Sheila Dunn’s work offers a compelling complexity with color and textures that capture her figures in a way that a photograph never could. She finds a sacred power in the feminine and haunting vulnerability in the masculine with a stunningly gritty geometry to her brushstrokes. Dunn’s paintings are primarily figures, but she captures something inherently […]
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Art Watch 2/17-2/24
Letters of Survival
On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. This order forced over 120,000 persons of Japanese descent, a majority of them American citizens, into internment camps for almost three years. The order was not officially rescinded until almost 30 years later. In 1979, Oregon was one of the first states to […]
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Art Watch 2/10-2/17
The Oregon WinterFest Fire Pit competition is heating up! Sculptors and metal workers from throughout Oregon have created more than 20 original structures to showcase the beauty and power of fire to light up the banks of the Deschutes River. “I went really big. I’m having so much fun,” says artist James Todd Rouse, who […]
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Art Watch 2/3-2/10
The 10th Annual Sisters Library Art Exhibit features the work of 68 local artists. Three of the 168 works of art in the 2016 show received People’s Choice Awards including “Don’t be Koi” in colored pencil on juniper, by Steve Mathews; “Luis – The Tobacco Farmer,” a photography by Linda Hanson and “Steelhead Falls,” an […]
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Art Watch 1/13-1/20
If taking a break from the snowy outdoors sparks your interest, the following local arts events are creative alternatives to binge-watching Netflix or filling up the pages of your adult coloring book. Grab dance shoes, knitting needles or bits of that creative project you’ve been working on and bring them to Open Studio Nights at […]
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Art Watch 1/6-1/13
After 9/11, muralist and fine artist Nicole Fontana says it was difficult to travel with oil paints—due to their chemical compounds—so while studying abroad in Venice, she began working with an alternative medium. “That’s when I started making collages. I used mailers and started collaging out of a budget issue,” she explains. Fontana studied at […]
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Top Additions to Culture in Central Oregon
Kevin Barclay is the Arts and Culture Alliance Board Chair 1 The Bend Cultural Tourism Fund is an incredible opportunity for Bend to attract even more arts and culture to the area. Many of those that benefited from the fund are listed below. 2 Bend Design Conference was Scalehouse’s exciting new venue that explores design […]
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Art Watch 12/23-12/30
Through the end of December, one art gallery is offering miniature pieces to make giving the gift of art more affordable. The Small Wonders exhibit—started by local artists at Hood Avenue Art Gallery in Sisters—is now in its second year. Kathleen Keliher with Hood Avenue Art says it’s not uncommon to find smaller art this […]
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Art Watch 12/16-12/23
Jenny Green has always wanted to be a gallerist. She’s worked with art in galleries and at auctions, she’s always traveling to art shows, and has watched the world of art sales change. “There’s been a huge shift in the art world [where] 49 percent of sales happen at art fairs,” she says. “It’s almost […]
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Art Watch 12/9-12/16
The Habitat for Humanity ReStore recently unveiled a new recycled mural along with new solar panels at its Bend location. The solar electric system is expected to save the store approximately $7,000 per year in energy costs and will give the location 90 percent of the total power needed to operate for the year. “A […]
