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by Karen Eland and Katie Daisy
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Power of Art ~ Portraits 2019 “I
hope my hair really comes back in that color!” yearned Katy as she admired her own beauty in the fine art portrait before her. As a teenager dealing with hair loss from chemotherapy, Katy was getting used to being defined by her cancer. She had simply forgotten that she was the same extraordinarily gorgeous young woman who was gazing out from the surface of the canvas. Katy didn’t see her own richness when she looked in a mirror, but a talented artist could gather her beautiful nature and reveal it on canvas to Katy and to her parents, to caregivers and to the entire community.
The nonprofit that brought Katy her portrait is called Portrait Connection. Their work commissions talented artists to paint portraits for families facing serious childhood medical challenges. Each portrait radiates the beauty of a child, and each provides a sanctuary where tired parents can relax into the glow of their child’s smile. Portrait Connection and all its dedicated artists remind us that in beauty, there is peace, and peace stimulates healing. Historically, art played a role in healing, but over time it became more of a luxury. Today, scientists report a valid role for art in a holistic program of health. Portrait Connection is unique in the world, because it is moving art beyond hospital settings to the communities and homes where patients spend most of their time. The focus on portraits as a form of healing art is equally distinctive.
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by Kristen Eisenbraun
by Luz Celeste Figuero
by Winnie Givot
In each community where Portrait Connection organizes a group of portraits, a public ceremony presents the portraits and captivates the entire community in the magic of art and the strength of families. This year, the Central Oregon Portrait Ceremony is generously hosted by Tetherow Resort on April 1 at 5:30pm. Thirteen portraits, painted by talented artists, are being displayed. It is all possible because a group of committed sponsors including Love Your Melon, Storms Family Foundation, Layor Art + Supply, Moda Health and Cascade Publications has joined the effort to infuse beauty and grace where it can lead to healing. You’ll want to be at Tetherow on April 1 to support the families and the artists, and to fill your own heart with joy. And, if you want to enjoy the art for even longer, Layor Art + Supply will display all of the portraits throughout the month of April beginning with the First Friday opening on April 5 at 5:30pm. So make sure to enjoy an April outing to 1000 NW Wall Street in Bend to experience the beauty! At the close of April, each portrait will move to its family’s home where the grace and joy and the power of art will change lives. Keep checking Portrait Connection’s webpage to see each new portrait appear in the growing gallery of artwork. There you can also sign up to receive the newsletter and continue to absorb the beauty of art in your own life! There’s also a special surprise for you at this year’s Portrait Celebration! Each artist will have an additional piece of work on sale. Support these outstanding artists and you’ll have your own permanent reminder of, The Power of Art! portraitconnection.org
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The Artists: This year’s artists have produced an extraordinary show of art that is full of life. Each piece is unique and special in its own right. Here is a peek into the spirit and talent of each artist:
Sam Collett Sam lives in Joseph, Oregon and has made a career of painting portraits. He says that, “Portrait painting is not just the ability to replicate the topography of the subject but to imply something of the inner qualities or essence of the sitter.” Katie Daisy Looking at Katie’s work, you can see the truth in her statement that she was raised by the birds and warm breezes in a small town. She captures the seeds of nature in each of us, to remind us that beauty is all around for us to see everyday. Shiela Dunn Sheila translates energy through bold lines and colors. Her work builds a relationship between the energy and the people or setting, and that is what she intends — to translate energy into color, texture and movement. Kristen Eisenbraun With a vibrant imagination, Kristen uses her art to help others unleash their own creative fantasies. She effectively melds an accurate rendering of what is before her, with a dreamlike vision of what could be.
by Laurel Knight
Laurel Knight Laurel’s portraits are timeless, evoking a universal content like a master of long ago. Each one contains story, meaning, and spirit that can be seen in the eyes of the subject and will speak to people tomorrow as well as today.
Karen Eland Karen carries the creativity of her coffee and beer paintings right on over into the sensitive portraits that she lovingly paints for Portrait Connection. While her preferred medium may be unique, it is her unfiltered talent that shines through all her work. Luz Celest Figuero Born in Caracas, Venezuela where she attended the School of Arts, Luz’s heritage adds to the deep spirituality that she enfolds in each of her paintings. You can read Luz’s love for people in each portrait, whether her subject is young or old. Winnie Givot Winnie loves beauty and you can see it playfully interacting with mystery in her art. Winnie works in watercolor, because of its natural genesis of beauty through the flow of water and pigments. The artist defines the work but always, nature has a hand in its final glory.
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Travis Knight Light is a defining feature in Travis’ art; he wants the viewer to feel the warmth of light and cold of shadows. Working with that light, and thoughtfully combining color Travis captures the spirit of his subject to reminds us of life’s journey. April 2019 | www.CascadeAE.com
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by Rodney Thompson by Joseph Pfeifer-Herbert
Joseph Pfiefer-Herbert Joseph listened to his college art professor challenge students that, “the human figure is the most complex subject to draw or paint.” Joseph must surely have taken that challenge to heart, because each of his pieces prompts the viewer to gasp at the spirit and life that Joseph elicits in portraits of rare quality.
Rodney Thompson Rodney’s paintings combine rendering with a narrative emotion that speaks differently to each person’s heart. He uses light and shadow as an extension of emotion to produce portraits that provide a glimpse into the subject’s world.
Jonathan Stasko Jonathan paints grace, which he captures from a penetrating vision of his world today and yesterday. He likes his art to have purpose, raising humanity and building compassion. Clearly, he succeeds in encouraging people to find their own grace as they get lost in the compassion of his art. by Brooke Walker-Knoblich
by Jonathan Stasko
Brooke Walker-Knoblich Brooke fuses her Renaissance training with a contemporary expressionistic approach. She likes art that tells a subtle story and captures reallife encounters, like the situation of a Portrait Connection child she might be painting. Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019
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Alleda Real Estate 25 NW Minnesota Ave., Ste 1 541-633-7590 • alledarealestate.com Featuring Veronica Busch photography. “As a professional photographer based in Central Oregon, I have always seen the beauty of horses and nature as art that needs to be photographed and shared,” said Veronica, “be it the strong shapes, lines and spirit of the horse or the simple, abstract ripple on a pond. For more than eight years, my passion for photography has taken me deep into the American west, as well as 15 countries around the globe — capturing and preserving the physical and spiritual beauty of equines and Mother Nature.” Atrium ANNEX, Franklin Crossing 550 NW Franklin St. 541-480-9955 Offered on First Friday, April 5 will be the work of Bend artist, Sharon Tillinghast. Her Diary, paintings and drawings which represent entries in a diary from ages 16 thru 40. Subjects depict family, friendships, new love, romance, shared secrets, losing a loved one and aging. Profiled from the artist’s prospective in various mixed media. Renne Brock will present a new collection of work reflecting a place in time where there are no political wars, no lies and degradation; a space which embraces beauty and peace. Come celebrate our fine art and have a glass of wine with us. Hours from 5pm to 7pm. Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing 550 NW Franklin St. Art in the Atrium - Franklin Crossing presents 25%! Americans! Approved!, a series of paintings by Paula Bullwinkel, as well as a feature of black and white photography by talented local artists, former students of advanced darkroom film photography with Bullwinkel at COCC. The exhibit celebrates First Friday, April 5, from 5-8pm and continues thru April 28. The April 2019 debut of Bullwinkel’s 25%! Americans! Approved!, a series of five 36” x 48” oil paintings, depicts It Really Doesn’t Matter, oil on rodents, quotes by our 45th president and references to canvas by Paula Bullwinkel 1960’s-1980’s vintage beauty ads. The artist began this political theme two years ago with etchings and monotypes of the images created at Bend Art Center and the noted Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California.
She states, “Each painting represents part of an imagined whole, much as a frame from a film.” The composite images are both narrative and allegorical as the heroines’ surroundings convey mystery, perhaps foreboding. A sense of absurdity or whimsy softens the threat, with humor a powerful ally. The artist adds that the 45 quotes (fact-checked) appearing in the paintings are statements or tweets by the current president, either before or during his tenure. The majority of her paintings have animals, suggesting an animal familiar, or part of a person’s spirit in animal form, Some Very Fine People, oil on which assists the individual to fulfill their quest. canvas by Paula Bullwinkel Six of Bullwinkel’s former students, Katya Agatucci, Rhonda Dalrymple, Trevor Deiner, Mandi Johnson, Lucas Stovall and Tim Wulf, also exhibit their current photography. Their widely diverse subject matter unites in the theme of what is important to the sprit and essential to the self, indeed an imprint of the soul. A recognized professional photographer in NYC and London for 18 years before teaching, Bullwinkel notes her pleasure in finding and encouraging talent in Bend. Several of the former students have established themselves professionally in the field. Bend Art Center 550 SW Industrial Way, Ste. 180 541-330-8759, bendartcenter.org This exhibition represents the most recent two years of fine art printing at Crow’s Shadow, where artists spent two weeks as an Artistin-Residence, collaborating with the master printer to create limited edition lithographs and monoprints. Avantika Bawa, Marwin Begay, Demian DinéYazhi’, Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, Vanessa Renwick and Marie Watt are featured in this group of work. Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts is a Evening Song by Marwin Begay nonprofit printmaking studio that houses an artist residency program located on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The artists included in this exhibit are varied in their subject matter, preferred mediums, and artistic careers. The prints featured in this exhibit range from reflections on the artists’
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light and captivating panoramas from scenes in Central Oregon and across North America. John Paul Designs Custom Jewelry + Signature Series 1006 NW Bond St. johnpauldesigns.com Specializing in unique, one of a kind wedding and engagement rings in a variety of metals. Karen Bandy Design Jeweler 25 NW Minnesota Ave., Ste. 5 541-388-0155, karenbandy.com Tucked between Thump coffee and Alleda Real Estate, Karen Bandy is a Central Oregon national/international award-winning jewelry designer and abstract painter, specializing in custom design in downtown Bend since 1987. Her designs are bold, fun and very wearable. Open First Friday 3-8pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 11:30am-5pm and by appointment. Layor Art + Supply 1000 NW Wall St., Ste. 110 541-322-0421, layorart.com Layor will be featuring a variety of professional artists who have paired with The Portrait Photo courtesy of Layor Art + Supply
Connection in honoring families with seriously ill children with portraits. Further this year, Layor will also be showing purchasable paintings from the artists as well. Come in and support this amazing event, and these amazing artists. Complimentary drinks provided. Lubbesmeyer Studio & Gallery Old Mill District, second story loft 541-330-0840, lubbesmeyer.com The Lubbesmeyer twins offer a range
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of work created in fiber and paint. Through the twins’ collaborative process, they distill literal imagery into vivid blocks of color and texture, creating an abstracted view of their surroundings. Working studio/gallery open Tuesday thru Saturday. Mary Medrano Studio 25 NW Minnesota Ave., #12 408-250-2732, marymedrano.com Step away from the crowds and relax in an art studio that is filled with the latest works by Mary Medrano. Located above Thump Coffee and across from the Oxford Hotel in the heart of downtown is a hidden gem of a studio. Stop in and see what’s new.
Mockingbird Gallery 869 NW Wall St. 541-388-2107, mockingbird-gallery.com On First Friday, April 5 from 5-9pm, Mockingbird Gallery presents Americana, featuring the work of Utah artist Eric G. Thompson. Join us as we celebrate his amazing talent and show his beautiful new works. We will be serving wine and cheese and will have the lovely jazz stylings of the Ryan Camastral Trio. This colorful glimpse into rural American life will run thru the end of April. Eric G. Thompson captures stillness. He captures moments. Whether he is painting in oil, egg tempera or watercolor, he is seeking to evoke a haunting memory, a lost feeling. In a fast-paced world of deadlines, obligations and busyness, Eric invites you into the peace that he has enveloped within this momentary glimpse in time. A major influence on Eric’s work is the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, an appreciation of imperfection, age and patina, often referred to as “flawed beauty.” Oxford Hotel 10 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-382-8436 The Oxford Hotel presents Barb Gonzalez’ exhibition, Capturing the Essence, photographs of Central Oregon and beyond thru May 30. The artist will attend the public champagne reception on First Friday, April 5 from 5:30-8pm. Barb Gonzalez, Bend photographer, notes, “Nature is my home. Walking through the forests where I can almost hear woodland fairies calling me, encountering the abundance of waterfalls, I find myself at peace.” The artist shares the perspective of perhaps our country’s most influential naturalist artist, John Muir, quoting, “Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” — John Muir, Our National Parks She states that in her photos she strives “to capture the essence of forests, mountains, and lakes.” Her imagery often depicts a full landscape view or, in other instances, a close perspective of “a tree or a flower that speaks loudest and represents the soul of a place.” For the past eight years Ruffled Tulips, photograph by Barb Gonzalez her photos have appeared regularly in Oregon newspapers, including as the cover on Bend Bulletin’s Sunday travel section and the Eugene Register-Guard. Magazines such as Travel World Magazine, Outdoors NW, and Oregon Wine Press also Mckenzie Rainbow, photograph by Barb Gonzalez featured her art. Peterson/Roth Gallery 206 NW Oregon Ave., Ste. 1 541-633-7148, petersonroth.com Venture down the red steps on Friday April 5 and join us for an evening of original contemporary art, wine and conversation. This month we will be showing the work of all of the talented painters and sculptors that we represent. Our cozy space is located below Silverado Jewelry on the corner of Wall and NW Oregon Ave. Festivities are from 5-9pm. Red Chair Gallery 103 NW Oregon Ave. 541-306-3176, redchairgallerybend.com Perhaps you think of ceramic art as mostly being plates, cups and platters. In April, Red Chair Gallery will showcase some of its potters’ new wall art for a change. Mike Gwinup’s dramatic raku mountain scenes Wall Art by Eleanor Murphey will share space with Helen Bommarito’s wintry black and white pottery “paintings,” Eleanor Murphey’s colorful Deco-inspired wall plaques and plates, and Dori Kite’s vibrant colored pieces. Accompanying these will be ceramic and bronze sculptures by Joren Traveller, known for her whimsical depictions of animals and birds. First Friday showing is 5:30-9pm. Come enjoy wine and snacks at the gallery voted Best Art Gallery in Bend by numerous publications.
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Sage Custom Framing & Gallery 834 NW Brooks Street 541-382-5884, sageframing-gallery.com Featured artist for April, Denise Rich; theme: Pencil, Pen and Brush, April 3-27 with a reception First Friday, April 5 from 5-8pm. Tree Study, acrylic by Denise Rich Pencil, Pen and Brushis a gathering of works by Denise Rich. Just as the title suggests, the art represented employs a mixture of different mediums. Different mediums have their own personalities, therefore the boldness of acrylics may be just right for depicting an old weathered tree but the delicate nature of watercolor may be better for showing a sense of softness in a feather. Rich’s subjects are often taken from nature, small studies where one can get lost in the form and texture. “I find beauty in the often overlooked, mundane and what some might even consider unsightly. There is beauty all around us if only we will take the time to look.”
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SuZ Morrow Studio Willow Lane Artists Studio 400 SE 2nd St. 541-640-2414 SuZ Morrow offers original paintings in acrylic and oil of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Her style is surreal and impressionistic, with several abstract works as well. Stop in and enjoy the colorful expression of the soul of Oregon — it’s mountains, desert, waterfalls, coast, wildlife and people. Working studio/gallery open MondayFriday afternoons.
Village Interiors 750 NW Lava Rd. 541-389-6515 Join us for snacks and beverages while you enjoy the new colorful canvases from Sisters artist and resident Sandy Melchiori. Sandy’s use of color to convey her love of animals, still life and travel will draw you in. First Friday 5-8pm.
Townshend’s Tea Company 835 NW Bond St. 541-312-2001 • Townshendstea.com Megan Marie Myers exhibits large paintings: acrylic on canvas and framed giclée prints thru May 31 with First Friday artist reception April 5, 6:30-7:30pm. Megan is a painter, illustrator and native Oregonian. Her painting studio is walking distance from down-town Bend. A love of the outdoors is her constant inspiration; when she is not painting, she is out exploring trails and running in the Oregon outback. Myers’ work explores themes of companionship, protection, wilderness and the greatest adventure of all, love. She typically uses children and animals as her central figures. Her intention is to represent the limitless sense of wonder, the yearning to explore and the resilience that each of us carry within. The characters in her work roam through Oregon landscapes, inspired by our region’s mountains, forests, deserts, rock
Tumalo Art Company Old Mill District 541-385-9144, tumaloartco.com Featuring David Kinker in the Grand Canyon Seeking inspiration during a gray, landlocked winter, David Kinker revisited his collection of Grand Canyon plein air paintings and his own photographic explorations, and discovered some gems yet to be fully explored. His April show, Painting Paradise, opening April 5, from 4-8pm during the First Friday Gallery Walk, is a pictorial, mark-making, colorful expression of a place where the scale and vistas, shapes and colors are a holy grail for artists. “It is one thing to look down upon the canyon and glimpse a bit of the water below, and quite another as a river runner at river level, to feel the grandeur of this painted paradise”, muses David. This show embodies his experience of a month-long journey on the Colorado River that few people have the chance to make.
Ferns and Orchids, The Wine Shop Madeira, mixed media 55 NW Minnesota Ave. painting by The Wine Shop will feature the work of SageBrushers Art Sue Vordenberg Society members Sue Vordenberg and Jim Fehlberg. Come enjoy portrait, landscape, surreal and abstract acrylic paintings that will inspire curiosity about the subjects, processes and potential meanings of each piece. Showing thru May.
The Wooden Jewel 844 NW Bond St., Ste. 100 541-593-4151 • thewoodenjewel.com Piece by Thomas Mcintyre The Wooden Jewel would like to welcome you to peruse our Artisan jewelry and Fine art for First Friday. Local abstract artist Thomas Mcintyre will be here to show his works and answer questions about his work and much more.
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Adrienne Phillips and Patricia Clark @ BEND ART CENTER
Summer Spitsbergen & Denise Bryant @ THE Wooden Jewel
Helen Brown, Dorothy Freudenberg, Bruce Jackson, Susan Luckey Higdon, Janice Druian, Sarah B Hansen, Alisa Huntley at TUMALO ART CO.
Sue Gomen-Honnell, Julie White, Lynn Cunningham @ Red Chair Gallery
Brandon Fletcher, Fletch Kleykamp and Dorothy Eberhardt @ Red Chair GALLERY
Silas Thompson and Sisters artist Dave Mensing @ Mockingbird GALLERY
Tony Skawienski and Dorothy Eberhart @ Red Chair Gallery
Jaqueline Newbold, Mark Sharpe and Helen Bommarito @ Red Chair GALLERY
Ty Bucker and Max Joseph @ Franklin Crossing
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Unrepresented Artists of Central Oregon, #5 by KENNETH MARUNOWSKI, PhD AE Feature Writer Alyson Belcher (alysonbelcher.com) Bio: Alyson Belcher is a fine art photographer based in Bend, Oregon. She received a bachelor of arts in humanities (English, art history and film emphasis) from the University of California, Berkeley and an masters in fine arts from San Francisco State University. Alyson’s work has been exhibited and published throughout the U.S. and internationally. From 2000-08, she focused her creative energy on a series of self-portraits made with a pinhole camera that combined photography with improvisational movement. She exhibited this work in numerous galleries from New York to Taipei. Since then she has focused on photographing landscapes and the natural environment. Her recent series Ice Portals was exhibited at the Bend Art Center in 2018 and has received awards from Lensculture and Life Framer. Alyson has been teaching in the School of Photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco since 2000. She specializes in the history of photography, contemporary fine art photography and alternative photographic processes. She currently teaches online photography classes in the MFA Photography Program at AAU. Artist Statement: Since its inception in 1839, photography has been used to capture things that are not necessarily visible to the naked eye. Camera technology has given us the ability to see our world from extreme perspectives, from the smallest of microscopic details to vast aerial landscapes. All of my work is united by my obsession with the two most basic elements of photography: light and time. I have worked with many photographic processes, ranging from the earliest type of camera (pinhole) to the latest in digital technology. New projects are born out of a need to communicate something internally and my curiosity about different ways to work with the medium. I look for the relationships between darkness and light that convey mystery and ephemerality. Ice Portals is a series of photographs taken during the unusually cold winter of 2017 in Bend, Oregon. These photographs are records of the unique ice formations that I discovered during my early morning walks. Each day I would visit the same location to find a completely new configuration of ice. The dramatic changes were the result of snow and ice slowly thawing and refreezing. Each of the topographic studies in Ice Portals is an abstract landscape that challenges our sense of scale. The lines, shapes and textures highlighted by the mysterious qualities of light and shadow create a confusing space that is fragile and fleeting.
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Ice Portal 2573, Archival Pigment Print, 15”x15”, 2017 by Alyson Belcher
Julie Winter: (Instagram: @julieprintmaker) Bio: Julie Winter is a printmaker and educator with a master of fine arts degree in visual studies from Portland’s Pacific Northwest College of Art (2018) and a bachelor of arts degree in social science from the University of Washington (1998). From 2011-2015 Julie studied under master printmaker and founder of the Bend Art Center (formally Atelier 6000) Patricia Clark to build her foundation in printmaking and visual studies. As a current artist member of Bend Art Center (BAC), Julie teaches printmaking classes in woodcut, linocut, electro-etching, drypoint, monotype and collagraph techniques and has served in leadership roles there, including interim executive director and gallery director. Her recent work includes curating the BAC’s invitational group exhibition WINTERxWINTER this past January. For this exhibition, Julie brought together the diverse creations of 20 artists working within a set of loosely defined parameters to create a new, shared landscape via a unique and stunning installation and the community interaction it generated. Julie’s passion for arts education and community-building inform her practice as a visual artist. She currently lives and works in Bend.
Ice Portal 4162, Archival Pigment Print, 15”x15”, 2017 by Alyson Belcher
Thresholds 1, monotype with drawing, 30”x44”, 2018 by Julie Winter
Ice Portal 4396, Archival Pigment Print, 15”x15”, 2017 by Alyson Belcher
Artist Statement: My practice as a visual artist is tuned to the investigation of landscapes, shared relationships and connections with ourselves and others through place. I amplify found surface marks into a visual language through printmaking and mixed media utilizing the repetition of marks and the translation of them through a processoriented, experimental approach. Pulling together various materials found in or derived from the landscape, whether collected objects, textures, photographs, drawings or emotional responses, I create many printing surfaces that I then layer on top of each other and edit down to locate the essential underlying image. I set up systems of observation and collection as ways to inventory the found surfaces and to subsequently transform them into orchestrated landscapes. The process of printmaking serves as a translation device for this information and guides the direction of the finished work. Through translation, a transitional space is created in the artwork, a platform for my mapping imagery of surface relationships and the intuitive nature and meaning of my work. Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019
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The Slow Fashion Movement Has Arrived…& it’s About Time by MANDY GRAY of Live Laugh Love Art Sunriver
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n the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, fashion was fast. Made quickly and sold at a low price point, the goal was to push out design as quickly as possible to get the trends to the streets. Consumerism at its finest, this was a win for many companies, and the movement caught on quickly. Unfortunately, the education behind fast fashion just didn’t exist. Companies put people in dangerous working environments to speed the cost of production time, utilized cheap (and sometimes toxic) textiles and dyes, produced massive waste and negatively impacted both our animals and waterways. With more and more consumers going green in many of their buying decisions, the revolution to slow fashion has been a long time coming. The true opposition to fast fashion, slow fashion takes a sustainable approach to an industry that is finally recognizing its need to harness our planet, people and animals. Utilizing high quality, sustainable materials, these retailers and designers locally source and produce garments with the consumer in mind. While you might not see these companies pushing trends by the thousands, they no doubt create a recognizable brand and story, from the designs they have created to solve a problem, innovate or simply by following ethical, and environmentally friendly practices.While there are plenty around us, both companies and consumers, who continue to live for the Fast Fashion protocol, there are wonderful companies and events, such as Portland Fashion Week, bringing awareness to the industry. While slow fashion has a long way to go, the growing movement is a reminder that what we are wearing is just as important of question as who we are wearing. While cheap and fast might be the easier route today, I am so glad to see that the fashion industry is beginning to focus on the tomorrow. Mandy Gray is the producer for Portland Fashion Week and owner of Live Laugh Love Art Sunriver livelaughloveartsunriver.com Mandy Gray
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microbiology and animal science. For many years, she trained horses for equestrian events and coached aspiring riders. And she continued to dally with art, mainly painting.
colorful Mandarin duck fluffs out its chest, a blue-footed booby waves one cerulean foot and a bushy beaver crouches toothily over a gnawed tree branch. These are some of the whimsical animals created by sculptor Joren Traveller, who is a focus artist in April at the Red Chair Gallery in Bend. Joren, who sculpts in both bronze and ceramic, loves to bring out the personalities of the animals she depicts. “I see the character in the animal and like to capture that,” she explains. Growing up in Burbank, California (where her school was across the street from the Walt Disney Studios) doesn’t seem like the kind of place where someone would develop an appreciation of animals. Nonetheless, Joren’s family lived on a small acreage, keeping horses, donkeys and other farmyard creatures. “It was like the country in the city,” she recalls. She often rode her horse in nearby Griffith Park. Later, she developed horsemanship skills that propelled her to the highest levels of hunter-jumper competitions and dressage events, including competing in the Olympic 3-Day Event Selections Trial.
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After she retired, she moved to Sisters and was finally able to devote more time to art. One day nearly 15 years ago, she was making a piecrust and began molding the leftover pieces into birds. That was her inspiration to try sculpting, using the lost wax process of casting bronze. Today she casts her bronzes at the Valley Bronze Foundry in Joseph, Oregon and is a member of their gallery. She fires her ceramic sculptures at the studio of Norman Frater, a local ceramicist and mentor.
Beaver by Joren Traveller
Always dabbling in art as a youngster, she briefly attended Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. But eventually she graduated from California Polytechnic with a degree in
Lately, Joren enjoys visiting state parks and campgrounds, painting landscapes there. One series includes three scenes of rock climbers in Smith Rock State Park. These and other paintings will be part of her exhibit at the Red Chair Gallery. redchairgallerybend.com
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Ascendant Artists Offer Alaska Native Masterworks Show in Sisters by CHRIS MORIN of Raven Makes Gallery
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on Johnston, Aleut, moved to Anchorage from Ketchikan, Alaska 35 Bronze and ceramic sculptor Terresa White, Yu’pik Eskimo, is being lauded years ago to work construction but suffered a somewhat fortuitous as one of the blossoming talents in the Native American art world. Her fresh back injury. While recovering, he meet the highly perspectives on the ancient Yup’ik belief of transformation acclaimed Inupiaq baleen basket weaver James Omnik Sr. garnered a Best of Sculpture Award in 2018 at the Santa Fe James taught him the art and Don eventually became so skilled Indian Market, the other apex event for Native American that some are now heralding him as perhaps the finest baleen art venues. basket weaver ever. Transformation concerns the traditional Yup’ik belief that a Baleen baskets are literally woven with the filtering plates human can at least spiritually, if not also physically, become an found inside the mouth of krill eating whales. Baleen has animal — and vice versa — if proper behaviors are maintained. strength and flexibility comparable to fiberglass, so attempting Thus, humans and the animals reside in a type of metaphysical to weave a small, intricate basket of this rigidity demands brother/sisterhood coexistence. Terresa’s works honor the strength and fine motor dexterity at the same time. Typically, interconnection of all beings, often focusing on the defining Walrus provide a subsistence lifestyle, food source along the an elegantly carved walrus ivory handle or finial sits atop the Western Coast of Alaska.They also figure prominently in the art moments of the metamorphosis. of all three artists | Photo courtesy of Raven Makes Gallery basket’s lid. The twenty-one Peoples compromising ‘Alaska Natives’ come Don’s contemporary perspectives on the traditional art from one of three primary populations — The five Northern, form not only explore the possibilities of what baleen baskets can be but led him Western, or Southern Coastal Region Peoples, related by language or traditional to capture the 2017 Best of Show Award at the renowned and juried Native culture; The twelve Athabascan Peoples of Interior Alaska, language and culturally American art show — the Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market in Phoenix, related; The four ‘Northwest Coast’ Peoples of Alaska’s Southeastern Archipelago, Arizona. Seldom does an artist from Alaska gain entrance to this annual event; to who have diverse languages but similar cultures. win Best of Show is unprecedented. Alaska Natives are comparable to the three language groups of Europe—the Mark Tetpon, Inupiaq, is a wood-ivory-bone master carver who is virtually Romance, Germanic, and Slavic Nations. Each has varying languages and sociounknown outside of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. He has done numerous political perspectives, but the cultures within these three groups remain relatively shows in Anchorage and Seattle, where his pieces are quickly acquired, thus similar. The artwork of Don, Teresa, and Mark—Aleut, Yup’ik, Inupiaq—have secreting away knowledge of his works and awareness about his prodigious talent. similarities while being distinctly different from that of the Athabascan and Mark’s pieces depict sea mammals or birds as they are understood within Northwest Coast groups. the spiritual realms of his people. A sculptured polar bear or walrus might be These artists will be offering an in-person show in Sisters April 26-28, drumming; an honoring mask that depicts a loon or seal’s body will be surrounded with — an Artist Reception on Friday from 4pm to 7pm and an art making by a dozen smaller sculptures paying homage to the life of The People. demonstration on Saturday. All events will take place at Raven Makes Gallery Mark’s father, John, from the traditional village of Shaktoolik along the Bering at 182 E Hood Avenue. Sea Coast near Nome, mentored him in the ways of the Inupiaq people and during Mark’s early artistic endeavors. John still assists Mark with some of his pieces. ravenmakesgallery.com
Special Art Sale at Bend Art Center
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n Saturday, April 5-6, selected work from the Bend Art Center art collection will be available for purchase at reduced prices at the Center’s gallery from 10am-6pm. Come early for the best deals. Bend Art Center is in the Box Factory at 550 SW Industrial Way in Suite 180. Bend Art Center, formerly known as Atelier 6000 or A6, has accumulated fine art prints for the last 11 years, most of them hand-pulled on the nonprofit arts organization’s printing presses. Northwest artists Rick Bartow, Lillian Pitt, John Simpkins and founder Pat Clark produced various types of prints during artist residencies over the years.
Other well-known artists whose work will be for sale include artist giants Robert Rauschenberg and Francoise Gilot, French artist and author of Life with Picasso. Many local and northwest artists will have work for sale at a special reduced price for this sale, including lithographs, monotypes, collagraphs and etchings. This art sale is a great opportunity to support this nonprofit community organization and add original artworks to your collection. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 12-5pm. Admission is free. bendartcenter.org Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019
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Megan Marie Myers Art
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here are you from originally and how did you get to Central Oregon? I’m originally from Medford. After graduating from high school in Southern Oregon, I moved to Seattle for college and ended up living there for about 12 years. In 2013, I moved to Portland to be with my significant other, Matt, and to work on a career shift. This is where I started up my business on a very part-time basis. I only spent a couple of years in Portland before we decided to make the move to Bend. We came here for the access to the outdoors but really found a home because of the amazing people we’ve met here. What is your education and professional background? I have a BA in visual arts from Seattle University. After school, painting remained a regular sidehustle, but my main-gig for about a decade was a career in arts administration. Early in that profession,
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I worked for municipalities in the Seattle Metro area as a specialist for their cultural arts, visual arts, and public art programs. In my mid-20s, I took a position in Seattle at Chihuly Studio. My title was project coordinator for Galleries and Commissions; I was in this role for five years. When I moved to Portland in 2013, I decided to make a major career shift. I took a job at the Hollywood District Trader Joes and began working on creating and showing my personal artwork more seriously. This time of my life marks the foundationbuilding period for my business, Megan Marie Myers Art. When we moved to Bend in 2016, I decided to take my business full time and have been grinding ever since! I create and show original paintings, paint murals, and take on freelance illustration projects. I reproduce my personal work into a variety of paper goods such as museum-quality fine art prints, greeting cards, calendars and more) which I sell
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online, at awesome small-businesses here in town, and in person at art fairs and pop-ups throughout the year. Where do you get the inspiration for your art? • Natural beauty. Specifically, most of my settings and landscape work are inspired by our regions’ mountains, rivers, beaches, forests, and high deserts. I’m a trail runner and when I’m not making art, I’m out exploring and keeping my eyes open for natural forms to paint. • Themes from the children’s book The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery. This book had a significant impact on me as a young person and still today. The themes in this book are presented simply, subtly, yet poignantly. It’s an approachable and gentle exploration of friendship, priorities, tenderness, resilience, growth and love. These are themes that I wish to present in my own way through my artwork and I strive to capture them with the lightness, sincerity, adventurousness and timelessness that The Little Prince has achieved so successfully. • I’m stylistically influenced by hand-drawn cartoons from the 60’s and 70’s. Specifically, you can see whispers of angles and line-work derivative of Hannah Barbara cartoons such as Yogi the Bear, Huckleberry Hound, The Jetsons and the Flintstones. I find that the hat-tip to this style also conjure feelings of nostalgia and familiarly in the viewers, which makes it easier to enter the world through my paintings. • The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson is another huge influence from my youth thematically. Calvin’s imagination enhances his settings; giving them a vividness that is beyond the literal; you see the world through his eyes. That is the way I try to use my characters too, they are the filters. Also, Calvin’s relationship with Hobbes is so genuine and deep; they are thick as thieves. In a lot of ways, they teach us how to enjoy life together. • Adventurous and mighty women! While I do paint both boy and girl characters now, my series began with a little girl taking on the wilderness. She was a bit autobiographical and a bit of a metaphor. But I continue to strive to make work that lifts girls and women up and illuminates them as strong, independent, resilient, capable, loving and brave! I
Interview by JULIE E. FURNAS AE Feature Writer am inspired by so many strong women in my life and often find myself expressing their spirits in my work. Most of my personal work uses animals and children as central figures. They are not necessarily intended to be taken literally, but more as a representation of the limitless sense of wonder, the yearning to explore and the resilience that each of us carry within. What is your best-selling piece? My best selling design also happens to be my very favorite painting. I decided to keep the original painting and it hangs in our living room. The piece shows a little girl and a wolf laying together on a hill, staring up into a night sky. Overhead, the forms of a wolf chasing a rabbit streak across the sky; these forms are born from campfire smoke and the chimney from a nearby cabin.
The piece (above) is titled: She taught me how life could be lived in flashes and sparkles like a snapping campfire, how even the smoke that lingers could be exquisite. Where can the public get your art throughout the year other than online? I try to have my original paintings rotate in shows around Bend throughout the year; you can find my exhibition dates on my website. Typically, the host of each show allows me to have my other products for sale during the run. These shows usually have the best selection. Continued on Page 22
Creative, Community-Based Cultural & Linguistic Transformation
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The Tule Mat into The Tule Map by KENNETH MARUNOWSKI, PhD AE Feature Writer
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efferson Ísu Greene, a 33 year-old Member and Artist of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs (CTWS), has recently put the tule reed (pronounced tu-lee), a reed typically associated with native mats and shelter construction, to new use: artwork! A 2008 graduate of Portland State University in Marketing, Advertising and Business Management, Jefferson initially landed a job in Public Relations for the Confederated Tribes and acquired a passion for history based on the many economic, social and cultural PR documents he studied, especially the Treaty of 1855 that established reservations and land-use rights. Currently working as a cultural liaison for the CTWS, Jefferson focuses on community outreach, bringing clients of addiction and substance abuse back into the community through arts and culture projects. One way to accomplish this goal, Jefferson explains, is by reestablishing a sense of place for such people, one deeply ingrained in the collective consciousness of those who have inhabited the land since ancient times but obscured through intense struggle and hardship. Inspiration for Jefferson’s artwork derived from an October 2018 conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Museum at Warm Springs where he was invited as a tribal artist. Attended widely by people throughout Central Oregon and focused on territories and rights to land and resources, the conference inspired Jefferson to document the various places named in the indigenous languages of the regional tribes, many of which remain in use like Metolius and Tumalo. To do so, he consulted various credible sources, including the Ichishkíin dictionary, the Culture & Heritage Archives of the CTWS, oral histories documented in books and conversations with tribal elders. Many of these place-names, particularly in the Warm Springs region, relate to traditional hunting, gathering, and fishing sites, and, as Jefferson acknowledges, deserve to be honored as such. To accomplish this cultural and linguistic mapping in conjunction with his rehabilitation efforts for his native kin, Jefferson devised a compelling plan: to use the traditional art of weaving the tule mat as a means to create a large map inscribed with indigenous names, travel routes and woodland areas. Together with his clients and supported by a generous grant from the Native Arts & Culture Foundation of Vancouver, Washington, Jefferson harvested tule reeds from various freshwater marshes across the state, a community-generating task akin to the social activity of weaving the mats themselves. Due to the formidable size of the reeds and the winter season during which map construction was underway, Jefferson needed an indoor, spacious place to work, which was thankfully provided by the Caldera Arts Center outside of Sisters. Invited to a two-week residency at Caldera, the artist and cultural teacher painstakingly sorted the reeds into eight bundles according to length, selecting the longest and straightest tules to incorporate into his design. He then secured the reeds together at one end using the traditional circle-twist knot method and sewed them together six times through using Indian Hemp harvested from the
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Prineville area. The reeds were then attached at the top of the mat to a red willow branch to ensure its stability. For paint Jefferson ordered a plant and oil-based textile kit in powder form from Minnesota to maintain the integrity of his allnatural construction. The image on the tule map represents grasslands and forested areas, both juniper and pine, painted in various shades of green, trails in red that allowed tribes to travel on foot and horseback, and rivers and streams in a blue-gray. Resembling a Google Maps aerial perspective, Jefferson resolved to create an image large enough so that it could be easily read by the viewer, especially with respect to the place names. These names were inscribed with graphite on the mat itself and written in three indigenous languages, including the phonetic spelling of towns and translations of site names themselves. The choice of graphite, a material that can easily be revised through erasure and rewriting, was a deliberate one since our understanding of history continues to change. Jefferson states, “I find a richness in the fact that both natives and non-natives have contributed to the vast documentation and outreach efforts to locate the original place names on the map, providing insight into communities and cultures coming together, adding to the unity the young can learn from.” The inspired transformation of the Tule Mat (Q’xli in the Ichishkiin language) into the Tule Map yields a cultural and linguistic “working document” for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs as well as for others whose knowledge and research can reshape our collective history. Whereas the edges of most tule mats are evenly trimmed for practical considerations and a refined appearance, Jefferson’s map, which through past, present and future contributions becomes our map, remains untrimmed, a symbolic nod to our sometimes messy and certainly imperfect understanding of our past. Q’xli will soon be given to The Museum at Warm Springs as a fine addition to their permanent collection. Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019
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Five Central Oregon Artists Accepted into the 54th Spring Experimental Exhibition by the Watercolor Society of Oregon
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ater media paintings by five central Oregon artists were among the 80 selected by Juror Jean Pederson, to be included in the Portland, Spring 2019 Experimental Exhibition. This is the 54th year that the Watercolor Society
the 286 paintings submitted by 172 artists. All of the artists from Central Oregon are members of the Watercolor Society of Oregon and just happen to also be members of the Central Oregon Critique Group. Congratulations are in order to artist Helen Brown, of Sunriver for her painting, It’s Lonely At The Top. Helen is also a member of the High Desert Art League. Congratulations also
Lazy River Autumn by Sandra Neary
of Oregon has held this exhibition. The juror, Jean Pederson is well known for both her mastery of watercolor and her work in mixed media. She selected just 80 paintings for the exhibition from
Cheers to Art
Looking For Mister Right by Linda Shelton
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oin Bend Art Center every third Wednesday of the month as they uncork a fresh program on a famous artist or art movement. Savor a fun evening as we examine the cultural and artistic influences that fueled great artists throughout history. This 90-minute program includes a slide presentations, libations, and open conversation, and occasional extras like live music, theatrical performances and
Escape The Congestion by Rebecca Sentgeorge
It's Lonely At The Top by Helen Brown
go to Sandra Neary of La Pine for her painting, Lazy River Autumn. Rebecca Sentgeorge, of Redmond, is a member of the High Desert Art League and was just recently accepted into the Watercolor Society of Oregon. Her painting, Escape The Congestion, was selected for the exhibition. Linda Shelton, also of Redmond, and the former coordinator of the Central Oregon Critique Group, had her painting, Looking For Mister Right, juried into the show. Kim Ellen Smith, cinema. Each month has recommended reading, in case you want to delve deeper into our month’s topic before or after our event. Each month, we’ll pour tastes of select wines. April: Monet vs. The Expressionists Wednesday April 17, 7pm Impressionism and Expressionism emerged at the turn of the 20th Century, both reacting to a changing modern world. As the father of Impressionism,
Flip Festival at Bend Habitat for Humanity ReStore
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he Fifth Annual Furniture Flip Design Challenge, sponsored by DIY Cave, has returned to the Bend ReStore. This year, the popular community event — during which creative Central Oregonians transform discarded furniture, home accessories and/ or building materials into something new and noteworthy — is expanding: Known as Flip Festival 2019, it spans two weeks and includes a live construction event and artist demonstrations. The Fest kicks off on Saturday, April 6 with the rebirth of the beloved community event Trashformations, originally held at Pak-it Liquidators. During this oneday marathon arts project, local artists, welders, DIY’ers, crafters and curious 20 April 2019 | www.CascadeAE.com
folks will gather at the Bend ReStore and convert leftover, broken, discarded or otherwise unloved items into one-of-akind sculptures, artworks, furniture and garden art. You’re invited to come watch the creativity unfold. On Friday, April 12, the Furniture Flip and Trashformations masterpieces will be revealed and sold during a reception and awards event from 6-8pm. On Saturday, April 13, the Flip and Trashformations pieces will be on display and for sale (minus the items snapped up on Friday night) during regular ReStore hours (10am-4pm). From 11am-3pm, a rotating line-up of local artists will offer inspiring and novice-friendly demonstrations for anyone interested in
tackling their own upcycle projects. Join the celebration of what can happen when we think outside the box store, when we polish a diamond in the rough or reimagine the mundane and wornout, when we find art in a trash heap. In a world where TV design shows and internet shopping have all but eliminated any sense of individual personality from home improvement, we could all use some inspiration. When you shop Flip Festival at the ReStore, you support the arts, the environment and families in our community. This year, Bend Area Habitat for Humanity celebrates 30 years and the dedication of 128 homes for local families and individuals.
of Prineville, had her painting titled, An Inner Light, selected for the exhibition. The Oregon Society of Artists (OSA) will house the WSO 54th Spring Experimental Exhibition from Monday, April 8 through Tuesday, April 30. Exhibits at OSA are open to the public, Monday through Saturday from 1-4pm. Oregon Society of Artist is located in Portland at 2185 SW Park Place near Washington Park. watercolorsocietyoforegon.com
An Inner Light by Kim Ellen Smith
Monet found truth in an artistic language based in fleeting impressions captured with spontaneity and pure color. While his scenes and subjects communicate as a growing sense of isolation in modern society, his work was in direct contrast to the lurid colors and intense emotion the Expressionists railing against the dehumanizing effects of Industrialism. Presented by Lorna Cahall. bendartcenter.org Artwork made at a previous Trashformations created by Bleu Turrell that is installed in front of the Environmental Center in Bend | Photo courtesy of Bend Habitat for Humanity
Event Schedule: Saturday, April 6 from 10am-4pm: Trashformations Live Construction Event Friday, April 12 from 6-8pm: Furniture Flip Reception and Awards Show Saturday, April 13 from 10am-4pm: Furniture Flip and Trashformations Show and from 11am-3pm Artist Demonstrations bendhabitat.org • furnitureflip@ bendhabitat.org • 541-636-9937
High Desert Museum Presents
Desert Reflections
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New Exhibit Explores the Power of Water in the High Desert
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n original exhibit exploring the power of water in the High Desert opens at the High Desert Museum on Saturday, April 27. Desert Reflections: Water Shapes the West weaves together science, history, art and contemporary issues to explore the role of water in the region’s past, present and future. By connecting visitors to water and its management through the lens of three different basins in the region — the MidColumbia River Basin, Great Salt Lake Basin and Klamath Basin — the exhibit will illuminate how water has shaped the High Desert’s natural, cultural and geological history and explore how it features prominently in contemporary issues such as resource consumption, Indigenous sovereignty and climate change. “The exhibit will offer visitors a look at water in this region Bonneville Salt Flats, by Bob Wick, BLM and the complexities inherent to its management. Our hope is that they leave with a deeper understanding and appreciation of water in the West and the challenges and opportunities associated with it,” said Louise Shirley, the Museum’s Donald M. Kerr curator of natural history. “Collaboration is necessary at every level for water resources to be managed effectively and to balance the needs of people and ecosystems.” In addition to the discussion of the complexities of water management, Desert Reflections will connect visitors to the significance of water through visual art, music and spoken word performances. The High Desert Museum commissioned artwork from four Pacific Northwest artists for the exhibition, which also involved a field trip into the desert with experts in order to spark discussion and inspiration for the pieces. Much like water permeates and sculpts every corner of the landscape, the art of Desert Reflections will extend from the Spirit of the West Gallery throughout the Museum’s interior and exterior spaces. Presentations from multiple artists will create an immersive experience, from visual art alongside the Museum’s stream to large-scale art pieces inside the Museum.
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ipples, the Deschutes Children’s Foundation (DCF) signature event, will take place on Saturday, May 4 at 5:30pm at Riverhouse on the Deschutes. The event raises funds to benefit Deschutes Children’s Foundation’s mission to provide the space and support where nonprofits succeed at helping children and families. Ripples is presented by longtime supporter Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company. “We are happy to renew our presenting sponsorship of Ripples,” said Jeff Deswert, president of Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company. “Our gift reaches beyond Deschutes Children’s Foundation Lindsay Wyant, Kathy Drew, Debbie Ritzenthaler and to benefit a community of 25 nonprofits working Mike Wyant I Photos by Amanda Photographic together to help children and families all over Deschutes County. Plus, Ripples is a lot of fun.” The evening begins with festive flamenco music by Todd Haaby and Sola Via. Guests will sample fine wines, cider and craft beer while bidding on silent auction items. A seated dinner and live auction follows. The live auction features new works by local artists, including a stunning floral photograph by Bruce Jackson and new landscape painting by Sarah B. Hansen. Shelli Walters returns as the signature artist with a multimedia collage entitled Coming Home. “DCF does important work for kids and families in our local community,” said Walters. “It is an honor to be their featured artist once again, and to give back in a meaningful way.” Additional items up for auction include a private tour of Deschutes Brewery
Bend Creative Laureate and spoken word artist Jason Graham, known as MOsley WOtta, is creating a video installation inside the Museum and an outdoor display along the stream behind the Museum. Klamath Modoc visual artist Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, who looks at art as a means of activism, will present paintings created using traditional Indigenous art practices in response to the proposed oil pipeline through the Klamath Basin. Harmonic Laboratory, a mixed-media art collective from Eugene, will weave together video, dance and choreography to explore the rhythms of water. And Dana Reason, composer and sonic arts teacher at Oregon State University, will create a sitespecific, large-scale interactive sound and performance work that utilizes research data on water tables in Oregon. “Water is a highly valuable and finite resource that permeates every aspect of our shared history,” said Museum Executive Director Dana Whitelaw, Ph.D. “Desert Reflections is a collaboration among not just our curators but many artists and experts throughout our region, uniting to share with visitors a dynamic, textured narrative on the many ways water touches all of our lives in the High Desert.” To complement the exhibit, a variety of events and programs will offer exciting and deeper explorations of Desert Reflections. Programs include a Natural History Pub talk focused on water management in the High Desert, a lecture by ornithologist Noah Stryker, a Museum curator-led field trip to the Pelton Round Butte Dam, artist panel discussions and more. All of them will serve to spark dialogue about issues relating to water. Desert Reflections: Water Shapes the West opens Saturday, April 27 and will be on display through September 29. highdesertmuseum.org • highdesertmuseum.org/desert-reflections led by founder Gary Fish, vacations in Costa Rica and Chamonix, France, a private performance by Todd Haaby and house painting by Webfoot Painting. A dessert dash from Foxtail Bakeshop sponsored by Bend Property Pros and wines donated by Foley Family Vineyards completes the celebratory evening. Ripples is also sponsored by Summit Bank, Les Schwab Tires, The Brewer Team at Morgan Stanley, The De Leone Corporation, Dwyer Williams Chernoff, Knife River, Pahlisch Homes Inc, Smartz Joan and Ron Ross, Chelsea Lally, Richard Schultz, Luke Ross, Eric Haynie, Marissa Carruth and Chris Ritzenthaler and Webfoot Painting. “Just as our partners work together to help children and families in our community thrive, the generosity of our sponsors ensures the success of this special evening,” shared Amy Ward, Deschutes Children’s Foundation executive director. “The support and anticipation as we lead up to Ripples makes a big difference for us.” Deschutes Children’s Foundation operates four community campuses in Bend, Redmond and La Pine. Guided by the vision of a community where all children and families have the resources they need to thrive, Deschutes Children’s Foundation brings complementary nonprofit organizations together — increasing access to services for children and families while also reducing partners’ operating costs. As a benefit, nonprofit partners save over $782,000 each year while serving over 20,000 of Deschutes County’s most vulnerable children and families. Tickets for Ripples are available for $100 each by calling 541-388-3101 or purchasing online at deschuteschildrensfoundation.org Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019 21
Art in the Atrium - Franklin Crossing Fine Art Exhibition
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Paula Bullwinkel 25%! Americans! Approved! & Former COCC Students
rt in the Atrium - Franklin Crossing presents 25%! Americans! Approved!, a series of paintings by Paula Bullwinkel, as well as a feature of black and white photography by talented local artists, former students of advanced darkroom film photography with Bullwinkel at COCC. The exhibit celebrates First Friday, April 5, from 5-8pm and continues through April 28.
The artist adds that the 45 quotes (fact-checked) appearing in the paintings are statements or tweets by the current president, either before The April 2019 debut or during his tenure. The of Bullwinkel’s 25%! majority of her paintings Americans! Approved!, a have animals, suggesting series of five 36” x 48” oil an animal familiar, or paintings, depicts rodents, part of a person’s spirit quotes by our 45th in animal form, which president and references assists the individual to to 1960’s-1980’s vintage fulfill their quest. beauty ads. The artist began this political Six of Bullwinkel’s theme two years ago with former students, Katya etchings and monotypes Agatucci, Rhonda of the images created at Dalrymple, Trevor Deiner, Bend Art Center and the Mandi Johnson, Lucas noted Kala Art Institute Stovall and Tim Wulf, in Berkeley, California. also exhibit their current photography. Their widely Some Very Fine People, oil on canvas by Paula Bullwinkel She states, “Each diverse subject matter painting represents part unites in the theme of of an imagined whole, what is important to the sprit and essential to the self, indeed an imprint of the soul. much as a frame from a film.” The composite A recognized professional photographer in NYC and London for 18 years before images are both narrative teaching, Bullwinkel notes her pleasure in finding and encouraging talent in Bend. It Really Doesn’t Matter, oil on canvas by Paula Bullwinkel and allegorical as the Several of the former students have established themselves professionally in the field. heroines’ surroundings convey mystery, perhaps foreboding. A sense of absurdity or whimsy softens the Billye Turner curates exhibitions for Franklin Crossing, open 7am-7pm. 503-780threat, with humor a powerful ally. 2828 or billyeturner@bendnet.com Megan Myers Continued from Page 18
What do you like best about living and working in Central Oregon? That’s easy. The people. I’ve felt so incredibly supported by local business owners, art-lovers, and fellow artists. My experience here in Bend has been that our community wants to support local at every turn and they want to experience more and more art. My biggest hope is that Central Oregon businesses and cities continue to create paid opportunities for our local pool of super-talented working artists to shine and do what they do best. I strongly believe that with each new project that surfaces and involves a local artist, Central Oregon creates a stronger identity and shows our residents and our visitors what a unique and beautiful community we have. What do you want readers to know most about your art? I make an effort to avoid explaining the intent of the work, I hope it just comes across when you look closely at it. I like to leave an openness to it, a space where the viewer can project their own emotions and experiences. Each scene is a vignette where you don’t know what was happening before or after the moment in the painting. You can make your own story. You can, I hope, see yourself in the work and be encouraged by it to reconnect with your memories, your sense of adventure, and your relationships to nature and other beings. I figure that if I can create even one small space in your day where you can feel lightness, wonder, or happiness, that’s a good thing. What is new for you in 2019? I took on a lot of commission and freelance work last year and worked at a lot of events, so I feel like it’s really important for me in 2019 to make space in my schedule to focus on a new body of personal work this year. Another big goal is a new website and some business-stuff to try and reach a new level and perhaps gain a broader reach. I guess I just see where I’d like to be in my wildest dreams and in 2019 I’m going to be working on the steps it would take to get there. meganmariemyers.com
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ARTS BEND EXHIBITS Bend Senior Center
1600 SE Reed Market Rd. Bend Senior Center is showing rotating works by the 100+ members of the SageBrushers Art Society. Included are beautiful paintings in acrylic, oil and watercolor, as well as outstanding photography.
Blue Spruce Pottery
20591 Dorchester E. 541-382-0197 • bluesprucepottery.com Blue Spruce Pottery has been making unique stoneware & Raku pottery in Bend since 1976. Visit the pottery studio, see the potters at work & shop their large selection of mugs, bowls, casseroles, lamps & more. Shop online & have gifts shipped directly to your family & friends. Call ahead to arrange a time to visit.
High Desert Museum
and performance work that utilizes research data on water tables in Oregon. To complement the exhibit, a variety of events and programs will offer exciting and deeper explorations of Desert Reflections. Programs include a Natural History Pub talk focused on water management in the High Desert, a lecture by ornithologist Noah Stryker, a Museum curator-led field trip to the Pelton Round Butte Dam, artist panel discussions and more. All of them will serve to spark dialogue about issues relating to water. Opens Saturday, April 27 and will be on display thru September 29.
North Soles Footwear
800 NW Wall St. • 541-312-8566 A bright and sunny spring show of Karen Bandy’s paintings at North Soles Footwear continues thru April 27. The show includes work from Karen’s current C’est Lemon Citron which is a collection of work inspired by a recent trip to France and done in cold wax and oil paint. This show also includes Bandy’s recent landscapes in acrylic. Vision and Surface 20x20 cold wax on panel by Karen Bandy You can see more of Karen Bandy’s paintings at her studio, as well as new custom one-of-a-kind jewelry designed by Karen. Each piece is made in the USA to the highest quality craftsmanship using colored gems and diamonds. Commission your own original by Bend’s only International award-winning jewelry designer. Contact Karen Bandy at 541-388-0155, or Eileen at North Soles for details. 541-312-8566.
59800 S Hwy. 97 541-382-4754 • highdesertmuseum.org An original exhibit exploring the power of water in the High Desert opens at the High Desert Museum on Saturday, April 27. Desert Reflections: Water Shapes the West weaves together science, history, art and contemporary issues to explore the role of water in the region’s past, present and future. By connecting visitors to water and its management through the lens of three different basins in the region — the Mid-Columbia River Basin, Great Salt Lake Basin and Klamath Basin — the exhibit will illuminate how water has shaped the High Desert’s natural, cultural and geological history and explore how it features prominently in contemporary issues such as resource consumption, Indigenous sovereignty and climate change. In addition to the discussion of the complexities of water management, Desert Reflections will connect visitors to the significance of water through visual art, music and spoken word performances. The High Desert Museum commissioned SageBrushers Art Society artwork from four Pacific Northwest artists for the exhibition, which also involved 117 SW Roosevelt Ave. a field trip into the desert with experts in order to spark discussion and inspiration 541-617-0900 • sagebrushersartofbend.com for the pieces. SageBrushers Art Society presents paintings by Much like water permeates and sculpts every corner of the landscape, the art of A Capella, acrylic on wood panel Desert Reflections will extend from the Spirit of the West Gallery throughout the its Mixer Wednesday group, featuring paintings in by Lee August oil, acrylic, watercolor, and collage. This group of Museum’s interior and exterior spaces. artists paints in a range Presentations from multiple artists will create an immersive of individual styles including impressionism, experience, from visual art alongside the Museum’s stream to largeexpressionism, symbolism and abstraction. The scale art pieces inside the Museum. SageBrushers Gallery is open Wednesday, Friday Bend Creative Laureate and spoken word artist Jason Graham, and Saturday, 1-4pm. Showing thru April. known as MOsley WOtta, is creating a video installation inside the Museum and an outdoor display along the stream behind the Museum. The Wooden Jewel Klamath Modoc visual artist Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, who looks at art 844 NW Bond St., Ste. 100 as a means of activism, will present paintings created using traditional 541-593-4151 • thewoodenjewel.com Indigenous art practices in response to the proposed oil pipeline The Wooden Jewel would like to welcome through the Klamath Basin. you to peruse our Artisan jewelry and Fine art Harmonic Laboratory, a mixed-media art collective from Eugene, for First Friday. Local abstract artist Thomas will weave together video, dance and choreography to explore the Piece by Thomas Mcintyre Mcintyre will be here to show his works and rhythms of water. And Dana Reason, composer and sonic arts teacher at Oregon State University, will create a site-specific, large-scale interactive sound answer questions about his work and much more. Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019
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KPOV’s Spring Membership Drive April 19-27, 2019
Donate now at kpov.org or 541-322-0863 Your support makes it happen! CENTRAL OREGON SYMPHONY
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Michael Gesme, Conductor and Music Director
To Volunteer or donate Call 541.382.3537 www.hsco.org
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SUBSCRIBE Repertoire: Gustav Mahler, W. A. Mozart, Gaetano Donizetti, and the newly commissioned Malheur Symphony by Chris Thomas. For tickets: COSYMPHONY.COM 541.317.3941
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR! COCO Spring Concerts June 8th @ 2pm Madras Performing Arts Center 412 Buff St. Madras June 9th @ 2pm Trinity Lutheran Church 2550 NE Butler Market Rd. Bend
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MUSIC
Cascade School of Music Awards Local Students
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he Rising Star award is for students in their first two years of private instruction and the Fortissimo award is for students in years three and above. The students who receive these awards have been nominated by their teachers for showing talent, effort, and achievement and great promise as musicians due to perseverance and commitment to their craft. Cascade School of Music’s Fortissimo Award Winner for February is Zoe Johnson, age 15. Zoe is a harp student of Becky Smith. A highly motivated student, Zoe’s dedication to musicianship shows in the speed and depth at which she learns and applies new skills, and her innate sense of musical ebb and flow.
Cascade School of Music’s Rising Star Award Winner for February is Olivia Tranby, age 12. Olivia is a clarinet student of Eliza Zandonatti. She is growing into an amazing musician, playing at a high school level and with a musical sound years beyond her age!
CSM Fortissimo Winner Zoe Johnson with Teacher Becky Smith
CSM Rising Star Winner Olivia Tranby with Teacher Eliza Zandonatti
Cascade School of Music’s Rising Star Award Winner for March is Maddie Burge, age 13. Maddie is a voice student of Cullie Treichler. She has grown immensely in her sense of rhythm and pitch. She is very bright, strong, and has a wonderful sense of humor! CSM Rising Star Winner Maddie Burge with Teacher Cullie Treichler
Cascade School of Music’s Fortissimo Award Winner for March is Ellie Smithey, age 12. Ellie is a piano student of Meagan Iverson. She has an inspiring passion to develop as a musician and loves performing. She shines when sharing her music with others and works hard to dig deep into learning new pieces and concepts.
CSM Fortissimo Winner Ellie Smithey with Teacher Meagan Iverson Photos courtesy of Cascade School of Music
All the Rising Stars and Fortissimo award winners from throughout the 2018-2019 school year will perform at Cascade School of Music’s annual Crescendo Bendo Student Showcase at the Tower Theatre on June 1. cascadeschoolofmusic.org • 541-382-6866 • info@cascadeschoolofmusic.org Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019
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Third Annual Piano Showcase Returns April 12-13 with Three World-Class Pianists
dynamic two-day piano celebration returns to Bend’s Tower Theatre this April for its third annual performance. It is the Sunriver Music Festival’s Piano Showcase: From Bach to Boogie to Jazz featuring a trio of exceptional pianists celebrating the versatility and virtuosity of the piano. This event, which combines public performances with music education, will highlight the exceptional talents of innovative jazz pianist Adam Birnbaum from New York City, a return performance of the popular boogie-woogie pianist Arthur Migliazza, and the winner of the 2013 American Pianists Awards and 2013 Van Cliburn Adam Birnbaum Sean Chen medalist Sean Chen. Jazz pianist Adam Birnbaum studied at the New England Conservatory of Music before being one of two pianists selected to participate in the Julliard School’s inaugural jazz studies program. In 2004 he won the American Jazz Piano Competition and became the American Pianists Association's Cole Porter fellow in Jazz. Since graduating from Julliard, he has become a major presence on the city’s jazz scene as a leader and sideman, performing at top venues. He has also performed on many national and world stages, including the Kennedy Center, the Montreal Jazz Festival, The Spoleto Festival, The Red Sea Jazz Festival, The Rockport Chamber Festival, NPR Jazz Christmas and the Capetown Jazz Festival. Returning by popular demand, Arthur Migliazza is a member of the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame and was a finalist at the 2010 and 2014 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. In 2014 he received the Best of the Blues Award for Best Keyboardist in Washington State. His 2014 album Laying It Down resided at #1 on the Roots Music Report chart for Washington in the the summer of 2014, and reached #20 on the national chart. During his 20+ years of performing he has
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Laura Leighton, Central Oregon Symphony Harpist
aura Leighton was born in Oklahoma City into a “not particularly musical” family. She did “the usual required piano lessons” and then moved on to the violin. But not so usual was the day the Little Angels Harp Troup performed at her school. That day changed her life. “What little girl wouldn’t want to play the harp?” She began on a small lever harp, taking lessons from Oklahoma City’s one and only harp teacher. And soon Laura herself was a Little Angel. By 13 she was ready for something more serious, and her parents paid Lyon and Healy, the wellknown Chicago makers of harps, $6,000 for a symphony quality pedal harp. Laura said this purchase was partly to get her to focus on one instrument and end the purchases of an instrument every time she wanted to try something new. She had already played the violin, flute and banjo. Lyon and Healy had a two year wait list, so Laura was 13 before her harp was delivered. (40 years later she is still playing that same beautiful harp — a wise investment on the part of her parents). She continued playing through high school and received a small scholarship to Oklahoma State to play in their symphony. Up until college mostly she performed as a soloist and even now finds it a challenge playing in a large group like the symphony.
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played on the world’s greatest stages, including Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow as part of the sold-out Kings of Boogie Tour, the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, Benaroya Hall in Seattle, as well as on National Public Radio in the US. He also starred in the critically acclaimed Off Broadway show BOOGIE STOMP! Now he returns to Bend, but only for one weekend performing and leading workshops for pianists and enthusiasts of all ages. Hailed as a charismatic rising star with “an exceptional ability to connect with an audience combined with an easy virtuosity” Post), Arthur Migliazza I Photos courtesy of Sunriver Music Festival (Huffington American pianist Sean Chen was the winner of the 2013 American Pianists Awards and a medalist at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He was also named a 2015 fellow by the prestigious Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the Performing Arts. Chen has performed with many prominent orchestras and served on the juries of such notable piano competitions as the Thailand International Piano Competition, Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists, and Steinway competitions in Kansas City and St. Louis. Lauded for his natural charisma and approachable personality, Mr. Chen is particularly in demand for residencies that combine performances with master classes, school concerts, and artist conversations. A Steinway Artist, Chen has also contributed to the catalog of Steinway’s new Spirio system.
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Laura graduated from Oklahoma State with a degree in finance and began her career in the banking world of Dallas, Texas where she became an auditor and then a trust officer. Between work and enjoying the life of a young single in a big city, Laura admits that she didn’t touch her harp. Then she met a man, got married, and they both wanted to move to a place “prettier” than Dallas. Perhaps one with mountains. They canvassed the country with their resumes and bingo! Up popped a trust officer job at Laura Leighton U.S. Bank in Bend. In 1999 they moved to Bend, and Photo courtesy of Central Oregon Symphony Laura discovered the symphony. She remembers that first performance as a wake-up call. Having not practiced in years, and rarely performing in an orchestra, “I wasn’t prepared at all,” she said. “Now, I practice regularly and attend all the rehearsals. I love the challenge, the excitement and the wrangle of personalities who volunteer to make up this wonderful orchestra.” cosymphony.com
MUSIC Central Oregon Mastersingers Presents
Misa A Buenos Aires ~ “Misatango” Featuring Latin Grammy Award Winner Giovanni Parra
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he Central Oregon Mastersingers and orchestra will join with Columbian bandoneonistra Giovanni Parra in Martin Palmeri’s Misa a Buenos Aires, inspired by his native Argentina’s traditional tango, and in particular by Astor Piazzolla’s tango nuevo, Palmeri’s exhilarating mass is a unique musical experience not to be missed.
Giovanni Parra ~ Bandoneón Soloist Giovanni Parra, soloist for the Central Oregon Mastersingers’ presentation of the Buenos Aires Mass, is a star throughout Latin America and Europe who is known for his virtuosity on the bandoneón, a type of concertina renowned for its range and flexibility. Developed in Germany, it found its true home in Argentina, where it became the voice and soul of tango.
He is based in Bogotá and is a two-time Latin Grammy nominee for best tango album in 2015 and best folk album in 2017.
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He earned a degree in musical pedagogy — that is, the study of the methods and principles of music instruction — from the National Pedagogical University in Bogata, Colombia. While there, he studied classical accordion with accordion virtuoso Lacides Romero. In 2007 he settled in Buenos Aires to study Christian Clark bandoneón with Néstor Marconi, Marcos Madrigal, Horacio Romo and Federico Pereiro.
Katrina Hays ~ Mezzo-soprano Mezzo-soprano Katrina Hays works professionally as an opera singer and actress and has performed in over 100 productions in both regional and local repertory theaters. Favorite roles include the Witch in Into the Woods, the title role in Carmen, Buttercup in HMS Pinafore, Hecuba in The Trojan Women, Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, and Rosalind in As You Like It. Theater companies include: Denver Center Theatre Company, Western Stage Company, Pacific Arts Center, Humboldt Light Opera Company, and the Key City Public Theatre. She studied with the great heldentenor Richard Cassilly. She also is a writer and publishes poetry and essays in literary and travel journals. She and her partner, photographer Steven McBurnett, create collaborative artwork and were Artists in Residence at Crater Lake National Park.
Katrina has appeared often with the Central Oregon Mastersingers as a concert soloist, including performances of Giovanni Parra Katrina Hays Handel’s Messiah, J.S. Bach’s Magnificat, and We Have Spoken, a cantata by the Mastersinger’s founder and Director Emeritus, Clyde Thompson. She lives in Bend, Oregon. Parra also studied in master classes with teachers Daniel Binelli, Juan José Mosalini and Pablo Mainetti. He was part of the Tango School Orchestra Emilio Balcarce in Buenos Aires under the direction of maestro Néstor Marconi. Misa a Buenos Aires “Misatango” Parra has performed across Colombia and in Peru, Argentina, Chile, Saturday, April 6 the United States, Spain and France, and has performed as a soloist with 2pm & 7pm Colombia’s National Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of The Tower Theatre, Bend Bogotá, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, and the Orchestra of Tickets at towertheatre.org the Conservatory of Ibagué, Colombia. He also performed with the Sexteto Mayor, a six-member ensemble that is synonymous with traditional forms of the tango. centraloregonmastersingers.org Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019 27
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Theater in the Park Auditions in April ay It Out Events announces the 2019 production of Theater in the Park, La Cage aux Folles, the hit musical by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman that inspired the 1996 film, The Birdcage.
Over the past eight years, Lay It Out Events has hosted a variety of Shakespeare classics on an outdoor stage in Drake Park in downtown Bend. Last year, in order to make room for a wider variety of playwrights and works, they transformed Shakespeare in the Park into Theater in the Park. Audiences enjoyed two nearly sold-out productions of Jesus Christ Superstar, complete with an optional VIP dinner and a scenic view of the sun setting over the Deschutes River. This year’s production of La Cage aux Folles centers around Georges, the owner of La Cage aux Folles nightclub. The late-night spot features a drag show, starring Georges partner and love of his life, Albin — who is known on stage as ZaZa. After 20 years of un-wedded bliss, Georges and Albin face the hardest challenge of their relationship yet: meeting their son’s future — and very conservative — in-laws. Based on Jean Poiret’s 1973 French play of the same name, the multi-Tony award-winning La Cage aux Folles is a musical filled with spectacle and heart. Michelle Mejaski returns as the director and choreographer of the 2019 production of Theater in the Park after delivering a stellar performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar in 2018. Mejaski, an award-winning tap dancer and founder of Mejaski Choreography & Productions, has choreographed for Cascade Theatrical Company, 2nd Street Theater, The Tower Theatre and many more. Trish Sewell — who has been teaching, singing and acting for over 30 years — returns as the vocal director for the 2019 production of La Cage aux Folles. Sewell is in demand as a soloist; teaches music history, voice classes and voice lessons at COCC; and teaches private voice in addition to lending her skillset to productions at Cascades Theatrical Company and Community Theater of the Cascades. AUDITIONS First call for La Cage aux Folles” auditions begin April 5. Those interested in trying out for the musical can contact Michelle Mejaski at 541-948-9901 or email MejaskiChoreography@gmail.com. layitoutevents.com
Hot Club of San Francisco
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n Sunday, April 7 the Tower Theatre Foundation invites you to celebrate imagination and innovation during the Hot Club of San Francisco’s Cinema Vivant. It’s an evening of vintage silent films accompanied by live gypsy swing! The musicians match every movement on screen with characteristic virtuosity, passion and humor; a setting reminiscent of a 1930s gypsy caravan on a French countryside.
Before World War I, European filmmaker Ladislaw Starewicz pioneered stop-action animation, a new medium of animation to illuminate his creative imaginings of the secret lives of ordinary objects. Two Starewicz films are featured in Cinema Vivant—The Cameraman’s Revenge, a piece about the marital troubles of beetles, and The Mascot, an adventure story about lost toys. American Charley Bowers revolutionized the industry in the 1920’s by combining animation with live action as featured in There It Is, a whimsical comedy about a mysterious occurrence investigated by Scotland Yard. The fusion of the inventive animation and comedy with the Django-Reinhardt inspired gypsy swing will provide an entertaining evening for all ages! Hot Club of San Francisco - Cinema Vivant Saturday, April 7 at 7:30pm TowerTheatre.org • 541-317-0700
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Oregon Poet Laureates in Madras for National Poetry Month
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im Stafford, Oregon’s poet laureate and the director of Lewis & Clark College’s Northwest Writing Institute, is bringing verse to Central Oregon, together with Elizabeth Woody, past poet laureate of Oregon and Madras poet Jarold Ramsey, as part of Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) focus on National Poetry Month, at the college’s Madras campus from 6:308:30pm on Wednesday, April 10. The evening of readings and refreshments, free and open to the public, is the marquee event of COCC’s month-long tribute to poetry. Stafford will offer an encore reading at the COCC Redmond campus from 1-2:15pm the following day. For a complete listing of events, visit cocc.edu/library. “We are calling our presentation ‘Honoring Family and Place,’ because so often when I write a poem it is about my local experience — in a family, and in a place,” said Stafford, who was named poet laureate of the state by Governor Kate Brown in 2018. “I remember family camping trips to Cove Palisades Park, to Warm Springs, to Fort Rock, to the Metolius River, and in each place, as a family, we experienced the magic of a special place. Poetry comes from those encounters.”
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Organized by the staff of COCC’s Barber Library, the lineup of National Poetry Month events is held throughout the month of April and includes an Open Mic Poetry Jam (April 18), poetry workshops (April 9, 16 and 30; at the Bend, Prineville and Redmond campuses, respectively) and an “edible book” cakeand-reading finale (April 25). In advance of college events, persons needing accommodation or transportation because of a physical or mobility disability, contact Joe Viola: 541-383-7775. For accommodation due to other disability, such as hearing impairment, contact the Office of Disability Services: 541-383-7743.
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Let’s Talk About Stroke! Stroke Awareness Oregon
Jarold Ramsey
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he sad passing of Luke Perry due to a massive stroke raises the question of, “Why so young?” Stroke occurs in one and six people and in the Hispanic population one in four males and one in three females. Stroke is not only a disease of the elderly but can and does strike anyone, any age, any gender and any nationality. Thirty seven percent of strokes hit people younger than 60 years old. It is the number five cause of death in Oregon and the leading cause of disability in the world. Stroke Awareness Oregon, in its ongoing mission to education people about F.A.S.T, to increase awareness about the causes of stroke and to support the recovery of stroke survivors and their families, is bringing Dr. Diane Barnes to the Tower Theatre on April 30, 2019. As a diagnostic radiologist practicing in the San Francisco area, Dr. Barnes was well aware that the average person loses 1.9 million brain cells per minute that a stroke goes untreated. She knew she had the worst headache of her life yet waited 20 hours to seek medical attention.
On April 30, Diane will present her award winning, one-woman play, My Stroke of Luck as a fundraiser for Stroke Awareness Oregon. The stroke left Dr. Barnes seriously debilitated and unable to walk, talk or feed herself. After a difficult recovery, this amazing woman had to redefine her identity and her life. A single mother of two special need sons, she proceeded to learn script writing and acting. This is a funny and poignant look at love, family, grit and victory overcoming tragedy. While the story is about stroke, the message is about facing and overcoming daunting challenges. Tickets are available at towertheatre.org/tickets. A silent auction will proceed the play in the Theatre Foyer. strokeawarenessoregon.org Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019
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SUNRIVER EXHIBITS
Sunday, June 2 Woodlands Golf Course 11:30am - Registration 1pm Start - Shotgun Start ~ Scramble Format 5pm - Catered Dinner, Awards & Reception $125 Player Entry • $500 Foursome Entry Register at 541-593-1084 information@sunrivermusic.org Benefiting the Sunriver Music Festival
Artists’ Gallery Sunriver 57100 Beaver Dr., Bldg. 19 5 4 1 - 5 9 3 - 4 3 8 2 artistsgallerysunriver.com Join us on Saturday April 13 for a celebration of art…. meet the gallery artists and enjoy food and libations from 4-6pm with an art demonstration: Clay Animals by Janet Akers. Many of the 30 local Jewelry by Helen Sanderson Central Oregon artists of Artists’ Gallery Sunriver are moved and inspired by nature. Featured photographer, Stephen Badger, is self-taught fifth generation Hawaiian who moved to the mainland USA as a small boy. When he moved to Bend in 2010 he was inspired to photograph the beautiful landscapes of Oregon. His passion for photography and the outdoors matched up perfectly with his college studies at Central Oregon Community College where he naturally became the photo editor of the COCC college newspaper. Metalsmith Helen Sanderson is greatly inspired by the western cowgirl with a hint of Native American culture… and sometimes a bit of boho hippiness as well. Helen often uses natural American mined turquoise gemstones. Nature is a big part of Helen’s life. She knows that the earth is very much alive and therefore her goal is to honor the rocks. Because of this, she finds it important to recycle, reclaim and reuse and to source ethical gemstone and metal suppliers. Sunriver Public Library 56855 Venture Ln. • 541-312-1080 The Sunriver Library will display fiber art from the Sunriver Knitters during the month of April. Several Sunriver Women’s Club members of Sunriver Knitters will participate in showing beautiful creations of sweaters, shawls, pillows, novelties, scarves and hats. On display will be different knitting patterns and yarns of wool, alpaca, silk, yak, mohair and cotton. Included will be hand spun yarn from one of our members. Sunriver Knitters provide Chemo caps to St. Charles Cancer Center in various colors, patterns and textures, some of which will be on display. Sunriver Resort Lodge - Betty Gray Gallery 17600 Center Dr. • 503-780-2828 billyeturner@bendnet.com Sunriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray exhibits paintings by Jean Requa Lubin, Vivian Olsen and Barbara Slater continuing thru June 23, 2018. Vivian Olsen, a respected central Oregon artist, presents watercolor and pastel paintings of animals noting, “Wild or tame, they are my only subjects Where Did You Go?, acrylic by Barbara Slater now.” She recalls that animals were her playmates as a young girl as there were few children where she lived. Later, shy
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Sunriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray Gallery Fine Art Exhibition
Artists Jean Requa Lubin, Vivian Olsen & Barbara Slater unriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray exhibits paintings by Jean Requa Lubin, Vivian Olsen and Barbara Slater continuing through June 23, 2018. Vivian Olsen, a respected central Oregon artist, presents watercolor and pastel paintings of animals noting, “Wild or tame, they are my only subjects now.” She recalls that animals were her playmates as a young girl as there were few children where she lived. Later, shy and in school, she began to draw, copying Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck from comic books. Soon the young artist received attention from teachers and classmates “which spurred me on to continue developing my skills.” Olsen felt she had artistic talent although she did not study art until college where luckily, “I had two of the best art professors ever.” She shared these Where Did You Go?, acrylic by Barbara Slater teachers’ valuable lessons and methods with her high school students when she became an art teacher some 26 years later. The artist notes that in college, “I was immersed in biology and wildlife while working with a research biologist; years later I Wolfgal, watercolor by Vivian Olsen went on to earn a master’s degree in biology at New Mexico Tech University.” She indicates that living and working among wild animals, combined with her continuous love of animals, fueled her desire to become a wildlife artist. Completing her work as a researcher and after relocating due to her husband’s job, she began her career as a teacher. While enjoying sharing her many skills with students and “loving teaching, I still painted as much as possible.” Olson adds, “I’ve attained my early goals and now, decades later, I’m still not nearly finished with all the birds and mammals I am waiting to bring forth on paper with the touch of my brush.”
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Jean Requa Lubin’s chosen art similarly favors animals but for this artist, “the world of horses and equestrian competition.” Discovered during her family’s move to northern Virginia, equine art became her favorite painting genre. Her art for the forthcoming exhibit at Sunriver Resort Lodge reflects her affection for “action-packed rodeo and equines.” Barbara Slater also shares affection for animals as expressed in her current art exhibit. She displays both wild creatures including a snowshoe rabbit and bears, but also shows her delight in domesticated animals — dogs, goats, cows and others. Her memorable and emotive portraits of animals reflect her careful study of the subject’s eyes which Slater notes, “reveal their personalities.” Sunriver Resort invites the public to the exhibition, open all hours. Billye Turner, art consultant, organizes the Sunriver Resort Lodge art series with info at 503-780-2828 or billyeturner@bendnet.com
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and in school, she began to draw, copying Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck from comic books. Soon the young artist received attention from teachers and classmates “which spurred me on to continue developing my skills.” Jean Requa Lubin’s chosen art similarly favors animals but for this artist, “the world of horses and equestrian competition.” Discovered during her family’s move to northern Virginia, equine art became her favorite painting genre. Her art for the forthcoming exhibit at Sunriver Resort Lodge reflects her affection for “action-packed rodeo and equines.” Barbara Slater also shares affection for animals as expressed in her current art exhibit. She displays both wild creatures including a snowshoe rabbit and bears, but also shows her delight in domesticated animals — dogs, goats, cows and others. Her memorable and emotive portraits of animals reflect her careful study of the subject’s eyes which Slater notes, “reveal their personalities.” Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019
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Artists' Gallery Sunriver Village
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reat art picks up where nature begins! Many of the 30 local Central Oregon Artists of Artists’ Gallery Sunriver are moved and inspired by nature.
Our featured photographer, Stephen Badger, is self-taught fifth generation Hawaiian who moved to the mainland USA as a small boy. When he moved to Bend in 2010 he was inspired to photograph the beautiful landscapes of Oregon. His passion for photography and the outdoors matched up perfectly with his college studies at Central Oregon Community College (COCC) where he naturally became the photo editor of the COCC college newspaper. Stephen graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor of science degree in natural resources. This degree works with his love of the outdoors and desire to photograph the endless beauty of mother nature. Let the magic of his photographs transport you to the beautiful natural world!
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Metalsmith, Helen Sanderson, is greatly inspired by the western cowgirl with a hint of Native American culture… and sometimes a bit of boho hippiness as well! Helen often uses natural American mined turquoise gemstones. Nature is a big part of Helen’s life. She knows that the earth is very much alive and therefore her goal is to honor the rocks. Because of this, she finds it important to recycle, reclaim and reuse and to source ethical gemstone and metal suppliers. “When I create my pieces, a great deal of passion and positive energy is carried into it. My hope is to pass on a piece, a memento, that brings you a smile with joy. A jewelry piece that can be passed on as a gift of art created with love!”
artistsgallerysunriver.com • 541-593-4382
Jewelry by Helen Sanderson
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Featured Artists for April Zantana: Dichroic Glass Artist Gin Laughry: Print Artist
Canyon Creek Pottery 310 North Cedar St. • 541-390-2449 • canyoncreekpotteryllc.com Fine handmade pottery by Kenneth G. Merrill made in Sisters.
jewelry & baskets made 50 or 100 years ago, prevalent in museums & Native American Antique Galleries, need to be regarded as representing people of a former time.
Clearwater Art Gallery 303 West Hood • 541-549-4994 • theclearwatergallery.com 4th Friday Art Stroll, Navajo rugs,
Cowgirls & Indians Resale 160 SW Oak St. • 541-549-6950 Gently used Western wear, art & furniture. Art by M. Barbera Bronze, Ed
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he Festival released its 2019 poster image, and once again it’s a compelling original painting from local artist, author and songwriter Dennis McGregor. McGregor says, “The title is Ripples… Sisters Folk Festival loves songwriters. Since its earliest years, the festival has provided an extraordinary opportunity for those who are interested in the craft. The Americana Song Academy found a home at Caldera on the banks of Blue Lake 18 years ago. Since the program was launched, many people have had lifechanging experiences there. Word of the experience spread and the “ripple effect” continues to this day.” In this year’s poster, Dennis painted “a nod” to “song camp”. On these crystal, spring-fed waters a solitary figure pauses from life’s routine and basks in a moment of inspiration. The canoe isn’t moving, but it’s definitely going somewhere. Ask any of the hundreds of song-campers whose lives have experienced the ripple effect! The image of a person in a canoe on a lake conjures up simpler times of reflection and inspiration, similar to what folks experience at the Americana Song Academy held at Caldera each year, the week before the festival. sistersfolkfestival.org
SISTERS Morgan, William F. Reese, Heinie Hartwig originals, Native American baskets & jewelry, buying Native American jewelry & artworks. Hood Avenue Art hoodavenueart.com • info@hoodavenueart.com 541-719-1800 Fourth Friday Sisters Arts Stroll features monotypes by the printmaker Gin Laughery and one of a kind, hand-crafted dichroic glass jewelry by Berta and Rex Portal #3, monotype Heisler of Zantana Dichroic Jewelry. These artists by Gin Laughrey from Redmond bring deep, rich and gorgeous colors reminiscent of the sky and the light of Central Oregon into the gallery. Exhibit runs April 24-May 21. Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery 222 West Hood Ave. • 541-912-0732 Scott’s fabulous designs in metal prompt imagination & admiration, wide ranging decor with hints of other, more romantic eras, to a decidedly whirlwind love affair with the future. The Jewel 221 West Cascade Ave. • 541-549-9388 Ongoing exhibit, jewelry by Mary Jo Weiss. Jill’s Wild (tasteful!) Women Showroom 183 E Hood Ave. • 541-617-6078 • jillnealgallery.com Artwork, cards, giftware & ceramics.
Custom framing & photo restoration. Featuring creative work by Oregon photographers & artists Curtiss Abbott, Gary Albertson, J. Chester Armstrong, Paul Alan Bennett, Wendy Birnbaum, Candace Bruguier, Antonia Carriere, Jan Hanson, Jennifer Hartwig, Vicki Hodge, Norma Holmes, Ann Grossnickle, Kimry Jelen, Carol Grigg, Dennis McGregor, Laurie SantaMaria, Dennis Schmidling, Jodi Schneider, Pat Siegner & Caroline Stratton-Crow. Stitchin’ Post Gallery 541-549-6061 • www.stitchinpost.com Featuring the works of the Journeys art quilting group, now thru April 23. We will have the opening reception for June Jaeger’s Inspired by Nature art quilt show during the Sisters Fourth Friday Art Stroll, Friday, April 26 from 4-7pm.
AfterTheBurn by June Jaeger
Studio Redfield 183 East Hood Ave. • 541-588-6332 Featuring hand-painted tiles ceramics, art cards, jewelry, abstract paintings & impressionistic landscapes, hand-painted mugs, bright decorative ceramics, wire baskets, tiled end tables. Paintings by Randy Redfield & original hand-painted tile by Kibak Tile.
The Porch 243 N Elm St. • 541-549-3287 theporch-sisters.com Featuring Casey Gardner’s acrylic paintings.
Lodge Gallery at Black Butte Ranch 541-595-1252 • blackbutteranch.com Thru the month of April, the High Desert Art League, in collaboration with Black Butte Ranch, has been presenting a rotating art exhibit, Montage, at Black Butte Ranch Lodge Gallery. This month, three members of the High Desert Art Top Stitched by League are exhibiting their art with a western theme. Rebecca Sentgeorge Janice Rhodes will be showing some of her richly textured encaustic paintings. Rebecca Sentgeorge will be showing watercolor painting featuring cowgirl boots. Karen Maier will round out the show with western landscape photography. The show will be displayed from April 1-30 at the beautiful Black Butte Ranch. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The Lodge and exhibit are open from 3-9pm daily. Black Butte Ranch is located approximately nine miles west of Sisters, on Highway 20. Raven Makes Gallery 182 E Hood Ave. 541-719-1182 • ravenmakesgallery.com Offering contemporary Native American & First Nations artwork and jewelry. First market works from Southwest tribes, Northwest Coast Peoples, and the Far North. Emerging artists to renowned masters. April-July we offer monthly, in person artist shows. Explore complex and dynamic works built on traditional foundations. Information available regarding tours of Homelands by tribally owned companies. Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop 252 W Hood Ave. • 541-549-9552 • sistersgallery.com Gallery open 11am-5pm daily, Sundays by appointment. Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | April 2019
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Fly Into Spring Break with the High Desert Museum
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pring break is around the corner and the High Desert Museum has a week packed with special programs, wildlife encounters and exciting exhibits. There’s simply no better place to spend spring break.
TAKE FLIGHT WITH SKY HUNTERS Majestic raptors take to the air in the intimate flight program Sky Hunters. See
Crystal Crane Hot Springs "it's all about the water"
Come Experience the Energy of Nature! Geothermally Heated Cabins Hot Mineral Baths 541-943-3931
2 Hours SE of Bend • www.summerlakehotsprings.com 2 Hours SE of Bend • 541-943-3931 • www.summerlakehotprings.com
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owls, hawks, falcons and more soar just overhead and learn all about what makes these amazing creatures so special. SKY HUNTERS Saturday, March 23-Saturday, March 30 11am and 1:30pm $5 — Members receive 20 percent discount Tickets at highdesertmuseum.org/sky-hunters MUSEUM & ME Explore the High Desert Museum after hours during Museum & Me. It’s a special time for kids and adults with physical, intellectual and/or social disabilities and their families. Kick off spring break by taking in the Museum’s exhibits. MUSEUM & ME Saturday, March 23 5pm-8pm FREE for individuals, friends and family Register at highdesertmuseum.org/Museum-&-Me GIVE YOUR WILD THINGS A KIDS DAY! On the Wednesday of spring break, let the kids dive into the new exhibit The Beauty of Wild Things: Charcoal Drawings by April Coppini. Kids Day: Nature Large and Small is all about letting kids experience the exhibit through multiple interactive stations. They’ll get to view the tiniest creatures through microscopes, try their own hand at charcoal drawing and much more! KIDS DAY: NATURE LARGE AND SMALL Wednesday, March 27 10am-4pm FREE with Museum admission highdesertmuseum.org
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Annual Redmond Youth Art Walk
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owntown Redmond is hosting the annual Youth Art Walk. We will be showcasing the local students of Redmond’s art for one week this year which will take place from April 19-26. Come and celebrate the creativity of local Redmond student’s art. The Closing Exhibit Celebration will take place in Downtown Redmond Businesses on Friday, April 26 from 4-8pm with live music. visitredmondoregon.com
CENTRAL OREGON EXHIBITS MADRAS / WARM SPRINGS
Art Adventure Gallery 185 SE Fifth St. 541-475-7701 • artadventuregallery.com Featuring Explorations: Discoveries, stories in bronze and oil by Donald J. Stastny. April 4, 5:30-7:30pm. The Museum at Warm Springs 2189 U.S. 26 • 541-553-3331 • museumatwarmsprings.org Tribal members demonstrate & share family heirlooms.
PRINEVILLE
A.R. Bowman Memorial Museum 246 N Main St. • 541-447-3715 • bowmanmuseum.org Open Tuesday thru Friday, 10am-5pm, Saturdays 11am-4pm. Ponderosa Pine Capital of the World exhibit anchors the new exhibit space in the expanded museum. It includes The Woods & The Mill, two full size areas that highlight the workers, tools & history of the trade. Native American exhibit brings history of the people & land of Crook County.
REDMOND/TERREBONNE
The Art of Alfred A. Dolezal Eagle Crest Resort, 7525 Falcon Crest Dr., Ste. 100 • 541-526-1185 alfreddolezal.com • artofaad@yahoo.com • Daily, 10am–5pm Original oils, reproductions, classes, gift shop. The eclectic paintings of Austrian artist, Alfred A. Dolezal combine illuminant colors with alternative visions of reality. These contemporary oils on canvas examine the deeper meaning of life & tell a human interest story. Combining profound messages with thought-provoking imagery & evocative symbolism, they are much more than a painting. Come see why we were awarded the 2017 Certificate of Excellence by TripAdvisor & are now ranked #2 of things to do in our area.
Maragas Winery Lattavo Gallery 15523 SW Hwy. 97, Culver • 541-546-5464 • maragaswinery.com The caricature art adorning the bottles of Maragas wines was created by Doug Maragas’ mother, Joanne Lattavo, in the late ‘50s & early ‘60s. Joanne was an accomplished oil painter with a renowned art gallery. Redmond Library 827 SW Deschutes Ave, Redmond • 541-312-1050 • deschuteslibrary.org The Redmond Library presents the annual High School Student Art Show featuring artwork by students from Redmond High School, Ridgeview High School and Redmond Proficiency Academy. The Show will run thru April 30. On Friday, April 26, between 4-8pm the Redmond Library will join downtown Redmond businesses in the Youth Art Walk. This annual event is free to the public and features special art pieces created from our Redmond Schools and home schooled students. The event encourages art exploration by students of all ages, kindergarten through high school. School House Produce 1430 SW Highland Ave. •541-504-7112 • schoolhouseproduce.com Schoolhouse Produce is pleased to exhibit photography by SageBrushers artist Kay Larkin. Featuring closeups and abstract images, the exhibit pulls from Kay’s experimentation with shadow and optical phenomena. Showing thru May. St. Charles Hospital Redmond, 1253 NW Canal Blvd. 541-548-8131 Rotating local artists.
Old Bottle, photograph by Kay Larkin
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS!
2019 Furniture Flip & Festival, featuring the return of Trashformations! Turn the uninspired into inspiring, promote your craft, celebrate sustainability and support affordable housing at one fell swoop at the 2019 Furniture Flip & Festival, featuring the return of Trashformations! This year, there are several ways to participate: 1. Sign up to participate in the Trashformations live construction event on Saturday, April 6 at the ReStore. Work Space is limited, so sign up now. Artists and/or teams will provide all tools. Work space, tables, and some materials will be made available to use for your creations, and all pieces will be donated to Bend Habitat to be on display for sale at the Furniture Flip Event April 12 & 13. Work that is completed on April 6 will be displayed through following week. Work that is still under construction must be taken home and returned to the store on Friday for the show. 2. Compete in the Fifth Annual Furniture Flip Design Challenge. The challenge begins when three themes are announced one month before the show, which takes place at the Bend ReStore beginning on Friday, April 12. Individuals or teams may compete in one, two or three of the themed categories. Work will be due at the ReStore on Friday, April 12. This year, we will establish a permanent “Chair-it-able” theme — it’s all about chairs! Build one, re-do one, reimagine one. Get going any time, and make one for next year while you’re at it! Scavenge your own or glean from the ReStore’s large supply at no charge. 3. Host an artist demo station at the ReStore on Saturday April 13 from 11am -3pm. 4. Participate in one, two or three of the above events! Apply/sign up at restoresfurnitureflip.com furnitureflip@bendhabitat.org • 541-636-9937
Event Schedule Saturday April 6: Trashformations live construction event at ReStore Friday April 12, 6pm: Furniture Flip Reception and Awards Show Saturday April 13, 10am-4pm: Furniture Flip Show and Artist Demo Fair
RED CHAIR GALLERY BEND
Call to Artists Red Chair Gallery, a membership gallery in downtown Bend, is looking for one 2D and one 3D artist. All 2D painters will be considered. 3D artists for first consideration will be in woodworking, metal, fabric or anything of an unusual nature. Memberships have specific requirements. Please pick up a membership packet at the gallery, located on the southwest corner of Bond Street and Oregon Avenue, or send an email to redchairgallerybend@ gmail.com to receive one via email.
SISTERS OUTDOOR QUILT SHOW (SOQS)
Quilt registration is still open. SOQS accepts up to 1,200 quilts for display and approximately one third of those can be for sale. For entry criteria and instructions, check sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org/quiltentryinfo. htm. Formal registration will not close until May 31 or the show is filled, whichever occurs first. The quilts “for-sale” tend to fill quickly — sometimes as early as the middle of April.
AUDITIONS
First call for Theater in the Park: La Cage aux Folles; auditions begin April 5. Those interested in trying out for the musical can contact Michelle Mejaski at 541-948-9901 or email MejaskiChoreography@gmail.com Send your Call to Art to ae@cascadeae.com
NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR APRIL
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his month begins on a high note with expressions of love and money on the 2nd. Positive changes over the next few days are in preparation for the New Moon on the 5th which is all about new beginnings. Agreements made on the 7th create structure and definition. Listen to your heart on the 9th as it dreams about the future. Responsibilities may feel restrictive on the 10th and could impact your communication. Find joy in your completion on the 12th and remind yourself that opportunities are right around the corner. Get over your opinions on the 13th and you will see the expansion that is happening. Moderation will be important on the 16th in order to hear the messages clearly. The Full Moon on the 19th brings healing conversations and the promise of a fresh start. New ideas on the 22nd will carry you far. Turn the transformation towards your self after the 24th and realize it’s
time to change how you are moving forward. Lessons are loud and clear on the 29th and will support you looking forward. Trust yourself enough to take few steps forward at the end of this month and recognize the changes that you are initiating. Love and Light Always, Eileen Lock Clairvoyant Astrologer / Spiritual Medium 1471 NW Newport Ave., Bend, Oregon 97703 541-389-1159 eileenlock.freeservers.com • oneheartministry.freeservers.com Listen for the song in your heart, find the melody and dance to the music. Check out Eileen’s radio programs online at blogtalkradio.com Cosmic Lunch Break What’s Up Wednesday Talking With Spirit
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CENTRAL OREGON PORTRAIT CEREMONY Tetherow Resort 5:30pm • portraitconnection.org
BEND FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK Downtown Bend & Old Mill District
MISA A BUENOS AIRES "MISATANGO" The Tower Theatre 2 & 7pm • towertheatre.org
SPECIAL ART SALE Bend Art Center 10am • bendartcenter.org
FURNITURE FLIP DESIGN CHALLENGE Bend Habitat for Humanity ReStore 10am • restorebend.org
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HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO'S CINEMA VIVANT The Tower Theatre 7:30pm • towertheatre.org
SUNRIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL PIANO SHOWCASE CONCERT I The Tower Theatre 7:30pm • towertheatre.org
CHEERS TO ART Bend Art Center 7pm • bendartcenter.org
ALASKA NATIVE MASTERWORKS SHOW AND RECEPTION Raven Makes Gallery 4pm • ravenmakesgallery.com MY STROKE OF LUCK The Tower Theatre 7:30pm • towertheatre.org
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CASCADE FINE ART WORKSHOPS Contact Sue Manley, 541-408-5524 info@cascadefineartworkshops.com www.cascadefineartworkshops.com Registration is open for 2019 Workshops in Bend. Discounted rate & registration deadline extended to February 1. Workshops Are Filling Up — Register Now! Sarah B. Hansen Landscapes Rediscovered Textured Watercolor May 6-8 $375 by March 6, 2019, $425 after March 6 Debora Stewart Advanced Abstraction in Mixed Media Pastel & Acrylic with Mixed media May 13-16 $560 by March 13, $610 after March 13 Ted Nuttall Painting the Figure from Photographs Watercolor June 3-7 $750 by April 3, $800 after April 3 Mary Marquiss Texture & Still Life in Watercolor Watercolor June 10-12 $395 by April 10, $445 after April 10 Stella Canfield The Joy of Watercolor! September 3-6 $475 by July 1, $525 after July 1 Colley Whisson Impressionism in Action Plein Air & Studio Workshop Oil & acrylic artists welcome - Demos in oil September 30-October 2 $645 by June 1, $695 after June 1 Jacqueline Newbold Watercolor & Art Journaling Workshop in Provence, France, May 10-17. Join Jacqueline Newbold on an artistic journey of creative expression! Our home base will be a charming medieval village in Provence, France as we have fun painting and creating art in our watercolor journals. You will learn to incorporate watercolor and mixed-media techniques as we spend a magical time together exploring the area, rich with sights, sounds and colors — all wonderful inspiration for developing your artistic eye. Our host will
be frenchescapade.com. They will provide many delicious meals cooked by a French chef and transportation to painting sites. We will stay in a charming hotel with a little river meandering through the garden, an outside swimming pool, a hot tub, and a riverside terrace bar all surrounded by impressive mountains. This workshop is available for all levels — beginners and experienced artists are all invited to come along on this delightful trip. newboldart.com, newbold0505@bendbroadband.com.
SAGEBRUSHERS ART SOCIETY 541-617-0900 • sagebrushersartofbend.com All classes listed below held at 117 SW Roosevelt Ave., Bend. Working with Transparent Watercolor; Designing with Negative Space, with Rick Surowicz First Session: Tuesday-Thursday, April 30-May 2, 9:30am-4:30pm Second Session: Friday-Sunday, May 3-5, 9:30am-4:30pm. Join nationally renowned art teacher and artist, Rick Surowicz (rsurowiczart.com), for this three-day workshop. Through demonstration, skills exercises and quarter-sheet paintings, we will explore working with transparent watercolor and the concept of designing with negative space. For questions or more information contact Barbara Crislip 530-209-3492 or barbjc45@yahoo.com. Watercolor Wednesday with Jennifer Ware-Kempke Wednesdays, April 3, 10, 17 & 24, 10am-12pm Bring your own subject photographs and supplies. $10 for nonmembers. For more information contact Jennifer at jenniferware@rocketmail.com. Watercolor Unwound with Sarah B Hansen April 15, 9am-12pm Delve into trouble areas in your watercolor painting journey in this monthly, three-hour class. April will focus on shade and shadow. Roll up your sleeves, dig deep, learn tips and techniques, and get your questions answered. Instructor demos plus plenty of practice time. $30 per session, drop-ins welcome. Bring your own supplies. For more information visit sarahbhansen.com. Contact Sarah to enroll at sarah@sarahbhansen.com or 541-598-4433. Watercolor & Wine with Sarah B Hansen Wednesday, April 17, 6-8pm Join the fun at Watercolor and Wine night! Spend
an evening with watercolor teacher Sarah B. Hansen, letting your creative juices flow. No experience necessary. Bring your drink of choice and/or some to share. $40 per person, all materials included. Contact Sarah to sign up at sarah@sarahbhansen.com or 541-598-4433. No drop-ins please. Plein Air Approach with David Kinker Thursday mornings, April 4, 11, 18 & 25, 9:30am-12pm Thursday evenings, April 4, 11, 18 & 25, 6-8:30pm Improve your creative outcomes by learning to approach painting as a process. All mediums are welcome. Lecture, acrylic painting demonstration, and hands on individual instruction. $35/class. (NonSageBrushers members add $5/class.) Chinese Brush Painting Drop-In Class with Michelle Oberg Friday, April 5, 1-3pm Class includes traditional techniques of painting with ink and watercolor on rice paper. $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers. For more information and a supply list contact Michelle at michelleoberg39@gmail.com or 541-504-0241. The Joy of Creating Intuitively with Vicki Johnson First Wednesday of the month, April 3, 6-8:30pm Intuitive painting is the process of painting spontaneously without fear and self-doubt. Have fun with paint and color, while strengthening your creative and intuitive skills, No art experience needed. $25, all materials included. For more information go to vickijohnsoncoach.com/events or contact Vicki at coachvickijohnson@gmail.com or 541-390-3174. Women’s Creative Circle with Vicki Johnson Tuesday evenings, April 2, 16, 23 & May 7, 6-8:30pm We will be exploring what gives us a feeling of awe, joy, purpose, and a sense of meaning, using collage and journaling. Cost is $110 for four-week series. For more information or to register, visit vickijohnsncoach.com/ events or contact Vicki at coachvickijohnson@gmail.com or 541-390-3174. Wise Woman Emerging — Mixed Media Collage with Mattie Swanson and Maria Wattier Saturday, April 13, 1-5pm A monthly gathering of women accessing and expressing soul wisdom through mixed-media collage journaling. Instruction and encouragement as needed! Cost $10-20, plus $12 for journal. For more information contact Mattie at swany139@hotmail.com or Maria at mariawattier@msn.com or 541-610-2677.
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