Art in the Atrium at Franklin Crossing 550 NW Franklin, celebrates First Friday, with woven paper art by Alice Van Leunen and works by gallery artists.
Van Leunen shows woven paper constructions with embellishments of thread, metallic elements, cloth, stitchery and other materials adding texture and richness. Chosen materials often relate to suggested themes such as literature including the Delectable Mountain series with reference to The Pilgrim’s Progress. Her artwork also features poetry by long-term friend Kelly Gill Holland.
The artist’s 30+year career includes teaching textile arts at Portland State University. Her art appears in numerous collections including General Motors, Calvin Klein, City of Lake Oswego, Portland Civic Center Auditorium and large-scale collaborative commissions such as the High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. In 1993, the Oregon Arts Commission awarded Van Leunen an Individual Artist Fellowship for her unique imagery.
Appearing with Van Leunen are other artists frequently featured in exhibitions organized by Billye Turner, art consultant. In the March show are oils by Sandy Brooke and Joanne Donaca, watercolors by Mary Rollins, acrylics by Mike Kelly and Gary Vincent and bronze sculpture by Steve Tyree.
Franklin Crossing will serve appetizers and the popular Tommy Leroy Trio performs jazz with Andy Armor, piano, George Bouhey, drums and Tom Freedman, bass. Turner provides additional information at 541-382-9398.
Atelier 6000 389 SW Scalehouse Ct. Suite 120. 541-330-8759, www.atelier6000.com. Opens First Friday, Artist Reception, March 2, 5:30–8pm, Video will be shown during the evening on First Friday. A twist of wry - Through a lens of wit and art: photographers Carol Sternkopf, Brian Bulemore and Michelle Huppert, video artist Sweet Pea Cole and ‘zinster Rachel Lee-Carmen share personal quirky narratives, both still and moving.
What do four-year-old husky mix and his photographer owner have in common? Both are prone to certain “behaviors” - most of them highly inquisitive in nature - and a shared wry husky wit. The results are evident in Tigua and Sternkopf’s collaborative portrait series. To what do Tigua and Carol attribute the success of the work? “We don’t “over think” it,” Carol says, which she believes is particularly evident in the writing.
Huppert is a Bend-based photographer who enjoys capturing the bizarre things in life through the lens of a camera. She currently studies wildlife biology at Central Oregon Community College and is training to someday become a Pokémon master. She has been engaged in photography for the past five years, hoping to evoke unexpected emotion out of the least expected of subjects.
Photographer/mental health therapist Bulemore, wanders “around with a blank slate in terms of goal and intention… the joy of discovery is what keeps me coming back for more.” His ongoing NOUN project is a photographic study of the beauty of persons, places, and things: “This all-encompassing theme is both frustrating and flexible in terms of explanation. It has parameters, but I’ve never been quite sure what they are.”
Non-stop idea machine Lee-Carman moonlights as a writer, illustrator, teacher, auxiliary percussionist and cook. The inspiration for Rachel’s contribution in “A Touch of Wry” came one night while playing Scrabble. Her original idea of a photographic exploration of the Rapture became too philosophically challenging and was dismissed as “not wry enough” by critics. This is her photography debut.
With Andy is a short film by Sweet Pea Cole that follows the story of a small plastic horse from Montana who ends up in New York City, running with the hippest of the art scene. This lower-than-low-fi film has previously been screened only by an elite and limited audience. Now it’s your turn...
Bellatazza 869 NW Wall St., Stuart L Gordon Photography 541-306-8711, www.chasingthelight.zenfolio.com Landscape photographer Stuart L Gordon will be showcasing an exhibit of his prints of the Columbia River Gorge thru February. He will discuss his work at First Friday Art Walk, 6-8:30pm. The eight to 10 images included in the exhibit are part of a larger collection of photographs made during a trip to the gorge in May 2011.
Bella Moda 1001 NW Wall St., Karen Poulson 541-550-7001 -Please welcome Lisa Dae and Robert Lee of the Robert Lee Jazz Trio at Art Walk, March 2. Lisa returned to Oregon in 2001 after performing a variety of gigs from classical to jazz for 21 years in the Seattle area. Robert Lee is a Texas migrant where he has played guitar with the likes of Joe Pass, and others. He had taught guitar for many years at Cascade School of Music and now has his own teaching studio. The duo will be performing at Bella Moda, 1001 NW Wall, Downtown Bend on March 2nd from 6-8pm. Please call Karen at 541-550-7001 for more information.
Bend City Walls at City Hall Exhibition 710 NW Wall Street. 541-388-5517 City of Bend Arts, Beautification & Culture Commission, BONDING::WALLS Art Show partners with Bend Downtown Businesses. Selected artists have been given a block segment of Bond or Wall Streets to interpret the theme Bend’s Downtown inspires community. www.ci.bend.or.us/city_walls_at_hall.html.
Cascade School of Music 200 NW Pacific Park Lane, on the Deschutes River, just upstream from the Portland Ave. Bridge. 541-382-6866. First Friday Parents’ Night Out…call to hold your spot. Kids age 4 to 12 enjoy supervised art and music-related activities, then end the evening with a musically-inspired, age-appropriate movie (complete with popcorn).
Desperado Contemporary & Nostalgic Western Store 330 SW Powerhouse, Old Mill District. 541-749-9980. Barbara Slater exhibits fanciful and endearing animals including elegant roosters, soulful horses, beloved dogs and other creatures. Her affection of them and her skillful grasp of their nature is apparent in the imagery. “Animals bring something special to our lives and give us inspiration for paintings that we all treasure,” she says. Slater’s paintings are an ongoing exhibit at Desperado at the Old Mill.
Douglas Jewelry Saint Clair Place on Minnesota St. #106, 541-389-2901, www.DouglasJewelry.com Featuring Lynne Magnuson whose current body of work represents further development of her longtime interest in figurative expression.
High Desert Gallery 10 NW Minnesota St. at Lava at the Oxford Hotel. 541-388-8964, www.highdesertgallery.com. Mardi Wood thru April 11. “A Story...” exhibition is featured. Wood’s ceramic work is the result of a process developed over many years of making. The balance and subtle weight of each piece have been created by fine adjustments made at every step of construction. Inspired by her roots in the Northwest and her family home on the Columbia River, Woods’ vessels are painted with layers of glaze and oxides built up during repeated firings. Woods now lives in Northern California, and has a second residence in Italy. Images of Maremma cattle, drawn from the Italian landscape, often appear in her recent work.
John Paul Designs 1006 NW Bond St., 541-318-5645. Custom Jewelry + Signature Series. Specializing in unique, one of a kind wedding and engagement rings in a variety of metals. www.johnpauldesigns.com.
Karen Bandy Design Jeweler 25 NW Minnesota Ave. #5, 541-388-0155. Award-winning designer Karen Bandy has been creating beautiful, original, ready-to-wear wedding, anniversary and everyday jewelry for almost 25 years in Central Oregon. She can also work with you updating and recycling your existing jewelry so it fits your 21st century lifestyle. While there check out Karen’s original acrylic paintings. They are bold, colorful and energetic, just like her jewelry. www.karenbandy.com or
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Lahaina Galleries at the Old Mill 541-388-4404, www.lahainagalleries.com. featuring local artists Katherine Taylor (impressionist), Mollie Jurgenson (mixed-media abstract, Mytchell Mead (metal sculpture) and Jason Waldron (wood sculpture). Lahaina Galleries features over 35 artists from around the world.
Lubbesmeyer Studio & Gallery The Old Mill District, 2nd Story Loft, 541-330-0840, www.lubbesmeyer.com Twin artists collaborate to create truly original fiber art that expands the definition of painting. Thru the winter months, the Lubbesmeyers will create small works depicting Oregon landscapes, New York City views, and the cityscapes and farmlands of Italy. The Lubbesmeyers will create work in these subjects, adding new fiber paintings to the exhibit as they complete them at their studio.
Mockingbird Gallery 869 NW Wall St, 541-388-2107, www.mockingbird-gallery.com. A Moment in Time, a two-person show featuring new works by Rodd Ambroson of Utah and David Riedel of Portland. During First Friday listen to the sounds of jazz performed by Rich Hurdle and Friends. Ambroson’s finely crafted bronzes speak for themselves with beauty and intelligence. “I try to create sculptures that are intimate, with all the beauty I can pull out of the clay.” His works draw primarily on the female figure with its innate beauty in line and form. “My figures are intelligent and genuine in their expressions. They represent universal human ideals and emotions. I like people to look at one of my pieces and let themselves fall into that state of mind: Joy, Serenity and Contemplation.”
Similar to the Old Masters’ style, most of Riedel’s oil paintings are characterized by their deep background color and chiaroscuro, lending a certain vibrancy and energy to his subjects. His use of dramatic lighting and rhythmic color, combined with a sense of solid composition, produces work that is timeless in its appeal. He has collected beautiful objects from his travels; those from India and Tibet are among his favorite to use in still life arrangements. “Many of the objects I choose to paint have a powerful meaning for me personally.”
QuiltWorks 926 NE Greenwood Ave. 541-728-0527, March Featured Quilter will be Kristen Shields whose work is diverse, fun, funky, primitive, exploratory and inspiring! The group exhibit is the group Fiber Chix with their “Laundry Blues” challenge.
Red Chair Gallery 103 NW Oregon Ave. in the historic O’Kane Building, 541-306-3176 www.redchairgallerybend.com. Visions of Fire and Light, exhibiting new work by Dorothy Eberhardt and Debra Borine. Eberhardt’s photography adventures, thru all season’s, bring her to the exceptional beauty to be found in extraordinary light. She loves to capture the essence of windows of time. Creating kilnformed art glass requires creativity, chemistry, math, science, gravity and excessive heat, but to Borine it is just magic. After years or making kilnformed glass it continues to amaze her.
Sage Custom Framing & Gallery Exhibits 834 NW Brooks St., 541-382-5884 Marieclaire van Dam gets her inspiration and ideas from her interesting life and the places she has seen. Born and raised in Europe, she had an exciting career as a model for Chanel for 20 years. At the age of 36 van Dam moved to the United States. This was where her passion for art began to grow. Being drawn to many types of media and calligraphy, she has combined the two to form her own style of art, calling herself a Lettering Artist. “I can get lost in my art as it takes form. I sometimes feel lost if I am not working on my art, like I haven’t put on my coat to go out into the snow. In my work I have brought memories and tears to people who read my pieces and it brings them to a special place in their lives. I will continue my passion to create art until I am old and grey and beyond.”
Thump Coffee 25 NW Minnesota, 541-388-0226, www.ThumpCoffee.com. During March, Thump Coffee in downtown Bend celebrates student artists from all walks of life. Home school, Bend High School, Marshall High School and Cascade Middle School students’ works of art will be exhibited throughout the month.
“Have you always dreamed of writing your own book? Students at Cascade have written, illustrated and bound children’s books with a positive message for their readers,” says art teacher Marcy Monte. “Marshall student Erika Arback has created portraits that will help you look deeply into life.” These and other creations will be on display.
Townshend’s Bend Teahouse 835 NW Bond Street, 541-312-2001. Features Artwork by Kate Scott. Exhibit: Masticatory Mind, Acrylic, mixed mediums. Inspired by dream images and curious objects Scott creates visual art that expresses feeling in ways that words often cannot. She brings together an odd blend of dark subjects and transforms them into non-threatening character designs with unique color palettes. Breaking free of the walls of her comfort zone Scott uses her work as an emotional outlet which sometimes brings out images that surprise.
Tumalo Art Company at Old Mill District, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. #407, 541-385-9144, www.tumaloartco.com. Waking Up, a group show celebrating the promise of Spring, opens March 2, from 5-9pm, during the First Friday Gallery Walk at Tumalo Art Co. in their 10th year as an artist-run gallery. Over 20 artists exhibit works that explore the feeling and colors of the earth waking up after a long winter sleep. Tumalo Art Co. features well-known regional artists showing art in all mediums, from photography, to glass, to sculpture, to paintings in all mediums and jewelry, as well as prints and cards. Open 7 days a week in the heart of the Old Mill District. www.tumaloartco.com; 541-385-9144.
