Wednesday, February 22, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
ART SHOW: Featured
artists work in a
variety of media
Continued from page 3
Artists and their Discoveries,”
through March 16.
The community is also
invited to the artists’ recep-
tion February 24 from 4 to 7
p.m. during the 4th Friday Art
Stroll.
“This exhibit is part of their
studies and review process,”
said Kathy Deggendorfer,
artist and Roundhouse
Foundation founder. “The art-
ists were asked to take a class,
interview the staff and look
critically at the school they
attended as a model for simi-
lar programs here in Sisters.”
The eight artists who
traveled to the various pro-
grams for the research project
enjoyed and learned from the
experiences.
Bend resident and ceram-
ics artist Nancy Dasen had the
option to attend an eight-week
workshop at Penland School
of Crafts in North Carolina.
Penland originally opened
as a weaving school back
in 1929, founded by Lucy
Morgan. She thought it
would be good for women in
the area to supplement their
income and become more
self-supporting.
When Morgan retired in
1962 she was succeeded by
Bill Brown, who updated
and expanded the school’s
offerings, adding longer fall
and spring sessions. He cre-
ated resident artists’ programs
at the school.
“When this project came
up for me I was very excited,”
Dasen said. “Just thinking
about eight weeks doing noth-
ing but making pottery was a
wonderful gift for me.”
Dasen grew up in Portland
and graduated with a double
major in art and German. She
worked in the graphic art/
printing industry, and in the
construction industry involved
with the selection of products,
materials, and colors.
“I began as a graphic
designer — before everything
went digital — and worked
in Bend in a print shop after
I got out of college. After my
children were grown I took on
a few ceramic classes at the
Art Station in Bend. Then my
husband bought all the equip-
ment needed for my ceramics,
and my garage became my
studio.”
Dasen loves the feel and
smell of clay and enjoys
incorporating elements of
typography and impressions
to enhance her pieces. She
enjoys making lidded urns
and vessels, not for function-
ality, but more for the mystery
of what might be inside.
“Penland is an hour out-
side of Ashville on 420 acres
with 57 buildings, and brings
in teachers from all over the
country,” she said. “In the
workshop, they brought in a
pair of potters who had known
each other before but had very
different approaches to what
they taught.
“It was new techniques.
Things that I hadn’t really
seen before and a little insight
into other ways for hand-
building things that I might
not have thought of.”
Dasen appreciated the
exposure to a lot of other stu-
dents and what their thoughts
were.
“There was an intense
exposure to a whole bunch
of different styles and tech-
niques. It was a great commu-
nity to be a part of. It was just
amazingly, intensely artistic.”
Another participating art-
ist, Judy Hoiness, chose to
participate in a one-week
workshop at Sitka Center
for Art and Ecology in Otis,
Oregon. The workshop pro-
gram at Sitka provides people
of all levels the transforma-
tive and joyful experience of
making art and exploring their
connections to nature.
A fourth-generation
Oregonian, Judy Hoiness
holds two degrees in art, a
bachelor’s degree and a fifth
year from Portland State
University, and a master’s
degree in illustration from
Syracuse University. She also
has a degree in education from
Portland State University and
taught art at middle schools, a
high school, and college. Her
teaching career has spanned
over 40 years. She recently
retired as Adjunct Art Faculty
from COCC.
Her first memory of want-
ing to be an artist was at three
years old.
“I always desired to be an
artist, I never had any other
21
thoughts,”
Hoiness told
The Nugget.
Her work is
often described
as abstract
landscapes that
often incor-
porates calli-
graphic marks,
collage, and
mixed media,
including
textiles.
“I
was
asked to evalu-
ate the instruc-
tors, the venue
and the sur-
roundings
besides taking
a workshop
class in dry
point etch-
ing. Which is
something I’ve
always wanted
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER MCNAMEE
to try. The
Judy Hoiness’ dry point print with pure gold leaf,
workshop was
textiles, and watercolor.
a great experi-
ence,” Hoiness said.
artists were very perceptive
“I have recently been and have provided a depth to
involved in fiber arts. Drawing the research that we wouldn’t
and painting on vintage linens have been able to acquire oth-
and cloths.”
erwise,” McGowan said.
Jan McGowan, who is a
Sisters Arts Association
consultant to The Roundhouse reported that galleries will be
Foundation, was involved open for the Fourth Friday Art
in the review process of the Stroll, on February 24 from 4
project.
to 7 p.m. They include Hood
“Having the artists travel Avenue Art, The Collection
to the programs, observe Gallery (Gary Cooley), Sisters
while learning, and provide Gallery & Frame Shop, Ken
their first-hand perspectives Scott’s Imagination Gallery,
was really valuable. It brought Clearwater Gallery, Things
home lessons learned and Etc., Dyrk Godby Gallery,
helped identify local oppor- Grizzly Ridge Upcycle,
tunities about creating new Bedouin, and Cha for the
spaces and programs as fur- Finest.
ther discussions around the
Maps are available in each
arts in Sisters take place. The gallery.
Thank You!
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER MCNAMEE
Ceramic works by Bend artist Nancy Dasen.
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2016
Pioneering
Award,
Volunteer of
the Year Award
& President’s
Award
SPRD thanks the Chamber & community
of Sisters for presenting us with the
Pioneering Award. We congratulate
Shannon Rackowski, Volunteer of the Year
& Sherri Hermens, President’s Award Winner.