(The KPOV staff | Photo courtesy of KPOV) KPOV, like the rest of Central Oregon, is emerging this Spring safely, realistically and optimistically from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the only nonprofit, community radio station broadcasting from Bend will hold its Spring 2021 Membership Drive at 88.9 fm and kpov.org from Friday, April 16-April…
(Julie Hanney | Photos courtesy of Julie Hanney) Julie Hanney, a composer and pianist from Bend, released her third album in January of 2021 with Heart Dance Records and the album is continuing to make a splash in the world of peaceful piano music. The Phoenix, Arizona record company operates with the goal of creating…
(Big City Turn Me Loose: Purchased by a local who told Jurgenson she was “buying this painting instead of traveling this year, as it reminds me of entering a harbor on a past cruise”) Mollie Jurgenson, a Central Oregon artist represented by Tumalo Art Company in Bend, says that working on her craft during the pandemic…
(Calder Quartet at the Tower Theatre in February 2020 | Photo courtesy of High Desert Chamber Music) For the past three years, High Desert Chamber Music (HDCM) has been regularly featured on KWAX Classical Oregon’s KWAX Presents series. KWAX (91.1 FM) is a listener-supported classical radio station licensed to the University of Oregon in Eugene….
((Left) Deschutes River Near Dillon Falls, pastel on sanded paper, 8”x10” by Kay Baker. (Right) Mountains of Sedona, oil on canvas board, 20”x16” by Gordon Baker) Gordon and Kay Baker are Bend artists who paint scenery from the saguaros and red rock of Arizona to the magnificent snow-covered mountains of Denali National Park in Alaska….
(Smith Rocks Nocturne. Open Edition on metal or paper. Various sizes.) Advancements in technology bring changes in the way we make things, and the influence of one advancement on the next illustrates the interconnected nature of discovery. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 France, for example, led to the invention of the photograph not…
(Artwork | Courtesy of Caldera Arts) We miss gathering together at the Arts Center in Central Oregon for our annual Open Studios events. This year, we’re bringing the Open Studios to you at home! Join us for two virtual AiR Share events this spring. Tune in on April 27 and May 25 to learn more about…
(Andrews Web. Wood, galvanized steel, silkscreen, acrylic paint, 36″ x 48″, 2016 by Andries Fourie) Andries Fourie is an Oregon-based artist, curator and educator whose current mixed-media explorations of place and identity innovatively unite both formal and conceptual artistic concerns. Fourie comes from South Africa by way of French Huguenot ancestors who fled to the…
(Photo | by Dennis McGregor) Sisters author Dennis McGregor has finished the sequel to You Stole My Name, a collection of paintings and verses about animals with unlikely shared names. The new book, You Stole My Name Too, features plants with animal names. Some of these combos, like Gooseberry, Crab Apple and Tiger Lily, are…
(Graphic | Courtesy of A Family for Every Child of Eugene) A Family for Every Child’s second annual Art Auction is approaching, and we want your art! Kids and adults are encouraged to create fun art pieces that we will then auction off to raise funds for our various programs affected by COVID. Last year,…
