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All You Need to Know:
Who? You and your friends
What? Fourth Friday Artwalk
Where? Galleries of Sisters
Cost? FREE
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:
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 Sotheby’s
Chops Bistro
Suttle Tea
Angeline’s
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