It interests me how creative Bend can be, and how much our artist community has grown. In many ways, it feels like it hasn’t changed much over the years—like the fact that there are still not many spaces artists can hang their work. Of course, they are plenty of privately owned spaces, but often these […]
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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Local Paintings Censored
Works featuring quotes by the president deemed too controversial for local building
Paintings by local artist Paula Bullwinkel spent about one day hung in a local mixed-use building before a complaint prompted the building owner to request they come down. “25%! Americans! Approved!” is Bullwinkel’s series of oil paintings, featuring women inspired by beauty ads from the ’60s, ’70’s and ’80s, alongside images of rodents and quotes […]
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Figuratively Speaking Group Show
Six female artists explore memories and relationships
When you walk into At Liberty this month, you’ll notice a long, paper cut-out on the ceiling, guiding you into the space. The piece, created by artist Lauren Iida, is like a beautiful upside-down picnic table, or a net of memories cascading from the ceiling. It’s delicate and enchanting—a perfect welcome into this wonderful group […]
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Oregon’s Art Collection gets its own website
Looking to find out more about public art? This could help
Have you ever been out and about and wandered across a piece of art that made you wonder who created it or why it’s there? A new website from the Oregon Arts Commission has categorized and made accessible online all 2,400 works of art acquired and commissioned by the State of Oregon since 1975. In […]
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Unexpected Places to Find Art
Trains: Traveling street art exhibits
Trains: You may see them as ruthless interrupters of traffic flow. You may curse them as they wake you in the middle of the night with their long horn blasts. Me, though, I love them. For me, trains are a reminder that there are places outside our little bubble. They don’t remind me of this […]
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New Prints from Crow’s Shadow
Collective exhibition highlights art from Native artists
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts is offering a unique artist in residency program located on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. While Crow’s Shadow is a print studio that offers educational and professional development opportunities for Native artists, its residency program invites artists who don’t traditionally work in the printmaking medium to […]
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Trashformations is back!
Two local events turn old items into new treasures
Staring in 2000, a unique, day-long, annual event began bringing artists together, creating things using only what they found at what was once Bend’s premiere junkyard wonderland, Pak-It. Pat Korish, owner of Pak-It, paired with Artists Local 101, a now-defunct nonprofit art group, to put on the event. The event was always held around Earth […]
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Tumalo Art Company
Artist-owned gallery still going strong
Alive and thriving in Bend are a number of arts collectives where artists come together to work and sell their art. While it’s not uncommon to find in cities, it’s a testament to the creative culture that Central Oregon has so many. Founded in 2001, Tumalo Art Company has been a collective that has housed […]
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Low Risk, High Reward Art Classes
Try out your creativity Watercolor Wednesdays with Sagebrushers Art SocietyKnow Jo(e): Painting
with Coffee Workshop
Recently, I directed a stage performance of The Vagina Monologues. We had a cast of almost 30 women, approximately half of whom had never in their lives set foot on stage to perform. Brave. The process reminded me how risky it feels for some people to create art. I forget, as I create art every […]
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Biennial Artist Book Exhibition: Construction / Deconstruction
A group show, currently on display at Bend Art Center, features an eclectic mix of work from a variety of artists who each interprets the idea of “books” in a unique way—including a variety of sculptural forms that step outside the traditional format. The show is made up of pen and ink illustrations from printed books, […]