What does an artist do when his work seems to elicit the same response— that it looks like an image from a kid’s book? He runs with it, establishing himself as a successful and prolific children’s book illustrator with almost 20 books under his belt. Illustrator Lee White’s drawings inhabit a dreamland where children ride […]
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Art Watch 4/1-4/8
Throughout April at the Red Chair Gallery in downtown Bend, aspiring high school students will experience the ins and outs of a “real world” art show—from the jury selection process to hanging and pricing and (hopefully) selling their work. For the past four years—almost as long as the gallery has been in existence—the women at […]
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Making local habits a priority
Taped to the register at Bend’s Workhouse in the Old Ironworks Art District is an old tea bag tag that says “Together we can do what we can never do alone.” Owner Cari Dolyniuk told me that this little nugget of wisdom sums up the way that she and the other three shop owners at […]
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An Old Building, New Idea
Workhouse celebrates third anniversary
If the US Census—instead of counting things like household income and marital status— had a matrix for features such as collaboration, artistic production, and creativity, then the Ironworks Art District would be a hotspot on Bend’s city map. Constructed in 1912 to support the then-booming timber industry of turn-of-the-century Bend, the Old Ironworks is a […]
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Art Watch 3/25-4/1
Now in its eighth year, Art in the High Desert (AHD) has become a popular destination for art buyers, making it one of the many local organizations whose efforts are putting Bend on the art tourism map. Ranked 12th in the nation for sales by Art Fair Sourcebook, AHD is surpassing many of the area’s […]
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Share Your Story with the Library of Congress Using Your Smart Phone
Everybody has a story to tell. For the modern day storyteller, media like podcasts and anonymous blogs give the opportunity to share those heartwarming and embarrassing human experiences with ease. From The Moth to Post Secret, Americans have fed the growing cultural obsession with recording those events—ranging from the mundane to the extraordinary—that captivate audiences of […]
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Art Watch 3/18-3/25
The story of Gena Goodman-Campbell’s childhood adventures spent exploring the gullies of Oaks Bottom Preserve and dunes of Cannon Beach rooted her artistic sensibilities—and, this and next month, the visual exhibit of this Oregonian wanderlust is on display at Lone Pine Coffee Roasters. Her “Bird Nests of Oregon,” which evokes the naturalist sketches of 19th […]
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Bring the Annihilation
Monster X Tour rolls into the County Fairgrounds
I’m the very last person you’d expect to see at a monster truck show. I didn’t learn how to drive a car until I was 22 years old and seeing a fender bender or a tow-truck on the road can throw me into a full-on panic. And, in the two years that I lived in […]
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“Dearly Departed” brings authors of yesteryear to Tin Pan Theater
Tomorrow night at 7:00 pm a group of wildly famous, uber-talented authors will be hanging out at Bend’s Tin Pan Theater. And, get this, they’re all dead. Writers such as Oscar Wilde, Gerturde Stein, and Dorothy Parker will be brought to life again by students of the OSU Cascades Low Residency Creative Writing MFA Program—and […]
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Back From The Grave
Telling classic stories that are very much alive
Here’s one you haven’t heard before: Gertrude Stein, Oscar Wilde, and Nora Ephron walk into the Tin Pan Alley. No, it’s not the prelude to a raunchy literary joke, but the setting of the upcoming Dearly Departed: A Tribute to the Authors of Yesteryear. OSU-Cascades’ Low Residency MFA Program is sponsoring the event, held at […]