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Public Art
Three-Month Holiday Show at Sunriver Library Features Two Local Artists
(Photo above:”Theraful” by Donna Rice | Courtesy of Donna Rice) During the holidays, two local artists will exhibit their work at the Sunriver Area Library. Donna Rice creates amazing fabric wall art, while Greg Cotton works in wood to produce beautiful, yet practical pieces. Visit the library during this three-month show through January 28 and…
Kaycee Anseth One Night Show at Sunny Yoga Kitchen
Collage artist Kaycee Anseth is presenting a one-night-only show of large-scale collage, fine art prints and art cards at Sunny Yoga Kitchen in NorthWest Crossing on Monday, November 14, from 6-9pm. The show of artwork is a fond farewell to Bend before the artist relocates to northwest Ireland. The collages are composed completely of small…
Street Art Blossoms in Bend
From the well-established Tin Pan Alley art collection to hopes for a High Desert Mural Festival, public art is quickly gaining steam in Bend. Cascade AE explores the importance, the need and the future of this growing movement. BEND HEADS TOWARDS LEGALIZING MURAL ART IN MAKERS DISTRICT A feeling of cohesive collaboration was in the…
2016 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate and inspire the public about the art of quilting and to enhance the cultural and economic vitality of the schools and community of Sisters and Central Oregon. They accomplish this through a series of annual events, most notably the largest outdoor Quilt…
Art in Public Places
Public Art Commission Awarded to Boise Artists Bend, OR –November 11, 2015–A kinetic art installation built around ten stylized aspen trees has been selected by Art in Public Places for the Murphy and Third Street Roundabout. Gilded River is comprised of twenty-two foot high trees and hundreds of colorful kinetic leaves to create a unique visual…
Janice Rhodes Embraces Contemporary Encaustics
Local artist Janice Rhodes says, “she is treated like a queen bee in her studio.” Her medium is a blend of molten beeswax, pigment and damar resin called encaustics or hot wax. Her studio is close to downtown Bend and the Deschutes River and with doors open on warm days as she melts down the…
Tour the Tin Pan Alley Art Collection
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor In just over a year Bend has added eight new public art installations to the Tin Pan Alley Art Collection, bringing the total to 12 (with three more on the way soon). Our beautiful summer weather provides the perfect opportunity to stroll downtown and tour all pieces in the…
Mural Becomes Icon for Les Schwab Stage
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Bend becomes transformed in the spring. Blooming flowers and trees frame the Deschutes as paddlers take to the river and walkers and runners enjoy the warmer temperatures. The Old Mill District has experienced its own transformation with the creation of colorful murals on the Les Schwab Amphitheater. Muralist…
Tin Pan Alley Collection Diversifies Public Art
by RENEE PATRICK, Cascade A&E Editor Bend’s newest public art project, the Tin Pan Alley Art Collection, will offer yet another opportunity for visitors and residents to engage with public spaces. With the installation of art by four different artists at the end of May, the project kicked off what is hoped to be a…