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Small Grants Aim to Do Big Things

Deschutes Cultural Coalition’s awards spur cultural education
Teafly Peterson

Sometimes it only takes a little bit to inspire and create something bigger. The small grants awarded by the Deschutes Cultural Coalition may not exceed $3,000, but the organizations receiving the money have big ideas for it, making for some interesting upcoming events and creative opportunities. One of the goals for the grant money is […]

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Young Audiences Brings Artists to Central Oregon Classrooms

Program offers opportunities for bringing performances, workshops and supplies to area schools
Teafly Peterson

An exciting new opportunity is available to Central Oregon schools and artists: Young Audiences of Oregon/SW Washington now serves the Central Oregon community, bringing artists directly into the classroom. The program is expanding its roster and looking for artists interested in teaching, as well as seeking schools where educators want the added benefit of bringing […]

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Desert Perspectives

Artists showcase their take on water at High Desert Museum
Teafly Peterson

It began a year ago, when The High Desert Museum invited four artists, including local creative laureate Mosley Wotta (Jason Graham), Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, Dana Reason and Harmonic Lab to take field trips into various places in Oregon alongside curators, geologists, archeologists, ecologists, dam technicians and natural resource managers to look at and explore our relationship […]

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Redmond’s On The Rise

Housing affordability. Increased traffic. Brew culture. Bike park love.
The Source Staff

Housing affordability. Increased traffic. Brew culture. Bike park love. If you thought those were items unique to Bend, you’d be wrong. Redmond, Ore., has much of the same culture and some of the same issues of growth and expansion that Bend does—and its population has grown, percentage-wise, faster than Bend over the past 18 years. […]

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State of the Arts

The City of Bend cut its Arts, Beautification Culture Commission this year. Where does that leave support for the arts in the City?
Jaclyn Brandt

Jenny Green has been in Bend for 24 years and has worked in the arts most of that time. She started the Jenny Green Gallery three years ago, a pop-up gallery that provided art shows around the area and around the world. Along with Rene’ Mitchell and Kaari Vaughn, Green runs At Liberty, an arts […]

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When Man Becomes Monster

The Source’s Arts & Culture Editor gets a drastic makeover for his part in “Young Frankenstein”
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Most guys don’t relish the thought of going bald on top—and neither does the Source’s Arts & Culture editor Jared Rasic. But when it’s required of you in order to play a part in a local play, you do what you can.  Jared started off his week getting his head and face shaved, in preparation […]

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Old Mill District’s Tumalo Art Company Owner Receives Arts, Beautification & Culture Award from the City of Bend

Susan Luckey Higdon is awarded the honor based on her involvement with the Bend, Oregon gallery
Hayley Jo Murphy

16 June 2016 – Bend, Oregon – Susan Luckey Higdon, manager and owner of the Tumalo Art Company gallery in the Old Mill District, received an Arts, Beautification & Culture (ABC) Award from the City of Bend in May. The ABC award which honors three individuals, organizations and businesses yearly that have made significant contributions […]

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Art Station Summer Camps

Sherron Lumley

Entering through the doors to the enchanting Art Station is like a visit to the atelier of a famous artist. There are tall shelves full of mysterious supplies, large work tables, open space and lots of light. Art Central’s creative learning center is a nonprofit visual arts school in the heart of Bend for all […]

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Old Stone Performing Arts Center

Angela Moore

There are some serious changes that are happening in Bend. New businesses are popping up everywhere! Just look around. What about a revamping of a business that has been around since before Bend was even Bend? I’m talking about the Old Stone Church, or as it is now called The Old Stone Performing Arts Center […]

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High Fiber Arts Symposium

Hayley Jo Murphy

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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