FIRST FRIDAY & BEND EXHIBITS The Alexander 1125 NE Watt Way 458-256-6854 thealexanderbend.com The Alexander w i l l f ea tu re a selection of mountain landscapes printed on metal by photographer Karen Maier. Maier is a member of the High Desert Art League. The The Pond, photograph on metal by Karen Maier exhibit will be on display during the months of August and September in the Alexander’s gallery. 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, pastel and watercolor, as well as outstanding photography. Showing thru August. 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. The Commons Cafe & Taproom 875 NW Brooks St. 541-323-3955 thecommonsbend.com The Commons Cafe & Taproom p res ents A B r u s h w ith D e s tin y, featuring Bend artist Barbara Hudler Cella with her rich and varied acrylic paintings. The artist will be present for First Friday on August 5, 5-7pm. This solo show will feature Barbara’s highly regarded paintings inspired by Central Oregon waterways and dramatic vistas. South Sister, the Deschutes and Metolius rivers, and local lakes will be featured. Also included will be Barbara’s series of brilliant abstracts and select landscapes from Alaska and California. Barbara began her love affair with the landscape as a child growing up in the north woods of Minnesota, continuing as a national park ranger/ naturalist in western parks. Now living in Central Oregon, her dream and destiny to be a professional painter in the land of mountains, rivers and lakes has come to fruition. Barbara has been honored with international awards from the International Society of Acrylic Painters, the Bold Brush Painting Competition, and the Arts North International Competition. She is an active member of the Hood Avenue Metolius Afternoon by Barbara Hudler Cella
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Art in Sisters, and president of the High Desert Art League. She is also on the board of Plein Air Painters of Oregon. High Desert Museum Elk Chase by Robert Martinez 59800 S Hwy. 97 541-382-4754 highdesertmuseum.org Experience the High Desert through the eyes of regionally and nationally acclaimed painters, sculptors, photographers and other creators, including Meagan Blessing, Doyle Hostetler, Terry Cooke Hall, Jhenna Quinn Lewis and Rebecca Tobey, in our annual juried exhibition and silent auction Art in the West — now open — and bid on your favorite piece of art. Explore the vibrant collection at the Museum or online. Continuing thru September 25, Imagine a World considers the ambitions, intentions and outcomes (sometimes disastrous) of intentional communities in the High Desert and Western United States over the past half century. It highlights contemporary artists as well, sharing their visions of alternative worlds and futures. Imagine a World invites each of us to reflect on how we are. And continuing thru November 27, Lair: Light and the Art of Stephen Hendee. The New York Times art critic Roberta Smith once reviewed his work as being like a “collaboration between the creators of Spider Man, the set designers for 2001: A Space Odyssey, and maybe Star Trek, and the computer artists involved with Tron.” Now, the glowing, high-tech world of Stephen Hendee is at the High Desert Museum. 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. 805-234-2048 KreitzerArt.com TRADITION LIVES: Find peace and healing in the profound depiction of the waters and lands of the West, as well as vineyards, koi, florals, fantasy and figures in the art of Contemporary Realist David Kreitzer. In the tradition of Turner and Cezanne, painter
Mirror Pond, oil, 30x40 by David Kreitzer
