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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Love’s Lost and Found
Bill Hoppe is the heart of art in Bend
Bill Hoppe strides through a large art studio wearing blue jeans and a black sweater, white hair rakishly curled across his brow. His office is tucked into a corner of the Pence Building at Central Oregon Community College, and it’s full to capacity with giant canvases of original work, as well as gifts from students. […]
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PICK: COMAG Jewelry and Metal Art Show
ART—For the 13th year, the Central Oregon Metal Arts Guild (COMAG) hosts its annual show, featuring works by local metal artists from jewelers to sculptors and welders. This is the first year the show has taken over a space as a stand-alone event. Among those in attendance will be the winner of last year’s Bend Winterfest Fire […]
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Metal as Hell
COMAG exhibit opens at The Oxford
On Aug. 2 and 3, the Central Oregon Metal Arts Guild (COMAG) is having its 13th annual show at the Oxford Hotel and it is going to melt your face—if your face is made of metal. Metal working is ancient and can be traced all the way back to 8700 BCE with the discovery of […]
