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This will be the last Sisters Arts Association Fourth Friday Artwalk of 2023. It’s a great opportunity to find gifts that may be just what you’ve been looking for.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop has a brand new selection of gourds and framed gourd shards by Kim Black of Beaver Meadow Arts arriving on Friday. Also new framed art by Paul Alan Bennett and Brad Earl, and more hand knitted and crocheted hats by Helen Schmidling. Bennett’s “Moons Over the John Day River” series combines printmaking and painting. Earl plays a nostalgic chord with two jukeboxes and four classic typewriters. Black decorates gourds with traditional carving or wood burning, and then applies transparent ink dyes, metallic paints, and botanicals. There will be sweet refreshments between 4 and 7.

Hood Avenue Art Gallery’s focus will be their jewelry artists during the holiday season, through the end of February. The jewelry artists are Alisa Looney, enamel jewelry; Karen Evans, fine hand-woven beaded bracelets and necklaces; Danica Curtright, glass beads using a century-old process; Sharon Reed, hand wrought items; Sunstone Store, sunstone earrings, necklaces and rings; and Zantana Design, dichroic glass jewelry.

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Toriizaka Art invites art lovers to the gallery during this festive time, and will be open on Friday from 11 to 7, with refreshments from 4 to 7. Look for a selection of affordable ceramics and woodcarvings along with contemporary art.

Raven Makes Gallery wishes everyone Happy Holidays and a rejuvenating New Year. New pieces for Christmas include Navajo jewelry, Zuni fetishes and miniature Kachinas..

The Rickards Gallery features gifts made by local artisans and light appetizers from 4 to 6 p.m. The Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Items include jewelry from Wendy Vernon, pottery from Nomadic Ceramics, fused glass from Edie Shelton, mosaic glass from Mare Schelz, hand painted gourd ornaments from Chris Warren and Leslie Burtt, and, of course, beautiful artwork. Gift cards and complimentary giftwrapping are available.

Canyon Creek Pottery will feature “Raku After Dark.”  Master Potter Ken Merrill will be pulling pots from the raku kiln, starting at 5:30 p.m. at his gallery at 310 N. Cedar in Sisters. It will be a lively and exciting demonstration, and you get to see beautiful pottery created in real time. From red-hot to beautiful finished pots in minutes. The gallery also has a wide selection of gifts and stocking stuffers.

Wildflower Studio has small batch candles, diffusers, linen sprays and lotion collections in unique seasonal blends. The studio is stocked with oringinal paintings, prints, handcrafted gifts, artisan and felted soap  and shampoo bars.

The Campbell Gallery has artwork by Jill Neal displayed through the end of December, but will not be open during Artwalk.

Space in Common is home to lots of gift items: pottery, candles, soaps, hand-made jewelry, and more. In addition, look for some lovely small paintings from Taylor Manoles and watercolors from Amelia Morton. Stay tuned for announcements of upcoming workshops in 2023.

Makin’ It Local, a new gallery in Sisters, celebrates Oregon at 281 West Cascade Avenue, with art, photography, fine crafts, jewelry, ceramics, and more. Featured artwork is by Megan Marie Myers, Lindsay Gilmore, Rachel Dantona (Hikerbooty), James Parsons (Extreme Oregon), letterpress by Quail Lane Press and Green Bird Press, Julie Hamilton, Sheila Dunn, Susan Luckey Higdon, and more.

Quick Draw is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. We encourage visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries. Also, a reminder to those who have won these gift certificates during this year to use them up before the year ends.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org. SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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It’s not just Black Friday in Sisters, it’s the Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Artwalk this week. What’s out there to supplement your holiday décor, fulfill a gift wish, or create that special element for your home? Gather the family, the visiting friends, and the kids for some fun and good treats between 4 and 7, in the galleries of Sisters. Most galleries will be open all day, with QuickDraw tickets available. Sign up for the monthly drawing one time in each gallery. Two $50 gift certificates will be awarded, thanks to a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain in Sisters.

Canyon Creek Pottery will feature “Raku After Dark.”  Master Potter Ken Merrill will be pulling pots from the raku kiln, starting at 5 p.m. at his gallery at 310 N. Cedar in Sisters. Western style raku involves removing pottery from the kiln while red-hot and placing it into a container with combustible materials. Once the materials ignite, the container is closed, producing an intense reduction atmosphere, which creates the colors in glazes and produces deliberate crackling. It will be a lively and exciting demonstration, and you get to see beautiful pottery created in real time. From red-hot to beautiful finished pots in minutes. You can see a video of the Ken doing a RAKU firing HERE

The Stitchin’ Post Staff’s Handcrafts Boutique opens from 4 to 6 p.m. with a variety of fiber arts and hand made crafts for sale – everything from holiday decor like Christmas ornaments, gnome bottle toppers, and embroidered tea towels, to great gifts like quilts, little wallets, zippered bags, and earrings. Also featured are block printed panels and other items by Valori Wells.

The Campbell Gallery will continue to show the colorful works by Jill Neal all month at the Sisters Art Works building.

Hood Avenue Art Gallery will be featuring jewelry artists during the holiday season, from November through the end of February. The jewelry artists are Alisa Looney, enamel jewelry; Karen Evans, fine hand-woven beaded bracelets and necklaces; Danica Curtright, glass beads using a century-old process; Sharon Reed, hand wrought items; Sunstone Store earrings, necklaces and rings; and Zantana Design, dichroic glass jewelry. Below are Sharon Reed’s jewelry piecs. She is a studio artist living in Bend, who creates one-of-a-kind jewelry and contemporary abstract paintings.

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Raven Makes Gallery is stocked with new Hopi Kachina dolls, Navajo jewelry and weavings acquired during late summer buys from Native artists. The gallery will be open regular hours during Fourth Friday. Please see the website for hours and new arrivals.

Toriizaka Art will not be open for the Fourth Friday event, but will be available by appointment during December. The gallery, featuring contemporary Asian art and works by local artists, has a lovely selection of affordable items, perfect for the holiday season. Call 650-580-6551 or email info@toriizakaart.com to make an appointment.

Wildflower Studio is ready for the gift-giving season. Small batch candles, diffusers, linen sprays and lotion collections are made in-house and boast unique seasonal blends. The studio is also stocked with new products from Rough Cut Soap Co. Handcrafted artisan soaps, felted soap, soap bars and shampoo bars. Shop local art, prints, original paintings, and handmade works by local artisans. Art, consumables and locally made products make unique and affordable gifts.

At Space in Common, Taylor Manoles will display a series of paintings inspired by “October Skies.” This moody collection reflects the colors of late autumn and the vastness of the Central Oregon skies. Manoles is an oil painter whose work explores themes of faith and the human experience through contemporary landscapes.  Space in Common will hold a Small Business Saturday sale all weekend. Purchases over $60 will get a $10 gift card; purchase over $100, a $15 gift card, and over $200 will get a $30 gift card.

The Rickards Gallery’s Wendy Vernon has been designing and making jewelry for decades and her jewelry has been a fixture there for many years. Color, line, stones, and gems – including their healing properties – are all part of Vernon’s design story. More than 50 new pieces have been added for this show, and Vernon will be in house to help select just the right piece for you or your special someone.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop welcomes the colorful work of Sandy Melchiori, an oil painter and landscape designer who paints bold canvases and boards with liberal brushstrokes. This show features mostly Pacific Northwest landscapes with some colorful still life for good measure. Also new are hats, cowls, and scarves to keep you warm or gift to a friend. They are all made by owner Helen Schmidling. During Artwalk, pick out a hat and then draw a ticket for $2 to $22 off the price of your item, in celebration of our new gallery location at 222 West Hood Ave.

Quick Draw is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. We encourage visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org. SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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Colors decree, “It’s Fall” in the leaves, in the skies and in the Galleries of Sisters. It is time for Fourth Friday Artwalkers to bundle up, slow down, and appreciate the more relaxed pace of this month’s event.

At Canyon Creek Pottery, Ken Merrill will be firing Raku in front of his gallery at 310 N. Cedar Street, just north of the library. This is a must-see experience, happening live between 5 and 7 p.m. The gallery, features beautifully crafted ceramics, all made on site.

The Stitchin’ Post is featuring work by the Journeys Art Quilters in a show called “Mélange” meaning a mixture of incongruous elements. The show explores a mix of new and traditional techniques. Artists include Jean Wells Keenan, June Jaeger, Judy Beaver, Jan Tetzlaff, Donna Rice, Helen Brisson, Betty Gientke, Marion Shimoda, Martha Sanders, and Mary Stiewig. The exhibit opens with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m.

Space in Common owner Amelia Morton is a featured artist in her own gallery this month. She started watercolor painting at age four in Ashland, Oregon. Her work looks simple, but is deceptively complex, as she explores the relationship between color and emotion, and translates “felt moments” into landscapes inspired by the high desert. Her new work explores a combination of acrylic and watercolor techniques in a larger scale than her ealier work. Also featured in the gallery are new works by Taylor Manoles.

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At Rickards’ Gallery, visit with Bob Bousquet, a local, self-taught woodworker who learned his trade by trial and error, creating a lot of firewood along the way. Woodworking has been Bousquet’s passion since grade school. His objective is to build practical pieces that are pleasing to touch and beautiful to see.  

Toriizaka Art features three artists – Robert Paulson, Lieu Nguyen, and Rae Holton – and refreshments from 4 to 7 p.m. Paulson, a talented wood artist who is a gallery favorite, will be on site from 1 to 7 p.m. His work begins with collected snags, driftwood, blowdowns, and fire or storm damaged trees. Using basic hand tools, sandpaper, oil and wax, he turns found objects into refined wood art that is elegant and captivating. Vietnamese artist Lieu Nguyen often paints while in a dreamlike state. He dreams of his images in vivid color and then recreates his dreams on canvas. Other than some initial brushwork to create the framework or structure of some branches or a tree trunk, Lieu Nguyen does not touch the canvas with either palate knife or brush. Instead he drops paint onto canvas, a  technique was pioneered by Max Ernst and popularized by Jackson Pollock. Tens of thousands of single points of color are applied with a precision, creating flawlessly balanced vibrant landscapes. Rae Holton was born and raised in Oregon among a family of artisans. After experimenting in a wide variety of media, she now works primarily in clay, stone, and metals. Rae has studied raku, saggar, and pit fire techniques, sculpture and three-dimensional design.

Hood Avenue Art welcomes Sharyl McCulloch and her one-of-a-kind wearable fiber art. She will demonstrate the use of a Rigid Heddle Loom. She uses merino, alpaca and organic plant-base yarns – mostly hand-dyed – to create treasured wearables that are perfect for fall. Vivian Olsen has a new “gang” of wildlife paintings – otters, foxes, and more – and a newly published book, “The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy.” Sandy Dutco’s experimental mixed-media art is inspired by the natural world. There will be refreshments and music by Mark Barringer and Jana Novotny.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop hosts two beloved Sisters artists: Steve Mathews and Barbara Berry. Mathews started his art career as an illustrator but soon moved on to teaching at the high school and college level. Now retired he still volunteers in the art department at Sisters High School. He’s known for his whimsical creatures – both human and other – rendered on wood slabs with fine-line markers and colored pencil. Berry is best known for colorful acrylics on board or canvas. Aspens and the striking colors and textures of fall in the high desert  are featured in new paintings of favorite scenes from Sisters landscapes.

The Campbell Gallery at Sisters Artworks Welcomes Jill Neal. Recent work includes impressionistic Western images with bold colors and strokes. But she is best known for her “Wild and Tasteful Women” who embody a diversity of color, size and ethnicity and show power, sexuality, joy, and good humor. They are soul enhancing and joyful. Her work will be hanging in the gallery for two months.

Wildflower Studio welcomes new potter Hunter Teig, who lives and teaches in Bend. He mixes and creates his own glazes in various styles and colors, and will show small bowls, mugs, and cups at the studio.

Autumn arrivals at Raven Makes Gallery include jewelry and art from American Indian, Alaska Native and First Nation artists. This month, the gallery will be closed during Fourth Friday but you can visit the collection online at ravenmakesgallery.com.

Quick Draw is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. We encourage visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org. SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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Experience “Art All Weekend” in Sisters. Start with the Fourth Friday Artwalk through the Galleries of Sisters. Galleries are open during the day and most will offer light refreshments between 4 and 7 p.m. Then, continue with the Seventh Annual Artists Studio Tour, from 10 to 4 on Saturday and Sunday. Studio Tour Guides are available in local galleries and businesses and online at sistersarts.org. Since not everyone has a studio that can be easily accessed, several galleries will host artists on Friday and continue through the weekend. It’s a great time to meet your favorite artists, up close and personal.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop features the street scenes of photographer Bill Birnbaum, as well as the exquisite Prismacolor pencil landscapes of Mike Stasko, and the pastels and plein air oil paintings of Kay Baker. Stasko will be working on images to be unveiled in the gallery in coming months. Birnbaum, who is president of the Sisters Photography Club, will share stories of his travels and how he arrived at “street photography” as his specialty.

Space in Common will host three artists: Taylor Manoles, Raina Verhey, and Maren Burck. Mini-studios will be set up so folks can walk through and meet the artists and see their work as they create it. All three artists will be present on Saturday and Sunday for the Studio Tour.

Canyon Creek Pottery will be set up for demonstrations on Friday and during the Studio Tour and Saturday and Sunday. Watching Ken Merrill create pottery on the wheel is like poetry in motion, so be sure to take the time to cross Cascade Avenue and visit him at 310 N. Cedar Street. You won’t regret it.

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The Rickards Gallery presents “Me, Re-imagined” from Dan Rickards, a nationally and regionally celebrated professional landscape artist. In his own words, “This show, in so many ways, is a reflection of my journey to now, everywhere I have been and desire to go, the things I have learned and all the ways I still want to grow. This is an exploration: a way to see the beauty around me in a new way: new dimensions, new colors, letting a line begin and end at the edge of imagination. I am excited to share this next season of my work with you.”

Toriizaka Art is hosting Lim Khim Katy from  September 20 to 29. Katy recently immigrated to the United States from Vietnam and is currently settling into her new life. Over the past two decades, Katy has been painting with immense passion and dedication, in two very different styles – realistic portraits that depict the lives and struggles of the urban poor in Saigon and the surrounding Mekong Delta, and eye-popping landscapes that represent dreams of peace and tranquility. In her words, “The series of paintings that I have made since 2019 are my best to date. When my technique was still ‘young,’ there were certain visual and academic things that limited me. I needed to paint, to read, to be sensitive and get hurt by life; all these factors were absorbed and helped build the reserve of compassion I called upon to create this body of work.”

Hood Avenue Art’s featured artists are Anne Gibson, Layne Cook and Bill Lind. Gibson’s acrylic paintings often encompass water and the rocks it flows over. She hopes it will remind people to treasure and protect the places we have left. Cook’s art captures people’s personalities, from quiet moments of contemplation to the energy of human motion that depicts personality and gesture. Veteran wood turner Bill Lind reveals the color, texture and grain patterns of nature. His vessels are produced from found and recycled Oregon woods, sourced from arborists, downed trees and wood mill “extra” piles from central and western Oregon.

The Stitchin’ Post is featuring work from a theme challenge titled, “Meandering,” sponsored by the Central Oregon Chapter of Studio Art Quilt Association (SAQA). Meandering can be defined as “moving slowly and not in a straight line.” The quilts by 31 SAQA members interpret the concept of meandering using design elements – contrast, color, line, value, repetition, placement of focal point – to move the viewer’s eye around their work.  In addition to the theme, each quilt must conform to the 18” x 40” size and also include the highlight color turquoise.

Wildflower Studio celebrates the fall season with new scents in soaps, lotions, linen sprays, and candles. Local company Triumph Outpost is featuring new leather hip bags, earrings, and bracelets. Aster Raine skincare has new all-natural soaps, in addition to the original line of facial products.

Take a tour through the western art of Buckaroo artist Len Babb at Bub Warren’s Sweetgrass Leather Shop, 183 W. Hood Ave., Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 10 to 4 on Saturday and Sunday. This is a one-time only show, so you don’t want to miss it.

The Campbell Gallery continues to feature the work of Karla Diaz Cano. She uses different media to explore and deepen her creativity and inspire others to open their hearts to the creative magic within and around us.

Raven Makes Gallery will not be open during the Artwalk this month, but they are featuring some wonderful new original work the week following through October. They will see you on the next Artwalk.

Quick Draw is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. We encourage visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org. SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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NEW to the Artwalk – Welcome Canyon Creek Pottery (310 N. Cedar St.)
Master potter Ken Merrill will be adding his charming gallery to the Artwalk this Friday. He has operated one of Sisters’ oldest working studios for more than 20 years and has been a potter for 40 years in Oregon. His gallery at the corner of Adams Avenue and Cedar Street is home to a diverse array of beautiful handmade pottery including lamps, mugs, dinnerware, wall art, and custom creations. It’s a few steps beyond the downtown core, but well worth the walk.

The Stitchin’ Post’s exhibit is “The Gift of Water” by June Jaeger of Sisters. Concerned about the natural resources that surround her, Jaeger immerses herself in water, nature, and the outdoors. Working with fabric and paints, she tunes out the world and becomes absorbed in creating her vision of nature. The opening reception will be from 4 to 6 p.m.

The Rickards Gallery features father and son oil painters, Jerry and Dennis Dame. Jerry’s landscapes draw the viewer into serene experiences of fly fishing on the Metolius River or hiking up Wychus Creek. He captures scenery that is both imaginative and familiar. With an art background that spans dozens of mediums and industries, Dennis finds creativity in each new painting. Shapes, values, and colors are arranged to convey something that cannot be said with words. They will be at the “Meet the Makers” Dinner on August 24. Tickets are still available. On Friday, both artists will be at the gallery from 4 to 7 p.m. with live music beginning at 6 p.m.

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Toriizaka Art’s Nguyen Thanh Binh likens his preference for simplicity in composition and design in his art work to his own way of life. His paintings often express his sorrow and the sorrow of many in his generation. Although most well-known for his paintings of women in Ao Dai, he is also passionate about music, dance, architecture, and flowers, and is most interested in following his passions at this point in his career. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with refreshments from 4 to 7.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop’s featured artists are the prolific acrylic painter Brad Earl, and Jennifer Hartwig, aka The Scratchboard Lady. When Earl moved to Sisters, he went from being a full-time architect with a painting hobby, to an artist with an architectural hobby. His art is architectural and nostalgic: old buildings, classic cars, traditional tractors, vintage campers, and antique typewriters. Scratchboard allows Hartwig to etch light from dark with fine precision and subtle shades. She is one of only a few scratchboard artists to add full color. Visit the gallery between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., with refreshments starting at 4 p.m.

Hood Avenue Art features work by JoAnn Burgess, Susie Zeitner, and Art Blumenkron. Burgess has been creating pastel landscapes and abstracts for more than 15 years. Blumenkron enhances the characteristics of the wood slab he’s working on, often inspired by his morning walks in the forest. Zeitner fabricates glass and steel totems and two-dimensional glass wall art that is painted then fused in kiln, and mounted on rusted metal.

Raven Makes Gallery is one of the few galleries nation-wide to work directly with artists to share special jewelry. The Puebloan Hopi Tribe of Northern Arizona is known for their silver overlay jewelry. Designs may be highly symbolic or realistic. Pictorial pieces are often based on ancient sources such as potshards, petroglyphs, or spiritual beings, and often reflect symbols depicting prayers for moisture and rain.

The Campbell Gallery is featuring Karla Diaz Cano. She uses different media to explore and deepen her creativity and inspire others to open their hearts to the creative magic that is within and around us. For her, this creativity is a deeply healing, spiritual experience.

Wildflower Studio welcomes new work from stained glass artist Mitch Saba. He uses color and composition to depict landscape and traditional design. Edie Shelton also works in glass, but uses a fused glass process. Her newest work features landscape and flowers in clear glass. Wildflower’s wine, snacks and art will be served from 4 to 7 p.m.

Space in Common is featuring the work of abstract landscape artist Lindsey Luna Tucker. Each painting is a compilation of sketches, photos, sentiments, and memories that seeks emotional truth over visual representation. The paintings are less about the subject itself and more about the act of searching for answers but never fully resolving the question.

Quick Draw is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. We encourage visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org. SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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This month, the Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Artwalk leans toward contemporary artists who are pushing the envelope in their respective disciplines, as well as traditional artists who are experimenting with new techniques and methods. Visitors are encouraged to stop in the galleries at any time during the day, but galleries will welcome them with light refreshments, starting at about 4 p.m.

Hood Avenue Art’s July show is “Meet the Printmakers.” See the variety of work created through printmaking processes by four artist-printmakers – Glen Corbett, Carolyn Platt, Gin Laughery, and Patricia Freeman-Martin. The variety of work created by printmaking includes monotypes, relief, woodcut, reduction, and intaglio methods. Each method offers unique qualities and possibilities, quite unlike that of any drawn or painted mark. Never totally direct, this art form adds an element of surprise to the proceedings, akin to that of alchemy. The definition of an original print, as opposed to a reproduction, is that however the artist-printmaker arrives at his or her final printed image, they have influenced and orchestrated the proceedings by hand, from the making of the matrix (block, plate, screen, or other method) through to the final print.

The Stitchin’ Post’s artist is Bonnie McWilliams of Peacock Pottery. Her process begins with dyeing, printing, designing, stitching, and finally progresses to pottery. Pottery can be functional, or whimsical and useless, delightful, or thought provoking. McWilliams works to feel the core nature of clay, fabric, and gardens, and she finds much joy in the journey.

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The Rickards Gallery’s featured artist, Mare Schelz of Bend, creates beautiful and intricate glass mosaics, often with recycled and vintage materials. She enjoys working in a variety of media, using an array of tools and techniques. She teaches classes in her studio and is a contract teacher at several schools in Bend, working with children to open their world to multiple tools, techniques and media.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop’s show is “Two by Four,” two-dimensional art by four artists: painters Antonia Carriere, Kay Baker, and Lynn Brush, and printmaker Denise Kester. Baker is a plein air painter who mainly works in oils, but occasionally in pastels. Brush, whose work is new to the gallery, specializes in street scenes and landscapes in oil, painted on linen and mounted on panel. Carriere’s pastel landscapes of Northeastern Oregon depict huge canyons, greenbelt rivers, farmland, snowy mountain peaks, dry golden hills and big skies. Kester specializes in monoprints and monotype viscosity printing as well as multimedia, drawing and painting.

Space in Common will feature a new collection of paintings from Bend artist Taylor Manoles. Her artwork explores themes of faith and the human experience through contemporary landscapes.

At Toriizaka Art, Rae Holton, a fifth generation Oregonian and accomplished ceramicist and sculptor, will share her story and works from 4 to 7 p.m. Rae works primarily in clay, stone and metals. In it, you can see the rhythm and flow of nature and the energetic elements of  our Earth. Also featured are new works by contemporary Vietnamese artist Vu Thang. Several of his newest arrivals were influenced by cave drawings and funerary sculpture of the hill tribe peoples, and depict primitive figures that speak to universal experiences, emotions, and feelings. Other figurative pieces were created using many different materials (wood, hemp, canvas, fabric, and clay), and he uses the properties of each to help inform the entire piece. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and artists will be present, and refreshments will be served from 4 to 7.

Raven Makes Gallery’s featured artist is David K. John. His work reflects appropriate symbols of Navajo mythology and stories, and his deep connection to his spirituality. His children are involved in art as well, incorporating tradition and – with John’s encouragement – new technology that does not interfere or cloud the Dine worldview. Gallery hours are 11 to 4.

Wildflower Studio features new work by John Runnels. He uses a palette knife and oil paints to create bold textured paintings. His new work concentrates on aspens and landscapes. Stop by Wildflower Studio to see paintings, prints, new leather hip bags, stained glass and other gifts, with wine, snacks and conversation from 4 to 7.

The Campbell Gallery continues to show work by Raina Verhey. The gallery will be open to visitors but will not have a reception this month.

SAA encourages visitors to patronize our supporting businesses, including Big Chief Vintage, Dixie’s, Gypsy Junk Tea Room and Art Gallery, and The SweetEasy Co. Visit our Supporting Businesses page.

Quick Draw is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. We encourage visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org. SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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The Sisters Arts Association will partner with the Sisters Folk Festival’s Big Ponderoo for the Fourth Friday Artwalk. Many of the galleries will feature live music. Remember to register for Quick Draw, for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate, good in any participating gallery, thanks to a generous gift from Coldwell Banker Bain of Sisters. You can also pick up a Ponderoo Passport for a chance to receive a fused glass gift at the music event. See link below for more info on the Big Ponderoo Art Experience.

Toriizaka Art is thrilled to have Lawrence Stoller’s work back in the gallery.  His spectacularly carved crystals are presented on one-of-a-kind bronze bases designed to bring out the best in each stone while each being its own piece of art. Stoller’s work represents great artistic vision coupled with exquisite craftsmanship. Also featured is the artwork of Phuong Quoc Tri, an artist from Saigon, Vietnam. Tri grew up in a very large family, the oldest of 12 children.  At an early age, he moved to Saigon and started working odd jobs to help support his family. He had very limited formal education, but his heart yearned for a way to express his thoughts and emotions. He sculpted expressionist pieces from clay and painted figurative works to help deal with bouts of intense depression and isolation. Due to his lack of formal education, he was not exposed to other artists who could help him channel his creative talents. Ultimately, he had the courage to introduce himself to a patron of the arts and the rest is history. His expressive figurative works can now be found in collections around the world.

The Rickards Gallery features the basketry of Leslee Burtt and Chris Warren for the Artwalk and the “Meet the Maker” dinner on Thursday, June 22. Burtt studied art and taught high school before concentrating on her own vision as an artist. When Warren took classes at a local arts center, she discovered she was hooked on basketry. Both award-winning artists are members of the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, and Lake Oswego Crafts and Arts League, and their work is featured in the Lark Press book, 500 Baskets.

Raven Makes Gallery highlights Tsimshian David Boxley’s body of work. Spanning over 40 years, it is a testament to an artist committed to sharing, teaching and mentoring. A master carver, Boxley’s body of work ensures the continuation and survival of ceremony, history and art of Coastal Peoples. His pieces are held worldwide in collections both private and public.

The Campbell Gallery shows work by Raina Verhey, a Central Oregon oil painter, who works in abstract themes of landscape and textured movement. Self-taught since 2018, Raina began in watercolor and slowly transformed to using charcoal and acrylic. Casually coined as “emotional impressionism,” Verhey’s thick impasto inspires feelings of resilience, tenacity, and comfort.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop highlights the delicate and colorful tissue paper collage of Linda Wolff. She created this unique process 11 years ago as a way to replace six months of dahlia gardening when she moved to Sisters from Port Townsend, Washington, and discovered that the deer feasted on her flowers like they were their own private smorgasbord! She welcomes the open-ended creativity of the medium – not knowing how the piece will evolve as light rises and sets on the canvas.

Hood Avenue Art’s featured works are by Alisa Looney, Ruth Carroll, and Kathleen Keliher. Looney fuses kiln-fired layers of enamel to steel sculptures, panels, and jewelry. She will demonstrate her enameling process during the Artwalk. Carroll earned a BFA in drawing in 1987, believing that a strong foundation in drawing is essential to painting well. Since 2009, she has focused on landscapes in oils. Keliher works in pastels and oils, focusing on plein air in the summer and retreating to her studio for winter.

Space in Common features oil paintings by Taylor Manoles of Bend. She studied art and education, and taught middle school art, before focusing on her own artwork, which explores themes of faith and the human experience through contemporary landscapes. Painting is a cathartic practice and how she commemorates the goodness in the world around her.

The Stitchin’ Post features the works of Valori and Jean Wells. Their recurring themes have to do with natural configurations: rocks, trees, grasses, flowers, and the land, as well as travel. Printmaking is Valori’s passion! She enjoys the entire process from sketching images to carving the blocks and printing them on fabric. Her mother, Jean, is a contemporary quilt maker known for teaching as well as her art. Central Oregon’s natural beauty is constant inspiration as they work intuitively in their chosen field.

Wildflower Studio is showing giclee art prints by Norma Holmes and Kathy Deggendorfer. Both are local painters. Holmes has released a book mapping eastern Oregon destinations through painted images. Deggendorfer’s vivid watercolors show the beauty of color and pattern in the central Oregon landscape.

QUICK DRAW is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. We encourage visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries.

PONDEROO ART EXPERIENCE information can be found HERE.

SAA encourages visitors to patronize our supporting businesses, including Canyon Creek Pottery, Beacham Clock Company, The Jewel, Gypsy Junk Boutique, Big Chief Vintage, Dixie’s, and The SweetEasy Co. where jewelry creator Sana Hayes will preview the “Faith, Hope, and Charity Collection” – upcycled crosses (Faith), inspirational necklaces (Hope), with proceeds going to Mustangs To The Rescue (Charity). Visit our Supporting Businesses page.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org. SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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This month, a new gallery is opening and other galleries are featuring artists new to the community. The new gallery, Space in Common, owned by Amelia Morton, is at 351 West Hood Avenue and will feature her work and selected pieces by upcoming artists. The gallery will officially open on June 2, but stop in during Fourth Friday for a preview.

Hood Avenue Art features photographer Scott Cordner, landscape painter Barbara Hudler Cella, and sculptor Michelle Deaderick. Scott prints fine art landscapes on canvas and makes his own frames using renewable hardwoods, finishing with linseed oil and beeswax. Many of Barbara’s paintings are based on small plein air pieces that she’s contemplated for a long time. Each of Michelle’s clay figures is a treasure to be passed down for generations.

Raven Makes Gallery is in the third year of The Homelands Collection. Indigenous artists create ledger-style, narrative artwork on antique maps, to include a body of work representing Indigenous artists from across the Earth. Artists from Peru, Nepal, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Northern Scandinavia, and the Torres Strait of Australia join artists from North America. Gallery owner Chris Morin says “Using the title ‘Decolonizing the Map’ as this year’s theme better illuminates how we brought together people worldwide in a singularly focused art exhibition. To our knowledge, a project of this nature has never been attempted.” This year’s edition offers 88 works from 28 artists. The Homelands Collection will be on exhibit until June 1.

The Stitchin’ Post’s group exhibit is “In The MIX.” MIX is a Portland-based mixed media group. Members Lynn Anderson, Kathy Blondell, Betty Daggett, Annette McFarlane, Elaine Millar and Hilde Morin use techniques including printing, painting, embroidery, piecing, appliqué, quilting and more to bring original designs to life. Once a year, the group comes up with a challenge using common elements such as theme or measurements. The MIX blog is online at mixpdx.blogspot.com and on Instagram @mix_pdx.

Wildflower Studio owner Chris Nelson is her own featured artist this month. Chris has new paintings, prints and cards depicting local landscapes, birds and florals. She works in oil with a loose painterly brushstroke and uses color and line to create detail in her paintings.

The Rickards Gallery featured artist is Sarah B. Hansen. A life-long hiker, backpacker, and outdoor explorer, Sarah ‘s show is called “Unlimited Skies: A Walk Through Nature.” Her work taps the beauty of nature as she pushes and plays with shapes, colors, and textures to suggest landscape elements. In leaving certain parts undefined, she allows mystery and imagination to dance at the edges. She often scripts words such as journal excerpts or poetry into painted landscape to create a conversation about nature, and they suggest that not everything is known in the wild.

Toriizaka Art introduces the unique work of Ngo Van Sac (Vietnam). His mixed media two-dimensional works include wood burning, collage, and paints on natural wood. Years ago, when the French occupied Vietnam, they insisted that all the old manuscripts using the original Chinese characters be burned. This was a part of their “modernization” effort when changing the Vietnamese written language to the Latin or Roman alphabet. Ngo Van Sac’s grandfather was a poet, philosopher and professor, and instead of burning his manuscripts, he buried them. Today, Van Sac often incorporates these formerly forbidden manuscripts into his mixed media works.

The Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery is featuring Sisters High School Art and Design students Abby Christopher, Makenzie French, Araiya Grummer, Devan Hepburn, Addie Kroytz, Zoey Lorusso, Adriana Luna, Kaleb Woods, and Sage Wyland. Each student chose an inquiry question as the premise for their projects and pursued a detailed investigative cycle through research, experimentation, creation, revision, reflection, and finally display. This show, a representation of what they studied and discovered, will be up until June 1. The gallery will be open during regular business hours only.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop features new monoprints and monotypes by Denise Kester, vessels in wood, alabaster, and soapstone by master woodworker John Scheideman, and clay plus pine-needle basket weaving from Ann Grossnickle and Kim Black. In her book, “Drawing on the Dream,” Denise Kester explains “Making art … is how I express my love for the world.” She is a printmaker specializing in viscosity printmaking, using oily lithography inks on a Plexiglas sheet or plate. “What I really do is use the medium of monoprinting to draw out my dreams.” Gallery favorite artist Jennifer Hartwig, “The Scratchboard Lady,” will be showing new pieces that have emerged from the dark of winter to the light of spring.

SAA encourages visitors to patronize our supporting businesses, including Big Chief Vintage, Dixie’s, and The SweetEasy Co. where jewelry creator Sana Hayes will preview the “Faith, Hope, and Charity Collection” – upcycled crosses (Faith), inspirational necklaces (Hope), with proceeds going to Mustangs To The Rescue (Charity). Visit our Supporting Businesses page.

Quick Draw is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. We encourage visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org. SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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April Artwalk welcomes home Raven Makes and Toriizaka Art gallery owners from art expeditions.

The Stitchin’ Post’s Fabric Arts Gallery will display the work of artist Judy Hoiness, recently featured on Oregon Art Beat. Hoiness is known for her abstract landscapes that often incorporate watercolor and acrylic paint, stitching, calligraphic marks, collage, and mixed media on canvas and recycled cloth. Drop in between 4 and 6 p.m.

Hood Avenue Art displays award winning Western artists, K.C. Snider and Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom. Snider’s work, inspired by the historic high desert, features realistic scenes in oils and acrylics. Hallstrom’s oils and acrylics are Western in style within an abstract context. Annie Dyer’s organic pottery designs reflect her training in Japan, using rocks, shells and wood to create lasting impressions. A reception with music by Kurt Silva, appetizers and beverages runs from 4 to 7 p.m.

The Clearwater Gallery, soon to be the Rickards Gallery, is featuring the work of impressionist oil painter David Mensing, Iowa native who grew up surrounded by wide prairies and carefully groomed cornfields. Moving West as a young man cultivated his love of its wild places and the raw beauty that he expresses in his paintings. Meet David and celebrate with wine and light appetizers from 4 to 6 p.m.

Raven Makes gallery owners traveled more than 7,000 miles visiting artists, resulting in new and exciting high-quality acquisitions. Owners Chris Morin and LaRita Chapman say it was simply wonderful to see artists in person again. Two new artists are Sheldon Harvey, Navajo, and Kolten Khasalus Grant, Kwakwaka’wakw. Harvey’s sculptures explore Diné Spiritual Beings. Grant’s masks are carved with precision, as he was taught by two Northwest Coast masters. Just ahead is the Homelands Collection, Third Edition. There will be a private showing on May 11, and the exhibit opens on May 12.

Toriizaka Art owners have been culture and art traveling in Asia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzogovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. They are back home and ready for a Fourth Friday opening featuring the work of two Bend artists. AJ Evansen is a ceramicist specializing in delicate porcelain vessels finished with rare crystalline glazes. The vessels are thrown on a potter’s wheel and high-fired for an extended period in order for the crystals to form in the glaze. Marjorie Wood Hamlin is an abstract painter. Six of her geometric paintings created with copper and 23K gold foil on canvas are featured at the entrance to the gallery.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop is featuring art educator and illustrator Steve Mathews of Sisters and new work by the widely collected Baker City painter Nancy Coffelt. From the age of five, Mathews has been an artist. He began as an illustrator and moved into ceramics, drawing, painting and other things, including teaching at the high school and college level. He volunteers in the art department at Sisters High school. He’s known for his whimsical creatures (human and other) rendered on wood slabs with ink, fine-line markers and colored pencil. Coffelt is also known for her whimsical animals rendered in acrylic, gouache, and metal foil on birch cradleboard.

Wildflower Studio is featuring framed and unframed works by Bill Hamilton. A longtime resident of Central Oregon, Hamilton paints sweeping Cascade views, local rivers, and wildlife in breathtaking acrylic colors. Wine and light appetizers will be served from 4 to 7.

The Campbell Gallery will not be open during Artwalk this month but will continue to feature the mixed-media work of Lois Pendleton.

SAA encourages visitors to patronize our supporting businesses, including Big Chief Vintage, Dixie’s, and The SweetEasy Co. where jewelry creator Sana Hayes will preview the “Faith, Hope, and Charity Collection” – upcycled crosses (Faith), inspirational necklaces (Hope), with proceeds going to Mustangs To The Rescue (Charity). Visit our Supporting Businesses page.

Quick Draw is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. We encourage visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org. SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

Click on the ad below for a larger view.

April Artwalk welcomes home Raven Makes and Toriizaka Art gallery owners from art expeditions.

The Stitchin’ Post’s Fabric Arts Gallery will display the work of artist Judy Hoiness, recently featured on Oregon Art Beat. Hoiness is known for her abstract landscapes that often incorporate watercolor and acrylic paint, stitching, calligraphic marks, collage, and mixed media on canvas and recycled cloth. Drop in between 4 and 6 p.m.

Hood Avenue Art displays award winning Western artists, K.C. Snider and Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom. Snider’s work, inspired by the historic high desert, features realistic scenes in oils and acrylics. Hallstrom’s oils and acrylics are Western in style within an abstract context. Annie Dyer’s organic pottery designs reflect her training in Japan, using rocks, shells and wood to create lasting impressions. A reception with music by Kurt Silva, appetizers and beverages runs from 4 to 7 p.m.

The Clearwater Gallery, soon to be the Rickards Gallery, is featuring the work of impressionist oil painter David Mensing, Iowa native who grew up surrounded by wide prairies and carefully groomed cornfields. Moving West as a young man cultivated his love of its wild places and the raw beauty that he expresses in his paintings. Meet David and celebrate with wine and light appetizers from 4 to 6 p.m.

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Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk. Click on any image to enlarge the view.

Raven Makes Gallery owners traveled more than 7,000 miles visiting artists, resulting in new and exciting high-quality acquisitions. Owners Chris Morin and LaRita Chapman say it was simply wonderful to see artists in person again. Two new artists are Sheldon Harvey, Navajo, and Kolten Khasalus Grant, Kwakwaka’wakw. Harvey’s sculptures explore Diné Spiritual Beings. Grant’s masks are carved with precision, as he was taught by two Northwest Coast masters. Just ahead is the Homelands Collection, Third Edition. There will be a private showing on May 11, and the exhibit opens on May 12.

Toriizaka Art owners have been culture and art traveling in Asia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzogovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. They are back home and ready for a Fourth Friday opening featuring the work of two Bend artists. AJ Evansen is a ceramicist specializing in delicate porcelain vessels finished with rare crystalline glazes. The vessels are thrown on a potter’s wheel and high-fired for an extended period in order for the crystals to form in the glaze. Marjorie Wood Hamlin is an abstract painter. Six of her geometric paintings created with copper and 23K gold foil on canvas are featured at the entrance to the gallery.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop is featuring art educator and illustrator Steve Mathews of Sisters and new work by the widely collected Baker City painter Nancy Coffelt. From the age of five, Mathews has been an artist. He began as an illustrator and moved into ceramics, drawing, painting and other things, including teaching at the high school and college level. He volunteers in the art department at Sisters High school. He’s known for his whimsical creatures (human and other) rendered on wood slabs with ink, fine-line markers and colored pencil. Coffelt is also known for her whimsical animals rendered in acrylic, gouache, and metal foil on birch cradleboard.

Wildflower Studio is featuring framed and unframed works by Bill Hamilton. A longtime resident of Central Oregon, Hamilton paints sweeping Cascade views, local rivers, and wildlife in breathtaking acrylic colors. Wine and light appetizers will be served from 4 to 7.

The Campbell Gallery will not be open during Artwalk this month but will continue to feature the mixed-media work of Lois Pendleton.

SAA encourages visitors to patronize our supporting businesses, including Big Chief Vintage, Dixie’s, and The SweetEasy Co. where jewelry creator Sana Hayes will preview the “Faith, Hope, and Charity Collection” – upcycled crosses (Faith), inspirational necklaces (Hope), with proceeds going to Mustangs To The Rescue (Charity). Visit our Supporting Business page.

Sign up for Quick Draw, for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to these galleries. SAA thanks Coldwell Banker Bain of Sisters for sponsoring QuickDraw.

Quick Draw encourages visits to more than one gallery during the Artwalk. Fill out a blank ticket at each gallery on Friday, for a chance to win one of two $50 gift certificates that can be used toward purchase at any of the participating galleries.

The Quick Draw is supported by a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Realty in Sisters, which will also be open during the Artwalk. Please take the time to fill out each ticket completely. This shows your support for Sisters Arts Association and its member galleries.
SAA does not sell your info, but uses the numbers of visitors as a measure of the importance of The Arts in the vitality of our community!

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

Click on the ad below for a larger view.

The Holidays are here, and Sisters Arts Association has one more Fourth Friday Artwalk in 2022.  It’s fun to spend time walking through the galleries of Sisters this week. Here’s a taste of what you’ll find in the galleries, whether you are doing last-minute shopping or just taking a relaxing walk through downtown.

Wildflower Studio wishes you Happy Holidays. Stop in for last minute stocking stuffers. New products include local wildflower honey by Brittanny’s Bee’s and Rough Cut Soap Co. Felted soaps and lotion bars. Original paintings explore local landscapes, prints, glass, candles and cards. Join us in celebrating this winter season from 3 to 6.

At The Clearwater Gallery this month, you’ll find classic holiday offerings made by talented crafters and artisans. Hand-painted gourd ornaments by Chris Warren and Leslee Burtt, pottery by Molly Newbern, fused glass by Edie Shelton, miniature paintings by Sarah B. Hansen, PF candles, and Dan Rickards holiday cards. Stop in at Clearwater from 4 to 6 to celebrate the season with wine and light appetizers.

  Courtney Parker has put together a collection of western themed artwork for this month’s show at The Campbell Gallery. Courtney has loved to draw for as long as she can remember. “Creating portraits in pencil is my passion. There is something special about the blank paper or canvas … that the outcome of the art is unknown and that’s exciting and beautiful.” Working from photographs, she begins each portrait with the eyes. “If I can get the eyes accurately, I find that the rest of the drawing falls into place.” The best part of doing commissioned portraits is delivering the end product. “I love to see their faces when I can hand deliver the finished drawing. That has always meant so much more than any monetary gain.” She has recently begun to work in watercolor and pastel, and to explore doing colored pencil portraits.

Like the instrumentalists in an orchestra, the Hood Avenue Art gallery artists are coordinating their skills, memories and perception of “Peace’d Together” for a group show. Peace that is something cherish, especially at this time of year.  We worked together to find spirit of place, love of family and our fellow humans, and the need to express ourselves as individuals. That is the meaning of “Peace’d Together,” and the art that’s part of it. The gallery will celebrate its Artwalk from 4 to 7 p.m. with music and holiday cheer.

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Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk. Click on any image to enlarge the view.

At Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop you can buy a HUG or two from artist Paul Alan Bennett. His latest hardcover book, “HUG: A Visual Chronicle of Our Need to Touch” has arrived, just in time for Christmas. He will be on hand to sign books. The gallery continues to feature photography by seven local artists: Curtiss Abbott, Gary Albertson, Wendy Birnbaum, Greg Davidge, Roger Dorband, Bruce Jackson, and Dennis Schmidling. The show “Owls and the Friends – A Tribute to Jim Anderson” continues through the end of the year. Partial proceeds from sale of the owls etc. will be donated to the Jim Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund at Sisters High School. There will be a sneak peek at new pottery by Ann Grossnickle. The gallery will feature light refreshments from 3 to 6.

Raven Makes Gallery has an ever-growing selection of fine art and jewelry from the Southwest, Plains, First Nations and Alaska Native artists and ranging from museum quality masters to innovative new talent. They continue to offer positive energy and beauty to art lovers worldwide. Raven Makes will be open Friday during regular hours, until 5.

The Stitchin’ Post is always a favorite. This Friday, the shop will be open during regular hours, 10 to 4. There are a few gift items remaining in the Employee Boutique, if you are still looking for handmade gifts. There will not be an evening Artwalk at The Stitchin’ Post this month.

Toriizaka Art owners are away, so the gallery will not be open for Fourth Friday.

Remember to sign up for SAA’s “Quick Draw,” as we will give away two $50 gift certificates, good in any of the participating galleries. Thanks to Coldwell Banker Bain in Sisters for their support.

Sisters Arts Association wishes everyone a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful holiday season to come.

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

SAA is a 501(c)3 organization that welcomes new members: individuals who love art, artists, students, and businesses. Annual memberships range from $50 to $150, and now is a great time to join for 2023. More information is available at sistersartsassociation.org

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

Click on the ad below for a larger view.

It’s happening – the day after Thanksgiving. Some call it “Black Friday” and if we get snow, it may be a “White Friday,” but Sisters Arts Association still calls it “The Fourth Friday Artwalk.” This month’s Artwalk offers excitement and variety. Put away your leftover turkey and trimmings, and walk through the Galleries of Sisters.

Toriizaka Art welcomes two soulful artists – both working equally with their head, hands, and heart. Lawrence Stoller is a world-renowned crystal and bronze sculptor. His quest for finding beauty in natural crystals has taken him to all corners of the world in search of amazing and unique stones. Once the stones are in his possession, he and the artisans who work with him study the stones over an extended period to determine how to best cut and present them to reveal their inner secrets. Lawrence’s mega-crystal and bronze sculptures have been featured in galleries from Fifth Avenue in New York to Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles as well as in museums around the world. AJ Evansen is a ceramicist specializing in delicate porcelain vessels finished with crystalline glazes. All of AJ’s vessels are thrown on a potter’s wheel and high-fired for an extended period for the crystals to form in the glaze. The process is arduous, and results in a significant number of lost pieces. The result for the surviving pieces is unique and stunning with unpredictable crystalline shapes in iridescent hues. Both artists live and work in central Oregon, and both artists will be featured through mid-December.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop will focus on photography, with late fall and early winter images by Greg Davidge, Dennis Schmidling, Gary Albertson, and Steve Giardini, and “Reciprocity,” a display of work depicting wildlife and daily life of the Turkana and other tribes from Kenya, by Wendy Birnbaum. Wendy realized a 50-year dream last June when she was able to travel to Africa on a photo safari. She met the Turkana, semi-nomadic tribes who live in a very remote area of the Northern Kenya Rift Valley not far from Ethiopia. They rarely interact with the Western World. Currently, they are suffering from a major draught, which threatens their health, food, and livelihood. Their cattle, goats, sheep, animals and people are becoming ill and dying from the severe lack of food and water. In a spirit of reciprocity, a percentage from the sale of her photographs will be sent back to these tribes.

Raven Makes Gallery is open again. The gallery's ever-growing range of fine art and jewelry from the Southwest, Plains, First Nations and Alaska Native artists range from museum quality masters to innovative new talent. They continue to offer positive energy and beauty to art lovers worldwide.

The She Show at the Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery aims to raise money for Saving Grace of Oregon, a local women’s shelter and support center. The organization helps survivors of domestic and sexual violence to find safety and healing. Under the direction of Kit Stafford, local artists have created artwork with titles including an uplifting phrase or sentence that begins with “she” or “her,” to send a message of hope to women who need it. All pieces are $40, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Saving Grace.

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Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk. Click on any image to enlarge the view.

Hood Avenue Art celebrates its one-year expansion anniversary. The added space allowed for more local artists including Glen Corbett, Barbara Cella, Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom, Gary Cooley, K.C. Snider, Ruth Carroll, and Lyne Cook. In celebration, a gallery-wide group show explores the theme “Peace’d Together.” Some artists piecing together their art or adding on, while others contemplated peace together for all, families, or just a sense of peace in a place.

Featured at The Clearwater Gallery is local jewelry artist, Wendy Vernon. Wendy meticulously hand makes each piece using a variety of fine gemstones and crystals including druzy agate, labradorite and geode slices. Every creation is unique, with distinctive characteristics. Wine and light appetizers will be served from 4 to 6 p.m.

Opening on Friday and running through Christmas is The Stitchin’ Post Staff’s Handcrafted Gift Boutique. Items range from quilts and stuffed animals through everyday items, as well as ornaments and holiday decorations.

Wildflower Studio welcomes the holiday season with love and gratitude for all things that bring us appreciation for life, family and the beauty around us. Wildflower features local art prints, handmade leather bags, stained and fused glass, cards, candles, diffusers and more! Stop by for your holiday gifts this season! Celebrate Art Stroll from 12-4 at Wildflower Studio.

Sisters Arts Association wishes everyone a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful holiday season to come.

All of the galleries welcome you to visit and sign up for Quick Draw. Fill out one ticket in each gallery, for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate that can be used in any of the participating galleries. The Quick Draw is sponsored by SAA, thanks to a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Sisters. 

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

Click on the ad below for a larger view.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop starts with “Owls and Their Friends: A Tribute to Jim Anderson,” and his love for owls. The acclaimed, and beloved, Oregon Naturalist and long time Sisters resident passed on Sept. 22. The gallery is featuring favorite owl images by Jennifer Hartwig-Klingbiel, Lynne Myers, Barbara Berry, Caroline Stratton-Crow, Danae Miller, Kimry Jelen, Kim Black, and guest artists Yuji Hiratsuka and Sheila Dunn.

Part of the proceeds from the sale of owl art will be donated to the Jim Anderson Scholarship at Sisters High School. Karen Lord and John Klement established the scholarship to honor Jim. When he was just 11, Jim’s grandfather told him, “You eat what you shoot,” after Jim shot a great horned owl, which firmly established his life-long conservation work ethic. The scholarship is awarded to a full-time student majoring in environmental science, biology, botany, earth science, or a related field.

Toriizaka Art introduces Donald MacLane and his kinetic sculptures. After several sculptural apprenticeships, Don completed an undergraduate degree from Antioch College and an MFA while sculpting and crafting in various art forms. He moved to Oregon, earned a mechanical engineering degree from Portland State, and embarked on a career developing color printers for Tektronics / Xerox. As a student, then engineer, Don had little time for sculpture, but started to play the hammered dulcimer. This led to a study of the science of musical instruments. He discovered that their vibrations were remarkably close to the oscillations of his kinetic sculptures. This led him to start making portable instruments that he could take with him on extended business trips to Japan. “Early retirement from Xerox, and all my years as a welder, engineering student and engineer provided skills and knowledge to make instruments and kinetic sculpture.”

The Stitchin’ Post Gallery hosts “A Slice of Orange,” an exhibit of art quilts from the Central Oregon Chapter of the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA). More than 30 local chapter quilters let their imaginations fly on a challenge: include a small “slice” of orange in an 18-by-40-inch art quilt. Orange can be a challenging color for quilters, but they met the test with designs ranging from landscape to collage to abstract.

The Campbell Gallery’s featured artist is mixed-media creator Linda B. Wolff. She paints white tissue paper with watered-down acrylic paints, and then glues pieces of this tissue to heavy watercolor paper, playing with different shapes and sizes to reflect Nature’s changing colors as landscapes. Last year, she challenged herself to try a different technique with each collage – even a three-dimensional piece using the skeleton of dead prickly pear cactus. Linda also collaborated with Joyce Burk Brown on “The Magic in Listening,” a book for readers, ages 4 to 8. The book helps children and their significant adults understand how to listen, and the importance of listening. Half of the proceeds from art sales in this show will go toward distributing this book to Head Start, the Children’s Book Bank, and others. Linda and Joyce will be at the Campbell Gallery during Artwalk, and the book will be for sale there.

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Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk. Click on any image to enlarge the view.

Dan Rickards is unveiling his new show, “Imagining Creation,” at The Clearwater Gallery. Dan has been imagining, “if God was also a painter, what would His design process look like?” His conclusion? “If we let go of what we understand a landscape to be, and instead imagine all the things that it could have been, then we’re able to discover new ways of realizing our surroundings.” Dan will be the featured artist at this month’s “Meet the Maker Dinner” on Wednesday, October 26, with a six-course dinner curated by Executive Chef Julia Rickards. Call 541-549-6076 or visit opendoorwinebar.com/specialevents for reservations.

Hood Avenue Art is showing plein air acrylic landscape paintings by Barbara Hudler Cella, diverse landscapes by Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom, and ceramics by Annie Dyer. Barbara’s work captures the richness of Central Oregon’s water and mountains. Diane, a native Oregonian, shows her “wild side” with random nonobjective abstracts. Annie leaves raw clay beside shiny glazes in functional and decorative pieces. Music will be by Mark Barringer.

Wildflower Studio has new products including Aster Raine skin care, felted soaps, wildflower candles, diffusers, copper necklaces and more.

Bryan Lee Brown will be closing Metals Studio Gallery permanently on November 24. “It’s time for a new chapter in life,” he says. “I’d like to thank everyone for their patronage and friendships.” Stop by to thank Bryan for his creativity and beautiful art. He has earned a heart-felt send-off from Sisters art lovers.

All of the galleries welcome you to visit and sign up for Quick Draw. Fill out one ticket in each gallery, for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate that can be used in any of the participating galleries. The Quick Draw is sponsored by SAA, thanks to a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Sisters. 

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

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This month, the Fourth Friday Artwalk kicks off an entire weekend of Art Exploration, sponsored by the Sisters Arts Association.

Stroll through the Galleries of Sisters, see their featured artists, and enjoy light refreshments on Friday. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, take a leisurely tour to visit local artists in their home studios. Pick up a Studio Tour Guide from any of the galleries or from many businesses in Sisters, or online at www.sistersarts.org.

Wildflower Studio will be featuring original artwork by Mitch Saba and John Runnels. Mitch works in stained glass using shape and color to show movement in his original designs. John paints with palette knife and uses color and line to emphasize dimension in his landscapes. Wine and light appetizers will be served between 4 and 7 p.m.

Raven Makes Gallery explores fresh perspectives on jewelry and art from outstanding American Indian, Alaska Native, and First Nations artists.

Bryan Lee Brown of Metals Jewelry Studio is always trying something new, like the Mokume Gane cup he is featuring this month. He welcomes you to stop by for a visit.

The Campbell Gallery’s show called “Life After” by June Park continues this month with multidisciplinary art inspired by the rhythm and energy of the natural world.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop will have its Grand Opening at 222-C West Hood Ave., with four local artists who will continue to meet with the public at the gallery throughout the Artist Open Studio Tour event. Photographer Steve Giardini from Bend will unveil color images of Smith Rock and the Painted Hills, the latter depicted in such a fashion that almost evokes the spread of watercolor paint across a canvas. Speaking of canvas, Kay Baker of Bend, another longtime artist at Sisters Gallery, will display new and favorite plein aire paintings of Central Oregon. Jennifer Hartwig, lovingly known as The Scratchboard Lady, is doing working demonstrations of scratchboard art, and she will show new original work along with prints, notecards, mugs and jewelry that feature her designs. Prismacolor Artist Mike Stasko will round out the quartet; his original landscapes are timeless depictions of scenes in Central Oregon. Fine art giclee reproductions will also be available.

Hood Avenue Art is featuring three of their 40 Central Oregon artists. Carolyn Platt creates a variety of pieces from drawing to wildly textured collagraphs, inspired by the geological wonderland around us. Sharyl Parker McCulloch designs, weaves and knits unique and wearable fiber art with a passion for color and texture. Kathleen Keliher explores Central Oregon landscapes in oil and occasionally pastel, going above and beyond strictly representational. Appetizers and wine are served from 4 to 7, with music by Jim Cornelius.

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Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk. Click on any image to enlarge the view.

Toriizaka Art features two artists: Yuji Hiratsuka from Eugene and Don Zylius of Sisters. Born in Osaka, Japan, Yuji Hiratsuka has a B.S. in Art Education from Tokyo Gakugei University, and degrees in printmaking from New Mexico State University and Indiana University. He is a professor of printmaking at Oregon State University.  Zylius, a long-time Sisters artist, paints in watercolor in a style that depicts the landscape of the Northwest as it might be portrayed by the brush of a Japanese artist. Both will also be onsite during the Studio Tour.

The Clearwater Gallery focuses on oil painter, Garth Williams. He is the featured artist for this month’s Meet the Maker dinner on Thursday, September 22. This is a six-course dinner curated by The Open Door executive chef, Julia Rickards, an artist meet-and-greet, live demonstration, and sale of the onsite painting. Space is limited and reservations are required. Call 541-549-6076 or visit opendoorwinebar.com/specialevents. Artist Garth Williams is a loves fly-fishing and the great outdoors, admires our landscapes and imagines how they translate to canvas. His concept of realism allows shapes and colors to weave together until an image appears. He uses a palette knife technique to create eye-catching aspens and dramatic landscapes. Coming from the Big Sky country of Helena, Montana, Garth was fortunate to grow up acquiring a deep love of the outdoors. He remembers his dad packing him on his back across a trout stream so they could get to the next fishing hole. The best time to fish was always in the fall when the streams were low and the autumn colors were spectacular. Every time Garth paints fall aspens, these special memories come to mind.

At The Stitchin’ Post, Opening Friday, Journeys Art Quilters present “Exploration.” Journeys is a group of women who explore textile design and media. This time, they picked magenta as common color in each of their original works. The color can be subtle or more

All of the galleries welcome you to visit and sign up for Quick Draw. Fill out one ticket in each gallery, for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate that can be used in any of the participating galleries. The Quick Draw is sponsored by SAA, thanks to a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Sisters. 

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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Summer may be winding down but the Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Artwalk is going strong, with a Gallery Grand Opening, a Soft Opening, and some of Sisters’ finest featured artists ready to meet you and discuss their latest work.

Toriizaka Art is thrilled to be a part of the Sisters Arts community and the gallery is thriving in The Hood. “We have received a very warm welcome during our soft opening and are looking forward to our official opening this Friday,” said owner Karen Thomas. “Please join us as we continue to exhibit a wide variety of figurative and landscape works from our gallery artists. This month, Don Zylius, a Sisters icon and well know watercolorist will be joining us to share stories about his many years of painting and fishing (his favorite pastime).”

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop spent August on the move to its new space, next to Toriizaka, and welcomes visitors to its soft opening. Paul Alan Bennett and Rochelle Carr will be featured artists. Visitors can meet Paul in support of his forthcoming HUG book, and purchase signed copies of his previous two books, “Pandemic Portraits” and “Night Skies.” Rochelle is a new artist to Sisters Gallery.

Hood Avenue Art features Glen Corbett, who does extraordinary botanical watercolors and woodcut prints that show off our central Oregon landscape. JoAnn Burgess, a pastel artist with an extraordinary sense of colors is unveiling new work including abstracts, aspens, and mountains. Art Blumenkron creates furniture with a raw edge using mostly Oregon walnut, as he lets the wood decide what it wants to be. Greg Davidge, who lived in Hawaii for many years, is known for creating amazing guitars from woods that musicians love to play. Music will be by Kurt Silva and refreshments will be served.

At The Stitchin’ Post, “Inspired by Yellowstone,” is Betty Gientke’s textile exploration of thermal pools in Yellowstone National Park. Her medium is silk and silk organza combined and overlapped with hand dyed fabric, cotton, and velvet. She was so inspired that she even wrote a poem about the pools.

The Campbell Gallery’s show is “Life After” by June Park, a multidisciplinary artist. They draw inspiration for their art from the rhythm and energy of the natural world, and the perspective they’ve gained moving through this world as a non-binary femme queer Korean American who grew up in rural Idaho. The artist says, “My artwork focuses on challenging, shifting, and deconstructing mainstream narratives and stereotypes about nature, life and death, and the multitude of identities we each hold by invoking visuals through the lens of my experiences as a rural American, Korean immigrant, and non-binary queer.” With a variety of media and techniques to fit each body of work, they use imaginative storytelling to evoke intuitive knowing and empathy to guide creating artwork that moves the viewer toward acceptance of ourselves, others, and our shared humanity.

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Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk. Click on any image to enlarge the view.

Raven Makes Gallery shows new works from Acoma Pueblo award winning potter Sandra Victorino and Hopi silver overlay jewelry pieces.

Metals Jewelry Studio’s owner, Bryan Lee Brown,  has ceated a specialty bolo made from a customer’s father’s watch, by recycling all the gold in the watch case and parts of the band. Stop by and see what he can make for you.

Wildflower Studio will be featuring Kathy Deggendorfer’s original paintings, prints and tiles. Kathy’s vibrant, saturated colors combine with pattern to depict landscapes and wildlife. Wildflower has a wide selection of local gifts, candles, diffusers, lotions, jewelry, art supplies, glass and art prints.

Featured at The Clearwater Gallery is local artist, David Mensing and his new show, “Eminently Capable.” David is also the featured artist for this month’s Meet the Maker dinner on Thursday, August 25. This includes a six-course dinner curated by The Open Door executive chef, Julia Rickards, an artist meet-and-greet, live demonstration, and sale of the onsite painting. Space is limited and reservations are required. Call 541-549-6076 or check online at opendoorwinebar.com/specialevents for more information. Mensing grew up in Iowa, surrounded by wide prairies and carefully groomed cornfields. Family camping, backpacking, and biking trips cultivated his love of wild places. When he moved West, he was captivated by its raw beauty. His ambition is to know and share that beauty through his work.

As always, Sisters Arts Association’s Quick Draw will award two $50 gift certificates to lucky recipients. Be sure to sign up as often as once per gallery, for each place you visit on the Artwalk. The Quick Draw is made possible thanks to a generous incentive from Coldwell Banker Bain in Sisters. Sign up once in each gallery.

Beacham’s Clock Company joins Artwalk with the exciting mixed media work of Don Griffith from Happy Valley. He will show several of his images of the inside workings of old pocket watches and alarm clocks from noon to 7 p.m.

All of the galleries welcome you to visit and sign up for Quick Draw. Fill out one ticket in each gallery, for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate that can be used in any of the participating galleries. The Quick Draw is sponsored by SAA, thanks to a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Sisters. 

Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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If the summer seems to be flying by, it’s true. There are five Fridays in July, and the Fourth Friday Artwalk, on July 22, will mark the halfway point of Sisters Arts Association’s 2022 Fourth Friday Events. 

This month, we welcome a new gallery. After almost a year of design and construction, Sisters’ newest gallery has arrived. Toriizaka Art will open its doors at 222 West Hood Avenue on Friday for a “soft opening.” 

Toriizaka Art primarily features a selection of accomplished contemporary Asian artists from Vietnam and Japan.  Throughout the late summer and early fall, the newly designed space will showcase a selection of works from gallery artists. Please stop by to see the art, the gallery and to meet Jack Bird and Karen Thomas.

The Stitchin’ Post’s exhibition wall will be filled with “Possibilities with Cloth and Stitch” by Betty Davis Daggett. In her artist’s statement, she says, “Cloth is my medium of expression. Color, line and texture have been my guideposts. I enjoy what nature presents and architectural structures.” She began her journey using commercial textiles and traditional methods of construction for clothing and quilting making. Now she creates her own cloth by hand dyeing, screen-printing, and painting.  She generates her own designs from fabric that she has created as well as from old and new collected fabric.  “I am hand stitching my screen prints, exploring the all the colors that are present in the print. You can see how my work has evolved by being actively involved in two quilt groups and a community of fiber artists and mentors.”

Hood Avenue Art shines a spotlight on four artists. Gin Laughery makes monoprints: abstract landscapes that combine subtle use of color and texture to bring a sense of joy and tranquility to any space.  Watercolor and multimedia artist Vivian Olson’s love of animals serves as an inspiration for her paintings. “The animal friends I had as a child marked me for life. Wild or tame, they have been my focus all these years. I portray each animal as unique, so no two ever look alike.” Sharon Reed creates wearable art: unique jewelry in combinations of textured metal, stones and fossils. Danica Cartwright designs colorful glass beads, and you can watch her process between 4 and 6 p.m.  There will be music by David Skeleton, appetizers and wine.  All artists’ work will be displayed throughout August, along with work by 40 local central Oregon artists. 

Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop will hold its final Fourth Friday Artwalk in its current location before moving a few steps to the East on West Hood. Stop by to meet Jennifer Hartwig, the Scratchboard Lady, and several of the other gallery artists. Work on the move to the West Bay of 222 West Hood Avenue starts right after Fourth Friday. 

The Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works continues to display the new pieces by Amelia O’Dougherty.  

Raven Makes Gallery offers works from museum quality masters to innovative new talent. Indigenous artists continue to bring positive energy and beauty to art lovers worldwide. 

Wildflower Studio welcomes Ron Rogers, a local artist who is both a photographer and a woodworker. His newest endeavor is a series of handmade wooden cheese boards. His landscape photos will also be displayed. Come by to enjoy wine, light appetizers and conversation from 4 to 7.

On the way, stop at Metals Jewelry Studio to see new and masterful jewelry and metal work by Bryan Lee Brown.

Featured this month at The Clearwater Gallery is local artist, Sarah B. Hansen. She will be unveiling her new show, “Hope and Healing Through Nature.” Usually an avid hiker, birder and adventurer, Sarah  had to slow down due to a surgery on her right hand. Now on the mend and back at the easel, she focused on moving forward with hope and encouragement for the future. Most of the pieces in this series are painted from her imagination and memory as opposed to photo references. The Clearwater Gallery will not be participating in this month’s Artwalk due to a private event. However, they invite you to spend an evening with Sarah on the night before, Thursday July 21, for the first of their 2022 Meet the Maker Dinner Series. The event includes a six-course dinner curated by executive chef Julia Rickards, an artist meet-and-greet, live demonstration, and the exciting sale of the onsite painting. This will be a memory worth making. Please visit theclearwatergallery.com for more information. 

Beacham’s Clock Company joins Artwalk with the exciting mixed media work of Don Griffith from Happy Valley. He will show several of his images of the inside workings of old pocket watches and alarm clocks from noon to 7 p.m. 

All of the galleries welcome you to visit and sign up for Quick Draw. Fill out one ticket in each gallery, for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate that can be used in any of the participating galleries. The Quick Draw is sponsored by SAA, thanks to a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Sisters. 

 Sisters Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Artwalk on June 24 celebrates the coming of summer. Hood Avenue Art District galleries welcome you and your friends to meet local artists, see new and old favorite artworks, and take advantage the long hours of summer daylight. Pick up a Gallery Map and follow the ART flags to visit the local galleries.

The Clearwater Gallery is freshly stocked with locally made Rustic Garden Art just in time for summer. These whimsical characters and phrases bring beauty and joy to any outdoor space, and they make perfect gifts for garden enthusiasts. Each piece is designed and produced right here in Central Oregon, and the gallery looks forward to its seasonal delivery every year. Visit the gallery or stop in the courtyard for lunch or dinner to see this charming collection. The Clearwater Gallery we will not be participating in this month's Artwalk, but will be back in July featuring local acrylic painter, Sarah B. Hansen.

Hood Avenue Art is featuring glass artist Susie Zeitner and photographer Scott Cordner. Scott creates large panoramic photos that capture emotion and movement of the landscape surrounding him. He enhances his photography with handmade hardwood frames that fit with any style. Susie paints with light on glass. Her unique style of drawing and painting starts with glass powder and enamel fired on sheet glass, showing her talent in drawing and design. In addition, her love of colors she has made her inspirational beautiful totems with recycled metal and glass to be enjoyed by so many. Come hear music by Mark Barringer and Celtic fiddler Jana Nvotny.

Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk.

At The Stitchin’ Post, two voices in textile art, mother and daughter, Jean Wells Keenan and Valori Wells, take you on an inspired journey of their current work in this exhibit. Valori is a renowned printmaker and textile designer who creates magical drawings that are carved by hand and then printed onto textiles. Jean’s most recent work is driven by her love of the colors and designs that you see in nature.

Raven Makes Gallery is rich in tradition, contemporary ideas and renewed perspectives, with works from museum quality masters to innovative new talent. The gallery’s Indigenous artists continue to bring positive energy and beauty to art lovers worldwide. New works this month include oil paintings by award-winning Ojibwe-Pawnee artist, Raymond Nordwall of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The piece shown here is called “Out of the Storm.”

Amelia O’Dougherty is the featured artist at The Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works. Amelia’s creative focus is to experience and explore the relationship between color and emotion. Her pieces portray simple moments translated into color and shape. The landscapes of the high desert are her current inspiration, especially the contrast of an electric sunrise over a dry lakebed, and the heaviness of an expansive sky filled with storm. Amelia started watercolor painting at four years old in a Waldorf preschool in Ashland, Oregon. Since then she has expanded into graphic design, ceramics, fiber arts, and acrylic painting, but watercolors remain her most comfortable home. In 2017 she moved to Sisters and has been in a state of joy and often tears at the colors and contrast ever since. The paintings in this show, “Cold Spring,” were inspired by the wild weather of Spring 2022 in Sisters, Summer Lake in Paisley, and San Francisco. All pieces are watercolor on paper with walnut or maple frames by Nathaniel Potter of Bigrock Woodcraft in Terrebonne. More of Amelia’s work can be found on her website ameliamorton.squarespace.com and on Instagram @amelia.rascal.

At Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop, check out new work by acrylic artist and retired architect Brad Earl and prismacolor pencil fine artist Mike Stasko. Brad added to his collection of landmark images The Sno Cap and Cottonwood Café. Mike’s final entry in his Seasons of Sisters series is Fall: Autumn Aspen.

Wildflower Studio joins Hike’n’Peaks, Dyrk Godby Gallery, and Sisters Log Furniture for a five-year Anniversary and Block Party. These businesses celebrate five years of art, framing, and supporting creativity in the community, thanking their customers and inviting them to participate in a community celebration, including a raffle to support Sisters FAN. The Art Stroll and Block Party will take place in the Back Courtyard of these collective Hood Avenue locations. Stop by from 4 to 7 during the Fourth Friday Artwalk and enjoy light appetizers, beverages, raffle prizes and friends.

Metals Jewelry Studio is not participating this month, as owner Bryan Brown is away.

All of the galleries welcome you to visit and sign up for Quick Draw. Fill out one ticket in each gallery, for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate that can be used in any of the participating galleries. The Quick Draw is sponsored by SAA, thanks to a generous donation from Coldwell Banker Bain Sisters.

 Sisters Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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Our May Artwalk happens this Friday, May 27, and features new artists to Sisters Country plus a showing of the best student art from Sisters High School. 

Hood Avenue Art this month has work by Mixed-Media Painter Sandy Dutko, Enamels by Alisa Looney, and is introducing Artist Layne Cook, a Northwest native. In addition to a livelong interest in the arts, Cook’s career has included time as a counselor for adolescent girls, a home builder and remodeler and explorers of a variety of art media. Her work is in private collections, major hospitals, hotels, and corporate institutions. Currently her work centers around painting, textile printing and design. She continues to be fascinated by all aspects of painting: the power of a good composition, the role of light and shadows, the use of color, and the value of restraint using color.” 

The Clearwater Gallery will showcase work by Mosaic Artist Mare Schelz. She creates beautiful glass pieces that range from familiar landscapes to abstract patterns, and often does so with a reclaimed window or door. Each piece tells a story and has a history to be shared. Wine and light appetizers will be served from 4 to 6 p.m.

The Stitchin’ Post Fiber Arts Gallery features “Friendship Throughout the Seasons,” a collection of quilts by Kris Lang and Patti Steward. There will be works by both artists as well as a collaborative piece. While Kris and Patti have different creative styles, they appreciate and learn from each other. 

Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk.

Raven Makes Gallery continues to feature The Homelands Collection, original art by Indigenous artists on antique maps that once showed their traditional homelands. This unique art form combines the long established practice of using pages from antique ledgers with contemporary Native American Art. 

At Metals Jewelry Studio, Bryan Brown creates one-of-a-kind custom jewelry, all made on site. Featured this month is a palladium and sterling silver wedding set with a 14-karat white gold insert and blue diamonds. In addition, to his custom work he offers expert jewelry repair.

Wildflower Studio’s featured artist is John Runnels. He paints with both a palette knife and a brush – large landscapes depicting all seasons. Wine and appetizers will be served between 4 and 7 p.m. 

The Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works is hosting Sisters High School’s AP Portfolio Showcase and the 2022 Scholastic Art Awards. This is a presentation of work by Advanced Placement (AP) students who have been pursuing a sustained investigation and creative process in an area of their choice. They research, plan, experiment, create and revise throughout the process. The AP artists are Sidney Sillers, Lexie Miller, Marieke Jeffrey, Anya Shockley, Brynn Beaver, Bailey Knirk, and Ariya Grummer. The Scholastic Awards Artists are: Brooke Blakelock, Brooklyn Liddell, Anya Shockley, Charlotte Seymour, Angelina Chistensen, Katie Ryan, Erik Ryan, Mary Lapray, Daisy Draper, Layla Hicks, Kaleb Woods, Lilly Sundstrom , Dominc Martinez, Kiana Mendoza, and Hollie Lewis.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop will host a scratchboard demonstration by Jennifer Hartwig, and feature new work by clay artist Ann Grossnickle. Both artists have been busy creating and are looking forward to sharing their new work.  Selected pieces by both artists will be available at spring sale prices..

Sisters Cascade at 150 W. Cascade Ave., a supporting business, pays tribute to our four-footed friends this month as artist Sana Hayes shows her upcycled jewelry called “Licensed to Love.” These pieces are made from the tags of former shelter dogs. Proceeds from sales support Three Rivers Humane Society in Madras. Sisters Cascade will be open until 7 p.m., serving cookies and fudge samples.

SAA happily celebrates the 30th Anniversary of long time supporter and a favorite local hangout: Paulina Springs Books. Saturday May 28 marks the official date.

As you visit each gallery, sign up for SAA’s Quick Draw. These gift certificates may be redeemed in any of our participating galleries. 

 Sisters Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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It’s April in Sisters, and whether or not snow gives way to spring, it’s one of the most spectacular weeks to see local art and meet local artists.  The Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Artwalk on April 22, in addition to featured artists in galleries, will feature displays of the artwork donated to My Own Two Hands (MOTH) Auction in galleries and businesses around town. You can also see all the auction items HERE.

Galleries and local businesses displaying MOTH art include Bedouin, The Barn, Sisters Coffee Company, Hood Avenue Art, Paulina Springs Books, the Clearwater Gallery, Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop, Wildflower Studio, and the Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works.

The actual Art Auction and Party, a major fundraiser for the Sisters Folk Festival, will take place at Sisters Art Works next weekend. See story in the Nugget News for details. Quick Draw is back and this month includes two tickets to My Own Two Hands Art Auction and Party, donated by Sisters Folk Festival, and two $50 gift certificates, good at participating art galleries. Visitors may sign one ticket at each gallery location they visit. 

Here is a peek at what you will find on the Artwalk.

Hood Avenue Art is highlighting the pottery of Mitch and Michele Deaderick. Northwest potters for more than 30 years, they bring the beauty of nature into their work through the use of carvings, stones, and crystals. Mitch began throwing pottery in Santa Barbara in the mid 1960s. Shapes and glazes fascinated him from a young age. He likes working with traditional Chinese glazes like Celadon, Chun Blue and Copper Reds and is known for his red glazes. He taught adult classes at Santa Barbara Craft Center and in Central Oregon. After moving here in 1978, MItch met Michelle, who was an art student at Central Oregon Community College. Mitch loves to teach young potters; he volunteers at Sisters High School and mentors students, hiring them to help at his studio. He works with other schools in the area, and with SOAR, a local after-school program. Michelle loves carving and changing the shape of her pieces, giving them more depth and style. Together, the breadth of their work includes both sculptural and functional pottery. 

The Clearwater Gallery will display three pieces from the MOTH Art Auction by artists Dan Rickards, David Mensing and Bob Bousquet. They will showcase the latest collection of works from another one of their longtime artists, Jerry Dame. Jerry’s landscapes draw the viewer into serene, quiet experiences of fly fishing on the Metolius or hiking up Whychus Creek. The way he captures our dramatic Oregon scenery is both imaginative and familiar. Wine and light appetizers will be served from 4 to 6 p.m. 

The Stitchin’ Post Fabric Gallery will feature the work of Terry and Belinda Batchelder. Terry’s stained glass tends toward the Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie Style, known for simplicity and unity in nature. Belinda’s love of color, texture, and nature can be seen in her hand-stitched and eco-dyed textiles. 

Something different and hand-forged can always be found at Metals Jewelry Studio. Bryan Lee Brown also provides jewelry repair and custom design. Shown below is a cuff bracelet made with Sterling silver and Siribachi.

Wildflower Studio, jam packed with artwork and gift items, will feature Lois Pendleton’s fiber donation “Glide on Peace Train,” winner of  the MOTH Merit Award, and Chris Nelson’s oil painting, “After the Storm.”

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop has new paintings by featured artists Kimry Jelen and Brad Earl. The Iberian horses she met when she visited Portugal inspire Kimry’s new paintings. “These paintings have the power and brio from the stallions showing off their moves,” she said. Vivid colors and wild flowing hair celebrate these living works of equine art. “The texture is reminiscent of the old walls on the barns that have been there for centuries, painted many times over with layers of rich color, or white washed.” Did you know that in Spain and Portugal, the arena sand is yellow? Kimry said that it sets the colorful horses off beautifully, as they prance and dance for their proud breeders. Brad’s colorful, architectural style acrylics are a unique addition to the Sisters art scene. MOTH artists whose work can be seen here include Brad Earl, Antonia Carriere, Jan Hansson, Ann Grossnickle, and Helen Schmidling. 

At Raven Makes Gallery, you can see elaborate Navajo weaving by Bessie Littleben. She uses rich color combinations in the visually stunning Teec Nos Pos style, an intricate and exacting weaving with more than 85 colors. This Navajo family’s tapestry level rugs are instantly recognizable and treasured by collectors worldwide. Stay tuned as Raven Makes presents the second edition of “The Homelands Collection,” from May 13 to June 13. A private showing, by invitation, will take place May 12 with Alaskan Alutiiq artist Heather Johnston in attendance.

Sisters Arts Association invites everyone to join in celebrating this community event. You can see all MOTH auction items online HERE.

As you visit each gallery, sign up for SAA’s Quick Draw. These gift certificates may be redeemed in any of our participating galleries. 

 Sisters Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

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Sisters Arts Association will do a “Soft Kickoff” to its Fourth Friday Artwalks for 2022 on Friday, March 25, as the Galleries of Sisters dust off the winter doldrums. Call it Fourth Friday Warm-Up, if you will. Stop by any time during the day and reintroduce yourself to the lively arts scene. This month’s Artwalk is a prelude to the official events that begin on the Fourth Friday of April. The popular Quick Draw give-away of two $50 gift certificates to local galleries will start next month.

The Stitchin’ Post will display “Colors, Textures, and Nature,” the fiber art of Robyn Gold. In “Home, Tweet Home” Robin welcomes spring with singing birds, swinging bird houses, and observant owls, perched among quilted tree branches. “On the Wing” is an extravagant peacock whose teal plumage is quilted in gold threads.

If you haven’t yet discovered Hood Avenue Art’s expanded gallery, now is the chance. Many of the gallery artists still have “Small Works” for sale at affordable prices. The gallery’s newest artists include painters Glen Corbett, Barbara Cella, and Diane Farquhar Hallstrom and sculptor Gary Cooley.

The Clearwater Gallery will be open until 4 p.m. with a beautiful selection of work by local artists, including Dan Rickards, David Mensing, Sarah B. Hansen, and more, on display.

Metals Jewelry Studio will be open all day. Stop by to see new pendants, rings, and small items in mokume gane, created by Jeweler Brian Lee Brown.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop has new works by three debut acrylic artists: Brad Earl, a retired Philadelphia architect with a penchant for Indian motorcycles and antique typewriters; Lynne Myers, whose love for color dances across the board, depicting everything from owls to lakes and mountains; and Summer Derrickson, painting native birds and wildlife.

LaRita Chapman and Chris Morin of Raven Makes Gallery recently returned from an art buying trip to the Southwest, their first in more than two years. The gallery acquired unique, inspired and beautiful works from Native American artists and jewelers. “To our Pueblo, Hopi, Zuni, and Navajo artists behind each piece we curate, we thank you for the face-to-face visits and warm hospitality,” Chapman said. “We've added to our offerings: new contemporary creations that include pictorial weavings, storyteller pottery dolls, a Mongolian black marble sculpture, and fine jewelry.” Check the Raven Makes website for current hours.

Other locations open during daytime hours include Wildflower Studio, Dyrk Godby Gallery, Beacham’s Clock Company, and Sisters Coffee Company.

The Fourth Friday in April will not only be the official kickoff event for 2022 Artwalks, but on that day, the galleries in Sisters will also be featuring auction items for My Own Two Hands, a community fundraiser auction to support art programs in Sisters Schools. Online bidding will begin that day during the Artwalk. A Community Arts Celebration will take place on April 29 at the Art Works, and the Art Auction and Party will happen the following day. Details are available online at sistersfolkfestival.org/my-own-two-hands. April will be a very good month for Art in Sisters.

Sisters Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

The Sisters Arts Association’s Artwalk through local galleries will take place on the Third Friday, December 17, because the Fourth Friday in December is Christmas Eve. Stroll through the galleries and meet the artists whose original work will delight your eyes.

At Hood Avenue Art, the walls came down, the lights went up, and the dust has settled. HAA has grown to more than 2,000 square feet and added five new artists: sculptor Gary Cooley and painters Glen Corbett, Diane L. Farquhar Hallstrom, Barbara Cella, and Clarke Berryman. Hood Avenue Art says, “We are excited to welcome them to our group of talented artists. Come by and see the new space and art, now open seven days a week.” 

The Clearwater Gallery says “Featured are amazing holiday gift ideas made by all of our our local artisans. Choose from adorable gourd ornaments, beautiful pottery, stunning jewelry, candles, soaps, cutting boards and more, not to mention all of the incredible artwork we have adorning our gallery walls. Stop in from 4 to 6 p.m. for wine, appetizers and holiday shopping.” In the spirit of Christmas, Clearwater Gallery offers the following promotions until the end of December: BOGO Holiday Cards – buy one and get one of Dan Rickards’ locally made holiday cards. Also, if you spend a minimum of $100, you will receive a gift card worth 10 percent of your total purchase to be used at a future date. 

 The Stitchin’ Post continues its Employee Boutique through Dec. 24. Check out the mini-notebooks – available ready made or as a kit of two. This is a quick stocking stuffer gift – make two and give one to your best friend. There is even a video online by staff member Jackie that you can follow, to use the kits or your own choice of fabrics. This is just one of many employee generated items to buy or make, for your best gift ideas.

Beauty, strength and hope characterize the exhibit of new and recent artwork by Karen Z. Ellis, now at The Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery. A reception from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday will celebrate Ellis’s collection of hand-pulled intaglio prints, monotypes, drawings, water-media paintings, and mixed-media collages. Always enchanted by the cycles and rhythms of the natural world, Ellis explores the realm of myths, dreams and legends and the simple beauty of natural forms. Ellis teaches art at Central Oregon Community College and OSU Cascades. 

Clay sculptor Mary Moore, Kimry Jelen, painter of colorful horses, and Brad Earl, acrylic painter are the featured artists at Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop. Moore says, “My new work is focuses on my childhood memories of magic. I’m less concerned about leading this process and more about the creative process leading me. There are technical changes, like making the arms gesticulate which allows the viewer some ability to partake in the work itself.” Jelen will have her new 2022 Calendars available. Earl, a retired architect who just moved to Sisters, shows street scenes and building facades. 

Small but mighty is the Metals Jewelry Studio of Bryan Lee Brown. “I thank everyone for stopping in my humble studio this year. I enjoy hearing your stories and if lucky we’ll share a laugh,” Brown says. “My winter hours are Wednesday thru Sunday, 11 to 5. I’ve worked in mokume gane for nearly 27 years and enjoy it, but I’m not limited to it. I can create a custom designed item from old jewelry that you don’t wear anymore, or I can repair it for you to wear again. Ring sizing, chain repair, and diamond retipping: I do all types of work. I will also purchase your old gold jewelry.” Stop by and say hi to Oak the shop dog.”

As you visit each gallery, sign up for SAA’s Quick Draw. Thanks to a generous donation from the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, two $50 gift certificates will be awarded at the end of the Artwalk. These gift certificates may be redeemed in any of this month’s participating galleries. 

Sisters Arts Association thanks everyone who supports our local artists and galleries. We will take a break from the Fourth Friday Artwalks until spring, when we will return to the regular schedule. Until then, we wish everyone a Joyful Holiday Season and good health in the New Year. Sisters Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

This Thanksgiving Weekend, the Sisters Arts Association is thankful for all who support our local artists and galleries. As you consider gifts for your loved ones this season, think about art, about creativity, and about the wide range of locally designed and made items available in the galleries and shops of Sisters. 

Opening on Fourth Friday and running through Christmas, it’s the The Stitchin’ Post Staff’s Handcrafted Gift Boutique. Items range from quilts through everyday items, as well as ornaments and holiday decorations. There will be quilts, pincushions, little wallets, gnome bottle toppers and mini stockings by Jackie, embroidered tea towels, Christmas ornaments and quilts by Annette, table runners by Diane, and block printed zipper pouches by Valori. This is the once-a-year opportunity to see and purchase fiber art created by your friends who do this for a living! And, how they love what they do! 

Featured this month at The Clearwater Gallery is the stunning work of local jewelry artist, Wendy Vernon. She meticulously hand makes each piece using a variety of fine gemstones and crystals. This includes druzy agate, Labradorite and geode slices. Every creation has unique characteristics, distinctive wearable art. Visit Clearwater between 4 and 6 p.m. for wine and appetizers, and have fun trying on some of Vernon’s latest pieces.

All the way from the small town of Halfway in the northeast corner of Oregon, comes the work of Antonia Carriere, featured at Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop. Carriere’s exquisite pastels depict scenes from a part of the state where not everyone gets to visit. “Northeast Oregon holds endless inspiration for me – huge canyons, greenbelt rivers, farmland, snowy mountain peaks, dry golden hills and big, big skies,” Carriere says. Although she majored in art at Pasadena City College in the early 1960s, life took her in different directions, raising a family and becoming a garden designer. She continued to study with such fine teachers as Douglas Campbell Smith, Judy Hoiness, and Kathleen Keliher, and when she retired and moved from Central Oregon to Halfway, she created a studio and began to paint in earnest. A large selection of her newest work will be on display through the season at Sisters Gallery.

Jewelry repair and restoration may be just what you need for that special holiday gift. So visit Brian Lee Brown at his Metals Jewelry Studio in the Three Creeks Building. Brown has been repairing heirlooms and personal treasures for more than 30 years. “From a simple resizing to the most difficult repair,” Brown says, “I’ve done it.” A treasured piece can get a new life in his capable hands.

The Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works continues its show by High Fiber Diet, a group of fiber artists committed to advancing their art professionally. Affiliated with the Columbia Fiberarts Guild of Portland, HFD members challenge themselves to learn more about art and design principles and improve creatively on an individual basis. This is a juried show called “Can You Hear It?” that includes visual interpretations of sound. The goal is to get viewers to “hear” the work, just by looking at it. All of the works are visually tied together by incorporating a piece of fabric called “Radio Waves” by Marcia Derse. This is a juried show, and while the jurors’ choices were not always unanimous, they found common ground in pieces that have visual impact, that leave space for interpretation, and that is finely crafted. The jury cited an article from an art critic, published in The Oregonian, who wrote: “The truth is, all that matters is this: Does the work move you? Does it have integrity and power, and skill? Does it suggest things beyond itself?” 

Hood Avenue Art is expanding to incorporate the space that The Collection Gallery vacated when Gary and Karen Cooley retired.  The larger area will include work by local artists: Barbara Hudler Cella will show plein air paintings; Glen Corbett has a collection of fine botanical art and printmaking; Gary Cooley will show his bronze sculptures, and Clarke Berryman will display original human portraits and oil paintings of wild animals. The Small Wonders show will continue with affordable prices ranging from $20 to $250. The gift of art can last a lifetime.  Guitarist David Skeleton will provide musical selections. 

The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce will host its 2021 Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on Friday, starting at 5:30 p.m., with the tree lighting at 6. Before (or after), you can warm up and meet local artists and see their work at half a dozen gallery locations. In addition to sponsoring holiday events, the Chamber is the underwriter for the SAA’s monthly Quick Draw, which awards two $50 gift certificates each month, October through December. Be sure to sign up one time in each gallery that you visit.

Sisters Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Art Walk continues through the fall. If you’re planning ahead, December’s Art Walk will take place on the Third Friday, since the Fourth Friday will be Christmas Eve.

The Clearwater Gallery is the work of impressionist oil painter, Garth Williams, a favorite here in Sisters. His pallet knife technique and eye-catching aspens make for a very exciting reveal of new pieces from 4 to 6 p.m. along with wine, and appetizers. 

Bryan Lee Brown of the Metals Jewelry Studio is known for his original mokume gane sculptures and jewelry designs. But he also repairs heirlooms and personal jewelry items. He can fix a ring that’s too large or too small, repair a chain, and do any type of repair work that a jewelry store would offer, even oddities like hinges for grandfather clocks, reconditioned 300-year-old swords, and an antique weather vane. 

Hood Avenue Art, through the end of December, is offering modest pieces to make giving art more affordable. The Small Wonders exhibit—started by local artists at Hood Avenue Art Gallery in Sisters—is now in its seventh year. Small paintings, jewelry, fiber arts, and sculptures created by more than 20 different artists are part of the exhibit. People are always looking for quality, original art, jewelry and gifts. Hood Avenue Art hosts a wide range of work by mixed media artists, wood and metal workers, painters, glass artists, and photographers. Pieces created for the Small Wonders exhibit range from $30 for hand-made jewelry up to $250 for tiny paintings. The Small Wonders reception is Oct. 22 from 4 to 7 p.m. with live music and refreshments.

Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery, at Sisters Art Works, is featuring “Can You Hear It: a High Fiber Diet Group Show.” Can you see that noise? Whether it is clattering silverware, a chirping wren, screeching traffic, or a marching band, sounds have been interpreted in such a way that the viewer can hear them just by looking. The exhibition committee invited representational and non-representational interpretations of sounds that are visually tied together by a small piece of fabric provided by the committee, and are visually identifiable in each piece. Because sound travels in waves, the chosen fabric is “Radio Waves” by Marcia Derse.

The Stitchin Post will host a reception from 4 to 6:30 p.m., the Central Oregon chapter of Studio Art Quilt Associates Inc. (SAQA), presents its 2021 challenge, “Regeneration,” named for the process of renewal, regrowth, or restoration. This is a time for next steps that heal and renew. SAQA’s diverse and talented artists offer their interpretations of this theme in the hope that you find your own renewal. SAQA is an international non-profit organization founded in 1989 to promote the art quilt and the artists who create this work.  

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop presents the work of photographer Steve Giardini. “I create fine art photographs inspired by the natural world. My goal is to capture moments in time that best represent the beauty, character, atmosphere, texture and abstracts of nature,” Giardini said. Each image is creatively conceived in the field, technically processed on the computer and then, artistically presented as a fine art print. Post processing is done using a computer. Images are sorted and selected with specific intent. “The degree to which a digital file is artistically processed varies,” Giardini said. “Sometimes only routine adjustments are made. In other instances more extensive edits are necessary to achieve my creative vision. Creating a print is the end point in the creative process. The print size offered, the material it will be printed on, and its final presentation format is influenced by the story I hope it will tell.” His black-and-white images, both framed and unframed, are available at the gallery.

Fourth Friday will be  the final weekend in Sisters for Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery. The featured artist is sculptor and potter Rae Holton. Her unique and imaginative work often includes embellishments of woven pine needles. Most of her work is in clay, stone and metals. Holton will be at the Imagination Gallery to meet visitors on Friday afternoon.Ken Scott has been a fixture on the corner of Hood Avenue and the Barclay Park walkway for eight years. His giant outdoor sculptures and art pieces are moving to the gallery he owns in Blue River. 

Sisters Arts Association’s popular Quick Draw continues for three more months, thanks to a generous donation from the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce. Visitors may sign up once in each gallery, for a chance to win a gift certificate for $50, which can be spent in any one of the participating galleries.    Quick Draw winners will have until the end of 2021 to “spend” their gift certificates.

Sisters Gallery Maps are available HERE or get them in galleries, at the Chamber of Commerce, and at many businesses in town.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

TWO EVENTS IN ONE WEEKEND – Artwalk and Studio Tour

The Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Artwalk on Sept. 24 kicks off a whole weekend of Art in Sisters Country.  Thirteen galleries participate in Artwalk each month. In some galleries, the Artwalk lasts all day, while others limit hours to late afternoon and early evening. The Artwalk Quick Draw concludes this month with give-away of two $50 gift certificates to any participating gallery, thanks to a donation from Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty. SAA will also give-away two $100 gift certificates good for purchase from any Studio Tour artist. Winners will be drawn after the Studio Tour. 

After browsing the galleries on Friday, art lovers can hit the road on Saturday and Sunday to see artists in their home studios, during the Fifth Annual Artist Studio Tour, sponsored by the Sisters Arts Association. Twenty-five home studios will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and 35 artists will demonstrate what they do and meet visitors face-to-face (albeit with masks on!). You can see more about the tour and the featured artists HERE. Download Gallery maps and Studio Tour Guides HERE.

Three galleries are swinging into the Artist Studio Tour early, starting on Friday. Kelly Rae Roberts will be her own featured artist at Marigold + True. A former social worker, Kelly Rae picked up a paintbrush at age 30 and everything changed. She shares her joyful art, mostly floral paintings in happy colors, in her gallery and through ecourses, books and retreats that focus on her philosophy that “when we let art out, we let love in.”

Three popular artists will be featured at Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop. Kay Baker’s plein air oil paintings feature scenes of Oregon from the Coast to Willamette Valley to Central Oregon’s Cascades, and are popular among collectors from around the world. Jennifer Hartwig, aka “The Scratchboard Lady,” specializes in creatures of fur and feathers, and reproductions of her own work as mugs, jewelry and decorative items, using a dye sublimation printer.  Mike Stasko creates fine art drawings of Oregon landscapes in Prismacolor Pencils, and they “seem to glow from within,” as visitors say.  Mike’s original work and giclee prints will be available.

Custom jewelry designer Bryan Lee Brown creates one-of-a-kind pieces that feature the 400-year-old Japanese technique known as Mokume Gane. He also repairs and restores antique jewelry. His Metals Jewelry Studio will be open during the Artwalk and the Studio Tour. 

Journeys Art Quilters new exhibit, “Unhinged,” is opening at Twigs Gallery in The Stitchin’ Post. “Unhinged” can be unbalanced, or unstable, but also free and unleashed. The Journeys quilters respond to these concepts and their work opens with a reception from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The show continues through Oct. 21.

Regrettably, this will be the final Artwalk for two popular galleries. Gary and Karen Cooley share “bittersweet news with all our great friends here in Sisters. We’re closing The Collection Gallery and retiring. We’re looking forward to doing some traveling and of course, spending time with the grandkids. Gary will still continue to create fine art and we will be very involved in our wonderful art community.  We greatly appreciate all the great support we’ve had the eight years we’ve been in Sisters. We welcome you to drop in and see some new work and special prices through the end of September.”

Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery is closing as well, but not without an artistic fanfare. Fine wood craftsman John Scheideman will be on hand with his exceptional collection of wood-turned vessels and other creations. John comes from a long line of woodworkers. He was an industrial arts teacher in the Madras schools for 35 years. Meet John and learn the how and why of his inspiring creations.

Hood Avenue Art featured artists are printmaker Gin Laughery and Fiber Artist Sharyl Parker McCulloch. Gin grew up in Eastern Washington with its sparse landscapes and panoramic views.  Following a career as a speech language pathologist, Gin studied printmaking arts with internationally known artist and educator Royal Nebeker. Printmaking became a passion and soon she invested in a press and established a studio. Inspired by nature and natural phenomena, she renders work that suggests a place or a mood, sometimes abstract, and sometimes representational. Sharyl loves fiber arts, and served as a board member of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show for seven years, even though she’s not a quilter. A long-time knitter and knitting instructor, she taught herself how to weave, and how to design fiber art-wear for all seasons. Her intuitive work has been part of the Central Oregon High Fiber Art Show and other specialty shows. Her inspirations are nature, music, and poetry. She works primarily with premium alpaca and merino wools, silks, linens, cottons and plant-based yarns. 

Featured this month at The Clearwater Gallery is father and son duo, Jerry and Dennis Dame. Jerry’s landscapes draw the viewer into serene, quiet experiences of fly fishing on an Oregon river or hiking through a forest trail. Dennis focuses on locations and fleeting moments of time that otherwise might have been overlooked. Both of these oil painters will be in the gallery between 4 and 6 p.m. when Clearwater will offer light appetizers and wine.

Wildflower Studio will be featuring paintings by local painters Bill Hamilton and Chris Nelson. Bill is an acrylic painter who enjoys depicting sweeping panoramic views. Chris will be showing new oil paintings, both landscapes and birds. 

Raven Makes Gallery features “Art of the Far North,” the highly collectable Cape Dorset original drawings and select prints, and Inupiat and Yup'ik masks and carvings. The limited edition prints of Cape Dorset's Kinngait art cooperative reflect historical traditions, deep connections to landscape and artistic vision of Indigenous Inuit artists of the Arctic Far North. In December 2019, the residents of Cape Dorset voted to rename the hamlet to its Inuktitut name of Kinngait.  As a center for drawing, printmaking and carving, Kinngait has called itself the calls itself the "Capital of Inuit Art.” In the 21st century, printmaking and carving continue to be the community's main economic activities. Each year, Kinngait Studios issues an annual print collection. Kinngait has been hailed as the most artistic community in Canada, with some 22% of the labor force employed in the arts.

The Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works features fabric art by Ericka Eckert. Erika fuses her knowledge of painting, fabric and silk-screening to expertly create wall hangings and paintings. Her latest work merges her rigorous classic art training with her desire to create lightness and whimsy. Her ability to capture nature, emotions and imagination is accessible, fun, and enlightening. 

Beacham’s Clock Compay is a must see gallery of clocks as a rarefied form of art. The sound alone will lift your spirits while you explore the beauty of precision, hand-crafted materials come together in a rhythm of time. Dyrk Godby Gallery will take you to an earlier time, featuring his widely collected original paintings and leather carvings featuring native and western American cultures from the past into current times. The western way of life is alive and thriving and Dyrk has lived it all.

All of these galleries participate in Artwalk. Register at each of them to win one of two $50 gift certificates, donated by Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty. The $50 gift certificates may be redeemed at any of the participating galleries. 

Then during the Studio Tour, your sign-in will register you for one of two $100 gift certificates good for purchase from any Studio Tour artist. Winners will be drawn after the Studio Tour.

Pick up a Gallery Map and a Studio Tour Guide in any gallery location or HERE.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

On the art marquee in Sisters you will find everything from abstracts to zebras. Ready?

At The Stitchin’ Post, Judy Beaver of Sisters shows her collection of art quilts called “Dyeing to Print” with fabrics that she printed and dyed. Large graphic design elements and strong color palettes are the starting point for her bold and unique compositions.

Hood Avenue Art’s featured artists are printmaker Carolyn Platt and wood artists Art and Anna Blumenkron. Carolyn will be doing a live woodcut demo from 3:30 to 6, and Dave Skelton will entertain with live music. Carolyn’s pieces are all original prints – mostly monotypes. Ink drawn on a hard surface is transferred to paper by running it through a press under pressure. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and non-repeatable. She also does woodcuts, in which everything but the image is cut away, and the remaining wood is inked, paper is applied and rubbed so the ink transfers. Art has dedicated himself to creating fine furniture (tables, mirrors, and charcuterie boards) from beautiful Northwest hardwoods. He says, “I am constantly amazed by the beauty found in these hardwoods and how they express patterns found in nature.”

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop is featuring the work of Steve Mathews, an illustrator, art instructor, and retired school administrator who sometimes calls himself “the old guy.” His pen-and-pencil wall hangings and tables on exotic wood surfaces stop visitors in their tracks every day at the gallery. He’ll be on hand to share a tale or two about his work and demonstrate his technique on this very unique form of art..

Wildflower Studio’s featured work is by acrylic artists David Rock and Mark Davis. David, a muralist, creates paintings detailing local landscapes. Mark explores design with line, color, and shape, creating balance through abstraction.

Bryan Lee Brown welcomes visitors to his Metals Jewelry Studio. His creative work uses precious metals, gemstones and Mokume Gane, consisting of sterling silver, Shakudo, and Shibuichi.

Marigold + True focuses on small batch artisan producers, including pottery, one-of-a-kind jewelry, art prints, quilts, home goods, and gifts.

Sarah B. Hansen, featured artist at The Clearwater Gallery, paints to express her connection to the natural world. Each piece taps into the unplugged beauty of nature to suggest landscape elements. She also scripts words into the painted landscape like whispers, taking a back seat to the scene, revealed only upon close inspection. Sarah will be here for a demo and meet & greet. Light appetizers and wine will be served between 4 and 6 p.m.

Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery features pottery artist Rae Holton, demonstrating her skills beginning at noon. Rae’s unique work has been a well-received addition to the gallery. The featured piece with woven pine needles is collaboration between Rae Holton and Rena Harris.

Beacham’s Clock Company explores the fine art of clock building and repair. Ed Beacham is a master clockmaker with the fine motor coordination to manipulate tiny gears and fine machinery. True to form, he still designs and builds clocks by hand.

“Finding Peace: Water and Fire,” a show of watercolors by Terri Dill-Simpson and fused glass art by Mel Archer, is at the Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery inside Sisters Art Works. Terri’s gentle and pleasing watercolor contrast with Mel’s impressionist landscapes, made from glass, and nothing but glass, multi-layered and fired to temperatures exceeding 1,400 degrees.

Gary and Karen Cooley share “bittersweet news with all our great friends here in Sisters. We’re closing The Collection Gallery and retiring. We’re looking forward to doing some traveling and of course, spending time with the grandkids. Gary will still continue to create fine art and we will be very involved in our wonderful art community. We greatly appreciate all the great support we’ve had the eight years we’ve been in Sisters. We welcome you to drop in and see some new work and special prices through the end of September.”

Also on the Art Walk are Raven Makes Gallery with its special collections from contemporary Native American artists; and Dyrk Godby Gallery, a showcase of Western art in several media, entirely created by Dyrk

Art Walk lasts all day, from each gallery’s open to close. SAA reminds you to wear a mask indoors to create a safe and secure social event.

As you visit all of the galleries on Fourth Friday, remember to sign up for Quick Draw. Thanks to a generous gift from Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty in Sisters, two $50 gift certificates, good for treasures in any of the participating galleries, will be given away each month. You can sign up once per gallery, and sign up in as many galleries as you choose. Please complete the entire ticket, as incompletes will not be considered.

Save the Dates – Sept. 25 and 26 – for the SAA’s Fifth Annual Artist Studio Tour. Colorful printed tour guides will be available in August. This self-guided tour of artists’ home studios is an opportunity for collectors to meet the artists, see their processes, and buy work directly from them. 

Sisters Gallery Maps are available in galleries, the Chamber of Commerce, .and many businesses in town. The map is also available on on our website HERE.

This month, SAA’s popular Quick Draw is back, awarding two $50 Gift Certificates, good at any participating gallery. Visitors can register once per gallery, during their stroll. SAA thanks Cascade Sotheby’s  International Realty in Sisters for underwriting this year’s Quick Draw.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

Sisters’ Fourth Friday All-Day Artwalk features a little bit of history, mystery, and a whole lot of talent. 

The Stitchin’ Post Gallery is featuring Sarah Kaufman’s vast collection of Log Cabin quilts she calls her Pandemic Potholder Passion. They will be on display through August.

The Collection Gallery’s Clarke Berryman is a classical realist. He has traveled the world in search of exotic subjects for his paintings. He has shown his art in many venues and was a finalist in the Art Renewal Center (ARC) Show, one of the world’s largest art competitions. He paints both portraits and wildlife . 

Marigold + True celebrates its one-year anniversary on Fourth Friday. Owner Kelly Rae Roberts was not able to have a Grand Opening, “so we’re gonna have an anniversary celebration,” she said. Save 20 percent on everything. along with wine and cookies and a raffle to win a $50 gift certificate.

Wildflower Studio will be featuring oil paintings by artist John Runnels. John works with a palette knife and produces paintings rich in both color and texture. John paints both landscapes and florals with an emphasis on Aspen trees and seasonal color. Stop by Wildflower Studio and see John’s latest works! 

Hood Avenue Art’s is featuring painter Kathleen Keliher and enamel artist Alisa Looney. Kathleen, founder of the Plein Air Painters of Oregon,. will be showing her Plein-Air inspired studio paintings. Alisa is best known for her award winning outdoor sculptures. She has exhibited in the U.S. and Canada and her work is in a multitude of private and public collections, including Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, WA. Alisa will be doing a live demonstration of her enamaling work from 4 to 6 p.m. There will be live music and refreshments.

At Bryan Lee Brown’s Metals Jewelry Studio you will discover the mystery of Mokume Gane, a 400-year-old Japanese metal technique. The result is “wood-grain metal,” like that once used to embellish samurai swords.

Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop will feature Linda Hanson’s oil paintings of Atomic City, population 29, home of the world’s first nuclear power plant, and located in rural Idaho. She came across Atomic City on her way home to Sisters from a photography expedition to Yellowstone. Her oils preserve what Mother Nature has left to the elements. On Jan. 3, 1961, a nuclear reactor the size of a small grain silo exploded there, in the Idaho desert. Now there is just one store, one bar, one RV Park, and one racetrack. Most of the people raised there are retired. In addition, Jennifer Hartwig, The Scratchboard Lady, will demonstrate how it’s done.

Beacham’s Clock Company continues to amaze visitors with unique clock curiosities, including an original work in progress by master clock designer Ed Beacham.

 Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery spotlights innovative jewelry artist Bill Belli, whose work covers many centuries in style. He will show his craftmanship and creativity starting at noon

Other galleries open on Fourth Friday include Raven Makes Gallery, The Clearwater Gallery, Dyrk Godby Gallery, and the Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery at Sisters Artworks.

As you visit all of the galleries on Fourth Friday, remember to sign up for Quick Draw. Thanks to a generous gift from Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty in Sisters, two $50 gift certificates, good for treasures in any of the participating galleries, will be given away each month. You can sign up once per gallery, and sign up in as many galleries as you choose. Please complete the entire ticket, as incompletes will not be considered.

For the rest of the summer, Sisters Arts Association artists will be featured during the ‘Sisters Folk Festival’s Summer Concert Series. The following artists will be featured :Michelle Deaderick (pottery), Clarke Berryman (painting), Paul Bennett (painting and printmaking), and Mary Jo Weiss (jewelry).We invite you to stop by the SAA booth at the concert at Sisters Artworks, and learn more about these artists.

Save the Dates – Sept. 25 and 26 – for the SAA’s Fifth Annual Artist Studio Tour. Colorful printed tour guides will be available in August. This self-guided tour of artists’ home studios is an opportunity for collectors to meet the artists, see their processes, and buy work directly from them. 

Sisters Gallery Maps are available in galleries, the Chamber of Commerce, .and many businesses in town. The map is also available on on our website HERE.

This month, SAA’s popular Quick Draw is back, awarding two $50 Gift Certificates, good at any participating gallery. Visitors can register once per gallery, during their stroll. SAA thanks Cascade Sotheby’s  International Realty in Sisters for underwriting this year’s Quick Draw.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Artwalk occurs this week. Galleries are open and welcome you to visit with their featured artists. This is an All-Day Artwalk, with some galleries open for extended hours and artist demonstrations up until 7 p.m.

Maps are available in all gallery locations. When you stop at each one, register (or sign up) for SAA’s Quick Draw. Two $50 gift certificates will be awarded after the Art Walk, and may be redeemed at any of the participating galleries. A donation from Cascade Sotheby’s International Realty in Sisters funds the Quick Draw.

Hood Avenue Art’s featured artists are painter JoAnn Burgess, jewelers Elyse and Steven Douglas, and jeweler Sharon Reed. JoAnn explores her love of nature, color, and texture in pastels. Elyse and Steven’s favorite gem is the Oregon Sunstone with its amazing array of colors. Sharon fashions jewelry using beautiful stones and fossils from around the world. From 4 to 7, JoAnn will break out her pastels for a hands-on demo where you can explore your inner artist and pick up some tips from a pro. Fiddler Bob Baker will provide entertainment.

The Collection Gallery welcomes you to see new works by sculptor and painter Gary Cooley, and painter Clarke Berryman and photographer Lisa Belt.

Marigold + True is a boutique focusing on artisan products that support makers, with an emphasis on small batch production, including beautiful dresses, scarves, baby clothes and toys, handbags, blankets, and more.

This month, The Clearwater Gallery is hosting a private party on the Fourth Friday, but welcomes visitors to stop by at any other time to see the featured work of landscape painter Dan Rickards. 

Beacham’s Clock Co. is featuring clocks by J. Steven Hunt, an artist from Salem who makes whimsical, one-of-a-kind fun clocks in many themes.

This month, The Stitchin’ Post Fabric Arts Gallery features new work by Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Founder Jean Wells and her daughter, Valori, as they anticipate this year’s “Renewal” event on July 10. Pick up your SOQS merch, including posters, tote bags, and t-shirts!

2021 marks the thirteenth year that Kimry Jelen’s art is the centerpiece of the Oregon High Desert Classics, a hunter-jumper show that is the primary fundraiser for JBarJ Youth Services in Central Oregon. Kimry’s work is closely associated with the annual event in Bend, but it also tells her own story, of a young girl infatuated with horses, who rejected a career as a fashion graphic designer in favor of a life filled with training horses, painting horses, and travel. She will be the featured artist at Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop this month, and will be showing “Capilano,” this year’s JBarJ Poster Boy. Capilano, and his owner/trainer Lindsey Garner, have won the Grand Prix four years in a row. Kimry will be selling and signing collectable High Desert Classics posters, and Eva Gill will be representing JBarJ and their many youth programs. 

Also at Sisters Gallery and Frame, Prismacolor pencil artist Mike Stasko will unveil the third in his Seasons of Sisters Series, fresh from the framer Dennis Schmidling’s shop. Both the Winter and Spring pieces have been sold. Collectors, look forward to this one!

Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery will host oil and watercolor painter Gary McPherson. He will demonstrate and unveil his latest work. Gary relocated to Central Oregon after losing his home and studio in the Paradise fires of 2018. He is a welcome addition to the Imagination Gallery.

Observe the fine details of Bryan Lee Brown’s Mokume Gane work, such as the snake pendant, in his Metals Jewelry Gallery, Brown follows a time-treasured process using fine metals to create one-of-a-kind pieces. Upstairs in the same building, artist Jill Neal will open her gallery to show several new paintings. 

Wildflower Studio spotlights original paintings by Kathy Deggendorfer. Kathy uses vivid watercolors and patterns to interpret the beauty of local landscapes. 

Raven Makes gallery offers first market Native American and Indigenous artists’ works, including fine jewelry, from the Arctic to Northern Mexico, in contemporary, meaningful, and diverse mediums.

Dyrk Godby grew up as an Idaho cowboy, rode the rodeo circuit, and sang with such artists as Johnny Cash. Now his life is focused on Western Art. Stop by for a great story, a lyrical song, or to just explore his fine art.

“Americana Folk Heroes,” a collection of work by textile artist Leotie Richards is displayed through July 25 in the Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works. The gallery will be closed this Friday, as the Sisters Folk Festival stages its first Summer Festival Concert, featuring Freddy and Francine, and Sierra Ferrell. 

There will be a total of nine concerts between June 25 and August 15. SAA artists will be showing and selling their art at each of the Folk Festival’s summer concerts. For more information on which artists will be at each event click HERE.

Sisters Gallery Maps are available in galleries, the Chamber of Commerce, .and many businesses in town. The map is also available on on our website HERE.

This month, SAA’s popular Quick Draw is back, awarding two $50 Gift Certificates, good at any participating gallery. Visitors can register once per gallery, during their stroll. SAA thanks Cascade Sotheby’s  International Realty in Sisters for underwriting this year’s Quick Draw.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include:

The Sisters Arts Association’s Fourth Friday Artwalk returns on May 28th with a focus on art and creativity.

Visitors can leisurely stroll through town, engaging with galleries, artists and the wide variety of methods that they use to make art. Most galleries will feature artists doing demonstrations and talking about their work.

SAA welcomes two new galleries: Marigold + True at 351 West Hood Ave., and Metals Jewelry Studio at 220 S. Ash, Studio B.

Marigold + True is a small, artful boutique that focuses on selling artisan products. Owner Kelly Rae Roberts says “We support makers with a focus on small batch production, including dresses, scarves, baby clothes and toys, handbags, blankets, and more.”  Metals Jewelry Studio, owned by Bryan Brown, creates amazing one-of-a-kind artisan jewelry and fine art metal creations.

Barbara Berry is the featured artist at Ken Scott’s Imagination Gallery, demonstrating acrylic painting and pre-painting sketching all day. Her work bridges the worlds of Spirit and Matter, 

Metals Sculpture Gallery Owner Bryan Lee Brown will work on several projects using different techniques such as fabrication, wax carving, and Mokume Gane. His gallery is also on West Hood.

Art Quilter June Jaeger will be demonstrating painting with inks from 3 to 6 p.m. at The Stitchin’ Post Fabric Arts Gallery. “My art tells the story of my connection to the land,” Jaeger says. “Our natural environment is my inspiration and deep in my soul I feel the need to create what I see, interpreting my vision.”

Hood Avenue Art’s featured artists are photographer Scott Cordner and jeweler Danica Curtright. Cordner is a fine art landscape photographer who prints his own work, and surrounds it with with one-of-a-kind, handmade wood frames. Curtright’s glass beads are individually crafted using a centuries old process called lampworking. Some beads are further embellished with silver foil or fine silver, while others are etched. All beads are annealed in a kiln for strength and durability. Curtright will be demonstrating her beadwork from 3 to 6.

The Americana Project Art and Design Portfolio Showcase is featured at the Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery at Sisters Art Works. This showcase from Sisters High School juniors and seniors is the culmination of artwork during 2020-21. Students chose an inquiry question to drive a yearlong study, involving research, design, experiment, creation and reflection, before starting the process again. Six students will show their portfolios through mid-June. They are Sahara Lucas, Raven Miller, Neya Kountchev, Katie Springer, Gilly Roshak, and Anna Mensing. 

Anna Mensing’s father, David Mensing, is the featured artist at The Clearwater Gallery. He will be demonstrating and painting during the day in the courtyard.

The Homelands Collection, a special commission from 15 premier Indigenous artists of North America, continues at Raven Makes Gallery. These works overlay original antique maps with narrative drawings that reflect meaningful imagery and add an additional story to traditional ancestral lands.

Outside The Collection Gallery, master oil painter Clarke Berryman will be painting between 3 and 4, and Gary Cooley will be creating a new sculpture between 4 and 6. The Cooleys are closing out their “Kids Kits” animal sculptures. Coming soon – Dinosaurs.

A special piece on display at Beacham’s Clock Company is a replica of an E. Howard 68 Grandfather Clock, originally made in the mid-1800s. The case has veneer overlays and a carved head at the crest. On the dial is a moving globe with the day of the week, sunrise, sunset, phase of the moon, and sidereal time. The movement incorporates a gravity escapement. Complete Clock Maker C.E. Beacham III makes both the case and clock movement.

Jennifer Hartwig, “The Scratchboard Lady,” returns to Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop along with ceramicist Mary Moore. Hartwig says, “Scratchboard allows me to etch light from dark with fine precision and subtle shades. My subject emerges from darkness with each dot and scratch I place on the board.” Watch as she removes the layer of black ink to reveal a white clay with a porcelain glow. Seated figures from the sculptural court of Mary Moore perch on ceramic boxes, some more formal than others, waiting for their new homes. 

Multi-talented Western artist Dyrk Godby will share his work, stories, and maybe even a song or two at the Dyrk Godby Gallery. Check out Dyrk’s new location at 123 E. Hood Ave.

Wildflower Studio (and all of the galleries, for that matter) would like to thank the customers who shopped local this year. Framing, shopping or just stopping in with a kind word has strengthened all of our relationships. We celebrate artists, art and the people whose homes are brightened by all things creative. 

Sisters Gallery Maps are available in galleries, the Chamber of Commerce, .and many businesses in town. The map is also available on on our website HERE.

This month, SAA’s popular Quick Draw is back, awarding two $50 Gift Certificates, good at any participating gallery. Visitors can register once per gallery, during their stroll. SAA thanks Cascade Sotheby’s  International Realty in Sisters for underwriting this year’s Quick Draw.

Supporting businesses that are always ready to serve you on 4th Fridays include: