Cascade A&E | October 2022 | Volume 28 | Issue 10

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Uyra: The Rising Forest

Delgani String Quartet

Grasses and Willows by Janet Frost

Ceramics by Annie Dyer

Photography by Tasha Marie

BendFilm 2022

Whatever you’re feeling right now, BendFilm has a movie for that.

If you’ve felt a bit of wanderlust, handcuffed by societal norms, curious about the wider world or wanted to live a day in someone else’s shoes, save the date for the 19th annual BendFilm Festival coming up in theater venues October 6-9 and streaming from home October 10-23.

This year, screenwriter and Head of BendFilm Festival Programming Selin Sevinc is daring audiences to dive into the festival program and allow the experience to be a visceral ride.

When asked about the types of films that make the cut for the film festival, Selin said, “I gravitate toward films that are layered, complex and artistically daring. There are stories in the program that you feel on a cellular level, rather than just simply watching.”

With 33 feature films, 80 short films, eight music videos, five panels and live performances curated into this year’s program, the possibilities for exploration and connection to new topics are endless.

To open the festival, BendFilm selected the head-scratching and crowdpleasing documentary The Pez Outlaw. It follows a man from rural Michigan who spent the 90’s smuggling Pez dispensers into the U.S. from Eastern Europe and making millions of dollars off his efforts. The conflict comes along when his arch-nemesis ‘The Pezident’ decides to destroy him.

A Delight for the Senses & Balm for the Soul

“It’s been two years since we’ve opened the Festival to a sold-out Tower Theatre full of people ready to engage, laugh, celebrate and enjoy everything there is to enjoy about watching a film in person with our community,” Todd Looby, BendFilm executive director said. “When it came to selecting our Opening Night film, we knew The Pez Outlaw would be the one to remind us of the spirit of what this Festival is all about.”

To close the festival, audiences will love Catherine Called Birdy, written and directed by Lena Dunham. The comedy is set in medieval England and follows Birdy (played by Bella Ramsey of Game of Thrones) who thwarts her father’s plans to marry her off to a wealthy suitor.

Reacting to the film, Selin said, “Lena Dunham’s quirky intelligence and unashamedly on the nose treatment of ‘the state of the girl’ subject matter makes this film irresistible. An unmissable parody of the period film.”

In between the opening and closing nights are countless thought-provoking, heart-felt and entertaining stories. Music lovers will enjoy Let There be Drums by Justin Kreutzmann (son of the Grateful Dead’s drummer, Bill Kreutzmann). The film highlights some of the world’s greatest drummers in the world where you hear firsthand about the personal struggles that so many of these musicians and their families have faced, the nature of how music passes from generation to generation and the essential role that drumming plays in human life. Sweet Disaster is a relatable comedy that speaks to the strength, humor and tenacity

The Pez Outlaw to screen at BendFilm 2022. Photo courtesy of BendFilm

show Reservation Dogs, the BendFilm Festival will treat Madras audiences to a screening of two episodes with these insiders in attendance.

Tatanka Means is an award-winning actor, motivational speaker and stand-up comedian representing the Navajo, Lakota, Dakota and Omaha Nations. His most recent film is Killers of The Flower Moon, directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese and is set to be released in the fall of 2022. Gary Farmer has more than 100 credits to his name and is best known for his role as spiritual Native American guide Nobody in Dead Man. Farmer reprised the role for a cameo in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, also directed by Jim Jarmusch. He was nominated for

of women regardless of the circumstances.

BendFilm always has a slate of timely documentaries that dive deep into current news headlines. Check out Shouting Down Midnight about the fight for women’s reproductive rights and Navalny about Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny who survived an assasination attempt and chose to return home. And audiences can’t miss Retrograde which provides an intimate and apolitical look at the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Filmmaking in the Pacific Northwest is strong and the program features several films with Oregon connections: Acidman by Alex Lehmann, Necessity: Climate Justice and the Thin Green Line by Jan Haaken and Samantha Praus, Sam Now by Reed Harkness, Sweetheart Deal by Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller and Takilma Stories by Philip Lauri and Steven Oliver.

The BendFilm Festival online film guide has a sort feature so audiences can narrow down the films they want to see based on genre, category and venue. But BendFilm staffers will be the first to encourage audiences to try something they don’t normally watch.

‘We all consume a lot of media, and to me an independent film festival’s role is to lead audiences to rise above all the noise, to feel challenged, nourished and moved in ways that are not normally available to them,” Selin said. “The films we select dare to be different, dare to confront issues head on and subvert expectations both thematically and artistically. My hope is to give the audiences this gift of emotional and intellectual elevation.”

During the festival, keep your eye out for filmmakers, jurors and special honorees wandering the streets of Downtown Bend and the Old Mill. Audiences will be treated to a discussion with writer-director Tamara Jenkins and former director of the Sundance Film Festival, John Cooper. As the IndieWoman of the Year and First Features Honoree, Tamara Jenkins will discuss her career and the making of her feature films Slums of Beverly Hills, Private Life, The Savages and more.

This year, two indigenous filmmaking honorees Tatanka Means and Gary Farmer will add their voices, humor and experience to the festival through workshops and live performances. And since both actors appear in the hit FX

Independent Spirit Awards for his roles in the movies Powwow Highway, Dead Man and Smoke Signals.

As an Oscar Qualifying festival one of 27 festivals in the USA and 64 festivals in the world BendFilm is in a unique position to support filmmakers on their journey to connect with audiences in meaningful ways. The festival will once again give $12,000 in prize money directly to filmmakers and the winners in the narrative, animated and indigenous short film programs at BendFilm are eligible for the Academy Awards which is the ultimate honor for filmmakers of all levels. BendFilm has been recognized for more than just savvy and cutting-edge programming. The atmosphere at BendFilm landed the festival on Movie Maker Magazine’s lists of Top 25 Coolest Festivals in the World and Top Festivals Worth The Entry Fee

‘Connection’ or reconnection is the overall theme for the festival this year.

“Connection is paramount to the human experience,” Todd Looby said. “Not only are we looking forward to gathering in person to reconnect with our community, we are also anticipating the discovery of connection to new stories, issues and subjects explored in the vast program. One film at a time, we hope to foster more empathy, awareness and genuine connection to one another and the natural world”

Passes and individual tickets are available now at BendFilm.org

Let There Be Drums directed by Justin Kreutzmann to screen at BendFilm 2022

Acidman to screen at BendFilm 2022. Photos courtesy of BendFilm

FIRST

& BEND EXHIBITS

The Alexander

1125 NE Watt Way 458-256-6854

thealexanderbend.com

Landscapes by Bend artist Janet Frost are featured in a solo exhibition during the months of October and November at The Alexander on NE Watt Way. Entitled Impressions of Central Oregon,” the show includes oil paintings of some of the region’s most recognizable locations, such as Mount Bachelor and Fort Rock, as well as more intimate subjects, such as the abundant willows that line the area’s rivers.

Frost is a member of the High Desert Art League, Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society.

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 October.

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.

COCC Barber Library Rotunda Gallery

2600 NW College Way

541-383-7560 • cocc.edu/departments/library

An exhibition by mixed-media artist Lloyd McMullen, titled Brave New World, is showing at Central Oregon Community College’s Barber Library Rotunda Gallery from October 4 to November 29, with a reception from 4-6pm on Thursday, October 13.

The Bend-based artist integrates found objects into two- and three-dimensional “constructions” that serve as metaphor for persistence. This exhibition includes a hummingbird made from a rusty can and cast-off wood, a cockroach made with plastic detritus and a fish fashioned from discarded netting. “Every day dawns with more change,” the artist said. “My work questions how we survive and adapt. These times demand tenacity and spirit.”

McMullen is a local arts activist who has worked with Atelier 6000 and the Central Oregon Arts Association and was a founding member of Artists Local 101, a local art group that founded “Trashformations, a community art event that challenged participants to make original work from scrapyard materials.

The Barber Library is open from 8am-6pm Monday-Thursday, 8am-5pm Fridays and 12-7pm on Sundays.

High Desert Museum

59800 S Hwy. 97 541-382-4754

highdesertmuseum.org

Tickets are on sale NOW for The 20-Dollar Art Show Opening Night Party! Join us Friday, October 28 for Bend’s biggest little art show featuring thousands of pieces of original art by over 100 local artists, each piece selling for only $20. Costumes encouraged. Portions of the event will be held outside, rain or shine. Come dressed for the elements!

Art lovers can still visit the Museum to purchase art from The 20-Dollar Art Show after the Opening Night Party. Sales open thru October 31.

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 David’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, 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.

The Healing Waters: David again shows stunning oil color water images at the Sunriver Betty Gray Gallery.

“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

Open daily and for monthly First Friday Art Walk.

Photo by Amanda Long

Mount Bachelor from Huntington Road by Janet Frost

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 October. 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 paint outs around the state. Plein air painting comes from the word “open air” 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 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 October and can be viewed during Layor’s regular business hours: Monday-Friday 10am5pm, 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 in fiber and paint. Thru the twins’ collaborative process, they distill literal imagery into vivid blocks of color and texture, creating an abstracted view of their surroundings. Call the studio for hours and appointments.

Mockingbird Gallery

869 NW Wall St. 541-388-2107 • mockingbird-gallery.com

On Friday, October 7 from 5-8pm, Spirit Journey will open at Mockingbird Gallery, a two-person show for Troy Collins and Hib Sabin. The gallery will be filled with new artwork from Troy and Hib and we will have music provided by Rich Hurdle. This exhibit will run thru October.

Troy Collins finds inspiration and renewed motivation transferring the boundless beauty of nature’s glorious color and light onto canvas. As a nationally renowned western landscape impressionist, Troy creates paintings with brilliant color, texture and insight from his studio nestled in the middle of the Bitterroot Mountain Range.

New Mexico sculptor Hib Sabin creates masks, spirit sticks, amulets, spirit bowls and boats, often incorporating wolves, owls, ravens, bears and coyotes into his art pieces. His painted wood carvings — and the bronzes derived from them — are not only distinct and original, but they also inspire a conversation between the artist and collector.

Oxford Hotel

10 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-382-8436

High Desert Art League member and photographer Karen Maier is exhibiting images printed on metal at The Oxford during the month of October.

Monkeyface,

framed by Wendy Wheeler Jacobs

Photography by Karen Maier

“There are times for each photographer when “serendipity” happens. We each plan and travel and wait. Wait for the light, for the clouds; for circumstances that are perfect for the image we wish to capture. This photo is one such image. While hiking in the early evening with my daughter and her husband near Snow Basin, Utah, I passed a pond along an old road and looked back to see magic. Sometimes chance, timing and opportunity converge and the image takes on a life of its own.

“If I look back at the landscape photography I have done over the years, I recognize an element of serendipity in each photograph… being in the moment and waiting, waiting for nature’s presentation.”

Peterson Contemporary Art

550 NW Franklin Ave. 541-633-7148 • pcagallery.com

On Friday, October 7 from 5-8 pm, Fall Exhibition will open at Peterson Contemporary Art, a three-person show for Shar Coulson, Brian Sindler and Peter Wright. This exhibit will run thru October.

After years of painting without a true connection to oil paint, Shar Coulson started experimenting again. Coulson’s love of textures mixed with translucent layers brought her full circle back to water based mediums.

From 2012 to current, Brian has produced an amazing body of paintings that are clearly influenced by the American Tonalist movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. The effect is both poetic and sublime.

Peter Wright spent countless hours watching hot glass being shaped into amazing forms. Ultimately, he realized that the best way to truly understand glass was to learn to work with it himself. Wright was “completely drawn in and seduced by hot glass.”

Red Chair Gallery

103 NW Oregon Ave.

541-306-3176 redchairgallerybend.com

In October, Red Chair Gallery showcases the local landscape photography of Mike Putnam and encaustic paintings by Janice Rhodes. Striking pottery created by Annie Dyer fills the pedestals and Tricia Biesmann displays her vibrant felted scarves and toppers. Located at the

corner of Bond Street and Oregon Avenue, Red Chair Gallery is open seven days a week: Monday-Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday, 12-4 pm. Open late on Friday, October 7 for First Friday.

Sage Custom Framing & Gallery 834 NW Brooks St. 541-382-5884

sageframing-gallery.com

For the month of October, Sage Framing and Gallery presents the latest works from the Plein Air Painters of Oregon. The group, based out of Bend, travels to many beautiful places throughout Oregon to paint on location during the warmer months of the year. The members enjoy the camaraderie and security of painting with others in a group while attempting to capture a fleeting moment in time Show runs October 4-29 with a reception First Friday, October 7, 4-7pm. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm and Saturday 12-4pm.

SageBrushers Art Society

117 SW Roosevelt Ave. 541-617-0900 sagebrushersartofbend.com

SageBrushers Art Society presents a show of works by new members of the society. Stop by to learn about these talented new members of the central Oregon arts scene! The SageBrushers Gallery is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 1-4pm. Showing thru October.

The Stacks Art Studios & Gallery

Old Mill District, Second Floor 404-944-9170

The Stacks Art Studios & Gallery features the artwork and work of local creators Lindsey Luna Tucker, Kira Frances, Lindsay Gilmore, Ashley Paggi and Alyson Brown.

Lindsey Luna Tucker uses her sensitivity to emotion, exaggeration of gesture and manipulation of color and space, to create abstract landscape oil paintings. While her work is rooted in a visual awareness of the physical world, she favorites emotional truth over visual realism.

Kira Frances creates oil paintings to investigate the nature of truth and share alternative realms of beauty. For her still life pieces, she sets up the objects and alters their context just enough to suggest a dream-like landscape; for her geometric pieces, she takes an idea and deconstructs it, revealing the concept through the display of shapes and angles.

Pottery by Annie Dyer

Sawyer Park Riffles by Winny Givot

Rocks at Joshua Tree #2, oil on canvas, by Julie Blackman

Lindsay Gilmore creates abstract landscape paintings inspired by the colors and compositions that have captivated her while on adventures outdoors with her family.

Ashley Paggi (Ash Cascade) is a surface pattern designer whose bohemian/ retro style evokes a polished yet gritty sense of place. While she mainly licenses her art, you can find some of her own products such as bandanas, mugs and stickers, at The Stacks.

Alyson Brown (Wild Folklore) is a photographer and stylist specializing in beverage and botanicals. While she focuses most of her time on brand development and content creation, Alyson is also The Stacks in-house mixologist for First Fridays.

Call the studio for hours and appointments.

Tumalo Art Company

Old Mill District 541-385-9144 tumaloartco.com

October Exhibit at Tumalo Art Co., Topophilia : Into the Canyons, paintings by Anne Gibson.

The paintings in Topophilia : Into the Canyons, though representational, are a reflection of Anne Gibson’s internal journey during the pandemic years — a time to take stock, to look and feel deeply, and to find new ways to love this troubled, exhilarating, maddening, gorgeous world. The show opens October 7, from 3-7pm during the Old Mill District’s First Friday Gallery Walk.

Looking beyond trailheads closed because of the pandemic to wilder places where she could roam and rarely meet others, Anne found the canyons to be a compelling subject. Standing on the rim or hiking deep into their core as the light changed, compositions continually unfolded. Using acrylics, Anne makes loose energetic marks that have a graphic quality but are representational enough to let the viewer recognize the scene and form their own interpretation and emotional attachment.

The word topophilia, or love of place, refers to the vivid, warm, emotional feelings people develop for a place.

Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of the Old Mill District, open seven days a week.

The Wine Shop

55 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-389-2884 • thewineshopbend.com

The Wine Shop is showing photographs by Sagebrushers Art Society member Laurie Ponte. Laurie’s passion for watercolor shows in these works that are full of joy and beauty, while exploiting the “wonderfully unpredictable” nature of the medium. “As in life, we learn to go with the flow,” notes Laurie. “Watercolor is a means for becoming more experienced with this process.” Showing thru October.

The Wooden Jewel 844 NW Bond St., Ste. 100 541-593-4151 • thewoodenjewel.com

The Wooden Jewel invites Central Oregon to come in and be amazed at the variety of fine art works — both paintings and sculptures — as well as and unique, contemporary, handmade custom jewelry, all by local and international artists.

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Artists

Golden Hour — Smith Rock, acrylic by Anne Gibson

Lotus Flower, watercolor by Laurie Ponte

Hudson and Sophia Turbity admired each

in the “Make a Wish” group show at Tumalo Art Co. but Nancy Becker’s colorful glass birds were Sophia’s clear favorites. Photo courtesy of Tumalo Art Co.

Mike

photos courtesy of Dry Canyon Arts Association

Arome

432 SW 6th Ave.

541-527-4727 • aromekitchen.com

Arome and Dry Canyon Arts Association invite you to see the vibrant photography by James Morris and over 20 other artists in downtown Redmond during First Friday Art Walk on October 7 from 4-7pm. James has been a photographer for more than 30 years. But it wasn’t until recently that he found his niche creating fine art with his images, with the help of some photo manipulation software. When he takes a picture, he’ll use Photoshop filters to make it look surreal or whimsical. The look has taken James over a year to perfect and he says his images are now ready for “prime time.” When the photograph is done, he prints it on metal or metallic paper if he’s framing it. People have said James’ work was “Van Gogh-ish” and “It gives me goosebumps.”

View photos by James on his website at JamesMorrisFineArt.com.

Eqwine Wine Bar

218 SW 4th St

541-527-4419 • eqwine-wine.com

Eqwine Wine Bar and Dry Canyon Arts Association invite you to see the impressive pastel art of Laura Fouts and over 20 other artists in downtown Redmond during First Friday, October 7 from 4-7pm. Laura is mainly a self-taught artist who has dabbled in many different art forms including watercolor, calligraphy, box making and custom tile painting for a local tile manufacturer. She now concentrates her efforts on pastel painting. She loves the layering and blending that is the nature of the pastel medium. Realism is her preferred style with a love for detail that shows in her work.

Junction Roastery

708 SW Deschutes Ave. junctionroastery.com

Junction Roastery and Dry Canyon Arts Association invite you to see the very colorful fluid art of Debra Higgs and over 20 other artists in downtown Redmond during First Friday, October 7 from 4-7pm. “I started my carer in 1971 as an oil painter and for 51 years I have had the great opportunity to show my work throughout Southern California. As the years went on, I was always learning and improving my love of oil painting, and throughout my career sold several hundred paintings. About five months ago I discovered fluid art and I was hooked. I watched many artists and learned about all the various techniques to improve my skills. Fluid art is challenging and rewarding. This is a never-ending learning experience. When working with fluid art you never really know how your piece will turn out and that’s what makes it so intriguing. I will never give up oil painting as that is my first true love, but now I embrace fluid art as a new form of expression.”

Grace & Hammer Pizzeria

641 SW Cascade Ave.

541-668-6684 • graceandhammer.com

Grace & Hammer Pizzeria and Dry Canyon Arts Association invite

you to see the very colorful fluid art creations of Marion Craig and over 20 other artists in downtown Redmond during First Friday, October 7 from 4-7pm. Marion creates her paintings using acrylic, Flo-trol and other mixed media to produce puddles on a canvas. She uses a variety of instruments to create wonderful, unique paintings.

Marion started painting watercolor still life, then acrylic still life, and now to her current passion of acrylic paint pours. She has fun with many mediums.

Marion has her own unique style. She finds it so therapeutic to be able to easily teach others who have no prior painting experience how to paint pour.

High Desert Music Hall

818 SW Forest Ave. 541-527-1387 • highdesertmusichall.com

High Desert Music Hall and Dry Canyon Arts Association invite you to see the amazing abstract art of Jackie Petrovic and over 20 other artists in downtown Redmond during First Friday, October 7 from 4-7pm. Jackie is a Redmond-based artist who works mostly with acrylic and oils. She enjoys working in abstracts to create whimsical pieces using patterns, symbols, and calming colors.

Jackie is an exhibiting member of Dry Canyon Arts Association, holds an MBA in Organizational Leadership and has trained for Cognitive Behavioral Counseling. “Creation is Meditation.”

Redmond Senior Center

325 NW Dogwood Ave. 541-548-6325 • redmondseniors.org

Redmond Senior Center and Dry Canyon Arts Association invite you to see the amazing variety of artwork in fused glass, jewelry and photography by Katherine Harris and 20 other artists in downtown Redmond during First Friday, October 7 from 4-7pm. Katie creates fused glass pieces both functional and artistic. She also creates unique and personal jewelry and is branching out to photography. In her travels around the world, she has photographed animals and birds, which reflects her love of nature and these creatures.

SCP Redmond Hotel

521 SW 6th Ave. 541-508-7600 • scphotel.com/redmond

SCP Redmond Hotel and Dry Canyon Arts Association invite you to see the beautiful oil and acrylic paintings by Susan D. Lees and over 20 other artists in downtown Redmond during First Friday, October 7 from 4-7pm. Susan is a western, wildlife artist who works primarily in oil and acrylic. Her love for all nature and wildlife keeps her busy taking reference photos in the beautiful Central Oregon area.

Susan started painting in oils at the age of 12 and always knew she wanted to be an artist. She is self-taught, learning from classes and studying other artists’ work. Years later, after raising a family and a successful career in database and graphic design, she now has time to be a full-time artist and loves it.

New Perspective for October

by EILEEN LOCK

become noticeably better after the 2nd. An increase in cooperation is evident near the 6th and it will be important to let go of old grudges. The Full Moon on the 9th brings new beginnings and changes in relationships.

Conversations

Let go of second guessing yourself on the 11th and be sure you actually have all the information you need to make a good decision. Agreements on the 13th are helpful in your relationships with both love and money. You will know exactly what steps to take on the 17th and be enthusiastic about the direction you are going. Challenges on the 19th are short lived so let go of whatever it is.

Big decisions on the 22nd will be helpful to establish new guidelines. Everything gets more intense after the 23rd when situations become more emotional. The New Moon on the 25th invites you to make an effort to integrate with those around you. Step up on the 27th and take the high road if you want to have the best outcome. Slow down after the 30th and realize it’s time to back track a little before you move any farther forward. Listen to your intuition on the 31st and make the effort to trust, you will be glad you did.

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.

Red Chair Gallery Presents Tricia Biesmann

by JULIA KENNEDY COCHRAN — Red Chair Gallery

Well into a long career as a fabric artist, Tricia Biesmann strives to keep her work vibrant through “the messiness of creativity.” Employing nuno felting techniques, she combines fabrics like vintage sari silk from India, wool roving, Margilan silk from Uzbekistan and bamboo cloth to create sumptuous scarves and toppers. Her work is showcased at Red Chair Gallery in October.

Nuno felting was developed in the 1990s by an Australian artist. The name is derived from the Japanese word “nuno” meaning cloth. It uses only natural materials, such as silk, cotton, bamboo and wool. Pieces of fabric are layered and joined together using a blend of silk and wool roving. Then they are dampened with water and soap to begin the bonding process. The fabric and the roving are rubbed by hand until they are fused. “I know the process and how to do all the steps, but how do I free my mind and come up with something new?” Biesmann asks. That’s where the messiness comes in.

“I like to shake it up a little to keep the artistry fresh,” she explains. Before beginning a project, Biesmann sometimes just dumps materials on the floor “so I can see what I have.” After picking a few pieces that complement each other,

she may dye Margilan silk to blend with them. “I like to combine dyes to get a color that is a surprise,” she says. The surprise may hit the mark or it can clash with other parts of the project and have to be set aside for another garment. She also makes what is called “pre felts,” which are small wool felted pieces that can be cut into shapes such as geometrics or flowers, embellished with silk roving, and then felted again onto the garment. The randomness of affixing “pre felts” usually has spectacular results.

Sometimes, the messiness comes to her in the middle of the night when she wakes with an inspiration. One of these was to embellish the crocheted handbags she makes with pockets fashioned from thrift store sweaters she felts.

Creating beautiful order out of disorder is a skill that Biesmann developed, oddly enough, as a mathematics teacher. Biesmann taught middle school mathematics in Sisters from 1981 to 2007. Although there is always only one correct answer to a math problem, she loved to observe the “messiness” of the students’ problem solving process.

Some of Biesmann’s ideas come from three of her sisters (who live in Colorado and Minnesota), to whom she taught the nuno felting techniques years ago. Now they

all have established felting businesses and continually share tips and tricks among each other. She also adapts techniques that she picks up from felters in Europe who share their concepts over the Internet. No matter how long she continues to make beautiful fabric art, Biesmann will always be open to new, sometimes messy, ideas.

thewayweart229@gmail.com thewayweart on Instagram redchairgallerybend.com

Tricia Biesmann. Photos courtesy of Red Chair Gallery

Oregon’s

Capturing Authenticity

Local photographer captures true emotion above all else.

by NOAH NELSON — A&E Feature Writer

If local photographer, designer and mother Tasha Marie is anything, she is fully authentic. Born and raised in California, Tasha has been interested in design her whole life. After spending some of her younger years in LA and traveling around, she decided to move closer to her parents in Olympia, Washington, where she fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. “Everything there is absolutely stunning, and it’s where I got really into climbing,” Tasha said. “Climbing took me from one beautiful natural area to the next, and it got me exposed to so many cool areas.”

While getting into this new hobby, Tasha made sure to bring along an old one that she had been practicing since she was on her high school yearbook team: photography. “Especially up in Washington, it was so easy to just grab my camera gear, hop in my car and just drive out somewhere beautiful and remote,” she said. “I really enjoyed the spontaneity of it all, and I love looking back at all of the captured memories.”

To Tasha, photography is not her main career; she works full-time on the corporate side of Direct TV, and maintains that photography is her escape from the corporate world. Tasha’s drive for photography highlights an often overlooked way of expressing art in our modern, money-driven world; without the profit incentive affecting her work, she is fully free to be as creative and spontaneous in her art as she wants to be. In other words, her photography is truly an authentic representation of herself and her interests.

“I can appreciate all of the amazing photographers who do wedding photography, family portraits and things like that, but that’s just not something I would really want to do,” she said. “I really like travel and lifestyle photography, things that are a bit more candid and not as staged.”

Tasha and her family love to take road trips all over the place, and take photos at every stop they can, whenever it feels right. Her niche at the current moment? Her two-anda-half-year-old son, who is learning so much about the world around him. Tasha says that she is grateful to be able to capture so many moments with him.

Her house, which lies on a few acres of property, borders the High Desert and provides some dramatic natural scenes. “I love getting out there with my son, because everything feels

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like a shot,” she said. “Some people ask me why I’m behind the camera and not capturing this moment with him, but to me it’s the opposite. I am there capturing the memory, the feel, and everything in that moment.”

Tasha added that capturing emotion in her photos makes her feel like she has “made it” as a photographer. “When you can feel the love, the intensity, the innocent excitement on a two-year-old’s face, that’s what it’s about.”

Capturing the real, authentic emotion in any moment is Tasha’s goal as a photographer, and helps explain why she avoids those well-known and rehearsed family portraits that, to her, feel unnatural. However, I’m sure anyone who has gotten sore cheeks from being told to smile for the perfect shot can at least somewhat agree with her view.

“I don’t like when my photos are staged, I prefer a much more natural aesthetic,” she said. “For the family shoots I have done, I always ask them to go on a walk or some activity that they are comfortable doing as a family so I can capture their real, authentic interactions.”

The search for authenticity explains why Tasha loves working with nature, and children: two subjects who will almost always be their authentic selves, whether they are asked to be or not.

The future for Tasha is up in the air, as she is expecting her second child. She is sure that she will keep capturing real moments with her family as they grow, and the potential to go professional is also on her mind. She has goals to monetize her photography one day, but for now, she is focused on capturing as many moments as she can with the people that she loves.

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Oregon’s

The Flow State of Mind

Barbara Hudler Cella’s

Illustrious Painting Career

by NOAH NELSON — A&E Feature Writer

Barbara Hudler Cella, an International Award Winning Landscape Painter, has garnered an exceptional amount of both experience, skill and respect for her art. Art presented itself early in Barb’s life, and she found encouragement from multiple sources, “My mom always encouraged my creativity, and she wanted me to take risks and make mistakes in order to grow,” Barb said. “In grade school I got pulled out to do special art projects for a teacher, and it felt validating to have someone acknowledge my art.”

The 66-year-old painter looks back on her teen years growing up in Northern Minnesota as a time in her life where she thrived in art classes, often inspired by an outdoorsy lifestyle and the nature around her. However, her professional life would take her in another direction. “My first job, I was a Park Ranger/ Naturalist. I wasn’t painting then, but I was always immersed in nature,” she said. “Then I had a career in public relations, and I didn’t get serious about my painting until 2005.”

That year, Barb took a plein air art class. French for “in the open air,” a plein

air art class is exactly that; landscape painting that literally takes place in the open air of nature, allowing the artist to immerse themselves in the nature that they are capturing on canvas.

“The plein air class changed things,” Barb said. “The focus really came into my life here. I never knew I could feel so passionate for a single thing.”

At this point in her international awardwinning career, Barb has reached a level of skill for plein air painting that many artists only dream of achieving; Barb can enter into what can be considered a flow state, where she no longer needs to worry much about the technical skills of painting, and she can “surrender to the painting,” as she puts it.

“It really is a meditative process of total immersion,” Barb said. “I stay put in one area, enter an almost Zen state of mind, and observe everything in that present moment; the breeze in my hair, the sun on my skin, the dancing of shadows and light. It can take a long time to get to the point where you can just let go and paint like this, because you have to master the technical skills first.”

This level of immersion allows her work to showcase elements of the landscape that the viewer cannot literally see in real life, and that is because the goal of her work is not to create something that is photorealistic,” I paint exactly what I feel, and that’s not just what I see in that moment,” she said. “It’s really a visual representation of exactly how I feel when I immerse myself in nature. Humidity, dryness, warmth, the wind, everything.”

Barb’s work has found a new home in Sisters at Hood Avenue Art (HAA). While she resisted joining a gallery at first, Covid made Barb realize how nice it can be for your artwork to have a home. Now, anyone and everyone can marvel at her incredible work in the peaceful setting of an art gallery.

As a member of Hood Avenue Art, Barb feels grateful for the community that the organization provides, “Being part of HAA has been such a rewarding experience. The inspiration, the camaraderie, the friendships, the opportunities… it all means so much to me,” she said. “The Sisters community has been so incredibly welcoming, and they’ve helped me realize how nice having your work in a gallery can be.”

In retirement, Barb has been able to explore her art, “as much or as little” as she prefers. “There is no limit to where I can go or what I can do,” she said. “No reigns, no boundaries. It feels amazing to be able to truly follow my bliss.”

Barb is also a big proponent of encouraging new artists young and old to follow their dreams, “Kids will come up to me when I’m painting outdoors telling me they are into art, and I always tell them that when you grow up, you don’t have to quit. If you like to color now, you can color as an adult too. I also tell new artists that you really just have to do it a lot. People aren’t just born with talent, they train it.”

Barb will be the featured artist at HAA on October 18 during Sisters’ Fourth Friday celebration. Stop by the gallery to meet Barb, discuss her work and get a glimpse at the new projects she has been working on.

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Oregon’s

Concert Rock Violinist Aaron Meyer Headlines Sunriver’s Traditions Holiday Concert in December

Catch the spirit of the joyous holiday season by attending the Traditions Holiday Concert, featuring worldrenowned Concert Rock Violinist Aaron Meyer.

There are two concerts this year: 7pm Saturday, December 3 and 2pm Sunday, December 4 at Sunriver Resort’s Homestead. Hosted by Sunriver Music Festival and the Sunriver Area Chamber of Commerce along with presenting sponsor Sunriver Resort, concert rock violinist Aaron Meyer and his four-piece band have been captivating audiences worldwide displaying virtuosity ranging from a dynamic rendition of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons to Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb to the Beatles classic Let it Be. He will also be performing songs from his holiday albums, Do You Hear What I Hear? and The Holiday Spirit.

“We are excited to welcome Aaron back for this Traditions Holiday Concert, especially after the hiatus of the last two years,” Sunriver Music Festival Executive Director Meagan

Iverson says. “His concerts are truly a delightful experience as he whisks audiences along on a magical musical adventure, captivating listeners with every note.”

Iverson encourages people to reserve their tickets early, since Meyer’s concerts often sells out early. “We decided to offer two concerts this year to provide opportunities for more people to attend,” Iverson said. “His music has entertained audiences throughout the world, and it’s an honor to have Aaron perform in Central Oregon.

Each time he visits Sunriver, Meyer also presents an educational concert for the students at Three Rivers Elementary School in Sunriver. Aaron’s school programs inspire students to appreciate music as well as pursue their own musical interests.

Aaron played his first violin when he was five, and by the time he was 11 years old, he had soloed with the prestigious Philadelphia Orchestra. After performing as an original member of world-renowned band Pink Martini, Aaron has gone on to share his talent with vastly contrasting artists such as Smokey Robinson, Aaron Neville, The Temptations, Leftover Salmon and the platinum record selling band, Everclear.

Tickets are $45 and can be purchased online or by phoning 541-593-9310.

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High Desert Chamber Music

Announces Return of Live Classical Chamber Music for Landmark 15th Anniversary Season

After a two-year hiatus, High Desert Chamber Music (HDCM) will be re turning stronger than ever to celebrate our landmark 15th anniversary season. This year features the Delgani String Quartet — October 21, 2022; Crown City String Quartet — January 14, 2023; Robert Thies — February 14, 2023; Feli ci Piano Trio — March 24, 2023; and Ben Hong & Ning An — May 5, 2023. In addition to the HDCM Concert Series is the Annual Benefit Gala, which includes a performance, dinner, silent auc tion and Dessert Dash. Bob Shaw from the KTVZ NewsChannel 21 Team returns as the emcee for the evening. This will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at 6pm at Bend Golf Club.

“Our 15th season includes many audience favorites and some exciting new groups to Central Oregon,” states HDCM Executive Director Isabelle Senger. “This season we’ll continue our concerts at the Tower Theatre, as well as in a new location, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon.”

The season opens in October with the debut of the Delgani String Quartet, considered “the state’s finest chamber ensemble” by Oregon Arts Watch. The quartet curates their own series in Portland, Salem and Eugene, while regularly appearing

Anthea Kreston

High Desert Chamber Music (HDCM) is thrilled to re turn to in-person concerts just in time to celebrate their landmark 15th season in Central Oregon! We had a chance to catch up with Delgani violinist, Anthea Kreston, to learn more about the group, their upcoming program and some of the joy’s and challenges of being touring musicians at this moment in time.

As a professional musician, Anthea

throughout the state.

The Crown City String Quartet makes their annual appearance in the new year. This Pasadenabased group has been the resident and premier group featured in the HDCM Concert Series over the past fourteen years, and their concerts are consistently audience favorites. They perform regularly in a number of chamber music series in Southern California and the Pacific Northwest.

The annual Valentine’s Day concert at the Tower Theatre focuses on love and romance-themed music with the return of Steinway Artist Robert Thies. He first captured worldwide attention when he won the Gold Medal at the Second International Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. This best-selling event includes a complimentary rose for concert-goers and a custom treat from Goody’s Chocolates!

As resident touring ensemble of Chamber Music Unbound in Mammoth Lakes, California, the Felici Piano Trio will be making their Central Oregon debut. The vibrant threesome has performed worldwide since 1998 and the members are prize winners of multiple competitions.

The season will conclude with Los Angeles Philharmonic Associate Principal Cellist Ben Hong. He is a three-time winner of his native

country Taiwan’s National Cello Competition prior to leaving home at the age of 13 to study at the Juilliard School. International prize-winning pianist Ning An will join him for our exciting season finale!

High Desert Chamber Music’s mission is to bring world-class chamber music and musicians to Central Oregon. Now in our 15th season, HDCM presents an acclaimed series of classical chamber music concerts in Central Oregon, ranging from piano duos to string sextets. As the premier and leading chamber music organization in the region, HDCM offers an exciting roster of professional performing artists.

Tickets for all events are available through HDCM online, by phone or in person at their office in Downtown Bend. Season Ticket subscriptions include all events in the HDCM Concert Series, a 15 percent discount, and seating in a Reserved section. This offer expires on opening night of the season.

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Delgani Violinist Anthea Kreston

by ETHAN GRAY

has played with many of the world’s greats, including Yo-Yo Ma as a member of his Silk Road ensemble. She’s also played in the Berlin Philharmonic, as principal violin in the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and as concertmaster of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Anthea moved to Oregon with her husband, cellist Jason Duckles, and became concertmaster of the Eugene Symphony and Portland Opera. A few years later she won a spot on the Artemis Quartet - one of the world’s top string quartets. This new role brought her family to Berlin for four years, during which time she won a European Grammy Award

and toured the world. She returned to Oregon a few years ago and is now in her second season as a member of the Delgani String Quartet. They are excited to be joining us in person, as covid has been tough for touring musicians, despite an outpouring of support from what they call their “super fans.” On the program is a charming Haydn Quartet, a passionate middle-Beethoven quartet, and a magical and swirling Bartok Quartet.

Anthea is no stranger to Central Oregon, having performed in the HDCM Concert Series previously as a member of Thunder Egg Consort. While in Bend, they performed at the Tower Theatre and

led an Educational Outreach event at Bend Senior High School. She is now the newest faculty member of the University of Oregon School of Music.

You can hear Anthea performing in concert with the Delgani String Quartet, kicking off High Desert Chamber Music’s landmark 15th anniversary season. The program promises to be thrilling, so please plan to join us on Friday, October 21, at 7:30pm. This concert is brought to you by Miller Lumber; tickets are available through High Desert Chamber Music by phone or online.

Come hear the music!

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Sunriver Stars Community Theater

Celebrates Ten Years with Oz!

Tickets are now on sale for the Sunriver Stars Community Theater (SSCT) highly anticipated, all-ages production of Oz! The dazzling musical based on the book by L. Frank Baum will take place October 14-16 at The Door Three Rivers. Tickets are $17 for adults and $12 for children 18 and under.

The production is the final of the Stars tenth anniversary season, which was preceded by The Odd Couple (Female Version), a Ukraine benefit show and STARS Kids Drama Camp. During the camp, children learned parts and songs for the show and were invited to join the adult cast. The exciting rendition of the well-loved classic celebrates how far the community theater has come, as well as its continued efforts to bring performing

arts to local youth and bridge the gap between young and old.

“Ten years ago we had nothing but a passion for live theater — look at us now,” said SSCT Founder and Artistic Director Victoria Kristy. “We have stages, lighting and sound equipment, costumes and props and most importantly, a loyal family of talented performers, directors and supporters who continue to ‘reach for the stars’.”

Kristy and husband, Alan Zalewski, grew from Sunriver vacationers to “snowbirds,” and soon realized there was one thing missing from the idyllic town, a community theater. Kristy had spent more than 40 years directing children’s theater in Arizona, California and Washington — it just wouldn’t feel like home until she had a creative

outlet, and thus, in 2012 Sunriver Stars Community Theater was born.

“Community Theater plays an important role in regions where people are often separated by distance,” said Susan Evans Inman, an SSCT board member who has been acting with the group since inception. “Here, in Deschutes County, the Sunriver Stars are giving actors and their audiences a chance to enjoy and learn from the magical world of theater.”

Inman is especially excited to be part of the quartet of female muscle in the show, playing Glinda the Good Witch of the North.

“She is a kind, wise, thoughtful, patient, helpful, but strong woman — I’d like to be like her,” Inman said.

Oz will get a feminine touch being played by Joyce Tittle, while Iva Lent will cackle for the Wicked Witch of the West, and according to Director Kristy, she was made for this role. Rounding out the main female characters will be vocal coach and SSCT newcomer, Rae White, as Dorothy.

“Besides the privilege of playing this iconic character comes a rare connection to her personality traits — I’m thrilled to find how much Dorothy feels like an extension of myself,” White said. “She describes herself as small and meek and growing up, there were some who regarded those traits I naturally exhibited as hindrances. However, as I’ve grown to embrace them, I now feel as Dorothy does — that gentleness and compassion are strengths; that bravery doesn’t depend on stature. And that sometimes, you have to fight for confidence.”

Having just moved to the area, White

has rekindled a passion for theater and is thankful to be part of a cast with so many like-minded individuals.

“What better way could there be to make new friends,” she said. “They brought me in and made me feel appreciated, just as the citizens of Oz did for Dorothy when she found herself in a new place!”

The musical tells a familiar story from the timeless Wizard of Oz tale, with a few not so well-known characters and scenes. A cyclone carries Dorothy and Toto to the magical land of Oz. When Dorothy’s house squashes the Wicked Witch of the East, she is ecstatically thanked by the liberated munchkins and given permission to wear the witch’s powerful slippers. From there, Baum’s lovable characters — rubberlegged Scarecrow (Dave Schmerber), Tin Woodsman (Doug Griffin) and Cowardly Lion (Ron Pugh) — join Dorothy on a fantastical journey to meet the great Oz. Pugh’s real life dog, Kenda, will take on the role of Toto.

To purchase tickets or for more information, visit sunriverstars.org

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Greenhouse Musicals

Local Plant Shop Doubles as Performing Arts Venue

by NOAH NELSON — A&E Feature Writer

The local plant shop Somewhere That’s Green has announced a new addition to their business, with hopes of adding some art and culture to Bend’s Central District. The shop will soon be unveiling a stage that can accommodate a handful of actors and an audience of 55 to 75 people.

“A lot has to happen before our premiere show,” said Store Owner John Kish. “Lights, sounds, everything. But, it’s coming together and we are excited to show people something new.”

The stage and each performance are fully contained within the plant shop, including a theater lobby, an old-fashioned ticket booth, a green room for the performers to prepare themselves and even plans for a bar to serve a variety of libations as guests arrive for shows. The stage itself, while small, helps create a very cozy and personal feeling for each performance. “Most people, when they think of an amazing theatrical experience, don’t think of Broadway. As cool as it is, it always feels like you’re watching a TV because it is so big,” John said. “There is something intimate and very genuine about small pocket theaters.”

Above the stage, there is a mural painted on the ceiling featuring stars and the Zodiac wheel all painted in a dark navy blue with gold accents. All together, John has created a very unique setting in Bend that invokes feelings of both comfort and wonder.

Many additions to the theater area in Somewhere That’s Green were provided by the community, one way or another, “Those shelves used to be at Spork, those mirrors used to belong to a tattoo parlor, and someone even donated that grand piano,” John said.

A plant shop opening up a theater stage might sound like an interesting business combination when it arrives out of the blue, but this was actually John’s original plan all along. “My original plan back in New York was to create a theater/plant shop/cafe, all rolled into one,” he said. “In Bend in 2018, I realized starting with the plant shop would be the most realistic way to get the business going from nothing, the most stable.”

After growing the plant shop for the last few years, John feels ready for this expansion, and feels like the community is ready, too. Bend’s Central District, where the plant shop lives, has seen recent efforts for improvement. From plans to add lampposts and sidewalks to increase the walkability of the district to designated future development as mixed use to help create vibrant and diverse areas, the Central District should see some pretty big changes in the next decade.

John sees this growth as a welcome change, and as something that he can help out with. “We would love to have a walkable district, filled with amazing food, drinks and spaces for the performing arts,” he said. “Imagine being able to walk around here like it’s First Friday, hit a happy hour and then go catch a local performance. I think we’ll get there, Bend will get there, and I’m excited to be helping that happen from the ground level.”

Somewhere That’s Green and any of their future theater or cafe plans are, at their very core, inclusive to everyone. John envisions the stage being filled with theater performances, drag shows, musical numbers, BIPOC creatives and more.

“I’ve already had queer artists from around the country reach out to me about renting the space, and honestly im just amazed that they’ve even heard of us,” said John. “But at the same time, it is incredibly exciting.”

With many interested performers, John now has the job of deciding which

art forms will dominate the stage, “Obviously we all love music, but there is just so much of that in Bend. Pretty much every venue you can think of mostly just plays music.” he said. “We want to include music, but we really want to focus on the underrepresented arts.”

In the future, guests can expect to find the odd musical performance at this stage, but should mostly expect theatrical performances, musicals and drag performances. When music does arrive, it most likely won’t be the typical country/folk/rock you find in most breweries, but instead something more intimate like a jazz performance.

At the top of his priority list, John wants to ensure that every performance is as high-quality as possible, “In these first few years, we really have to build up this repertoire of shows and experiences, and we have to go into it with the plan to only showcase top notch performances.”

At its core, John believes in the Somewhere That’s Green Theater space because he believes in Bend. He believes in the talented and diverse individuals who live here, he believes the city will follow through with the Central District improvements, and he believes that the people of Bend are itching for something different.

The premiere performance will take place on October 21, and tickets are already on sale. John and a talented troupe of performers are taking on Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a rock-musical written by John Cameron Mitchell. The lively and funny musical will also cover heavier topics, while instilling in audience members that it is always important to be true to yourself.

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Two Twisted Sisters Return with Tapestry of the Arts

After two years in seclusion, those two mysterious and reclusive arts impresarios — Two Twisted Sisters — are back with all new show featuring a cast of over thirty of Bend’s most exciting talent.

Tapestry of the Arts , a co-production of Cascades Theatrical Company will play October 27, 28, 29 and 30 at CTC’s theater in downtown Bend. And according to the sisters, it’ll be a show to remember with drama, music, comedy and a few surprises. “You miss this one and you’ll live to regret it,” the two sisters stated with confidence.

“We were on quite a roll until that damn virus bowled us over,” the sister who identifies herself as the elder, reported. “We had that Stone in the Water movie, storytelling shows and other projects in the stew pot. Then the COVID came to town, and we just holed up like scared jackrabbits at hunting season. Except hunting season went on two years!”

“But now we’re back with a star-studded show guaranteed to please young and old,” the younger proclaimed. “ Tapestry of the Arts is the brainchild of one of our favorite performers, Mary Kilpatrick,” the older added. “Once we heard what she had in mind we jumped on it like white on rice!”

“That woman may not be as young as she used to be,” the younger sister explained, “but she’s got enough drive to last a hundred years. And this show is the proof of that. Mary has put together one acts, dance, music and comedy for a night the likes of which this town hasn’t seen, since, well, the plague closed the place down.”

Theater-goers will arrive to find CTC transformed into a fine arts gallery, complete with live music, art work and refreshments.

The show begins promptly at 7:30pm with Laura Lee Coffman’s hilarious one act play, Hen Party . Sara Freedman’s Hooked follows, a captivating drama about two sisters with a big problem. “Nothing like the two of us,” the older Twisted Sister noted. Next, Bend’s mistress of movement, Michelle Majesky, takes center stage with a troupe of dancers, to perform numbers, from Cabaret and Chicago .

In Their First Date , another piece by the prolific Ms. Coffman, two people meet and very little goes right. The program continues with a special musical guest. “We always like to spring a couple surprises in our shows,” the younger sister explained. “You can’t tell people everything. You need an element of mystery to keep stuff lively.”

Dan Cohen, described by the sisters as “a compulsive over achiever,” is next, with a story of teenage angst and agony called How I Got to the Senior Prom.

A harrowing drama, written by Howard Schor and directed by Mary Kilpatrick closes the evening. Paul’s Bed , based on an event from the director’s life in New York during the 80s, involves a circle of artists who gather to visit one of their own at a fateful moment in his young life.

“We both agree that this one’s gonna have folks riveted to their seats,” the sisters predict.

“People have been sitting in front of their TVs way too long” the older

sister commented. “ Tapestry of the Arts is just the right tonic for that.”

“I totally agree,” the younger chimed in. “Enough with the TV. Except I have to admit, I kinda liked that Kid Game show. Or was that Squid Game? We spent so many hours holed up with the TV it’s all sort of smushed together.”

While the sisters welcome all ages, they advise parents that some material may not be suitable for small children. “Bring ‘em at your own risk,” the younger warns. “But don’t expect us to take responsibility if they go off on a crying jag.”

Tapestry of the Arts plays Thursday, October 27 through Saturday October 29 at 7:30pm and Sunday, October 30 at 2pm.

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“Know Ancient” this October with Deschutes Public Library

Discover ancient mysteries and archaeological wonders linking us to the past as we explore “Know Ancient” in October. Learn what makes Oregon’s ancient forests so remarkable and explore the sacred history of psilocybin. Search the night sky with a stargazing event and attend a Death Café. Go spelunking and hear anecdotes about the history of the Redmond Caves. Take a unique look at the history of the guitar through historical performance. All programs are free and open to the public. Programs marked with an asterisk (*) require registration.

People with disabilities needing accommodations (alternative formats or auxiliary aides) should contact Liz Goodrich at lizg@deschuteslibrary.org or 541-312-1032.

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Exploration at Redmond Caves*

Visit all five of the Redmond Caves with Pat Grady, staff archaeologist for the University of Oregon. Hear about each site’s archaeology and explore some of the interiors along the way. Registration required.

• Thursday, October 6 • 2pm • Redmond Caves

Exploring Oregon’s Ancient Forests

Dripping coastal forests of Douglas firs and high desert ponderosa groves shape Oregon’s iconic landscape. Discover old-growth forests and their valuable impact on our ecosystem with author Chandra LeGue.

• Saturday, October 8 • 11am • Redmond Library

• Saturday, October 8 • 3pm • East Bend Library

Psilocybin: The History of Los Niños Santos

Explore the historic, traditional, and cultural uses of “Los Niños Santos” (The Holy Children) with Michelle Ericksen, Ph.D. In this talk, hear about psilocybin as medicine that dates back 5,000 years to the Mayans and is still practiced by the Mazotec peoples of Oaxaca, Mexico.

• Wednesday, October 12 • 6pm • Live online

• Thursday, October 27 • 6:30pm • East Bend Library

Meadow Wander at Camp Polk Meadow Preserve*

Join Deschutes Land Trust for a moderate two-mile hike through Camp Polk Meadow Preserve, utilized for at least the last 10,000 years as a site for finding resources for food, shelter, clothing, and more. Registration required.

• Friday, October 14 • 10am • Camp Polk Meadow Preserve

Pseudoarchaeology Unveiled

Comments about extraterrestrials building pyramids and documentaries on Atlantis may seem harmless and entertaining, but the truth is these theories are actually deeply harmful. Archaeologist Stephanie Halmhofer shares how to spot archaeological conspiracy theories and why they are harmful.

• Tuesday, October 18 • 6pm • Live online

Guitarology

Guitarology offers a unique look at the history of the guitar and lute through historical performance. The Portland Guitar Duo trace the development of these instruments through five centuries of music.

• Saturday, October 22 • 3pm • Redmond Library

• Sunday, October 23 • 2pm • Downtown Bend Library

Death Café

Death Cafés are a growing international movement of people gathering in a relaxed and safe setting to sip tea and discuss death. Free of agenda or ideology, the aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) lives. Ages 16+

• Tuesday, October 25 • 6pm • Downtown Bend Library

Leap into the Stars on the SCP Redmond Rooftop

Spend an evening stargazing from the SCP Redmond Hotel’s Rooftop. Search the night to view the moon, Venus, the Orion Nebula, and more with help from the Oregon Observatory at Sunriver staff and telescopes.

• Wednesday, October 26 • 6:30pm • SCP Hotel Redmond

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Uncover the Most Popular Attractions Plus Lesser Known Destinations in the

100 Things to Do in Bend, Oregon Before you Die, 2nd Edition

Reedy Press announces the release of our newest guidebook, 100 Things to Do in Bend, Oregon Before you Die, 2nd Edition, by Joshua Savage.

Picture the ancient snowcapped peaks of the Cascade Mountains rising above the clean, clear waters of the Deschutes River. It can only be Central Oregon. This veritable paradise boasts miles of forest trails, and with lots of sunshine each year, there’s plenty of time to enjoy outdoor adventures like skiing, kayaking, and hiking.

In 100 Things to Do in Bend, Oregon, Before You Die, 2nd Edition, you will be swept into this magical part of the United States, where the natural wonders will make you fall in love, and the year-round entertainment might just make you stay a lifetime. Stand on top of a volcano inside the city of Bend and drink in the views. Become a beer connoisseur at the many innovative breweries on the Bend Ale Trail. Get insider tips for the best place to enjoy a lazy float down the Deschutes River, or relax even more in an opulent Turkish-style hot pool at McMenamins after a good hike. And don’t forget to sample some of the best restaurants featuring delicious Pacific Northwest cuisine.

Local author and lifelong traveler Joshua Savage’s passion for exploration comes through loud and clear in his valuable tips about one of the best outdoor destinations in the world. With this in-depth checklist and definitive Central Oregon guide, you’ll navigate experiences that you will remember for the rest of your life.

100 Things to Do in Bend, Oregon Before You Die, 2nd Edition is available wherever books are sold.

About the Author:

Spend time with family, teach, explore, write. Joshua Savage took his passions and integrated them into a full-time lifestyle. Originally a native of the South, he, his wife and his two daughters sold most of their possessions and began traveling the world. When they landed in Bend, they immediately fell in love

with the area and now call it home. With so much natural beauty to explore in the Pacific Northwest, Joshua is constantly on the hunt for new adventures.

The picturesque backdrop of the Cascade Mountains, pristine rivers, pine forests, miles of trails, dominating blue skies, countless brews and culinary delights; these are but a few of the many treasures that Central Oregon has to offer. An outdoor mecca open for all to respect and explore, Central Oregon is one of the most beautiful parts of the United States. In 100 Things to Do in Bend, Oregon Before You Die, 2nd Edition, Joshua Savage continues to share his journey of memorable experiences in this magnificent area of the country.

Bend made the Forbes list of the ‘Top 10 Coolest Places to Go in 2021.’

Of ALL the cities in the U.S., Bend ranks #3 in breweries per capita. On the newly revamped Bend Ale Trail, taste some of the most innovative and tasty brews available anywhere in the Pacific Northwest (#1). Then, collect prizes for doing so!

Many renowned publications such as Lonely Planet, Northwest Travel & Life, Outside Magazine, and others routinely discuss the many wonders of Bend.

Bring Fido lists Bend as one of the most petfriendly cities in the USA.

For foodies, the culinary delights are astonishingly plentiful in Bend. You can enjoy fine dining overlooking the flowing waters of the Deschutes River at Sen (#4) or fill your belly at one of the numerous food trucks lots around town (#5).

Experiencing the best of Bend can be done in one of the most entertaining and exciting scavenger hunts ever created called the Ultimate Scavenger (#42)!

The McMenamin brothers have transformed historic buildings across the Pacific Northwest into some of the most creative, eccentric structures ever seen. In Bend, the old St. Francis Catholic School (#36) has become the city’s McMenamin’s, complete with restaurant, brewery, opulent hot pools, secret rooms, fire pits, a movie theatre and more.

Bend has the highest average of sunny days a year in the state of Oregon.

The 4th of July isn’t just celebrated by humans in Bend. All types of animals; dogs, horses, iguanas, goats, and more celebrate the country’s independence in the streets of downtown during the pet parade (#39)!

Revitalize in large parks and by hiking trails through amazing pine forests. Flush with nature, feel as if you have left the city within minutes (#44, 48). Better yet, dig deeper into the natural environment on even more breathtaking hikes in area such as Smith Rock State Park (#63).

Get some of the ‘best of Bend’ all in one day. Snow ski or sled in the morning (#43, 47), float the river in the afternoon (#55), and then enjoy the nightlife (#2).

Witness some of the most stunning and picturesque wonders that exist in nature at Crater Lake (#51) and Newberry National Monument (#66).

Be stunned by the many waterfalls that permeate the environs of Central Oregon. Tumalo Falls (#62), Steelhead Falls (#50), and Benham Falls (#76).

Bend has a penchant for keeping its history alive and well. You can witness where the old meets new in areas like the Old Mill District (#83) and the Box Factory (#8). Shop, casually drink and dine, and absorb the history of Bend.

Take the kids stargazing at Pine Mountain (#86) with some of the clearest skies in the lower 48.

Sandy Cohen, Executive Director invites you to come peruse this group of talented artists great show of works representing Central Oregon.

Partial proceeds will go to help fund the new traveling exhibit building, which is now under construction, just east of the bright yellow Prineville Railway Caboose!

LIST OF EXHIBITING ARTISTS:

Jack Braman

Pamela Claflin

Janice Druian Norma Holmes

Barbara Janicke Gretha Lindwood

JM Brodrick

Jerry Dame

Dyrk Godby

Steven Homsher

David Kinker

Katherine Taylor Melanie Thompson

Laurel Buchanan

Mike Dettman

Sarah B Hansen

Eric Jacobsen

Tracy Leagjeld

Randall Tillery

FRI & SAT: 10-5 PM SUN: 11-4 PM

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: SUN 1-4 PM

BOWMAN MUSEUM 246 N. MAIN ST. PRINEVILLE, OR PH: 541-447-3715 crookcountyhistorycenter.org

Prineville

Bowman Museum

246 N Main St. • 541-447-3715 crookcountyhistorycenter.org

Bowman Museum Show and Sale November 11-13 — 19 artists from all around who paint Central Oregon! This is a very good opportunity to purchase your favorite artists! Come enjoy the coffee, cold drinks and cookies and browse the art. Show hours are November 11-12, 10am-5pm and November 13, 11am-4 pm with an artists’ reception to meet and greet from 1-4pm. Refreshments included!

Come pay tribute to our U.S. Veterans as they parade Fourth Street at 11am on Veteran’s Day, November 11, then stop in the museum to see the show.

Rick Steber & Company — MAKERS

131 NE Fifth St. • 541-447-3115 • rickstebermakers.com

On display in the retail showroom at Rick Steber – MAKERS is the incredible work of over 160 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. 541-903-5565 • rimrockgallery.com

Featured Show: October 15-December 7, All About Oregon All Gallery Artist Show.

We have a beautiful state and we think Central Oregon is in the heart of its beauty. We exhibit the works of 20 artists from Oregon and beyond, and seven bronze artists who present wildlife, the feathured world, figurative, western and sports subjects. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5:30pm.

Redmond/Terrebonne

The Art of Alfred A. Dolezal 8283 11th St., Ste. 1, Terrebonne 541-526-1185 alfreddolezal.com artofalfreddolezal@gmail.com

The eclectic symbolic paintings of Austrian artist, Alfred A. Dolezal combine illuminant colors with alternative visions of reality. These contemporary oils on canvas examine the deeper meaning of life and tell an uplifting human interest story. Quite often his paintings reveal a mischievous, humorous side, a dry sarcasm and his love for the unexpected. A passionate researcher in a variety of subjects, Alfred combines profound messages with evocative symbolism, his works often displaying surrealistic tendencies. Much more than a painting, come see why we are now travelerranked by TripAdvisor as #3 of museums in Central Oregon! Open daily, 10am–5pm.

Schoolhouse Produce

1430 SW Highland Ave., Redmond 541-504-7112 • schoolhouseproduce.com

Schoolhouse Produce is featuring the work of SageBrushers Art Society member and local artist Michelle Oberg. Michelle works in mulitple media (pastel, acrylic, oil and watercolor) and has been involved in art from a young age. Always looking to grow and improve, she also teaches classes in the area. Stop in for fresh fall produce and fresh fall paintings.  Showing thru November. Burns

OUTSIDE CENTRAL OREGON

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.

Delgani String Quartet

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST

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The Deschutes, 30 x 50 acrylic by JM Brodrick

Desert Language, 30 x 30 acrylic/ mixed media by Sarah B. Hansen

Quiet Place, acrylic painting by Michelle Oberg

The Human Connection by Alfred A. Dolezal

by JIM FISTER

October brings in fall colors, football and expensive coffee to the forefront of most minds. It also brings new art to the Betty Gray Gallery at the Sunriver Lodge. Come see the new art at the Lodge while you admire the brisk weather, and sip a beer or flavored latte to bring the two together.

The upper gallery area will be hosting an array of watercolor paintings from a trio of accomplished artists, all members of the Watercolor Society of Oregon. Crosswater-based Liz Haberman takes a traditional approach to her work, working from photographs to create realistic scenes using her professional technique. Sunriver-based Helen Brown uses rice paper as a background, and mixes a technique of wax and watercolor to add a unique texture to her works. Redmondbased Rebecca Sentgeorge is the most experimental of the trio, using a variety of collage materials in addition to her superior technique. The three combine to provide a remarkable overview of technique and artistry. The show will run through the end of the year.

Downstairs, Bend artist Marjorie Hamlin creates semi abstract acrylic landscapes bursting with color and texture. Acrylic allows her to throw paint in pure splashes of color directly from the jar to the canvas, moving her imagination directly to paper. She calls her work “fictitious landscapes,” given her opinion that true creativity does not just come from sitting in a spot and painting a nice picture of what is there. This show will run through the end of November.

Given that it’s October, it’s truly a treat that these four accomplished regional women all will be showing together. It’s also a treat to announce that the Artists’ Gallery and Betty Gray Gallery will again be offering a youth artists’ challenge to local schools. Challenge winners will be displayed in the lower gallery during the Christmas holidays. In all, the fall will be a celebration of local art by accomplished and new artists. Make sure to stop by the Betty Gray Gallery when you’re in the area to see all these delightful artists, and enjoy the fall weather in Sunriver.

Wine Country by Marjorie Hamlin

Help Us Celebrate You!

Locals’ Weekend October 2022

by DENI PORTER

donating pieces to our weekend raffle.

It’s fall now, and all the summer visitors are home. You are now the star, and we celebrate you! Mark your October calendar for a multi-day celebration of YOU and your generosity. We hope to see all of you at the Artists’ Gallery in the Sunriver Village Friday, October 7, 4-7pm and Saturday, October 8, 10am-7pm. This is a weekend for locals that benefits our locals in South County through the Care and Share food bank. As a special thank you to our favorite community, many of the artists will be offering a ten percent discount on purchases all weekend. Many artists will also be

SUNRIVER EXHIBITS

Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village

57100 Beaver Dr., Bldg. 19 541-593-4382

artistsgallerysunriver.com

It takes many hands to raise 2000+ pounds of donated food for Care and Share. Together with local Sunriver sponsors, the Artists’ Gallery accomplishes the task with fun and flair. Partner sponsors make generous contributions — First Interstate Bank, Sunriver Brewing Company, The Fold Restaurant and Hot Lava Baking, but the food contributions come from you! Other businesses will be open and showing local art and their unique retail offerings.

Our way of thanking you is to provide a weekend of fun, discounts, art giveaways, music, food and beverage. Enjoy music and sip wine and beer provided by the Gallery while you watch the many artists’ demonstrations. For the fifth year in a row, we are asking you to FILL DON’S TRUCK with non-perishable food items or cash donations. Receive a raffle ticket for your donations and you will be entered into multiple drawings for art, jewelry and fine crafts — all donated by artists at the Gallery. You do not have to be present to win. Of course, you may drop off food donations

any time at the Gallery and receive your raffle tickets. The Gallery will have pre-holiday shopping treasures to choose from. Please join your fellow Central Oregonians in celebrating friendship and generosity.

Sunriver Village — Building 19 • Open daily 10am to 5pm artistsgallerysunriver.com • 541-593-4382

Sunriver Resort Lodge - Betty Gray Gallery

17600 Center Dr. 503-780-2828

We hope to see all of you at the Artists’ Gallery in the Sunriver Village Friday, October 7, 4-7pm and Saturday, October 8, 10am-7pm for Locals’ Weekend October 2022. This is a weekend for locals that benefits our locals in South County through the Care and Share food bank. As a special thank you many of the artists will be offering a ten percent discount on purchases all weekend. Many artists will also be donating pieces to our weekend raffle.

Enjoy music and sip wine and beer provided by the Gallery for a weekend of fun, discounts, art giveaways, music, food and beverage while you watch the many artists’ demonstrations. For the fifth year in a row, we are asking you to FILL DON’S TRUCK with non-perishable food items or cash donations. Receive a raffle ticket for your donations and you will be entered into multiple drawings for art, jewelry and fine crafts — all donated by artists at the Gallery. You do not have to be present to win.

For October the upper gallery area will be hosting an array of watercolor paintings from a trio of accomplished artists, all members of the Watercolor Society of Oregon. Crosswater-based Liz Haberman takes a traditional approach to her work, working from photographs to create realistic scenes using her professional technique. Sunriver-based Helen Brown uses rice paper as a background, and mixes a technique of wax and watercolor to add a unique texture to her works. Redmondbased Rebecca Sentgeorge is the most experimental of the trio, using a variety of collage materials in addition to her superior technique. The three combine to provide a remarkable overview of technique and artistry. The show will run thru the end of the year.

Downstairs, Bend artist Marjorie Hamlin creates semi abstract acrylic landscapes bursting with color and texture. Acrylic allows her to throw paint in pure splashes of color directly from the jar to the canvas, moving her imagination directly to paper. She calls her work “fictitious landscapes,” given her opinion that true creativity does not just come from sitting in a spot and painting a nice picture of what is there. This show will run thru the end of November.

Bonnie Junnell. Photo courtesy of Sunriver Artists’ Gallery

Care and Share Bears by Deni Porter

Featured Artists

Oct.

Hood Avenue Art

357 W Hood Ave. hoodavenueart.com • info@hoodavenueart.com • 541-719-1800

October is just around the corner with some spooky days ahead and time to get out to see our local Sisters gallery.

Featured artists for October 28-November 24 are Barbara Hudler Cella, Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom and Annie Dyer.

2D artist Barbara Hudler Cella is a plein air painter in acrylics that captures the energy and richness of Central Oregon water and mountains. Barbara strives to highlight the unique beauty of our local wilderness.

Our other 2D artist, Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom, is a native Oregonian that shows the love of her state with her diverse landscapes. She lets her wild side show with her random nonobjective abstracts.

Annie Dyer is our ceramicist 3D artist that was trained in Japan. Annie’s work has a more Asian feel, leaving the raw clay to shine as well as her beautiful glazes — mixing nature and art to create unique functional pieces of art.

We will have Mark Barringer playing music with appetizers and wine served on 4th Friday, October 28, 4-7pm. Come check out the over 40 local artists all month long.

Raven Makes Gallery

182 E Hood Ave. 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. New works this month include pieces by award-winning Acoma potter, Sandra Vicotorino of New Mexico.

Stitchin’ Post Gallery

311 W Cascade Ave.

541-549-6061 • stitchinpost.com

Stitchin’ Post Gallery in Sisters will host a special exhibit of art quilts from the Central Oregon Chapter of the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) entitled A Slice of Orange, opening October 28 during the Sisters 4th Friday Artwalk from 4-6pm. Over 30 quilters from the local chapter were challenged to design an 18” x 40” art quilt with only one requirement: to include a small “slice” of orange color in their quilt which allowed the artists to let their imaginations fly on the themes and designs of their work. Orange can be a challenging color to work with but the broad concept was enthusiastically embraced and resulted in a wide array of styles and techniques ranging from landscape to collage to abstract quilts from hand-dyed fabrics.

Toriizaka Art

222 West Hood Ave. 541-595 8285 • toriizakaart.com

Featuring a diverse selection of curated work from accomplished artists. Exhibition includes landscape paintings by contemporary artists Vu Cong Dien, Lieu Nguyen and Dao Hai Phong as well as figurative works by Yuji Hiratsuka, Bui Thanh Tam and Nguyen Minh Phuoc.

Artwork by Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom

Photo courtesy of Stitchin’ Post Gallery

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

Barbara Hudler Cella Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom Annie Dyer

Toriizaka Art

A New Gallery in Sisters

This August, Toriizaka Art (Tokyo, Japan 2005-2018; Portland, Oregon 2019 - 2020) opened its doors in Sisters. Located in the heart of the Sisters Arts District, Toriizaka Art resides in a completely renovated two-story building with Sisters Gallery and Frame. Other neighboring galleries include Clearwater Gallery, Hood Avenue Art, Raven Makes Gallery, Wildflower Studio, Beacham’s Clock Company, Metals Jewelry Studio and Dirk Godby Studio.

In late 2005, Karen Thomas, with the support of her husband Jack Bird, opened a salonstyle gallery in their Tokyo home featuring Vietnamese artists who were underrepresented in Japan. Karen’s first show was a sell-out and from there, Toriizaka Art was born (named for the Tokyo area in which they resided at the time). Karen started representing Japanese artists when she was asked to curate the exhibitions at the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Tokyo, a responsibility she held for more than eight years. Their home gallery evolved into

a fine art venue that hosted friend and fundraising events for various international charities including The Asian University for Women, Room-to-Read and Tokyo English Lifeline.

After Jack retired in 2018 from his consulting job in Tokyo, the couple moved to downtown Portland with the idea of re-creating their salon-style inhome gallery in the former residence of Earle Chiles atop KOIN Tower. Shortly after completing a major renovation and after hosting only a few events, COVID and Portland’s troubles intervened.

During COVID, Karen and Jack found themselves spending time at their Black Butte Ranch vacation home which they had purchased in 2008. “Black Butte and Sisters are very special places and we were embraced by the community. A lot of people have moved to Central Oregon after reconsidering their work/life balance; taking a step back, slowing down and enjoying life in a different way,” Karen observes. Traveling, hiking, biking, wine tasting and pickleball contribute to their active lifestyle and their relationships with their neighbors.

When a tired, but well-located commercial

property on Hood Avenue came to market, the couple decided to buy the building, undertake a complete renovation and re-open Toriizaka Art in Sisters. The gallery space was designed by Karen and features purposefully built viewing areas with custom lighting and a renovated outdoor space which will allow for music and art gatherings.

The gallery features a diverse selection of curated work from accomplished artists. The opening exhibition includes landscape paintings by contemporary artists Vu Cong Dien, Lieu Nguyen and Dao Hai Phong as well as figurative works by Yuji Hiratsuka, Bui Thanh Tam and Nguyen Minh Phuoc.

“Art, like music and good food, nourishes and sustains us. Art that makes you think, stops you in your tracks to admire its vibrance or jumps out and grabs you in some form is worth considering. We look forward to sharing the collection with our visitors,” says Karen.

For more information stop by the gallery at 222 West Hood Ave. in Sisters.

toriizakaart.com • info@toriizakaart.com

Photo courtesy of Toriizaka Art

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UPCOMING WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS

Art and Soul Retreat, Portland, Oregon with Jacqueline Newbold artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pdx22fall-retreat.php

• New Dimensions with Watercolor, October 19, 2022. I will teach you a variety of artistic ways to use watercolor paints with water-soluble and permanent inks to create several paintings.

• Painted Postcards, October 20, 2022. Learn how create hand-painted postcards.

• Watercolor Journaling for the Traveling Artist, October 21, 2022. Using watercolors and mixed media, you will create color-filled pages of art in your travel journals.

BEND WATERCOLOR CLASSES

Saving Whites with Watercolor with Jacqueline Newbold

In-person classes at private Tumalo Art Studio

$35 per class

Class #1: Monday, November 7, 2022, 1-4pm

Class #2: Monday, November 14, 2022, 1-4pm Attend one or both classes!

To attend these in-person classes, I am asking that all participants be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Class size is limited. Please email me if you would like to sign up for classes!

printmaking

watercolor ART WORKSHOPS

For more information contact Jacqueline at newbold0505@bendbroadband.com.

SAGEBRUSHERS

ART SOCIETY

sagebrushersartofbend.com • 541-617-0900

All classes listed below held at 117 SW Roosevelt Ave., Bend

Wise Woman Emerging — Mixed Media Collage with Maria Wattier & Mattie Swanson

October 9, 1-5pm

Join Maria Wattier & Mattie Swanson for a monthly gathering of women creating and expressing feminine soul wisdom through mixedmedia collage. No experience necessary, instruction and encouragement available as needed! Cost: $20 for workshop and $14 for journal. Please come join us for a delightful afternoon in a circle of women. For more information contact Mattie at swany139@hotmail.com or 541-610-2677.

Painting Autumn and Winter with Barbara Jaenicke

October 22-24, 10am-5pm

During this three-day studio workshop for pastel and oil painters, renowned local artist Barbara Jaenicke (barbarajaenicke.com) will cover many of

CALL TO ART

BROOKS RESOURCES ISSUES CALL FOR PHOTOS FOR ITS 2023 WALL CALENDAR

Brooks Resources Corporation is holding a photo contest for its annual wall calendar. The 2023 call for images is now available and will close on October 28, 2022. “Hope on the horizon” is the theme for this year’s wall calendar. The winner will have their photograph featured on the calendar and receive a grand prize of $1,500.

For the 2023 contest, artists are asked to submit a statement with each image (up to three per artist) to further illustrate how the photo relates to the contest theme. Submissions to the photo contest will be accepted through October 28 and can be made online by registering for a free CAFE call for entry account

A full listing of contest rules and details surrounding submission requirements can be found at artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=10886.

The 2023 Calendar will be released in early December, and will be available for free at the Brooks Resources office at 409 NW Franklin Avenue and distributed throughout the community.

the basics: value structure, color temperatures and handling of edges and mark making. Here, she’ll slant things more toward the unique characteristics of autumn and winter, with particular focus on how to capture the spectacular effects that grab us when looking at these landscapes from life.

Cost of the three-day workshop is $400. For more information or to register, contact Nancy Misek at nancym2010@bendbroadband.com.

CASCADE FINE ART WORKSHOPS

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

2022 WORKSHOPS ARE FILLING! REGISTER TODAY!

To register, contact Sue at info@ CascadeFineArtWorkshops.com Local COVID regulations at the time of workshop will apply.

Modern Impressionism in Action with Colley Whisson

4-day Studio Workshop with 1-day plein air, weather permitting. Oil & acrylic artists welcome — Demos in oil.

October 19-22 — $675 colleywhisson.com

CALLING ALL PAINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, SCULPTORS & MORE!

Cascade A&E Magazine is looking for artwork submissions for the covers for the December, 2022 print editions. If your artwork is selected for the cover, we will include an artist profile and additional images of your work inside.

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 Martin (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 November 2, 2022. Questions? Contact jeff@cascadebusnews.com , marcee@cascadebusnews.com or call 541-388-5665.

There is a charge of $20 to list classes and/or workshops or they are free with a paid display ad. | Email AE@CascadeAE.com for more information.