(Weavings from Dee Ford Potter’s A Life Worth Living. Photo by Carolyn Bunker) Oregon woven arts luminary Dee Ford Potter will be sharing a 58-year retrospective collection, titled A Life Well Woven, at Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) Barber Library Rotunda Gallery from September 22 to December 7, with a reception at 4pm on Wednesday,…
((Left) Work by Andrew Lorish (Right) Tidal Wave by David Lloyd Warren) September Splendor at Artists’ Gallery Sunriver by Deni Porter September is one of the best months in Sunriver. Fantastic weather and a more relaxed, less crowded atmosphere make for a wonderful time to visit the Sunriver Artists’ Gallery located in The Village. Parking…
(Photography by Ken Meyer) SageBrushers Art Society of Bend proudly presents the Second Annual Bend Artists’ Studio Tour, taking place Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14 from 11am-4pm each day. This much-anticipated event features 15 diverse artists across seven studio locations throughout Bend, offering the community a rare opportunity to step inside working studios…
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 Pottery…
(Photos courtesy of River Ridge Art) Founded by Kristen Horn, the River Ridge Art Gallery is the newest addition to the Central Oregon art scene, helping expand the burgeoning Madras art scene. Kristin used to work as a real estate agent who had a passion for painting. Real estate paid the bills, but her passion…
The nonprofit Tower Theatre Foundation announced their LessonPLAN (Performing Live Arts Now) Education Series for the 2025-26 school year. The annual series brings public, private and home-schooled students to the Tower Theatre and performers into schools. The program offers low-cost matinees at the historic theatre or in-school workshops to inspire students’ creativity and enhance performing arts…
(Oh What A Day by Susan Luckey Higdon) Makin’ It Local is honored to feature regionally acclaimed Central Oregon artist Susan Luckey Higdon. The exhibition and print sale run from September 1 through September 30, 2025. An artist in attendance reception is scheduled for the Sisters Fourth Friday art walk on September 26 from 4-7pm….
(Photo by Todd Cary) Sawmill Demonstration Last chance to see the sawmill in action on August 28! For the final time this year, the sawmill will roar to life! On Thursday, August 28, experience the sounds, sights and smells of the Lazinka Sawmill as a team of Museum staff in period dress share stories about…
(Graphic courtesy of Scalehouse) Join us for an Artist Talk with Patricia Clark Studio Artist Hannah Jensen! Hannah Jensen will discuss her contemporary Western paintings as love letters to the landscape, cataloging meaningful experiences that linger in her memory. Her process explores themes of pilgrimage, nostalgia, grief, belonging, and the role of the outdoors in…
(Artwork by Newhart) Bob Newhart is an abstract artist based here in Bend, who was selected as the Artist in Residence for the Bend Visitor Center for the month of July. His visual work as a painter is heavily influenced by his love of music; jazz and classical musicians like Miles Davis, John Coletrane, Thelonious…
