(Coyote and Lil Brother, 2025. Mixed media. Credit: RYAN! Feddersen.) Central Oregon’s cultural gem, the High Desert Museum, features more than 100,000 square feet of exhibition space, offering visitors moments of awe and discovery. Throughout the Fall season, visitors can explore three new exhibitions spanning topics from the history of porcupines through adventure-based storytelling in…
(Photo courtesy of the High Desert Museum) 250 in the West: American Indians and the American Dream As the nation marks its 250th anniversary, what does the American Dream mean for the people who have always called this land home? On Tuesday, November 17, Dr. Kasey Keeler (Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians, Citizen Potawatomi Nation)…
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 is showing art by members of 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…
(Graphic courtesy of Scalehouse) Passage of Eras brings together selected paintings from Kathleen Branch’s career with her most recent work. Inspired by Mid-Century Modern design, the exhibition explores color, geometric form, movement, and balance through a contemporary lens. Drawing from the optimism and experimentation of the postwar era, Branch combines vintage-inspired color palettes, clean lines,…
(Graphic courtesy of Scalehouse) Liminal explores the spaces between identities, histories, technologies, and places. Liminal refers to a state of transition, where places, identities, or times coexist. The exhibition brings together ancestral references and contemporary forms of making, combining pre-Columbian symbolism, folded paper, cardboard sculpture, interactive installations, and new technologies to connect the past with…
(Painting by Paul Alan Bennett) Join us for our Seventh Annual Art Fair & Sale on Saturday, November 14 from 10am-4pm at The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon. Meet the artisans and makers, and purchase beautiful handmade art, and crafts. If you have attended in the past you know what treasures are to be found. The…
Conversations are challenging on the 2nd and could leave you wondering what to do next. Action on the 3rd requires trust and a willingness to step outside of your comfort zone. Decisions on the 4th are necessary and will lead to change. Speak from the heart on the 6th and allow yourself to be supported….
((Left) Eagle Canyon Morning by Paul Kneece, (Middle) A Look Inside by Jennifer Ramerman, (Right) In Memory of a Teenager by Cazandra Aporbo) Long before Billy Woodruff entered the Army, he knew what he wanted to be. Whenever adults asked that familiar childhood question: What will you be when you grow up? His answer never…
(Photo courtesy of Oregon Arts Commission) Fifteen Oregon arts organizations will receive $10,000 grants to strengthen K-12 arts education for the upcoming year through the Oregon Arts Commission’s Arts Learning grant program. “Through this grant program, thousands of students will have an opportunity to engage with the arts in the classroom,” said Tiff Harker, arts…
(Photo courtesy of Lori and Lisa Lubbesmeyer) After 17 years working from their Old Mill District studio, twin sisters Lori and Lisa Lubbesmeyer have come to know the area from countless angles. The owners of Lubbesmeyer Art Studio & Gallery have walked and biked along the Deschutes River on their way to work, watched the…
