Wednesday, July 1, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
City to
award
$20,000
in grants
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BBR bistro features
massive painting
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
When staff and art com-
mittee members were looking
for the perfect painting to be
featured in a large space in the
new Lakeside Bistro at Black
Butte Ranch (BBR), they
knew where to turn.
They wanted a horse on
the wall, so they sought out
artist, equestrienne, and horse
trainer Kimry Jelen, whose
work is renowned from Sisters
Country to France.
The architect had called
out an eight-foot-tall and six-
foot-wide painting.
“It’s definitely the largest
painting I’ve painted,” Jelen
told The Nugget.
The portrait is a combi-
nation of two horses, Jelen
said — a mustang she trains
named Whiskey and her own
Holsteiner Thoroughbred.
“It’s a combination of
Whiskey and my horse Max
— ’cause he gives the cutest
look ever,” Jelen said.
The artist found the room
and the Ranch inspiring, and
the colors and light in the
painting are devised to pick
up on copper accents in the
The City of Sisters is seek-
ing to award grants to non-
profit community groups and
other entities for the 2015-16
fiscal year, beginning July 1.
The City will award up to
a total of $20,000 in grants for
Sisters community projects or
programs that meet one or
more of the following criteria:
• Provide assistance for
essential food, clothing or
shelter;
• Provide educational or
recreational opportunities for
children or seniors;
• Generate or support eco-
nomic activity in Sisters.
Interested organizations
should submit a community
grant application (available
on the City’s website or at
City Hall) and letter of inter-
est by July 17, attention Kathy
Nelson, city recorder.
For more information con-
tact Nelson at Sisters City
Hall, 520 E. Cascade Ave., by
phone at 541-323-5213, or by
email at knelson@ci.sisters.
or.us.
bistro and the colors of the
sunset that seep in through a
large window, along with the
colors of BBR’s ponderosa
pines.
“It was such a fun project,”
Jelen said. “I was completely
inspired by the space and
Black Butte in general.”
The size of the painting
made for some tricky logistics.
“We hauled it over to BBR
in a two-horse trailer,” Jelen
said. “Cleanest and most well-
behaved horse that was ever
hauled!”
an amazing opportunity,
and I can’t believe
it just came my way.
— Kimry Jelen
The artist was deeply grati-
fied to have been tapped for
the project.
“It was pretty fantastic,”
she said. “An amazing oppor-
tunity, and I can’t believe it
just came my way.”
The new bistro is located
at the Lakeside Recreation
Center at Black Butte Ranch.
photo provided
Kimry Jelen with the largest painting she’s ever down, hanging at Black
Butte ranch’s new bistro.
The project was approved homeowners and is now open
by Black Butte Ranch (see related story, page 4).
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