Call it happy—but not an ending. That’s because it’s a fresh new start for the printmaking studio and gallery space formally known as Atelier 6000, located in Bend’s Box Factory. After surviving a serious financial crisis over the spring, A6, as it was more commonly called, has now rebranded itself as the Bend Art Center. […]
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Chill Pills
Native Snakes Are More Charming Than You Think
Discussions about Central Oregon’s reptiles don’t typically turn philosophical, but Bend artist Abney Wallace has just managed to negotiate that rather sharp curve. “It’s easy to see a snake or lizard and think snake or lizard,” says Wallace. “Really though, they are all so different. When we begin to notice the subtleties of the world […]
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Into the Dark
Local gallery dims it down to offer a rare art experience
Take a look at most prints from before Japan’s introduction to the West and you’ll likely find them quite pale and muted. But with the opening of Japan to the West and the introduction of different dyes, all that changed. If you want to see the contrast for yourself, start at the A6 Studio & […]
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High Fiber Arts Symposium
This coming weekend is the Scalehouse’s first interactive High Fiber Arts Symposium, on Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14. The mission of the Scalehouse is to create programs and events that promote creative thinking, innovation and collaboration in Bend and this symposium does exactly that! Through a weekend of speakers, panel discussions, workshops and […]
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Art Watch
During September and October, A6 Studio & Gallery in Bend will host a series of exhibits and events featuring the work of renowned photographer and ethnologist, Edward S. Curtis. Born near Whitewater, Wisconsin, in 1868, Curtis devoted his life to photographing and documenting the lives of the North American Native American tribes. When his family […]
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Art Watch 7/15-7/22
Going By Bike
The bulk of the presentation for the jury-selected paintings in A6’s “Going By Bike” are three paintings hung in A6’s front corridor. The first is from Jane Quale; a calm and demurely beautiful painting, a tomato-red background with the black silhouette of the back half of a bike covering the painting’s lower quarter. Adjacent to […]
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Art Watch 4/29-5/6
Master printmaker Patricia Clark
One of Bend’s most celebrated artists, master printmaker and Atelier 6000 (A6) founder Patricia Clark, celebrates her 80th birthday this year. Her impressive works, which reflect a fascination with the natural world that spans six decades, will be on display at two galleries during First Friday and throughout the month of May. Her exhibit “Marks” […]