Visit 16 Art Galleries Featuring:
• A great time
• Beautiful art
• Good company
• Meet featured artists
• Art demonstrations
All You Need to Know:
Who? You and your friends
What? Fourth Friday Artwalk
Where? Galleries of Sisters
Cost? FREE
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:
The Open Door
Sisters Coffee Company
Paulina Springs Books
Oliver Lemon’s
Philladephia’s Steaks Cottonwood Cafe
Spoons
The Gallery Restaurant
Sisters Bakery
June’s Asian Kitchen
Sisters Meat & Smokehouse
SnoCap
Sisters Depot
Martolli’s of Sisters
The SweetEasy
Zosel Harper Realty
Rancho Viejo
Sisters Saloon
Cascade Southeby’s
Chops Bistro
Suttle Tea
Angeline’s
Hardtails