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Wednesday, August 24, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
PLANES: Each craft
requires over 1,000
hours of work
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more — results in museum
scale models of actual aircraft
that are accurate down to the
smallest detail.
“Every part is where it
would be on the full-size,” he
said. “All the markings are
where they would be on the
full-size.”
And they fly, under radio
control. As a member of the
Cascade Modelers, Kufchak’s
creations regularly take to the
skies over an airfield near the
Highway 20 viewpoint east
of Sisters.
Kufchak builds aircraft of
the first half of the 20th cen-
tury, and often has multiple
projects in progress at any
given time.
“I have a B-17 (World War
II American bomber) that’s
been under construction for
about two years now. I build
World War I and World War
II,” he said. “I don’t build
anything with turbines. I’m a
propeller guy.”
Over the years, Kufchak
has built hundreds, if not
thousands, of models, each
with that exacting attention
to historical and mechanical
detail.
While his work is a tri-
umph of engineering, there’s
no question that it belongs
hovering above an art show.
“It is an art, and I appre-
ciate the art of it,” said
Kufchak.
Viewers are welcome to
see the art on the walls — and
in the air — at the Lodge, and
come out for the festivities
that begin at the Lodge on
Friday, September 2 with a
wine-and-appetizer reception
between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.,
with live music by Chris
Patrick and Selah Broderick.
During this time guests
can meet the artists and bid
on their works in a silent auc-
tion. During the reception the
founding Art Guild members
will be honored.
On Saturday, September
3, Art at the Ranch will run
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with
live music 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
by singer/songwriter duo
Rindy and Marv Ross.
Another new feature of
the Art Fair is the Plein Air
Paint Out at the Ranch on
Saturday, September 3 from
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event
will be held near the lake.
A People’s Choice Award
will be given and the paint-
ings will be for sale from
1 to 5 p.m. A children’s
painting workshop from 2
to 4 p.m. will be taught by
Rachel Lovegren. Children
will have an opportunity
to hang their art for public
display.
photo by JiM cornelius
Lee kufchak and his World War I-era fokker.
The most notable of the
accomplishments of the
festival is the awarding of
scholarships to students from
Sisters High School who have
plans for furthering their edu-
cation in the visual arts. The
scholarship program since
its conception has awarded
close to $50,000 in scholar-
ships. One of the recipients of
a scholarship award in 2010,
Rachel Lovegren, is now on
the full-time staff at the new
Lakeside Activity Center at
Black Butte Ranch.
photo by JiM cornelius
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