THE BULLETIN • FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013
Adopt a School program launchesin Bend Arts Central has announced the launch of Adopt a School, an initiative to bring arts education to underserved schoolsthroughout the Bend-LaPine School District. Founded in collaboration with the Buccola family, Greenpoint Technologies and the Buccola Group at Hasson Company Realtors, Adopt a School exists to help ensure all students have the opportunity to develop their talents and academic skills. Arts Central's core purpose is to provide every child with access to quality arts education. Arts Central is currently working in 32 schools, via its Artists in Schools program, in five counties. Adopt a School is designed to bring a dynamic arts education program into 17 schools throughout the Bend-LaPine School District, each selected because at least 50 percent of the student population is using the district's free or reduced-cost meal programs. A $50,000 donation from the sponsors launched the initiative, but the ongoing success of the program will rely on local companies and donors adopting one or more of the schools. "We are excited about this initiative because it will close the gaps in
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from around the country who have been awarded four-week stays at Caldera's Arts Center at Blue Lake. Open Studiosoffers a free opportunity to experience the artists' work and creativeprocesses in a friendly, informal setting — and a warm fire O'Hagan, as saying. in the center's ginormous fireplace. Working w i t h t h e in d i vidual This month features writer Lydia schools, Arts Central will create a Conklin, visual artist Jeff Leake, accustomized arts education program tress Karen Yates, visual artist Craig that can include art projects linked Goodworth and visual artist Hayley to classroom learning objectives, Barker. lectures, family art night and art Caldera is located 16 miles west of installations for a school or commu- Sisters, off of U.S. Highway 20. Turn nity site. at the entrance to Suttle Lake and Gene Buccola says, "The Adopt a follow the signs to Blue Lake and School initiative is a fantastic oppor- Caldera. tunity for local businesses to make a Contact: www.calderaarts.org. tremendous impact in the commuSunsetLim ited' nity. The program provides students ' with a rich learning experience that seeks 2 male leads will not only shape their lives but the future of our region's workforce as Stage Right Productions and 2nd well. In my mind, there is no greater Street Theater seek one black male investment a company can make." (age 20-60) and one white male (30Contact: 541-633-7242. 60) to star in a May production of "The Sunset Limited," by Cormac Open Studios wraps up McCarthy. Auditions will be held at 7 p.m. series at Caldera Monday and Tuesday at 2nd Street Caldera will host the last of its Theater, 220 N.E. Lafayette Ave., seasonal Open Studios from 1-3 p.m. Bend. Saturday. Directed by Dori Donoho, "The Each winter, Caldera's Artist in Sunset Limited" will run May 10-25. — David Jasper Residence program hosts artists accessto arts education and complement what schools are already doing in the classroom. And, we are extremely grateful to the Buccolas for making this important initiative a reality," a news release quotes Arts Central's Executive Director, Cate
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of her work hanging at Red Chair, and invited this reporter to do the people was by taking a collage class same — and collagraphy, a printmakwith Pam Jersey Bird at The Art Sta- ing technique whose name is derived tion in Bend. from the word collage, would seem Around 2006, she showed about 15 to have a built-in appeal to a collage collage works at Starbucks on Wall artist. Street. She still says proudly that two She plans to continue making bike works were purchased by other art- art, and also has ideas about incorists. During one five-month period, porating other popular Bend icons — dogs and the Old Mill smokestacks she sold 16 works. Her collage interests led to print- — into her growing collection of making, and lately, bicycles have be- work. come a staple image of the collagraph Jones made $1,494 selling her art works she's been making at Atelier last year, but estimates she spent 6000, a printmaking studio and gal- about $1,000 more creating it. She lery in the Old Mill District of Bend. needs to make more than that this "I decided to start bikes last year, year, and she's off to a good start, havbecause there are so many people ing alreadymade $900 offof a comwho love bikes in Bend," she explains. missioned bike collagraph. To date, she's sold about five of her Nevertheless, Jones has pledged to bike collagraphs. give 10 percent of this year's sales to Collagraphy entails affixing ma- the nonprofit MountainStar Family terials to cardboard or wood before Relief Nursery, a Bend organization printing. As artist and teacher Ron that works with families to prevent Schultz told GO! Magazine in a Feb- child abuse. "I'm very, very, very much against ruary report about a c o llagraph show at Atelier 6000, "(Y)ou can abuse and neglect, and there are realize a print from just using card- so many children here in Bend that board, string, washers, or any kind there's a waiting list for this program of low-elevation item you can collage (that) serves 300 children and famitogether." lies," she says. Jones is clearly fond of collageRecently, Red Chair Gallery sent she ran her fingers over the textures the media ashort essay Jones wrote One of the ways she sought to meet
about her childhood. "My early education was difficult. I remember my mother telling me that the school counselor called them when I was in third grade to discuss if I was 'normal,"' Jones wrote. "I guess I passed the test, as I remained in the class with my 'normal' classmates. The harder the class work became, the more I began to feel stupid." In such an environment, "I grew up thinking I didn't fit in, and I wasn't encouraged at all to do art. And it's still something we're not encouraged to do," she says. After high school graduation, she went on to junior college, where she aced English and biology, and then her Stanford Hospital career and family. And in the span of just a decade,Jones has transformed intothe artist she was once reluctant to call herself. She's thankful that 30 years ago, she took that portrait class with her mom, whom she drew in class. "And I captured her really angry eyes," Jones says. "How do I say it'? Igetchoked up about my mom. You know, we all have our pasts, right? But (the class) was the one gift my mom really gave to me." — Reporter:541-383-0349, djasper@bendbulletin.com
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