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Film will capture life and legacy of buckaroo artist

“I learned to draw as soon as I could hold a pencil,” Len Babb The Nugget last year. “My father taught me how to paint a horse when I was about six or seven.”

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Sisters Folk Festival is off for 2020

The Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) cannot go forward in 2020, due to the constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, SFF staff and board remain determined to safely and responsibly provide live music experiences for Sisters locals through the summer and fall, and the festival will return in September 2021.

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Writing prize event to go virtual

In compliance with Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s current COVID-19 phased reopening schedule, the High Desert Museum and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize will hold the September 10, 2020 Prize awards ceremony virtually.

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Folk Festival fundraiser marks big success

Just a few weeks ago, the Sisters Folk Festival was faced with the possibility of losing its My Own Two Hands fundraiser to the coronavirus pandemic.

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25th Country Fair and Art Show postponed

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration was full of excitement this year to share the 25th Anniversary of the Country Fair and Art Show.

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Tara Redfield takes to the stage

Actress, blogger, food nerd, stand-up comic, entrepreneur.

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Going virtual: Online auction is working for MOTH

The Sisters Folk Festival’s annual My Own Two Hands art auction and party was an early victim of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. This major spring cultural event is a vital fundraiser for the year-round arts organization — and it became clear as soon as Governor Kate Brown issued her “Stay At Home, Save Lives” executive order banning gatherings that it could not proceed as planned.

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Arts program announces awards

The award recipients for this year’s My Own Two Hands exemplify the spirit of the Sisters community in their work and in their generosity in donating to the Sisters Folk Festival’s programing.

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Sisters writer receives grant from PEN America

Freelance journalist and poet Tiffany Lee Brown received a grant of $1,000 from the PEN America Writers’ Emergency Fund this week.

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Thompson Guitar a prize for MOTH participants

An exquisite, hand-crafted guitar made right here in Sisters is the perfect representation of the varied arts brought together by the Sisters Folk Festival’s My Own Two Hands arts fundraiser.

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RPA student wins writing prize

Al Lehto is the recipient of the inaugural student writing prize from the Waterston Desert Writing Prize competition. The winning piece, titled “The Badlands,” reflects Lehto’s passion for storytelling and experiences in the high desert of Central Oregon.

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AZ writer wins Waterston Desert Writing Prize

Hannah Hindley of Tucson, Arizona, is the winner of the 2020 Waterston Desert Writing Prize.

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My Own Two Hands event goes online

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sisters Folk Festival will host the annual My Own Two Hands art fundraiser as a completely online silent auction.

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Quilt Show cancels events, goes virtual

The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show (SOQS) announced Friday, April 24, that the organization will cancel the events for the 2020 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show was scheduled for Saturday, July 11.

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Sisters Rhythm & Brews Fest canceled due to pandemic

Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival scheduled for July has announced that it is canceling due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Festival organizers Jennifer and Joe Rambo announced the decision in an update to patrons on Tuesday, April 21.

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Sisters author launches Kickstarter

Lisa May has experienced profound loss, and suffering so acute that it made her question her close-held faith. Seeking to make sense of it all — and to find ways to help others — sent the Sisters artist down a path that has led to a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to produce her book “Transformed by God’s Nature: Finding Hope In God’s Character In The Midst Of Suffering.”

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Festival fundraising event to go online

Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) supports the arts, and this year during the COVID-19 pandemic the nonprofit organization will celebrate by going virtual for the My Own Two Hands Community Art Auction and Fundraiser that supports youth programming.

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Quilts in the Garden tour canceled

A local casualty of the current global coronavirus pandemic is the 23rd annual Quilts in the Garden tour sponsored by the Sisters Garden Club (SGC). Usually held the Thursday of Quilt Show Week, this year the board of directors for the garden club have decided to err on the side of caution by canceling the tour that was scheduled for July 9.

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COVID-19 shuts down Sisters Rodeo

The Biggest Little Show in the World is standing down this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Legislature to consider relief for arts

Arts organizations across the state — including those in Sisters — have been heavily impacted by the shutdown in place to slow the spread of COVID-19. Nonprofit cultural organizations in Sisters across the state have canceled performances, events and activities — including key fundraising events — and most have closed their doors to the public.

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