News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Artists from Sisters and the surrounding communities will offer up their works in a variety of media as a celebration of the arts as a force for change in the world -- and as a fund-raiser for the Sisters Folk Festival's Americana Project.
The Americana Project brings roots music education into Sisters schools.
The art works will be auctioned at a party on Saturday, April 3, at Ponderosa Forge and Ironworks, following an art stroll and chili feed on Friday, April 2.
The "My Own Two Hands" project follows on the success of previous arts fund-raising projects from the past two years: 2002's Painted Strings project and last year's Kite Strings.
This year, the artistic format is wide open.
"It's pretty open-ended, so it's exciting in that we're not exactly sure what we're going to get," said Americana Project Director Brad Tisdel.
"I'm excited to see what people come up with with this theme."
According to Tisdel, the theme asks, "What can you do with your own two hands to make the world a better place?"
The theme was chosen to reflect the belief that art can be an agent of change.
The project already has commitments from numerous professional artists and will draw heavily on participation from students in all three Sisters schools.
The advanced arts classes at Sisters High School will provide 25 pieces, Tisdel said.
Professional artists are assisting students.
"Paul Bennett has been making bird houses with the elementary school and Nancy Scharf has been doing some work in interim week at the middle school," Tisdel said.
Artists are welcome to submit works for silent auction and for the juried oral auction.
Works must be submitted by February 27. For more information visit www.sistersarts.org or call the Sisters Folk Festival office at 549-4979.
Editor's note: Jim Cornelius is a board member of the Sisters Folk Festival.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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