For the second year running Bend will play host to one of the most popular events in cycling! The 2010 USA Cycling Cyclo-Cross National Championships will be back in the Old Mill District as well as there are events and cultural activities throughout Bend Oregon. The USA Cycling Cyclo-Cross Nationals in 2009 were a blast and the 2010 version is shaping up to be even bigger and better with more racers, more races and more parties!
For us locals, we know how much fun last year was and if this is your first visit to Bend our entire community is looking forward to showing you an incredible time in Bike Town USA. The 2010 National Cyclocross Championships runs in Bend Oregon from December 8-12th. For more information on the event please visit: Visit Bend or any of the following links.
One special part of the event we would like to bring to your attention is the Cross Culture: Bike + Art Love (Press Release).
Cross Culture: Bike + Art Love encompasses a multi-event arts celebration scheduled during Cyclo-cross nationals. There are a number of ways to join the Bend community in expressing our love of the bicycle. A Friday night community art walk, ARTCRANK and storytelling events are just a few of the offerings lined up to complete your Cyclo-cross Nationals agenda of fun.
Arts events will kick-off on Thursday, December 9th at Portello Wine Bar in NorthWest Crossing with the Spoke-N-Word storytelling event at 8:30pm.
Bike enthusiasts, builders and artists will partner with local businesses in planning an all-out evening of creative hurrah on Friday, December 10th. The community art walk (5-9PM) will feature ARTCRANK a nationally recognized but locally produced poster art exhibit and party for bike people.
On Friday, December 10th at High Desert Gallery we'll host "Bike On Art.” Jacob Norris, a Central Oregon emerging artist and bike enthusiast will entertain us with a painting demonstration. We'll have refreshments, wine and some holiday treats. Come join in on the fun downtown and meet and watch Jacob create his ever popular original paintings. You might even find his bike parked inside the gallery! High Desert Gallery is located across from Thump Coffee at the base of the Oxford Hotel at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue in downtown Bend Oregon. Call 541-388-8964 for directions or to inquire.
Save the date and join us Friday, December 10 in Downtown Bend Oregon and at High Desert Gallery for Cross Culture: Bike + Art Love!
A Hoot For Sure!
About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with retail gallery locations in downtown Bend, Oregon and Sisters Oregon. High Desert Frameworks!, the award-winning framing studio for the gallery, is located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. For more information please visit: http://www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.
High Desert Gallery's annual Teeny Tiny Art Show is just around the corner. The yearly show and sale has become one of most anticipated events for our artists, collectors and gallery patrons. We have over 20 participating artists this year and each artist has created from 1-3, two and three dimensional works of art. Most originals are 5"x7" or 4"x6" unframed and then custom framed by High Desert Frameworks! Great works of art that you will treasure for many many years or think about presenting them to a love one for a special holiday gift.
Here's the details: Celebrate with us as we host our annual miniature exhibition of Fine Art and Craft, featuring work by more than 20 outstanding Oregon artists. The Teeny Tiny Art Show and exhibition, promoting the intricacy and delight of small format art, runs from December 2, 2010 through January 4, 2011 at High Desert Gallery's downtown Bend Oregon art gallery located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford, and will feature a Holiday Open House and Artist Reception.
Holiday Open House: Thursday December 2, from 5 to 8pm. Enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments and be the first to see new work!
First Friday Gallery Walk and Artist Reception: Friday, December 3, from 5 to 9pm. Meet the artists, refreshments, and live music by Erin Cole-Baker, from 5:30 to 8:30pm during First Friday Gallery Walk. A hoot for sure.
Participating artists this year include High Desert Gallery artists: Paul Alan Bennett, Kathy Deggendorfer, Grace Bishko, Kimry Jelen, Glen Corbett, Ingrid Lustig, Patty Freeman-Martin, Sue Favinger Smith, Lisa Kaser, Shannon Weber, Jacob Norris, Morgan Madison, Donald Yatomi, Valerie Winterholler, Janet Rothermel, Cheyenne Malcolm, Cary Weigand, Deb Sether, Sheldon Prescher, Bill Bolstad and a few more special guest artists!
For more information on the Teeny Tiny Art Show please bookmark the following show website: www.TeenyTinyArtShow.com. We'll update you with images, artists thoughts and pre and post show information. A Hoot For Sure!
Images: Janet Rothermel, Kimry Jelen, Donald Yatomi, Ingrid Lustig,
About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with retail gallery locations in downtown Bend, Oregon and Sisters Oregon. High Desert Frameworks!, the award-winning framing studio for the gallery, is located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. For more information please visit: http://www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.
High Desert Gallery is excited to announce guest artist, Gabriel Kulka to our gallery and his first time showing in Oregon. “Walk with Me" exhibition is featured at High Desert Gallery and runs December 17 through February 16, 2011 at High Desert Gallery in downtown Bend, Oregon, located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford.
After receiving his degree in fine arts from The Academy of Arts in San Francisco, the big sky of Montana has now become Gabriel Kulka’s home. Kukla, a sculptor, his medium wood, metal, clay, fabric and his muse the human form. “I like the idea of human forms sculpted by humans” he says, ” As people, we place value and identity into the objects and the space around us and create memories in our surroundings. We explore the world and ourselves through our senses touching, smelling, hearing and seeing creating a blurry line between objects, space and self. I am fascinated by this reciprocal relationship. I see it as a constructive symbiosis with the world we live in and through my work, I try to investigate and emphasize this experience.”
His large figurative work can stand four feet tall and are sculpted with clay torso, a clay face with thoughtful eyes, long arms and legs hand carved in wood. The joints are carefully fitted to allow movement, so they can stand up, recline or sit and their legs are 70 percent of their body. Gabriel also works in miniature, some have to be seen with a magnifying glass. Kulka is interested in the dichotomy of elegance with awkwardness. His work taps into our senses and we invite you to walk with Gabriel and explore his muse.
“Walk with Me" Exhibition Dates: December 17 through February 16 , 2011
About High Desert Gallery & High Desert Frameworks!: High Desert Gallery, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with two High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon, and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. For more information about High Desert Gallery please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.
High Desert Gallery is pleased to announce the release of a new original painting by Oregon artist Paul Alan Bennett. "Stars Over the High Desert" will also be available as a signed, limited edition fine art giclee.
"Color is such a curious thing," says Bennett. "We have so little of it in the high desert. Yet, when we see Indian Paintbrush or other colorful wildflowers, or notice the striation of geologic earth tones in areas like the Painted Hills, our eye goes straight to it. The intensity of the color sings in such a landscape. With that thought in mind, I wanted to work with the most intense colors I have in my palette- the cadmiums."
The artist combines his color sense with a familiar image - the road in the landscape underneath the stars. “The heightened color gives a visceral feel to the whole scene, adding a warm glow as the eye travels along the line of the road into the night sky. Overall, my goal is to achieve a kind of musical pitch through this combination of line, color and light, plus to give some delight to the eye in such details as the patterns of trees, the house and my 'knit' style."
"The musical analogy comes naturally to me," the artist says. "Both my parents were music teachers at one point so I was raised in a very musical household. There are many similarities between music and the visual arts- the same language is often used, for example. Such terms as balance, accents, movement, rhythms, even such visual terms as texture and color are found in music. So, you might say that I listen to my painting as much as I see it. I often do feel that I am striving to strike a particular chord that resonates with something inside of me. That same chord is something I often see (or hear) while driving in the landscape or walking around in the woods and by rivers in particular. I just think that if I can strike that chord in my work, it will also resonate with others who view my work."
Stars Over the High Desert original gouache on paper (image size 30" x 22") is available in our Bend gallery. It has been beautifully framed by our award winning framing studio, High Desert Frameworks! To view and inquire click, HERE. ** Update: 11/17/2010 - Original painting is sold but the print is available .. See below.
Stars Over the High Desert giclee prints will be available at $295 per print (unframed) in a signed and numbered edition of 195. Print size is 25" x 19". Please note we have special pricing and free shipping available online. To view and inquire click, HERE. If the link does not work that means the limited time special and free shipping is not available. Order now and save!
About Paul Alan Bennett: Award winning professional artist, educator, and art advocate, Paul Alan Bennett has garnered national attention. Paul's imagery is passionately detailed and manifests a unique perspective and style resulting in colorful, vivid imagery sought after and collected nationally. Honors graduate of Maryland Institute of Art and Master of Arts from The University of La Verne (Athens Greece), Paul has excelled in the field of watercolor and most recently in the release of a select group of Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee Prints and worked closely with Pendleton Woolen Mills to release limited edition tapestry blankets. Paul's work has been reproduced for two Sisters Folk Festival Posters and the 2008 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show poster. His style and perspective originate from memories, life experiences and travels that sparks many of the themes found in this Sisters artist's work. Paul Alan Bennett's artwork is represented by High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.
About High Desert Gallery & High Desert Frameworks!: High Desert Gallery, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with two High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon, and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. For more information about High Desert Gallery please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.
Shannon Weber has lived most of her life along the water – either a river, or lake, or the ocean. Growing up on the Southern Oregon Coast, she always found sanctuary in the simple life, working in and with nature, listening to what the open spaces and solitude have to tell her. Woven basket forms in bright colors, or the earth works – sculptures fashioned out of found materials – all seek to invite us into her world, to see life from her perspective. The artist’s new show, "Dock Side", opens Thursday, November 4, at High Desert Gallery’s downtown Bend location at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford, and will feature new work inspired by the magical, hidden influences of those that exist on or around the water.
"I began weaving 25 years ago, using local grasses, willow, roots and bark," the artist explains, adding that she and her husband managed a fishing lodge and there was a lot of down time in the off season. She works primarily outside, in all kinds of weather. If she's not in her studio you'll find her standing in a ditch or a puddle gathering materials, carefully recording where each item was discovered and what story might be associated with it.
Growing up in nature, Shannon has always been a collector, harvesting grasses, roots, bark, willows, beaver-chewed sticks and sea kelp. "Sea kelp is a difficult material to work with. You take the piece to 'finish' and then wait. 65% turn out, the other 35% end up as compost. It’s like doing a little dance together – you think you’re in control but really aren’t." But once a piece is successfully finished it will last forever, Shannon adds. "I have pieces from 20 years ago that look as if I completed them yesterday."
The sculptures featured in "Dock Side" depict a strong boat theme, which the artist explains evolves from places and people she knows in the commercial fishing industry, as well as ancient boat analogies and ideas inspired by nature. Chewed beaver sticks, willows, pebbles and bark are woven together to suggest ancient canoes and the relationships between men and nature. Colorful woven baskets with lids invite curiosity about what’s inside while reminding us how everything is interconnected.
The artist’s favorite materials to use in her work right now are chewed beaver sticks and sea kelp. She keeps a journal chronicling the origin of her materials; beaver sticks come from a variety of rivers, including those gathered along the Deschutes River during a recent trip to Bend, Oregon. But she always goes back home to the South Oregon Coast. She describes this area as a rural, ancient space, the "gathering grounds" that she has been going to since she started her career. "I feel like those plants, those rivers, those areas – we have secrets together. I can go in and we have these chats. The beaver sticks – they’re being created by an ancient animal making a home that basically looks like a basket – it’s fascinating to me how all of that works."
The psychological connection of Shannon Weber’s work is best described in a recent Podcast hosted by High Desert Gallery, where the artist talks in depth about her work, her studio, and her inspirations. Weber notes that her work is about a sense of place. “It may not be a place you know, or have been, but on an ancient ancestral level - no matter what your ancestry - it’s a gut kick. It’s interesting how strongly people connect. You’re connecting to nature. You’re connecting to a life force that’s beyond us, that’s old and creates mythologies. And I’m asking you to take these walks with me, because that’s what I do a lot of the time. I don’t have TV, I don’t have a cell phone, I don’t spend time on the computer. I live my whole life that way. Now, being forced to live in an urban area, I really am conscious of shutting it down and paying attention to my work.”
The show, "Dock Side" opens on Thursday November 4, with an Artist Reception from 5 to 8pm, followed by a more spirited First Friday Artist Reception on Friday November 5, from 5 to 9pm, with live music by Erin Cole-Baker from 5:30 to 8:30 during the First Friday Gallery Walk. Meet the artist, enjoy refreshments and see the new work!
Listen to Shannon's podcast with High Desert Gallery HERE or
We hope you will join us to celebrate "Dock Side" with Shannon Weber, an exhibition of intricate woven pieces that runs from Thursday, November 4 through Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Be sure to mark your calendars with these important dates:
Exhibition: “Dock Side” featuring new work by Shannon Weber, runs from Thursday November 4 through Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at High Desert Gallery in downtown Bend, Oregon gallery, located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford.
Special Thursday Preview Artist Reception: Thursday, November 4, from 5 to 8pm. Meet the artist and be the first to see new work!
First Friday Hours: November 5, 2010 from 10 to 9 pm.
First Friday Artist Reception: November 5, from 5 to 9pm. Meet the artist, refreshments, and live music by Erin Cole-Baker, from 5:30 to 8:30pm during First Friday Gallery Walk
About High Desert Gallery & High Desert Frameworks!: High Desert Gallery, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with two High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon, and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010). International Framing Awards earned by High Desert Gallery include First Place and Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition, Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition, and Top Honors and "Best Use of Fabric" in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2009-2010 International Print Framing Competition. Numerous PPFA Regional Chapter awards have been earned by High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks including two first place awards in 2010-2011 Print and Open Framing Competitions.
Want to be in the know? Then follow us on via Google Buzz, RSS, Facebook, Twitter or subscribe to our blog. To download your free iTunes or Android app visit: High Desert Gallery App Store. The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.
Celebrate with us as we host our annual miniature exhibition of Fine Art and Craft, featuring work by more than 18 outstanding Oregon artists. The Teeny Tiny Art Show and exhibition, promoting the intricacy and delight of small format art, runs from December 2, 2010 through January 4, 2011 at High Desert Gallery's downtown Bend Oregon art gallery located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford, and will feature a Holiday Open House and Artist Reception.
Holiday Open House: Thursday December 2, from 5 to 8pm. Enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments and be the first to see new work!
First Friday Gallery Walk and Artist Reception: Friday, December 3, from 5 to 9pm. Meet the artists, refreshments, and live music by Erin Cole-Baker, from 5:30 to 8:30pm during First Friday Gallery Walk. A hoot for sure.
Participating artists this year include High Desert Gallery artists: Paul Alan Bennett, Kathy Deggendorfer, Grace Bishko, Kimry Jelen, Glen Corbett, Ingrid Lustig, Patty Freeman-Martin, Sue Favinger Smith, Lisa Kaser, Shannon Weber, Jacob Norris, Morgan Madison, Donald Yatomi, Valerie Winterholler, Janet Rothermel, Cheyenne Malcolm, Sheldon Prescher, Bill Bolstad and a few more special guest artists!
For more information on the Teeny Tiny Art Show please bookmark the following show website: www.TeenyTinyArtShow.com. We'll update you with images, artists thoughts and pre and post show information. A Hoot For Sure!
Image: Sue Favinger Smith, oil on gessoed panel 5" x 7".
About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with retail gallery locations in downtown Bend, Oregon and Sisters Oregon. High Desert Frameworks!, the award-winning framing studio for the gallery, is located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. For more information please visit: http://www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.
High Desert Gallery is pleased to announce the following art events at our art galleries in downtown Sisters and Bend Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located in downtown Bend Oregon.
High Desert Gallery - Bend Oregon - December Feature:
High Desert Gallery - Bend Oregon 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford Bend, Oregon 97701 541-388-8964 www.highdesertgallery.com Hours: Open daily 10am to 6pm, Sunday 11am to 5pm
Opening December 2, 2010 -- High Desert Gallery's annual Teeny Tiny Art Show
The Teeny Tiny Art Show and exhibition, promoting the intricacy and delight of small format art, runs from December 2, 2010 through January 4, 2011 at High Desert Gallery's downtown Bend Oregon art gallery located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford, and will feature a Holiday Open House and Artist Reception.
Holiday Open House: Thursday December 2, from 5 to 8pm. Enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments and be the first to see new work!
First Friday Gallery Walk and Artist Reception: Friday, December 3, from 5 to 9pm. Meet the artists, refreshments, and live music by Erin Cole-Baker, from 5:30 to 8:30pm during First Friday Gallery Walk. A hoot for sure.
For Show information please visit: Teeny Tiny Art Show Image: Janet Rothermel, Pastel
Decmeber 10, 2010 -- "Bike On Art,” with Jacob Norris.
A Central Oregon emerging artist and bike enthusiast Jacob Norris will entertain us with a painting demonstration on Friday December 10, 2010 from 5-9pm. "Bike on Art," is part of the Cross Culture: Bike + Art Love where bike enthusiasts, builders and artists will partner with local businesses in planning an all-out evening of creative hurrah, community art walk (5-9PM) and ARTCRANK a nationally recognized but locally produced poster art exhibit and party for bike people. High Desert Gallery will have refreshments, wine and some holiday treats.
December 17, 2010 -- “Walk with Me" - Guest Artist, Gabriel Kulka Featured at High Desert Gallery in Bend, Oregon
High Desert Gallery is excited to announce guest artist, Gabriel Kulka to our gallery and his first time showing in Oregon. “Walk with Me" exhibition is featured at High Desert Gallery and runs December 17 through February 16, 2011 at High Desert Gallery in downtown Bend, Oregon, located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford.
“Walk with Me" Exhibition Dates: December 17 through February 16 , 2011 For Show information please visit: "Walk With Me"
High Desert Gallery - Sisters Oregon - December/January Feature:
November 26, 2010 - Gallery Feature with Grace Bishko, Paul Alan Bennett and Kathy Deggendorfer
High Desert Gallery is pleased to feature original paintings and prints by Grace Bishko, Paul Alan Bennett and Kathy Deggendorfer November 26, 2010 through January 31, 2011.
High Desert Gallery - Sisters Oregon 281 W Cascade at Oak Sisters, Oregon 97759 541-549-6250 www.highdesertgallery.com Hours: Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 10am to 5pm, By Appointment Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
High Desert Frameworks! - Bend Oregon - December/January Feature:
High Desert Frameworks! is pleased to feature greeting cards and prints by Patricia Freeman-Martin, Kimry Jelen, Kay Baker, Paul Bennett, Kathy Deggendorfer and Monnette Wilcox at our downtown Bend location, 61 NW Oregon Avenue, suite 101. The exhibit and sale will run November 26, 2010 through January 31, 2011.
High Desert Frameworks! 61 NW Oregon Avenue, Suite 101, Bend, Or 97701 541-647-2191 www.highdesertframeworks.com
Monday through Friday 10am to 5:30pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm
About High Desert Gallery & High Desert Frameworks!: High Desert Gallery, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with two High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon, and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010). International Framing Awards earned by High Desert Gallery include First Place and Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition, Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition, and Top Honors and "Best Use of Fabric" in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2009-2010 International Print Framing Competition. Numerous PPFA Regional Chapter awards have been earned by High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks including two first place awards in 2010-2011 Print and Open Framing Competitions.
Want to be in the know? Then follow us on via Google Buzz, RSS, Facebook, Twitter or subscribe to our blog. To download your free iTunes or Android app visit: High Desert Gallery App Store. The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.
High Desert Gallery is proud to host nationally acclaimed Oregon mixed media – contemporary fiber design artist Shannon Weber for two artist receptions in November 2010. “Dock Side ” featuring new work by Shannon Weber, runs from Thursday, November 4 through Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at High Desert Gallery in downtown Bend, Oregon gallery, located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford. Two artist in attendance receptions are scheduled:
Special Thursday Preview Artist Reception: Thursday, November 4, from 5 to 8pm. Meet the artist and be the first to see new work!
First Friday Artist Reception: Friday, November 5, from 5 to 9pm. Meet the artist, refreshments, and live music by Erin Cole-Baker, from 5:30 to 8:30pm during First Friday Gallery Walk
A native Oregonian, Shannon Weber's first love as a child was archeology, digging up sticks, rocks, and rusty items and taking them home to study. As an adult she has channeled this fascination into one-of-a-kind woven vessels and mixed media collage pieces using found and reclaimed items such as chewed beaver sticks, sea kelp, willow and native grasses.
A self-taught artist, Shannon uses her own techniques to create vivid and haunting works of art. Her intricate woven pieces are worked in layers, as the artist first weaves, then paints each section. Embellishments are added, including but not limited to encaustic, threads, twigs, feathers, small pebbles and polished stone. The artist explains, “I employ primitive forms of weaving and tweak them into 'new' aboriginal forms for the current millennium.”
Shannon Weber's award-winning work has been written about in numerous national publications, and is in private and public collections across the US and overseas. High Desert Gallery is honored to represent her work exclusively in Central Oregon.
We hope you will join us to celebrate "Dock Side” with Shannon Weber, an exhibition of intricate woven pieces that runs from Thursday, November 4 through Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Be sure to mark your calendars with these important dates:
Exhibition: “Dock Side ” featuring new work by Shannon Weber, runs from Thursday November 4 through Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at High Desert Gallery in downtown Bend, Oregon gallery, located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford.
Special Thursday Preview Artist Reception: Thursday, November 4, from 5 to 8pm. Meet the artist and be the first to see new work!
First Friday Hours: November 5, 2010 from 10 to 9 pm.
First Friday Artist Reception: November 5, from 5 to 9pm. Meet the artist, refreshments, and live music by Erin Cole-Baker, from 5:30 to 8:30pm during First Friday Gallery Walk
About High Desert Gallery & High Desert Frameworks!: High Desert Gallery, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with two High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon, and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010). International Framing Awards earned by High Desert Gallery include First Place and Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition, Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition, and Top Honors and "Best Use of Fabric" in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2009-2010 International Print Framing Competition. Numerous PPFA Regional Chapter awards have been earned by High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks including two first place awards in 2010-2011 Print and Open Framing Competitions.
Want to be in the know? Then follow us on via Google Buzz, RSS, Facebook, Twitter or subscribe to our blog. To download your free iTunes or Android app visit: High Desert Gallery App Store. The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.
High Desert Gallery is excited to announce the first in a series of guest artists to our gallery, Karin Richardson.
"Conversations" - Karin Richardson featured at High Desert Gallery in Bend, Oregon. The exhibition runs October 15th through December 15, 2010 at High Desert Gallery in downtown Bend, Oregon gallery, located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford.
In the dramatic landscape of the Oregon Coast, there is a conversation between the elements, forces, and rhythms of nature. This is where you will find Karin Richardson, a prolific glass artist. The experience of this conversation relates to that which simply is and remains. Karin has a compelling desire to explore, know and embody this experience as completely and deeply as possible. The sculptural elements of wood, water, wind, and sand, she uses as her inspiration. Karin work evolves from a blend of architecture, archeology, and anthropology through her use of a wide range of materials and media.
Fire, both in metaphorical and transformational forms, is a dynamic integrating force. The totemic, ancient markings, and remains appear in Karin's work as repeating forms of remembrance. A need to acknowledge, honor, and remember is present throughout all of her work. Karin describes her creative process as more interested in revealing a presence than creating one. The unexpected and unimagined propels her work and gives direction to realizing her conversation of the elements - a voice, a presence.
Karin Richardson studied at the Pilchuck Glass School, Pratt Fine Arts Center and the University of Oslo, Norway. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections such as George & Dorothy Saxe and Chase Manhattan Bank.
Exhibition Dates: October 15 through December 15, 2010
About High Desert Gallery & High Desert Frameworks!: High Desert Gallery, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with two High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon, and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 61 NW Oregon Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. For more information about High Desert Gallery please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.
We hope you will join us to celebrate “Streamside” with Kathy Deggendorfer, an exhibition of watercolor and acrylic paintings that runs from September 30 through October 31, 2010. Be sure to mark your calendars with these important dates:
Exhibition: “Streamside” featuring new work by Kathy Deggendorfer, runs from September 30 through October 31 at High Desert Gallery in downtown Bend, Oregon gallery, located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford.
Special Thursday Preview Artist Reception: Thursday September 30, from 5 to 8pm. Meet the artist and be the first to see new work!
First Friday Hours: October 1 from 10 to 9 pm.
First Friday Artist Reception: October 1, from 5 to 9pm. Meet the artist, refreshments, and live music by The Anvil Blasters, from 5:30 to 8:30pm during First Friday Gallery Walk
Exhibit and sale runs September 30 through October 31. Read more about Kathy Deggendorfer here.
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