by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Bend becomes transformed in the spring. Blooming flowers and trees frame the Deschutes as paddlers take to the river and walkers and runners enjoy the warmer temperatures. The Old Mill District has experienced its own transformation with the creation of colorful murals on the Les Schwab Amphitheater. Muralist…
by RENEE PATRICK, Cascade A&E Editor Bend’s newest public art project, the Tin Pan Alley Art Collection, will offer yet another opportunity for visitors and residents to engage with public spaces. With the installation of art by four different artists at the end of May, the project kicked off what is hoped to be a…
A 39 foot steel pipe sculpture titled High Desert Spiral by Seattle artist John Fleming was recently installed at the new roundabout at Mt. Washington Drive and Simpson Avenue. The artwork is inspired by the way traffic spirals around the roundabout, the possibility of bikes and runners spiraling around a pylon in a race, and…
Congleton built a heroic size (28 feet long) sculpture out of steel ‘found objects’ in favor of the bronze installations he’s constructed in the past. Watch the video and see how he creates it. One horse is male and the other female. He is more tuned to the industrial age with a gas engine…
The Friends of the Library Art Committee, Redmond Branch, announces a Call for Artists for its first annual BE a PART of the ART fundraising event. The fundraiser will benefit the Friends of the Redmond Library, which in turn helps to fund programs in support of the Redmond Community. The fundraising event is open…
The Redmond Commission for Art in Public Places with the City of Redmond have installed the newest piece of public art, the 35 foot tall Thoughts of Flight by local artist Jerry Werner. The piece is at the intersection of US 97 and Highland/Glacier Avenue. Currently the City has six sculptures on display in downtown…
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor The Old Mill pedestrian passageways under SW Columbia Street were transformed during a burst of activity one lovely September afternoon creating colorful riparian and forest scenes to the delight of daily walkers, runners, strollers and bikers. The collaborative effort, spearheaded by a group of Nike designers in town for…
The Redmond Commission for Art in Public Places with the City of Redmond will be hosting a Passport to the Arts celebration Saturday, September 29, 10am-4pm. This exciting event will take place in downtown Redmond’s Centennial Park and will feature local art vendors, the unveiling of Redmond’s newest public art piece, Thoughts of Flight, and…
A wall sculpture by artist Troy Corliss boasts multi-colored glass leaf clusters. The new sculpture will be on view to the public starting April 24. The sculpture titled Riparian Botanicals is a composition of different plant shapes and structures that are interwoven into a colorful botanical tapestry. Multi-colored glass leaf clusters will be suspended away…
by RENEE PATRICK Cascade A&E Editor Warm morning light reflected off various surfaces of Bruce West’s newest stainless steel sculpture during the installation outside the newly constructed Jungers Culinary Center on August 31. The Cutting Board represents the latest efforts of Bend’s Art in Public Places campaign, Be Part of Art. West learned about the…
