Cascade A&E | September 2021 | Volume 27 | Issue 9

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WORKSHOPS C A L L TO ART NEW PERSPECT IVES

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ART S REBECCA SENTGEORGE LISA & LORI LUBBESMEYER LINDA SWINDLE VIVIAN OLSEN

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24th Annual Sisters Folk Festival is Back

fter a year of COVID hibernation, The 24th Annual Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) is back in 2021, taking place October 1-3 in Sisters, where “All The Town’s a Stage.” This year’s festival has been scheduled for three weeks later than its traditional weekend in an effort to get beyond the ever-present late summer smoke season in Central Oregon.

The 30 incredible artists on the lineup for this year’s event represent an everwidening sample of Americana and folk music.

“As a festival, we’re dedicated to bringing a wide variety of different ‘branches’ of the Americana music tree, from folk, to gospel and soul, Celtic and Acadian, old-time, bluegrass, Southern rock, singer-songwriters, jazz and more. The festival is a wonderful cultural and musical experience that is guaranteed to

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present new artists and new music to our audience every year,” says Brad Tisdel, creative director.

This year’s schedule features performances by 30 artists over three days. The final lineup for 2021 includes: Ruthie Foster, Eileen Ivers, Darrell Scott, Mary Gauthier, CJ Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Willy Porter, Ron Artis II & the Messengers, Judith Hill, LowDown Brass Band, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Thunderstorm Artis, Haley Heynderickx, Changüí Majadero, Rainbow Girls, Garrett LeBeau, Emily Scott Robinson, Max Gomez, Yasmin Williams, Robby Hecht, Hogslop String Band, Charlie Parr, Ordinary Elephant, Beth Wood, Alisa Amidor, Wild Ponies, Dennis McGregor & The Spoilers, Big Sky City Lights, The Haymakers, Jenner Fox and Pretty Gritty. Every artist will play multiple sets over the weekend, providing an

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opportunity to catch lots of acts and see performers more than once. For those who really want to see a particular artist, organizers suggest arriving early to the venue, as venues do get to capacity at peak times.

The schedule and number of venues allow for patrons to walk throughout town and sample music in different settings, different styles and in wonderful restaurants and businesses, all with a unique vibe and energy. This year’s private venues are at the Sisters Saloon, the Open Door, Angeline’s Bakery and Sisters Depot. The three largest venues will be under tents located at Oliver Lemon’s, Village Green Park and the Sisters Art Works building. All seven venues are outdoors.

The festival doesn’t just attract local, regional and national audiences; it’s also highly sought-after by touring professionals. Festival staff and volunteers make sure that artists are treated with respect, understanding and great hospitality during their stay in Sisters. The Sisters Folk Festival has become an important stop for touring musicians who want to establish an audience base in the Pacific Northwest.

Even with a scaled-down model for 2021 of seven venues (instead of the typical 11) throughout the downtown, the endeavor requires more than 300 community volunteers, and is a major end-of-summer economic generator for the whole town, as well as SFF’s largest fundraising activity of the year.

The 2021 festival poster, Beulah the Badger, is another compelling original painting from local artist, author and songwriter Dennis McGregor

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The Sisters Folk Festival organization does more than just put on a world-class music festival. A community-supported capital campaign was completed in late 2019, allowing SFF to purchase the site of its offices and largest festival venue, the Sisters Art Works building. The organization then used downtime during COVID to complete repairs and upgrades of the building, as well as to design and build an outdoor venue that recently hosted their Sisters Summer of Festival concert series. The venue’s new stage will be highlighted at this year’s festival.

summer of 2021, and SFF plans to continue to offer extracurricular classes, workshops and activities for the community at their facility in the future, especially once COVID is under control.

Three creativity camps were held outdoors at Sisters Art Works over the

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There are still limited tickets available to the 2021 Sisters Folk Festival, including a few single day passes. Check out sistersfolkfestival.org for current ticket information and an updated COVID policy.

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FIRST FRIDAY EXHIBITS Alleda Real Estate 25 NW Minnesota Ave., Ste. 1 541-633-7590 • alledarealestate.com First Friday, September Art Event from 5:30-8:30pm featuring mosaic artist Jesica Carleton. “I love mosaic for how it brings individual and widely diverse pieces together, the final product being a whole new creation made more beautiful for all the unique pieces.” carletoncreations.com.

Bend Senior Center 1600 SE Reed Market Rd. 541-388-1133 • bendparksandrec.org/facility/bend-senior-center The Bend Senior Center at the new Larkspur Community Center is showing art by members of the SageBrushers Art Society. Come visit the new facility and enjoy beautiful paintings in acrylic, oil and watercolor, as well as outstanding photography. Showing thru September.

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

Environmental Center 16 NW Kansas Ave. 541- 385-6908 • envirocenter.org Pottery Show and Sale sponsored by the Raku Artists of Central Oregon.

Unique, handmade decorative and functional ceramic ware by local artists.

Originally beginning with an interest in the Raku Glazing history and process, it has now expanded to include other forms of high fired and alternative processing. Please join us on September 4-5 from 10am to 4pm at the Environmental Center. Admission is free.

High Desert Museum 59800 S Hwy. 97 541-382-4754 highdesertmuseum.org Now thru October 15 is Art in the West exhibit and online auction. Art in the West is an annual juried exhibition and silent auction featuring traditional and contemporary art that celebrates the landscapes, wildlife, people, cultures and history of the High Desert-a region that stretches from the eastern slope of the Cascades and Sierras to the Wyoming Basin and Colorado Plateau.

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Jury’s Choice Award: Desert Drama by Tamara Ruiz, oil on cradled wood, 25” x 25”

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The entire collection is on exhibit at the High Desert Museum and the 2021 Gallery Guide is available to view online! Fall in love with your favorite pieces and bid from your computer or mobile device. Proceeds from the Art in the West auction help support the Museum’s educational programs, bringing science, art and history education to lifelong learners through the region You can also visit the Museum to experience their ever-changing and permanent exhibits. Continuing thru October 3 is Dam It! Beavers and Us, and continuing thru October 24 is In Time’s Hum: The Art and Science of Pollination.

To see additional current and permanent exhibits, visit highdesertmuseum. org/exhibitions.

Jeffrey Murray Photography Gallery 118 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-325-6225 • jeffreymurrayphotography.com The Jeffrey Murray Photography Gallery features the work of local photographer Jeffrey Murray. Visitors can browse comfortably in the twostory gallery enjoying visually adventurous displays of landscape, wildlife and contemporary work. Open daily Tuesday-Sunday.

Kreitzer Gallery 20214 Archie Briggs Rd., Bend

805-234-2048 • KreitzerArt.com Opening this First Friday, September 3, and showing Monday thru Friday, 11am5pm thru September, The Wooden Jewel and the Kreitzer Gallery will feature the master works of Contemporary Realist David Kreitzer: Art that Heals.

In the tradition of Turner and Cezanne, painter David Kreitzer’s love of nature, fantasy and the human form, propels him to create exquisitely detailed, mood-invoking landscapes, figures and striking still life floral studies in a variety of mediums. A full time artist for 55 years, David’s career began with sold out shows at Maxwell Gallery in San Francisco. David grew up as the son of a Lutheran minister who, due to his vocation, moved his family frequently throughout the Nebraska countryside. Kreitzers’ works are in the collections of Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Hirschhorn Foundation, Revlon Coporation, Olga Corporation, Barnes-Hind Corporation, Sinclair Paints, Spiral Rheinmaiden, 29x40 oil by David Kreitzer Lloyd’s Bank, Cargill Corporation and the San Diego, Santa Barbara, Nebraska and Minnesota Museums. Private collectors include Ray Bradbury, Mary Tyler Moore, Michael Douglas, Pepe Romero, Quinn Martin, Raymond Burr and Robert and Linda Takken.

“David Kreitzer...is a highly traditional figure painter who demonstrates how much poetic intensity the old tradition can still contain.” ~Thomas Albright, San Francisco Chronicle.

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

Layor Art + Supply 1000 NW Wall St., Ste. 110 541-322-0421 • layorart.com Layor Art is excited to be hosting the Plein Air Painters of Oregon (PAPO) for the month of September. Plein Air Painters of Oregon was established as a nonprofit organization in July of 2003. The purpose of PAPO is to share a love of outdoor painting in Oregon with like-minded people. This is accomplished by providing an organized environment for dedicated painters — both professional and emerging — to participate in regularly scheduled group paintouts around the state. Plein air painting comes from the word “openair” in French, meaning the entire painting is conceived and executed on location. For centuries artists have been painting en plein air primarily using this method as a source for larger studio landscapes.

Come out and join us at Layor Art to view and celebrate the works Waterways by Patricia Kirk of the many PAPO members that live and paint here in our Central Oregon community. Learn more about PAPO at: pleinairpaintersoforegon.org.

The Show goes thru the month of September and can be viewed during Layor’s regular business hours: Monday through Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm and Sunday 12-4pm Lubbesmeyer Studio & Gallery Old Mill District, second story loft 541-330-0840 • lubbesmeyer.com The Lubbesmeyer twins offer a range of work created Collaborating Twin Artists in fiber and paint. Through the twins’ collaborative process, Creating Truly One of a Kind they distill Fine literal Art imagery into vivid blocks of color and texture, creating an abstracted view lubbesmeyer.com of their surroundings.

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Summer Cityscape, Acrylic and graphite pencil, 25.5" x 25.5" framed by the Lubbesmeyer Twins

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Announcing Our September Showcase Artists: Rebecca Baldwin ~ Oil/Acrylic Linda Swindle ~ Watercolor Blue Spruce Pottery Larissa Spafford ~ Jewelry Larissa Spafford

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FIRST FRIDAY EXHIBITS Mockingbird Gallery 869 NW Wall St. 541-388-2107 • mockingbird-gallery.com On Friday, September 3, from 5-8pm, Nature’s Splendor will open at Mockingbird Gallery, a two-person show for Dan Chen and Troy Collins. The gallery will be filled with new artwork from Troy and Dan and Rich Hurdle will provide music. This exhibit will run thru September.

Moving to the Pacific Northwest engendered in Dan Chen a love of wildlife, and he depicts the crea-tures in his beautiful bronzes. He uses the “lost wax” method in casting in combination with a meth-od that uses a fine ceramic shell to ensure the finest detail. After casting he will re-sculpt any imper-fections to the original texture, applying his own patinas.

A native of Montana, Troy Collins enjoyed living and playing in highmountain valleys and wild rivers. His love of the rugged outdoors is where he finds inspiration and renewed motivation transferring the boundless beauty of nature’s glorious color and light onto canvas.

Red Chair Gallery 103 NW Oregon Ave. 541-306-3176 redchairgallerybend.com Red Chair Gallery showcases four artists in September.

Watercolorist Linda Swindle depicts local vistas and soulful animals and Rebecca Baldwin works her colorful landscapes in oil and acrylic. Blue Spruce Stoneware by Blue Spruce Pottery Pottery fills the pedestals with its stoneware featuring our iconic mountains and Larissa Spafford displays hand blown glass beads fashioned into stylish jewelry.

Open 10am-6pm on Monday-Saturday and 12-4pm on Sunday.

Oxford Hotel 10 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-382-8436 For the month of September, the Oxford Hotel will have an exhibit of paintings by local wildlife artist Vivian Olsen. Her show features wildlife paintings of animals of Oregon with scenes of Quail, Bald Eagles, Rocky Mountain Elk and Quail Council by Vivian Olsen others, all displayed in the Oxford Hotel lobby thru September. View more of Vivian’s art at vivianolsen.com.

Sage Custom Framing & Gallery 834 NW Brooks St. 541-382-5884 sageframing-gallery.com For the month of September, Sage Custom Framing and Gallery is excited to present the work of Sondra Holtzman. She describes herself as an artist, record keeper of an evolving life and adventurer living in Bend. She gleans the lion’s share of her inspiration from the natural world, integrating imagery, texture, color and line through drawing, painting, textiles and mixed media. Typewriters play an integral part in select pieces of artwork, inviting the viewer along on a journey of curiosity and exploration.

Together with business partner and Baboon by Sondra Holtzman close friend Katie Wendel, Sondra conducts wine and watercolor excursions all over the world. For her, the true joy of being an artist lies not only in the joy of creating, but in sharing her passion with others, helping them to discover their own artistic voice.

Show runs September 1-25, Hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm, Saturday 12-4pm and by appointment. Open until 7pm on First Friday.

Peterson Contemporary Art 206 NW Oregon Ave., Ste. 1 541-633-7148 • pcagallery.com Celebrate September First Friday with PCA in the Franklin Cross Building, and view all of the beautiful art we have on display. The Gallery is a modern dream, encouraging the creative development of artists through all different kinds of mediums and influences. We currently have over 30 artists located locally, as well as all over the country and Japan and Italy — come celebrate them with us!

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SageBrushers Art Society 117 SW Roosevelt Ave. 541-617-0900 • sagebrushersartofbend.com SageBrushers Art Society presents a group exhibit of work by new members in the society gallery.

The SageBrushers Gallery is open Friday and Saturday, 1-4pm. Stop in and get to know the work of these new members of our community. Showing thru October.

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

Tumalo Art Company Old Mill District • 541-385-9144 • tumaloartco.com September Exhibit at Tumalo Art Co. featuring Anne Gibson, Up the Falling Waters.

Follow Anne Gibson as she brings you on her journey of impressions of tumbling waters. Up the Falling Waters opens Friday, September 3, from 3-7pm. Start your First Friday Art Walk in the Old Mill District, with wines from VaPiano and Evoke, and galleries and stores participating. Find a quiet trail that follows a creek up a steep or gentle grade, through a rocky canyon or a lush forest, and you’ll likely encounter this artist one of these days. A graphic designer with a background in printmaking and drawing, Anne conveys the power and tranquility of both secret and iconic flows through color, mark making, fluid layers and composition.

Anne will donate ten percent of all sales from Up the Falling Water to local environmental groups working to preserve and protect this place for future generations. Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of the Old Mill District open seven days a week.

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The Wine Shop 55 NW Minnesota Ave. • 541-389-2884 • thewineshopbend.com The Wine Shop is showing recent work by Sagebrushers Art Society members Kathleen Kaye Riopelle and Barb Hutchings. Kathleen is hanging new abstracted landscapes in watercolor, which focus on shape, color and texture. Barb is showing a new series of paintings based on detailed studies of reflections and waves on water surfaces, also in watercolor. Showing thru September.

The Wooden Jewel Golden Threads, watercolor painting by Barb Hutchings 844 NW Bond St., Ste. 100 • 541-593-4151 • thewoodenjewel.com Master oil and watercolorist David Kreitzer’s Art that Heals continues to exhibit thru September. In the tradition of Turner and Cezanne, David exhibits exquisite and stunning landscapes, figure, fantasy, California Oak Hills and Nishigoi koi oils through summer 2021 at the Wooden Jewel Gallery downtown Bend. David, a professional artist for 55 years, is the featured artist for the 2021 Sunriver Music Festival. A Contemporary Realist painter, David’s love of nature propels him to create exquisitely detailed, mood-invoking and stunning oil and watercolor landscapes, figure, fantasy, Nishigoi koi, wine country, still life, Mid-West heritage and floral studies. A full-time painter for over 55 years, David grew up as the son of a Lutheran minister who, due to his duties, moved his family frequently throughout the Nebraska countryside. Kreitzer has exhibited his work in numerous one-man shows in museums, universities and galleries Sunspot Koi, oil, 30x40 by David Kreitzer across the country, and his paintings have served as posters for the Mozart Festival in San Luis Obispo, California, Atlantic Magazine and the Seattle Opera. He was a featured artist for the American Artist Magazine, and his collectors include Michael 117 Roosevelt Ave., Bend, OR 541-617-0900 Douglas, Mary Tyler Moore, the Howard Ahmansons, the Robert Takkens, the Cargill Corporation and the Hind and Hirshhorn Foundations. The San Francisco Community Partnership Chronicle’s Thomas Albright, in his review of David Kreitzer’s first solo exhibit Bend Senior Center at at Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco, wrote: “Kreitzer demonstrates how much Larkspur Community Center poetic intensity the old tradition can still contain.” He has recently moved to Bend Monthly Member Art Shows from the California coast, where he resides with his wife celebrated opera singer Jacalyn Kreitzer. They have two children, Anatol and Fredrica. Exhibiting daily thru September. Additional works are on display at the Kreitzer Art Gallery at 20214 Archie Briggs Road, Bend and kreitzerart.com.

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“Grove” to be New Epicenter for Bend’s NorthWest Crossing First Phase Features Gourmet Food Vendors in Vibrant Community Market Plaza

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public marketplace featuring gourmet food, beverage and retail opportunities amid a bustling communal indoor/ outdoor gathering space, with design elements evocative of the High Desert’s agrarian history, is taking shape as part of a new nucleus for Bend’s award-winning NorthWest Crossing community.

The 14,000-square-foot artisanal hub — akin to Portland’s popular Pine Street Market — is set for completion in Spring next year and will accommodate nine food vendors and a small grocery store, as the first phase of a three-pronged dynamic mixed-use development led by Portland real estate developer project^ on a prominent 1.79acre site fronting the roundabout at Mt. Washington & NW Crossing Drive.

Future phases will include a two-story commercial building comprising second floor executive office space and a ground floor restaurant/retail plaza, with a 33-unit residential complex to follow.

Developed by project^ in collaboration with West Bend Property Company and designed by Portland-based architects Hacker, the initial market building reflects the strong sustainability and natural design ethos of the firms, and is described as “attuned to the natural terrain of Central Oregon through its interplay of extensive indoor and outdoor spaces and the integration of floor to ceiling windows to create a light-filled, seamless ambience.” Construction is being undertaken

by Redmond-based SunWest Builders.

As well as communal indoor seating, the marketplace will integrate ample outdoor features to include a bar area with covered patio and outdoor fireplace. Built-in counters and a dining area will be located in the outdoor plaza along with a separate fire pit.

To-go and online orders can be accommodated via walk-up windows at select food kiosks and dedicated parking spots for curbside meal pick up — embraced as welcome options for businesses adapting to post-pandemic distancing requirements.

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t is my honor to welcome you once again to the Cascade Business News Annual Celebration of Women in Business. With the wild and crazy year we have had so far, it is refreshing to have something to celebrate. And what could be more pleasurable than honoring the outstanding women, nationally and locally, who are making huge waves in businesses across the board?

Here are a few fun facts for you. Forty percent of all U.S. businesses are owned by women. That is 12.3 million womenowned businesses, which generate $1.8 trillion a year. Sixty-four percent of new women-owned businesses were started by women of color last year. Additionally, private tech companies led by women achieve a 35 percent higher ROI. As an increasing number of wellknown organizations like IBM, General Motors, Deloitte, In-N-Out Burger, AMD and Mondelēz International have appointed female CEO’s the trend towards women in leadership positions is on the rise. An all-time high of 37 of the companies on this year’s Fortune 500 are led by female CEOs. This represents a steady increase in the number of

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women-run Fortune 500 companies from two in 2000, to 15 in 2010 and 24 in 2015.

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arthCruiser, a Bend-based globally recognized company behind the most accomplished 4x4 recreation vehicles available in the world, is expanding operations with a new business division catering to the commercial and Do It Yourself (DIY) markets. CORE, which stands for “Commander Off Road Equipment,” is the newly formed division of EarthCruiser, created to meet the growing demand for high-performing 4X4 chassis for commercial use.

“We are looking to fill gaps and solve problems that our current recreational vehicles cannot, using the technology that we have,” said Chad Knight, GM of EarthCruiser and CORE Vehicles.

“CORE will handle multiple things.

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CORE Chassis are designed to withstand an unparalleled The first product available from CORE is a production range of environments and situations. With this platform, V8 cab-over chassis, upfitted with CORE’s proprietary, we can provide wildland firefighters with a revolutionary industry-tested four-wheel drive system, for sale this quick-response vehicle, deliver medical care to Africa and summer. “There is great need for production of a four-wheel the Asian Steppes or ensure equipment reaches remote

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s the definition of crazy doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? Not for artist Rebecca Sentgeorge. She has found that there are certain things that resonate with her and repeatedly draw her in. One thing that keeps appearing in her work is a particular rooster cookie jar originally belonging to her grandmother. When Sentgeorge was a child, that cookie jar was always filled with cookies. Maybe she sees it as a symbol of love, or a sweet reminiscence of childhood — or perhaps that cookie jar just calls to her due to her love of cookies. Whatever it is, over the years Sentgeorge has returned to that cookie jar multiple times. It has appeared in a few monoprints, a watercolor or two and in a mixed media piece. It just keeps cropping up every few years. Sentgeorge says, “My grandmother’s cookie jar resonates with me.

Others might see a still life with a vintage cookie jar, but to me it has life and connection.”

Several topics have drawn her in and been repeated over and over again, sometimes spanning years between creations. Once, she did ten different artworks based on marbles belonging Made with Love by Rebecca Sentgeorge Mary’s Cookie Jar by Rebecca Sentgeorge to her favorite aunt. Sentgeorge said that she was fascinated by the way the shadows from the marbles glowed with colors, reminding her of the light coming through a cathedral stained glass window. People might have joked that she’d lost her marbles, but she knew better. Some things are worth repeating.

The examples could go on and on. Most recently, she has been drawn to the quail that populate her backyard. A pair of quail has appeared in her art several times, as tromp l’oeil mural above her door, on a painting with fallen leaves, in a monoprint and in a mixed media piece titled, Birds of a Feather, recently on display at RiverSea Gallery in Astoria.

So, is Rebecca Sentgeorge crazy to keep doing the same thing over and over again? You be the judge.

She says “Not.” Each piece ends with a different result and that is not the definition of crazy; that’s the definition of creativity.

Rebecca Sentgeorge is a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon and the High Desert Art League. rsentgeorge.carbonmade.com highdesertartleague.com/rebecca-sentgeorge

Chicken and Egg by Rebecca Sentgeorge

My Place in the World by Rebecca Sentgeorge

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ART OR CRAFT? THE MAKERS CHIME IN! Featured Makers:

Lisa &Lori Lubbesmeyer

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

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Lori Lubbesmeyer at work

Aspen Grove Fiber with overstitching, 34.5 x 42.5”

he fiber arts, also known as textile arts, enjoy a long, rich history that continues to both assert and redefine itself in contemporary times.

Originally utilitarian in scope, fiber arts first included various goods such as clothing and blankets made from naturally occurring materials like fur, animal skins and plant leaves that were stitched or woven together. Occasionally and increasingly over time, the wealthy and aristocratic class displayed fiber arts creations for decorative purposes, thus redefining the understood function of the practice. Pre-industrial revolution, these fibrous goods were solely crafted by hand, making them rather expensive. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, machines like the cotton gin, spinning jenny and power loom increased productivity and, due to the reduction of time-intensive, manual labor, made products more affordable and accessible to all. With this decrease in material cost, creatives took greater liberties in terms of experimentation and expanded the domain of fiber arts even further, using and combining various techniques from weaving and embroidery to knitting and crocheting to create stunning works infused with both art and craft. (mymodernmet.com/contemporary-textile-art-history).

Here in Bend, two creatives who happen to be identical twin sisters, Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer, are pushing the perceived limitations of the fiber arts even further through a very special approach: collaboration. Born in Tacoma, Washington, Lisa and Lori studied printmaking and painting, respectively, at the University of Oregon. With each sister contributing important elements of their former disciplines, the two now collectively create what they refer to as fiber paintings, which they describe as drawing upon “the color and textural qualities of painting, as well as the definition and precision of printmaking” (lubbesmeyer. com). Together, their fiber paintings explore a shared sense of place realized through a time-intensive process of exchange where layer upon layer is added without conversation or reference to sketches. The resultant imagery resonates with spontaneity yet seems so cohesive that one might expect it to derive from a

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Lisa Lubbesmeyer at work | Photos courtesy of Lubbesmeyer Studio and Gallery

single maker. Such is the gift born of lifelong collaboration.

For this article, I asked Lori and Lisa to respond to the below prompts separately and to not share their responses with one another. Based on this approach, the reader is offered a meaningful glimpse into the minds of two makers who create as one.

Describe your art / craft.

Lisa: My twin Lori and I refer to our works of art as Fiber Paintings. They are a collaboration between us, the trained painter and printmaker. Twenty-two years ago, in an attempt to regain the close relationship we once had but lost (due to competition), we decided to collaborate artistically. Our intuition was to work in a media neither of us had experience with, so one would not have a more dominant voice or style in the work. Since we both studied in a fine arts program, there were very few remaining media that at least one of us didn’t have some experience with.

It turns out, textiles were one of just a few of them. We apply fabric and stitching like a painter would add paint to a canvas. Our collaboration consists of taking turns layering fabric and stitching over each other’s work, creating the subject and composition as we build.

Lori: I use fabric to create ‘paintings.’ Each color or value change is a different fabric. I approach my fiber art as I do a traditional painting, and my twin sister Lisa approaches our work from the standpoint of a printmaker. We apply fabric layers over each other’s work, multiple times (upwards of 20 layers), without planning out the imagery, nor discussing the composition beforehand. We respond to the other’s previous layer, displaying each of our unique interests in abstraction (Lori) and realism (Lisa).

Do you consider your work art or craft?

Lisa: I feel like our work has one foot firmly in each category. However, my answer is based on a supposition that there’s a distinction between the two. I believe art and craft are the same since they both are an expression of the imagination. I’m not concerned about what tools or media are used to convey

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one’s expression. Everywhere we look, whether in art, craft, or in nearly all ways humans choose to spend their time, there are elements of expression, creativity, craftsmanship, imagination and dedication. In this sense, at least for me, the parameters and words we use to define art and craft are unnecessary.

Lori: I’ve been addressing this question for the last 22 years that I’ve been creating my fiber ‘paintings’. Initially, as we started our fiber art careers, we were automatically categorized as crafters. Traditionally, fiber would be categorized as a craft medium. This was a challenge for me as I considered myself an artist first whose work is developed from the standpoint of a painter. Prior to working in fiber, I learned from certain messaging that an artist working in a “craft” medium (pottery, metal, glass, fiber) was a negative, and I internalized this notion.

I carried that belief into my own development as a fiber artist and have had a lot of time to think about the difference between craft and art. The way some critics define art from craft is that craft can be replicated, but if it comes from an emotional place, then it’s art. I dispute both notions, as I don’t think there’s a simple distinction between the two.

Acceptance of fiber art is late in coming to the art arena because of its “less than” measure of value. I am very proud of my work both for its craftsmanship as well as for its artistry. The Day Ahead, Fiber with overstitching, 26.5 x 32.5” The Day Ahead in process It’s well executed and emotive of how I see my internal or external environment.

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

Lisa: My approach to our art is very similar to that of a painter’s.

Stylistically I’m a realist, so I’m very intentional about how I represent these elements in our work. I can become obsessed with depicting the composition in an ‘accurate’ way — trying to match form, color, value and perspective in a way that closely represents the depth of the world as I see it. Creating art with fabric and thread, a very opaque medium that doesn’t blend, requires a lot of thought and time in working out how to make the subject appear as if it were made of a full spectrum of colors and hues, much like the way a painter utilizes paint.

Lori: As I studied painting at the University of Oregon, my innate aptitude/talent in art was honed and organized. I learned the fundamentals of creating art. And it is said that once one has learned form, composition, Moon Light, Fiber with overstitching, 26.5 x 26.5” color, value, etc. as a student, it is good to unlearn them as an artist.

Building Clouds, Fiber with overstitching, 26.5 x 32.5” Photos courtesy of Lubbesmeyer Studio and Gallery This factors into our work. Additionally, working collaboratively with Lisa creates opportunity for even more problem solving. For instance, Lisa is dyad of art and craft is fitting to me, as they genuinely do go hand in hand. I a stickler for depicting perspective and I am constantly challenging her with think fine craft has been entering the realm of fine art more and more. Perhaps abstracting her sense of perspective. We are constantly pushing and pulling each as I see more Erin Rileys, Gabriel Dawes and Bisa Butlers shown in museums, other past our comfort zones in composition, color, value and texture. This is craft will be appreciated as an important asset to the world of art. There are so the beauty of collaboration, which is part of everything we all do as humans. many of us that have dedicated our lives to creating fine art or fine craft as a Challenges are inevitable when one decides to work collaboratively, which profession, that it’s hard for me to differentiate the one term from the other. makes collaboration so dynamic and interesting to me. While I truly enjoy this Me: Thank you both for this most enlightening discussion of your dynamic, challenge MOST of the time, there are those rare, special moments where I collaborative works! want to kill her (but don’t tell Lisa that!). :) What is your opinion on the arts / crafts dyad?

To view the stunning fiber paintings of Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer, please visit Lisa: I don’t understand why there is one, why we need to differentiate. I think their studio, Lubbesmeyer Art Studio and Gallery, located at 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. if we’re compelled to create, we should do just that in whatever form, and not #423 in the Old Mill District of Bend or peruse their website. worry or spend energy trying to define or put parameters on the work.

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Linda Swindle

Red Chair Gallery Presents Artist

by JULIA KENNEDY COCHRAN — Red Chair Gallery

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nimals — domestic or wild — have always inspired watercolorist Linda Swindle. In her hands, a photo of a plain brown donkey with sleepy eyes is transformed into a tawny beauty staring you down for a handful of grain. A California quail you spy for an instant as it skitters away becomes a motionless bundle of feathers, one leg raised, appraising danger with a keen eye. A dusky moose photographed amid heavy brush is transformed into a purple-antlered beast wary of your approach. Swindle’s paintings of animals and other subjects are showcased in September at Red Chair Gallery.

Swindle definitely finds delight in painting her creatures and hopes to pass it on to viewers. “I just want my art to bring joy to people,” she says. “If it’s fun for me when I’m creating it, I hope it’s that way for other people.”

Livestock have been part of Swindle’s life since childhood. She grew up on a farm outside of Albany, Oregon, and raised her family on a 40-acre ranch in Powell Butte, where she and her husband still live. They used to run about 100 head of cattle on their property and raise hay, but have cut back in retirement. Still, her lifelong experience with animals has given her a wonderful sense of the way they move and their expressions.

Now she takes a lot of photos of animals to work from (some favorites are donkeys and llamas) and peruses free photographs on websites to get ideas for her paintings.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Swindle found more time to experiment with her painting technique. Watercolor is a difficult medium to control, she explains. “If you paint with a lot of water, you have less control because it spreads.” But now she tries to just “let it happen” because she wants to create more transparency. “There is a balancing act between control and spontaneity with watercolor that I find intriguing,” she notes. “The fluidity of watercolor appeals to me and I appreciate the challenge it presents.”

A downside of the pandemic has been a hiatus in her teaching schedule.

Swindle has been an art teacher of both children and adults for more than two decades but that came to a grinding halt due to COVID-19 restrictions. She has not taught in over a year. This fall, however, she will teach a class on painting on silk at the Red Trillium Gallery in Troutdale, Oregon. She hopes to resume teaching watercolor painting at her home within a few months.

Besides being a longtime artist at Red Chair Gallery, Swindle also exhibits her work at The Gallery of Ten Oaks in McMinnville, Oregon.

Watercolor by Linda Swindle

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The Oxford Hotel Presents

Vivian Olsen Artist

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ach month the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend features an artist of the High Desert Art League. For the month of September, the Oxford Hotel has an exhibit of paintings by local wildlife artist Vivian C. Olsen. Her show includes paintings of animals that inhabit this region of Oregon with scenes of Quail, a Great Horned Owl, Bald Eagles, Rocky Mountain Elk and others, all displayed through the month in the hotel lobby.

The Wanderers by Vivian C. Olsen

Midnight Owl by Vivian C. Olsen

Wolfgang, watermedia by Vivian C. Olsen

‘When I was young, I became instilled with a yearning to always have the kind freedom I grew up with as part of my life in rural California,” Vivian says. “As an adult I was fortunate to live in areas of natural beauty in Idaho and New Mexico, where there was an abundance of wildlife living around me. I started painting animals, and I eventually chose them as my primary subjects to paint. It was so natural for me to blend my profession as an artist with painting the subjects that I love, and I rate myself very lucky to have this artistic talent.

Since then, and now at home in Oregon, I’ve spent decades painting birds and other animals, and have focused on capturing their postures, personalities and singular beauty.

“I’m always excited to begin a new painting, whether with watercolors, pastels or acrylics, Vivian continues. “Recently, my love of animals, and their mostly gentle natures, lead me to create a children’s book of animal stories filled with action and fun based on Aesops Fables. The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy, published by Amazon, is a collection of enjoyable stories and 15 detailed, full-page watercolors of animals behaving good, and sometimes not!”

The exhibit is on display in the Oxford Hotel’s lobby through September. View more of Vivian’s artwork at vivianolsen.com. vivianolsen.com • oxfordhotelbend.com

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Joy-Provoking future crib

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to Play at The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse

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ave you heard of Future Crib? The band, who grounds themselves in their belief that happiness is the most important factor in life, is here

to spark joy in all who attend their live shows! They just released their fourth studio album Full Time Smile, and are hitting the road this fall to awaken the hearts of music lovers everywhere! They will be stopping at The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse on September 27 and 28.

Future Crib’s Full Time Smile was created to showcase all of the group members’ musical styles. The record includes a myriad of rock influences that gives them an instant kinship with Dr. Dog, Built to Spill and Modest Mouse.

You can’t help but smile at the record upon a first listen, which we all can admit we need a bit more of after 2020! Full of energy, joy and pizzazz their show is not to be missed!

About Future Crib On the tail end of a pandemic that stunted artistic production around the globe, the sentiment chosen to open Future Crib’s Full Time Smile may seem at first listen a bit untimely. “Happiness is going out of style / pretend you are miserable for a while,” croons multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Johnny Hopson as keys and synths swish into a lush, blissful crescendo.

For the five-piece Nashville-based band, happiness isn’t so much passé as it is a process, or the end result of a transitional and sometimes tumultuous period. As drummer and vocalist Noah Pope puts it, the record’s central theme revolves around “recontextualizing” the parts of life that are less than pleasant.

“It’s about searching and having the guts and strength to move on and explore new territory,” Pope adds.

Recorded in the outskirts of Atlanta in December 2020, the band gave themselves the self-imposed limitation to record Full Time Smile in the span of a week. While challenging, the method of building a makeshift studio with analog gear was a testament to the friendship that undergirds how Future Crib operates on the regular. “We were in a state of being open and communicative about where we were in our lives and I think that comes off in the record,” says bassist and vocalist Julia Anderson. “We all weighed in because these songs were important to all of us.”

Whereas the band’s second LP, Silverdays, was, in the words of multiinstrumentalist Bryce DuBray’s words, “a reimagining” and a “polishing up” of previously-produced demos, Full Time Smile is a more carefully-crafted affair, a concerted effort to reflect the band in the most accurate way possible. It’s the first record by the band that features contributions of guitarist and vocalist George Rezek, who joined the group in a full-time capacity after filling in for Pope on a series of dates in 2019.

This “retreat” approach to making the record took the already-established bonds within the band to new levels. “When you make a record at home, it’s going to be pretty predictable,” says Hopson. Though bands are rarely a democracy, Future Crib sought to develop Full Time Smile without any particular member having absolute authority over a song’s final form. Blending electronic or synthesized instrumentation with organic sounds gives the album a balance so rarely found in even the most modern of releases.

Indeed, the band made a point to put egos aside during the production and craft something that transcended any one member’s preferences. “We decided

(L-R) Johnny Hopson, Julia Anderson, Bryce DuBray, Noah Pope, George Rezek

to stay away from doing anything that would make the record sound like any particular band or influence,” says Future Cr ib | P Hopson. “We were making all of the ho Future tos cour tesy of Cr ib choices that were best for each song.

The influences come no matter what.”

Though there was a conscious effort to avoid sounding like anything in particular, the result draws on a range of influential artists that dominated rock clubs and college radio in the 90s and early aughts. It comes as no surprise then, this alt-pop masterpiece dares to be embraced by fans of Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, Dr. Dog and other acts of their ilk.

“We all really enjoy listening to records front-to-back,” says Pope. “We put a lot of effort into arrangements and how songs flow.” Though dynamic, the album retains an obvious cohesion that is owed to the band’s reliance on selfrecording and making a point to avoid more traditional studio setups. “There’s a lot going on and a lot of room for error, but we trust each other with sounds and creative decisions because we know that ultimately we will do what’s best for the song,” adds Hopson.

The album’s lead single, Most Likely Never Going To Die, is an aptly-named earworm that is representative of the band’s penchant for writing indelible melodies with punchy guitar licks that will surely resonate with fans of the aforementioned acts. Hopson is at his best when he waxes philosophical about what constitutes the good life without coming off as pretentious.

On Horses, Leaves and less-rollicking numbers, the tempos may slow down considerably, but the emotional weight and maturity remains. While these songs may be closer in presentation to the outsider art of Bill Callahan and Daniel Johnston than radio-rock, they’re no less effective. The record’s title track also trades raucous sing-alongs for a reflection on how to find happiness in spite of ever-present struggle.

Despite its ecstatic moments and joyful performances throughout, Future Crib exercise a stunning amount of humility on Full Time Smile — perhaps most especially on the record’s closing track, Forever Ain’t A Long Time And We Still Have A Lot To Do. As Hopson sings, “We’re kidding ourselves if we ask for a three-minute rocker to last forever.” With songs as crafty as those found on Full Time Smile, though, it’s very possible that these three-minute rockers may stick around for quite a long time. facebook.com/futurecribmusic Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | September 2021

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Cascade School of Music Introduces

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New Music Therapy Program

by KENNETH MARUNOWSKI, PhD — A&E Feature Writer

eginning this fall, the Cascade School of Music (CSM) will enrich its already robust curriculum of youth classes, adult classes and private lessons by introducing a music therapy program under the guidance of Emily Ross, MA, MT-BC (Master of Arts, Music Therapy - Board Certified).

Expanding its programming to include music therapy furthers the nonprofit music school’s mission of serving the community “by providing exceptional music education and experiences for all Central Oregonians, making music Fun, Engaging, Safe & Social.” In the case of music therapy, however, learning an instrument isn’t the primary objective. As music therapist Kalani Das explains, “Music Therapy isthe delivery of music based services, music based experiences, by a board certified music therapist within a client / therapist relationship to a person who has therapeutic goals and objectives” (youtube.com/watch?v=gn6E9GAe7s). Such goals may include increasing expressive communication, increasing coping skills, decreasing stress and increasing skills in social interaction.

Approximately 80 music therapists practice in the state of Oregon, and Oregon itself is one of only nine states that require a license to practice music therapy, which increases access to safe, high-quality services. Among these therapists, Emily stands out as exceptional; an incredible addition to CSM’s talented faculty and a true gift to the Central Oregon community. The basic requirements for a

Emily Ross | Photos courtesy of Cascade School of Music

also maintaining a private practice for 13 years. These many years of experience make Emily a seasoned veteran in this up and coming profession.

Therapy tools | Photos courtesy of Cascade School of Music

practicing music therapist are a bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy along with Board Certification, and Emily exceeds these requirements by also holding a masters in Counseling Psychology / Music Therapy from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Following this advanced degree, she taught music therapy courses from 2003 to 2015, and served as clinical coordinator and assistant professor of music therapy at Marylhurst University from 2015 to 2018, while

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“I am very excited to join the Central Oregon community” says Emily, who has lived in Portlandsince 2003. “I am passionate about working with participants struggling with anxiety, depression, learning differences such as Autism, or growing pains such as how to set boundaries or improve communication.”

She continues, “I also really hope to serve folks who aren’t ready for lessons, those who love music but can’t yet ‘play in the band,’ so to speak, whether for emotional reasons or due to learning challenges.” Emily’s passion for the profession is rooted in her early experiences as a general music, choir and band teacher to K-12 students where, with 30 kids in the classroom,she felt she couldn’t meet their individual needs. Additionally, a 27-month assignment teaching

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English as a Foreign Language in Kyrgyzstan as a Peace Corps Volunteer showed herfirsthand how difficult basic and effective communication can be, especially when the language and culture are not one’s own. Having developed a deep compassion for the frustrations of limited communication skills, Emily became moved to find a way to address those emotional and cognitive needs by pursuing music therapy as a career.

When asked to describe what music therapy looks like in practice, Emily emphasizes that each session is individually designed to meet the participant’s specific needs and therapeutic objectives, which are determined through an initial assessment. Once the assessment is complete, the music therapist writes a Treatment Plan that includes an assessment summary, the non-musical

Emily Ross | Photos courtesy of Cascade School of Music

goals for the participant and the musical experiences that will be used to work toward those goals. Once the plan is formulated, regular music therapy sessions follow, whether short or long term. An example of a session with a young child hesitant to use language might include Emily presenting a choice of a drum or a stuffed animal. If the participant chooses the stuffed animal, the two may rewrite lyrics to a familiar song using the particular animal as the new subject. If the drum is chosen, the two may sing songs about drumming or Emily will support the participant’s drum lead, all the while working toward improved communication. The key to such sessions, Emily reveals, is a participant-centered approach, one where decisions are generated based on the participant’s interests and comfort level.

Cascade School of Music Executive Director, Robert Lambeth, couldn’t be more excited about the addition of Music Therapy to the school’s curriculum, particularly because it is a program available to the entire community, not

just to CSM students. Lambeth’s commitment to bring music therapy to the Central Oregon community derives from personal experience. As a hyperactive child with learning challenges and health issues, music therapy (not named as such at the time) was an early and beneficial healing modality for the youngster. Considering the challenges of this past year and a half, Robert recognizes the positive impact such a modality could have on our community, specifically with respect to increases in anxiety, depression and behavioral challenges amongst students. And with such an experienced, intuitive and empathic therapist as Emily at the helm of this program, Robert is confident that CSM students and the larger community will respond most favorably to her holistic approach.

In addition to the enthusiasm Robert and Emily share for this new program, CSM faculty are also keen to embrace it. In fact, half the faculty have already attended a music therapy workshop that Emily held. One aspect of the workshop focused on adaptive music lessons that serve to develop musical skills (rather than address therapeutic objectives) and are adjusted to accommodate the developmental level of the student. “Our faculty have huge hearts and immense passion for teaching, and everyone wants to provide each student with the best possible learning experience,” Lambeth states. “So providing what Emily can provide to the teachers is going to be huge for them, if for no other reason than to say, ‘Ah, here’s where my knowledge as a teacher stops and needs to stop, and here’s who I can send the student to, in house, right now.’ It’s a commitment I have for the continuing education of the faculty.”

Where practical matters are concerned, music therapy will function as a completely different track within CSM’s offering. The school will act as the facilitator, collecting some basic information from the client and then connecting that person to Emily for an initial, free consultation. The therapeutic sessions that follow will initially take place on Thursdays and Fridays.

Support for the program will come from a variety of sources, one of which is the Starview Foundation, who sponsored the music therapy room and the various amenities needed for a well-equipped studio. “It’s a very particular environment we’re creating,” Lambeth shares; “everything from the kind of chairs and pillows to the specific colors in the room, and down to the kind of instruments that we’ll use, all are carefully chosen to create a safe and welcoming space for the participant.”

To learn more about the Cascade School of Music’s music therapy program please visit their website at cascadeschoolofmusic.org. cascadeschoolofmusic.org Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | September 2021

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Sunriver Stars Kicks off Tenth Anniversary Season with an

Italian Dinner Theater Experience

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unriver Stars Community Theater (SSCT) is pleased to announce its fall production, Mamma Mia! The Secret of the Spoon! Don’t expect your average theater experience though, as the show will take place while a three-course meal is served to guests.

The production, written by Oregon State alum Alexi Alfieri, will kick off on September 26 outside Sunriver for the first time, on the patio of Badlands Bistro in La Pine, followed by two performances on October 3 at The DOOR in Sunriver, catered

by Marcello’s Cucina Italiana.

Mamma Mia! The Secret of the Photo | Courtesy of Sunriver Stars Community Theater Spoon! is a playful mystery set in Mamma Mia’s, a popular, familyowned Italian restaurant known for its tiramisu. Tragedy strikes when Pastalucci matriarch and restaurant founder Nonni passes at just 98, and her grieving family must carry on and continue providing her famous dessert for which they’re renowned. When Nonni’s preferred spoon goes missing, their legacy is in jeopardy as the family accuses one another of stealing, hiding or misplacing it — all while serving guests delicious food highlighted by Italian accents and banter.

Local theater veterans Janice Dost and Nancy Foote will play Mamma Pastalucci and Rosa Pesto, respectively. Both have been performing with SSCT since its first show The Bremen Town Musicians nearly ten years ago.

They have also served on the SSCT Board of Directors. A host of other local actors from all ages round out the cast.

“The play is so much fun to rehearse,” said director Victoria Kristy.

“Everyone has developed their own Italian character and it’s a hoot!”

Show director and Stars Artistic Director Kristy offers more than 40 years’ experience directing children’s theatre in Arizona, California and Washington

State. After retiring to Sunriver, she knew she needed a creative outlet and since Sunriver didn’t have a community theater, it was the perfect fit! Since then, Kristy has directed 15 of the 30 SSCT shows.

Tickets are on sale now, and include a three-course pasta dinner and the show for $35.

Vegetarian option will be offered. Beer and wine will be available for purchase.

Despite all the fun being had rehearsing this zany production, safety protocols are in place and shows will be limited to 50 guests in order to adhere by mandates related to the pandemic. In addition, the September 26 show will take place completely outdoors, and the others will be set up with generous distancing. In the event of cancellation due to COVID, a full refund will be offered. Otherwise a minimum 24-hour advance notice will be required for a full refund.

SHOW DETAILS Approximate run time: 90 minutes, directed by Victoria Kristy.

September 26, outdoors matinee only 3pm showtime, doors 2:30pm Badlands Bistro (Badlands Artisan Distillery) 51500 U.S. 97 (across from the Highlander Motel) in La Pine October 3 Matinee: 3pm, doors 2:30pm Evening Show: 6pm, doors 5:30pm The DOOR, dinner by Marcello’s 56885 Enterprise Dr., Sunriver Tickets: sunriverstars.org sunriverstars.org

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Cascades Theatrical Company

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Back for Live Theatre

ascades Theatrical Company is excited to be back offering live theatre, starting with The Importance of Being Earnest. Still have some tickets in your account?

Don’t worry, they’re waiting for you… tickets no longer expire.

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by Emily Cady will show September 3-19, 2021, with preview night on September 2.

In Oscar Wilde’s most famous and final play, wealthy and bored

“For while The Importance of Being Earnest might look like an elitist comedy of

manners, it is a play that oozes subtext and that mocked the original audience by

revealing all that they would have held dear (class, parentage, social standing, the privilege of the patriarchy) to be malleable, purloined and, in the final analysis, arbitrary.”

~ The Chicago Tribune

protagonists, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, court two women, Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew, pretending to be men named Ernest. Jack, who resides in the country, introduces a devious and unruly brother named Ernest who resides in the city so that he can be reckless in one place while also being arguably mature in another. Algernon pretends to have to check in on a pale and sickly fellow named Bunbury when he is introduced to responsibilities or events he does not desire to participate in.

Eventually, upon hearing of Cecily Cardew, Jack’s ward, from Jack, he pretends to be Ernest as well. The show is full of dramatic, romantic proposals that are only thwarted by the womens’ claim that they must marry a man named Ernest. The comedy follows a common structure, often seen in Shakespearean comedies, of misunderstandings and mistaken identities. Set in the 1980’s. cascadestheatrical.org

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BendFilm Announces Feature Films in Competition for 18th Annual BendFilm Festival

endFilm recently announced the 21 feature films in competition categories from the 18th annual BendFilm Festival running October 7-17, 2021. New this year, BendFilm Festival is now recognized by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of 64 film festivals in the world (27 festivals in the USA) that is Oscar qualifying for short films. This acknowledgement from The Academy comes after the recent recognition from Movie Maker Magazine that BendFilm is among the Top 25 Coolest Festivals in the World and Top Festivals Worth The Entry Fee. BendFilm will continue its filmmaker-focused efforts to award over $11,500 in prizes directly to independent filmmakers in these competition categories including $5,000 for Best Of Show. Passes are on sale now for the in-person festival events October 7-11 and the streaming events October 11-17, and the schedule is live. Additional safety measures for in-person screenings will be shared soon.

“We are honored to kick off the festival season with new recognition from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that our curation is deemed among the most cutting-edge in the industry. I’m also incredibly impressed at the quality of filmmaking represented this year,” said Todd Looby, director of BendFilm. “I know many of these films were made under extraordinary circumstances and to have them be as good as they are is really remarkable. I’m humbled each year by the artists we showcase. Selin and her team had a very tough job and they put together what is potentially our best lineup yet.”

“Film is a unifying force and this year’s lineup is full of uplifting and powerful themes to connect audiences,” said Selin Sevinc, BendFilm head programmer.

“From films that showcase youth taking a courageous stand, to political movements with heart, and movies that shine a light on the importance of mental health, there are countless stories that will inspire, delight and get people talking.”

Upcoming BendFilm Festival announcements include Oscar qualifying short films, Spotlight feature films, the 2021 First Features honoree and (Indie) Woman of the Year honoree. Submissions are now open for a grant offering $10,000 to a BIPOC filmmaker which will be given out after a live pitch at the Festival.

((L-R) American Gadfly, 7 Days, Chasing Childhood | Photos courtesy of BendFilm)

COMPETITION FEATURE FILMS SELECTED TO SCREEN IN BENDFILM 2021: Narrative Features Competition 7 Days (USA) | directed by Roshan Sethi | West Coast Premiere Cinema of Sleep (Canada) | directed by Jeffrey St. Jules | Northwest Premiere Everything in The End (Iceland/USA) | directed by Mylissa Fitzsimmons Central Oregon Premiere The Falconer (USA / Oman) | directed by Seanne Winslow & Adam Sjoberg West Coast Premiere Grasshoppers (USA) | directed by Brad Bischoff | World Premiere A Hard Problem (USA) | directed by hazart | Northwest Premiere Neolovismo (Italy) | directed by Susanna della Sala & Mike Bruce | U.S. Premiere Sin La Habana (Canada) | directed by Nabatian | Oregon Premiere Documentary Features Competition Alaskan Nets (USA) | directed by Jeff Harasimowicz | Oregon Premiere American Gadfly (USA) | directed by Skye Wallin | Central Oregon Premiere AIDS DIVA: The Legend of Connie Norman (USA) | directed by Dante Alencastre Northwest Premiere Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche (USA) | directed by Jared Drake & Steven Siig | Northwest Premiere

Chasing Childhood (USA) | directed by Eden Wurmfeld and Margaret Munzer Loeb From Here (Germany/USA) | directed by Christina Antonakos-Wallace Oregon Premiere My So Called Selfish Life (USA) | directed by Therese Shechter The Oxy Kingpins (USA) | directed by Brendan FitzGerald and Nick August-Perna | Oregon Premiere Outdoor / Environmental Features Competition Almost an Island (USA) | directed by Jonathan VanBallenberghe Oregon Premiere Havana Libre (Cuba/USA) | directed by Corey McLean Central Oregon Premiere Operation Wolf Patrol (USA) | directed by Joe Brown Central Oregon Premiere The River Runner (USA) | directed by Rush Sturges | Northwest Premiere Youth v. Gov (USA) | directed by Christi Cooper | Central Oregon Premiere Read about each of the films at CascadeAE.com. bendfilm.org • 541-388-3378 Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | September 2021

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Winner of Waterston Desert Writing Prize Announced & More More

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he Waterston Desert Writing Prize honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and desert literacy with the desert as both subject and setting.

Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, Ceal Klingler, for How We Live With Each Other!

Klingler’s submission addresses how animals, plants and other organisms have created livable places with each other at the hard edges of heat, cold, dehydration, floods and fires at the westernmost overlap of the Mojave and Great Basin deserts.

This year’s finalists include Charles Hood for Deserts After Dark and Joe Wilkins for Desert Reckoning.

Join us on Wednesday, September 29 for the Award Ceremony, an evening of readings and literary discussion exploring the complex desert landscape.

In addition, 2021 Waterston Guest Judge Elizabeth Woody (Navajo, Ceal Klingler Kevin Fedarko Warm Springs, Wasco, Yakama) will do a reading. A writer, poet and visual artist, Woody served as Oregon’s Poet Laureate in 2016.

RSVP for the Award Ceremony at highdesertmuseum.org/events/waterston-ceremony.

Return Thursday, September 30 for A Desert Celebration!

Meet writer Kevin Fedarko, author of The New York Times bestseller The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon. He will dive deep into the iconic desert landscape through words and imagery by his partner in adventure, National Geographic photographer Pete McBride.

RSVP for A Desert Celebration at highdesertmuseum.org/events/waterston-celebration.

The mission of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize is to strengthen and support the literary arts and humanities in the High Desert region.

Celebrate this year’s Prize with us!

WATERSTON DESERT WRITING PRIZE: AWARD CEREMONY Wednesday, September 29 5:30-7:30pm FREE but registration is required WATERSTON DESERT WRITING PRIZE: A DESERT CELEBRATION Thursday, September 30 5:30-8pm $7, Museum members receive 20 percent discount highdesertmuseum.org 24 September 2021 | www.CascadeAE.com

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Explore Writing Resources in Central Oregon

by KRISTINE THOMAS — A&E Feature Writer

nalyzing if it’s obvious who murdered the deceitful golfer, determining if your character’s banter is romantically playful or finding a word to rhyme with “solemnly” are a smattering of tasks a writer probably shouldn’t attempt to do alone.

Thankfully, there are many resources for writers to find what they need to benefit their writing whether it is joining a critique group, meeting fellow writers, finding an editor or taking classes or workshops to hone their skills.

Mike Cooper is the president of Central Oregon Writers Guild (COWG) and teaches writing at Central Oregon Community College (COCC) and OSU-Cascades, along with creative writing workshops at The Workhouse, Deschutes Public Library and COCC Community Learning.

He said writing groups and classes assist writers in being more productive and educated as a community. “Writers are solitary creatures; we often live inside our own Photo | by Kristine Thomas heads which are sometimes wonderful places.”.

Some writers find joy from the act of writing and don’t have a need for anyone to 5:30-7:30pm. The meetings include a reading from a local author, workshops and see their work, he added. “But being in our own heads with our own tunnel vision presentations. Meetings are free and open to the public. Membership is $25 a year and cuts off the reader — the variety of readers — and the potential for feedback and provides a discount on workshops offered several times a year. “COWG is a great way improvement. We not only learn from reading, but by being read, and by giving to network,” she said. “Roundabout Books has hosted various events with local writers and will continue to partner with COWG to support the writing community. feedback to our peers. Community is a good thing.”

Swearingen said COWG members wear multiple hats in the writing sphere. “We Cooper recommends workshops offered by Blank Pages, Ellen Santasiero and Sarah Cyr, classes at OSU-Cascades and COCC, and reading groups and author have editors, publicists, interior designers, cover designers and more to help a writer with any stage of their process.” presentations at local bookstores in Bend, Redmond, Sunriver and Sisters.

Swearingen added that COWG’s leadership board is inclusive and welcoming, Julie Swearingen is the publicity director of COWG and the event and consignment manager at Roundabout Books in Bend. “I recommend connecting with writer’s guilds which was helpful to her when she moved back to Bend from Portland. “COWG has and other writers to every author I work with because those are also their readers,” developed a great group of members, and we are always looking for new faces and Swearingen said. “They can find critique groups, beta readers, fellow editors and other ways to expand.” publishing professionals through those connections.”

T here are many resources for writers in Central Oregon.

Deschutes Public Library Here are the ones listed in the stor y : Deschutes Public Library Program Director Liz Goodrich and Program Specialist Paige Ferro • Blank Pages: blankpagesworkshops.com invite writers to checkout Write Here, a three-part • Bookstores: V isit your local bookstore to discover reading g roups and more.

• COCC Continuing Education: enrole.com/cocc and click on wr iting and literature classes program created to benefit Central Oregon’s writing • Central Oregon Writers Guild: centraloregonwritersguild.com community. “The Deschutes Public Library is here to • Deschutes Public Librar y ’s Write Here: deschuteslibrar y.org/calendar/wr itehere support the writing community in an intentional way • Ellen Santasiero: ellensantasiero.com by creating space and opportunities for writers to be • OSU-Cascades: osucascades.edu able to learn and grow in their craft,” Goodrich said.

• Quail Run Publishing Consultants: quailr un.co Write Here’s three pillars are: • Sarah Cyr’s Workshops: sarahc yr.com • Writers Writing provides writing workshops for • Shut Up & Write: meetup.com/shutupandwritebend writers to practice their craft, explore working with a Sarah Cyr’s Workshops new genre or polish a specific writing skill.

Sarah Cyr’s work includes articles in Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine • Writers Working is both a creative and a business endeavor to help writers explore and Cosmopolitan. In 2014, she read Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down to the Bones and what it takes to be a successful working writer.

• Writers Reading introduces the local writing community to local and national began a daily writing practice. She has studied with Goldberg including a year-long program at the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe. writers working in various genres.

Sarah teaches writing practice, emphasizing the importance of making writing a Ferro said experienced writing instructors facilitate the free programs, which are open to everyone with an interest in cultivating their craft from the beginning to the regular habit and developing a writing routine that can grow to other writing projects end of a writing project. “The act of writing is solitary. Our program provides writers such as a novel, essay or memoir. This fall, she is teaching an eight-week class to help writers unravel their own stories by paying attention to their senses. “I teach writing with the support, inspiration and feedback to keep going.” as a practice,” she said. “It’s a confluence of writing along with studying mindfulness.”

Central Oregon Writers Guild She will provide her students with a prompt and encourage them to keep the pen The Central Oregon Writers Guild’s mission is to provide writers a “forum for mutual support and education through meetings, annual events and workshops. moving to get down what they are thinking without editing. “Everyone has a great Our goal is to advance growth and success for individual writers of all genres and story to tell,” she said. “I help writers who are starting and those who have been doing it for a while. Writers need someone to listen to what they write as well as benefiting skill levels.”

Swearingen said COWG members meet the second Tuesday of every month from from listening and learning to what others have written.”

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SUNRIVER EXHIBITS

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

Please call or visit each venue website for updated information.

Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village 57100 Beaver Dr., Bldg. 19 • 541-593-4382 • artistsgallerysunriver.com

Ceramic art by Diane Miyauchi

Ceramic Platter by Diane Miyauchi

You’re invited to come and ‘Party with the Artists’ on Saturday September 11 from 4-6pm. Join us for refreshments and artist demonstrations.

One of our gallery artists will be on hand to demonstrate and share her special style of creativity. Ceramic artist Diane Miyauchi creates flocks of whimsical birds, the designs so simple yet so evocative. She begins with a block of clay… it is fun to watch as her handling of the inert clay begins to form a beautiful bird form. Each bird is unique in styling and color… and quite collectible! The bird in the center of the photo is the raw clay beginning to takes its unique form.

Art and Wine....

the Perfect Combination for your Senses

Diane Miyauchi - Ceramics

Christian Murillo - Photography

Dori Kite - Ceramics

2nd Saturday Artist Reception August 14th | 2 to 6pm WINe tasting & Artist Demonstrations

Laura Jo Sherman - Pastels

Village at Sunriver, Building 19 541.593.4382 www.artistsgallerysunriver.com Hours: 10Am-7pm Daily

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Sunriver Resort Lodge - Betty Gray Gallery 17600 Center Dr. • 503-780-2828 • sunriverresort.com

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Sisters from Terrebonne, 30x40 oil by David Kreitzer

In the tradition of Turner and Cezanne, master oil and watercolorist David Kreitzer exhibits exquisite and stunning landscapes, figure, fantasy, California Oak Hills and Nishigoi koi oils through summer 2021 at the Betty Gray Gallery at the Sunriver Lodge. David, a professional artist for 55 years, is the featured artist for the 2021 Sunriver Music Festival.

A Contemporary Realist painter, David’s love of nature propels him to create exquisitely detailed, mood-invoking and stunning oil and watercolor landscapes, figure, fantasy, Nishigoi koi, wine country, still life, Mid-West heritage and floral studies. A full-time painter for over 55 years, David grew up as the son of a Lutheran minister who, due to his duties, moved his family frequently throughout the Nebraska countryside. Kreitzer has exhibited his work in numerous one-man shows in museums, universities and galleries across the country, and his paintings have served as posters for the Mozart Festival in San Luis Obispo, California, Atlantic Magazine and the Seattle Opera.

He was a featured artist for the American Artist Magazine, and his collectors include Michael Douglas, Mary Tyler Moore, the Howard Ahmansons, the Robert Takkens, the Cargill Corporation and the Hind and Hirshhorn Foundations. The San Francisco Chronicle’s Thomas Albright, in his review of David Kreitzer’s first solo exhibit at Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco, wrote: “Kreitzer demonstrates how much poetic intensity the old tradition can still contain.” He has recently moved to Bend from the California coast, where he resides with his wife celebrated opera singer Jacalyn Kreitzer. They have two children, Anatol and Fredrica.

Exhibiting daily thru September, 2021. Additional works are on display at the Kreitzer Art Gallery at 20214 Archie Briggs Road, Bend and kreitzerart.com.

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rt is all about the senses so it just seems right that wine and art would be a perfect complement to each other. You can participate in this unscientific discovery at the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver by stopping by the Gallery for the Second Saturday Celebration, September 11 from 4-6pm. The artists will be serving both beautiful Photography by Christian Murillo Pastel by Laura Jo Sherman art and wine, beer and food. It doesn’t get much better than that! Featured artists for September are diverse in mediums and styles. They will be at the ready to discuss their deepest creative artistic motivations with visitors or at least have a good story and a laugh. Please visit the Gallery’s website to appreciate the variety and scope of the work of these artists — one or two photographs is just not a good enough way to get a sense of the treat in store for you at the Gallery.

Natural landscape photographer Christian Murillo humbles and inspires viewers with the grace and power of his mountain landscapes. Each piece is stunning and makes the viewer wonder not only at the beauty of nature, but how the artist was able to capture the image. Photography is always better when the artist can discuss the image capture and Christian is as charming as his work.

Potter Dori Kite is a long time Gallery favorite. Inspired by texture, color and patterns, Dori is constantly trying new techniques, glazes and subjects. Kite’s work is always popular, but her newest pieces are really flying out of the Gallery. Sushi sets and Ramin bowls are functional and beautiful. The artist’s favorite color combinations of iron red/gray, black/white and purple/green are perfect for these pieces.

Pastel painter Laura Jo Sherman once again nails the combination of light, color and texture with her latest pieces.

One piece captures the essence of a sunset while another piece provides a delicate sense of light through the pine trees. In yet another pieces, the viewer can almost hear the pounding of the hooves as horses run through the dusty light or the trill of a bird in the soft morning light.

Potter Diane Miyauchi is a specialist when it comes to Ceramic Platter by Diane Miyauchi providing beautiful functional art with simple clean lines and bright engaging colors. Miyauchi provides an art experience for the things that you do every day. Ceramic garden stakes or a colorful garden totem will make you smile while working in the garden. A knitting bowl to hold your yarn and delight your senses, bowls, dishes, platters and more — all with a splash of color and shine.

Pottery by Dori Kite

It is never too early to start looking for Holiday gifts. A Gallery celebration is the perfect way to get the low down on what catches your bestie’s eye and then you can sneak back for the purchase!

Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village • 57100 Beaver Drive, Building 19 artistsgallerysunriver.com • 541-593-4382 Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | September 2021

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SISTERS EXHIBITS

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

Please call or visit each venue website for updated information.

Hood Avenue Art 357 W Hood Ave., Sisters hoodavenueart.com • info@hoodavenueart.com • 541-719-1800 Hood Avenue Art’s featured artists for September are printmaker Carolyn Platt and wood artists Art and Anna Blumenkron.

Carolyn’s pieces are all original prints. They are mostly monotypes. That means, that ink drawn on a hard surface is transferred to paper by running it through a press under pressure. It is a one off and non-repeatable. Pochoir exploration uses shapes and texture and the “ghost” (the lift off ink after the first print is run) to create a new image. Chine-colle is a different color or

Featuring Printmaker Carolyn Platt and Wood Artists Art & Anna Blumenkron

541.719.1800 | 357 W Hood Ave. Sisters | hoodavenueart.com

Triremes by Carolyn Platt

Quilted Maple Mirror and Maple Burl Table by Art Blumenkron

texture of washi paper adhered to the print. She also does woodcuts in which everything but the image is cut away, the remaining wood is inked, paper is applied and rubbed so the ink transfers.

Art has an excellent wood shop in Sisters and he is dedicating himself to creating fine furniture from beautiful Northwest hardwoods. “I like to bring nature indoors and enjoy using urban salvage, live edge walnut, white oak, big leaf maple, madrone, ash, elm and myrtle,” Art says. “I am constantly amazed by the beauty found in these hardwoods and how they express patterns found in nature.” The Blumenkron’s create one of a kind tables, mirrors and charcuterie boards.

Raven Makes Gallery 182 East Hood Ave., Sisters • 541-719-1182 • ravenmakesgallery.com Our gallery offers first market Native American and Indigenous artists’ works, spanning the Arctic to Northern Mexico. Contemporary, meaningful and diverse mediums, including fine jewelry.

Open daily, 11am-4pm Sunday-Thursday, 10am-5pm Friday and Saturday.

Stitchin’ Post Gallery 311 W Cascade Ave., Sisters 541-549-6061 • stitchinpost.com Currently showing in the Stitchin’ Post Fiber Arts Gallery: Dyeing to Print by Judith Beaver thru September 21. Opening with a reception September 24, Journeys Art Quilters present their exhibit Unhinged. Unhinged can be unbalanced or unstable but also free and unleashed. The artists respond to those emotions in their fiber art. The exhibit closes on October 19.

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he Sisters Arts Association’s fifth annual Artist Studio Tour is scheduled for the final weekend in September. This is a selfguided driving tour, featuring 35 artists in 25 studio locations, in and around Sisters.

Some artists will be sharing studios to minimize driving times. Tour guides with artist locations, will be available in local galleries, hotels and businesses, the Chamber of Commerce and online at sistersartsassociation.org.

The Studio Tour takes place on Saturday and Sunday, September 25 and 26, between 10am and 4pm Studios will be open to all visitors. Masks are required, and artists may limit the number of indoor visitors at any time. Whatever Oregon State safety recommendations are in effect at the time of the tour will apply. Several artists will be set up for outdoor demonstrations.

Last year’s Studio Tour attracted several thousand individual visits to artists’ studios, and resulted in direct sales of art as well as future commissions.

No pre-registration is necessary to visit the studios, nor is there any admission fee.

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any order, and spend as little or as much time as you like with each artist. This is an opportunity to meet your favorite artists and to see what they do and how they do it. They will have works in progress, as well as finished pieces that will be for sale.

The tour will include a Quick Draw raffle for two $100 gift certificates, good for purchase from any artist’s studio. As you drop in for a visit, each artist will offer you a chance to sign up, free of charge.

You may enter one ticket per artist, and sign up in as many studios as you visit.

The drawing will take place at the end of the tour, and winners will be notified by phone and email.

Artists new to the Studio Tour include Bryan Lee Brown (fine art metals jeweler), David Dittman (painter), Laura Fouts (painter), Steve Giardini (landscape photographer), Diane Hallstrom (painter), Lynne Meyers (painter), Dennis McGregor (painter and illustrator), Wendy Birnbaum (photographer), Kimry Jelen (painter), Kelly Rae Roberts

(mixed media artist), Loma Smith (photographer), Linda Barker (upcycled clothing designer and jeweler), Lawrence Stoller (crystal and bronze sculptor), Mary Jo Weiss (jeweler) and Jeff Wester and crew at the Ponderosa Forge.

Favorite artists returning to the tour are Annie Dyer (potter), Art Blumenkron (fine wood furniture maker), Clarke Berryman (painter), Danae Bennett Miller (sculptor and printmaker), J. Chester Armstrong (wood sculptor), Jennifer Hartwig (scratchboard artist), Jim Horsley (painter), JoAnn Burgess (pastel artist), Kaia Sieffert (jeweler), Kay Baker (plein air painter), Ken Merrill (potter), Kim Chavez (sculptor), Mary Moore (clay sculptor), Mitch and Michelle Deaderick (potters and clay sculptors), Mike Stasko (fine art pencil artist), Paul Alan Bennett (painter and printmaker), Sandy Dutko (mixed-media painter), Steve Mathews (illustrator on wood), Winnie Givot (pastel painter) and Susie Zeitner (glass artist).

No matter what their media (and there are many here) all of these artists represent some of the best work in art, design, creativity, and fabrication in this area.

Most of them rely on sales of art so this event is a win-win; not only do the artists retain 100 percent of the sales of their work, but they may also present special one-time only sales items to the public.

The weekend events will kick off with the Fourth Friday ArtWalk on September 24. This is the standard all-day Artwalk through the galleries of Sisters.

Pick up printed Studio Tour Guides in local galleries and elsewhere, by the first weekend in September. These guides will list and describe each of the artists and their studio location. Roadside signs will be posted on the days of the tour, but visitors are encouraged to use their mapping devices in conjunction with the Studio Tour Guide for directions to each studio.

A PDF of the Tour Guide is available at the website sistersartsassociation.org under maps and guides. Further details about the tour and descriptions of the artists are posted on the Sisters Arts Association website. sistersartsassociation.org

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Can You Resist This Face?

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

Wicker Restoration since 1974

Believed to be made prior to 1900, this cherry wood Lincoln-style rocker was constructed using forged square nails and glue. After frame repair both the back and seat were hand woven with rattan cane. Now the rocker will offer both a welcoming ambiance and comfortable airy seating in a Southern Utah home.

Check our website to see the ‘museum’ of past projects.

Wickerrestoration.com 541.923.6603 2415 SW Salmon • Redmond

Come Experience the Energy of Nature!

Geothermally Heated Cabins Hot Mineral Baths 541-943-3931

CENTRAL OREGON EXHIBI TS

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

Please call or visit each venue website for updated information.

Madras / Warm Springs

The Museum at Warm Springs 2189 U.S. 26 • 541-553-3331 • museumatwarmsprings.org Continuing exhibit, Into the Fray: Native American Wildland Firef ighters of Warm Springs and Beyond, which highlights the history and contemporary activities of brave Native wildland firefighters, will be on view thru September 25.

Fire has been a tool with significant impact for Indigenous peoples from ancient times to the present day. Tribes used it in the hunt; for food preservation, smoking and processing; and clearing land. Native peoples across Indian Country align to the basic elements of the earth. Fire purifies. Weather, the stars, water and fire are essential elements of change in their lives.

From training, operations and the grueling hours of intense physical exertion, Native wildland fighters form bonds, share the rewards and tell stories of their elite corps. The history exhibition will include an array of photographs along with firefighters’ boots, uniforms and hats. Museum is open to the public with Safety Standards in place, which can be found on their website.

Prineville

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

Open Tuesday-Saturday from 10am to 5pm.

Rimrock Gallery 405A NW Third St., Prineville • 541-903-5565 • rimrockgallery.com Featured Show, September 11-October 6: Fran Kievet, Laurel Buchanan and Pamela Claflin.

Painted Hills Splendor, 20 x 40 Oil by Fran Kievet

2 Hours SE of Bend • www.summerlakehotsprings.com 2 Hours SE of Bend • 541-943-3931 • www.summerlakehotprings.com

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Three Oregon artists present their colorful, impressionistic, realistic and all in between — oil paintings of a wonderful selection of subjects!

Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5:30pm and Sunday 12-5:30pm.

Closed Mondays.

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Redmond/Terrebonne

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

To Touch the Sky, acrylic painting by Rebecca Sentgeorge

Street Down Café 124 SW Seventh St., Redmond • 541-647-2341 • onestreetdowncafe.com One Street Down Café is showcasing the artwork of Rebecca Sentgeorge. The exhibition of nine landscapes paintings explores a sense of place in Central Oregon and the high desert. Some of the paintings include a line of poetry subtly embedded into the composition.

Rebecca is a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon and the High Desert Art League and earned degrees in both Art and Art Education. She was an art teacher for 40 years. Her Central Oregon-themed paintings are on display in September thru mid-October, and her work can also be seen as part of the Art of the West show at the High Desert Art Museum. The juried exhibit is a fundraiser for the museum, and artwork is available for sale by online silent auction.

Rebecca has also been invited by the Oregon Watercolor Society to lead the society’s workshop after their October convention at the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center in Corbett, Oregon. Information about the workshop can be found at menucha.org.

Schoolhouse Produce 1430 SW Highland Ave. • 541-504-7112 • schoolhouseproduce.com Schoolhouse Produce is showing watercolor paintings by Sagebrushers Art Society member Kendra West. Kendra is a Bendbased artist and has been working in watercolor for roughly ten years. Her art includes a range of subjects, from portraits to animals to landscapes and architecture. Her focus in on the use of color and her painting are filled with bright colors and light.

Come in and enjoy while you shop for great local food! Showing thru September.

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End of the Road, watercolor by Kendra West

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Oard’s Gallery 42456 Hwy. 20 East, Burns • 541- 493-2535 • oardsgallery.com Exhibiting many one-of-a-kind items, including original, handmade arts and crafts from nine tribes around the area — baskets, beaded art, clothing, furniture, native art, paintings, rugs, jewelry and more.

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WORKSHOPS CASCADE FINE ART WORKSHOPS

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR IN-PERSON 2021 WORKSHOPS!!

COVID regulations at the time of workshop will apply.

Contact Sue at info@cascadefineartworkshops.com for more information.

Landscapes Unbound — filling fast, reserve your spot now! with Sarah B. Hansen Acrylic October 18-20

NEW DATES!!

The Magic of Watercolor! with Stella Canfield Watercolor October 25-27

Painting Autumn & Winter NEW WORKSHOP from Barbara Jaenicke!!

Oil & Pastel November 2-4

PRE-REGISTER FOR IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS IN 2022!!

Workshop with Michele Usibelli Oil, acrylic, gouache students welcome — Demos primarily in oil.

May 16-18, 2022 Painting the Figure from Photographs with Ted Nuttall Watercolor Portraits June 13-17, 2022 Impressionism in Action with Colley Whisson Plein Air & Studio Workshop Oil & acrylic artists welcome — Demos in oil October 19-22, 2022 To pre-register for 2022 workshops, contact Sue at info@CascadeFineArtWorkshops.com

SAGEBRUSHERS ART SOCIETY

541-617-0900 • sagebrushersartofbend.com All classes listed below held at 117 SW Roosevelt Ave., Bend Wise Woman Emerging — Mixed Media Collage with Maria Wattier & Mattie Swanson Sunday, September 12, 1-5pm Join Maria Wattier and Mattie Swanson for a powerful and fun gathering of women creatively expressing soul wisdom through mixed-media collage. No experience necessary — instruction and encouragement available as needed! Cost $20, plus $12 for journal. For more information contact Mattie, swany139@hotmail.com or 541-610-2677.

Abstract Composition in Landscape with Cynthia Herron Saturday-Sunday, October 9-10, 9:30am-4pm Combine abstraction and landscape painting to create unique interpretations of the landscape in oil or acrylic paint, pastel or watercolor. Constructive critiques will provide direction and encouragement to help you improve your compositions and find your own expressive voice.

Some previous painting experience required. Expect to complete two paintings and several drawings. Cost of the two-day workshop is $225. To register, contact Barbara Crislip at barbjc45@yahoo.com.

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CALL TO ART CASCADE A&E CALL TO ART Calling All Painters, Photographers, Sculptors & More!

Cascade A&E Magazine is looking for artwork submissions for the covers for the November and December, 2021 print editions. If your artwork is selected for the cover, we will include an artist profile within the printed edition it is chosen for.

November cover submissions must be a winter theme.

All mediums accepted.

December cover submissions must be of Santa, in honor of Pamela Hulse Andrews, founder of Cascade A&E. All mediums accepted.

Please submit your artwork to jeff@cascadebusnews.com. Low resolution and/or thumbnails accepted for review, but please note: if accepted for print, a high resolution digital file will be required, and must be a minimum of 11” wide x 12” tall, with the knowledge that we will be placing our masthead upon the artwork.

Submissions accepted now through October 6, 2021. Questions?

Contact jeff@cascadebusnews.com, marcee@cascadebusnews.com or call 541-388-5665.

CALL TO ARTISTS — RED CHAIR GALLERY Red Chair Gallery, an award-winning art gallery located in downtown Bend, is seeking a new 2D and a new 3D artist. If you are interested in joining us, stop by the gallery (at the corner of Bond St. and Oregon Ave.) and pick up an application.

103 NW Oregon Ave., 541-306-3176, redchairgallerybend.com

NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR SEPTEMBER

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by EILEEN LOCK

tep outside of your box on the 2nd and realize the awkward feeling is because this is new. Conversations on the 4th help you make important decisions. Opportunities are available during the New Moon on the 6th and it’s easy to make the changes. More conversations between the 7th and the 10th could leave you with a lot to process. Emotions are strong during the next few days so remember to take a few extra breaths along the way. A new approach after the 14th focuses on relationships and cooperation. Listen on the 16th and save your decision for another day. The Full Moon on the 20th brings harmony and completion. The Fall Equinox on the 22nd could require trust and a change of viewpoint. Let go on the 23rd and notice what you gravitate towards.

Steps taken on the 25th are decisive and cooperative. Listen and trust after the 26th and let your heart lead the way, Decisions are clear and effective on the 29th and you could have reason to celebrate. Realize how many options you have on the 30th and notice how supportive that feels.

Love and Light Always, Eileen Lock Clairvoyant Astrologer / Spiritual Medium 1471 NW Newport Ave., Bend, Oregon 97703 541-389-1159 eileenlock.freeservers.com • oneheartministry.freeservers.com Listen for the song in your heart, find the melody and dance to the music.

Check out Eileen’s radio programs online at blogtalkradio.com. Cosmic Lunch Break on Mondays at 8am, What’s Up Wednesday at 8am and Talking With Spirit on Fridays at 8am.