Cascade A&E | June 2023 | Volume 29 | Issue 6

2023 ASSOCIATION OF NORTHWEST WEAVERS’ GUILDS CONFERENCE

Connections Fiber

June 11-18, 2023

Banquet & Keynote Address

Friday, June 16

Fashion Show & Dessert Reception

Saturday, June 17

Tickets Available through May 22

Riverhouse Convention Center, Bend Oregon

Sponsored by the Weaving Guilds of Oregon

https://anwgconference2023.com

Dreaming in Color

by EVA GILL, Marketing Creative — J Bar J Youth Services

Kimry Jelen had an idea. As ideas do, it floated through her mind, ethereal and whispering to her. Kimry is a successful artist, well known in Central Oregon, and whose art enlivens spaces around the world. This idea was for something bigger than she’d ever done before, a huge undertaking.

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She told me because she had to. It’s human nature to hide our loftiest goals, fearing audacity. But this big wish involves saying no to those things that would hold her back, and the story came along with one of those nos: 2023 would be the last year Kimry would be the poster artist for the Oregon High Desert Classics.

She had not started telling people about this dream, citing all those fears we all face when reaching for something big. Uncertainty in how to make it happen, facing the logistics of the undertaking, the amount of money and level of commitment and energy to pull it off. I told her she needed to. By telling others, you start to act as if it’s going to happen. That’s the biggest step, all the others you will figure out. One must act as if it will happen, because if you don’t, it won’t.

And so she did — Kimry is sharing her dream and taking steps to make it happen. An idea which started as a series of small art shows merged into one large one she plans to call Colors of the Horse. Her ideal scenario is to find an exhibit space in Florida, close to Wellington International during their world-famous Winter Equestrian Festival, and configure her large art show installation to fit the space.

Imagine a rainbow, but not in the stripy way we usually draw them, but an ombré of colors blending from one to the next in the spectrum, each horse another color in a continuous circle around the room. Several large paintings will represent the primary and secondary colors, with many smaller works connecting the larger in space and blended color. Together over 100 paintings will form a 5’ tall ‘rainbow’ of horses encircling the space.

The work will take a couple of years to complete, with the earliest possible open date being in 2025. By taking concrete steps and working inside a space of belief in possibility, Kimry is making her

dream a reality. I, for one, and excited to see her dreams take shape.

We at the J Bar J Youth Services and the Oregon High Desert Classics are sad to see her move on from her longstanding role as our official poster artist. We are forever grateful to Kimry for her steadfast support. We will be looking for a new poster artist beginning with our shows in 2024.

The Oregon High Desert Classics draws hundreds of horses and thousands of participants for one of the largest hunter jumper shows in the region. It serves as a primary fundraiser for J Bar J Youth Services, an organization offering a continuum of programs and services for youth in Central Oregon.

The organization began with two boys who had made poor choices and a phone call. A judge was faced with no option but to send them to MacLaren when what they needed was stability and structure, not jail. He made a call to Lyle Jarvis, one of J Bar J’s founders, and Lyle stepped up. From those two boys, J Bar J Boys Ranch was formed.

Over the following decades, when there have been youth in need in the community, J Bar J has stepped up. Stepped up with programs offering crisis intervention, family mediation and stable housing for youth experiencing homelessness or who have run away. Support and case management for those who have been trafficked. Seeing the impact mentors have on youth’s outcomes, they formed a local affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Stepping up each time to help the next youth over their obstacles.

J Bar J Youth Services’ programs include: Cascade Youth & Family Center, Grandma’s House, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon, Kindred Connections, at: project, J Bar J Boys Ranch & J5, Academy at Sisters, The Learning Center at J Bar J & Vocational Program. jbarj.org

Morning Frost

Rowley’s Herd

The Gift

Chocolate and Vanilla

FIRST FRIDAY & BEND EXHIBITS

Bend Senior Center

1600 SE Reed Market Rd.

541-388-1133 • bendparksandrec.org/facility/bend-senior-center

The Bend Senior Center at the 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 June.

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

2600 NW College Way

541-383-7560 • cocc.edu

In partnership with the Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds and Weaving Guilds of Oregon, COCC Barber Library is exhibiting an extensive collection of tapestries woven by noted artist Margaret Kilbuck Johansen in its Rotunda Gallery from June 5 to August 29. Some works of the approximately 100-piece collection will be available for purchase. For gallery hours, visit cocc.edu/library. Margaret Kilbuck Johansen (1923-2004) was an Oregon fiber artist and art instructor who taught at Linfield College, the Oregon State College of Education (now Western Oregon University), and at Carnegie Institute of Technology. She was one of the first Americans invited to exhibit work in the Lausanne Biennale in Switzerland. A self-taught weaver, Johansen attributed some of her artistic influence to her Native American heritage and her early years living in Hood River.

The exhibition is being held in conjunction with the biennial conference of the Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds, sponsored this year by Weaving Guilds of Oregon, June 11-18, expected to bring close to 600 member participants to Bend. The association comprises more than 85 fiber arts guilds across the Pacific Northwest and western Canada.

COCC Pinckney Gallery

2600 NW College Way

541-383-7560 • cocc.edu

COCC visual arts department is proud to present the annual Student Art Exhibition, featuring more than 150 works on display now thru June 16 in the Pinckney Gallery in Pence Hall, with an opening reception from 4:30-7pm on Wednesday, June 7. The reception includes an awards presentation at 6pm. The exhibition provides COCC students the opportunity to experience the submission and jury process, and present their artwork in a professional art gallery. Many of the pieces are for sale and 100 percent of sales go directly to the student.

The gallery is open Monday-Thursday, 9am-4pm and Fridays, 9am-2pm.

The Grove

921 NW Mt. Washington Dr.

The Grove at Northwest Crossing is continuing a group exhibit of pastels by Jan Dow, watercolors by Liz Haberman and Helen Brown, and oil paintings by Pamela Beaverson. The show will conclude on June 9.

High Desert Museum

59800 S Hwy. 97

541-382-4754

highdesertmuseum.org

Imagine strolling through a life-size diorama that takes you on a journey through the world of vaqueros — Latinx cowboys — brought to life with vibrant piñata paper. That is the experience multidisciplinary artist Justin Favela is bringing to the High Desert Museum in a new, original exhibition Vistas del Cielo, which opened on Saturday, May 27.

Favela, who is based in Las Vegas, Nevada and Springdale, Arkansas, is well known for his large-scale installations and sculptures using colorful piñata material. His work invites visitors to experience playful landscapes of color and texture.

Vistas del Cielo takes the visitor on an immersive journey through a sometimes-overlooked history and culture of vaqueros, braceros and traqueros who have worked, roped and ranched throughout the region’s history. Vistas del Cielo translates to “views from the sky.” Meant to feel accessible and at the same time evoke reverence, the installation is described by Favela as “a kid’s imagination of their grandfather’s story in an amusement park.” He calls art his way of taking up space and expressing joy.

Favela’s humble piñata materials transform into floating panes of paper stained glass in homage to the old churches visited with his grandfather, who was a vaquero. A Guatemalan-Mexican-American, Favela aims to reach across generational lines to celebrate the rich history of Latinx experiences in the High Desert region.

Favela’s unique installations have been on exhibit at numerous institutions throughout the country including the Denver Art Museum in Colorado, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas and Meow Wolf: Omega Mart in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the recipient of the 2018 Alan Turing LGTBIQ Award in the category of International Artist and was awarded the Joan Mitchell Fellowship in 2021. Favela earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in fine art from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Favela also hosts two culture-oriented podcasts, Latinos Who Lunch and The Art People Podcast .

Vistas del Cielo ( highdesertmuseum.org/vistas-del-cielo ) will be on display thru November 26, 2023.

Continuing thru June 25, 2023, In The Arena; and continuing thru October 1, Creations of Spirit

Desert Lake Afternoon by Jan Dow

Fidalandia at Denver Art Museum, 2017.

Photo by Mikayla Whitmore

FIRST FRIDAY & BEND EXHIBITS

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

Announcing Contemporary Realist David Kreitzer.

In the tradition of Turner and Cezanne, master oil and watercolorist David Kreitzer’s commitment to beauty and meditative work compels him to create exquisite, mood-invoking oil and watercolor Central Oregon splendor landscapes, figure, fantasy, oak and vineyard hills and Nishigoi koi images.

David, whose career was launched with a sold out show at Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco, has been a professional artist for 57 years.

David grew up as the son of a Lutheran minister who, due to his duties, moved his family frequently throughout the Nebraska countryside. Kreitzer has exhibited his work in numerous one-man shows in museums, universities and galleries across the country, and his paintings have served as posters for the Mozart Festival in San Luis Obispo, California, Atlantic Magazine and the Seattle Opera. He was a featured artist for the American Artist Magazine, and his collectors include Michael Douglas, Mary Tyler Moore, the Howard Ahmansons, the Robert Takkens, the Cargill Corporation and the Hind and Hirshhorn Foundations. The San Francisco Chronicle’s Thomas Albright, in his review of David Kreitzer’s first solo exhibit at Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco, wrote: “Kreitzer demonstrates how much poetic intensity the old tradition can still contain.” He has recently moved to Bend from the California coast, where he resides with his wife, celebrated opera singer Jacalyn Kreitzer. They have two children, Anatol and Fredrica.

Exhibiting daily 1-5pm and all First Fridays.

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

Opening this First Friday, June 2, from 5-8pm, Mockingbird Gallery will be hung with the beautiful art of Delbert Gish for his one-man show, Time & Again. Rich Hurdle will also be here to delight us with his jazz renditions. This exhibit will run thru the end of June.

Delbert Gish is known for his still life, portrait and landscape paintings and considers himself a realist painter. In addition to his classic still lifes and landscapes, Gish has painted many portraits and street scenes of his travels to Russia, India, and Rwanda. Gish balances a finely tuned understanding of aesthetics — color, shape, value, shadow, light, form — with an intuitive ability to unify that same aesthetics into a balanced whole.

Sunset from Black Butte, oil by David Kreitzer

Water Towers In Blue, fiber with overstitching by Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer

117 Roosevelt Ave., Bend, OR 541-617-0900

FIRST FRIDAY & BEND EXHIBITS

Historic O’Kane Building

115 NW Oregon Ave. (upstairs)

541-633-0620

It’s been several years since the historic O’Kane Building has been open during First Friday and if you’ve never seen the beautiful interior, now is your chance. Street level door will be open 4-8pm with studios on the second floor.

David Wachs open studio where he creates alpine and desert impressionist images on canvas and other traditional surfaces. Inspired by extensive adventures, these become the basis for series as well as source material for site specific commissions.

Ren Ruane Studio, painter and illustrator, will be showing a variety of figurative and still life artworks in collected vintage frames. First Friday patrons will receive special pricing on artwork sold on the evening.

Interior design studio Tricorn Black will be hosting documentary and landscape photographer Christian Murillo whose focus is on minimalistic compositions inspired by subtle, yet powerful textures, patterns and geometry.

Alpenglow Vacation Rentals hosts local designer Nora Dragoon of Dragoon Industries showcasing some of her high-quality handmade products ranging from leather handbags, crystal jewelry, to unique one-of-a-kind works of art.

Oxford Hotel

10 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-382-8436

In June, the Oxford Hotel in Bend is presenting the paintings of Jan Dow. She will be there on First Friday from 5:30-7pm. Come by and see her vibrant pastel landscape paintings, which will feature our much beloved Cascades and their high lakes.

“Being immersed in beautiful landscapes has always been magical to me. At a very early age I was exposed to the grandeur of the wilderness of the California Sierra Mountains and Sonora Desert along the Colorado River,” Jan said. “I felt like a tiny audience in the midst of vast and ever changing light, color, and undulation of land forms. They were thrilling experiences, and became the driving force behind by landscape painting.

“Once I discovered the brilliance and intensity of pastels, I was hooked. Pastels made the magic and vibrance of these stunning landscapes come to life once again. Painting in a highly realistic style has allowed me the joy of reliving

my beloved landscapes.”

Jan earned a BA in Fine Art from the University of California, where renowned painter Wayne Thiebold was her advisor.

Red Chair Gallery

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

For the month of June, Red Chair Gallery showcases the work of five artists. Sue Lyon-Manley shows plein air landscapes, while Sue Dougherty displays wildlife photography. The pedestals are filled with blown glass by Jeff and Heather Thompson, and Stephanie Stanley exhibits her hand-woven garments. 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, 12-4pm. Open late on Friday, June 2 for First Friday.

Sage Custom Framing & Gallery

834 NW Brooks St.

541-382-5884 • sageframing-gallery.com

For the month of June, Sage Custom Framing and Gallery is featuring the delightfully creative watercolor paintings of local artist Terri Gonzalez.

“Watercolor has been my medium of choice for over 20 years,” said Terri. “Texture has been a big draw, along with color and shape. I often include collage for additional texture. After I discovered Masa paper (a sulphate pulp), it became many a textured background in new paintings. Crinkling the paper beforehand gave it a ricepaper look. I draw inspiration from nature, my backyard and the vast photographic travel files that continue to grow. My aim is for the viewer to feel the expression of nature’s beauty that speaks to me and is essential to my work.” Show runs June 1-July 1. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm and Saturday, 12-4pm, with a reception First Friday, June 2, 4-7pm.

SageBrushers Art Society

117 SW Roosevelt Ave.

541-617-0900 • sagebrushersartofbend.com

SageBrushers Gallery presents a show of current works by the art society members working in water media (watercolor, acrylic, pen & ink).

The SageBrushers Gallery is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 1-4 pm. Showing thru June.

Scalehouse Gallery

550 NW Franklin Ave., Ste 138

541-640-2186 • scalehouse.org

Continuing thru June 24 is In Praise of Fragmentation. Heidi Schwegler explores a wide range of materials in the service of her subject matter. Drawn to the peripheral ruin, she deftly incorporates found objects with traditional craft and sculpture media.

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

Waldo Lake Reflections by Jan Dow

Utah desert UFO, 16” X 20” original on canvas by David Wachs

Photography by Sue Dougherty

Flamingos by Terri Gonzalez

Puppy Love, watercolor by Pam Fortier

FIRST FRIDAY & BEND EXHIBITS

Kira Frances, Lindsay Gilmore, Alyson Brown and Jennifer McCaffrey.

At the upcoming First Friday Art Walk on June 2, Kira will display her most recent series, Wingspan. Frances has developed a body of work that speaks to the relationship between the hidden worlds of the subconscious and the tangible reality that we all share. In this series, she concentrates on striking a balance between precisely rendered and intricately detailed feathers, and uncluttered backgrounds. kirafrances.com.

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

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.

Jennifer McCaffrey says, “As a former dancer, capturing movement is the overarching theme in my work. I love painting in a variety of styles ranging from abstract to impressionistic, and my aim in any piece is to create something that feels alive. I first studied art at Wake Forest University in 2009, and went on to work in healthcare while painting in every spare moment I could find. It is a dream realized to be a part of this community of creators. Apart from painting, I work PRN as a surgical Physician Assistant, am a mother of three, runner, woodworker, music lover, and trail mix high-grader. Like most Bendites, I am usually out somewhere with poor cell reception taking in the beauty of Central Oregon when not in the studio.”

Touchmark at Pilot Butte

(Previously The Alexander)

1125 NE Watt Way

541- 238-6101 • touchmark.com/senior-living/or/bend

The Art of Jean Regua Lubin will be featured at Touchmark for the months of June and July.

Jean’s show Impressions of Nature and the Equine presents her interpretation in lush oil paint of wildlife and the equine in the High Desert.

Created with painterly realism, Jean’s art is a reflection of her view of the subject, whether lush floral portraits, the beauty of nature or the action of the equine world. A juried member of the American Academy of Equine Art and the Salmagundi Club in NYC, Jean is also a member of the High Desert Art League. More of her work may be viewed at jeanlubin.com.

Tumalo Art Company

Old Mill District

541-385-9144 • tumaloartco.com

Tumalo Art Co. features Dee McBrien-Lee opening June 2, during the First Friday Gallery Walk from 3-7pm in the Old Mill District. Her solo show, Incanto, features both figurative and pure abstract works in mixed media with an emphasis on acrylic.

Incanto is defined in Italian or Spanish as a spell, charm, enchantment, fascination or magic — the act of

enchanting or state of being enchanted. With each painting Dee attempts to immerse or enchant you, inviting you closer to see the mysteries and secrets held within. Dee is happiest when deconstructing images into their most abstract forms while retaining a sense of place and subject. These paintings invite the viewer to create the story, while embracing them with color and shape.

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 paintings by SageBrushers Art Society member Judy Blackmarr Stejskal (Judylee Watercolor on FB). Judy will be hanging recent original watercolors and Giclee fine art prints of landscapes, waterscapes and wildlife from the Pacific Northwest, the Great Lakes region and the Gulf Coast. Judy takes inspiration from artists such as Michael Holter, David Smith, Lee Ricks and Nancy Buskey. Stop in to enjoy the view while sampling a great beverage! Showing thru June.

Wingspan by Kira Frances

Incanto, mixed media by Dee McBrien-Lee

In Their Leafy Bower by Jean Lubin

JANICE RHODES

Low Tide Cannon Beach by Judy Blackmarr Stejskal

Arome

432 SW Sixth St. 541-527-4727 • aromekitchen.com

Meet local artists at Arome and see some amazing art from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Carol Picknell loves to paint plein air landscapes, florals and portraits. Laurel Werhane is fascinated with the organic feel and fluidity of fused glass. Laurel’s current focus in on Pate’ de verre vessels which translates to “paste of glass”. Her favorite colors and designs reflect the beauty of the West and the Oregon coast.

Art & Music

232 SW Fifth St. 541-527-4426 • artandmusic.com

Come meet local artist Julie Miller at Art & Music from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Julie’s paintings and drawings are done in various media from acrylics, watercolors, graphite, colored pencil and pen & ink including mixed media. She loves horses but also will do an occasional dog or two, landscapes, some wildlife and birds.

Cares & Whoas

436 SW Sixth St. 916-354-2119, ext 104 • caresandwhoas.com

Redmond artist Susan Lees will be at Cares & Whoas from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2.

Susan creates beautiful western and wildlife art.

Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty

535 SW Sixth St.

541-383-7600 • cascadehassonsir.com

Local artists will be showing their art at Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s Int’l Realty from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Shireen Gastineau takes precious images gathered in nature, then wielding the digital world of ‘paints’ and layers, those images transform into a world of her making. Most of her art is 20 to 100 layers of her images blended to a finished piece. Henriette Heiny has dedicated herself to painting with acrylics, often employing unlike media. In her paintings, she investigates the interplay of paint opacity and transparency, viscosity and flow to create beautiful abstract color expression of organic nature. Josie Powell creates unique silver and copper jewelry in a rustic chic style.

Desert Prairie Boutique

404 SW Sixth St., Ste. 100 541-527-1887 • desertprairie.com

Come meet with local artists at Desert Prairie Boutique from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Nature and color move Terri Dill-Simpson in her daily life. If she can’t get into her paper and pallet, she is daydreaming about what it would look like in a finished product. Art has filled her life with pleasure even during very tough times.

Earth’s Art

612 SW Fifth St.

541-527-1336 • earthsart.net

Meet with local artists at Earth’s Art from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Camille Fitterer is an intuitive energetic and geological artist. She creates artwork and sculptures using her rockhounding treasures along with her intuitive energetic connection to Source Energy and Positive Vibrations which are infused within her works of art. Jackie Petrovic has always been a fan of modern folk and pop art. As a self-taught artist, she leans towards this style and enjoys creating unique images via colorful art that merges culture and humor.

Eqwine Wine

218 SW Fourth St.

541-527-4419 • eqwine-wine.com

Redmond artist Wendy Wheeler-Jacobs will be showing her paintings at Eqwine Wine from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Wendy paints local landscapes and “portraits” of birds, mountains, trees or other natural objects.

Grace & Hammer Pizzeria

641 SW Cascade Ave.

541-668-6684 • graceandhammer.com

See some amazing art and meet with local artists at Grace & Hammer from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Judd Rook is a photographer in search of the subtle voice within the diverse harmonies of the natural world. When found, the voice invites the viewer to immerse themselves in a world of beauty and wonder. Diana Krugle is an oil painter, white charcoal artist and jewelry maker. She also will do custom commissions.

Harcourts The Garner Group Real Estate

444 SW Sixth St.

541-383-4360 • thegarnergroup.com

Come see amazing art and meet with local artists from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Cecilia Bryant is an acrylic and watercolor artist. She enjoys painting sea scenes, birds and flowers. She also paints on rocks. Debra Higgs was an oil painter for over 50 years until she recently discovered fluid art and was hooked. Fluid art is challenging and rewarding. When you work with fluid art you never really know how your piece will turn out and that’s what makes it so intriguing.

High Desert Florals

231 SW Sixth St.

541-923-3977 • highdesertflorals.com

Enjoy meeting local artist Scott Larson at High Desert Florals from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Scott discovered the enjoyment of creating art later in life. He used his GI Bill benefits to earn an Associate in Fine Arts as he transitioned to retirement. He makes art in different mediums, finds contentment in the creative process and is drawn to abstract genres.

High Desert Music Hall

818 SW Forest Ave.

541-527-1387 • highdesertmusichall.com

Enjoy local art and meet the artists at High Desert Music Hall from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2. Connie Soballe, encouraged by her grandchildren, began to experiment with pyrography. She eventually combined watercolor with pyrography to explore nature and then started FireColor Designs. Toni Morgan paints her imagination on wooden boxes, birdhouses and old furniture in the brightest colors she can find. She also writes novels and short stories.

SCP Redmond Hotel

521 SW Sixth St.

541-508-7600 • scphotel.com/redmond

Come to downtown Redmond from 4-7pm on Friday, June 2 and see amazing art and meet with local artists. Danica Curthright creates one-of-a-kind glass-blown jewelry created in a torch. This is the ancient Venetian method of melting glass in a flame. Gabriela Jimenez is a high school student who creates beautiful zentangles, a series of patterns. Janet Kilgore is a self-taught artist living in Central Oregon. She loves painting trees, flowers and animals with a whimsical flair. She also specializes in pet portraits.

photos courtesy of Dry Canyon Arts Association

Connie Saballe

Jessica Olson

Nicole Beck and Angie Tabaczynski

Trenton Bahr

Alexa Oxenrider

Janet Kilgore

Judd Rook

Sisters

photos by Roland White

BEND & Old Mill

photos by Roland White and courtesy of Red Chair, Mockingbird and PCA Galleries

A view out of the window at Red Chair as the Bend Historical Society gave a tour of the historical buildings downtown.

Prince Charming Rebecca Haines at PCA Gallery.

Tyler Swain at PCA Gallery.

Rich Hurdle playing at Mockingbird Gallery.

Art Walks artists Sue Manley, Helen Sanderson, Sara Krempel and Joren Traveller, all Showcased artists for May. A view of visitors at the Red Chair Gallery on Art Walk.

Revealing the Unseen & Sharing Perspective

A Spotlight on Artist Lynn Hardy

by NOAH NELSON — A&E Feature Writer

Ever since she was little, accompanying her dad to classic car shows, artist Lynn Hardy recalls seeing the world in a different light, “From the time I was a child, I’ve seen the world in a different way,” Lynn said. “When my dad would take me to car shows, I wouldn’t just look at the cars but I would examine how the light reflected off of the chrome and the curves of the body.”

Inspired by the bright colors and aesthetic designs of classic cars, Lynn remembers drawing plenty of pictures for her mom to ceremoniously hang on the kitchen fridge. This simple act of support validated Lynn’s drive to become an artist, which was only furthered by high school art classes, memorable teachers and even some awards for her art that she won at a young age.

Lynn believes that some people are just good at different things; from musicians to mathematicians, everyone has a thing that fulfills them. “I knew as a kid that this was my gift,” she said. “I was always good with visual representations and sharing my perspective.”

While there was abundant inspiration to be found, Lynn also recalls being told that, “dead artists are the only artists who ever made a living.”

Where others might have found discouragement, Lynn discovered a tenacious drive and a confident view of the future, “This made me more determined to find a way to keep creating and somehow make a living at it or starve trying,” she said.

For some time, Lynn would channel her creativity in other ways, from graphic design to software engineering, “Even though programming is a form of creating, it doesn’t come close to the rawness of painting, and well, sometimes painters just need to be raw and messy,” Lynn said.

Her love for the visual arts, and specifically oil painting, would be curated during a time when art had taken the role of a hobby for Lynn, who was mostly using her talent to create family gifts and paintings that she hung on her own walls.

One day, when a new friend who happened to be a painter saw the art on her walls, he understood her potential and her passion, and offered to mentor her as an artist. In what seems like a destined meeting, this friend happened to have learned under the famous Bob Ross, worked on the production crew for his show and was even close personal friends with Ross’s mentor, William Alexander. “He taught me a technique called wet-on-wet oil painting,” Lynn said. “He taught me many of the technical skills that I still use today.”

Wet-on-wet oil painting, also called alla prima, is a style of oil painting where the artist applies a new layer of paint on top of a still-wet layer, rather than waiting for a layer to dry before applying another. This style was used on Bob Ross’s show and allowed him to complete entire paintings in one episode.

Lynn’s journey as an artist, like many of the greats in her profession, is not free from tribulation; she beckons back to her motto that, “sometimes painters just need to be raw and messy,” and said, “That theory proved itself around the time of a painful divorce with two beautiful souls in tow. I picked up my brush again after a decade-long hiatus. I had to paint.”

Inspired by heartbreak and newfound independence, Lynn painted Freedom , a feminine, symbolic representation of literal freedom that bounds across the

canvas in bright blues and whites. Lynn said that “She is a figure, boundless and brazen, ascending from the darkness and into the light.”

Her next work, Transcending, would portray another feminine figure in bright color, breaking away from grays and browns, moving towards warmer tones of yellow and red. Keeping with her authentic style, the painting has fragments of brush bristles dried into the paint.

“These two paintings are my essence,” Lynn said. “The brush strokes express. The colors emote.”

Since those paintings, Lynn has shifted her focus and continued to pursue new styles. She spent some time painting angels, coalescing with a beautifully stark depiction of the Archangel Michael over a contrasting dimensional background. She completed work on a painting depicting a Musk Ox, referencing a photo that was taken in Alaska. Composed of mostly bright pinks and purples, Lynn shares a new perspective on something that many people might find relatively one-dimensional, “The photo had already been taken, so I wanted to take it in my own style,” she said.

In fact, this notion of putting her own bright and grand style on seemingly ordinary subjects carries throughout her work, as Lynn is always trying to show her viewers something unique, “I cannot control what the viewer sees, but I want the viewer to see something new,” she said.

In the pursuit of sharing her perspective and showing the viewer something new, Lynn considers them one and the same, “That’s the cool thing about just sharing my own perspective,” she said. “It will always be new to the viewer.”

More recently, Lynn has gotten back to her roots and found her love for Americana. She’s been working on multiple paintings of classic cars, all of course in her own style. Just like when she was little, Lynn is still looking at how light reflects back to the viewer, giving a, “seductive wink and a nod,” she said.

As an artist, Lynn has short term and long term goals, “My goal in 2023 was to bring what I have in my house and studio into my public. I wanted to reach out to the artist community and local businesses to display art and to connect with other local artists who I admire.”

In the long term, Lynn hopes to have developed a body of work that displays her unique style, and she’s hoping to see some of that work on the walls of contemporary art galleries. It would seem that she is on the right path, and that she has already carved out a unique style: taking what we can’t see, like freedom, angels, or just light reflecting off of a hood into thin air, and bringing it to life by simply sharing her own perspective.

Freedom Michael Transcending

Lynn Hardy

Terri Dill Simpson

Moraine Lake Reflections by John Aylward

Pink Poppies by Cathy Huntington

John Goodman

Metolious Moment by Terry Solini

Waiting at the Bistro by Beth Hanson

Monkeyface by Kathleen Veenstra

Linda Ziegenhagen

Exposed by Henriette Heiny

Lend Me Your Walls

DCAA Supports Art in Redmond

by NOAH NELSON — A&E Feature Writer

The Dry Canyon Arts Association (DCAA) is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to furthering the arts in Redmon and the surrounding communities. Ultimately, they hope to see a community arts center built and developed, offering art classes, cultural events, a member’s studio and more.

Building a formal location to host Redmond’s artists and their work would solve a current issue facing the arts in Redmond: the town does not have a single art gallery where people can display and explore local art.

One way the DCAA achieves its mission, “to encourage people of all ages to enjoy the experience of art and culture,” is through a year-old program called Lend Me Your Walls, conceived and directed by local artist Cathy Huntington. In this program, several Redmond businesses literally lend DCAA their walls to display the work of local artists. Each showing typically stays up for three months, at which point the art rotates

to other artists’ work. These shows are not juried, and any DCAA member can participate.

“As well as providing opportunity and access for all ages to see and appreciate many forms of art, the businesses benefit by experiencing increased traffic, and our local artists and artisans are offered opportunities to display and sell their work,” said DCAA marketing chair Toni Morgan. “DCAA believes this is a win for all concerned.”

According to Morgan, the Lend Me Your Walls program started in 2022 because Redmond had no official art gallery. Businesses were asked to allow art to be hung on their walls for one to three months at a stretch. “Depending on available space, shows can feature from one to more than a dozen artists and artisans,” she said.

Also according to Morgan, the Lend Me Your Walls program addresses a major need in the Redmond community; a town with a surprising number of local artists, “Art in Redmond has ebbed and flowed over the years, even though Central Oregon is an epicenter for Northwest artists,”

she said. “With the lack of a gallery dedicated to showing art, this program allows people of all ages to see and enjoy the experience of art and culture— whether going out for pizza, an eye exam or visiting a patient in St. Charles Hospital, Redmond.”

Following their mission, DCAA has plenty of plans for the future, “The future looks good as more businesses are volunteering to host art,” Morgan said. “Membership has gone from a couple dozen to now over 150 members who live in Redmond, Bend, Prineville and Sisters.”

In addition, DCAA participates in Redmond’s First Friday Art Walk with twelve businesses now featuring the work of local artists. DCAA also holds a Spring and Fall Art Show, as well as a reception to meet the artists on June 9th at Redmond’s Senior Center.

With more programs, grants and even plans to find a location for that community arts center in the near future, it’s safe to say that DCAA is rising to meet their goal in fostering the arts in Redmond. drycanyonarts.org

Cecilia Bryant

Mel Archer

Palouse Furrows by Jack Perry

Remembering Shandel Gamer 1955 – 2023

Shandel was a gifted Central Oregon pastel artist, specializing in portraits of both people and animals. Her love for both is reflected in her original pastel artworks and giclee prints featured in a special show from June 12 through July 30 at One Street Down café in Redmond.

Shandel loved the arts and took great pleasure in encouraging other artists, developing art venues and promoting and supporting art organizations. While living in San Diego, California, Shandel was a member of numerous art organizations. She developed the monthly juried art exhibits at San Diego’s Mission Trails Regional Park, helped establish the Pacific Southwest Wildlife Art Association’s standing with the California Open Wildlife Festivals, and was a founding member of the art group, “Ain’t Nothing Like a Dame.”

After moving to Central Oregon Shandel found new inspiration for her work and continued creating with pastels and her new interest, photography. She was instrumental in the success of the program to show public art in the Redmond Library. In more recent years, Shandel derived her greatest pleasure from encouraging artists’ creativity and supporting their success by capturing and digitizing images of their artwork, creating websites to market their art, creating artist promotional materials and informing artists of upcoming venues to show and sell their artwork.

With the loss of Shandel Gamer, Central Oregon has lost one of its greatest advocates for artists and their work and the community’s access to art. In addition to the show in Redmond, Shandel’s artwork can be viewed by visiting her memorial website at Zhibit.org/GolemArt or golemart.com golemart.com

NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR JUNE

by EILEEN LOCK

Actions will tell your truth on the 1st so be mindful of what you are doing. The Full Moon on the 3rd invites you to be honest about how you feel. Unexpected changes over the next few days will require faith and trust. Listen to your intuition on the 7th as it guides you in the next part of your process.

It’s time to revisit the past after the 11th and you will have many opportunities to clear up misunderstandings. An awkward feeling near the 13th could create a difficult conversation on the 15th. The New Moon on the 17th can provide an opportunity for healing when you communicate clearly. Decisions made on the 19th will feel necessary and can help you move forward.

The Summer Solstice on the 21st is a time to take care of yourself and your needs. Be honest about any uncomfortable feelings on the 22nd and encourage yourself to get over them. Words could be confusing on the 25th and could lead you to doing something that you need to apologize for later.

Make a promise to yourself on the 28th to be honest in relationships. Words are strong on the 30th and it’s important to realize what you are saying. Remember to open your heart before you open your mouth as you share with those around you.

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.

“To Thine Own Self Be True”…

It is quite daunting to unveil a very personal expression of yourself for others to view, judge and inevitably critique. Creatives grapple with the fear of finding their modes of self-expression not being validated and of running out of new ideas or a fresh approach. However, successful artists have learned not to add the pigments of fear to their palette. While nourishing their creative spirits, emotions have become their passions to offer something new and interesting to the world. They try new tools, learn from others and never stop believing in themselves. Alfred Dolezal’s painting, Mind Games, shows not only the artists’ struggle, but also everyone’s journey in and out of enlightenment.

We all strive for a pleasant life, but occasionally find ourselves lost and tormented in the dark side of our own creation. How did we get there? The first way is the direct way: using a habitual speech and repetitive thought pattern of hating this and that and expecting the worst. The second way is the indirect way: judging with contempt someone who confidently inhabits the upper level and is free to enjoy all of life’s pleasures and rewards. The third way is the paradoxical way: believing you can never fall into this unpleasant state because you are too

highly enlightened.

A few people spend most of their time in this lower level; the longer they are there, the more they begin to identify with their fears, worries and dislikes. Their negativity feeds off itself to such an extent that it charges its own source of power, like the blueglowing creature, bottom center of the painting. Light shines into this underground world and the stairway leading out is always present.

Silhouettes of the creatures below are integrated into the peaceful landscape above. They are reminders of the negative thoughts and emotions that are always present just below the surface and prompt us to be alert and not to fall back into the unconscious mind trap. In order to balance life’s challenges and stay on the upper level, you have to raise the problem to the level where it does not exist: remove yourself from the situation, change it or accept it totally.

To see this and other symbolic works by Alfred, we invite you to come by his gallery in Terrebonne, open every day except Tuesday, from 11am to 5pm. His eclectic paintings combine illuminant colors with alternative visions of reality that tell an uplifting human interest story. Explore another realm of possibilities!

alfreddolezal.com

Music, Music, Music!

Festival Faire is Sunriver Music Festival’s primary fundraising event of the year. All proceeds from this popular event directly support the Young Artists Scholarship program and the 46th season of bringing world-class professional musicians to Bend and Sunriver. Enjoy an elegant evening in the iconic Sunriver Resort Great Hall with an abundance of what the Festival does best — Music, Music, Music! (“Put another nickel in, in that nickelodeon…Music, music, music!”) Dress in your most fine or festive black and white and come for performances from virtuosic Young Artist Scholarship recipients and accomplished alumni, the Central Oregon Mastersingers, and more.

This year’s Festival Faire auction features desirable experiences, services, and consumables, all intended to enhance your life while you support Central Oregon’s classical music experience by bidding and participating. Sunriver Resort chefs

Music, Music, Music! Festival Faire

Sunriver Music Festival’s Annual Fundraiser

July 16, 4pm at the Sunriver Resort Great Hall

There will be opportunities to raise your paddle to Fund a Scholar and to Sponsor a Musician, to reserve your spot at an exclusive house concert or for insider secrets about music composition.

Festival Faire is July 16, 4pm at the Sunriver Resort Great Hall. Tickets go on sale June 1 at sunrivermusic.org or 541-593-9310. $100 per person includes all the music plus food and drinks. Individual tickets available or reserve a table and have a party!

will have delicious hearty hors d’oeuvres on hand and the complimentary wine and soft drinks will be flowing as you explore the auction displays.

Sunriver Music Festival is committed to expanding the audience for classical music by presenting a world-class musical experience in Bend and Sunriver and by nurturing the next generation of artistic talent. sunrivermusic.org

The Cascade Chorale Presents

Broadway, Gospel, Spirituals & Folk!

Join the Cascade Chorale to Kickstart Your Summer

Summer is coming and the Cascade Chorale has a concert for you full of fun, toe-tapping, ear worm inducing music to help kick off your sunny season. To also help celebrate the completion of their first full year of in-person concerts postpandemic, Director James Knox has pulled together an engaging line up of music that travels from Scotland and Ireland, has roots in the grand literature of Victor Hugo, sails across the pond to the heartland of American folk, gospel and spirituals, and soars through great musical theater and movie themes. You do not want to miss hearing amazing tunes from wonderful musicians from right here in our local community. This concert is free to everyone with donations gratefully accepted to support our programs.

The Chorale is made possible by the music department at Central Oregon Community College. Our members range from experienced choristers who have sung with the Chorale for decades, as well as members that have just recently graduated from high school. The Cascade Chorale has been under the direction of James Knox since 2004.

Broadway, Gospel, Spirituals & Folk

First Presbyterian Church, 230 NE Ninth Street, Bend Saturday, June 3 @ 7pm Sunday, June 4 @ 3pm cascadechorale.org

The Cascade Chorale, as the flagship chorus of the Central Oregon community, is dedicated to making choral music accessible to everyone. The funds raised by the annual Holiday Magic concerts in December help ensure that the Chorale’s winter and spring concerts can be offered free of charge.

The Cascade Chorale Association (CCA) is a 501(c)3 organization which provides financial and organizational support to Cascade Chorale. CCA’s mission is to make choral music accessible to everyone in the Central Oregon community. Our concerts are an enormous logistical and financial undertaking but, despite the cost of hiring supporting musicians, renting venues and undertaking other community projects, in 2012 we stopped charging admission to our concert-goers for the winter and spring events. We now rely solely on donations to fund most of our operations. Your tax deductible donation or sponsorship will help us to continue to bring beautiful choral music to Central Oregon. cascadechorale.org

Read Southall Band to Perform in Bend

Breakout Band Read Southall Band Set to Perform at Hayden Homes

Amphitheater June 22

Founding member Read Southall hails from Oklahoma and is joined in the six-piece band by Reid Barber, Jeremee Knipp, Braxton Curliss, John Tyler Perry and Ryan Wellman. Read Southall Band’s musical influences range from Country to Rock to Metal and more in between, making for a wholly original sound reminiscent of “being in the crowd at a young Merle Haggard show,” according to The Anniston Star. The guitar-driven band never loses focus on meaningful lyrics, penning tunes that speak to every aspect of life and help drive a Rock and Roll experience for their audience, whether they’re listening at home or at a packed show. Read Southall Band’s latest album, 2021’s For the Birds, features the epic six-minute long single Where We Belong and “impressive standout” (Raised Rowdy) Rose Gold and follows their 2017 album Borrowed Time, which features the single Why The band was just on tour overseas with Blackberry Smoke.

Full of ‘70s Soul, Country-inspired lyricism and Rock and Roll heart, Read Southall Band’s music draws packed crowds and evokes old-school Country and early Grunge all at once. The band has tallied over 133 MILLION streams on Spotify and over 101 MILLION streams on Apple music, tallying over 960,000 monthly listeners across platforms. With new music on the way and a passion for the road, Read Southall Band is just getting started.

readsouthall.com

Read Southall Band. Photo by Dalton Latham

School of Music Presents

Rising Star Awards Winners May 2023

Charlie Johnson age 11 Violin student of Sharon Schwatka

Cole Dicharry age 11 Drum student of Brent Barnett

Jack Perry age 12 Guitar student of Pat Pearsall

Kairi Andyke age 13 Violin student of Sharon Schwatka

Audrey Bolinger age 11 Piano student of Michelle Van Handel

Cecilia Rosenfield age 8 Piano student of Blake Lowrey-Evans

Daisy Quan Piano student of Sharon Schwatka

Cascade School of Music Awards Continued

Madison Maceira age 11

Piano student of Michelle Van Handel

Parker Carlson age 14 Violin student of Julia Bastuscheck

Wolf Brown age 11 Piano student of Michelle Van Handel

Wyatt Robinson age 11 Guitar student of Pat Pearsall

Lillyhana Kamaya Guitar student of Sandra Peevers

Louise Marino age 12 Voice student of Stephanie Slade

Reese Huffman age 9

Piano student of Michelle Van Handel

More Than a Show...

Fun Home Production

Seeks to Inspire with Project Pride Program

A Multi-Faceted Program Intended to Promote Community Understanding & Connection Amongst LGBTQ2IA+ Individuals, Families & Communities

This June, Ellipse Theatre Community (ETC), Little Town Productions (LTP) and Musical Impressions Studio (MIS) will present Project Pride, a multi-faceted program intended to promote community understanding and connection amongst LGBTQ2IA+ individuals, families and communities.

The centerpiece and culmination of this project will be the Central Oregon premiere of the Tony-award-winning musical Fun Home , by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, adapted from Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking graphic memoir of the same name. In this intimate musical, Alison sets out to unravel the many mysteries of her childhood through a series of memories and conversations as she navigates her own coming out, complex family dynamics and self. Described as “extraordinary” and “a rare beauty” by The New York Times, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, emotionally charged and wholly original musical. All performances of Fun Home will occur at Open Space Event Studios in Bend. In conjunction with performances, audience and community members can partake in the various Project Pride programs and events such as an art exhibition featuring work by queer artists, a variety of workshops, panel discussions, film screenings, teen open mic night and more. See below for a full list of scheduled events.

“The immense amount of support we have received has been beyond inspiring. It is our hope that our production of Fun Home, along with the various Project Pride activities we have developed, will allow our audience to see themselves, their families and our Central Oregon community in a whole new light, inspiring empathy, understanding, hope and support for the LGBTQ2IA+ community,” said Craig Brauner, who directs the show alongside Angelina Anello-Denne. The production and overall program are made possible in part by generous support and funding from EDCF in support of Queer Creator’s Collective, Central Oregon Health Council, Starview Foundation, the Tower Theatre, Casey/Ransom Family Fund, Cascades Academy of Central Oregon, the Green Light Fund, the Biehl Family, World Muse, St. Charles Foundation, Brooks Resources, Coffman Vision Clinic. Cast members include Sarah Flagg, Grace Sorensen, Avery Harman, Cory Cerussi, Amy James, Grey Conant, Cael Reed, Elyan Conley, Tucker James and Julian Dahl. The creative team includes lighting design by Lana Okamoto, sound and program design by Barbara Rich, set design by Mark McConnell and costuming by Nishka Morton.

If you go:

This production of Fun Home, directed by Craig Brauner and Angelina AnelloDennee, will perform on select dates from June 14-23. General admission tickets

are $30 with discounts available for seniors, veterans and students. A limited number of discounted rush tickets will be available at each performance. For tickets and a detailed calendar of events please visit etcbend.org/ event-schedule. etcbend.org

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CENTRAL OREGON EXHIBITS

Madras / Warm Springs

The Museum at Warm Springs

2189 U.S. 26 • 541-553-3331 • museumatwarmsprings.org

The Museum continues celebrating their 30th Anniversary with special exhibitions and programs thruout the years. The 30-Year Retrospective exhibit, looking back at 30 wonderful years of The Museum at Warm Springs, will open on Thursday, June 22. This celebratory exhibit will include the designs and artwork of nationally acclaimed Oregon architect Donald J. Stastny, representing the architects of record, Stastny & Burke Architecture.

In a public program at The Museum on Wednesday, July 26 (time TBA), Donald Stastny will revisit the origins and progress of the design process that created The Museum. He will also be signing copies of his book, PORTALS: Seeking Transcendence.

Prineville

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 artists: Gretha Lindwood; demo/reception

Saturday, June 10, 4-7pm

Intrigued by the challenge of how to paint varied landscapes such as snow bedecked mountains, undulating fields of grass, high desert plateaus, clouds, and water in a convincing manner, I have chosen luscious oil paints on canvas or buttery soft pastels on sandpaper as my materials. By painting in the traditional plein air style and by using an impressionistic touch, my landscapes invite the viewer into the scene. These landscapes can bring to mind the smell of sage after a rain in the desert, the feel of soft mist from a foggy morning on your cheek, or the taste of a salty ocean breeze on your lips. Crisp, refreshing, and vivid are words that have been used to describe my paintings. The use of vibrant color and strong design

Autumn Adagio 24.5 x 30.5 pastel by Gretha Lindwood

are hallmarks of my work which I developed during my career as an illustrator and graphic designer. As a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, I cherish our unique landscapes honed by water and time and delight in capturing their beauty in the lush colors of pastels or oils to share with the viewer.

Recent Shows: Pacific NW Plein Air Show, Maryhill Museum; Carmel Art Festival All Star Plein Air Show; High Desert Museum Art in the West Show. 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 • artofaad@yahoo.com • Daily, 10am–5pm

The eclectic, evocative 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, come by the gallery to see why his artwork is much more than a painting! Open every day except Tuesday from 11am to 5pm.

LTA Gallery

611 NE Jackpine Ct., Ste. 3, Redmond 541-316-0362 • darrenklingart.net

Showcasing the artwork of Darren Kling. A conversation between the natural environment and human expression. The pilot and artist inspire the eye’s perception between the abstract in nature and human experience.

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First Friday DOWNTOWN BEND/OLD MILL DISTRICT DOWNTOWN REDMOND

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BBQ, Blues & Whiskey Festival

DESCHUTES COUNTY FAIR & EXPO CENTER cascadeae.com/event

3 Broadway, Gospel, Spirituals & Folk!

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Burns

Oard’s Gallery

42456 Hwy. 20 East, Burns • 541- 493-2535 • oardsgallery.com

Exhibiting many one-of-a-kind items, including original, handmade arts and crafts from nine tribes around the area — baskets, beaded art, clothing, furniture, native art, paintings, rugs, jewelry and more.

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Second Saturday SUNRIVER cascadeae.com/event

Fun Home Opening Night

OPEN SPACE EVENT STUDIOS etcbend.org/event-schedule 16

Chris Stapleton's All American Road Show

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Death Cab for Cutie

HAYDEN HOMES AMPHITHEATER bendconcerts.com

HDCM Pop-Up Concert

LOONEY BEAN COFFE, BEND highdesertchambermusic.com/pop-up-concerts

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Fourth Friday

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Second Saturday Summer Kick-off at the Betty Gray Gallery

by JIM FISTER

As we head into summer in Central Oregon, the Betty Gray Gallery in the Sunriver Lodge is continuing one exhibit and welcoming another with a Second Saturday reception to lead into the Second Saturday Artwalk in Sunriver.

In the upstairs gallery, photographer Christian Murillo recently finished an exhibit in Italy featuring the Cascade Mountain Range and its unique landscapes. Christian has immersed himself in the range as an experienced backpacker, mountaineer, and alpine climber. He reveals the most expressive vantage points in the region. His lens captures landscapes that few people witness in such detail, and even fewer get to photograph. The objective of his project has been to artistically depict mountain portraits and grand scenery so as to foster a relationship between the viewer and the Cascade Range. The power and unforgiving nature of these peaks is unmistakable. So is their fragility and susceptibility to the whims of volcanic activity and rapidly changing climate. That paradox is the central theme of this photographic collection. The exhibit will be in the upstairs gallery through June and into July.

Downstairs, Alisa Looney’s inventive ReEnamelware series, titled Interdependence, will be exhibiting this June through August. Alisa creates original images in glass by fusing kiln-fired layers of enamel to steel forms. Nature and its unseen connections inform her work. Sketching and documenting while on hikes, bikes, paddles and skis throughout the seasons, she observes nature and looks for signs of connection

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and movement… seedlings sprout through lava rock, clear water flows and bubbles over snags, and fungi fruit near tree roots from the hidden mycelium network. While drawing onto the glass enamel, Alisa sees the chest feathers of an owl as a forest, portraying the interdependence of all living things. The purpose of her work is to inspire the connections and care of our planet and each other.

This ReEnamelware series was made with repurposed enamelware, turning oftendiscarded household items into dynamic wall pieces. The artist searched for and found these intriguing enamel canvases at her neighborhood Second Tern Thrift Store, which supports the Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory. She will be donating an additional five percent of proceeds from sales of this exhibition to the nature center, to support their mission to inspire present and future generations to cherish and understand our natural world.

Both exhibits will be featured in a special Second Saturday art reception on Saturday, June 10. This will be an additional artwalk space to complement the normal summer receptions at the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver, Sunriver Music Festival Office and Cascade Sotheby’s, as well as other participants. The reception will run from 4-6pm along with all the other locations.

Make sure to come see these wonderful works on display before the summer rush.

Second Saturday in Sunriver

Bring your friends and join the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver in a Second Saturday Art Walk at the Sunriver Village and Sunriver Lodge. The Artists’ Gallery will be hosting its normal reception where you can meet the artists, enjoy appetizers and desserts, and enjoy a selection of wine and beer as well as non-alcoholic drinks. Other stores in the Sunriver Village will be open and displaying art, including the Sunriver Music Festival office and Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty.

The Sunriver Lodge will be featuring an open reception as well. Artist Alisa Looney is opening her exhibit, while photographer Christian Murillo will be introducing his new book, Soul of Skagit. Wine and appetizers will be served.

Wise One by Alisa Looney

Jesse Pemberton ~ Metal Art

Wade Womack ~ Wood Block Prints

Laura Jo Sherman ~ Pastel Painting

Stacey Colgan ~ Felted wool to wear

Wonderful Art Coming Your Way

by DENI PORTER

Exciting things are happening at the Artists’ Gallery in the Village at Sunriver! New fiber artist Stacey Colgan has joined the Gallery, and you can meet her, view her pieces and have a great time experiencing art by all Gallery artists. Saturday June 10 from 4-6pm guests are invited to enjoy “nibbles and wine” and converse with all the featured artists for the month of June. This month the Gallery artists are inspired by wildflowers — beautiful, fierce and free.

Stacey Colgan is a fiber artist working in the technique of Nuno felting. The technique employs the use of wool fiber, other lustrous fibers, soap and water. Colgan then applies what she describes as “copious amounts of hand agitation” to create each unique finished fiber. (We will have to check out her arm muscles!) The result is a oneof-a-kind piece of wearable art. Nature is the artist’s best inspiration, and Colgan uses it to create scarves, hats, bags, and tapestries.

Laura Jo Sherman has been supplying beautiful pastel paintings to the Gallery for years. She says that she has been an artist forever and is happy to share the joy of her evolving passions as the subjects of her pieces. Sherman’s pastel technique is as unique as the artist herself. Colors, shapes, and textures are intense and imbue a sense of movement. Horses are galloping right out of the canvas. Flowers are catching the afternoon breeze. The artist likes for her paintings “to say something,” and they certainly do.

SUNRIVER EXHIBITS

Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village

57100 Beaver Dr., Bldg. 19

541-593-4382 • artistsgallerysunriver.com

Featuring new fiber artist Stacey Colgan, pastel paintings by Laura Jo Sherman, multi-media sculptor Jesse Pemberton and printmaker Wade Womack. Stop by on Second Saturday, June 10 from 4-6pm for nibbles, wine and art demonstrations

Nancy McGrath Green Gallery at Sunriver Christian Fellowship

18139 Cottonwood Road

541-593-1183 • sunriverchristianfellowship.org

Continuing at the Nancy McGrath Green (NMG) Gallery at Sunriver Christian Fellowship is their show, Art From Home, featuring work from ten talented fine artists and photographers from the Sunriver Village gallery, Artists’ Gallery Sunriver, created with watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastels, woodblock, mixed media and photography. On display will be art by Marjorie Cossairt, Bonnie Junell, Diane Lay, Kelly Lish, Kenneth Marunowski, Christian Murillo, Lori Orlando, Carolyn Waissman, Judy Wilson and Wade Womack.

The exhibit is available for viewing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and

Multi-media sculptor Jesse Pemberton takes his inspiration from nature’s geometric rules and textural cues. Primarily working with metal, Pemberton incorporates found objects and local materials that inspire him. The artist produces a wide variety of art sculptures ranging from smaller tabletop pieces to large public displays.

Printmaker Wade Womack works primarily with the reduction wood block printing technique. Relief printing (or wood block) is the oldest method of print making. In its essence, you carve away what you do not want and ink the remaining raised surfaces. Next you place paper over the inked image and hand rub with a hard surface. Repeat the process for each new color that you wish to add to the paper. What appears to be a simple process is actually highly complicated! At the Gallery, Womack provided a visual display of the process. It is located directly beneath the wall the displays some highly complicated pieces that are simply beautiful.

The Artists’ Gallery is in Building 19 in the Village at Sunriver. ArtistsGallerySunriver.com 541-593-4382

Friday from 2-4pm, and Sundays following worship service from 121:30pm. All are welcome. Maybe visit the gallery during the First Friday Art Walk. Make a stop before exploring Bend galleries.

The NMG Gallery plans to host various artists and groups of artists, with shows rotating quarterly. If you are an artist (painter, photographer, quilter or other two dimensional medium) and are interested in participating in the Gallery, please send an email to McGrath.Green.Gallery@gmail.com.

Sunriver Resort Lodge - Betty Gray Gallery

17600 Center Dr. 503-780-2828

As we head into summer in Central Oregon, the Betty Gray Gallery in the Sunriver Lodge is continuing one exhibit and welcoming another. In the upstairs gallery, photographer Christian Murillo recently finished an exhibit in Italy featuring the Cascade Mountain Range and its unique landscapes. The exhibit will be in the upstairs gallery through June and into July.

Downstairs, Alisa Looney’s inventive ReEnamelware series, titled Interdependence, will be exhibiting this June through August.

Both exhibits will be featured in a special Second Saturday art reception on Saturday, June 10. This will be an additional artwalk space to complement the normal summer receptions at the Artists’ Gallery Sunriver, Sunriver Music Festival Office and Cascade Sotheby’s, as well as other participants. The reception will run from 4-6pm along with all the other locations.

Laura Jo Sherman

(Top Left) Pastel by Laura Jo Sherman (Top Right) Prosody by Jesse Pemberton (Bottom Left) Wool art by Stacey Colgan (Bottom Right) color al’agrume by Wade Womack

SISTERS EXHIBITS

Hood Avenue Art

357 W Hood Ave.

hoodavenueart.com • info@hoodavenueart.com • 541-719-1800

Featured at Hood Avenue Art for the month of June is Ruth Carroll, Kathleen Keliher and Alisa Looney.

Ruth has been drawing and painting most of her life. Her paintings have been purchased by art collectors all over the USA and abroad. She is committed to paint what inspires her emotionally and spiritually. Favorite subjects include landscape, still life and figurative works. Kathleen began her career as a working artist after moving from Seattle, Washington to Bend in 1998. Working primarily in pastels, she focused her attention on her surrounding landscape, working plein air in the summer months and retreating to her studio for the cold winters.

The focus of Alisa’s work is not only to appreciate the beauty and rhythms of nature, and our connection to it but also to inspire the care and healing of our natural world and each other. Alisa creates original images in glass by fusing kiln-fired layers of enamel to steel sculptures, panels and jewelry. Come by and watch her demonstrate her enameling process during Fourth Friday Art Stroll in Sisters on June 23!

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 hand-crafted Navajo, Hopi and Zuni jewelry. New and original pieces this spring include unique acquisitions directly acquired from Pacific Northwest and South Western U.S. Native artists.

Stitchin’ Post Gallery

311 W Cascade Ave., Sisters

541-549-6061 • stitchinpost.com

Now showing in Stitchin’ Post’s Fiber Art Gallery thru June 20 — In The MIX, an exhibit by Portland’s MIX art group. Our new exhibit opens during the Sisters 4th Friday Art Stroll from 4-6pm on June 23 — Ink & Stone, featuring the works of Valori and Jean Wells. Recurring themes with both of these textile artists have to do with natural configurations: rocks, trees, grasses, flowers and the land, as well as travel. Printmaking is Valori’s passion! She enjoys the entire process from sketching imagery to carving the blocks and printing them on fabric. Jean is a contemporary quiltmaker known for teaching as well as her art. The natural Central Oregon beauty surrounding this mother-daughter artist duo is constant inspiration as they work intuitively in their chosen fields.

Toriizaka Art

222 West Hood Ave.

541-595 8285 • toriizakaart.com

Toriizaka Art will be featuring the unique work of Ngo Van Sac (Vietnam) this month. His mixed media 2 dimensional works include wood burning, collage, and paints on natural wood. Years ago, when the French occupied Vietnam, they insisted that all the old manuscripts using the original Chinese characters ( ) be burned. This was a part of their “modernization” effort when changing the Vietnamese written language to the Latin or Roman alphabet. Ngo Van Sac’s grandfather was a poet, philosopher and professor and instead of burning his manuscripts, he buried them. Today, Van Sac often incorporates these formerly forbidden manuscripts into his mixed media works. We hope you can join us to experience his unique multigenerational work.

Painting by Ruth Carroll

Ink & Stone Print by Jean Wells

Butterfly Moon Panel by Valori Wells

(Above) Balance 120x101 by Ngo Van Sac (Right) The Last Empire 160x106 by Ngo Van Sac

Art Walk

June 23 • 4-7pm

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Kathleen Keliher Alisa Looney Ruth Carroll

Hood Avenue Art Featuring Three Amazing Artists in June

Ruth Carroll ~ Fine Artist

Ruth has been drawing and painting most of her life. She earned her B.F.A. in drawing from C.C.A.C. in Oakland, California in 1987. She believes that a strong foundation in drawing is essential to painting well. In the years spent raising her three children Ruth painted and sculpted commercial artwork for the amusement park industry and worked on her fine art when she could. For the past 30+ years Ruth has shown and sold her work through juried exhibitions, juried open studios and local art galleries in the Monterey Bay, California area. Her paintings have been purchased by art collectors all over the USA and abroad. She is committed to paint what inspires her emotionally and spiritually. Favorite subjects include landscape, still life and figurative works. Her creative energy is spent painting in plein air and in her studio. She is inspired by her love of the landscape in dramatic light situations. She has been primarily a landscape painter in oils since 2009 and has won numerous awards in this genre. In 2020 Ruth moved with her husband to Bend, and frequently visits the Monterey Bay area in California, where she is represented by several fine art galleries. She is an artist member at Hood Avenue Arts in Sisters. Ruth will be one of the featured artists beginning the fourth Friday in June.

You can learn more by visiting her website at ruthcarrollfineartist.com.

Kathleen Keliher

Kathleen began her career as a working artist after moving from Seattle, Washington to Bend in 1998. Working primarily in pastels, she focused her attention on her surrounding landscape, working plein air in the summer months and retreating to her studio for the cold winters. While in Bend Kathleen founded and became president of the Plein Air Painters of Oregon, as well as the High Desert Art League. She was a twice poster artist for the

Sunriver Music Festival and a featured artist for Wine by the River, hosted by the then Hospice of Bend-La Pine. In 2007 Kathleen moved from Bend to Portland, Oregon to weather the recession. There she worked as a cardiac rehab nurse while studying oil painting. She completed her move back to Central Oregon in 2014. She is currently working out of her studio in Bend, creating works in both pastel and oil. She is a member of the Plein Air Painters of Oregon and the Pastel Society of America.

Her work can be currently seen in Hood Avenue Art Gallery in Sisters.

Alisa Looney

Alisa Looney’s enamel (glass) on steel works will be featured in June, 2023 at Hood Avenue Art in Sisters. The show will run June 22 through July 23, with the opening reception and enameling demo on Fourth Friday Art Stroll, June 23, from 4-7pm.

The focus of Alisa’s work is not only to appreciate the beauty and rhythms of nature, and our connection to it but also to inspire the care and healing of our natural world and each other. Nature and its unseen connections inform her work. Sketching and documenting while on hikes, bikes, paddles and skis throughout the seasons, she observes nature and looks for signs of life and movement… seedlings sprouting through lava rocks, clear water flowing and bubbling over snags, fungi growing from the hidden mycelium network, fish swimming gracefully to their native spawning grounds. Alisa creates original images in glass by fusing kiln-fired layers of enamel to steel sculptures, panels and jewelry. Come by and watch her demonstrate her enameling process during Fourth Friday Art Stroll in Sisters on June 23! More of Alisa’s artwork can be seen at alisalooney.com and at hoodavenueart.faso.com/collections/157977. hoodavenueart.faso.com

Cloud Reflections, 30x40 by Kathleen Keliher

Piece by Ruth Carroll

Teaching Grace, Maquette - Ed 3/25, Enamel on Steel Sculpture, 16.5 h x 9.5 w x 6 d in” by Alisa Looney

ART WORKSHOPS

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.

SAGEBRUSHERS CLASSES:

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

Wise Woman Emerging – Mixed Media Collage with Maria Wattier & Mattie Corya-Swanson

June 11, 1-5pm

Join Maria Wattier & Mattie Corya-Swanson for a monthly gathering of women creating and expressing feminine soul wisdom through mixed-media 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.

Oils Essentials Studio Sessions with Michael Wise

June 6, 13 and 27, 2:30-5:30pm

This drop-in open studio session is designed for oils artists looking to explore and develop skills in oil painting. Mike will provide technical assistance and creative insight to guide students in the painting process. Participants will receive individual instruction time. Each class will begin with a brief lecture/demo, reviewing fundamentals of oil, focusing on color mixing, paint application, brush strokes and composition. $20/class (SageBrushers members), $30 (non-members). All levels of experience are welcome. For more information contact mikewiseart@gmail.com.

Acrylic Painting Demonstration by Peter Wood

June 8, 1-4pm

Join renowned international visiting artist Peter Wood (peterwoodarts.com) for a demonstration of acrylic painting using a unique approach with sponge rollers

and brushes. Peter will paint from a photograph of a local Central Oregon scene while sharing his knowledge of painting and experiences in the many places he has traveled to paint. Attendees will come away with new technical strategies, tips, information and stimulating ideas. Cost is $20. Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Scott at scotthdyer@yahoo.com to confirm your place.

Painting Faces from Photographs with Ted Nuttall

June 13-17, 9am-4pm

Join award-winning artist Ted Nuttall for this five-day workshop. Although painting a person in watercolor may seem daunting, it is every bit as approachable as creating a still life or landscape. Ted will demonstrate the techniques and instill the confidence to enjoy painting people. Ted will discuss the benefits of photographic reference, as well as how to interpret a photo in order to give life and energy to the subject. Cost for the five-day workshop is $795. A deposit of $400, plus a completed registration form (located at sagebrushersartofbend.com/workshops/ted-nuttall), will hold a student’s space in class, with the balance of $395 due by the registration deadline of May 31. Contact pam@sagebrushersartofbend.com with questions.

WATERCOLOR CLASSES AT PRIVATE TUMALO ART STUDIO

Watercolor Nature Journal, Flora and Fauna with Jacqueline Newbold

July 18, July 25 and August 1, 1-4pm

Dive into the colorful world of nature with botanist and artist, Jacqueline Newbold. She will guide you step-by-step as you explore various fun ways to use watercolor and mixed media to create a naturalist’s art journal. Each class will cover a different subject. $35 per class, email Jacqueline to sign up at newbold0505@bendbroadband.com.

CALL TO ART

The renovations and new construction of libraries throughout Deschutes County bring a wonderful opportunity for the Deschutes Public Library to expand its existing art collection. The Library appointed local artists, one project architect, and community representatives from Bend, La Pine, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver and Portland to serve on the Public Art Selection Committee (Art Committee) and make recommendations to the library’s administration for selected art pieces. As envisioned, the art in all libraries will be diverse in both concept and material, be both traditional and non-traditional, and will endure and inspire over time. The Art Committee seeks art in all media and genres: painting, printmaking, sculpture, glass, fiber, functional, digital, photography, installation, mixed media, new media/genres. Art will

exist in expected and unexpected areas within the libraries and on the library grounds — such as art suspended from ceilings, mounted on walls, embedded in floorsand anchoring a public outdoor space.

Funding for the art acquisitions comes from the library’s allocation of one percent of the construction costs for each library’s new construction and/or renovation to go toward public art. This policy follows the State of Oregon’s ORS 276.080, also known as Oregon’s Percent for Art statute. The Art Committee has designed the following selection process: 1. Build a roster of qualifying artists for consideration across all libraries/locations; and 2. Artists who have prequalified by virtue of inclusion in the roster are invited to submit proposals for specific artwork commissions

in one or more Deschutes Public Libraries.

Applications will be accepted through the online portal CaFÉ, short for Call for Entries, an art application database developed by the Western States Arts Foundation and used successfully by thousands of artists for nearly two decades.

Artists can connect directly with the call on the CaFÉ website: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info. php?ID=11644.

After reviewing the call for submissions on CaFÉ, further questions can be directed to: DPL.art. committee@gmail.com (preferred). Messages may be left on the dedicated phone for the Art Committee Chair at DPL: 541-588-0745 or via the postal system at PO Box 2102, Bend, OR 97709.