to a much anticipated spring, we can always bring colorful cheer indoors with beautiful art! Art delights the soul, lifts our spirit with color and shape and reminds us of what is to come. In other words, great art…
Cascade A&E Magazine Receives Prestigious Ben Westlund Advocate for the Arts Award
((L) Poster by Toni Del Guidice, (R) Cascade A&E February 2021 Cover | Poster Image courtesy of Sisters Folk Festival) Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is getting ready to host its largest annual fundraiser and community arts celebration, My Own Two Hands (MOTH), taking place virtually May 10-15. Proceeds from the event support SFF’s mission of…
Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Art Stroll Returns
The Sisters Arts Association’s (SAA) Fourth Friday Art Walk is returning, starting on May 28. The event is more of a “stroll” than a “walk,” taking place during the galleries’ regular hours, generally 10am-6pm, on the Fourth Friday of each month, May through September. The Art Walk returns with a renewed focus on art and…