Cascade A&E March 2019

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Whether it’s helping connect families to resources in the community, sharing a cup of coffee, or providing a temporary home for kids while parents get back on their feet, Kindred Connections is there to keep children safe and ultimately together with their family.

Kindred Connections is a team of allies who rally around families in crisis.

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ABOUT THE COVER

Captured in the heart of the Cascade Range, a tranquil campsite under the stripe of the Milky Way. Photography by Chad Copeland

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Unrepresented Artists • Raven Makes Gallery • Franklin Crossing • Caldera Open Studio • Jacqueline Newbold Tumalo Art Co • Cheers to Art Bend Art Center • Bend Exhibits

Artists' Gallery • Betty Gray Gallery Sunriver Exhibits

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COVER STORY

Chad Copeland

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FIRST FRIDAY

Downtown Bend & Old Mill District

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First Friday

CENTRAL OREGON

Sahara Nights • High Desert Museum Central Oregon Exhibits

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FILM/THEATRE

Todd Looby • Red Wine Drive Snow White • STARS • Suite Surrender Medium Rare

Busy Birds Adventures: Hello, Bend!

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Pam Beezley Susan Luckey Higdon Billye Turner Howard Schor Lori Lubbesmeyer Lisa Lubbesmeyer

Sunriver Music Festival Tumalo Art Gallery Art Consultant B.E.A.T. Lubbesmeyer Studio & Gallery Lubbesmeyer Studio & Gallery

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Editorial Advisory Board

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Getting the Shot

with Chad Copeland

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had Copeland, an adventure and natural history photographer is a contributing photographer and director to National Geographic, BBC’s Planet Earth series, Men’s Journal and numerous other periodicals and has covered stories around the world. In 2015 Copeland photographed People of Action for Microsoft’s Windows 10 that now live on over six billion devices worldwide; guiding the brand’s image.

Microsoft hired Chad because he maintains the foundation of authenticity in his images at first capture so the work between camera to canvas is minimal. An observer’s experience of the art represents what was present at the moment the image was captured.

Chad’s photography expertise and lifelong outdoor adventure spirit combine to provide breathtaking images from air, land and sea. He prepares for all expeditions with rigorous training in anticipation of all challenges allowing space and time for him to “get the shot”. These strengths and strategies have earned him international awards and recognition. The content that Copeland creates, tells a story that few have the opportunity to experience firsthand making him a leader in content delivery around the world. Chad has produced and directed feature content for the 2016 NBC Olympics, NETFLIX Original Series, Top Golf, ESPN, TESLA the Seattle Space Needle and a plethora of global clients.

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COVER STORY

Photos courtesy of Chad Copeland

Chad’s love for nature and storytelling has compelled him to share those stories with others from a humble perspective. His images of nature captures the ever-changing natural history from all corners of the planet. Home for Chad has always been the Pacific Northwest. Central Oregon teams with the beauty and adventure inherent to the Pacific Northwest making this enchanting region the ideal location for the Copeland Gallery.

The abundance of mountain ranges, lakes and rivers in Central Oregon is as inspiring as the community that lives here. Copeland hopes to give back to the community that supports these natural resources by sharing visuals with locals and tourists that come from around the world to enjoy it and support the local economy. Chad has combed through visual archives captured on assignments for National Geographic and many others to present at Copeland Gallery. Fine art prints that will be available in limited quantities. Central Oregon is full of incredible stories and Chad’s approach to storytelling begins with interfacing with the wild and learning from native inhabitants embedded in the region. Care is given to the overall arrangement of visual elements in a story and the ability to “get the shot” is what set Chad’s work apart. Copeland’s specific training, experience and set of skills are what he is passionate about sharing with others. Mentoring others and helping them achieve their dreams has always been a source of great pride and leading photography workshops and the Copeland Adventure Series is a perfect platform. Local Adventures will be offered Saturdays for four hours, mornings and evenings; Photography Adventures.

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FIRST FRIDAY IN BEND march 1

Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing 550 NW Franklin St. Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing, invites the public to First Friday, March 1, 5-8pm, featuring oil paintings by noted Bend painter, Joanne Donaca, thru March 30. The artist will attend the March 1 opening.

An Oregon native, Joanne Donaca finds inspiration in the striking beauty of Central Oregon and other nature scenes. In her current exhibit continuing thru March 30, she presents Steelhead Falls near Tumalo, plush vineyard scenes from the Willamette Valley and from travels, Avalanche Lake, Glacier National Park.

The artist strives “to generate a strong emotional response” from viewers using a boldly enhanced, yet realistic palette, creating Chardonnay, Oil on Canvas strong light/shadow contrast. Her landscapes

by Joanne Doanca feature enhanced gestural strokes as well as softer, more integrated brushwork. The painter’s long recognized impressionistic style now shifts slightly toward expressionism; she also employs palette knife to create textural variations.

Donaca is recognized in the Northwest through her signature membership in the Watercolor Society of America as well as in the Pastel Society of America, the Northwest, and of Oregon. She also achieved membership in Oil Painters of America.

An award winner in several A Group Show mediums, her paintings appear in

Open Everyday

Opens March 1 4-8 pm |Old Mill District First Friday Gallery Walk

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 FarrellSmith, 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’ personal relationships and ancestral homelands to cultural ties to the natural world.

Working with a master printer at Crow’s Shadow allows the artists to bring projects to fruition that would not otherwise be possible. Come see for yourself these exciting new additions to contemporary printmaking!

Thru April 28 with an opening reception on March 1, 5-8pm.

Jeffrey Murray Photography 118 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-325-6225 • jeffreymurrayphotography.com Features American landscape and fine art images captured by Bend nature photographer, Jeffrey Murray. Visit and enjoy a visual adventure of illuminating light and captivating panoramas from scenes in Central Oregon and across North America.

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numerous corporate and private collections including Pronghorn Golf Resort and Sunriver Resort. The artist was previously honored as the poster artist for the Sunriver Music Festival.

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ae@cascadeae.com 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 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 11:30am-5pm, First Fridays and by appointment.

Layor Art + Supply 1000 NW Wall St., Ste. 110 541-322-0421 layorart.com Featuring Summit High School Art Student’s Show, an annual show at Layor that spotlights Summit High student art. The students will be displaying paintings, ceramics, photography & more. Come down and support our budding artists! Complimentary beverages served.

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.

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 First Friday, March 1 from 5-9pm, Mockingbird Gallery presents Wide Open, a two-person show for artists Julee Hutchison and Silas Thompson.

Come on down and see the fabulous work of these talented artists. We will have wine, cheese and the music of the Ryan Camastral Trio. This show will run thru March.

Julee Hutchison’s love of nature and animals led to plein air landscape painting. While landscape painting was Julee’s first love, she has pursued figurative and still life work and has developed a passion for these subjects as well.

Silas Thompson was raised in Idaho and his passion for drawing and painting was instilled at an early age. His desire to create work that evokes a memory continues to be a driving force to push Silas to be innovative and to look for new ways to create the illusion of solidity, time and emotion.

Oxford Hotel 10 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-382-8436 The Oxford Hotel presents Barb Gonzalez’ photographs of Central Oregon and beyond thru April 26. The artist will attend the public champagne reception on

McKenzie Rainbow by Barb Gonzalez

Fine Art & Contemporary Craft

103 NW Oregon Avenue Bend, OR 97703 541.306.3176 www.redchairgallerybend.com Struttin’ by Linda Swindle

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Serene Evening by Barb Gonzalez

First Friday, March 1 from 5:30-8pm.

Barb Gonzalez moved to Bend in 2009. Over ten years, her photos of the Pacific Northwest and other destinations often appeared as the cover on Bend Bulletin’s Sunday travel section and the Eugene Register-Guard.

Magazines including TravelWorld Magazine, Alaska and Horizon Airlines’ Alaska Beyond in-flight magazine, Cascade Journal, Outdoors NW and Oregon Wine Press also featured her art. Her popularity as a photographer reflects her considerable skill.

Gonzalez works to capture the essence of place to create memorable images. Her refined perception of the subject tells a story — from vast mountain landscapes to close-up views of a determined, blooming foxglove winding its way through a rusting truck bumper. Subject proximity in her scenes further engages the viewer.

“I hope to share the beauty of both nature and manmade things,” she says, “so those who view my photos are as touched as I was when taking the shot.” Her unique eye for composition brings the viewer into the landscape, “…to a beautiful, peaceful place each time they look at my photo on the wall of their home.”

A recognized travel photographer, the artist notes, “I love experiencing something new, which is why I appreciate travel photography so much; yet, I never stop discovering things in my own back yard. Oregon is a fairyland of outdoor beauty, changing from season to season and year to year. Every morning I make a list of things for which I am grateful. Living in Bend is always near the top of my list.”

Commissioned work for business or home is another of the artist’s specialties.

She created a 20 foot long photo for “Let it Ride Bend Electric Bikes.” Her photos appear online at www.barbgonzalezphotography.com.

Peterson/Roth Gallery 206 NW Oregon Ave., Ste. 1 541-633-7148 • petersonroth.com Join us on Friday March 1 from 5-9pm. We are located in a cozy basement space below Silverado Jewelry on the corner of Wall and NW Oregon Ave. This month we will feature a sampling of work by all of our talented contemporary artists. Some of the local artists that we represent will be popping in throughout the evening.

Venture down the steps to enjoy great art, wine and conversation.

Red Chair Gallery 103 NW Oregon Ave. 541-306-3176 • redchairgallerybend.com Two watercolorists and a potter share the spotlight as focus artists at Red Chair

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Gallery. Jacqueline Newbold will display her joyful paintings of flowers, vistas of Provence and local Central Oregon scenes. She says her goal is, “using the fullest potential of the flowing nature of watercolor.” Linda Swindle paints colorful animals, both domestic and exotic, flowers in riotous hues, and craggy landscapes. Swindle, who lives in Powell Butte, says she strives “to capture the moment in a loose, spontaneous technique and approach.” Helen Bommarito’s stoneware pottery evokes Asia with its classic shapes and Shino and Celadon glazes. Bommarito has been teaching ceramics at Central Oregon Community College for years, believing that once a person masters an art, “you need to pass along your knowledge to others.”

Struttin by Linda Swindle

Sage Custom Framing & Gallery 834 NW Brooks St. 541-382-5884 sageframing-gallery.com Featured show thru March — Water Media.

It’s all about water, Water Media that is. This two-month show features works by a wide range of local artists, demonstrating the endless variety of creativity that is possible with watercolor and acrylic mediums. Some The Observer, acrylic by Sandra Neary of the pieces shown will be “mixed” with things such as collage or pastel, but the primary focus is water soluble paints. There is no limit to the subject matter, so there is a wide range of subjects from abstracts to portraits, landscapes to structures. A little bit of everything! Thru March 30 with a reception on First Friday, March 1, 5-8pm.

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 Monday-Friday afternoons.

Townshend’s Tea Company 835 NW Bond St. • 541-312-2001 • Townshendstea.com Townshend’s Bend Teahouse exhibits Held Together: wildlife and

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ae@cascadeae.com interconnections in a series of monoprints, by printmaker Paige Rajnus. Paige is a fine artist with a BFA from Oregon State University. She most often works in watercolor and graphite pencil, but is also an experienced printmaker and photographer. Her artwork has been recognized within the state of Oregon and nationally. Paige draws her inspiration from immersion with nature, and much of her work depicts native Pacific Northwestern wildlife. Thru March 31.

Tumalo Art Company Old Mill District 541-385-9144 • tumaloartco.com The March group show at Tumalo Art Co. opens March 1, from 4-8pm, and is simply called Water. Many of our artists paint water — either as the main focus or as some aspect of the landscape. One of our world’s most important elements of life it is also one of the most artistically inspiring.

River guide and rafter David Kinker has recently been re-inspired by his month-long trip through the Purple Calm, watercolor on board Grand Canyon and presents new

by Sarah B Hansen paintings of that monumental trip.

Susan Luckey Higdon paints the Deschutes River just below the First Street Rapids. Janice Druian’s paints a quiet scene of a Sierra Lake reflecting tall peaks at sunset and Sarah B Hansen captures the metallic glow of threads of water through a mountain meadow, while Helen Brown’s watercolor batik describes an ocean bay. These are only a few of the artworks represented in the show.

AN ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS

Village Interiors 750 NW Lava Rd. • 541-389-6515 Join us Friday, March 1 as we celebrate First Friday and our One Year Anniversary on Lava Road. Sandy Melchiori’s artwork is featured throughout Village Interiors’ downtown location.

Sunlit Sunflowers, 30 x 40 by Sandy Melchiori

This winter Sandy has been painting bundles of color saturated floral still life including sunflowers, roses and dahlias. Italian landscapes, animals and introducing Sunlit Sunflowers will be on display.

Sandy will be here to encourage you to add color to your art collection and to answer your questions regarding her latest work. Food and beverages, 5-8pm.

The Wine Shop 55 NW Minnesota Ave. The Wine Shop will feature the work of SageBrushers Art Society members Barb Crislip and Trish Bradbury. Barb is showing landscapes, floral close-ups and still life, in watercolor, rendered in a realistic style. Trish is showing abstracts and landscapes in acrylic and oil, showcasing her love of color, abstraction and impressionism. Thru March.

Painting by Summer Spitzbergen

A Thirsty Land, acrylic painting by Trish Bradbury

The Wooden Jewel 844 NW Bond St., Ste. 100 541-593-4151 thewoodenjewel.com Bend’s newest Designer Jewelry Gallery would like to invite you down for a fun night of art and jewelry with Oregon outback painter, 23-year-old Summer Spitzbergen. Talk to the artist while you enjoy a beverage.

HIGH DESERT ART LEAGUE

Featuring Works by

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Mason, Simone & Tally Nelson at Alleda Real Estate

Jeffrey Murray at Jeffrey Murray Fine Art Photography

Layered Up Outside of Layor Art + Supply

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DOWNTOWN BEND & OLD MILL DISTRICT Kathy Custard, Maureen Berkulis & Elena Janovec at Alleda Real Estate

Sharon Tillinghast at The Atrium Annex

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Photos courtesy of David Phillips, Natalie Nieman, Mockingbird Gallery, Bend Art Center, Red Chair Gallery, Tumalo Art Co. & Mockingbird Gallery

Cindy Smith, Patricia Thomas, Karen Bandy & Fredy Jenkins at Karen Bandy Studio

Kathie Odom & Jim Peterson at Mockingbird

Greg Druian at Tumalo Art Co.

Renne Brock at The Atrium Annex

Dorothy Eberhardt, Mrs. Ripley, Govenor Kate Brown, Dave Ripley, Sue Gomen-Honnell & George Honell at Red Chair Gallery

Jason Waldron at OnPoint

Lynn Adamo & Adell Shetterly at Bend Art Center

Jon Harmun, Tom Freedman & Ian Bozovich at Franklin Crossing

Barbara Dudley at Pedego Electric Bikes

Alice Rhoades, Erin Pryor & Lauren Belland from Humm Kombucha at OnPoint

Jerri Martin at Century 21

Milly Dole at Bend Art Center

Mike & Jennifer Blair at Tumalo Art Co.

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Unrepresented Artists of Central Oregon #4

by KENNETH MARUNOWSKI, PhD AE Feature Writer

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o view previous articles in this ongoing series, visit our website at www.cascadeae.com and search Unrepresented Artists of Bend (December 2018 and January 2019 editions) or Unrepresented Artists of Central Oregon (as of February edition).

Sarah Helen More (sarahhelenmore.com) Bio: Growing up in a household with creative parents (her mother a quilter, her father an engineer), Sarah and her two younger sisters were constantly making things. Their playroom walls were covered with paper to draw on and her mother’s fabric scraps quickly became outfits for their hamsters, cats and lizards. Weekends spent at her paternal grandmother’s house in Portland were filled with kitchen table lessons on embroidery, knitting, crotchet, decorative painting and ceramics. As a teenager, Sarah struggled with severe anxiety and depression, quelled only by her creative pursuits, which for her meant that a career as an artist was the only path to take. Sarah completed a bachelor of fine arts in textile design at the Rhode Island School of Design and an master of fine arts in fiber arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, the nation’s top-ranked school devoted exclusively to graduate education in art, architecture, craft and design. She worked as a studio assistant to Takashi Murakami, a Japanese contemporary artist exploring both fine arts and commercial media, and as an Adjunct Professor of Art History at Penn State University and various small colleges throughout Pennsylvania. Her clients include the University of Michigan, Digital Kitchen and Ten Barrel Brewing Company, and her art has been shown at the Society of Illustrators in New York City. Sarah currently lives and works in Central Oregon.

Artist Statement: My brightly colored and heavily patterned paintings and intricate drawings deal with the interaction of color, value and shape as well as the complicated relationship between mass-production and the handmade. Crafted without the use of tapes or masking films, each piece, whether gouache on paper or oil on canvas, appears to be generated through digital means. However, upon closer inspection, one sees evidence of the hand in the form of slight imperfections that reveal the true nature of each creation. Implementing sets of formal rules onto my canvases while not always having a definitive vision of the final piece provides me with both a meditative and dynamic experience. This process allows me to ride the line between control and accident, and while some components are clear from the beginning, others reveal themselves as each piece unfolds.

Inspired by traditional methods of textile construction such as American quilt patterns, stained glass windows and colorful mosaics, I tend to work the canvas as if I were weaving, one “weft” at a time, building the piece from a concentrated area out.

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False Memory, oil on canvas, 28”x20”, 2018 by Sarah Helen More

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Two Cowboys, spray paint on canvas, 36”x48”, 2018 by Douglas Robertson

Douglas Robertson (douglas-robertson.com) Bio: Doug was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been pursuing art since middle school. He received a bachelor of arts degree in fine art and art history from the University of Oregon in 1992. During his 20s, Doug lived in Bend, France, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Portland and Minneapolis and showed his work consistently during that time. Since moving back to Bend in 2000, Doug has made much art without being overly concerned about displaying it publicly, although he does follow the art world closely and is open to showing his work if opportunity strikes. Doug and his wife are currently raising their daughter in Midtown Bend, making art and

building community through the High Desert Mural Festival (HDMF), their nonprofit that supports mural projects enhancing the public arts culture of Central Oregon.

Artist Statement: My art is a visual expression of the intersection between my dreams and my conscious reality, particularly those moments when I am not fully asleep and my mind is free to wander. Inspired by philosophical ideas, current events, personal challenges, nature and much more, I reflect upon how I want to visually express this subject matter and then execute that vision. My paintings are thus metaphors for my experiences as I try to make sense of my life, understand the

bigger picture, decide where I fit into this chaotic world, and create some structure to comprehend it all. Typically, I do not elucidate the meaning of my art to others, whether verbally or through print, as I prefer the work speaks for itself and the viewer develops his or her own interpretation of it. A rare exception to this stance can be found in my Bridging Cultures series where I utilized iconic Old West imagery expressed through contemporary “street” mediums of stencils and spray paint, believing that a broad spectrum of Americans would be drawn to it. The body of work is a reaction to some current social and political issues I’m concerned about such as gun violence, cultural appropriation, and extreme political divides.

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Native Americans Peoples Today Strengths & Challenges

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by CHRIS MORIN of Raven Makes Gallery particular rituals private due to punitive judgments made about them in the past.

omen stand as the heart and soul of Native American Peoples, thus providing one of their greatest strengths. Among the tribes that are fully matriarchal, the man goes to live among his wife’s family once they marry.

All material wealth and lineage rights belong to the woman of the household. This perspective holds that having women in the preeminent place of leadership and self-determination within the home constitutes an asset, unlike U.S. Society where such a role often brings controversy.

The men serve as the mind and body of a People. Outside the home, they lead or guide the tribe with their accomplishments Grandparents and Elders being duly respected. The tending of livestock, a traditional source of wealth and status, is their responsibility. Among Native Americans, if a man joins the military, then upon discharge he will be acclaimed as a warrior and welcomed back from duty as an honored veteran.

Having well-established roles adds a deep sense of acceptance and belonging within a tribe, another asset.

Going back centuries, the tribe stood as a refuge for any member, where everyone was welcomed as long as an individual adopted some role within the group.

The current challenges facing Native Americans Tribes can seem staggering, yet they were systemic from the inception of the reservation system.

When the People were first moved onto reservations, the living conditions were similar to the world’s refugee camps of today.

Originally, reservations were intended as a place to contain the people, to remove them from the ever-expanding Western society. There was little regard for a long-term future; therefore, considerations for the location of a reservation mattered little as to its potential for future development.

Grandparents have helped raise the young for generations with many Native Americans considering a grandmother to be the person ‘who reared me.’ In their later years, elders become regarded as keepers of wisdom; they’re the most honored members of a household where they typically remain throughout their life.

Traditional ceremonies still occur, including those that integrate or reintegrate individuals into the society — adolescents coming of age, veterans returning from war, those who come back from Navajo Homes near Round Rock incarceration. Unsurprisingly, An example of this ethos of inclusion concerns PTSD is much less of an issue among Native what many Native Americans tribes have long American veterans; individuals who have been in referred to as individuals of the Two Spirit. The prison won’t bear ‘ex-con’ labeling. closest that mainstream society has would be the LGBT population. But unlike Western society, Additional ceremonies recognize and honor — where there is no established role, tribes had a deeds accomplished, spiritual consecrations and traditional place, and this acceptance allowed annual occurrences. Ceremonies still exist for healing Two Spirit individuals to avoid the inner-conflict the sick and wounded and also occur when someone experienced by many LGBT in mainstream society. ‘crosses over.’ However, most tribes now keep these

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Ultimately, these lands were viewed as being resource poor, or at least they were until the non-reservation lands surrounding them became depleted of their richer resources. The lack of initially establishing an operational infrastructure still retards most efforts for providing economic based opportunities.

Dancers at Gathering of Nations Pow Wow

Hemmed in by the reservations boundaries, racism being rampant outside of the tribal land, with little of the traditional daily endeavors still occurring, and no real new endeavors to be undertaken, the tribes descended into a collective stupor.

Currently, the lack of economic based

ARTS Long ago, alcoholism attained legendary status as a selfdestructive addiction among Native American Peoples. That hasn’t changed. Reservations that are ‘dry’ function somewhat better, but even on those bootleggers still provide a small, insidious flow.

In turn, alcoholism stands as the primary cause for abuses that occur within many homes. Spousal and child abuse rates on the reservations are some of the highest in the nation.

A culture that has struggled to maintain and provide for decades, while being surrounded by a more powerful society that offers much greater wealth and opportunity, is going to experience an inferiority complex.

Harvard Alumni and Native Americans

The emotional toll of all these challenges has led to low expectations, apathy, depression, suicide and dysfunctional dependencies at alarmingly high rates. Whether or not the People ever intended to pass on these characteristics doesn’t matter so much now; they became generational issues. Yet, breaking the cycle of despondency means shattering a very familiar comfort zone that, while debilitating, has come to be understood.

Due to living in the remotest region of the Navajo Reservation in Northeastern Arizona and being among a People so different from us, we’re often asked what that was like—

“Take your right hand, hold it out, extend the fingers. One finger is the Navajo People, the next is their ways, this one represents how they treated us, that one is the high desert mesa and canyon environment, and Oxford University Graduate and American Indian Science and Shinnecock Tribal member Engineering Society the last is the Kelsey Leonard climate. Each of these is absolutely beautiful. Now, hold out your opportunities and infrastructure means exceptionally high unemployment left hand and extend those and poverty rates. On most reservations, unemployment hovers around fingers. Each one represents the 70 percent; the few job opportunities that exist are in the public sector — same thing as on the right, but schools, hospitals and government offices. this time each is harsh. Now bring your hands together and The youth who succeed in school have ample opportunities to attend fold the fingers in so that your Taos Pueblo I Photos Courtesy of Raven Makes Gallery post-secondary schooling. However, the first year of college sees a much hands make one fist.” higher than normal dropout rate due to the emotional challenges the young adult experiences after separating from the close-knit family unit “That’s how it was—equally beautiful and harsh all the time, all at once. There’s along with living in, not just visiting, the world outside. barely any middle ground, unlike our Western society, which is mostly middle ground. The trick is to squeeze the fingers of the right hand a little bit, focusing Those who get through the first year of college and go on to earn a on the beautiful side. degree have a difficult choice to make — remain on the ‘outside,’ where there’s better employment opportunities and a higher standard of living, Then, even though the harsh does exist, a person can largely ignore it. Once or return to the reservation, where career opportunities are limited and the this is learned, once the beautiful becomes the center of attention, living with the standard of living significantly reduced.

Navajo becomes a dynamic, amazing and powerful experience to the point that … we didn’t want to leave.”

This ongoing ‘college graduate’ situation has lead to a certain amount of ‘brain drain’ for the tribes because many of the most capable individuals leave the ravenmakesgallery.com reservation, succeed in the mainstream society and never go back to live.

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n Oregon native, Joanne Donaca finds inspiration in the striking beauty of Central Oregon and other nature scenes. In her current exhibit continuing through March 30h, she presents Steelhead Falls near Tumalo, plush vineyard scenes from the Willamette Valley and from travels, Avalanche Lake, Glacier National Park.

Donaca is recognized in the Northwest through her signature membership in the Watercolor Society of America as well as in the Pastel Society of America, the Northwest, and of Oregon. She also achieved membership in Oil Painters of America.

The artist strives “to generate a strong emotional response” from viewers using a boldly enhanced, yet realistic palette, creating strong light/ shadow contrast. Her landscapes feature Avalanche Lake, Oil on Canvas enhanced gestural strokes as well as softer, more integrated brushwork. The painter’s long recognized impressionistic style now shifts slightly toward expressionism; she also employs palette knife to create textural variations.

An award winner in several mediums, her paintings appear in numerous corporate and private collections including Pronghorn Golf Resort and Sunriver Resort. The artist was previously honored as the poster artist for the Sunriver Music Festival.

Art in the Atrium, Franklin Crossing, Chardonnay, Oil on Canvas invites the public to First Friday, March 1, 5-8pm. The artist will attend the March 1 opening.

Billye Turner curates exhibitions for Franklin Crossing, open 7am-7pm.

Information at 503-780-2828 or billyeturner@bendnet.com.

Caldera’s Artists in Residence Open Studios

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oin Caldera for an afternoon of art and conversation hosted by their March 2019 Artists in Residence. Experience the power of creativity in the warmth of the Caldera Arts Center while visual, literary and performing artists from around the country share their work along with young people from Caldera›s Youth Program.

The March Artists in Residence are Kemi Adeyemi (Seattle, Washington), Julie Hammond (Vancouver, British Columbia), Alexandria Martinez (Oakland, California), Carolyn Monastra (Brooklyn, New York), Emily X.R. Pan (Brooklyn, New York), Analise Cleopatra (Portland, Oregon) and Alisa Yang (Saratoga, California).

Free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary, coffee and snacks will be served.

Caldera Artist in Residence Sharita Towne pulls a print with Sivsi, a student in Caldera’s Youth program.

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March 23, 2019 Doors open at 12:30 p.m.

Program runs 1pm-3pm Caldera Arts Center 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters

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or Jacqueline Newbold, a watercolor and mixed media artist, living abroad and travelling was a big part of her early life. Born in Tokyo, Newbold grew up in an Air Force family that moved around quite a bit. The family lived in Paris and Greece before settling in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s. Her mother is from France and Newbold speaks fluent French.

After earning a bachelor of science in Botany from the University of Alabama, Newbold decided to explore the West and found work as a seasonal firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon. When that job ended, she came to Bend, where she landed a position as a lab technician for Bend Research for 18 years. She began to paint seriously and sell her work in 2000.

Although now comfortably settled here, she still often visits France and Italy to paint and teach classes. “My journeys give me a never-ending source of inspiration to represent little gems of the world in my colorfilled paintings,” she says. Her work on display at the Red Chair Gallery features vibrant scenes of Provence and Tuscany, although she also now paints landscapes of Central Oregon. Her constant goal, she explains, is “using the free-flowing nature of watercolor to its fullest potential to portray the landscape with an impressionistic touch.”

Newbold shares her passion for watercolor and mixed-media art journaling by teaching at her private studio in Bend, at Art Unraveled Art Retreats in Phoenix, and the Art & Soul Retreats in Portland. She has conducted five international workshops and is excited about her upcoming watercolor workshop in Provence, France this May.

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Tumalo Art Co. 8th Annual Best Fine Art Sale Ever

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he 8th Annual Tumalo Art Co., Best Fine Art Sale Ever is slated for Saturday, March 16, from 9am-3pm, right next to Desperado in the Old Mill District (last year’s Santaland space). This once a year sale, where artists clear out their studios to make way for a new year of artmaking, has become an anticipated event by Central Oregon art lovers.

Nearly 20 artists will be involved, all who currently show or have shown, at Tumalo Art Co., an artist-run gallery located in the heart of the Old Mill District. There will be a diverse and incredibly priced selection of art available, from paintings in all media and sizes, digital media, glass, wood-turning, ceramics and more. Come early to get the best selection.

For more information call 541-385-9144

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after our event. Each month, we’ll pour tastes of select wines.

March: Pre-Raphaelites Wednesday, March 20, 7pm A group of English painters, poets and critics formed in the mid- 1850s, the PreRaphaelite Brotherhood sought a return to the abundant detail, intense colours and complex compositions of Quattrocento Italian art. The group was devoted to genuine ideas, careful study of nature, and art that heartfelt and serious.

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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 cinema. Each month has recommended reading, in case you want to delve deeper into our month’s topic before or

Photo courtesy of Bend Art Center

Presented by Lorna Cahall.

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Exciting Center for Contemporary Art in Our Midst

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ou may think a town like Bend would be too small to support an art center. Thankfully, that’s not true. Bend is home to a thriving art scene and is bolstered by nonprofit organizations like Bend Art Center that serve as a hub for artists and art lovers. An important stop on the First Friday circuit, monthly Ray Trayle Etching Press exhibits provide a wide variety of art forms, including prints, paintings, sculpture and mixed media.

For local artists, Bend Art Center is a major source for professional development.

It houses the A6 Studio, the only public studio for printmaking in Central Oregon.

A6 Studio provides instruction in printmaking, drawing, book arts, and 2D mixed media, and it regularly invites world-class visiting artists to teach workshops and exhibit.

Artists are supported professionally not only with a place to make their art and learn new skills, but also to network and exhibit art. “I appreciate the camaraderie and exchange of ideas and techniques that come from being involved with Bend Art Center as a studio member,” says local artist Adell Shetterly.

Bend Art Center not only serves artists — a thriving education program provides art instruction to inexperienced adults interested in art. Introductory workshops encourage participants to think creatively and learn new artmaking skills. “My favorite part of being a volunteer is inviting people to make art who might not otherwise consider themselves artists,” says Helen Loeffler.

The Center’s school programs provide arts education to students both in the Bend area and in remote parts of Central Oregon, some for at little or no cost to schools. An Exhibit+Studio program invites students to view exhibits, learn about the work, and then create their own art using the printing presses. For schools that cannot visit the Center, instructors bring exhibit-based curriculum into the classroom. This program is a unique opportunity for students to experience an art exhibit and make their own art at the same time.

Special events include artist lectures and a monthly Cheers to Art to learn about historical artists and drink wine.

The literary arts have a presence through poetry and book readings. Art exhibitions featuring local, national and international artists provide an unparalleled opportunity for the public to increase their cultural awareness and appreciation of the world.

Founded in 2007 as Atelier 6000 Gallery I Photos Courtesy of Bend Art Center (A6), Bend Art Center began as Central Oregon’s only printmaking studio, serving as an important resource and work space for local artists. In 2012, A6 became a nonprofit and began serving the greater community. In 2017, the organization changed its name to Bend Art Center to better reflect its expanding purpose in the region to improve equity and access to the visual arts, arts education, and art making for all Central Oregonians.

The Center is the only nonprofit in Central Oregon offering both a formal exhibit space and professional art studio. This unique combination has enabled the Center to develop multifaceted programming that increases community access to the arts by providing education programs, exhibitions, studio workshops, art lectures and free events. bendartcenter.org

ARTS BEND EXHIBITS Bend Art Center 550 SW Industrial Way, Ste. 180 541-330-8759 • bendartcenter.org On display in March is the work of A6 studio artist Karen English.

Inspired by Francoise Gilot, this body of work focuses on color and composition to represent the distinctive feel of the landscape during the passing seasons. These abstract works invite the viewer to reflect on the thoughts and feelings generated by the interaction between line and color. English will be printing in the studio on First Friday, March 1, from 5-7 pm.

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 59800 S Hwy. 97 541-382-4754 • highdesertmuseum.org Rick Bartow: Things You Know but Cannot Explain, thru April 7.

Rick Bartow (1946-2016) is one of Oregon’s most celebrated Indigenous artists. His work gained national recognition during his lifetime: For instance, his monumental cedar carvings We Were Always Here went on permanent display in 2012 outside the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian overlooking the National Mall. The Museum exhibition celebrates and memorializes Rick’s extraordinary life. The exhibit’s time at the High Desert Museum marks its last Oregon appearance, and it will include a rarely seen painting by Rick from the Museum’s permanent collection.

Rick was many things: a Native American, a decorated Vietnam veteran, a contemporary artist and an intellectual. He was born and raised in Newport, Oregon. He was a member of the Mad River Band of the Wiyot Indians and had close ties to the nearby Siletz Reservation. After studying art for a time at what is now Western Oregon University, he was drafted into the Army and served in

Vietnam. The trauma he experienced there left him with post-traumatic stress disorder and caused him to struggle with alcoholism for most of the 1970s.

He found his way out of those dark years by reconnecting with Indigenous tradition, immersing himself in the beauty of nature and embracing the therapeutic and redemptive power of art. Rick once described this process by saying, “I drew myself straight.” His work is raw and powerful, and it exhibits a hard-won sense of optimism.

Rick’s sculptures, paintings, drawings and prints are an eloquent exploration of his identity, and they remind us that identity is layered and complex. The art is an insightful expression of life as a struggle.

Paint drips and gestural marks coexist with carefully rendered forms to create compositions that are as dynamic and beautiful as they are meaningful. Rick made art that is vibrant, physical and engaging. He effortlessly combined images of shamans, totems, talismans, masks and creation stories with ideas from Western philosophy. This diversity of subjects reveals Rick to be a person who deeply valued tradition but was also a voracious reader, a deep thinker and an amateur naturalist. He had an all-consuming passion for the physical world in all its messy and contradictory glory. Rick’s work reminds us that art is a powerful form of expression that transcends words and defies stereotypes.

SageBrushers Art Society 117 SW Roosevelt Ave. 541-617-0900 sagebrushersartofbend.com SageBrushers Art Society presents paintings by its Mixer Wednesday group, featuring paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor and collage.

Awbrey Butte, acrylic on canvas by Susie Richman This group of artists paints in a range of individual styles including impressionism, expressionism, symbolism and abstraction. The show will also feature drawings on paper. The SageBrushers Gallery is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 1-4pm.\ Showing Thru April 24.

The Wooden Jewel 844 NW Bond St., Ste. 100 541-593-4151 • thewoodenjewel.com Bend’s newest Designer Jewelry Gallery would like to invite you down for a fun night of art and jewelry with Oregon outback painter, 23-year-old Summer Spitzbergen.

Painting by Summer Spitzbergen

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MICHELLE KIM New York Philharmonic Assistant Concertmaster

March 30, 2019 @ 7:30pm Tower Theatre Tickets available through HDCM 541-306-3988 www.HighDesertChamberMusic.com 961 NW Brooks St. Downtown Bend

Sold Out Valentine’s Concert Provides A Prelude to Spring Break Piano Showcase April 12-13

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f you have out-of-town guests arriving for Spring Break, make sure you leave a spot for the Sunriver Music Festival’s Third Annual Piano Showcase: From Bach to Boogie to Jazz, April 12-13. This dynamic two-day piano celebration, featuring a trio of exceptional pianists, is a visitor-pleasing follow up to the Festival’s sold out Valentine’s Dinner Concert in February. Purchase tickets by March 12 and you can save with an early bird special.

Taking place at downtown Bend’s historic Tower Theatre, the popular Piano Showcase combines public performances with a full day of music education. This year, audiences will discover a new artist visiting the area COCO Winter Concerts for the first time—jazz pianist Dan Tepfer from New York City. Returning March 3rd @ 2pm artists include popular boogie-woogie pianist Arthur Migliazza and Van Trinity Lutheran Church Cliburn medalist Sean Chen. Both Migliazza and Chen are fan favorites, 2550 NE Butler Mkt. Rd Bend having appeared numerous times with the Sunriver Music Festival.

March 4th @ 7pm Jazz pianist Dan Tepfer has made a name for himself as a pianist-composer Crook Co. High School of wide-ranging ambition, “a remarkable musician” in the words of the 1100 SE Lynn Prineville Washington Post. Born in Paris to American parents, Tepfer has performed Concerts are always free... and fun with some of the jazz greats including saxophone luminary Lee Konitz. As Check us out! an artist, Tepfer has crafted everything from probing solo improvisation communityorchestraco.org and intimate duets to richly layered trio albums of original compositions.

As a composer, he is a recipient of the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his works. Bringing together his undergraduate studies in astrophysics with his passion for music, he is currently working on integrating computer-driven algorithms into his improvisational approach. Awards include first prize and audience prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition, first prize at the East Coast Jazz Festival Competition, and the Cole Porter Fellowship from the American Pianists Association.

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.

American pianist Sean Chen was the winner of the 2013 American Pianists Awards and a medalist at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. 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 two-day, all-inclusive pass for all concerts and workshops is $80 (Sign up by March 12 and the cost is $70). Students age 21 and under get the allinclusive pass for $40. Individual concert tickets are also available for the Friday and Saturday night concerts at $35 each. The evening concerts are two completely different programs – you’ll want to attend both for the best Piano Showcase experience!

For complete ticket information: sunrivermusic.org, information@ sunrivermusic.org or call the Sunriver Music Festival ticket off ice at 541-593-9310

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Lisa Barger, Principal Bass in Central Oregon Symphony Orchestra

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o many musicians follow the lead of their musical families — inspired and encouraged by their piano-teacher mothers, their saxophone dad, their brass playing older sibling.

Not for Lisa Barger, principal cellist for the Central Oregon Symphony. Music arrived in fourth grade, when her school offered an after-school music program — the intent of which was to develop future musicians for the high school orchestra. And it came with a free cello.

Laurie Vanderhyde, a violinist for the Boise Philharmonic, collected unused instruments and brought them to lunch recesses at Lisa’s middle school, where the music program had been cut.

Lisa remembers the day Vanderhyde took out her violin and start playing for the students. That was it. “I want to do this!”

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and Lisa grabbed the chance to tackle the orchestra’s big string. With the bass came an interest in jazz and it’s free, no fuss, creative flow. Lisa was a natural and it was jazz that got her a two-year scholarship to Clackamas Community College.

Fast forward to Bend, two children, a step-daughter, a bachelor of science in business administration and accounting (there was no music education degree offered in Bend) and the Central Oregon Symphony. Lisa admits her symphony participation was sporadic at first, fitting in between babies and college. And now that the children are older, she relishes being able to bring music to the forefront.

As for being principal chair, she admits that was on her bucket list. She loves the responsibility that position holds — be it dictating bowing and articulation, inspiring newer players and just adding that deep vibrating sound to the “beautiful symphony puzzle.” As for the larger orchestra, Lisa said, “No one has to be here. We are an exciting melting pot of musical souls…. inspired by a forgiving, challenging, inspirational conductor.”

Inspiration got her started and inspiration will keep Lisa Barger playing… forever. captivating grooves and brassy swagger you’d expect from MarchFourth, plus a healthy dose of New Orleans magic, with guest appearance by Trombone Shorty, Stanton Moore (drums) and Matt Perrine (sousaphone).

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archFourth (M4), a genre-breaking, joyinducing force of entertainment, is on tour and will be making a stop in Bend. This explosion of brassy funk, rock and jazz emanates from 15 or so performers: musicians, acrobats, stilters and more, touring the country year-round, stealing the festival wherever they appear, taking audiences on a joy-inducing, bootyshaking, soul-stirring journey that defies categorization.

Word on the street: You have to see it to believe it!

“Perfectly merging the artistic spirit of Portland with the musical spectacle of New Orleans, MarchFourth put on one of the most complete shows of any band on any stage. From rocking big MarchFourth I Photo by Andrew Wyatt band jam tunes, choreography and feats of strength that need to be seen to be believed, MarchFourth entertains on every level every second they are on the stage…or off !” ~ Live for Live Music With exceptional musical quality and a visual kaleidoscope of performers, “From the first note to the last, the sound was pumping and the fun never M4 is a spectacle of high-energy compositions, colorful costumes, and irresistible charisma. M4 has been seen on stages from ESPN’s Espy Awards stopped… It’s worth noting that there are serious musicians behind all the fun. to festivals like Wakarusa, Bumbershoot and High Sierra Music Fest, to It’s obvious these guys (and gals) have had lots of training and formal practice. world-class venues like The Kennedy Center and The Fillmore, and even a Talented band geeks turned rebels.” ~ USAToday cultural exchange tour to China, sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

“Just when you think you’ve heard it all, suddenly a band crosses paths with MarchFourth’s track Gospel (from their self-released album Rise Up, 2009) your ears and changes everything… Full of auditory goodness...” ~ NYS Music was featured as the closing credits theme song in the Disney/Pixar animated “Mighty, Explosive, Carnivalesque Brass Band Funk” ~ New York film, Monster’s University. Their next album Magnificent Beast was selfMusic Daily released in 2011, produced by fellow Portlander Steve Berlin (Los Lobos).

For their most recent album, Magic Number, 15 M4 musicians traveled from Portland to New Orleans, Louisiana to record with Producer Ben Ellman (Galactic) and Engineer/Producer Mikael “Count” Eldridge (DJ Shadow, Tycho, Trombone Shorty). With local talent at the helm, the album is full of the

MarchFourth at The Domino Room Saturday, March 2 • 8:30pm bendticket.com

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Michelle Kim

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ew York Philharmonic Assistant Concertmaster, Michelle Kim, was already earning attention as a musician by the time she moved to the U.S. from Seoul at the age of 16. As a student at the prestigious Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences in Santa Monica, California, she met High Desert Chamber Music Executive Director Isabelle Senger in the orchestra program, then directed by renowned conductor and violinist/violist Heiichiro Ohyama. They reconnected years later as performers in the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, also under Ohyama’s direction.

Kim graduated from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music as a Starling Foundation scholarship recipient. She won several national competitions, and has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras. She has been a member of the faculty at the USC Thornton School of Music and the Colburn School, and currently teaches at the Mannes College of Music in New York.

Kim, whose parents fled North Korea as children during the Korean War, had a unique opportunity to see her parents’ birthplace when she performed in Pyongyang in 2008 while on tour with the New York Philharmonic. Years earlier, her parents had turned down an invitation for the young Kim to perform for President Kim Il Sung’s birthday out of fear she would be abducted and forced to stay. This time, they were comfortable with her traveling there because she would be traveling not only with the orchestra, but also with an American press corps.

In 2010, Kim founded the Doublestop Foundation, a nonprofit that provides stringed instruments for musicians through The Competition and the Main Violin Project. The Competition loans professional-quality instruments, which can be prohibitively expensive, to rising musicians to help them elevate their artistry. The Main Violin Project makes instrument donations to public schools, including the Harlem School of the Arts whose instrument collection was destroyed in a water main break.

See Michelle Kim perform in High Desert Chamber Music’s season finale at the Tower Theatre on Saturday, March 30, at 7:30pm.

Tickets are available through High Desert Chamber Music by phone or online.

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OperaBend Presents

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oss Halper of San Francisco, California is directing OperaBend’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and has also created the English translation for the spoken recitative for this performance. Besides serving as director in residence at North Bay Opera in Fairfield, he has directed for Eugene Opera, Opera Idaho, Pacific Rep. Opera (San Luis Obispo), and many others. He has been called “Opera’s mad genius” by conductor Kent Nagano, “Opera’s man for all seasons” by the late heldentenor Jess Thomas and “Our modern Schikaneder” by the late, great lyric tenor Leopold Simoneau. With a repertoire of 300 roles, he has sung under solo contracts with LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, San Jose Symphony, Long Beach Opera, San Jose Opera, Carmel Bach Festival and many others. Ross’ comic acting creations in television commercials have been seen internationally. He toured the world in Phantom of the Opera. A triple-threat artist, Ross’ many opera translations have been sung around the nation.

Sixteen Central Oregon singers make up the chorus, joining an orchestra under the direction of Michael Gesme.

Don Giovanni will be performed in Italian with English supertitles.

“Don Giovanni (Don Juan) is a dark comedy in which the world’s greatest lover gets “me too’d” while causing mayhem, class warfare and hilarious confusion in one magical and dangerous Spanish night.

It all ends with a supernatural cataclysm which leaves the survivors dazed, hopeful and changed.” ~ Ross Halper, Stage Director

Returning to sing with OperaBend are Kari Burgess, Zachary Lenox, Jocelyn Claire Thomas and Dan Glover. Newcomers to the OperaBend stage are Elizabeth Galafa, mezzo-soprano, and Korland Simmons, tenor, both of Seattle, and baritones Stacey Murdock and Adrian Rosales, both of Portland.

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Zachary Lenox has performed leading roles across North America. Recent performances include Bass Soloist in Schubert’s Mass in G, as well as Bass Soloist in the Sunriver Music Festival’s presentation of Mozart’s Requiem. He also performed the role of “Victor” in the world premier opera, Tango of the White Gardenia, with Cascadia Chamber Opera which was recently presented by OperaBend last fall.

Kari Burgess is a lyric soprano from Portland, OR and she recently performed for OperaBend the role of Mimì in OperaBend’s performance of La Boheme. This past summer, she was also featured as an Apprentice Artist with the Astoria Music Festival and performed the role of Countess Almaviva in Mozart›s Le nozze di Figaro. She performed the role of Micaëla in Carmen with the Central Oregon Symphony and OperaBend. With Ping & Woof Opera, she performed the role of Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. With OperaBend she has been fortunate to have performed the roles of Pamina from The Magic Flute and Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus.

Jocelyn Claire Thomas, a versatile soprano, is a frequent performer in opera, concert, and recital. Ms. Thomas has appeared with Tacoma Opera, Eugene Opera, OperaBend, Brava Opera Theatre, The Astoria Music Festival, Bravo Northwest, The Bremerton Symphony, Cascadia Chamber Opera, Opera Theater Oregon, Portland Concert Opera, The Beaverton Symphony, Necessity Arts Collective, Ping & Woof Opera, Cult of Orpheus and Portland Summerfest.

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Pinckney Center for the Arts, COCC Friday, April 5, 7pm Saturday, April 6, 3pm operabend.org

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Checking in with Todd Looby, Bend Film Festival Director Interview by JULIE E. FURNAS AE Feature Writer 1. How did you make the move to Bend from your native Chicago?

My wife and I were very motivated to move west when the position for BendFilm Director and Programmer came up. I thought it would be a great fit with my business management, nonprofit management and filmmaking experience. Luckily the hiring committee agreed and we were given the incredible opportunity to move our growing family out here and work for an incredible organization.

2. What was the transition like from filmmaker to festival director? I felt it was a relatively seamless transition (not easy, necessarily) but it felt right.

I had been on the festival circuit for years learning about all the right [and wrong] things to do in the service of both filmmakers and audiences. I was ready for a change and I really enjoy the “production” aspect of running events and the problem solving as well as keeping in tune and pushing the artistic and creative content. I still make a few short films each year, most of them about my kids and my annual Bend Bicycle Film Fest submission of my five year old son and his love for biking. I get to still stretch that filmmaking muscle but feel more at home in this role as being a person who works all year to celebrate great emerging artists and hopefully building careers of the most talented among them who may otherwise have hard time of getting noticed.

3. What attracted you to Bend? I had always wanted to move west since I was a kid, watching Marty Stouffer’s Wild America every day after school.

Due to life circumstances and the pursuit of filmmaking, I stayed in Chicago.

When this opportunity to came up, I knew it was probably my last chance to move to the mountains and to be so close to all the outdoors activities I love: mountain biking, climbing, hiking, skiing and just getting lost in the woods.

4. What sets BendFilm from other festivals? Festivals succeed on programming, place and audience. Bend has an embarrassment of riches in all three. Erik Jambor who will return for his fourth year programming BendFilm has a 20 year career building the best indie fests in the country. He understands what our audiences enjoy while knowing where to take chances to introduce our audience to things they’d not otherwise see. Bend is beautiful with a charming downtown, close proximity to everything city dwelling audience members who travel and filmmakers hope for all year long. The screening venues are unique and [the festival] has an incredibly relaxed vibe where audiences and filmmakers alike really appreciate the ease at which they’re able to interact. Every year we get many comments from filmmakers about how engaged, welcoming and intelligent our audiences are. These filmmakers go to fests all over the world and often cite our audiences as among the best.

5. What film festivals around the country/world do you like to attend?

I like going to True/False in Columbia, Missouri. I try to go to Sundance and Slamdance every year. I haven’t been to Seattle International since I screened there and want to return this spring. I love going to Ashland every year and I’d like to check out the Sun Valley Film Festival as they are doing some interesting things.

6. What changes have you seen here in Bend and in the festival itself?

Bend has grown for sure. The festival has also grown, now on nine screens throughout Central Oregon. We added a Madras venue my first year and have been back almost every year since. We added BendFilm Underground to screen some of the more experimental films that we had a hard time fitting in otherwise. Because of help from Bend Cultural Tourism Fund, Roundhouse Foundation and [other private] donors, we’ve been able to fly in more filmmakers and because of our great hospitality hosts we can put them up in great places. The budget has almost doubled since I started and donors and ticket-buyers have endorsed that growth by making sure we can add all these great programs and benefits to filmmakers while meeting our budget.

7. What will be new this year for the festival? We’ll reinstate some of the great additions of last year, including the IndieWomen of the Year Award in memory of Pamela Hulse Andrews which will go to a very accomplished

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FILM & THEATRE Female Filmmaker Dana Fykerud Explores the Difficult Topics of Conversion Therapy & Female Incarceration in Her First Film Short, Red Wine Drive

Writer/Director/Producer Sets Out to Raise $5K through Seed & Spark

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ana Fykerud is a first-time writer, director, producer and actor in her first film short entitled Red Wine Drive. The former choreographer (and business owner) realized that she could apply her love of storytelling through a medium other than dance, and boldly set out to produce a film she wrote several years ago. While the film delves into compelling topics and has attracted a talented cast and crew, it’s significant that Fykerud put her artistic ambitions on hold while she raised her son to adulthood and has now moved her ideas into production.

For a woman in midlife to undertake a film project, with no previous experience aside from acting classes, places Fykerud in good company with many women whose career didn’t take off until later in life, such as Senator Nancy Pelosi, Julia Child Red Wine Drive I Photo courtesy of and actress Jane Lynch. Now that Wild Sunflower Films, LLC she has filmed a portion of the film, Fykerud is launching a crowdfunding campaign through Spark & Seed, a filmmaking support organization, to raise $5,000 for Red Wine Drive’s enhancement and post-production.

Red Wine Drive is a period piece set in 1979 — in which a young nurse working in a mental institution forms a risky friendship with a patient that shares a similar condition to her long lost brother. The crew began production in December 2018, shooting their proof-of-concept trailer, and will wrap up

shooting this March. Filming takes place in the beautiful town of Bend.

Two social issues have served as the inspiration for Fykerud’s film. The first is gender disparity in prison population trends, which is finding more women serving time than ever before. Secondly, thousands of LGBTQ youth, ages 13 to 17, will undergo gay conversion therapy from a licensed health care professional or religious adviser before they turn 18. Fykerud is outraged that such practices are still legal in many states, and with Red Wine Drive, she intends to bring awareness to, and engage action upon, these issues.

Fykerud commented, “Like many women, I had to wait until a moment in life when I could pursue such a time-intensive creative medium as film. I didn’t want to let my inexperience stand in the way of a story that deserves to be told, one that explores critical issues of our day. It’s my hope that my pursuit of this project might inspire other artists to take such a risk, regardless of age.

The funding campaign I’m embarking upon, though modest, will make this a better film, and I sincerely appreciate the support I receive.”

The cast of Red Wine Drive features Tanya Janeway Thompson as Dawn Withers, actor Shelly Lipkin, Nike model Jenny Jan Meeker, and also draws upon the talents of other Portland- and Bend-based actors, including Fykerud herself. Taylor Morden serves as director of photography, and the film features an original score by Greg Dombroski.

Fykerud’s company, Wild Sunflower Films, LLC, is dedicated to sharing women’s stories through the media of film. wildsunflowerfilms.com • dana@wildsunflowerfilms.com

female filmmaker, who is pushing the envelope as we all know Pamela did. We’ll have a Native program again, show more work by local filmmakers, reinstate BendFilm Underground at the Volcanic and have crazy circus performers keeping the town engaged as they wait for the next film.

8. What do you want local readers to know about the festival? That the festival is for everyone. We have a film in the program (of the 110 we show) that anyone, regardless of interests or circumstances will enjoy. I invite everyone to get connected to a group who may give away tickets or just login and buy one ticket to the festival. They’ll figure out how easy and fun it is to attend and will be back next year buying two to three tickets and so on. It is an undeniably powerful experience to watch an incredible film you’d not otherwise see with a packed audience and hearing from the talented filmmaker after.

10. What do you like most about living and working in Central Oregon?

I like walking to work. I like having an incredibly engaging and challenging job that always changes and grows, keeping it incredibly interesting. If I had this job in Chicago, Seattle or Portland, I doubt I’d have as much time to get out there and enjoy the outdoors and spend time with my family as much as I do. Central Oregon allows a great work-life balance where you can have meaningful work and more free time because commutes are so much less. bendfilm.org Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | March 2019

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Not Your Average Fairy Tale

himsy Entertainment’s Theatre for Young Audiences is doing it again. Reviving one of your favorite princess classics in a new and fresh fun way in Greg Bank’s adaption of Snow White. Featuring all the recognizable characters a beautiful princess, her evil queen, a huntsman, one magic mirror and the legendary seven dwarfs — all brought to life by two actors!

Yes you read that right, just two actors.

The dwarfs are late coming back from work, so SnowWhite — who is keen to tell her story — persuades Four, the only dwarf in the house, to start without them. “It’s exciting as an audience member to see an actor morph through a multitude of characters.

It also helps a young audience to remember that we are just telling a story, these are just actors, which is important because these classic fairytales can often

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STARS Kids Drama Camp 2019

re you looking for a positive, engaging and constructive way for your children to spend time close to home? And, a way to introduce them to, or further their interest in, drama and the performing arts? Look no further than our own community for an exciting opportunity that begins in April.

Thanks to the Sunriver Stars Community Theater (SSCT) and a grant from the Sunriver-La Pine Rotary Club, the long held mission and vision of the SSCT to enrich the lives of youth within its community is being fulfilled for a second year. Last year, in the spring of 2018, the SSCT Board of Directors, along with a generous grant from the Rotary Club, sponsored a brand new theater arts educational program for elementary and middle school aged children. The inaugural SSCT STARS Kids Drama Camp, or STARS Kids Camp, last year was such a success, that the SSCT Board has approved a second run of the program for the Spring of 2019. The six week program of theater arts training for youth will kick off with a three day Boot Camp being held April 10, 11 and 12.

A part of the Sunriver community for eight years, the SSCT is a nonprofit community-based performing arts organization whose mission is to provide “quality, familyfriendly entertainment and educational opportunities

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have frightening elements. When an actor drops out of being the evil Stepmother and returns to being the kindly dwarf, we can breathe again,” states Bank’s on actors playing multiple roles.

Snow White and Four, with the help of a musician that becomes an important voice of the story, take you on a creative adventure bringing to life a fairytale world before your very eyes with inspiring creativity and dynamic theatricality. It’s a great lesson for kids of all ages, perhaps more valuable today than its themes about vanity: we can work together to accomplish something despite the obstacles.

All tickets are on sale now at BendTickets.com. For group ticket information email info@whimsyent.com.

Saturday, March 30, 11am & 3pm • Sunday, March 31 11am Cascades Theatrical Company - 148 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend

for Sunriver and the surrounding communities.” SSCT Artistic Director Victoria Kristy has always worked to uphold this vision by bringing theater arts enrichment opportunities to the youth in Sunriver and surrounding communities. This is one way that SSCT feels they can give back to their community, by investing in their youth.

“My entire working career has included an introduction of the arts for children,” Kristy explained.

“Theater is magic, and I want all children to have the opportunity to experience that. I want to keep spreading the magic here in our community.”

Michele Hans, Sunriver resident and director of the STARS Kids Drama Camp, has worked with SSCT for the past few years after moving to Sunriver from Southern California. Hans dedicated years to teaching performing arts while living in the San Diego area where she had developed a full-scale theater arts educational program for youth. Hans’ youth theater program included the production of original plays and musicals, with an emphasis on including all children, even those too shy to speak on stage. “I believe theater can facilitate a lot of personal growth and help children overcome barriers and develop their potential. I love to see children grow through the performing arts.”

The SSCT STARS Kids Drama Camp will run April 10 through May 18. The STARS Kids Camp will begin this year with a three-day Theater Arts Intensive called Boot Camp which will meet from 10am to 2pm, April 10-12 during staff development days for local schools. Classes will continue the following weeks on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5:30pm at The Door, A Church in Sunriver (56885 Enterprise Drive in the Sunriver Business Park).

Classes will provide twice weekly training which includes introduction of a new character development focus and a new drama technique. Practice and application of the new drama technique and a positive character development trait will be the focus of both classes each week. “This camp will be a great introduction

to theater arts, but can also be tailored for beginner through intermediate level students,” stated Hans.

At the conclusion of the six week STARS Kids Drama Camp, the students will present a Student Showcase for their families, friends and the community. The Showcase will be presented at the same location of the classes,The Door, A Church in Sunriver.

“Our STARS Kids Drama Camp is a true enrichment program,” explained Kristy, whose most recent SSCT production of Oliver in the Fall of 2018 was a children’s musical which included many Sunriver and La Pine youth in starring roles. SSCT produces four plays a year, one of which includes children of all ages. “The Kids Drama Camp will focus on music and dance at a slower pace than being cast in a show. The program will walk hand-in-hand, be an extension of, what the children might take on in one of our big productions.

For Parents who are interested in learning more about SSCT’s STARS Kids Drama Camp, a Parent Information Meeting will be held on Friday, March 22 from 6:30-8pm (location to be announced). Parents will learn more about the six week theater arts program and the Student Audition requirements. Interested parents will be provided with such guidelines as Parental Support for Student Auditions and an explanation of the Student Audition Process. Parents will also be provided with suggested audition pieces, including lyrics and practice music on YouTube links for students to practice with.

RSVP MicheleHans29@gmail.com The STARS Kids Drama Camp program has room for 20 students, from third through eighth grade. Students who wish to participate in the program must audition for the program. They will participate in a Group Audition and will also be provided the opportunity to audution on a solo basis if they wish to have a featured singing role in the showcase. Student Auditions will be held on Saturday, April 6 (time and location to be announced).

RSVP MicheleHans29@gmail.com sunriverstars.org

Sunriver STARS Community Theater Presents

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he Sunriver STARS Community Theater announces the opening of our 22nd production, Suite Surrender, by Michael McKeever.

This play is a farce, set in the WWII era. It takes place in the Palm Beach Royale Hotel and Spa, where two Hollywood divas are scheduled to perform for a fundraising event for the war effort. These two divas have a long history of conflict and are notorious for their many outrageous quarrels and on-stage brawls. “This is a hilarious and very well written play,” said Director Ron Pugh. “And this extremely talented cast brings this story to life in a way that helps you believe you are there with them.”

In addition to the two divas and their rivalry, the play also offers a little romance, a lap dog getting tossed from a balcony, and many frustrating moments for the hotel staff and the divas’ personal assistants, trying to maintain sanity in a very insane situation. “Come see how this all gets resolved, and be prepared for an ending you probably won’t see coming,” said Pugh.

(L-R) Joyce Tittle as Athena Sinclair (diva) in her SSCT debut, Amy Griffin as Dora Del Rio (reporter) and Lindsey Neilson.

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Performances will be held at THE DOOR. The pastors and congregation of The DOOR continue to graciously open their church to us for these performances. “We are humbly grateful to everyone at The DOOR,” Pugh added.

Shows are March 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16. The March 8, 9, 14 and 15 shows start at 7pm. The March 16 show is a matinee and starts at 2pm. All shows will include concessions and a no host bar.

Tickets available sunriverstars.org

(L-R) Lindsey Neilson as Claudia McFadden (diva) in her debut for SSCT and Susan Quesada as Mrs. Osgood (wife of hotel owner)

The High Desert Theater Presents Medium Rare home, but they are a bit concerned when the previous owners exit quickly and leave no forwarding address. What or WHO have they left behind? Are there giant rats in the basement or did they leave granny? Who are these ladies in the living room at 6:30am???

All Harry wants to do is shake off some pressure. Chaos reigns as Bunny and Harry try to get rid of granny, her gentleman caller and everything that comes with her.

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he High Desert Community Theater Guild will be performing Medium Rare, a Three-Act farce, by Steve Hogue. Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.

Harry and Bunny Polk are excited to move into their newly purchased

Performances are March 21, 22, 23 at 7pm and March 24 at 2pm at the Madras Performing Arts Center Located at 412 SE Buff Street, Madras.

Tickets are available at the Culver City Hall and the Madras Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. mpac.509j.net Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | March 2019

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The Busy Birds Adventures: Hello, Bend!

Local Bend Author Creates Bend-inspired Baby Primer Board Book

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t’s never too early to discover the beauty of Bend. The Busy Birds Adventures: Hello, Bend! is a board book full of rhyming words and colorful illustrations. It is designed for babies to be able to hold and enjoy whether they’re in bed or on a hike. It’s a bright and engaging book to help families introduce 0-3 year-olds to the adventures to come in Central Oregon.

Kristen Riggle is an artist, author, and lifestyle blogger. Imagination and creativity are two pieces of her childhood that she never wanted to let go of as she grew up. Kristen received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University and a masters degree in Sculpture at California State University, Northridge. Her work ranges widely in all sorts of mediums, yet the core concepts commonly encourage creativity, exploration, and most importantly doing what you love.

She created her first picture book in 2018 called The Busy Birds Adventures: Little Bird Explores Bend! to help encourage appreciation for the outdoors from an early age and exploring the beauty around us. This year, she finished her second book, this time a board book called The Busy Birds Adventures: Hello, Bend! and is designed for babies to be able to hold and enjoy whether they are snuggled up in bed or out exploring the outdoors!

The characters she uses in her illustrations are inspired by her collection of quirky bird paintings that she calls The Busy Birds. Each one highlights an individual’s happy place whether it’s an activity, place, profession, or passion.

If she’s not in her home studio writing, painting, or imagining, she’s probably off with her husband exploring the deserts and mountains that surround their happy home in Bend.

Author Q&A with Kristen Riggle Tell us about your newest board book?

The Busy Birds Adventures: Hello, Bend! is a bright, cheerful, and engaging board book to help introduce the beauty of the nature that surrounds us in Central Oregon. It’s full of rhyming words, colorful pages, and is designed for babies to be able to hold and enjoy whether they are snuggled up in bed or out exploring the outdoors!

How did this book come about?

The journey all started when I combined my love of writing fun little poems with my quirky bird illustrations called The Busy Birds. Then, a series of Bendinspired Busy Bird paintings turned into my first picture book called Little Bird Explores Bend! for kids ages 3-8. After talking to many parents in town who had kids too young for a standard picture book, I thought “How fun

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would it be to give Little Bird Explores Bend a baby sister?!” Then The Busy Birds Adventures: Hello, Bend! was born. I made it specifically for families who love the outdoors and believe it’s never too early to teach their 0-3 year olds about all the adventures that are yet to come.

What’s your favorite thing about Bend?

I love so much about this town! I love that there are endless places to hike and explore, I love the seasons and the many days of sunshine, I love the community and the supportive environment for local businesses, I love the beer culture and the many different IPA’s to taste, I love the rockhounding options in the area (I’m dying to look for sunstones still!) and last but not least, I love the morels we can hunt for in the spring.

Who inspires you?

People who follow their instincts and create things that have never been created before.

Charles and Ray Eames, Julia Child, Jess Lively, J.R.R. Tolkein, J.K. Rowling, Oliver Jeffers, Dr. Suess, Jeffrey Vallance, Felix Gonzalez Torres, Allan Kaprow, Pat Flynn and all my amazing creative and inspiring friends.

What were some of your favorite kid’s books Kristen Riggle growing up?

My absolute favorites were The Berenstain Bears. I had every single one and read them over and over again! Later, Harry Potter became my number one.

How long did it take to write your book?

It took me about six months from start to finish. I started with the text and finished the title/poem at the beginning of August 2018 and finished the last painting of the book in the beginning of January 2019 Are you planning to make more books? If so, what about?

I definitely see myself making more books in the future. At the moment though, I’m really itching to start painting something completely different.

I may try and start a new series of paintings and see where that might lead!

Are you on social media? Where can people follow you?

You can follow my book and Busy Bird illustrations journey @thebusybirds on instagram and facebook. Also, my husband and I have a blog called Room To Ramble and our instagram handle for that is @roomtoramble.

Kristen is launching The Busy Birds Adventures: Hello, Bend! through a Kickstarter platform and is accepting preorders through March 15. thebusybirds.com • roomtoramble.com

LITERARY Bend-Based Mother-Daughter Writing Team Release Teen Mystery Novel The Sixth Storm

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he Story Set in the Fictional Town of Starfish Cove on the Oregon Coast Uncovers Family Secrets, Brave Girls & Spectacularly Bad Weather

Dancing Moon Press announced The Sixth Storm, written by award-winning author Kim Cooper Findling and her teenage daughter, Libby Findling, releases March 1. This mystery, inspired by the unpredictable Coastal Oregon weather, is their first collaboration. The story is riddled with Oregon-centric themes and familiar landscapes where the main character Skye takes readers on a thrilling journey…

Every January, Skye Clancy’s mother slips into despair on the anniversary of a devastating storm that claimed her sister. But no one is allowed to talk about it, or any of the other strange deaths that have haunted the family.

This January, days before Skye’s 14th birthday, a new set of vicious storms are unleashed upon her small Oregon Coast town. Clues begin to appear, and Skye realizes that the weather is tormenting her family above all others, and has been for decades. As a family legacy of death and destruction by terrible weather is revealed, and in the face of nature’s fury, Skye embarks on a journey into the wild woods of Oregon — and into the past — to solve the mystery and reverse the curse.

“One night as I was putting Libby to bed she said something incredible about the tumultuous weather that set the whole book in motion,” says Kim. “Libby was my catalyst, muse and editor, and writing a book with her was a total blast.”

“Skye’s search for answers to the peculiar weather lashing her coastal town leads her down a dark path, where she’s forced to confront her family’s tragic past. The story’s grip tightens as every discovery leads Skye closer to the edge, leaving the reader to wonder if finding the truth will be the last thing she ever does. A captivating read laden with perils of both the natural and supernatural, balanced with good old-fashioned adventure and heart.” ~ S.A. Bodeen Author of The Raft

“I loved creating this mystery with my mom,” says Libby. “Our main character can be introverted, but she is also strong and independent. There is a looming fear of death hanging over the family, and Skye takes up the challenge to figure out what is going on.”

“The paranormal curse in the Findlings’ The Sixth Storm resonates precisely because the other elements of the story feel so real. Starfish Cove may be fictional, but I’ve driven through a dozen towns like it on the Oregon Coast, and Skye may be fictional, but we’ve all known a tenacious young person who refused to give up in the face of difficulties adults couldn’t fully understand.

This novel will make you feel like you’re trapped in a house on the Oregon Coast during an epic storm, and the story is so intriguing, you’ll be glad you’re there!” ~ Benjamin Gorman Author of Don’t Read This Book and the bestseller Corporate High School

Kim and Libby spent two years writing the book and pitching it to agents and publishers. In that process, the opportunity to purchase a small book publishing company came up and Kim could not refuse. So in addition to releasing this book, Kim will help hundreds of authors realize their dreams of publishing their own work through Dancing Moon Press, a 22-year-old Oregon independent book publishing company.

The Sixth Storm book launch party will be hosted March 5 at 5:30pm at Joolz restaurant in Bend. Kim and Libby will begin a speaking tour this spring with stops at the World Muse Conference, Roundabout Books, Deschutes County Public Library, Bend-La Pine School District locations and other great local bookstores in the Pacific Northwest. For a schedule of appearances visit KimCooperFindling.com.

Kim Cooper Findling is an Oregon Coast native, a fifth-generation Oregonian, the publisher of Dancing Moon Press, an editor for Oregon Media and the author of Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips for Curious Families, Chance of Sun: An Oregon Memoir and Day Trips from Portland: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler.

Libby Findling is a sixth-generation Oregonian and a student in Bend.

She is an accomplished actor, musician, comedienne, writer and storyteller.

She loves rivers, rain, wandering the forests of Oregon and jamming out to blasting music. In the future, she hopes to create songs, films and more books. dancingmoonpress.com • kimcooperfindling.com Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | March 2019

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SUNRIVER EXHIBITS

Artists’ Gallery Sunriver 57100 Beaver Dr., Bldg. 19 541-593-4382, artistsgallerysunriver.com “Art takes nature as its model” …and we have two artists featured for March who personify this idea! Jim Gordon has been creating collectable western and landscape art for over 40 years. Potter Peter Roussel creates unique vessels using natural horse hair and organic looking techniques.

Nature… the artist’s inspiration!

Join the 30 local Central Oregon artists on March 9 from 4 to 6pm at the gallery. Enjoy food and libations and see expert painter, Bill Hamilton, demonstrate his art.

Peter Roussel makes all of his pottery by hand throwing on the potter’s wheel and using alternative firing techniques. Each piece is uniquely different and one of a kind. Peter likes to think of his pots as, “Blank canvasses ready for surface treatments far from the traditional.”

Roussel’s firing techniques include raku, horsehair, saggar, slip resist, smoked, fumed and pit fired. Peter is known for his large-scale pottery pieces which make a statement in any home.

Jim Gordon is considered a realistic contemporary luminist; painting loosely in the style of an impressionist. Jim’s award winning western and landscape art is found in collections around the USA. Jim has lived in Bend for over 30 years and is inspired by Central Oregon ranches and farms, with inspirational views of the Cascade Mountain range. His paintings are the result of his fertile imagination and love for the play of light on a subject.

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Sunriver Public Library 56855 Venture Ln. • 541-312-1080 Art by Rebecca Sentgeorge & jewelry by Leslie Klipper Stewart.

Come to the Sunriver Library in March & you’ll discover a unique exhibit by two very original artists.

Sunriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray Gallery 17600 Center Dr. • 503-780-2828 billyeturner@bendnet.com Sunriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray Gallery continues The High Desert State of Mind, paintings by members of the High Desert Art League (HDAL) continuing thru March 15.

HDAL, a professional artists’ group, supports the advancement of member artists. The league presents exhibitions displaying these accomplished and awardwinning artists’ work in a wide variety of mediums.

Getting a Grip on a Gray Ghost, oil by Jean Requa Lubin The exhibit’s theme expresses the members’ affection for the High Desert and features watercolors by Helen Brown who exhibits paintings of landscapes and birds present in this habitat. Barbara Cella shows acrylic on canvas landscapes representative of Central Oregon.

In her first appearance with the HDAL, photographer Karen Maier captures macro photos of wildlife, “getting as close as possible to my subject.” Dee McBrien-Lee’s current artwork features expressionistic figurative images in acrylic as well as mixed media and collage.

Jacqueline Newbold, accomplished Central Oregon artist, displays realistic watercolor paintings depicting the beauty of the Cascade Range. Rebecca Reed Sentgeorge exhibits her intuitive imagery of varied area landscapes.

Janice Rhodes, working in encaustic, portrays Central Oregon’s past including Native American imagery. Joren Traveller adds texture to elements of her oil on board paintings depicting “awe inspiring scenic images and elusive wildlife.”

Beginning on March 19, three additional members of the HDAL, Jean Requa Lubin, Vivian Olson and Barbara Slater present a new exhibit, continuing thru June 23.

Jean Requa Lubin’s early life offered exotic experiences in lush jungles and the unspoiled Alaskan wilderness that “are at the heart of her artistic spirit.” Yet, her family’s later move to northern Virginia offered “thrilling inspiration in the world of horses” which continues to influence her current artwork as “the most noble and paintable subject.”

Vivian Olsen’s imagery, too, reflects the influence of nature. She notes that wolves “are more elegant than many dogs yet they live in fear of being hunted.” She expresses thru her art the “beauty and power I feel when I look at such a magnificent animal.”

Barbara Slater’s art often depicts the charm of domesticated animals such as cows, goats, and other creatures. Her current imagery continues to reflect such appreciation but lends an amusing approach showing the animals in their owners’ conveyances.

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rt takes nature as its model” … and we have two artists featured for March who personify this idea!

Jim Gordon has been creating collectable western and landscape art for over 40 years. Potter Peter Roussel creates unique vessels using natural horse hair and organic looking techniques. Nature… the artist’s inspiration!

Join the 30 local Central Oregon artists on March 9 from 4 to 6pm at the gallery. Enjoy food and libations and see expert painter, Bill Hamilton, demonstrate his art.

Painting by Jim Gordon

Jim Gordon is considered a realistic contemporary luminist; painting loosely in the style of an impressionist. Jim’s award winning western and landscape art is found in collections around the USA. Jim has lived in Bend for over 30 years and is inspired by Central Oregon ranches and farms, with inspirational views of the Cascade Mountain range. His paintings are the result of his fertile imagination and love for the play of light on a subject. artistsgallerysunriver.com Piece by Peter Rousell

Peter Roussel makes all of his pottery by hand throwing on the potter’s wheel and using alternative firing techniques. Each piece is uniquely different and one of a kind. Peter likes to think of his pots as, “Blank canvasses ready for surface treatments far from the traditional.”

Roussel’s firing techniques include raku, horsehair, saggar, slip resist, smoked, fumed and pit fired.

Peter is known for his large-scale pottery pieces which make a statement in any home.

Piece by Peter Rousell

Painting by Jim Gordon

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The High Desert State Of Mind Members of The High Desert Art League at Sunriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray Gallery features expressionistic figurative images in acrylic as well as mixed media and collage.

Jacqueline Newbold, accomplished Central Oregon artist, displays realistic watercolor paintings depicting the beauty of the Cascade Range. Rebecca Reed Sentgeorge exhibits her intuitive imagery of varied area landscapes.

Janice Rhodes, working in encaustic, portrays Central Oregon’s past including Native American imagery. Joren Traveller adds texture to elements of her oil on board paintings depicting “awe inspiring scenic images and elusive wildlife.”

Road to Abilene, acrylic by Barbara Slater

unriver Resort Lodge Betty Gray Gallery continues The High Desert State of Mind, paintings by members of the High Desert Art League (HDAL) continuing through March 15.

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HDAL, a professional artists’ group, supports the advancement of member artists. The league presents exhibitions displaying these accomplished and award-winning artists’ work in a wide variety of mediums.

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The exhibit’s theme expresses the members’ affection for the High Desert and features watercolors by Helen Brown who exhibits paintings of landscapes and birds present in this habitat. Barbara Cella shows acrylic on canvas landscapes representative of Central Oregon.

In her first appearance with the HDAL, photographer Karen Maier captures macro photos of wildlife, “getting as close as possible to my subject.” Dee McBrien-Lee’s current artwork

Getting a Grip on a Gray Ghost, oil by Jean Requa Lubin

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Time to Hunt, pastel by Vivian Olsen

Beginning on March 19, three additional members of the HDAL, Jean Requa Lubin, Vivian Olson and Barbara Slater present a new exhibit, continuing through June 23.

Jean Requa Lubin’s early life offered exotic experiences in lush jungles and the unspoiled Alaskan wilderness that “are at the heart of her artistic spirit.” Yet, her family’s later move to northern Virginia offered “thrilling inspiration in the world of horses” which continues to influence her current artwork as “the most noble and paintable subject.”

Vivian Olsen’s imagery, too, reflects the influence of nature. She notes that wolves “are more elegant than many dogs yet they live in fear of being

hunted.” She expresses through her art the “beauty and power I feel when I look at such a magnificent animal.”

Barbara Slater’s art often depicts the charm of domesticated animals such as cows, goats, and other creatures. Her current imagery continues to reflect such appreciation but lends an amusing approach showing the animals in their owners’ conveyances.

Sunriver Resort invites the public to the exhibition, open all hours. Billye Turner, art consultant, organizes the lodge art series with info at 503-780-2828 or billyeturner@bendnet.com Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | March 2019

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SISTERS EXHIBITS Featured Artists for March Pottery by Peter Roussel

Peter Roussel & Scott Cordner

Photography by Scott Cordner

UPCOMING EVENTS

SISTERS FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS WITH THOMPSON GUITARS

FOR ALL TICKETS GO TO SISTERSFOLKFESTIVAL.ORG/TICKETS

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Canyon Creek Pottery 310 North Cedar St. • 541-390-2449 • canyoncreekpotteryllc.com Fine handmade pottery by Kenneth G. Merrill made in Sisters.

Clearwater Art Gallery 303 West Hood • 541-549-4994 • theclearwatergallery.com 4th Friday Art Stroll, Navajo rugs, 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.

Cowgirls & Indians Resale 160 SW Oak St. • 541-549-6950 Gently used Western wear, art & furniture. Art by M. Barbera Bronze, Ed Morgan, William F. Reese, Heinie Hartwig originals, Native American baskets & jewelry, buying Native American jewelry & artworks.

Hood Avenue Art www.hoodavenueart.com • info@hoodavenueart.com • 541-719-1800 Fourth Friday Art Stroll Sisters at Hood Avenue Art features a group exhibit by the Plein Air Painters of Oregon. Curated by Hood Avenue Art artist member & new PAPO President, Mike Wise. Enjoy our artists’ reception with free refreshments & live music. Exhibit dates thru March 18.

Fall On The Deschutes Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery

by Mike Wise 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.

Lodge Gallery at Black Butte Ranch 541-595-1252 • blackbutteranch.com Three members of the High Desert Art League, Jacqueline Newbold, Helen Brown & Dee McBrien-Lee, showing original paintings. Known for her warm & lively watercolors, Jacqueline paints colorful landscapes with an impressionistic touch. Her childhood memories inspired her new series, Somewhere Along the Way. More of Jacqueline’s paintings can Poppy Dance, watercolor

by Jacqueline Newbold be seen at the Red Chair Gallery in Bend.

Helen Brown, also a watercolor painter, enjoys experimenting with different papers & discovered that she loves the texture & look of watercolor on Japanese Ginwashi rice paper. Helen is a former French language instructor turned artist. She teaches watercolor painting and, in addition to the High Desert Art League, is a member of the Tumalo Art Co. in Bend & the Watercolor Society of Oregon.

Acrylic artist Dee McBrien-Lee has always loved getting fully immersed in her medium Mountain Goats, & paints with intention as well as just applying watercolor by color to canvas & letting the mood & the piece Helen Brown take her where it may. She loves to experiment with textures & while acrylic is her preferred medium, she works with just about everything in an exploratory & experimental way. Sandcastles 2, acrylic She is represented by the Earthworks Gallery in Yachats, Oregon by Dee McBrien-Lee & the T Clifton Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee. Thru March.

Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop 252 W Hood Ave. • 541-549-9552 • sistersgallery.com Gallery open 11am-5pm daily, Sundays by appointment.

Featuring creative work by Oregon photographers & artists Curtiss Abbott, Gary Albertson, J. Chester Armstrong, Paul Alan Bennett, Wendy Birnbaum, Candace

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Americana Song Academy for Youth & Celebration of Song

n Sunday, March 3, there will be a free public concert at The Belfry at 7pm, entitled Celebration of Song. The concert is the culmination of the weekend-long Americana Song Academy for Youth, a program developed and produced by Sisters Folk Festival. Celebration of Song features aspiring young artists presenting original music in a concert setting with their peers and professional mentors in the music industry. There will be high school student performers from many Central Oregon communities, including Bend, Redmond, Madras and Sisters.

Doors open at 6:30pm.

March 1-3, Sisters Folk Festival is hosting its 12th annual Americana Song Academy for Youth (ASAY). ASAY is an inspiring weekend of music, songwriting and community-building through music. The Academy is produced by Sisters Folk Festival, and sponsored by Cris Converse.

In 2008, Sisters Folk Festival brought high school students together for the first time for a song-writing and music camp that emulated the adult-focused Americana Song Academy held prior to the Sisters Folk Festival each September. The opportunity to build community among youth from different schools was championed by Brad Tisdel, Sisters Folk Festival’s creative director. “Young people gathering to celebrate one another’s musical talent is special and unique, and the students’ confidence and courage to be authentic and share their self-expression and musical gifts with the world grows exponentially throughout the weekend,” says Tisdel.

The teaching artist/instructors include: Sisters Folk Festival veterans Jeffrey Martin, Anna Tivel, and Haley Heynderickx; regional artists Mosley Wotta (MOWO), Brent Alan, Shireen Amini, Patrick Pearsall and Sisters natives and Americana Project alumni Slater Smith and Benji Nagel. Additional folks from communities that have had Americana Project programming will also attend to share their experience, including Ian Carrick from Bend, and Elias Appenzeller from Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The camp and music teachers Rick Johnson (Sisters), Lilli Worona (Madras), and Vince Gianinni (Redmond) foster a communitybuilding tone which permeates the weekend. The instructors and mentors support the learning and performances by young artists.

Slater Smith, of the band The Weather Machine, will be the director for the camp this year. Having attended Sisters High School, the Americana Project and many of the past ASAY camps, Smith says, “I’m absolutely honored and beyond excited to

be helping run the 2019 Song Academy for Youth. The Americana Project changed my life when I was growing up, and it’s so encouraging to see Sisters Folk Festival sustaining its commitment to fostering creativity, community and confidence for its young people year after year through music.”

“We felt the need to pass on the director role to Slater Smith to keep a younger vibe, one that represents a youthful approach to music, as the industry is constantly changing and evolving,” says Tisdel. “We intend to provide some classes on songwriting and lyrics, but also a cappella singing and electronic music, and are encouraging all music students, band, choir, jazz band and Americana Project to come together to create music of their own.”

The Academy brings young people together in a non-competitive format to cultivate musicianship, songwriting and creativity. “High school students are constantly competing with other schools and their peers; this is an opportunity to consciously break down those barriers, and create an environment of pure support… wherever their skills and experience lie, they have something to contribute that is authentic, and their talent is showcased and valued,” says Tisdel. Classes include poetry and lyric-writing, performing, singing, guitar-playing and a private concert performance on Saturday evening.

The Song Academy for Youth is held primarily at The Belfry in Sisters, as well as additional locations throughout downtown. For registration information contact Kelley Moen, education program manager, at 541-549-4979 ext. 6 or kelley@ sistersfolkfestival.org. sistersfolk.org/asay

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 Exhibiting a collection of pieces from the Art Quilt group opening March 22 from 4-7pm during the Sisters 4th Friday Art Stroll. Current exhibit, Antique & Vintage Quilts from Jean WellsKeenan’s Collection, runs thru March 20.

Studio Redfield 183 East Hood Ave. • 541-588-6332 Featuring hand-painted tiles ceramics, art cards, jewelry, abstract White and Beyond

by Helen Brisson 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.

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he Ridgeview High School Performing Arts Department opened an eight-show run of Sahara Nights in February.

The play is a fun spin on the Arabian Night tales of Scheherezade, Director Jerry Capson explained.

Lead roles are played by Senior Ashlynn Papworth as Sahara Scheherazade and senior Cameron Peck plays the Sultan. Additional characters include Aladdin, Ali Baba, Tom Jones, Elvis and many more.

The show consists of 59 students making up the cast and crew, including eleven middle school students combined from Elton Gregory and Obsidian middle schools. The production was written by Wade Bradford and directed by Jerry Capson. It is produced by special arrangement with Eldridge Publishing Co.

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Play synopsis from Director Jerry Capson: “The bored Sultan thinks Sahara Scheherazade is auditioning for the new position of Royal Entertainer, but what she’s really trying to do is get her friend Aladdin out of the dungeon. A quick thinker, she creates captivating stories to gain time. Ali Baba and the Forty Sahara Nights Cast I Photo courtesy of Ridgeview High School Thieves becomes Ali Baba and the Forty-Niners, with a disgruntled football team as some of the characters; The Adventures of Sinbad becomes a Star Trek-inspired spoof with Captain Kork and Mr. Spork; and lastly, the Emperor’s New Clothes deals with the King himself, Elvis, and his advisors, the Beatles. Soon, everyone in the kingdom is enthralled with her tales, but will they be enough to save Aladdin and the other prisoners?

The loads of pop culture and lighthearted comedy ensure that in Sahara Nights the cast will have almost as much fun as the audience.”

Evening performances will run March 1 at 7pm and a matinee March 2 at 2pm in the Performing Arts Theater at Ridgeview High School, 4555 SW Elkhorn, Redmond.

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Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors (60 years of age and older), $5 for students (grades 6-12) and $3 for children (grades 5 and younger). Tickets are available at ridgeviewhs.seatyourself.biz and at the door.

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he March, April and May Backpack Explorers programs are now open for registration. In Backpack Explorers, children ages three to five and their caregivers investigate science, art, music, stories and culture in a fun, hands-on manner. Don backpacks filled with exciting artifacts while journeying through the Museum’s nature trails and exhibits. Foster artistic expression in your little one and take home activities to continue the learning.

Themes change weekly — Critters Drawn with Charcoal, Slithering Snakes, Otter-ly Amazing — are just a few of the exciting topics coming up this season.

Registration is open for Backpack Explorers through May. Add some adventure to your little’s week.

Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 11am $15 per child (Museum Members receive 20 percent discount) Backpackers I Photo courtesy of High Desert Museum Non-Members pay museum admission for accompanying adult $5 materials fee for siblings younger than three who participate in the crafts Register at highdesertmuseum.org/backpack-explorers

CENTRAL OREGON EXHIBITS Madras / Warm Springs

The Museum at Warm Springs 2189 U.S. 26 • 541-553-3331 • museumatwarmsprings.org Tribal members demonstrate & share family heirlooms.

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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.

Prineville Acupuncture & Healing Center 446 NW Third St., Ste. 231 530-219-9337 • HealingArtsNorth.com Friday, March 8 from 5:30-7:30 pm Featuring Peter Cox drawings for the Art Students League. Peter Cox was a New York painter who taught figure drawing to generations of painters at the Art Students League School. These working drawings in gouache, charcoal, pencil & watercolors show the anatomy & structure below the surface of the figure. If you paint, or are interested in the health field, these studies are enormously moving.

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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.

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.

Dry Fields Cider 611 NE Jackpine Ct. #3 • artinfo@bendbroadband.com Art At Dry Fields exhibition continuing thru March 30. Come on down to 611 NE Jackpine Ct. #3, Redmond, & enjoy sampling one of our 22 rotating ciders, beers & kombucha & view artwork by 33 of Central Oregon’s finest artists.

Owner, Stephen Fields, a native of Redmond, has been producing cider for the past two years. He believes that DRY FIELDS CIDER will be the go-to place for dedicated cider drinkers, & a companionable place for Redmond residents to meet & enjoy a refreshing drink together.

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 Continuing thru March the Redmond Library is exhibiting photography by Cory O’Neill & David Millenheft. Carly Garzon Vargas will be displaying her paper cut art in the Silent Reading Room & the display case will feature fused glass art by Laurel Werhane.

School House Produce 1430 SW Highland Ave. • 541-504-7112 schoolhouseproduce.com Schoolhouse Produce to exhibit watercolor paintings by SageBrushers Art Society member Sue McLaughlin. Come enjoy this lovely exploration of texture in landscapes, still lives, & florals, as you fill your kitchen with healthy food.

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RED CHAIR GALLERY BEND Located in the heart of downtown Bend, Red Chair Gallery has been voted best art gallery in Central Oregon in multiple contests. 3D artists (wood, metal, sculpture, glass, jewelry, pottery, basketry, fiber) to join our membership gallery. Members pay a low monthly fee and work shifts in return for a generous commission on work sold. If you are interested in joining us, stop by the gallery (at the corner of Bond St. and Oregon Ave.) and pick up a membership packet.

SUNRIVER STARS ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR SPRING PLAY The Butler Did It auditions take place Tuesday, March 26 at 6pm at Village Properties in Sunriver Business Park Rm. 208, across the street from Sunriver Brewing. There are roles for men and women both young and senior. Performances will be March 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 (matinee) at The Door.

The Butler Did It is a comic murder mystery which takes place in the 1930s.

The play is well written and the humor is subtle, but quick witted.

The Butler Did It will be directed by Sharon Sackett and has the potential to be one of our best, if YOU come and audition. We know this comes right on the heels of our winter play, but don’t miss this last opportunity in the 2018-19 season to be part of an SSCT play. Come be a STAR. For information contact Sharon at 541-593-4489.

SUNRIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL Create Sunriver Music Festival’s 2019 Season Poster. The Sunriver Music Festival invites Central Oregon artists to create the 42nd Season Poster for summer 2019 and join the esteemed ranks of its contributing artists over the past four decades. This year’s selection committee is comprised of a jury of accomplished artists from the Artists Gallery Sunriver.

The Festival’s annual poster is 18x24 with the artist name and title under

the Sunriver Music Festival logo. The artwork itself should be at least the same size or larger with similar dimensions, or larger. You can view past posters here: sunrivermusic.org and at the Festival office in the Sunriver Village, Building 13.

Contact the Festival for more complete information at sunrivermusic.org, information@sunrivermusic.org or 541-593-1084.

CALL FOR ART DONATIONS FOR MY OWN TWO HANDS My Own Two Hands, the annual fundraiser for Sisters Folk Festival, Inc., plays an integral role in the creative lives of children in Sisters.

To thank you for donating, we have a pair of complimentary tickets for you to the third Winter Concert featuring Irish supergroup Ímar. We’ll send a link to those tickets in early March to artists who have confirmed they are donating (send email to ann@sistersfolkfestival.org) or who have submitted a donation form.

The Art Donation Form is now available online. If you’re planning to donate, please don’t wait until you deliver your artwork to complete the form.

We’d appreciate it if you would submit it as soon as possible.

All information and forms can be found at sistersfolk.org under the My Own Two Hands tab.

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.

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NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR MARCH

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tart this month with an open heart and you will set the tone for your options. Conversations from the 24th through the 28th are filled with change experience. Listen to your inner dialogue on the 5th as you begin to and it may feel like magic is happening. Celebrate what is now different on the manifest big changes. The New Moon on the 6th invites you to find 30th and realize this is only the beginning of more amazing things to come. completion with the past and dream about your future. Decisions made near the 8th will invite you to demonstrate your choice within days. Use blind faith on Love and Light Always, the 10th as you take steps forward.

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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 The Spring Equinox is blended with a Full Moon on the 20th and this is a significant day. New beginnings are plentiful so let yourself feel all of your What’s Up Wednesday Talking With Spirit There is a charge of $20 to list classes and/or workshops or they are free with a paid display ad. Please keep test to 200 words or less. Email ae@cascadeae.com for more information.

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BEND FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK Downtown Bend & Old Mill District

MARCHFOURTH The Domino Room 8:30pm • midtownbend.com

CELEBRATION OF SONG The Belfry 7:00pm • belfryevents.com

SUITE SURRENDER THE DOOR 7pm • sunriverstars.org

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MEDIUM RARE Madras Performing Arts Center 7pm • mpac.509j.net

CHEERS TO ART! PRE-RAPHAELITES Bend Art Center 7pm • bendartcenter.org

CALDERA'S ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE OPEN STUDIOS Caldera Arts Center 12:30pm • calderaarts.org

MICHELLE KIM Tower Theatre 7:30pm • highdesertchambermusic.com

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ARTISTS’ GALLERY SUNRIVER VILLAGE artistsgallerysunriver.com All Classes are held at Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village, Building 19.

541-593-4382, artistsgallerysunriver.com/classes.html Sip & Paint with Bonnie Junell March 7, 5:30-7:30pm Show your creative side with a painting of poppies in the field. Mix painting, friends and drinks for a memorable evening. $45, includes all materials and complimentary wine/ beverage and chocolate. No experience required.

Play with Clay with Janet Akers March 18, 5:30-7:30pm Get your hands dirty and have fun! Choose white, red or brown clay and create your own pieces of art. Pick up your creations two weeks later, after they have been fired, or have them mailed to you. $45 (shipping if needed is extra), all materials included.

Children 12 and up if accompanied by an adult.

Decorate a Clay Figure to Express Yourself with Janet Akers March 17, 5:30-8:30pm Create a 3D vision board, celebrate an occasion or just express yourself. You’ll receive a nine inch clay figure of a woman or a man (your choice) to decorate with paint markers, or pictures and words from magazines. You can also bring your own craft supplies. $45, all materials included. Children 12 and up if accompanied by an adult.

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.

Sarah B. Hansen Landscapes Rediscovered, Textured Watercolor May 6-8, 2019 $375 by March 6, $425 after March 6 Debora Stewart 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 mixedmedia 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.

Watercolor Wednesday with Jennifer Ware-Kempke Wednesdays, March 6, 13, 20 & 27, 10am-12pm Bring your own subject photographs and supplies. $10 for nonmembers. For information contact Jennifer at jenniferware@rocketmail.com.

Watercolor Unwound with Sarah B Hansen March 11, 9am-12pm Delve into trouble areas in your watercolor painting journey in this monthly, three-hour class. March will focus on painting trees. 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 information visit sarahbhansen.com. Contact Sarah to enroll at sarah@sarahbhansen.com.

Watercolor & Wine with Sarah B Hansen March 18, 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. No drop-ins please.

Sophisticated Color Harmony Made Easy with David Kinker Thursday mornings, March 7, 14, 21 & 28, 9:30am-12pm Thursday evenings, March 7, 14, 21 & 28, 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. (Non-SageBrushers members add $5/class.)

Chinese Brush Painting Drop-In Classes with Michelle Oberg Fridays, March 1, 15, 22 & 29, 1-3pm Classes will include 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 March 6, 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.

Wise Woman Emerging — Mixed Media Collage with Mattie Swanson and Maria Wattier March 9, 1-5pm A monthly gathering of women accessing and expressing soul wisdom through mixed-media collage journaling.

Instruction and encouragement as needed! $10-20, plus $12 for journal.

For more information contact Mattie swany139@hotmail. com or Maria mariawattier@msn.com.

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