High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon

Wish Upon A Card - Fabric Post Card Event opens -- 2009 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

The 2009 Wish Upon A Card, a silent auction and sale of donated fabric postcards, is now open for your bidding pleasure!. Nearly 80 custom framed fabric post cards have been donated to raise funds for the Wendy's Wish project. Approximately 55 custom framed fabric post cards are hanging at Sisters Artworks and available for your silent bid! Another 25 custom framed fabric post cards will be displayed during the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show's Quilters Affair Week. The fabric post cards that are displayed at Quilters Affair venue have been created by the quilt instructors. Over $17,000 raised from the project in the past two years has been donated to Wendy's Wish Foundation.

The 2009 Wish Upon A Card fundraiser is a juried silent auction. High Desert Gallery has provided a 100% donation (materials and labor) of custom framing for 80 postcards. The postcards not selected for the silent auction will be sold at other venues by the Wendy’s Wish volunteers. The silent auction officially begins July 5, during the Around the Block Fiber Arts Stroll and will continue through Quilt Show Day, July 11, 2009 and on display at Sisters Art Works. A special juried group of 30 cards from our Quilters Affair Instructors are framed and silent auctioned at the Sisters Oregon high School during the week of classes, July 6 – 10. The silent auction of the instructors fabric post cards ENDS Friday, July 10 at 11am! The silent auction of the fabric post cards at Sisters Artworks ends Quilt Show Day, Saturday, July 11^th.

Image:  Myrna Dow, Gallery Director of High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks! Of Central Oregon and Ann Richardson, Executive Director of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.

Remember – Bid High, Bid Often and support the fund raising efforts of Wendy's Wish! This wonderful fundraiser would not be possible without the support of the many quilters that submitted and donated the fabric post cards, the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and the Executive Director, Ann Richardson. Thank you Ann and to the hundreds of quilters and volunteers!

To read about last years project visit: Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show - Fabric Post Card Auction

Wendy’s Wish is a project to support the St. Charles Cancer Treatment Center. Wendy’s Wish exists to provide education, promote early detection of cancer and offer affordable, compassionate emotional support to each individual’s personal journey. Wendy’s Wish is named in honor of Wendy S. Huntley, a Central Oregon quilter who had breast cancer and ultimately passed away from colon cancer in the summer of 2006. Direct contributions to Wendy’s Wish may be made to St. Charles Foundation – Wendy’s Wish, 2500 NE Neff Road, Bend, OR 97701.

About The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show™: The Stitchin’ Post is proud to present the 34th Anniversary Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show™ displaying more than 1,200 quilts under sunny summer skies. From barns to balconies, storefronts to stairways, quilts from all over the world blanket the town with splashes of color on Saturday, July 11, 2009 and every year on the second Saturday in July. A “grass roots” show, the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show™, features quilts from groups as far away as New Zealand, as close to home as Sisters and beyond. For more information visit: www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org or call the Stitchin’ Post at 541-549-6061.

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 three High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon and one High Desert Frameworks! located 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 Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). 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 and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250. The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

High Desert Frameworks! Features Paul Alan Bennett and Cristina Acosta Friday July 3, for “Oregon by the Dozen.”

High Desert Frameworks! in Downtown Bend, Oregon will participate in a special event this Friday, July 3, called "Oregon by the Dozen."  The gallery will feature work by Cristina Acosta and Paul Alan Bennett for a silent auction event benefiting Arts Central Educational & Resource Center.

The Bend Gallery Association's “Oregon by the Dozen” fundraiser for Arts Central kicks off during the July 3, 2009 First Friday Gallery Walk, with month-long bidding, followed by the group exhibit and auction finale on August 7 at the Arts Central Educational & Resource Center, located in the historic Goodwillie-Allen-Rademacher House (formerly Mirror Pond Gallery) in downtown Bend.

In conjunction with the Oregon 150 – a year-long celebration of our state's 150 birthday – communities host events that honor the people, places and organizations that have been – and continue to be - sources of inspiration and discovery. For 15 years, Arts Central operated Mirror Pond Gallery before closing its doors. Recent events may have altered the face, but certainly not the cultural value that Arts Central provides to our Central Oregon community, and High Desert Frameworks! is honored to be able to participate in this fund raiser directly benefiting the new Arts Central Educational & Resource Center, located at 875 NW Brooks Street, Bend, Oregon 97701.

What: First Friday, July 3, "Oregon by the Dozen" fundraiser for Arts Central
When: 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Where: High Desert Frameworks! on Franklin Avenue in downtown Bend, Oregon

High Desert Frameworks!
431 NW Franklin Avenue
Bend, Oregon 97701
541-647-2191 / 866-549-6250
Hours: 10am to 5:30pm M-F, 10am to 2pm Sat

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 three High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon and one High Desert Frameworks! located 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 Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). 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 and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250. The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

July Events at High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon

Cool summer evenings and Hot art events!
High Desert Gallery hosts the very best in fine art experiences this July.

July Artist Reception for Paul Alan Bennett at High Desert Gallery – Redmond Oregon

You're invited to a special artist event Friday July 17th, from 5 – 8pm.

High Desert Gallery is honored to present “Imaginary Landscapes,” a new series of original paintings and fine art giclees by Oregon artist Paul Alan Bennett. Drawn from imagined – and yet familiar – landscapes throughout the High Desert, Paul Alan Bennett works with his iconic style to transport the viewer to magical places.

“The rivers hint of such places as the Columbia River, the Snake and The John Day. The mountains suggest the Cascade Range, The Steens or those found in the high plateau areas of Southern Oregon or Nevada. The brilliance of the stars in the high desert sky are common to all these areas. They are like tiny mirrors sewn into the fabric of the night.

The central theme of all these works is made up of three parts: night sky, mountains and rivers. These act like three chords of music. The placement of boats, birds, trees, rocks, the moon and stars are the accent notes within those chord patterns. The eye is guided around by such accents. This serves to create a silent symphony of wonder and scale, similar to that found in the Romantic images of early American landscape painting.” -- Paul Alan Bennett, June 2009

Join us in Redmond Oregon for "Walk the Art Beat" Friday, July 17, 2009, from 5 - 8pm. Meet Paul Alan Bennett, find out what inspires him and see beautiful framed fine art giclees and original art. Live music from Bellavia, refreshments, and experience the New Redmond Downtown as the dust finally settles and a vibrant community space emerges. We'll be looking for you.

What: Artist Reception for Paul Alan Bennett.
Where: High Desert Gallery, 453 SW 6th Street, Redmond
When: Friday, July 17, 2009, from 5 - 8 pm.
Cost: Free and open to the public

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing
453 SW 6th Street
Redmond, Oregon 97756
Open Tuesday - Saturday, 11am to 5pm
For more information, 541-388-8964
www.highdesertgallery.com

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2009 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and Quilters Affair Week Receptions at High Desert Gallery – Sisters Oregon

High Desert Gallery is hosting three stellar events you shouldn't miss.

July Monthly Feature: The Premier of "Going to the Dogs", a new collaborative series by Kathy Deggendorfer and Tonye Belinda Phillips, featuring two Artist Receptions

Sunday, July 5, 2009 – 2:00 to 6:00 PM
AND
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 3:00 - 6:30PM

Join us for the premier showing of “ Going to the Dogs,” five new collaborative works by regionally acclaimed Oregon watercolorist, Kathy Deggendorfer and regionally acclaimed quilter and author, Tonye Belinda Phillips. Meet and chat with Kathy and Tonye while enjoying great art, lively conversation, refreshments and live music with Bellavia July 5, and Katie Cavanaugh July 8th!

What: Artist Reception for Kathy Deggendorfer and Tonye Belinda Phillips
Where: High Desert Gallery, 281 W Cascade Avenue, Sisters, Oregon.
When: Sunday, July 5th, and Wednesday, July 8.  Featuring Live Music and More.
Special Hours for Quilt Show week, 10am to 7pm or later with some nights to 9PM!
Cost: Free and open to the public

For details: 541-388-8964

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing
281 W Cascade Avenue at Oak
Sisters, Oregon 97759
541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250
Open Daily: 10am to 6pm (Summer Hours)
www.highdesertgallery.com

Not to be Missed: Artist Reception with Mixed Media Fiber Artist Trisha Hassler Sunday, July 5, 2009 -- 2:00 – 6:00 PM

High Desert Gallery is pleased and honored to host an artist reception for nationally known mixed media fiber artist, Trisha Hassler. Please join us during the 6th annual "Around the Block" Fiber Arts Stroll Sunday, July 5th in Sisters Oregon and meet Trisha! For our Trisha collectors and gallery clients this is the best time to see a major exhibition of Trisha's work. Meet and chat with Trisha while enjoying great art, lively conversation, live music with Bellavia and refreshments!

What: Artist Reception for Trisha Hassler
Where: High Desert Gallery, 281 W Cascade Avenue, Sisters, Oregon.
When: Sunday, July 5, 2009 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm.  This event is free and open to the public.
Cost: Free and open to the public

Special Hours for Quilt Show week, 10am to 7pm or later with some nights to 9PM!

For details: 541-388-8964

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing
281 W Cascade Avenue at Oak
Sisters, Oregon 97759
541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250
Open Daily: 10am to 6pm (Summer Hours)
www.highdesertgallery.com

Special Artist Reception with fine art quilter Lura Schwarz Smith Thursday, July 9, from 3:30 to 6:30PM

High Desert Gallery is honored to be hosting an artist reception Thursday, July 9, from 3:30 to 6:30 pm for Internationally known quilt artist Lura Schwarz Smith. Highly acclaimed, Smith has shown her art quilts in regional, national and international quilt shows. Among her many honors was to have one of her quilts included in the “100 Best American Quilts of the 20th Century.”

Lura Schwarz Smith states, “As an artist, I am interested in merging my art background with quilting techniques and to explore those potentials, in the effort to express the inner life through fabric art.”  Meet and chat with Lura Schwarz Smith while enjoying beautiful art, refreshments, and live music from Katie Cavanaugh.

What: Special Artist Reception for Lura Schwarz Smith
Where: High Desert Gallery, 281 W Cascade Avenue, Sisters, Oregon.
When: Thursday, July 9, 2009 from 3:30 TO 6:30PM. This event is free and open to the public.
Cost: Free and open to the public

Special Hours for Quilt Show week, 10am to 7pm or later with some nights to 9PM!

For details: 541-388-8964

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing
281 W Cascade Avenue at Oak
Sisters, Oregon 97759
541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250
Open Daily: 10am to 6pm (Summer Hours)
www.highdesertgallery.com

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July 3 First Friday Event and Month Long Exhibition at High Desert Frameworks! in Bend Oregon - Patrick Horsley

Don't miss out on this exhibition of fine art craft and pottery, featuring nationally recognized Oregon potter, Patrick Horsley.

High Desert Frameworks! In downtown Bend, Oregon, is pleased to announce the July Artist Feature for Oregon fine art potter Patrick Horsley. Nationally recognized, Patrick Horsley, is known throughout America with work exhibited in many galleries and collected by numerous corporations, select museums and private collectors. His artwork is strongly influenced by architecture, both primitive and contemporary with most of the work being decorative as opposed to utilitarian. Teapots, a special interest of Patrick, have evolved into signature pieces, which are included in many collections throughout the world. Patrick remarks, "The challenge of my work is to combine the many elements (handles, feet, spouts and lids) into a work that dances and presents a new view and image of a familiar form. My primary interest is in the process and the physical dance of making the pots."

Join us for the opening reception at the First Friday Gallery Walk on Friday, July 3 from 5-9pm. Enjoy great art, refreshments and more. The event if free and open to the public. For more information on the event, Patrick, and the Custom Framing and fine craft gallery please call 1-866-549-6250, or visit www.highdesertgallery.com.

What: Art Exhibition and Sale - Patrick Horsley Fine Art Pottery.
When: Art Opening Friday, July 3, 2009 from 5 to 9pm.  Exhibition through July 30.
Cost: Free and open to the public
Where: High Desert Frameworks!,431 NW Franklin Avenue Bend Oregon 97701

High Desert Frameworks!
431 NW Franklin Avenue
Bend, Oregon 97701
541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250
Hours: 10am to 5:30pm M-F, 10am to 2pm Sat

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Where's Miss Dotty and Yello? 

Why, they're off on a new adventure, of course, this time in Sisters Oregon, visiting the Heritage Building through the month of July 2009.

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon in cooperation with The Heritage Building in Sisters is pleased to announce a special exhibition of the very collectible “Miss Dotty & Yello” collaboration from regionally acclaimed Oregon Artists, Kathy Deggendorfer and Tonye Belinda Phillips. The “Miss Dotty” series will be exhibited in the Heritage House through July 30, 2009. This event is free and open to the public.

What: “Miss Dotty & Yello” - Artist Collaboration Exhibition

When: July 3 through July 30, 2009 - Open Daily 10am to 5pm.
Where: The Heritage Building, 220 SW Pine Street, Sisters OR 97759
Cost: Free and open to the public

Sponsored by: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing
281 W Cascade Avenue at Oak
Sisters, Oregon 97759
541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250
Open Daily: 10am to 6pm (Summer Hours)
www.highdesertgallery.com

About the Miss Dotty & Yello Collaboration: Each Fine Art Giclee print is signed and numbered by Kathy Deggendorfer and a wonderful reproduction of the original watercolor. Each quilted work by Tonye is signed and the two works of art are professionally framed by High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon. The Miss Dotty Series has five works in sets with each set limited to 25 prints/quilts. After the Series sells out there will be no more sets produced of the same images. Not only is the collaboration a wonderful addition to any home or office but it is also limited and potentially collectible. The Miss Dotty Series is available exclusively in Central Oregon from High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon

For more information or to order please call 866-549-6250 or visit: “Miss Dotty & Yello” Collaboration by Kathy Deggendorfer and Tonye Belinda Phillips.

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 three High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon and one High Desert Frameworks! located 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 Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). 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 and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250. 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 of Central Oregon announces the release of "Imaginary Landscapes" by Paul Alan Bennett

Imagine: gliding over the glass-smooth surface of a river just as the few stars peek out of the summer evening sky.

Imagine: following ancient waterways, reading the centuries revealed in the rock face.

High Desert Gallery is honored to present “Imaginary Landscapes,” a new series of original paintings and fine art giclees by Oregon artist Paul Alan Bennett. Drawn from imagined – and yet familiar – landscapes throughout the High Desert, Paul Alan Bennett works with his iconic style to transport the viewer to magical places.

“The rivers hint of such places as the Columbia River, the Snake and The John Day. The mountains suggest the Cascade Range, The Steens or those found in the high plateau areas of Southern Oregon or Nevada. The brilliance of the stars in the high desert sky are common to all these areas. They are like tiny mirrors sewn into the fabric of the night.

The central theme of all these works is made up of three parts: night sky, mountains and rivers. These act like three chords of music. The placement of boats, birds, trees, rocks, the moon and stars are the accent notes within those chord patterns. The eye is guided around by such accents. This serves to create a silent symphony of wonder and scale, similar to that found in the Romantic images of early American landscape painting.” -- Paul Alan Bennett, June 2009

The release schedule for Imaginary Landscapes  - including the original paintings and an edition of 195 signed and numbered fine art giclee prints for each title -  is as follows:

Releasing June 15, 2009: “Stars Over Sisters”, “The Time Traveler”, and “The Magic Mountain.”

Releasing August 1, 2009: “Echoes of the Cascades”, “Owyhee Evening”, and “Columbia Basin at Night”.

Releasing October 1, 2009: “Early Morning Calm” , and “Red Moon over the John Day”.

Stellar custom framing options  by High Desert Frameworks! will be available on all artwork. Set your alarm clock for midnight June 15, 2009 as you can conveniently order online at www.highdesertgallery.com. Preordering is easy by calling High Desert Gallery at 866-549-6250 during normal business hours and by all means please  visit a High Desert Gallery in Central Oregon.

Please contact us if you would like a brochure mailed to you or to someone you think would appreciate receiving this information.

Paul Alan Bennett's work reminds us why we love the High Desert - those who are lucky enough to live here, and those who dream of living here.  Capture your dream by acquiring one of these very special "Imaginary Landscapes" before they're gone.  

ARTIST RECEPTION IN REDMOND FOR PAUL ALAN BENNETT - FRIDAY, JULY 17, FROM 5 - 8 PM.

Join us in Redmond Oregon for "Walk the Art Beat" Friday, July 17, 2009, from 5 - 8pm.  Meet Paul Alan Bennett, learn more about the inspiration behind his artwork and see beautiful framed fine art giclees and original art.  Live music, refreshments, and a hoot for sure.

Where:  High Desert Gallery, 453 SW 6th Street, Redmond

When: Friday, July 17, 2009, from 5 - 8 pm.

See the New Redmond Downtown as the dust finally settles and a vibrant community space emerges, pedestrian friendly and showcasing good art, good food, good books, and...well, other good stuff.  We'll be looking for you.

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, most recently in the release of a select group of Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee Prints, and has worked closely with Pendelton 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 spark many of the themes found in this Sisters artist's work.  Paul Alan Bennett's artwork is represented by High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon.

Coming June 15th -- Imaginary Landscapes by Paul Alan Bennett

Original paintings and fine art giclee prints by nationally known Oregon artist, Paul Alan Bennett.  Contact High Desert Gallery and we'll mail you a full color brochure.  Call us at 866-549-6250 or email us at:  Contact High Desert Gallery.

Sisters Oregon Celebrates Ranch Life and Rodeo - Saturday May 30 - Schedule of Events

Sisters Celebrates Ranch Life & Rodeo
Schedule of Events ~ May 30, 2009

All Day Events

Art Show -- Sponsored by Sisters Art Works

Sisters Art Works, 204 W Adams Ave, will have an opening reception for the Ranch Life & Rodeo Art Show in the Entry Gallery with work from top quality photographers, painters, custom western clothing manufacturers, and sculptors. The exhibit will also feature vintage pieces from the collections of several local Western history buffs.

Teepee Tours and Native American Traditions -- Sponsored by Sisters Art Works

Take a tour of a real teepee; enjoy watching flint knapping; and if you're lucky catch a glimpse of folks from the Sisters Country riding their horses into town -- keep your eyes peeled for Gayla Nelson's horse that will be traditionally painted with Native American symbols.

Llamas on Parade -- Sponsored by the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce

Join Joanne Shook from Buck Haven Llama Farm as she brings her llamas to town.

Artist Reception -- Sponsored by Clearwater Gallery

Clearwater Gallery, 391 W Cascade Ave., is proud to present Tom Browning's newest paintings depicting ranch life and the wonderful works of RL Rickard' 1880s western paintings. Clearwater Gallery will also be serving homemade root beer.

West of West, a Celebration of Ranch Life -- Sponsored by High Desert Gallery

Fine Art Group Exhibition and Sale featuring work by Central Oregon Artist including, Cristina Acosta, Kathy Deggendorfer, Kimry Jelen, Grace Bishko, Paul Alan Bennett, Cary Weigand, Trisha Hassler, Glen Corbet, J Chester (Skip) Armstrong, plus special guest Central Oregon artists, Jerry Werner, Sue C Smith and Jean Wells. 281 W Cascade Ave.  (Image -- Original Painting (detail) "Branding" by Paul Alan Bennett)

Sisters Best Beef Contest -- Sponsored by the Sisters Village Association

Local restaurants will be creating a 'beef special' that will be judged by the 'Hungry Realtors of Sisters' and prizes will be awarded to the restaurants. Cheer on your favorite!

Participating Restaurants Include:

Aspen Lakes Brand 33 ~ Coyote Creek Cafe~ Scoots Bar & Grill ~ Martolli's Piazza ~ Three Creeks Brewery ~ Suttle Lake/Boathouse Restaurant ~ Ken's Old Fashioned Pizza ~ The Gallery Restaurant ~ Bronco Billy's Ranch Grill & Saloon ~ Soji Noodle & Rice ~ Ski Inn ~ Papandrea's Pizza

Food Samples and Chuck Wagon Food -- Sponsored by Sisters Art Works

'The Cowgirl Cookbook' author Jill Stanford will provide food samples throughout the day at Sisters Art Works.

11am -- 12pm

Music on the Porch -- Sponsored by Sisters Art Works

Sisters resident Dyrk Godby and friends will be playing live music for all to enjoy on the porch at Sisters Art Works.

12pm -- 1:30pm

J. Chester Armstrong -- Chainsaw Sculpture -- Sponsored by Sisters Art Works

J. Chester 'Skip' Armstrong will be demonstrating his famous chainsaw sculpture carving live and in person at Sisters Art Works.

12pm -- 4pm

Sisters View Clydesdales -- Sponsored by the Sisters Village Association

Free Stagecoach Rides. Climb on board and take a ride on an authentic Stagecoach brought to Sisters by Jerry & Jenny Andres. The coach will provide rides beginning on the corner of Larch and Adams.

2pm -- 3:30pm

Jeff Wester -- Horseshoeing Demonstration -- Sponsored by Sisters Art Works

Live horses and live blacksmithing at Sisters Art Works. Watch a real farrier at work.

2pm -- 4pm

Horse Shoe Competition -- Sponsored by the Sisters Village Association

At Scoot's Bar & Grill; Signups begin at 1pm.

3-5pm

Community Jam on the Porch -- Sponsored by Sisters Art Works

Join in on the community jam at Sisters Art Works. Bring your guitar, mandolin, harmonica or just yourself and join in for great music and great fun.

3pm -- 6pm

Live Mannequin Fashion Show -- Sponsored by Cowgirls and Indians Resale Annex

Join Kate Aspen of Cowgirls and Indians Resale Annex at Sisters Art Works for a live Mannequin Fashion show of unique western attire.

4pm -- 4:30pm

Oregon's 150^th Birthday Celebration Stagecoach Run -- Sponsored by the Deschutes Historical Society

The reenactment of the historic stagecoach ride between Bend and Sisters will culminate at the Village Green Park at 4pm. Be there to welcome the pioneers back to Sisters.

4pm -- 6pm

Line Dancing & Square Dancing -- Sponsored by the Sisters Village Association

Round-up the gang and learn how to line and square dance at Bronco Billy's Ranch Grill & Saloon. Calling and Clogging by Jessica Yankey, Emerald Ranch's Manager, trainer and instructor.

Native American Band 'COYO' -- Sponsored by the Sisters Village Association

COYO will be performing free behind Don Terra Art Works, 222 West Hood Ave. Three Creeks Brewery will have a beer garden, featuring hand crafted brews available for purchase at this event?come experience great ancient melodies of native America.

4pm -- 7pm

West of West, a Celebration of Ranch Life -- Sponsored by High Desert Gallery

Fine Art Group Exhibition and Sale featuring work by Central Oregon Artist including, Cristina Acosta, Kathy Deggendorfer, Kimry Jelen, Grace Bishko, Paul Alan Bennett, Cary Weigand, Trisha Hassler, Glen Corbet, J Chester (Skip) Armstrong, plus special guest Central Oregon artists, Jerry Werner, Sue C Smith and Jean Wells. 281 W Cascade Ave.

6pm -- 9pm

Cowboy Poetry & Music with Host Charley Engel -- Sponsored by Sisters Art Works

Suggested $10 donation (tickets must be purchased during the day at Sisters Art Works as seating is limited). Charley Engel host of 106.7 KPOV's radio show ?Calling All Cowboys? has wrangled a fine group of cowboy poets and western musicians including: The Anvil Blasters; Rick Steber; John Grant and the Western Revue; Don Worthing; and Big Pine and the Pitchtones. Doors open at 6pm.

Sneak Preview – Cristina Acosta and Jerry Werner -- “West of West,” A Celebration of Ranch Life at High Desert Gallery -- Sisters Oregon

“West of West,” A Celebration of Ranch Life at High Desert Gallery Group Show Opens May 30 through June 29. Please join us for the Artist Group Reception Saturday, May 30, from 4 – 7pm. The All-Star lineup of High Desert Gallery Artists includes Cristina Acosta, J Chester Armstrong, Paul Alan Bennett, Grace Bishko, Glen Corbett, Kathy Deggendorfer, Trisha Hassler, Kimry Jelen, Sue Smith, Jean Wells, Cary Weigand, Jerry Werner.

High Desert Gallery And Custom Framing
281 W Cascade Avenue at Oak Sisters, Oregon 97759
541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250
Open Daily: F/S/S/M 10am to 5pm, T/W/H 10am-2:30pm (Spring Hours)
Open Daily: 10am to 6pm Starting June 14, 2009 (Summer Hours)
www.highdesertgallery.com

In preparation for the West of West, A Celebration of Ranch Life Group Show, High Desert Gallery featured artists, plus special guest Central Oregon artists, were asked to write about the thoughts and experiences that inspired their creativity. Here's a sneak preview from two very talented artists:

“Horses Running”

Original Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas

By Cristina Acosta

I love watching horses, naked of any tack, running across a large expanse of land. They are un-tethered and moving their bodies without the constraints of human direction. Watching them, a little of myself runs with them. I lived with horses on an old homestead when I first moved to Central Oregon in the 1980's. Often alone for weeks at a time, the horses were part of the family of animals on the ranch. They became my friends and companions. Observing them taught me to remember to embrace joyful abandon in the small moments of my life. -- Cristina Acosta, May 2009

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“Daily Chores”

Original Acrylic / Oil in sepia tone

by Jerry Werner

This painting was inspired from some family photos of my cousin Joe's wife Patty.

As I was going through these old photos I really liked the one of Patty's dad, Floyd Dewayne Stuck, he was 16 at the time in 1949. Floyd was a logger: their family moved here from Oklahoma in 1940. Lived in a tent in Hillsboro Oregon for a year and then bought property in Gales Creek, Oregon.

The Stucks built a barn in 41 soon after the original house burnt down in the huge Tillamook burn fire, times were rough, the barn made it through the fire along with the chicken coup, so they remodeled the chicken coup to live in. They started a small strawberry farm and built a small logging mill on the property, the barn just fell down this last winter. Until just a few years ago there was still an outhouse on the property.

The painting is an accumulation of the two photos, the edge of the barn in the foreground is also the same barn in the background with the cow standing in front of it. Floyd would gt up early to feed and milk the cows then harness the workhorses up with the skid and take them out to do the logging.

There was an old car on the road in the back of the barn, I own a 37 Ford panel delivery, so I made the car into my old delivery, and you know that's what artist's license is all about. -- Jerry Werner, May 2009

Sneak Preview – Kimry Jelen & Sue Smith -- “West of West,” A Celebration of Ranch Life at High Desert Gallery -- Sisters Oregon

“West of West,” A Celebration of Ranch Life at High Desert Gallery Group Show Opens May 30 through June 29. Please join us for the Artist Group Reception Saturday, May 30, from 4 – 7pm. The All-Star lineup of High Desert Gallery Artists includes Cristina Acosta, J Chester Armstrong, Paul Alan Bennett, Grace Bishko, Glen Corbett, Kathy Deggendorfer, Trisha Hassler, Kimry Jelen, Sue Smith, Jean Wells, Cary Weigand, Jerry Werner.

High Desert Gallery And Custom Framing
281 W Cascade Avenue at Oak Sisters, Oregon 97759
541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250
Open Daily: F/S/S/M 10am to 5pm, T/W/H 10am-2:30pm (Spring Hours)
Open Daily: 10am to 6pm Starting June 14, 2009 (Summer Hours)
www.highdesertgallery.com

In preparation for the West of West, A Celebration of Ranch Life Group Show, High Desert Gallery featured artists, plus special guest Central Oregon artists, were asked to write about the thoughts and experiences that inspired their creativity. Here's a sneak preview from two very talented artists:

“Just Practicing”

Original Acrylic on Canvas

By Kimry Jelen

Just Practicing. Rodeo bulls are big, so big, that this one barely fit on the painting surface! It seems like they shouldn't be able to get their feet as high off the ground as they do. These one ton animals manage to leap, dive, spin and twist in a way that just doesn't seem possible. Bull riding must be quite the "rush" in so many ways! I think when we aren't watching...they work out maneuvers on their own time - just to keep tuned up and ready to rumble...like this guy, he's "just Practicing"! -- Kimry Jelen May 2009

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“High Valley”

Original Oil on Linen on Panel

by Sue Smith

I grew up listening to the stories: there was John Chapman - Johnny Appleseed - an ancestor of mine, and my grandparents, who lived in a sod-roofed house in Iowa. There was the story about a great grandmother from another branch of the family, who was kidnapped by the Sioux as a 5 year old child. I sat in awe, listening to the details of how her father and brothers had to track the raiding party, then ransom her back for two mules and a rifle.

There is a part of me that has always yearned for the empty, unexplored spaces - "West of West." Badlands and High Valley are from my Mesa Series - paintings that seek to capture an elusive isolation in the High Desert. I've walked along these trails in my mind and in my life, stood on high vantage points and stared out at the endless vista. I've relished the isolation, wondered what was just around that bend, found peace in the hawk's call while watching clouds crowd out the horizon.

The trail ahead is beckoning. Come along with me. -- Sue Smith, May 2009

Sneak Preview -- Trisha Hassler -- “West of West,” A Celebration of Ranch Life at High Desert Gallery -- Sisters Oregon

“West of West,” A Celebration of Ranch Life at High Desert Gallery Group Show Opens May 30 through June 29. Please join us for the Artist Group Reception Saturday, May 30, from 4 – 7pm.  The All-Star lineup of High Desert Gallery Artists includes Cristina Acosta, J Chester Armstrong, Paul Alan Bennett, Grace Bishko, Glen Corbett, Kathy Deggendorfer, Trisha Hassler, Kimry Jelen, Sue Smith, Jean Wells, Cary Weigand, Jerry Werner. 

High Desert Gallery And Custom Framing
281 W Cascade Avenue at Oak  Sisters, Oregon 97759
541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250
Open Daily: F/S/S/M 10am to 5pm, T/W/H 10am-2:30pm (Spring Hours)
Open Daily: 10am to 6pm Starting June 14, 2009 (Summer Hours)
www.highdesertgallery.com

“Where Seldom Is Heard A Discouraging Word”,   21.5” x 18.0”
Hand dyed and rusted cotton, found objects, beads, nuts and bolts
by Nationally Acclaimed Oregon Mixed Media Artist, Trisha Hassler

    Ranches of all shapes and sizes once dotted the western United States.  Some ranches have thrived and become modernized testimonials to the new western way of life.  Still more have vanished or been assimilated into housing developments, highways or new golf resorts.  One such ranch was offered to me as a hunting ground for rusty metal parts and treasured pieces.  The bits of old steel are full of untold stories, songs by the campfire and endless starry nights in the desert of Central Oregon.  i am inspired by the life contained in each one.  These one of a kind found objects impart their individual story to each of the pieces created from them and if you listen very carefully, maybe you will even hear the song from long ago.  -- Trisha Hassler, May 2009

About Trisha Hassler:  Lifetime quilter and award winning Oregon Artist, Trisha has enjoyed numerous group and one woman exhibits throughout the United States and New Zealand.  Her work has been published nationally in books and magazines highlighting contemporary fiber work.  As a current board member of Art In The Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival and former board member of L.O.C.A.L. 14 she is very involved in the local arts community in her home town of Portland.  Trisha embraces both torch-cut steel and improvisational quilt construction and through her artistic abilities combines the two mediums into one art form even though the two parts are considered at opposite ends of the artistic spectrum.  Her work is known for it's intricacy and surface detail and the use of the dissimilar elements has become her trademark.  Trisha Hassler's artwork is available exclusively in Central Oregon at High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon.

High Desert Frameworks! opens Friday, June 5 -- Bend First Friday Gallery Walk

High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon (www.highdesertgallery.com), an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery, is proud to announce the expansion and opening of High Desert Frameworks! The 1,210 square feet retail custom picture framing gallery is located at 431 NW Franklin Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. High Desert Frameworks! will host their first Bend First Friday Art Gallery Walk on Friday, June 5, 2009 from 5-9pm and feature fused glass by Oregon artist, Jenelle Lynn Kathan, refreshments and lively conversation.

“High Desert Frameworks! is key to our Central Oregon expansion and will complement our retail art galleries in Redmond and Sisters, Oregon as well as our new gallery scheduled to open in the Oxford Hotel this summer,” states Myrna Dow, owner of High Desert Gallery. “Our Frameworks! location will provide all services of a custom picture framing gallery including on site manufacturing, conservation custom picture framing, consultation, design, layout and installation services. Additionally, we'll represent Pacific Northwest artists working in three dimensional glass, clay, silver, wood and other mediums. We are excited about the opportunities that Bend brings us and are looking forward to partnering with its art and business communities.”

High Desert Frameworks! is open Monday through Friday 10am to 5:30pm and Saturday 10am to 2pm. For more information on the gallery please visit www.highdesertgallery.com or call High Desert Frameworks! at 541-647-2191.

About Myrna Dow: Myrna Dow, owner, director, and professional picture framer of High Desert Gallery and High Desert Frameworks! has a background in the arts and framing industry spanning more than twenty years. Earning a BFA in Graphic Arts from Portland State, Dow first started in the graphic arts field working for several large agencies and type houses. In the early 80's she began her career in the gallery business as a sales associate and gallery manager. After several years, she migrated to the custom framing industry and mentored with an accomplished professional picture framer. In 1999 Dow moved to Central Oregon and soon thereafter established High Desert Gallery 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 three High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 431 NW Franklin 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 Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). 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 and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.