Oregon Spring break is nearing a completion so for our friends to the East, North and
South, Spring and Easter Breaks are things of
consideration and planning.
Spring in Central Oregon is not only fun and pleasant, it is a wonderful time to
visit Central Oregon. We will admit that we love September and the Fall
more but that has to do with all the activities in Sisters in September
including The Sisters Folk Festival, O Sisters, Where Art Thou? , The Sisters
Jazz Festival, and more. One thing is for sure -- You can't go Spring
skiing in September! Also Smith Rock is a great place to hike in early to late Spring.
Not only is Spring in Central Oregon a
great time it is the start of things "happening" - One happening is the Party of
the Year in Sisters! We have been fortunate to participate in the last few
"My Own Two Hands" art celebrations and have watched the event grow and prosper.
"My Own Two Hands," affectionately called MOTH is a fund raiser activity of the
Sisters Folk Festival with the beneficiaries being the Arts and Music programs
in the Sisters School District. For more information please visit:
sistersarts.org . The 2006 MOTH event is set for Friday, April 7 (Art Stroll &
Performance Evening) and Saturday, April 8 (Art Auction). If you can,
please support this great event. Last year the event raised more than
$85,000 for art and music in Sisters Schools. There are some great works
available for auction including work by many High Desert Gallery artists as well as great works by other Central Oregon Artists including Randy Redfield, Alma de la Melena Cox,
Dougal Haines, Sandra Melchiori, Deb Sether, John Simpkins, and many more.
For those of you that have been on our Newsletter email for the last five years will note a BIG change in format. In March we moved away from our graphically intense email to a text based email with a link to this newsletter. If you didn't notice we are also blogging. High Desert Gallery has joined the business blogging revolution. Why you ask? Because blogs and blogging are a great way for a business to provided information, content and relevant information to the public and clients in a timely manner. The continuation of spam and associated issues with junk email have encouraged us to utilize RSS and XML feeds to better services you our customer. And lastly, blogs allow for rapid deployment of information and content with images and text. When you subscribe to our Blog’s feed, you will receive information when it happens and allow you to become aware of gallery events, new releases, eBay offerings and much more in real time. If you are interested in our RSS feed ... See the information below or click on the link to the blog subscription link to the left. Also you can bookmark our blog or visit http://www.highdesertgallery.info at anytime! If you have time, visit our archive blogs.
New Art! New Artist!
High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon is
truly honored to represent Oregon artist, Marla Baggetta in Central Oregon.
A Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, Honors Graduate from Art
Center College of Design, and recipient of numerous awards and honors, Baggetta
has distinguished herself in the field of commercial illustration and most
recently in fine art landscape painting. An author of Step by Step Pastel
published by Walter Foster Publishing, the featured artist in premiere
publication of Pastel Journal, and teaching experience at Art Center
College of Design and Pacific Northwest
Collage of Art, Baggetta is enjoying
a distinguished career.
Both High Desert Gallery locations in
Central Oregon will represent Marla's original pastel,
oil paintings and fine
art prints. The gallery has an excellent selection so please plan on
stopping by sooner than later. Marla's work will be featured at High Desert Gallery in Sisters Oregon during the month of May.
Image Above: Baggetta "Spring Sky" - Original Pastel
Image Right: Baggetta "Black Butte Walk" - Original Pastel
If you would like to be notified of new
work by Oregon Artist, Marla Baggetta please visit our online customer service center or call
the gallery at 866-549-6250. We send artist information out via regular
mail and through our email marketing programs, including our month newsletter.
Visit: Online Customer Service Help Desk and leave us your contact
information. Thank you!
Sharron Bliss Alert! --
Myrna recently visited Sharron's studio and we have acquired some wonderful new
original paintings and fine art prints. Currently we have the best
selection of Sharron's work and the response has been very favorable. Call
or email the gallery should you have questions or wish to see more of the work!
Happenings
Jerry Werner - Preview of “Dogs Life” series and artist reception on
Friday, April 7, 2006 at High Desert Gallery - Sisters
My Own Two Hands Celebration in Sisters - Friday, April 7 & Saturday,
April 8th
John Simpkins - Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Preview Party at High Desert
Gallery – Sisters on Thursday, May 4th – Hosted by High Desert Gallery and the
Stitchin’ Post. For event information visit: Preview Party
"My Ruff Report" -- Book Signing with Mare Shey and Glen Corbett at High Desert Gallery - Sisters. Saturday, May 6, 2006.
Grace Bishko - High Desert Series is at Black Butte
Ranch Lodge now through May 2006
High Desert Art Gallery’s online calendar for both our Redmond
and Sisters Oregon Art Galleries can be found at:
http://www.events.highdesertgallery.com . We have a "ton" of
activities for 2006 so visit us often!
News!
High Desert Gallery is expanding - We open our new gallery in Redmond, Oregon on or about April 28, 2006. Please visit us at 453 SW 6th Street at Evergreen where you will find a two thousand square feet fine art gallery and custom framing showroom located in the historic Butler building in downtown Redmond. We'll have the same great artists at both
locations - More of the same great "stuff" along with our customer framing
design services and consultation. Whether you are in Redmond or Sisters,
Oregon -- you'll get the same great service! Our new phone number in
Redmond is 541-548-1811. For more information and a map to the Redmond
Oregon art gallery, please visit: Contact High Desert Gallery.
Progress
over the
last three
months!
Just add Art!
With expansion also comes growth.
We've added two new employees to the High Desert Gallery Team. Along with
our veteran staff member, Carol (Mama D) in Sisters, we recently added Tamara and Sue to
our professional staff. Tamara's responsibilities are primarily Customer
Picture Framing design and creation. Currently she is working very closely
with Myrna Dow, Gallery Director and getting the lay of the land. Tamara
has been a great addition to the team and we welcome her! Sue will balance
her time between Redmond and Sisters and work with you our clients for both art
placement, consultation and framing design layout. Sue comes to us with a
wealth of artistic background and is a recent Fine Art graduate from Oregon
State. Plan on stopping by the gallery and introducing yourself to Carol,
Sue and Tamara. They are eager to serve you.
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Next time you are in Redmond or Sisters visit us! We are centrally located in the heart of downtown Sisters on W Cascade Avenue at Oak Street and in the downtown historic district of Redmond on SW 6th Street at Evergreen! Call us at 866-549-6250. Need a map to our Redmond
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