(Katy Cauker, Carpenter Hill Orchard and Vineyard | Photo courtesy of Oregon State University) Art About Agriculture, an annual exhibition of agriculture-themed artwork coordinated by Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences, is holding an open call for artists to participate in the 2021 exhibition. This year’s show will be a competitive, juried exhibition. The…
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Cascades Academy Welcomes Elementary Students for Seven Weeks of Summer Camp Beginning July 12
Cascades Academy’s summer program, Camp CREATE, will be offering seven weeks of summer camp for rising kindergarten-5th grade students. Half-day and full-day options are available each week on the school’s 39-acre campus located near Tumalo State Park. Camp CREATE stands for Creatively Redefining Education through Adventurous Teachable Experiences and focuses on programming based in STEM,…
Winners Announced for the Neddy at Cornish Artist Award
((L): Tariqa Waters | Photo courtesy of Tariqa Waters (R): Anthony White | Photo by James Harnois) The 2020 Neddy Cornish Awards have been awarded to Tariqa Waters and Anthony White. Our deepest congratulations to Waters (Open Medium) and White (Painting), each of whom will receive an increased award — this year only — of…
“These Funds Give Me Hope” — Oregon Artists Share Impact of Recent Relief Funding
(Spray art students gather in front of the old Spray General Store. Artist Relief recipient Joni Kabana will use her award to support transforming the store into a community art center | Photo by Rosie Day) “Before I even opened the email, I exhaled a sigh of relief,” said Eryk Donovan of Portland, one of…
Student Artists Earn Top Scholastic Honors
(This piece by Summit High School’s Emma Harris was one of several by Bend-La Pine Schools’ student-artists that earned Gold Key honors from the Scholastic Arts Awards) 12 Students Earn Gold Key Awards Student artists in Bend-La Pine Schools were recently recognized by the Central Oregon Scholastic Art Awards program for their artwork, taking home…
PLAYA Launches New Programming – Self Directed Residencies
(Photo | Courtesy of PLAYA) Do you crave time to focus on your photography, writing, research, painting? Are you looking for the time and space in a supportive environment free of distraction from daily life in order to tackle a creative or scientific project? Are you in need of a change of new scenery to…
SFF Announces Cash Awards as Part of My Own Two Hands 2021: Holding Hope
(Plenary (2020 Theme Award Winner) by David Mensing, The Sun Followers (2020 Americana Folk Award) by Dorothy Holmes Mohler, Stepping Into Light (2020 Award of Merit) by Susie Zeitner and Wendy Birnbaum) | ALL photos by Curtiss Abbott) The virtual My Own Two Hands (MOTH) Holding Hope art auction and fundraiser is right around the…
See into Extraterrestrial Rocks in New High Desert Museum Exhibit Cosmic Microscapes
(Cosmic Microscapes | Photo courtesy of High Desert Museum) What do ancient pieces of cooled magma from the Moon and Mars have in common with samples from an eruption of Oregon’s Lava Butte only 7,000 years ago? Examined under a microscope, lava rocks from Earth, Moon, Mars and asteroids have striking similarities —not to mention…
Scalehouse Voices Presents Daniela Repas: The Still Line of a Movement
(Daniela Repas | Photo courtesy of Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts) DATE February 25, 6-7pm Virtual Zoom Event Reservations are required and a Zoom link will be sent in a confirmation email. $10 suggested donation. DANIELA REPAS The Still Line of a Movement captures the progression of Daniela Repas’ art practice through multiplicity of mediums….
Red Chair Gallery Presents Artist Helen Bommarito
(Celadon bowl and Plague Doctors by Helen Bommarito) Late in 2020, potter Helen Bommarito was seeking an idea for a ceramic Christmas tree ornament that would represent the year. She hit upon the perfect one: the Plague Doctor. During the plagues of the Middle Ages and earlier, plague doctors were hired by towns to care…