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Robert Moore

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LITERATURE INEFFABLE

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CALL TO ARTISTS WORKSHOPS

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Rimrock Gallery in Prineville Presents

ARTIST ROBERT MOORE

by PAMELA CLAFLIN, Owner — Rimrock Gallery

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have known Robert since the 1990’s, and he has always impressed me with his gentle being, quiet patience and his giving nature. I first represented Robert during the years that I owned and operated the Mockingbird Gallery in downtown Bend.

Many fond memories circle around that time. Once, I took all the artists to the Steens wilderness to stay at the Hotel Diamond and McCoy Creek Ranch to paint for a week for a show. The artists worked hard during the day, and then showed up at Hotel Diamond for the delicious dinners which our hosts, the Thompsons, prepared for us. Normally dinner is served at 6pm, but when David Thompson announced the dinner time, one of the artists piped up and said, “We can’t come in at that time… that is the droning hour!” meaning that it was the perfect dusk lighting for paintings, so David kindly moved the dinner hour to 7:30pm. After dinner we were wonderfully entertained by those artists who also were musical — one of them being Robert.

After a couple artists sang and played their ballads and rock music, I turned to Robert and said, “Robert, did you bring your harmonica?” He said, “Yep.” When I asked if he would play for us, he said, “Okay,” got up and went out to his truck, and brought in a small suitcase which he laid on the table. When he opened it up, there was TEN harmonicas!

When Robert started to play, silence fell among the group and mouths dropped open. “Where did you learn to play like that?” asked the artists. He

Autumn Spectrum, 15 x 30 oil by Robert Moore

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replied, “On the tractor seat.”

During one of those days, I drove up to find Robert painting at the Buena Vista Wildlife Refuge. It was raining. He had on a jumpsuit and was standing in front of his easel, which he had set up on his pickup bed. His paint palette was tilted slightly so the rain would run off. He had a palette knife in each hand and was quickly laying in a beautiful composition of water and reeds with the Steens Mountain in the background. I said, “Robert, how can you paint with both hands?” astonished. He replied that once, he was preparing a large number of works for a prominent show in Jackson, and when he went out to do the morning chores he slipped and fell on the ice and broke his wrist. It was his right hand — his painting hand! He still had touch-ups and signatures to do on all the paintings, so he picked up his brushes with his left hand and proceeded to teach himself to paint left-handed — very quickly — and finished up the works, signatures included. Since then he has benefitted from being a two-handed painter many times, like when the gloaming light is fading quickly and he wants to capture it, or a herd of elk are moving through the aspens and he needs to paint fast, or when he is teaching a workshop to students and wants to teach them all the intricate facets of techniques, but wants to give them ample time to paint so they will be ready for his afternoon critiques.

During one of the many Plein Air Shows which I hosted, I walked among the artists painting in Drake Park to find Robert sitting on a bench and receiving

majored in illustration, earning a bachelor of fine arts degree, and graduating with honors.

Robert prefers painting on location to best express the immediate impression of each subject. His use of vivid colors and frequent high-keyed values reveal a spiritually inspired joy. His travels have taken him to China, Europe, Canada and extensively throughout the United States.

Robert has been profiled in numerous magazine articles including: Western Art Collector, Southwest Art, Wildlife Art, Big Sky Journal, Western Art

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a haircut. Life moves quickly for Robert and one has to get things done in between all the flutter. When the young lady finished, Robert took the small painting he had been working on off the easel and handed it to her. A $1,000 painting is not a bad payment for an afternoon haircut in a beautiful park by a national artist!

Robert recently had a show in the Dana Gallery in Missoula, Montana, which featured himself and four of his six children, who are also enjoying the creative world of art. Anna, Robbie, Rachel and Caleb had multiple works to

Fall Harmonies, 36 x 24 oil by Robert Moore

First Snow, 18 x 24 oil by Robert Moore

hang and display with their father’s art.

Here in Central Oregon, Robert’s works are featured in the Rimrock Gallery Prineville, which represents 26 nationally showing artists, including two artists from Zimbabwe and Canada. Robert’s paintings are also represented by galleries in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Missoula, Montana; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Fredericksburg, Texas; Ketchum, Idaho; Park City, Utah; Jackson, Wyoming and Vail and Breckenridge, Colorado.

About Robert Moore: Tall and soft spoken, Robert possesses a sincerity and courtesy reflective of his Idaho farm upbringing. Robert was born in 1957 in Burley, Idaho, and raised near the Snake River, which sparked his appreciation for nature.

Always a contemplative, quiet individual, at a young age Robert discovered art as a way to freely express his feelings. His practical background and belief in discipline led him to earn a bachelor of science degree with teaching credentials in art from Eastern Oregon State College. He then received a full scholarship to attend The Art Center College of Design in California. He

& Architecture and Art of The West. Early on, Moore was selected in 2012 to receive the Governor’s Award for the State of Idaho for Excellence in the Arts.

In a town sporting a population of around 400, in an old bean warehouse, next to the train tracks that cut through Declo, Idaho, is an artist’s paradise. It is here that natural light floods a huge room, illuminating paintings of all sizes hanging on the high ceiling walls. In just about every room and corner of the 10,000 square-foot building, you will find paintings, a giant easel, a teaching film screen set up with chairs, frames, art supplies and a small sleeping study for overnight guests. Moore also took in apprentices for a few years at a time while building a reputation as an oil artist, a teacher and a mentor. “I knew what it was like to have a passion for art, but not have direction,” Robert said. “God gifted me with being a teacher.” Robert has been an exhibiting artist since 1980, and still continues to hone his craft. One room is filled with numerous paintings that never adorned the gallery walls, but he keeps them anyway. “These are my education. They are not for sale.” rimrockgallery.com • 541-903-5565 • info@rimrockgallery.com Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | January 2021

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In support of state and federal guidelines for social distancing, most venues have attendance protocols in place.

Please call or visit each venue website for updated information.

Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing 550 NW Franklin St. Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing, invites the public to a complementary exhibition featuring paintings of 43 artists represented by Billye Turner, Art Consultant. The January 2021 presentation marks the approaching conclusion of Turner’s 40-some years as an art consultant, and continues through February 28, 2021.

The exhibit hours in the Franklin Crossing atrium continue as 7am-7pm. First Friday, however, will not be presented in January due to the continuing social Autumn Joy, acrylic on canvas by Gary Vincent distancing commitment.

The exhibit includes work and also honors many of the recognized artists shown by Turner including: Marlene Alexander, CJ Anderson, Sandy Brooke, Helen Brown, Ann Bullwinkle, Paula Bullwinkle, Susan Busik, Emma Carpenter, Sue Carrington, Barbara Cella, Jessie Chandler, Patricia Clark, Marion Dansky, Joanne Donaca, Janice Druian, Jim Fister, Anne Gibson, Ted Gladu, Barbara Gonzalez, MaryLea Harris, Judy Hoiness, Sondra Holtzman, Bill Hoppe, David Kamperman, Mike Kelly, Randall Fyfe Leigh, Michelle Lindblom, Lloyd McMullen, Natalie Nieman, Pat Oertley, Vivian Olsen, Megan Phallon, Karen Ruane, Vicki Shuck, Barbara Slater, Carol Sternkopf, Kelly Thiel, Sharon Tillinghast, Gary Vincent, David Wachs, MOsley WOtta (MOWO), Marjorie Hamlin Wood and Beth Yoe. In addition to curating this and previous exhibitions, Turner assists in the selection of fine art, design of art placement, lighting and appraisal. Contact her at billyeturner@bendnet.com or 503-780-2828. She makes her home in Bend, and cordially invites the public to view the diverse and noteworthy art.

Blue Spruce Pottery 20591 Dorchester E. 541-382-0197 bluesprucepottery.com This family-owned business has been making handmade pottery in Bend since 1976. Call to arrange a time to come shop their large selection of mugs, bowls, casseroles, lamps and more. Shop online and have gifts shipped directly to your family and friends. You can also find Blue Spruce Pottery at Red Chair Gallery in downtown Bend.

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Photo courtesy of High Desert Museum

High Desert Museum 59800 S Hwy. 97 541-382-4754 highdesertmuseum.org Our outdoor spaces are open and daily programs have returned!

Take a walk up to the 1904 Miller Family Ranch and drop in on the Miller family, keeping the ranch cozy during the winter months. Open from 11am-3pm.

Get beak-to-beak with a majestic raptor at the Bird of Prey Encounter in the Museum Meadow at 11am and 1pm. Discover how to identify these aerial predators and how we can ensure their future in the High Desert.

Both programs are FREE with Museum admission and weather permitting.

To ensure your room to roam, capacity is limited at the Museum. Purchase tickets at highdesertmuseum.org/tickets.

Exhibits continuing at the High Desert Museum, a contemporary muralist and artist explores the work of a renowned 19th century naturalist, ornithologist and painter in The Image Hunter: On the Trail of John James Audubon, on display thru January 31, 2021.

The Image Hunter touches on North America as seen by John James Audubon (1785-1851). Indigenous people knew the rich flora and fauna of the continent.

In the early 1800s, Audubon traveled the country for over a decade to create his opus, The Birds of America (1827-1839). He described a number of North American birds to Euro-Americans, including the Bell’s vireo and Western meadowlark. This color-plate book of 435 watercolors reproduced from handengraved plates has been considered among the finest ornithological works of its time.

In 2011, Italian muralist and freelance illustrator Hitnes viewed Audubon’s artwork at the New York Historical Society. Inspired, he embarked on a threemonth journey to retrace the steps of Audubon and see what remained of the wildlife he encountered in the making of his masterpiece. Along the way, Hitnes created a variety of works, from large-scale, vibrant murals to miniature etchings.

Continuing thru March 7, 2021 is Daredevils, celebrating daredevils that

Please send First Friday submissions no later than January 16 for the February Issue to: AE@CascadeAE.com

brought spectacle to the High Desert. Daredevils explores the meaning risktaking plays in our lives, why daredevils capture our imaginations and the many reasons they have been drawn to High Desert landscapes to execute their feats.

And if you prefer, tour some exhibits from the comfort of your home, highdesertmuseum.org/exhibitions.

Grass and Stream 2020 by Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer

Lubbesmeyer Studio & Gallery Old Mill District, second story loft • 541-330-0840 • lubbesmeyer.com The Lubbesmeyer twins offer a range 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.

Call the studio for hours and appointments.

The Meandering Path, acrylic on wood panel by Karen Ruane

Layor Art + Supply 1000 NW Wall St., Ste. 110 541-322-0421 • layorart.com Layor Art + Supply is pleased to feature Karen Ruane’s original series Wood and Water through the month of January.

Karen is a multi-disciplinary artist, living and working in Bend. Her inspiration is grounded in mental health, environment and self-discovery. You are encouraged to come see the show* thruout the month. Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, and Sunday 12pm-4pm. *Masks Required.

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Vivian Olsen

High Desert Art League

117 Roosevelt Ave., Bend, OR

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Please call or visit each venue website for updated information.

Mockingbird Gallery 869 NW Wall St. 541-388-2107 mockingbird-gallery.com Mockingbird Gallery is proud to host a trio of very talented artists and they’re all from the same family! The show is titled Lineage, and features the incredible works of Jennifer Diehl and her parents Douglas and Susan Diehl. This exhibit opens Friday, January 1, 2021 and continues thru January.

Jennifer Diehl’s work has been described as “vibrant and decisive in a contemporary yet classic tradition.” Everyday people and places come to life on her canvases.

In the last 16 years, Doug Diehl has been painting full-time. Doug is interested in color and light and its interaction on objects, whether still life or landscape.

Susan Diehl’s subject matter tends to be inspired by man’s interaction with nature and the capturing of special archetypal moments in time. Many times a hint of the human element will creep into a landscape — a boat by a pond, or a wheelbarrow in the field.

Pottery by Rae Holten

Red Chair Gallery 103 NW Oregon Ave. 541-306-3176 redchairgallerybend.com In January, Red Chair Gallery presents its annual Clay Wall Exhibit, featuring wall ceramics by its six pottery artists. The pedestals will also display stunning raku vessels by Michael Gwinup. Tricia Biesmann’s elegant felted scarves and toppers will adorn the racks.

Taking It Easy by Joren Traveller

Oxford Hotel 10 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-382-8436 High Desert Art League member Joren Traveller has an exhibit of her artwork during the month of January at Bend’s Oxford Hotel. Her show features her recent oil paintings inspired by sights visited around Central Oregon, the Westand the variety of changes throughout the seasons in her own backyard. Joren is a sculptor working in bronze and ceramic and, due to working in these mediums, she often likes to add texture to her paintings of animals and landscapes.

Peterson Contemporary Art 206 NW Oregon Ave., Ste. 1 541-633-7148 • pcagallery.com Peterson Contemporary Art welcomes you and 2021! We are happy to be displaying works by all of our talented artists for the month of January. We feature artists from around the country, state and right here in Bend. Descend the red steps on the corner of NW Oregon and Wall St. to take in the beauty and diversity of style shown in our cozy basement space.

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Painting by Barbara Slater

Sage Custom Framing & Gallery 834 NW Brooks St. 541-382-5884 • sageframing-gallery.com Featured group show, Winter Mix, continuing thru January 29.

Coming out of a challenging 2020 and heading into an uncertain 2021, Sage Custom Framing and Gallery is showing a selection of work from featured artists from this past year. With restrictions in place, it is difficult for artists to have their work seen and enjoyed by the public. This show is a “Mix” of the diverse variety of creativity many artists are implementing during this time of seclusion.

Show continues thru January 29, open Tuesday-Friday by appointment.

Closed December 25-January 11.

Please send First Friday submissions no later than January 16 for the February Issue to: AE@CascadeAE.com Scalehouse Gallery 550 NW Franklin Ave., Ste. 138 541-390-4025 • scalehouse.org Continuing thru January 30; Shabazz Larkin, Fragile Black Man. Larkin is an artist and activist creating images of black culture and contemporary spirituality. He is multi-disciplinary in nature, painting vibrant portraiture on canvas, typographic printing techniques and film. Larkin’s newest work is a reckless abandon into pop-art — with the God Speaks Project. He’s begun writing notes from God and placing them around Nashville, Tennessee.

Scalehouse continues with hours and protocols: Wednesday-Saturdays, 1-6pm; ten visitors allowed in at a time, all visitors must wear masks and all visitors must keep six-foot distance.

Tumalo Art Company Old Mill District 541-385-9144 • tumaloartco.com Our group show, Where in the World, is being held over during January.

The show is a celebration of where we would have gone this year if not for the pandemic, and where we are planning to go in the future. Be there through art and dream along with us.

We will not host an artists’ reception this month due to concerns about COVID, but are open, January 1, New Year’s Day, 10am-6pm and we would love to welcome the New Year with you as you view the show.

Stroll in Lucca Italy, watercolor by Annie Ferder Artwork in the show is contributed by over 20 of our artists and represent all mediums, and views of their travels from the tropics to Tuscany; both not too far from home and the vastness of the world.

Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of the Old Mill District open 7 days a week, 10am-7pm every day but Sunday, when we are open 11am-6pm.

Can You Resist This Face?

Humane society of central oregon to volunteer or donate call 541.382.3537 www.hsco.org

The Alexander 1125 NE Watt Way 458-256-6854 • thealexanderbend.com Local artist and landscape painter Barbara Hudler Cella has a solo show of her Central Oregon landscape paintings at The Alexander during the month of January. Cella, who is a member of the High Desert Art League, is an international award-winning artist.

Summer Reflection on the Water, acrylic and collage on canvas by Gerlinde H. Gelina

The Wine Shop 55 NW Minnesota Ave. The Wine Shop is showing the work of SageBrushers Art Society member Gerlinde Gelina. Gerlinde is a multi media artist from Cologne, Germany. For the last two years she has been enjoying the people and the outdoors of her new hometown, Bend. Her abstract paintings are an invitation for viewers to discover stories between the lines and shapes. Stop in and enjoy these bright and uplifting, “pandemic-proof ” works. Showing thru January.

The Wooden Jewel 844 NW Bond St., Ste. 100 541-593-4151 • thewoodenjewel.com The Wooden Jewel invites Central Oregon to see new artist installments and Red C Summe designer jewelry.

Fine Art & Contemporary Craft

Featuring Works by

Local Artists and Quality Framing 834 NW BROOKS STREET • BEND 541-382-5884 • www.sageframing-gallery.com

Presenting our annual “Clay Wall” Exhibit by six talented pottery artists 103 NW Oregon Avenue Bend, OR 97703 541.306.3176 www.redchairgallerybend.com

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ART OR CRAFT? THE MAKERS CHIME IN!

Featured Maker: Jesica Carleton

by KENNETH MARUNOWSKI, Ph.D. — A&E Feature Writer

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rts & Crafts — I remember such a class from my late elementary / early middle school days, a class where we explored woodworking, ceramics and painting among other creative activities.

I recall laying a big sheet of paper on the floor and dripping tempera paint like Jackson Pollock, making a small cabinet to hold my VCR tapes, and squeezing clay between my thumb and index finger to create my first “pinch pot.” The class was a wonderful diversion from the typical reading, writing and arithmetic program aimed at honing our literacy and abstract thinking skills. Instead of sitting idly in chairs and using only our brain power, we engaged our bodies and minds in doing something, in making. Never once during these formative years did I entertain the idea that some of these activities I so enjoyed were labeled as “arts” while others were labeled as “crafts.” The distinction didn’t matter; it was the activity that counted.

The notion of “making” is central to the arts and crafts. The ancient Greeks used the term “techne” to designate “making” or “doing” with respect to the production of knowledge practically applied in what they referred to as the “mechanical arts” (as opposed to the liberal arts). As Aristotle writes in the Nicomachean Ethics, “Every art is concerned with bringing something into being, and the practice of an art is the study of how to bring into being something that is capable either of being or of not being.” With this rather general sense of art in mind, we might question how much distinction the ancient Greeks afforded between the sculptor and the bootmaker, for example, since both brought an object into being through the knowledge required of their practice.

In her TEDEd talk, “Is there a difference between art and craft?”, Laura Morelli posits an answer to this question, noting that shortly

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to a set of strict standards in accordance with their particular tradition as they brought into being the intended objects of their practice.

Eventually, however, some makers wanted to be recognized individually for the excellence of their craft, especially as they brought innovations forward. As patrons responded to this prospect, the notion of the artist took hold, specifically within the disciplines of painting, sculpture and architecture. For those who did not rise to such superstar status yet continued making objects of a more practical sort in the tradition of the guild, the moniker “artisan” was granted and the distinction between art and craft solidified (Morelli).

So where do we stand today in terms of the Arts and Crafts dyad? Here in the United States, we are well aware of the many Fine Art galleries that exist, especially in such cultural epicenters as New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and many of us have strolled through the ample Craft Fairs that typically take place once a year in many

Geometric Sunset, 20”x12”, recycled glass tile, beads, stained glass on MDF

before the lifetimes of artists like Da Vinci or Michaelangelo (1500’s), “the concept of artists hardly existed.” Instead, in late medieval European workshops, makers from goldsmiths and hatmakers to stonemasons and fresco painters worked in guilds as apprentices or journeymen under the tutelage of the “master.” They were viewed collectively rather than individually and subscribed

Rainbow Mist sphere, ~13” diameter, fiberglass fishing float, recycled glass tile, beads, stained glass

towns and cities. As an alternative to such entities that make a specific distinction between art and craft, many makers have banded together in a way not unlike the medieval guilds of Europe to form Artist Cooperatives, or the Artist Co-op. Here in Central Oregon, there are several, including the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver, Red Chair Gallery, Tumalo Art Co., and The Workhouse. The Red Chair Gallery, for example, “offers the finest in art and contemporary craft” while The Workhouse boasts “handmade goods from over 60 local makers, artisans, and artists” (redchairgallerybend.com and theworkhousebend.com).

In this new series for 2021, I ask makers who showcase their creations in such artist cooperatives and who, in my view, blur the distinction between art and craft to chime in on the issue. Featured in this article is Jesica Carleton of the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver who creates stunning mosaics as well as a variety of other beautiful, handmade objects, which she describes as both “fine art” and “whimsical art,” a fuzzy boundary indeed.

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based on the inflexibility of my materials. I’m not able to mix colors to get just the right shade, and I can’t cover over an area that’s not coming out as I’d hoped with another layer. I have to figure out how to achieve my vision (depth, shading, gradation, texture) with chunks of glass, pixels. But as I said to you recently, unlike painting, I don’t face the question of when my pieces are “finished”; when the substrate is filled up, it’s done (of course, there are times when it’s “done” but just not quite right, so I may have to pry up a section and redo it, or scrap it altogether).

Lone Crow Sunrise, 7”x15.5”, recycled glass tile, stained glass on MDF

Me: Describe your art / craft.

Jesica: My main medium is mosaic, although I also work in polymer clay, fluid acrylic painting, resin casting, fabric dyeing, and was an avid quilter for many years. I crave color and am drawn to anything that allows me to create things.

Me: Do you consider your work art or a craft?

Jesica: This is a tough question. I’ve always had a vague notion that there is a difference but never pinned down an exact definition of either. I came across this online: “Art is a form of work that is the expression of emotions. Craft is a form of work, which results in a tangible output, for example, moulding and carving.

Art is often described as unstructured and open ended. It has no limitations of expression, just like in painting. Craft on the other hand is structured, which means that it has a certain form that is visible. Art is a result of a person’s innate talents whereas skill in craft can be acquired with experience.” (differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-art-and-craft) This explanation, however, still doesn’t totally clear it up for me because 1) I believe that innate talent is very much a factor in fine craftsmanship, and 2) as I understand it, painters and sculptors use learned skills and techniques. Based on the above statements, I’d have to say I’m more craftsperson, but the article also goes on to say: “Unlike craft, art is known to come out of the heart and soul,” and I chafe at the idea that there’s no “heart and soul” in my work. I am very clearly more attracted to creating physical things, working with my hands and materials.

But the last statement makes it sound like “skill / technique” and “innate talent” are at opposite ends of a spectrum, and I don’t agree with that.

Me: How does your work address artistic concerns, like those that a painter or sculptor must consider (form, composition, color, value, texture)?

Jesica: I think, to a degree, considerations about form and composition in mosaic are similar to what a painter or sculptor face. I need to create a result that feels balanced, well-formed.

In terms of color, value, and texture, there are also similarities, but there is a departure simply

Dusk on the Deschutes, 12”x11” stained glass on MDF

Me: What is your opinion on the arts / crafts dyad?

Jesica: I’ve often been uncomfortable with the possibility that I’m not a “real artist,” that I’m “just a craftsperson,” because it seems like more value is placed on art than craft.

I think this is due, in part, to the fact that crafts include everything from crocheted potholders to finely developed, hand-made furniture. There are more quantifiable qualities in craft than art. For example, is a handmade chair sturdy, balanced, comfortable? I wonder if the unquantifiable nature of aesthetic perception, that mystique, is what makes people view art as more valuable. I really don’t know, but I think artistically crafted items and skillfully rendered art are equally magnificent. I think I don’t really care where I fall on that spectrum; I’m just happy to be on it.

Me: Well said. Thank you, Jesica!

To view the dynamic work of Jesica Carleton, visit the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver located at 57100 Beaver Drive, Sunriver Village, Building 19, or visit her website at carletoncreations.com.

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FINE ART EXHIBITION Featured Artists in Continuing Exhibit

by BILLYE TURNER — Art Consultant

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rt in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing, invites the public to a complementary exhibition featuring paintings of 43 artists represented

by Billye Turner, Art Consultant. The January 2021 presentation marks the approaching conclusion of Turner’s 40-some years as an art consultant, and continues through February 28, 2021.

Vicki Shuck, Barbara Slater, Carol Sternkopf, Kelly Thiel, Sharon Tillinghast, Gary Vincent, David Wachs, MOsley WOtta (MOWO), Marjorie Hamlin Wood and Beth Yoe.

The exhibit hours in the Franklin Crossing atrium continue as 7am-7pm. First Friday, however, will not be presented in January due to the continuing social distancing commitment.

Covid Chaos II, acrylic on canvas by Marlene Alexander

Elephant, mixed media on paper by Sondra Holtzman

The featured artists, many with lifetimes studying and creating art, work in a variety of mediums: acrylic on cradled panel, acrylic on canvas board, acrylic and oil pastel (with acrylic/mediums, image transfers, sewing patterns, pastel, metal on wood), gouache and watercolor on paper, live edge oil and alder sculpture, other mixed media, oil on canvas, pencil on paper, photo collage on metal, photography and watercolor batik. The diversity of mediums reflects the considerable expertise of the participants.

Reindeer, acrylic and ink on canvas by Natalie Nieman

The exhibit includes work and also honors many of the recognized artists shown by Turner including: Marlene Alexander, CJ Anderson, Sandy Brooke, Helen Brown, Ann Bullwinkle, Paula Bullwinkle, Susan Busik, Emma Carpenter, Sue Carrington, Barbara Cella, Jessie Chandler, Patricia Clark, Marion Dansky, Joanne Donaca, Janice Druian, Jim Fister, Anne Gibson, Ted Gladu, Barbara Gonzalez, MaryLea Harris, Judy Hoiness, Sondra Holtzman, Bill Hoppe, David Kamperman, Mike Kelly, Randall Fyfe Leigh, Michelle Lindblom, Lloyd McMullen, Natalie Nieman, Pat Oertley, Vivian Olsen, Megan Phallon, Karen Ruane, 12 January 2021 | www.CascadeAE.com

All the Rest, oil on canvas by Paula Bullwinkel

In addition to curating this and previous exhibitions, Turner assists in the selection of fine art, design of art placement, lighting and appraisal. Contact her at billyeturner@bendnet.com or 503-780-2828. She makes her home in Bend, and cordially invites the public to view the diverse and noteworthy art.

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Dori Kite

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pottery classes at Bend Senior High School and later with Tom Temple, who started the pottery department at Central Oregon Community College.

She graduated from Eastern Oregon University with a degree in art. After college, she returned to Bend, racing in ski and mountain bike events and working at various sports shops, but not making ceramics. When her son graduated from high school she was able to set up a home studio and return to the art she loved. For the past decade, Kite has been making both decorative and functional pieces, employing both wheel throwing and hand building techniques.

Decorating methods include slip trailing, painting wax resist and glaze dribbling or speckling with an atomizer. She fires a load of 30 to 50 new pieces in her kiln about once a month. She is an active member of the Clay Guild of the Cascades and has chaired the annual Wildfire Ceramics Showcase exhibit.

hen Dori Kite starts to create a piece of pottery, she delves into what she calls her “toolkit” of ideas to make a new design. The toolkit holds concepts and actual objects she has collected to add texture and her personal imprint to her work. They include bicycle parts, an old bamboo placemat from a thrift store and rhododendron leaves from her garden. The result is a striking style of her own. Her work will be included in Red Chair Gallery’s annual Clay Wall exhibit in January, along with pieces by the gallery’s other clay artists.

Kite has been developing her toolkit for years and it is never static. ”I get restless and every once in a while I have to play with something new.” One new technique is creating cane handles for vases and bowls. The organic look of cane enhances the love of nature that shines through her work. Her choice of colors often comes from favorite scenes in nature. She recalls driving Highway 97 through Madras on a beautiful spring morning as the irrigation sprinklers flung water onto greening fields. The scene became the inspiration for a series of rust red and green platters. The purple and green of her favorite flower, the iris, became another of her favorite color schemes.

Kite, a Bend native, took her first

See Kite’s work on Facebook and Instagram: 44duckstreetpottery.

Pottery by Dori Kite

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Now Open in its New Home

calehouse Collaborative for the Arts is now open in its new location at 550 NW Franklin Avenue, Suite 138, in the Franklin Crossing Building (facing Tin Pan Alley).

The new facility opened with the Shabazz Larkin exhibit Fragile Black Man.

Here is what Larkin says about the exhibit: “The image in this exhibition of the fashionable man holding a flower is a picture of vulnerability often unseen in the Black community. The original photograph of this fashionable man was taken by a West African Photographer named Saydou Keita.

“Keita liked to take photographs of rural African people dressed in the fashion of European imports from France and England. This is one of many

“COVID began to close the walls in around me. A book tour was canceled.

And most other plans were too. Including my employment and this show.

“The stress had me by the throat — so I returned to what brought me joy. I found myself drawing this image over and over again. The images presented to you in this exhibition is me working out how I felt about the world, with a process that brought me some release of what I’ve been feeling — and I suppose what many of us have been feeling in 2020.

“More like the process of painting Mandalas, these drawings were more a meditation than a creative exercise. Inspired more by my mindfulness practice.

But one day I stepped back from them all and I just saw this beautiful expression of the diaspora of Black Men. “This collection of images is a peek into the vast ocean of possibilities of who we are and can be.

“But even with all the glory that comes from this diversity — a darker picture cannot be avoided.

Every third of these portraits conveys this figure in an orange jumpsuit. An illustration of the uncomfortable and easily ignored and overly simplified-andjustified fact that every third Black man you meet will be inducted in the criminal justice system.

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from his archive to capture this gentrified version of West African culture.

“Most people think this is a self-portrait — it’s not — he just looks like me.

I just loved seeing a Black man holding a flower. It brought me joy. So I drew it. I like to draw things that bring me joy.

“Finding joy grew increasingly important as 2020 took a turn for the worst; watching murders of Ahmad Arbury, George Floyd and Elijah Mclain, it felt like Black Men (and women, like Breonna Taylor and Michelle Cusseaux) were being picked off by a very fragile system that has no conscious or commitment toward our existence.

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“These images are printed and stitched on cotton linen, often with live and frayed edges making unapologetic references to its source elements. If America was a startup, its first venture capitalists were the backs of Black people. A down payment on American dominance — paid in cotton and slavery.

“The flower in this exhibition, this picture of vulnerability seeks to subvert power in the same way 2020 has subverted everything we thought we knew.”

This exhibit will be on view through January 30, 2021. We will follow updated State guidelines and allow six people in the gallery at a time for the health and safety of our community, volunteers and gallerists. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. scalehouse.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon Issues Plea for Mentors to Help Kids Struggling Through COVID

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s much as COVID-19 has affected all of us, there are perhaps none who feel it more than kids. Overnight, their worlds changed, and going to school — which is sometimes a child’s safe place — was ripped from their lives, with everyday routines evaporating. This loss of a sense of normalcy can create trauma for anyone, but for youth, such an event can make just getting through the day devastating.

Recognizing the importance of keeping kids connected and on a positive track, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon (BBBSCO) has launched a big push to recruit additional mentors for youth.

In 2002, President George W. Bush proclaimed January as National Mentoring Month, and the BBBSCO is recognizing this designation with the goal of recruiting at least 30 new mentors next month, especially men.

“What’s really important to us right now is the isolation our students have faced since March,” says Bridget Albert, community outreach coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon. “School was their safe place, their constant, where they had people watching out for them. People noticed if they needed a winter coat, or teachers noticed if a child didn’t look right. In one day, that constant was gone.

It’s possible that home isn’t the safest environment; parents are working full time and aren’t there to help them. The need is so great.”

The team at BBBSCO has been working hard to help break that sense of isolation kids are facing.

“We are really trying to match as many youths as we can to get them out of the house and outside while staying as safe as they can,” says Albert. “Just getting them outside of the home is great; their mentors can take them fishing. We just want to provide those children with an outlet, someone to talk to, someone to listen, someone to ignite their potential.”

BBBSCO reports that youth with mentors in Central Oregon have demonstrated the following improvements: • School attendance improves by 93 percent • Parental trust increases by 85 percent • Academic performance improves by 86 percent • Risky behaviors decrease by 96 percent • Juvenile justice involvement decreases by 65 percent • Social competencies improve by 88 percent

For those who want to help but are nervous about in-person mentoring, BBBSCO is encouraging volunteers to consider virtual mentoring. “I have seen first-hand how this works. Virtual mentoring does work,” says Albert. “We want to encourage folks to still sign up; you can virtually mentor until it’s safe to be out there together in person. We will teach and guide our matches on how to make virtual mentoring a BIG success! That is where our focus is right now.”

Here are creative ideas BBBSCO suggests to make mentoring possible and fun with COVID restrictions: • Regular phone calls, text messages, Facebook Messenger and FaceTime chats • Snail mail • Outside winter activities — what better place than in Central Oregon?

• Share a talent or passion on Zoom, such as playing guitar, drawing, cooking or working out together • Play board games virtually • Have a virtual movie night • Watch virtual concerts together • Have a virtual book club • Help a Little with virtual homework assignments BBBSCO currently has 142 mentoring matches throughout Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson Counties, and the goal is to recruit at least 30 more during National Mentoring Month. The other part of the push for additional mentors is due to the closure of a successful school-based mentoring program that was operating in Redmond, LaPIne, Madras and Culver. “High school students would mentor elementary kids, but then, all of a sudden, those mentors were gone,” explains Albert. “Schools can’t help schedule the mentors right now, and those programs closed when schools closed because they were in-person meetings.” To fill the gap, BBBSCO is trying to get those 23 affected children signed up in the community-based program, where they will be matched with an adult over age 21. “We need mentors so badly, especially men, to help get our youth off the sidelines and matched with a positive adult role model who will help support them, be a listening ear and build their resiliency.”

Any child over the age of 8 who wants a mentor is eligible to sign up for the BBBSCO program

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by applying on the organization’s website (bbbsco. org). “Mentors over the age of 21 who have lived in our service area for over six months, who agree to an interview and background check and who want to make a BIG impact on a child are encouraged to apply on our website as well,” says Albert. “We are in great need of Big Brothers, as the majority of the children on our wait list are boys in need of a positive male role model.”

As a mentor, BBBSCO asks for a commitment of six-12 hours per month for a minimum of one year. “It only takes six to 12 hours a month to ignite, empower and defend the potential in a local youth.

That averages out to two fun outings together or virtually per month,” says Albert.

For those interested in learning more about the BBBSCO mentoring program, there will be interactive Zoom meetings on the dates listed below.

To obtain Zoom links to the meeting, please contact BBBSCO at 541-312-6047.

• Mugs & Mentors: January 12, 8:30am • Lunch & Learn: January 20, 12pm • Bigs & Brews: January 28, 5:30pm “We know that with the start of a New Year, people are looking ahead and evaluating what is important to them and how they can make a big difference in the community,” Albert adds. “For those folks who don’t feel they have the time or don’t feel equipped to be a mentor, we also rely on the financial support of our community to make these life-changing matches. We ask our community members to consider an investment in our children and make a donation at bbbsco.org.” bbbsco.org • 541-312-6047

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NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR 2021

by EILEEN LOCK

ARIES — Decisions in January are in your favor and bring expansion. February is full of positive changes that are refreshing. Completion in the first part of March makes space for new beginnings soon after. Changes help you thrive in April and the rewards are plentiful. Slow down in May and let the dust settle a bit. Emotions are challenging in June and it will be important to be resilient. Let go of needing to explain yourself in July and simply do what makes you happy. Ask for what you want in August then work on being open to receiving it. September will ask you to extend yourself completely and work together with others. Take the lead in October and do it in a way that other people want to follow you. Make sure you want the control position in November before you promise to take it. December brings more responsibility because people know they can trust you.

Appreciate the position you are in and be proud of yourself.

TAURUS — Be authentic in January and realize how many people trust you. Keep your opinion to yourself in February and simply go about your own business. Your heart wants love in March and your body feels like playing. Take a chance in relationships in April and you could be delightfully surprised. Good things come your way in May and they will encourage you to make changes. Slow down in June and remind yourself to take your time with everything that you do. Challenge yourself in July to be a more active participant in your life. Notice how confident you feel in August and venture into some new areas. September is filled with cooperative experiences so let other people help you. A quiet approach in October could be because you are working on your next plan. Trust yourself in November and let yourself be more vulnerable. December brings decisions and commitments that help you feel more trusting. Let yourself discover that you really do matter.

GEMINI — Talk about your changes in January and begin making a plan. Engage your plan in February and recognize you may need to adjust it. Be brave in March and take steps forward in the direction you want to go. Give yourself permission to take care of your needs in April and you will feel noticeably better. Slow down in May and realize how much better you feel. Nurture yourself in the first of June so that you can feel vibrant for the rest of the month. Be proud of yourself in July and realize you are setting a good example. Personal soul searching in August will lead to an improvement in all of your relationships. Appreciate the people in your life in September and remember to let it show. Trust yourself more than usual in October and many other people will benefit also. Take time in November to give yourself credit for how much you have changed this year. December finds you setting goals for the upcoming year and making a plan. Stay flexible in your approach and you can do amazing things.

CANCER — A desire for your own space could inspire you to make a decision in January. Be willing to put yourself into a process in February that could bring you what you are looking for. Trust your intuition in March and follow your heart. Keep it simple in April and focus only on your own needs. Home and family get your attention in May, let yourself be supported by the people who care about you. Be honest about your needs in June so they can be taken care of. Step up and express yourself in July and do it in a creative way. Work opportunities in August make it easier to make decisions about the future. Relationships feel challenging in the beginning of September but they flow a lot better by the middle of the month. Self care is an important ingredient in making your life work in October. November brings decisions and integration and this will help you feel more supported. Doing the opposite of what you imagined in December could turn out to be just what you need. Be ready for something new as you step into the New Year.

LEO — A fast beginning in January could slow down considerably after the first week. Be patient in February and be content taking small steps forward. A quick start in March could be short lived due to unexpected changes. Hit the reset button on April and you will be amazed with how well things turn out. Conversations are hopeful in May but it will take a while for the changes to occur. Talk to yourself in June and make sure you are ready to present yourself to the world. Stand in the spotlight in July and let yourself be seen. Be willing to do the hard work in August and you will reap the rewards. Enjoy your relationships in September and realize how important they are to you. You are an inspiration to those around you in October so pay attention to what you are doing. Responsibilities need your attention in November so take care of whatever is presenting itself. December brings multiple opportunities to be excited about what you are doing. Celebrate that you get to be you in a way that you have dreamed about.

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VIRGO — Significant changes in January require a lot of focus and commitment. Steps taken in February are effective and are noticed by other people. A creative approach in March is the answer to a challenging situation. Be content with small progress in the beginning of April and it will increase by the end of the month. A conscious decision on your part in May will inspire integration with those around you. Patience and choosing loving words will be what helps June be easier to move through. Volunteer to lead the way in July and it gives others a chance to see more of your abilities. Rewards are plentiful in August and are well deserved. Let the world see your talents in September so they can support you. Step outside of your comfort zone in October and you will discover you still have new parts inside of you to explore. Big decisions go in your favor in November and may be held in high regard. Appreciate the life that you have created in December and realize it’s time to enjoy it more. You have worked very hard to be here now give yourself the credit you deserve.

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LIBRA — Decisions are made in January that inspire change. Be patient in February while waiting for others to make their decision. March brings changes that you will find refreshing. Focus on yourself in April as you continue to make change. Slow down a little in May and realize how much change you have already made. Listen to your inner voice in June and it will guide you the next level of your journey. Enthusiasm will go a long way in July and it may inspire other people to help you. Make a plan in August and be sure to pay attention to the details. Relationships get your attention in September as you discover you are getting what you asked for. Check your boundaries in October and make sure you are putting yourself first.

Decisions are emotional in November and you will feel good about making the choice. December brings an opportunity to change your direction and make a new plan. Have faith in what is showing up in your life as this year comes to a close.

SCORPIO — Conversations about change in January could inspire you to make a decision. Hold steady with your plan in February as you see many people changing direction. Trust yourself in March and follow your heart. Keep an open mind in April as you consider a new beginning. Be honest about your feelings in May and this will help you feel closer to those around you. Appreciate your relationships in June and do something to let it show. Take the high road in July and consider the alternative that is being presented. Organize your thoughts in August and it will be easier for you to explain what you need. Set good boundaries for yourself in September and follow through with respecting them. Moderation will make a big difference in October if you want to have a better experience. Life feels very real in November and this makes it very easy to make your choices.

December brings a stability to love and money so take a deep breath and relax. You are entering a process at the end of this year that will help you trust yourself more in the future.

SAGITTARIUS — Enjoy your freedom in the first week of January then focus more on the responsibilities in your life. Take care of business in February and balance it with some fun as well. A desire for privacy in March could inspire you to find some alone time. Doing your own thing is very appealing in April and it will help you rejuvenate. Staying busy in May helps you be detached with what is taking place around you. Letting go of old emotions in June will revive a part of yourself that has been tucked away. You are in your element in July so shine your light brightly for all to see. Ask for what you want in August and be willing to do the hard work that it involves. Learn to let people help you in September and it will lighten your load and make your life easier. Make a point to be inspirational in October and you will see the impact you have on others. Necessary responsibilities get your attention for most of November but by the end of the month you will have more freedom. December finds you dreaming about far away places. Be patient as it may still take a little while to happen.

CAPRICORN — January asks for you to set a good example for those around you. A patient approach in February will pay off in the long run. A lack of definition in March is asking for a more creative approach. Be content with small changes in April and realize they add up to a big change. Be mindful with each step in May because you are setting the tone for your future. Conversations are challenging and inconsistent in June and emotions could make them even more complicated. Take care of your needs in the first part of July because you will want to be prepared for the last week, A lot of hard work in August will feel satisfying because you can see the impact of what you are doing. Choose your own pace in September as you see some people accelerating. Extra patience will be required in most of your conversations in October. A significant shift in November helps a lot of pieces fall into place. December is a time to appreciate everything you have done to get to this point. Have faith that life is about to get easier.

AQUARIUS — Talk about the changes you want to make next and begin making a plan in January. Realize the plan needs to be adjusted in February and celebrate the reason why. Agree to do something new in March that fills your heart with joy. Recognize the new beginnings that are happening in April and let your happiness show. Share what you love during May and you could create more joyful opportunities. Slow down in June and let others have their moment. Shine your light in July and realize the impact you have on others. Believe in your process in August and remind yourself that you can be patient. Trust enough in September to immerse in what you love. Let the world see what you are doing in October, they are really going to like it. Continue sharing your talents in November and be receptive to the support. Appreciate all of your relationships in December and realize you are part of something greater than yourself. Cooperate with the people around you and together you will make a difference.

PISCES — Trust the structure you are developing in January and realize it is good for you. Partake and participate in what you love in February and you will be reminded why it is important to do this. Love yourself deeply in March and notice how all of your relationships improve. Step outside of your comfort zone in April and you will expand your possibilities. Feel the stirring inside of yourself in May and realize you are ready for a change.

Go with the flow in June and let it move you to a more comfortable way of living. Let your joy show in July and remember how good that feels.

Follow the steps in August and you will get your reward. Be an active participant in September and enjoy what is happening. Step back in October and make choices that support your health and wellbeing. Relax in November and let it be easy and decide to do this more often. You know exactly what to next in December, you simply need to be willing to take action. Step up and take action and get ready for the New Year.

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 on Mondays at 8am, What’s Up Wednesday at 8am and Talking With Spirit on Fridays at 8am.

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Cascade School of Music’s Annual Gift of Music Fundraiser

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he Cascade School of Music’s (CSM) Annual Gift of Music Fundraiser, presented virtually from the historic Tower Theatre and featuring CSM’s Got Talent Competition Winners and CSM teachers, raised over $50,000 in support of CSM’s Recovery Fund and Tuition Assistance Program.

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“Once again, we are humbled by the amazing support for our school during this time when the need is so great in our whole community,” said Executive Director Robert Lambeth. “Our sincere thanks to our generous donors, teachers, families, board of directors, advisory board, Tower Theatre, Central Oregon Recording, Future Filmworks, Brooks Resources and The Roundhouse Foundation for their support.” cascadeschoolofmusic.org

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Josiah Tranby

Derek Martin CSM Teacher Stephanie Slade

CSM Teachers Miya Saito-Beckman and Nicholas Sharma

Haley Shaw

Lydia and Thomas Richards with CSM Teacher Miya Saito-Beckman

Jaymi Dickinson Frankie Borla

Cascade School of Music Teacher Gina Lincoln

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Iconic Les Schwab Amphitheater Renovates to Improve Accessibility & Attract New Performers

Photo | Courtesy of Les Schwab Amphitheater

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end’s iconic Les Schwab Amphitheater is undergoing renovations to enhance accessibility for all guests, attract more talent and performers and continue to provide economic benefits for the Central Oregon region. Phase I of construction began Monday, December 14, 2020, and is expected to conclude in June 2021 in advance of the concert season.

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“We are thrilled to be able to offer the structural capacity necessary to host all of the amazing artists interested in making Bend a stop on their tour,” says Marney Smith, Les Schwab Amphitheater’s general manager. “In the past, we’ve lost interested artists due to stage capacity. Solving that challenge allows us the opportunity to provide an even broader and

more varied lineup. Coupled with the planned accessibility updates, this furthers our goal to provide the best experience possible for both our guests and visiting artists.”

Phase I of construction includes “right-sizing” the amphitheater stage to attract a wider variety of touring artists, comedians and other performers.

MUSIC The new stage will feature a minimalist design with pine accents to pay homage to Bend’s vibrant sawmill history, and is designed to minimize architectural impact as much as possible. The stage will grow moderately larger in size with a significant increase in structural capacity, resulting in a stage height of 62 feet and an additional 1,840 square feet in total stage footprint. Certain elements from the current stage will be upcycled and re-used in later phases, including steel beams and the custom artwork that currently adorns the back of the stage. Accessibility enhancements begin in Phase I and will include a full Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant pathway from the ADA gate that spans the entire venue, and screens on stage.

Rendering | Courtesy of Les Schwab Amphitheater

This privately funded project allows Les Schwab Amphitheater to continue connecting Central Oregonians to live music, improve accessibility and continue bolstering the local economy with live entertainment. Bend’s R&H Construction will serve as the general contractor, and local companies Latham Excavation and Elite Electric will provide additional services. Phase II of construction is expected to begin in Fall 2021, with subsequent phases in following years. Improvements slated for future phases include re-grading the venue, box seating, the addition of semi-permanent restrooms, new permanent food and beverage options, walk-through metal detectors and more. Accessibility improvements will continue throughout the multi-phased project, providing passive travel and equivalent seating for all abilities by project completion.

Les Schwab Amphitheater has provided Central Oregon with nationally touring shows set against the backdrop of the brilliant Cascade Mountains and Deschutes River for the last 19 years. According to a 2015 Visit Bend Intercept survey, the amphitheater brings in approximately $1.2 million per concert to Bend’s local economy. Amphitheater gates have been locked as of Friday, December 11 and public access will resume upon completion of construction.

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STORIES OF THE STARS

Amy & Doug Griffin of Sunriver Stars Community Theater

by SUSAN QUESADA

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n addition to Amy’s extensive collection of Flintstones memorabilia in their kitchen, there is another collection in Doug and Amy Griffin’s Bend home: More than 14 framed posters of past Sunriver Stars Community Theater (SSCT) productions cover a living room wall.

While a lot of actors have souvenir posters of past productions, the posters in Doug and Amy’s home represent not only their contributions for acting, but for set design and building as well. Brooklyn apartments, western towns, London slums and 11 other SSCT sets have been designed and built by the Griffins in their home shop.

Victoria Kristy, artistic director for SSCT, has only praise for the Griffins’ contributions: “Amy and Doug are the Dream Team! Not only do they brighten up our stage every time they take on a role in a show, but they are every director’s dream off stage as well. They listen to the director to get his or her vision. Then they spend weeks coming up with creative ideas to enhance the show and THEN they bring it all to life by building it!”

The Griffins’ relationship with SSCT began when Doug auditioned in 2014 for a part in a production at the encouragement of Ron Pugh, local director and actor, as they built Ron’s home on the Little Deschutes. Doug’s only previous acting experience was as a 10ten-year-old doing a Boy Scouts radio spot on KBND Bend. Once Doug began working with SSCT, Amy would often accompany him to rehearsals, observing the play develop and how much Doug enjoyed being in a production. She volunteered at performances, helping in the snack bar, and landed a minor part as a shill in the audience in I Love Mystery.

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sponsored by SSCT, Amy and Doug had the bug.

What started as an interest in acting for Doug grew to include the development of sets. Doug designed and built sets for The Wild, Wild, Wildest West, Drinking Habits and Give My Regards to Broadway, with each set offering more technical features. The most complex/technical set to date was Nana’s Naughty Knickers, with its hidden panels and merry-go-round of lingerie that popped out of a closet. For “Oliver!”, Amy joined him for the first time as the set designer, being involved in the design discussions with the director and production team. With Amy’s love of researching ideas and design, the sets took on more depth and realism.

Doug was born in Southern California and his family moved to

Bend in 1966. He graduated from Bend Senior High School in 1977, worked in construction in Portland and was a contractor for over 20 years in Bend. Amy was born in Kansas and was 5 when her family moved to Gresham. She grew up in Sandy and met and moved with Doug to Bend in 1990, where they raised their two sons. She was a career waitress and currently works in nutrition services for the Bend-La Pine School District. Doug currently works for Parr Lumber (which generously donates materials used in the SSCT productions’ sets).

The challenge both the Griffins have dealt with is trying to learn and develop a part while designing and building the set at the same time. Doug’s favorite role to date is George the Gardener in Drinking Habits. “It wasn’t my first role, so I felt more confident with the part and with building a deeper personality for my character. Plus, the play was hilarious. Until Nana’s Naughty Knickers came along, I felt Drinking Habits was the Stars’ blockbuster production.”

Amy’s favorite (and most challenging) role was her hilarious turn as the octogenarian secretly making and selling sexy lingerie to her senior neighbors in Nana’s Naughty Knickers. “I honestly felt like a deer in the headlights while working on this lead role. I was new to acting, so I was trying to memorize all my lines, trying to take direction, trying to remember all the suggestions — I was SO scared. I wanted to throw up every time I went on stage. I would come in the door of the theater, go right to the bar and immediately down a Sierra Mist to settle my stomach. The most important thing I learned: NEVER look into the audience while performing. The only time I missed a line was when I looked into the audience one evening and saw

my book club looking up at me, and then I couldn’t remember where I was.

FILM/THEATRE Now I only look into the lights, make a bubble for myself and stay in it.”

While the scripts for theater productions provide suggestions for the stage last year’s Nutcracker and its many components, they enjoyed creating the or props in a production, the actual design and execution for Stars’ productions grandfather clock that was also a secret passage for actors to enter the stage is often a collaborative effort between the director, production team and the and the cannon that used compressed air to shoot a confetti bomb at the Griffins. Doug’s knowledge of the stage platform and dimensions enables him Mouse King. to immediately advise the production team if an idea or suggestion of the “I enjoy the research,” Amy added. “I am always trying to make things production will work (or not). What looks like random scribbles put down by authentic, as real as I can make them. For his part as the villain in Wild, Wild, Doug as the cast moves through the initial reading of the play emerges as a Wildest West, I took Doug to my beauty working stage in a few weeks. parlor and had his (fair) facial hair An additional challenge to designing and dyed black. But set designing is a lot building a SSCT set is that it is not stationary; easier than acting. You can have a bad it is first built in the Griffin’s shop at their day while designing and building sets, home in Bend, then dismantled and hauled to but if you have a bad day while acting, Sunriver and reassembled in the venue. Doug the whole world gets kind of turned clarifies: “It’s not a permanent stage — that’s upside down!” the challenge for the Stars. It’s a mobile set.

Once the set is reassembled in the It’s only ‘permanent’ for two weeks. I designed venue, the production team (and often a foundation of separate panels that rest on the cast) work with Amy and Doug a platform. We then add doors, windows, to add props, to touch up spots of the stairs, secret panels — whatever is needed stage dinged in transit and to add safety (depending on the set requirements of the measures: stairs to access the stage, play).” The final sets have been assembled for handrails and background lights to productions in a ballroom at the SHARC and allow the cast to see in the dark of the at The Door in Sunriver. “In my dreams, we backstage during a performance. would have our own theater where we could During the final play rehearsals, the have two months to focus our efforts and director is often watching the actors build a permanent set and not have to move while the Griffins are watching the it multiple times. Thankfully, everyone at The stage — looking for where light from Door is very accommodating with us taking backstage shines through, if doors are over their space — they are very easy to work hung and are moving smoothly, how with and we appreciate it.” easily the actors interact with the set, if For some productions, the cast rehearses spots are missing paint and if specialized with the partially completed set in the Griffins’ features work correctly. shop to get a feel for the layout and nuances.

Once the production is over, the The stage crew for The Secret Garden had to Griffins and a crew must reverse the learn how and when to swing the entire back process: disassemble the stage, reload wall of the stage to switch the scene from all the pieces into trucks and trailers rooms inside the manor house to the outside and return everything to storage for the garden. Once it’s complete, the Griffins and a next production. crew dismantle the set into manageable pieces, In their spare time, the Griffins load it in several trucks and trailers and haul it Amy and Doug beside the grandfather clock with the secret passage they created | Photos enjoy overlanding in their Jeep with to Sunriver. The Griffins work as a well-tuned courtesy of Sunriver Stars Community Theater their family, who have helped in SSCT partnership putting the final set together — productions as well: their son, Cody, often helps with set-up and dismantling; they sometimes do not even speak as they move together about the stage, Doug’s mother made all pillows and bed covers for Nutcracker; their grandson, connecting the various walls and pieces.

Ethan, played an orphan/pickpocket in Oliver! (in the same show, Doug and Doug’s years of experience in contracting and construction enable him to Amy played the mortician couple, the Sowerberrys); and most of their family not only execute Amy’s designs, but the technical aspects of the set as well: has helped paint more than one set. the position of the stage panels, lights, placement of audience seats, hidden Whether it’s acting or set designing, Doug enjoys seeing the actors panels and doors, windows and specialized props. The set for Nana’s Naughty (especially young people) when they step on the stage for the first time on Knickers is Doug’s favorite set, with panels triggered by an actor touching the finished set and seeing them come alive in what is a make-believe place. a coat rack onstage and backstage crew making racks of clothes and shoes Once the next SSCT season begins, the Griffins will be involved as actors, appear and disappear while watching the action from a peephole. From a stage designers/builders (or both) and most assuredly be adding new posters visual standpoint, both Doug and Amy like the set for Oliver!, with its dingy to their collection. shipping crates, worn brick walls and a smoky London skyline. sunriverstars.org While the Griffins agree the most technically challenging set was for Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | January 2021 23

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The book, written by novelist and essayist Laila Lalami,was revealed on December 5 during a virtual event.Accompanying the selection is a book for youth, Front Desk, by Kelly Yang. This marks only the second time in the program’s history that a selection was also made for young readers.

“This year’s A Novel Idea double-feature follows the story of immigrant families and their pursuit of the American Dream,” said Deschutes Public Library Programs Supervisor Liz Goodrich. “For 2021, we are enthusiastic to share stories of modern American families and a setting that is a little closer to home. A common thread between both books shares searching for inclusion while absorbing the brunt of ethnic injustice and white privilege in America.”

The Other Americans tells the story of Driss Guerraoui leaving behind Casablanca’s political unrest in 1981 and settling in California to form a better life for his family. When Driss’s untimely death shakes the family, his daughter Nora pursues the investigation, and the story unfolds as told from nine unique perspectives. Each point of view, from the undocumented witness to the recently relocated detective, shows what it means for the family, community and country to form a sense of identity while uncovering the mystery of Driss’s death.

“To build upon A Novel Idea’s year-after-year growth, we are excited to welcome a second voice to reach young readers,” said Goodrich. “Both Lalami and Yang are first-generation immigrants, and they share that with the protagonists in their books, overcoming stereotypes and racism. We aim to provide a platform for Deschutes County residents to have conversations, discover cultures and share ideas that can bring about meaningful change.”

Programming for A Novel Idea begins on Saturday, April 3, 2021. What follows are four weeks of virtual programs that explore and expound upon the themes and ideas found in The Other Americans and Front Desk. The programming culminates with a live-streamed presentation by authors Yang and Lalami on Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2 at 4pm both days. All programs, including the authors’ presentations, are free of charge thanks to the support of the Deschutes Public Library Foundation.

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is walking across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters to tell their stories and the invisible connections that tie them together — even while they remain deeply divided by race, religion or class.

About the Author: Laila Lalami Laila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great Britain and the United States. She is the author of four novels, including The Moor’s Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

Her most recent novel, The Other Americans, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award in Fiction. She has received fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program and the Guggenheim Foundation and is currently a full professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. Her new book, a work of nonfiction called Conditional Citizens, was published in September 2020.

About the Book: Front Desk Front Desk is a debut, middle-grade novel about 10-year-old Mia Tang, who manages the front desk of a motel while her parents clean the rooms. As recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, they take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California. The owner, Mr. Yao, is a crude cheapskate who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants.

About the Author: Kelly Yang Kelly Yang was born in China and immigrated to America with her parents when she was six years old. Her family settled in Southern California, where she and her parents worked in three different motels. She eventually left the motels and went to college at the age of 13 and law school at the age of 17. After law school, she gave up law to pursue her passion of writing and teaching children writing. She is the founder of The Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for kids in Asia.

For more information about A Novel Idea, please contact Liz Goodrich at 541-312-1032 or lizg@deschuteslibrary.org. Check out the “A Novel Idea” website at deschuteslibrary.org/novelidea for event listings as they are scheduled and for author information. deschuteslibrary.org

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Visit Bend Teams with Local Artists for New Photo Book

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ooking for a way to tuck Bend under the Christmas tree? A new photography collaboration is making that possible, just in time for the holidays.

Released December 3, 2020, Ineffable is a photo book created by Bend photographer and designer Richard Bacon, along with 33 local photographers and Visit Bend. The book features dozens of images showcasing Central Oregon’s landscapes, people, world class recreation and urban settings.

“During a pandemic year when so many people have been unable to travel, Ineffable offers a unique way to experience the beauty and character of Bend,” explained Nate Wyeth, Visit Bend’s VP of Marketing + Communication, as well as a contributing photographer. “Even better, all money made from this book will help protect Bend’s wild places.”

Ineffable is offered for a suggested donation of $15 to the Deschutes Trails Coalition, a nonprofit land management organization tasked with maintaining and preserving Bend’s wild places. Books are available at the Ticket Mill in the Old Mill District, and several other retail locations and coffee shops

throughout Bend. Customers can make the suggested donation through Pledge for the Wild by texting WILD4BEND to 44321. A complete list of businesses where the book is available can be found at visitbend.com/ineffable.

“We expect Ineffable to be popular with holiday shoppers,” explained Beau Eastes, Digital Content Manager of the Old Mill District, and also one of this year’s jurors for the book. “The photos are stunning, and do an amazing job capturing the essence of Bend.”

The book is 84 pages and printed on a special, uncoated stock using a unique printing technique designed to showcase photographic images. 2020 marks the second volume of this popular collection of Central Oregon photos. The first edition of Ineffable in 2019 raised nearly $10,000 for the Deschutes Trails Coalition.

For a glimpse of Ineffable, including a sampling of images contained in the book, visit visitbend.com/ineffable. visitbend.com • pledgewild.com

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oung writers from Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Lake counties are now invited to submit essays exploring desert landscapes to the High Desert Museum’s Waterston Student Essay Competition.

The Waterston Student Essay Competition, now in its second year, is part of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize. It’s open to students in grades nine through 12, in public or private school, or home-schooled, who live in Crook, Deschutes, Harney, Jefferson and Lake Counties. Submission is free. Students may submit essays of 750 to 1,000 words of nonfiction prose to waterston@highdesertmuseum.org from now through May 1, 2021. The submissions will be judged on originality, clarity of expression, accuracy, and their contribution to the understanding and appreciation of desert regions.

“Opening a Waterston Prize to students fosters young writers and helps them grow a new appreciation for this region,” said Prize founder Ellen Waterston. “We received some thought-provoking submissions last year, and we can’t wait to see what this year’s young voices will share.”

Author and poet Ellen Waterston started the Waterston Desert Writing Prize in 2014. Through six years of growth, the High Desert Museum has been a strong partner to the organization, promoting the Prize and hosting the annual awards ceremony and reception. On September 17, 2020, the Waterston Desert Writing Prize announced another huge step — its official adoption by the High Desert Museum.

The mission of the Prize is to strengthen and support the literary arts and humanities in the High Desert region through recognition of literary excellence in nonfiction writing about desert landscapes, through community interaction with

the winning authors of the annual prize, and presentations and programs that take place in association with the prize.

“The Waterston Desert Writing Prize speaks to the core of the Museum mission — to celebrate and expand the knowledge of the High Desert landscape,” said Museum Executive Director Dana Whitelaw, Ph.D. “The adoption is an incredible honor for us and we will continue its mission, vision and legacy in perpetuity.”

The winner of the 2020 inaugural Student Essay Competition was Al Lehto of Redmond Proficiency Academy. The winning essay, “Badlands,” told the story of the many hours the author spent with their mother painting in the Oregon Badlands, now a federally recognized wilderness area just east of Bend. Lehto now attends the University of Oregon, majoring in early childhood education.

The submission period will open for the signature Waterston Desert Writing Prize on January 1, 2021. Emerging, mid-career and established nonfiction writers are invited to apply. The Prize honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy with the desert as both subject and setting. Inspired by Ellen Waterston’s love of the High Desert, a region that has been her muse for more than 30 years, the Prize recognizes the vital role deserts play worldwide as ecosystems and in the human narrative.

For more information about the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, visit highdesertmuseum.org/waterston-prize. For the Student Essay Competition and how to submit an entry, visit highdesertmuseum.org/waterston-student-prize. highdesertmuseum.org

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SUNRIVER EXHIBITS

In support of state and federal guidelines for social distancing, most venues have attendance protocols in place. Please call or visit each venue website for updated information.

Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village 57100 Beaver Dr., Bldg. 19 541-593-4382 • artistsgallerysunriver.com Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village welcomes new Central Oregon artists to our gallery family in January! Come in and see the new art on display. See more of their work at artistsgallerysunriver.com.

8 x 8 Lake Landscape Plate by Cheryl Chapman

Cheryl Chapman Cheryl is a glass enamel artist. She uses finely powdered glass enamels mixed with water based or oil based mediums to paint onto glass. “My paintings are done in a reverse process onto the back of clear glass. Each piece is fired multiple times in the kiln to cure the enamels as well as to change the glass, rounding it and forming it to the final product.”

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Ravens by Andries Fourie

Andries Fourie Andries is primarily a mixed-media artist, who includes elements of painting, sculpture and printmaking in his work.

The vibrant and colorful work showcase the natural world using pattern and iconography. Fourie is interested in exploring the similarities and differences between his homeland of South Africa and his new home in Central Oregon, to help him gain understanding of his past and present. Fourie is also interested in how we are shaped by the landscapes.

Make your house a home. Adopt today.

Travis Cope Travis creates useful and unique woodcraft with an environmentally friendly/ repurposing approach. His love of nature, community and art are apparent in his creations.

Travis does his own product photography and has been a full time graphic designer for over ten years.

Happy New Year!

Winter Cardinals Hand Blown Glass Jeff and Heather Thompson

showcasing the work of 30 local artists

Flicker Wood Block Print Wade Womack

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the surface image and rub with something hard. Womack uses a wooden spoon. Reduction printing is a multi-colored process that is done on the same block. The order in which the colors are printed — lightest to darkest — determines the order of the carving process. The result is a print that is rich in line, color and movement.

veryone is sighing in relief to say goodbye to the Year 2020.

Although early 2021 is still going to be somewhat low-key due to the continuing COVID distancing policies, we can still celebrate art. At the Sunriver Artists’ Gallery, there is plenty to celebrate! We still are not ready to move into full party mode, but we can provide a very pleasant and enjoyable atmosphere for locals and visitors to appreciate the beauty produced by 30 local artists.

Featured this month is printmaker Wade Womack, who works primarily with the reduction wood block printing technique. For the many of you who do not know what that is, Wade has a good explanation and samples of the process for you to review at the Gallery.

For Womack, art is a tool of expression. His pieces provide a unified expression of an idea, or a story. The line work, color and subject matter all exist to express the idea.

Relief printing (wood block) is the oldest method of print making. In its essence, you carve away what you do not want.

Then you ink the remaining raised surfaces, place paper over

Blue Heron by Wade Womack

Also featured this month are Jeff and Heather Thompson, who have been creating sculpture in molten hot glass together for over 18 years. Their style is based in the traditional Italian method of glassblowing, which utilizes a long steel blowpipe to gather liquid hot glass from a crucible furnace. They are best known for their sea life sculptures, contemporary vases and largescale installations.

The duo also produces pieces inspired by local wildlife.

Their families of glass quail are extremely popular, as are the wide variety of local birds.

The couple produces many large custom installations in their local studio. They work with the purchaser to decide on colors and shapes and provide the installation of the piece.

Snowmen Glass Art by Jeff Thompson

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SISTERS EXHIBITS In support of state and federal guidelines for social distancing, most venues have attendance protocols in place.

Hood Avenue Art hoodavenueart.com info@hoodavenueart.com 541-719-1800 Hood Avenue Art is open! Winter hours are ThursdayMonday 11am-4pm.

Introducing Wood Artists Art & Anna Blumenkron 541.719.1800 | 357 W Hood Ave. Sisters | hoodavenueart.com

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Photo courtesy of Hood Avenue Art

Stitchin’ Post Gallery 541-549-6061 stitchinpost.com Come Feed Your Passion — open Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm, Friday-Saturday, 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am4pm. You can also check out our online items such as books and patterns, fabrics, gifts and kits, mixed media and more — orders can be picked up at the store as well. And thank you for your support during this difficult time.

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Madras / Warm Springs

The Museum at Warm Springs 2189 U.S. 26 • 541-553-3331 • museumatwarmsprings.org Continuing thru January is the 27th Annual Warm Springs Tribal Member Art Exhibit. This exhibition highlights the creativity and resourcefulness of Warm Springs adult artists and their ability to keep art traditions alive through traditional and contemporary expression.

This exhibition is meant to encourage and inspire the next generations of artists! Some art will be for sale. Museum is open to the public with Safety Standards in place, which can be found on their website.

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Three Birds, sculpture by Chris Kerns

Rick Steber & Company — MAKERS 131 NE Fifth St., Prineville 813-749-7143 rickstebermakers.com On display in the retail showroom at Rick Steber – MAKERS is the incredible work of over one hundred artists and artisans from Central and Eastern Oregon. Designated as an Oregon Scenic Attraction, this unique collection of one-of-a-kind items has become a destination for many, and an opportunity to introduce your family to the creative culture of the High Desert. Here you will find Native bead work, metal sculptures, leather tooling, saddle making, wood working, silversmithing, original artwork, whittlings, carvings and the complete collection of books by popular author, Rick Steber. Open Tuesday-Saturday from 10am to 5pm.

Redmond/Terrebonne

LTA Gallery 611 NE Jackpine Ct., Ste. 3, Redmond 541-316-0362 • darrenklingart.net Showcasing the artwork of Darren Kling with continued exhibition, Water and the Rock.

Garden Afternoon, 37.5 X 31.5 framed size, by Jim McVicker

School House Produce 1430 SW Highland Ave. 541-504-7112 schoolhouseproduce.com Schoolhouse Produce is showing the work of SageBrusher’s Art Society member Sue McLaughlin. Sue has called Central Oregon home for nearly 20 years, and her artistic passion is continually ignited by the beauty and grandeur of our region. Her paintings, in watercolor and oil, give a personal expression to the world around us. Stop in to see a sample of her work, while sampling the best of the area’s fresh produce and food products. Showing thru January.

Rimrock Gallery 405A NW Third St., Prineville • 541-903-5565 rimrockgallery.com Cardinal, watercolor by Sue McLaughlin SUMMER IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, January 9-March 10 By early January, many of us are ready for winter to be over, so we are hosting our Summer In The Middle Of Winter show, featuring works of OUTSIDE CENTRAL OREGON EXHIBITS summer theme by our gallery artists. Come and get a lift in spirit and talent by our 26 gallery artists. Due to COVID-19, we are still unable to have Burns artist receptions. You can visit the show here at the gallery at your leisure.

Oard’s Gallery Works can also be viewed on the website. We offer ‘art on approval’ and 42456 Hwy. 20 East, Burns • 541- 493-2535 home deliveries. Be sure to visit the gallery website at rimrockgallery.com oardsgallery.com to view artist’s works and read gallery news! Off-street parking available!

Exhibiting many one-of-a-kind items, including original, handmade arts Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5:30pm and Sunday 12-5:30pm. and crafts from nine tribes around the area — baskets, beaded art, clothing, Closed Mondays. furniture, native art, paintings, rugs, jewelry and more.

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CALL TO ARTISTS

Live locally?

We are For Artists By Artists.

Participating members work shifts, have generous space to show their work, and share in the operations of the gallery business. Generous commissions percent paid twice monthly and low monthly expense is shared among Artist Members.

Ready to find out more information?

Contact Jury Chair: Dori Kite agsrjurycommittee@gmail.com.

Or, come on into the Gallery in the Village at Sunriver, Building 19, 57100 Beaver Drive.

541-593-4382. artistsgallerysunriver.com

NOW, a unique opportunity for local artists to join the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver. It’s a rare opportunity as AGS seldom has openings.

Are you a fine artist or fine crafts person? Looking for 2D artists (mixed media, encaustic, oil, watercolor) and 3D metal artist, wood turning, jewelry wearable art, unique pottery, photography or sculpture?

WORKSHOPS CASCADE FINE ART WORKSHOPS Pre-Register Now for 2021 Workshops!

As the pandemic unfolds, Cascade Fine Art Workshops is working with our instructors to offer face-to-face, online and ‘hybrid’ workshops in 2021 — part face-to-face, the other part live via Zoom. We are currently constructing these workshops, but are happy to offer you a place in them by pre-registering, at no obligation to you.

Contact Sue Manley, 541-408-5524 info@cascadefineartworkshops.com cascadefineartworkshops.com Zoom, Live from Bulgaria!! with Stella Canfield Watercolor Winter 2021 Painting the Figure from Photographs with Ted Nuttall Watercolor July 12-16, 2021 Impressionism in Action with Colley Whisson Plein Air & Studio Workshop Oil & acrylic artists welcome — Demos in oil October 13-16, 2021 Abstracting the Landscape in Acrylic with Sarah B. Hansen Abstracting the landscape October 18-20, 2021 SAGEBRUSHERS ART SOCIETY sagebrushersartofbend.com, 541-617-0900 Color as Value Online with David Kinker Monday mornings, January 4, 11, 18, 25 9:30-10:30am Improve your creative outcomes by learning to approach painting as a process. All mediums are welcome. Lecture and acrylic painting demonstration. $15/class. For more information and link to join the class, visit kinker.com/kinker-studios-digital-classes.

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Elk Lake Resort, the only thing missing is you!

Nestled amongst Three Sisters, Broken Top and Mt. Bachelor, Elk Lake Resort’s majestic views provide the perfect backdrop for all of your year round activities. Or simply come and relax in the historic lodge and dine in one of Central Oregon’s most beautiful destination spots.

elklakeresort.net 541.480.7378 60000 Century Drive Bend, OR