BEND // OLD MILL
artHouse LTA
113 NW Minnesota Ave.
541-337-9985 • instagram.com/arthouse.lta
The Last Days of Summer
The sun is setting on another summer in Bend. On the heat and the smoke. The late nights and First Fridays. The new faces, new work, unlikely experiments, beautiful accidents, and all the things this creative community somehow managed to make in between.
The Last Days of Summer is a celebratory toast to the curious who stepped inside, the artists who kept building, the supporters who kept showing up, and everyone who gave art a little room in their summer.
Summer had a good run. Come help us close it down.
The Last Days of Summer, Friday, September 4 from 5-9pm. Admission is free.
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 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
The COCC Barber Library is displaying the work of the High Desert Art League September 16-December 6, 2026. The Best of the High Desert Art League highlights premier work by the League’s professional artists. Most artists will be present for a reception on Thursday, September 24 from 4-5:30pm, free parking and refreshments.
This show includes works by Pamela Beaverson, Helen Brown, Barbara Hudler Cella, Jan Dow, Janet Frost, Liz Haberman, Jacqueline Newbold, Vivian C. Olsen, Janice Rhodes, Rebecca Sentgeorge and Joren Traveller.
“This amazing group of professional artists continues to create the most incredible work!” explains League President Janet Frost. “Although many of us are affiliated with various galleries and associations, High Desert Art League shows pull our creative wonders together into one show as a unique collective exhibit. The Barber Library’s Rotunda is a wonderful venue for our show, with easy accessibility and a welcoming beautiful exhibit space.
The COCC Barber Library is located on the Central Oregon Community College campus at 2600 NW College Way in Bend. The exhibit is open during normal library hours.
For more information, visit cocc.edu/departments/library or highdesertartleague.com.
The Commons
875 NW Brooks St.
541-323-3955 • thecommonsbend.com
Visit the Commons and see the SageBrushers annual show through September and October. See these vibrant works from SageBrushers members in a variety of mediums including, acrylic, oil, pastel and watercolor. SageBrushers is a local art society that supports the fine arts in Bend and Central Oregon.
Deschutes Historical Museum
129 NW Idaho Ave.
541-389-1813 • deschuteshistory.org
Deschutes Historical Museum continues exhibiting Moments That Made US, which explores how generations of Americans have given meaning to the ideals set out in the Declaration of Independence, a look back across two centuries to highlight both challenging and celebratory times from the colonial era to recent generations.
Moments That Made US explores five themes drawn directly from the Declaration of Independence: Created Equal; Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; Free and Independent States; Consent of the Governed; and We Mutually Pledge. The featured moments from American history inspire curiosity about the events that shaped the nation and remind us that our story was never inevitable, we shaped it at every turn.
Developed through a multi-state collaboration to ensure that Americans throughout the nation would have the opportunity to meaningfully engage in the nation’s 250th anniversary, it adapts the acclaimed Moments That Made US exhibition created by History Colorado.
The community exhibition for the America 250 commemoration will be on view through November 14, 2026.
The Grove
921 NW Mt. Washington Dr.
Through October, The Grove presents A Practice of Attention, paintings by Kristen Phillips. For 15 years, Phillips has built a vocabulary for her art: leaves, the lace-like structure that holds them and a field that never resolves into a single focal point. Three paintings will be on display, each its own state of attention: flow, interconnection and softening.
High Desert Museum
59800 S Hwy. 97
541-382-4754 • highdesertmuseum.org
The 2026 Art in the West continues through October 2. The annual juried exhibition and silent auction features traditional and contemporary art that celebrates the landscapes, wildlife, people, cultures and history of the High Desert — a region that stretches from the eastern slope of the Cascades and Sierras to the Wyoming Basin and Colorado Plateau.
Miguel Almeida: Las Manos que dan de Comer continues through October 11. In a new, site-specific installation for High Desert Museum, Almeida shares murals, sculptures and animations offering a window into the daily lives of the people that harvest the fresh fruits and vegetables bound for our local markets and dinner tables. Miguel Almeida: Las Manos que dan de Comer (The Hands That Feed) is presented in English and Spanish.
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.
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 Gallery welcomes renowned sculptor Stefan Savides and painter Craig Zuger for its September exhibition. Savides brings an extraordinary understanding of birds to his bronze sculpture, capturing their movement, character, and presence with remarkable detail. Zuger’s paintings explore the beauty and atmosphere of the landscape through expressive color, light, and a strong sense of place. The opening reception will also feature a special pop-up exhibition by Plein Air Painters of Oregon (PAPO). Created outdoors and directly from observation, plein air paintings capture the shifting light, atmosphere, color, and character of a particular place and moment. The pop-up will bring together works by PAPO artists inspired by Oregon’s diverse landscapes, from high desert terrain and mountain vistas to forests, rivers, and open skies. Each painting offers an individual interpretation of the natural environment while celebrating the immediacy and tradition of painting in the open air. Join us for First Friday on September 4, 5-8pm at Layor Gallery in downtown Bend.
Lubbesmeyer Art Studio & Gallery
Second Story Loft, Center of Old Mill District
541-706-0761 • lubbesmeyerart.com
Featuring the nationally collected fiber arts and dynamic paintings of collaborative twin artists, Lisa and Lori Lubbesmeyer. You can tour the studio to view works in progress, as well as see completed pieces hanging in the gallery. The Studio and Gallery are typically open Wednesday-Friday, other times by appointment, and every First Friday Art Walk, 3-6pm.
Mockingbird Gallery
869 NW Wall St., Ste. 100
541-388-2107 • mockingbird-gallery.com
Mockingbird Gallery hosts the American Impressionist Society’s (AIS) 27th Annual National Juried Exhibition September 4-October 3, 2026.
The exhibition features 180 paintings representing many highly acclaimed American Impressionist artists working today as well as AIS Masters and board members. Paintings include oil, pastel, watercolor, acrylic and gouache. Over $100,000 in awards will be presented, including a $13,000 cash award for Best of Show. A printed exhibition catalog is currently available at the gallery. The exhibition can also be viewed online via a link on Mockingbird Gallery’s home page.
All artwork is currently available for purchase but must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition. The Opening Reception will be held on First Friday, September 4. A Pop-Up Wet Wall exhibition is on Saturday, September 5 with approximately 40 paintings created during the opening week by AIS members painting en plein-air at different locations in Central Oregon.
Nashwood Gallery
1385 NE Second St.
541-788-0314 • nashwood.gallery
Nashwood Gallery is host to some of the finest artists in our community. From the bold and weighty pottery of Karl Lundy to the colorful landscapes of David Kinker, we pack a lot into our little gallery at Second and Olney. New sculpture by Miguel Edwards greets you in our developing sculpture garden and the gallery itself spills into the working studio of Will Nash on First Friday weekends. Come meet the artists and explore the creative energy we are channeling in the heart of the Bend Central District.
Oxford Hotel
10 NW Minnesota Ave.
541-382-8436
Jan Dow is the featured artist at The Oxford Hotel-Bend during the month of September. Jan is a pastel landscape painter living and working in Central Oregon. Her greatest inspiration for painting has come from kayaking with her camera in the high lakes of the Central Oregon Cascades.
In The Language of Light, Jan tries to capture the grandeur of the mountains and forests as they are reflected in the ever-changing patterns and colors on the lakes. Sometimes she focuses on the stillness of water with its perfect reflections, and sometimes, instead, she finds that the slow movement of water creating endless evolving new reflective patterns are the most intriguing to paint.
Come meet Jan and see her paintings at the Oxford Hotel on First Friday, September 4, 4:30-7pm.
Premiere Property Group
25 NW Minnesota Ave.
541-241-6860 • bend.premierepropertygroup.com
International award-winning painter Barbara Hudler Cella is exhibiting her paintings at Premiere Properties Group at 25 NW Minnesota Ave in downtown Bend through the month of September. Join her and learn more about her work at First Friday Artwalk on September 4 from 5-7pm.
Barbara moved to Central Oregon specifically because of what she sees and feels while surrounded by our magnificent landscapes. This show features her brilliant acrylic landscape paintings featuring the area’s intimate beauty and accessible wildness. “I have never felt so moved by my surroundings before making Bend my home. Although I paint local and perhaps familiar scenes, I strive to capture, above all, the emotional experience of being immersed in these landscapes while I create my work.”
barbaracella.com
SageBrushers Art Society
117 SW Roosevelt Ave.
541-617-0900 • sagebrushersartofbend.com
SageBrushers is a member-supported nonprofit with over 250 members. The building features a gallery, library and studio, located in the Southwest Crossing neighorbood above the Old Mill.
Through September and October, SageBrushers Gallery presents Figurative Art: People and Faces at the SageBrushers Gallery. All mediums will be presented in this fall show. Visit the show and meet the artists at the reception on September 26, 2-4pm.
Shevlin Crossing Art Gallery
2230 NW Labiche Lane
bit.ly/3Tycaob
Shevlin Crossing continues their rotating series of art exhibitions, featuring local artists and their work.
The Stacks Art Studios & Gallery
Old Mill District, Second Floor
404-944-9170 • oldmilldistrict.com/art-gallery/the-stacks-art-studios-gallery
Lindsay Gilmore, local landscape artist, is showcasing her newest original paintings, prints, and products at both Sisters Coffee and The Stacks Studio in the Old Mill.
If you’re unable to visit in-person you can find everything on her website (lindsaygilmore.com). You may also sign up for her email newsletter to receive all the latest updates from the studio.
Her newest print, Three Sisters, is pictured here. It’s available on paper or canvas, with or without a frame, in a variety of sizes.
Tumalo Art Company
Old Mill District
541-385-9144 • tumaloartco.com
Dee McBrien-Lee’s exhibit, Body Language, opens during the Old Mill District First Friday Gallery Walk, September 5 from 3-7pm. Focusing on abstracted figures and the way they interact with each other, each painting tells a story which is up to the viewer to interpret. In many cases the title gives a clue.
Dee thrives on the challenge that creating something without boundaries or clear guidelines offers her imagination. Most recently she has developed a series combining abstract elements incorporating the human figure. Beginning with large areas of color, line and texture, Dee seeks to discover her subjects as she goes through her process. Often just a single body part or suggestion of attitude in a mark or line will be the beginning of a figure. The other figures follow — sometimes intentionally, sometimes through discovery. Dee prefers not to use set patterns as she works, but allows every painting to speak to her as it develops a life and story all its own.
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.
REDMOND
Arome
432 SW Sixth St.
541-527-4727 • aromekitchen.com
Sandy Parziale says everyone enjoys receiving mail from a friend, and she loves painting fun and whimsical cards that make people smile. Sandy is also an amateur photographer, taking pictures of the many places she goes and the beauty that surrounds us here in Oregon. These images often make beautiful cards as well. She invites you to find just the right card for your loved ones.
Rick Thompson draws from a long graphic design career to produce his oil paintings. “I approach painting with fresh eyes and an energy for finding images that move me across diverse subjects, including landscapes, people, wildlife, and machinery,” Thompson says. “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.”
Cares & Whoas
436 SW Sixth St.
916-354-2119 • caresandwhoas.com
Lindy Pass makes heritage quality seed bead and leather jewelry. Lindy’s meticulous work is meant to provide not only beauty but years of wear. She welcomes custom orders.
Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty
535 SW Sixth St.
541-383-7600 • cascadehassonsir.com
Debra Roeder works in two rather contrasting mediums: lapidary and watercolor. Debra says, “I like to use natural items to create artwork.”
Raymond Roeder creates crafted wood pieces incorporating the use of a laser for cutting and engraving.
Carl Troppy fashions functional wood art using turquoise inlay and copper. He makes electroculture gardening implements as well as copper garden tools and charcuterie boards.
Desert Prairie Boutique
404 SW Sixth St., Ste. 100
541-527-1887 • desertprairie.com
Kim Smith is a Central Oregon watermedia artist. She produces expressive and dramatic landscapes.
Dry Canyon Community Art Center
415 SW Sixth St.
drycanyonarts.org
This September, Dry Canyon Arts Association celebrates Julie Miller as its Featured Artist. Throughout her career, Julie has captured the beauty of the western life in acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, pastel, graphite, colored pencil, and mixed media. Although her style began in careful realism, it has gradually opened toward greater expression. Color has become bolder. Backgrounds have loosened. Movement has become as important as anatomy. Yet respect for the horse, for the land, and the traditions of horsemanship remains at the center of everything she paints. Come by Dry Canyon Community Art Center from 5-8pm on September 4 to participate in a reception in Julie Miller’s honor and experience some of her exceptional artwork.
Also at Dry Canyon Community Art Center in September is a one-of-a-kind exhibition celebrating the incredible depth and breadth of talent in the community. The all-community show gathers work by 86 artists from Jefferson, Crook, and Deschutes counties. Visit the exhibition during First Friday or any time during hours of operation in September. The Dry Canyon Community Art Center gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday 11am-6pm, with the exception of First Friday when they stay open until 8pm.
Harcourts The Garner Group Real Estate
444 SW Sixth St.
541-383-4360 • thegarnergroup.com
Joy Woodburn creates vibrant mixed media art where fine-line ink detail meets washes of watercolor to explore pattern and fluidity. A gallery of her work can be found at joywoodburn.com.
Wendy Wheeler Jacobs creates what can best be described as portraits of birds, animals, trees, plants, mountains, rocks and other natural elements in saturated color. While watercolor is her preferred tool, she also enjoys acrylic and colored pencil. See more of her work at thepaintgeek.com.
SCP Redmond Hotel
521 SW Sixth St.
541-26-3608 • SCPHotel.com
Gary McPherson is a true Central Oregon artist who loves painting scenes from nature in an attempt to capture the feelings of having been there or evoking the feeling of wanting to be there.
Carolyn Gaubatz is a local artist working with ceramic and polymer clay. She creates works of both beauty and practicality.
Lou-Wayne Steiger is a potter that enjoys all forms of claymaking. Find Lou-Wayne and you can find potted plants, coffee mugs, bowls, jewelry, you name it.
Michelle Wobbe is Redmond-based watercolorist who says, “I am thrilled to transform my time exploring river trails and wandering all over Oregon, into original and unique handcrafted watercolor paintings.”
Willow Wild
321 SW Sixth St.
541-527-4320 • shopwillowwild.com
Brad Harrison creates rustic, industrial artwork and functional pieces using metal, wood, and precision laser engraving techniques. His work blends craftsmanship with modern tools to produce one-of-a-kind pieces that feel rugged, personal, and built to last. Inspired by the spirit of Central Oregon and the High Desert, he focuses on creating art that carries character, purpose, and a connection to the people who own it.
Peggy Seay has been painting in various mediums since she was in elementary school. Her love of art rests in its creation as much as in its final form.