News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
The Sisters Arts Association invites you to visit the galleries of Sisters on Friday, Sept. 27, during the day and early evening, as you get ready for the Sisters Folk Festival. It's our Fourth Friday Artwalk. We are delighted to celebrate the art and music that makes our town so special! The usual artwalk hours are 4 to 7 p.m., with some locations offering Artwalk from 3 to 6 p.m. this time in order to accommodate the music!
The Campbell Gallery at Sisters Artworks continues to show drawings by Maren Inga Veloso. Inspired by her mother's Norwegian heritage, Maren created many of these images in the public library on Orcas Island last September, after she came across a digital archive of antique embroidered shawls (Halskläde) from the 1800s, and a book about traditional Norwegian knitwear.
Sharyl Parker McCulloch's wearable art at Hood Avenue Art.
Hood Avenue Art features four artists. Paul Alan Bennett's paintings feature night scenes along the rivers in Central Oregon. Sharyl Parker McCulloch is a fiber artist who designs and creates unique wearable art using natural fibers. Vivian Olsen's wildlife paintings capture the beauty of animals as nature's gift. She recently illustrated a children's book, "The Good, The Bad, and The Goofies," filled with wild animals and stories of their whimsical behaviors. Art Blumenkron dedicates himself to creating fine furniture from beautiful Northwest hardwoods.
Makin' It Local features "Our Extreme Oregon," work by Central Oregon adventure photographer James Parsons. An avid hiker, James heads off the beaten path to capture iconic landscapes from unique perspectives. He says, "Oregon is a state of extremes. No other state has as much beauty and natural diversity, from the coastal temperate rainforests and the alpine areas of the Ring of Fire, to the high deserts of southeast Oregon. Extreme Oregon is my lifetime photographic project to document all that is out there in this amazing state."
Sisters Gallery and Frame shares "Colorful Autumn Aspens" by Barbara Berry, along with a few newly delivered works by other gallery artists. Berry is a longtime Sisters painter and art instructor whose acrylic paintings have consistently been admired in the galleries that have been at 222 West Hood Avenue, going back four generations of owners. Her paintings are "gallery wrapped." That is, Barbara paints enhanced borders and frames directly on the fronts and sides of her artwork.
Space in Common continues to exhibit paintings by Raina Verhey and Taylor Manoles, two artists who were part of the Artist Studio Tour last weekend. Raina's new work is an emotional deep dive into the spirit of stone and sand in ancient and sacred places, and explores new texture and color. Taylor continues to paint contemporary Oregon landscapes, including scenes from Eastern Oregon, Madras, and Warm Springs.
"Shades of Light" by Sarah B. Hansen will be at The Rickards Gallery.
The Rickards Gallery features "Shades of Light," the work of Sarah B. Hansen. A lifelong outdoor explorer, Sarah's paintings express her connection to the natural world. She pushes colors and plays with shapes, and textures to suggest landscape elements. Leaving certain areas undefined, she creates an atmosphere that allows the viewer's imagination to fill in the rest. Sometimes she adds words from journal excerpts or long-ago poets to create a conversation with nature.
Stitchin' Post's exhibit is "The Whisper Challenge" by the Central Oregon Studio Art Quilt Associates. This project is modeled after the childhood game of "Telephone." Thirty quilt artists were randomly divided into six teams of five participants. The first person on each team has one month to make an art quilt of their choice, measuring 18-by-30 inches, which they hand off to the next person with no conversation about their intent. That person responds to the quilt (theme, color, line work, or concept) and has one month to create their own quilt, which they hand off to the next person, and so on. Each person sees only the previous quilt until the Team Reveal at the end of the challenge, when all can see and marvel at the quilting conversations.
"The Whisper Challenge," a Central Oregon Studio Art Quilt Associates team collaboration at Stitchin' Post.
Toriizaka Art will not be participating in the September 27 Fourth Friday Artwalk. Please mark your calendars for an intimate talk and reception in the gallery with Lawrence Stoller on October 17, 4 to 6 p.m. This special event titled "Crystals and the Power of Beauty" promises to give us a glimpse of Lawrence's extensive thoughts on beauty, love, and creativity.
Remember to sign up for Quick Draw in each gallery that you visit. Two gift certificates, each for $50, will be awarded after Artwalk, thanks to a generous donation from Cascade Sotheby's International Realty in Sisters.
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