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Artist Profile: Alisa Looney

Finding joy in sculpture

Not long ago, I took a stroll downtown to see what I could find in the way of inspiration. I stopped into Red Chair Gallery and found artist Alisa Looney‘s sweet enamel sculptures that are rich with storytelling, humor and a love and respect for nature. Looney doesn’t just work with small enamel sculptures; she […]

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Best Art Gallery

Mockingbird Gallery

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 butterfliesโ€”along with landscapes and scenes of lone barns and rain-streaked city streetsโ€”fill the gallery that represents about […]

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Spaces where artists can connect

Galleries, studios, collaborative spaces and more

It interests me how creative Bend can be, and how much our artist community has grown. In many ways, it feels like it hasn’t changed much over the yearsโ€”like the fact that there are still not many spaces artists can hang their work. Of course, they are plenty of privately owned spaces, but often these […]

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Art Watch 4/1-4/8

Throughout April at the Red Chair Gallery in downtown Bend, aspiring high school students will experience the ins and outs of a “real world” art showโ€”from the jury selection process to hanging and pricing and (hopefully) selling their work. For the past four yearsโ€”almost as long as the gallery has been in existenceโ€”the women at […]

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