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• A great time
• Beautiful art
• Good company
• Artist Talks
• Demonstrations
All You Need to Know:
Who? You and your friends
What? Fourth Friday Artwalk
Where? Galleries of Sisters
Cost? FREE
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:
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
Rancho Viejo
Sisters Saloon
Cascade Sotheby’s
Chops Bistro
Suttle Tea
Angeline’s
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