The showcasing of one’s work is a right of passage for an artist, vital in an artist’s growth and development. Student exhibitions are popping up all over town this month—a great opportunity to see new voices emerging in the community. OSU-Cascades will showcase two Bachelors of Fine Arts students’ work this month on the 2nd […]
Teafly Peterson
For the last 20 years, I have been working as an artist and an educator. Some days I am better at one than the other. The good days are when I am excellent at both simultaneously. I love those days. I teach a variety of mediums– painting, drawing, photography, writing, film making. Mostly what I teach is how to develop your voice honestly, openly and confidently. I like to ask questions. I find it is the best way to get an answer– start with a question. What I teach is how to ask the right questions and how to not be afraid of the answers.
I work professionally as an artist. If you need a bumble bee delivering your tea, I’m the gal for you! You name it, I can probably draw or design it!
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Moms Love Art
Plus, concert at Les Schwab, Bend Arts and Culture Tour with Bend Tour Company and small prints
Remember when you were a kid and for Mother’s Day you’d make a Georgia O’Keefe-inspired flower painting? Or maybe you’d cover your hands in paint, smack ’em down on a piece of paper with a poem, give it to mom and call it good? Mom loved that. She loved your art. Your mom still loves […]
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Happy Campers
One man show by Bill Cravis at COCC
In his upcoming show, Bill Cravis explores the current predicaments of the world in two new large-scale pieces, on display at Central Oregon Community College’s Pence Pinckney Gallery throughout the month of May. One piece is in the form of ceramics; one in the form of video installed in a large-box that, well— you just […]
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The Last Last Saturday
The Workhouse ends its monthly gathering after April’s event
All good things come to an end: The Beatles, love letters… and now, Last Saturdays at The Workhouse. While The Workhouse, an artist’s studio and retail space, is not going anywhere, its regular monthly event—which provided a place for local musicians and artists to connect and share their work—will take place for the last time […]
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Don’t miss out on art!
A few intriguing art things happening around the C.O.
Keira Kotler Keira Kotler’s show At Liberty is one to see. Her serene and visually calming work is a delight in color and light exploration. It’s her ability to find the simple, in between moments of color and light that make her work so enticing. It’s precisely this work that names those things we don’t […]
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Winning firepit becomes public art for Redmond’s transit hub
Oregon WinterFest has held a firepit competition at the February event for a number of years. New this year was the addition of a donation program that saw the winning artist gaining a $5,000 cash prize, and a local entity gaining a valuable piece of public art. This year, the winning creation, by Hunter Dahlberg […]
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Art in April
Openings to look forward to seeing this month—and a new website to find First Friday events
Lloyd McMullen at Pence-Pinckney Gallery There’s no such thing as useless or unworthy when viewed through the eyes of Bend artist Lloyd McMullen. Her work often features found objects or “cast-off” items—most that might be given the tag “trash,” but if that same piece of trash finds its way to McMullen’s studio, it will no […]
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Karen Ruane
Alcohol inks, evoking watercolors
Karen Ruane never had a knack for watercolors, which is why her art may surprise you. It’s not watercolors that she works with. Instead, she uses alcohol inks, which leave you with the same feeling: free and light. Ruane grew up in the desert and has a deep love for it. She and her family […]
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Sally Gilmore
The sensual nature of ceramics
Sally Gilmore is a sculptor. That much is clear. Often working in paper, fiber and textiles, Gilmore’s sculpture can bring laughter and intrigue. Her newest foray into ceramics had her friends and family stunned, but for Gilmore, it is the excitement of bringing sensuality to utilitarian items that’s exciting, reckoning back to her sculptural past. […]
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Karen Bandy
Capturing the magic of a mountain in a ring
How do you capture the feeling of a mountain in a ring? Or the magic of a dance in a painting? Somehow, Karen Bandy does just this. Whether through jewelry or painting, Bandy has the unique ability to capture movement and the feeling it projects. Bandy landed in Bend over 30 years ago after various […]