When Haley Stendahl’s grandmother taught her to cross stitch, she may not have imagined the vision her granddaughter would have: taking a traditional, primarily female medium and turning it straight up onto its head. Stendahl’s collaboration with longtime friend Briony Deege has resulted in the empowering and often hilarious cross stitch art they create under […]
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Jm Brodrick: Mastering a life of art
It comes as no surprise that Jm Brodrick listens to German opera when she paints. Her paintings, much like opera, are masterful creations revealing the essence of her subjects, using traditional techniques that take years to develop. It’s technique you may not understand, but technique that you feel, that you understand without words. When you […]
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The Best and Brightest of Student Art
COCC partners with regional art teachers to showcase student work
Right now, the Pence Pinckney Gallery at Central Oregon Community College is filled to the brim with bright inspiration and hope. This time, every year, you can find some of the best and most wonderful art from teenagers in the community bursting along the walls and filling every nook. This year marks the 10th anniversary […]
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Two female artists are being featured this month at Bend Art’s Center during the month of February.
Jeannette Small and Ann Kresge are on display through February
Bend artist and A6 studio member, Jeannette Small, is showcasing a series of mixed-media work that combines etching, linocut, chine collé, painting and stenciling. The elegant work features images of women intertwined with images of bees and cathedrals—an interesting mix, commenting on the nature of the hive. In her soft, dreamlike images, Small showcases the […]
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Winter Wonders in the Art Landscape
Creative events all year long
Bend Art Center Events When the days are short and cold, people find themselves staying in, hunkering down, getting cozy. Unless, of course, you live in Central Oregon, home to outdoor people year-round. The result: there are always wonderful events featuring art, even in the winter. The Bend Art Center is offering some upcoming events […]
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Places to Get Your Art On’
Getting creative in the new year? Here’s some help
Last week I suggested you put a little more art into your life. Here are some good places to start. Central Oregon Community College Plenty of art classes offered Most artists also teach as a way to make steady income, and the area’s community college has some wonderful artists leading its classes—Bill Hoppe, Bill Cravis, […]
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Art-ful Wishes for a New Year
Don’t just hang art. Make it yourself
After a busy season of sweet handmade gift making that many of us artists participate in during this time of year, I am often left with the deep desire to make Art (with a capital A) that is not something you can buy. Something you can’t hold in your hand or replicate. One of the […]
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The Dark Side of Cosmic Ceramics
COCC Instructor has a brand new bag of arty tricks
Paula Bullwinkel paints a new type of fairy tale—one that inspires you to make up your stories, choose your own heroes and imagine your own adventures. Filled with bunnies and giraffes and foxes and ravens, her fantastical creations don’t shy away from the dark side of storytelling, and yet still leave viewers with a feeling […]
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Nonprofit Champion: Krayna Castlebaum
Dedicated Poetry Instigator
F ourteen years ago this December, Krayna Castlebaum began a poetic journey in Bend. Gathering at The Women’s Resource Center, Castlebaum curated an evening of hand-selected seasonal poems shared out loud. “It was exhilarating,” Castlebaum remembers fondly. It was an evening that has launched many more that Castlebaum has appropriately named “Poetic Journeys.” Castlebaum, a […]
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The Tomorrow Show: Activism can actually be funny!
You can’t stop Donald Trump from occupying the White House (yet). Betsy DeVos? Hired. Kellyanne Conway? Please. Too late for all that. But luckily, no one’s outlawed laughter. Yet. And parody’s still thriving. Who do we thank for this good fortune? You might want to start with cartoonist Dan Perkins, who writes under the name […]
