Mockingbird Gallery’s big front windows overlook the living art of downtown Bend’s arguably busiest pedestrian spot. But the space inside stretches back into a quiet oasis. Statues, sculptures and paintings of fish, birds, moose, horses, mountain lions and butterflies—along with landscapes and scenes of lone barns and rain-streaked city streets—fill the gallery that represents about […]
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Best Place to Get a Tattoo
Monolith Tattoo Studio
I don’t have any tattoos but I want all of them. That’s the problem. I bounce between wanting slasher movie\Little Prince\Jhonen Vasquez\comic book tattoos so much that I’m paralyzed in my decision-making process. Monolith Tattoo Studio is the first studio I’ve seen where I would gladly go in and let any of their artists put whatever […]
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Closing Reception for Bend Art Center
Event offers locals a chance to see exhibit, collaborate on BAC’s future
On Aug. 17, Bend Art Center will host a closing reception for its final show, “A Sense of Order.” Curated by Julie Winter, the exhibition features artists Sarah Helen More, Shin Yeon Jeon and Susan Porteous. While each artist works in a different medium, bringing individual sensibilities to the theme, the show is also cohesive, […]
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A Downtown Art Forage
A stroll through town to find art currently on display
I often hear people say, “I don’t understand art—I just know what I like.” As an arts educator, this is always my opportunity to jump in, because the truth is, knowing what you like is the point of art. It gives us language to see ourselves and the world and how we go together. This week, […]
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Art Walk Picks
Headed to First Friday in downtown Bend? Here’s what to put on your radar. OPEN HOUSE & ART EXHIBIT BODY ART Check out a fun night of food, drink (bring your own cup if possible), art and LIVE body painting by Zoey Lane and music from Kylan Johnson. 5-9pm. Hawthorn Healing Arts Center. 39 NW […]
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Employee Art Shines at Deschutes Brewery
An eclectic art show that highlights pub employees
June is anniversary month at Deschutes Brewery. To honor that, they’re showcasing the creative talent of 23 of their pub employees in a group art show. The eclectic showcase is hanging throughout the month of June. Sarah Cook, a server at the pub for 11 years, took over managing the art that hangs in the […]
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Students showcase work at COCC
Annual student exhibition on display
The annual Spring Student Art Exhibition at Central Oregon Community College is now on display at the COCC Barber Library Rotunda Gallery and in the Pence Pinckney Gallery. It’s a showcase that brims with life. The work spans across multiple mediums, and in itself is a fine showcase of the studio classes being offered at […]
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City to consider expanding mural code
Mural code expansion means Franklin Underpass project could get started soon
The majority of public art projects in Bend are private—located on private land and privately funded. We are immensely lucky to have an array of patrons in our city who have paid for the installations of sculptures in roundabouts or paid for murals on their privately owned buildings, like in the Old Mill. As of […]
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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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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 […]