BEND // OLD MILL
Bend Senior Center
1600 SE Reed Market Rd.
541-388-1133
bendparksandrec.org/facility/bend-senior-center
The Bend Senior Center at the Larkspur Community Center continues showing art by members or the SageBrushers Art Society. Come visit the facility and enjoy beautiful paintings in acrylic, oil, pastel and watercolor, as well as outstanding photography.
Blue Spruce Pottery
20591 Dorchester E.
541-382-0197 • bluesprucepottery.com
This family-owned business has been making handmade pottery in Bend since 1976. Call to arrange a time to come shop their large selection of mugs, bowls, casseroles, lamps and more. Shop online and have gifts shipped directly to your family and friends. You can also find Blue Spruce Pottery at Red Chair Gallery in downtown Bend.
COCC Barber Library
2600 NW College Way
541-383-7560 • cocc.edu/library
COCC Unveils Bare Limbs Art Show
Central Oregon Community College continues showing its winter art exhibition, Bare Limbs, a collection of fine art photography by Breezy Winters, through March 16 at the Bend campus’s Barber Library Rotunda Gallery.
“Bare Limbs is an emotional landscape of all the facets of being a mother, wife and woman,” said the artist in a statement. “We create life, step through a rite of passage through trauma, sustain life, nurture, work, pour out and give entirely of ourselves. This is for all women to help remind you that you are not alone, you are amazing in all the abilities you have been given, and most importantly bring light and affirmation to all your struggles.”
A fine arts instructor at COCC, where she teaches darkroom photography, digital photography and professional portfolio, Winters is a graduate of Lake Tahoe Community College, and earned both a bachelor’s in visual journalism and a master of fine arts in fine art photography from the Brooks Institute.
For Rotunda Gallery hours of operation, visit cocc.edu/library. For more information, contact Tina Hovekamp, director of library services, at 541-383-7295 or thovekamp@cocc.edu.
In advance of college events, persons needing accommodation or transportation because of a physical or mobility disability should contact campus services at 541-383-7775. For accommodation because of other disability such as hearing impairment, contact student accessibility services at sas@cocc.edu or 541-383-7583.
Embark
2843 NW Lolo Dr.
541-862-5646 • embarkbend.com
The High Desert Art League continues its art exhibition at Embark, featuring the theme A Brush with Nature. The League is composed of like-minded Central Oregon artists working in a wide range of styles and mediums, united by a shared desire to express and celebrate the world around them.
Embark, a unique coworking community conceived by the founders of Ruffwear, is rooted in sustainability and a deep respect for the outdoors. Its members are “explorers who have a shared sense of stewardship for our wilderness areas and reflect a diverse range of professions.” This alignment made A Brush with Nature a natural choice for the exhibition’s theme.
The High Desert Art League’s show will run through mid-April. Artwork will be available for purchase and displayed in the Embark Collective Room on the first floor. The building is open to the public Monday-Friday, from 8am-5pm, and Saturday from 9am-3pm.
The Grove
921 NW Mt. Washington Dr.
The Grove features the vibrant art of SageBrushers artist Lee August. Her paintings range from birds and people to bright landscapes. Showing through April.
High Desert Museum
59800 S Hwy. 97
541-382-4754 • highdesertmuseum.org
Just below our feet, there is a universe that is busy, active and alive. Are you ready to go on a subterranean adventure? Continuing through March 29, Soil Alive beckons visitors underground to explore the subterranean world beneath us in a family-friendly, interactive exhibition.
Continuing through April 26: Prophets – Paintings by Hilary Baker. A new, unexpected series of works by artist Hilary Baker, Prophets investigates the symbology of moths. Though great pollinators and surprisingly beautiful, moths have long been saddled as omens of destruction and misfortune. Baker began painting moths after witnessing the loss of her longtime home to the Palisades Fire in January of 2025. However, her examination of moths, through crisp graphic stylings and contemporary color fields, also brings to light images of spiritual messengers, capable of transformations and navigating darkness.
Continuing through June 28, Drawn West explores the history and art of promoting the American West; delving into a century of salesmanship, when artists and cartographers alike crafted an image of the West that depicted both fact and fiction. In a visually engaging exhibition featuring 50-plus maps, artworks and advertisements from the Museum’s extensive collections, Drawn West: A History of Promoting Place invites you to explore the myths and marketing of the American West. Explore original advertisements, maps and artwork from prominent Western artists including Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington and more.
Continuing through January 3, 2027: Under Pressure: A Volcanic Exploration. For thousands of years, the tranquility of the High Desert has been punctuated by the explosive power of volcanoes. Under Pressure: A Volcanic Exploration explores the natural history and science behind the West’s most iconic powerhouses. This immersive gallery experience will engage visitors’ senses with hands-on activities and intense visuals, feeling the coarseness of volcanic rock and hearing stories about historic eruptions. Under Pressure takes a deep dive into the geologic giants that exist all around us.
ISoMiMo
925 NW Wall St., Ste. 201
541-330-6711 • ISoMiMo.com
When entering ISoMiMo Art Studio you will be invited to take a tour of the space to introduce you to all we have to offer. We provide an open space to where you can come in and get taught by the staff, local artists or feel free to do your own thing. You are more than welcome to walk in during our business hours posted to utilize our space and resources. We encourage local artists with their own projects or resources to come in and use our space alongside us as well. Additionally, we cater to parties, whether it be a birthday, ladies night out or workplace team building. Our main projects we have to offer consist of terrarium building, taxidermy bug shadow box assembly, acrylic painting, watercolor painting and quite a few side projects at your disposal. Also, we theme special monthly projects into our schedule, so be on the lookout. Our projects are all age-friendly, so feel free to bring in the kids or your parents for a unique experience. As far as typical, First Friday at ISoMiMo Art Studio consists of different refreshments while you explore the space around you. We try to rotate four local artists through our space to keep things interesting for returning guests, but also to get the artists some exposure. Lastly, we open our walls up to other artists around Bend just in case they can’t make it to First Friday.
Jeffrey Murray Photography Gallery
118 NW Minnesota Ave.
541-325-6225 • jeffreymurrayphotography.com
The Jeffrey Murray Photography Gallery features the work of local photographer Jeffrey Murray. Visitors can browse comfortably in the two-story gallery enjoying visually adventurous displays of landscape, wildlife and contemporary work. Open Tuesday-Sunday.
Kreitzer Gallery
20214 Archie Briggs Rd.
805-234-2048 • KreitzerArt.com
Kreitzer Gallery and Studio open every week Friday through Sunday, 1-5pm. Please text ahead to view: 805-234-2048.
Thomas Albright, Art Critic of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: “David Kreitzer is a highly traditional figure painter who demonstrates how much poetic intensity the old tradition can still contain.” A full-time artist since he received his master’s degree in painting at San Jose State University in 1967, David grew up the son of a Lutheran minister who, due to his calling, moved his family frequently throughout the Nebraska countryside. His works are in the collections of Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Hirschhorn Foundation, the corporate headquarters of Revlon Olga, Barnes-Hind, Sinclair Paints, Lloyd’s Bank, Cargill and the San Diego, Sheldon, Minnesota, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Museums. Private collectors include Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Ray Bradbury, Mary Tyler Moore, Michael Douglas, Pepe Romero, Quinn Martin, Raymond Burr and Donald Simon.
Layor Art Gallery
1000 NW Wall St., Ste. 110
541-322-0421 • layorart.com
Layor Art Gallery presents Where Color Lingers, a new solo exhibition of paintings by Judy Carter. Through layered color fields, softened edges, and subtle chromatic shifts, the work explores the space between memory and sensation, the conscious and the subconscious. Each painting holds a moment of transition, where underlayers emerge through subtraction and light moves quietly across the surface. Rather than describing a specific place, the paintings evoke a sense of connectedness, an atmosphere where color becomes a vessel for presence, memory, and the feeling of being suspended within a shared, luminous space.
Also featured are mixed media textile works by Rachel Binah, whose layered fabrics, stitching, and surface treatments explore texture, landscape, and the passage of time. Her work brings a tactile and dimensional presence that expands the dialogue between material, memory, and place.
There will be a First Friday reception March 6 from 5-8pm.
Lubbesmeyer Art Studio & Gallery
Second Story Loft, Center of Old Mill District
541-706-0761 • lubbesmeyerart.com
In anticipation of spring arriving in Central Oregon, the collaborating twin artists of Lubbesmeyer Studio turn their attention to the still life, and the awakening vibrancy of the season. In their fiber painting titled Flowers and Chair, the composition as a whole feels contemplative. Nothing moves, yet the angled chair suggests recent human presence. Together, the table, chair, and flowers form a scene that celebrates texture, stillness, and the quiet poetry of everyday objects.
Mockingbird Gallery
869 NW Wall St., Ste. 100
541-388-2107 • mockingbird-gallery.com
Mockingbird Gallery is delighted to open Groundswell March 6 from 5-8pm. This exhibition features two remarkable Utah painters, Josh Clare and David Dibble, whose subject matter is drawn primarily from nature and rural Western life. Clare is known for capturing the “spiritual truth” and beauty of landscapes with an impressionistic, yet illustrative, style. Working primarily in oil, he specializes in plein air painting, creating textured and emotive scenes that emphasize dramatic light, color, and purposeful composition. Dibble’s artwork predominantly features agricultural themes, capturing the essence of rural life with authenticity and reverence. His paintings often depict barns, fields, and farm equipment, rendered with a keen eye for light and atmosphere. Both artists will attend the opening to engage with guests and discuss their work. The show will run through the end of March.
Oxford Hotel
10 NW Minnesota Ave.
541-382-8436
Through the month of March, the Oxford is showing the watercolors of Vivian C. Olsen. “When I’m painting, I’m feeling happy and want my watercolor paintings to send those emotions to others as they view my art,” said Vivian. “Some examples of my subjects are Barn Owl Family, showing a quiet moment for a mother and her fuzzy babes, and a pair of deer happily hidden in the forest in Mule Deer Hideaway. I always paint my scenes using vibrant colors and strong contrasts to capture special moments and to highlight the animals’ beauty.”
Vivian’s art may be viewed in galleries and exhibits throughout Oregon. She is a member of the High Desert Art League, the Plein Aire painters of Oregon and Dry Canyon Arts Association, as well as Hood Avenue Art Gallery in Sisters. She has also published a children’s book named The Good, The Bad, and The Goofy, which can be found on Amazon.
Premiere Property Group
25 NW Minnesota Ave.
541-241-6860 • bend.premierepropertygroup.com
Members of the High Desert League continue exhibiting paintings at Premiere Property Group. The collection includes works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, encaustic, mixed media and photography, on display through March 9.
SageBrushers Art Society
117 SW Roosevelt Ave.
541-617-0900 • sagebrushersartofbend.com
The Landscape Show is showing March-April, with an artist reception on March 21, from 2-4pm; the public is welcome.
From the Cascades to the coast, from Sunriver to Smith Rock, from the Old Mill to the Painted Hills, the SageBrushers Gallery will feature more than 30 SageBrushers artists who will display from a variety of mediums including acrylic, fused glass, oil, pastel, photography and watercolor.
The Stacks Art Studios & Gallery
Old Mill District, Second Floor
404-944-9170 • cooperartandabode.com/studio
Jennifer McCaffrey is an oil painter and block printer out of The Stacks Studios and Art Gallery in the Old Mill. Known for gestural, expressive brushstrokes and a love of variety, you can find her painting a bit of everything from landscapes to florals to abstracts. The common thread in all of her work is to find a sense of movement and life within forms and colors, and to explore the movement within us as well. “If you cracked us open, you would find landscapes.”
Tumalo Art Company
Old Mill District
541-385-9144 • tumaloartco.com
The Gift of Defying Gravity, featuring an eagle launching into the sky; or Helen Brown’s The Gift of Nature’s Strength with a majestic Ponderosa Pine in the foreground and mountain peaks in the background, are examples of how Tumalo Art Co. artists are in interpreting our Group Exhibit theme, “The Gift of…” being held over through March. Our First Friday reception on March 3 from 3-7pm in the Old Mill District is a perfect time to come in, see the art, talk to artists and enjoy yummy food and libations.
The artists at Tumalo Art Co. often challenge themselves in the winter and early spring months with group exhibits that have a theme that lends itself to many interpretations. Creativity emerges as artists work with their chosen mediums and techniques, looking inward to express their own unique vision of the idea. Seeing what others in the group bring forward is a “gift” as well.
Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of the Old Mill District, open seven days a week.
Wachs Studio
25 NW Minnesota Ave.
(above Thump Coffee)
541-633-0620 • wachsstudio.com
Actual working studio by David Wachs open to the public this First Friday, from 4-9pm. Original paintings from alpine and desert adventures around the western United States, Canada and Europe. All of the images represent a place visited in person on foot, ski or motorcycle in the past ten years of travel. Paintings for sale range from small 5”x7” studies to large canvases scaled in feet dimensions.
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Arome
432 SW Sixth St.
541-527-4727 • aromekitchen.com
Rex Krueger loves to work with wood and “polish it until its natural character glows!” He creates pens, kitchen utensils, candlesticks, urns, toys and more. Each piece is unique with high-quality design and construction, including that highly polished oil-based finish.
Gary McPherson loves the beauty that can be found in nature and tries to capture some of that beauty with his paint and brush on canvas.
Bill Lind makes handmade wooden utility bowls and decorative hollow vessels from local salvaged wood.
Richard Johnston Outdoor Oregon is home to fish and wildlife artist Richard Johnston. His art compositions are usually created using acrylic medium and found objects from nature.
Cares & Whoas
436 SW Sixth St.
916-354-2119 • caresandwhoas.com
Jay Lowndes creates unique, one-of-a-kind crafted hardwood pieces that not only accent any room in your home but are also practical for everyday use. He has the knack and experience for creating durable wooden wares such as charcuterie and cutting boards, coasters, Lazy Susans, small furniture pieces, quilt hangers, photo boxes and picture frames. He welcomes custom orders and can personalize a piece just for you.
Desert Prairie Boutique
404 SW Sixth St., Ste. 100
541-527-1887 • desertprairie.com
Joanne Muchille creates beauty to stimulate thought. She produces useful Faraday bags for cell phones to protect both the device from hackers and the body from unwanted electromagnetic fields.
Dry Canyon Community Art Center
415 SW Sixth St.
541-316-5448 • drycanyoncommunityartcenter.org
Visit the Dry Canyon Community Art Center in March for the last month of our current exhibit, The Guilds of Central Oregon, and join us on March 6 from 4-7pm during First Friday for food and wine served alongside live artists and the presentation of our Featured Artist of the Month.
This exhibit includes artists from six local art guilds including Central Oregon Metal Arts Guild, the Watercolor Society of Oregon, Central Oregon Spinners and Weavers Guild, Glass Artists of Central Oregon, the Fish Carvers Society, the High Desert Quilt Guild and the Plain Air Painters of Oregon.
Explore the vibrant world of art in our gallery. Immerse yourself in the creativity and vision of local artists. Our constantly evolving exhibits showcase a diverse range of mediums and styles, offering a unique experience with every visit.
Harcourts The Garner Group Real Estate
444 SW Sixth St.
541-383-4360 • thegarnergroup.com
Lou-Wayne Steiger is a ceramic artist who enjoys making hand-built and wheel-thrown pottery. Her passion is in designing Raku pieces, which are embellished with different textures found in nature and recycled materials.
Joan Sheets says, “Painting on silk is magical for me as sometimes color becomes the main theme as my plan changes in a new direction, brilliantly bold or mysteriously subtle.”
Brad Harrison hand-crafts metal and wood artwork that highlights clean lines, bold textures and the character of natural materials. “My process combines traditional craftsmanship with modern tools to create pieces meant to be used, appreciated and passed down.”
Erin Skeer has a love for gardening and takes the outdoors and turns it into art. She finds inspiration every time she is in nature.
SCP – Redmond Hotel
521 SW Sixth St.
541-26-3608 • SCPHotel.com
Vincenzo Barraco is an enthusiastic birder who loves to share the beauty of nature through brief moments frozen in time with the art of photography.
Mike Weisker reproduces the brilliant watercolors of his late wife, Kimberlee, in colorful cards and keepsakes. He also creates handmade real stone and glass bead jewelry.
Heather Fortune states: “I like to paint people doing life in color, with light and structure.”
Jim Hensley is a native Oregonian and considers himself a realist pen-and-ink artist. His work includes historic and abandoned structures, including residences, churches, barns, schools and natural landscape areas of Eastern Oregon.
Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty
535 SW Sixth St.
541-383-7600 • cascadehassonsir.com
“I’ve been a resident of Central Oregon for 11 years and am always in awe of the beautiful scenery in all directions,” says Julie Miller. “I’m also a lifelong horsewoman, so my subjects include the horses in the settings where I’ve lived and worked as a rancher, farmer, horse trainer and breeder, as well as an artist.
Cody Clark is a published and contest-winning wildlife photographer and enjoys using a variety of techniques and compositions to capture the beauty of nature.
Rick Thompson says, “I approach painting with fresh eyes and an energy for finding images that move me across diverse subjects, including landscapes, people, wildlife and machinery. I am still discovering my ultimate style by striving to breathe life into images while remaining committed to exploring, questioning, adapting, and learning on this ongoing artistic journey.”
Raymond Roeder brings his own creative spin to woodworking by incorporating laser cutting and engraving.
Teresa Standley states: “I love to design and create with full-grain leather. Something as small as earrings made with leather to a large leather backpack. I like to use the character of the leather to add a unique feature to my leather creations.”
Kristina Ziegler is a landscape photographer who loves to capture both majestic and small scenes to guide people close to the natural world that brings her peace and joy. Her recent work focuses on combining the landscape with the night sky, including the Milky Way, star trails, and the Aurora Borealis. We will also start preparing for spring by looking at waterfalls and wildflowers!
Willow Wild
321 SW Sixth St.
541-527-4320 • shopwillowwild.com
Debra Roeder is a multimedia artist creating jewelry with rocks and metal. She also creates wonderful paintings as well as burning designs into wide-brim hats.