Wednesday, June 21, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters Arts Association Fourth Friday Art Stroll
By Helen Schmidling
Correspondent
Celebrate the arrival of
summer by strolling through
the galleries of Sisters during
the Fourth Friday Art Stroll,
June 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. Grab
your friends and enjoy the
warmer weather and art while
sampling light refreshments.
Hood Avenue Art is fea-
turing Central Oregon pastels
and oils by Kathleen Keliher
and original Oregon sunstone
jewelry by Elyse and Steven
Douglas.
Gary Cooley’s Collection
Gallery features Cindy
Briggs’ luminous watercol-
ors inspired by her many
journeys. Briggs’ work has
been featured in major pub-
lications and collections.
Co-author of “Make Every
Day A Painting,” Briggs leads
popular workshops by that
name worldwide, and teaches
at The Art Station in Bend,
Broken Top Club, and at her
studio.
Clearwater Gallery’s 12th
Annual Miniature Art Show
opens on Thursday, June 22,
and a reception will be held
during the art stroll. See over
100 original “little paintings”
by more than 20 artists.
Beacham’s Clock Com-
pany’s horological profes-
sionals keep the age-old art
of timekeeping alive with an
orerry, a mechanical model
PHOTO PROVIDED
Watercolor by Cindy Briggs.
of the solar system that tracks
the relation of the planets to
each other. The planets rotate
and show the month and year.
The design, gears and case
are handmade.
Sisters Gallery & Frame
Shop is winging it this month
with scratchboard eagles by
Jennifer Hartwig; ravens, owl
and geese by Carol Grigg;
owl and condor by Jodi
Schneider; Chance the Red
Tail Hawk; and the herons At
the River’s Edge.
Ken Scott’s Imagination
Gallery features watercolor-
ist Don Zylus painting onsite
and discussing his techniques
and inspiration. Julianne and
Rachelle, accompanied by
Ken Scott on harmonica, will
provide music.
Raven Makes Gallery
showcases fine traditionally
woven contemporary basketry
from Native American master
basket-weavers Peggy Black
and Elsie Holiday. Raven
Makes has a stunning series
of eclipse, sun and moon
motifs, and Navajo ceremo-
nial baskets that reflect deep
and traditional connections.
Studio Redfield shows
Randy Redfield’s large
color-filled new paintings
and ceramics that mimic the
abstract work he is known for.
Also see handpainted Kibak
tiles for commercial and resi-
dential use.
The Jewel introduces
Wolfgang Vaatz, master jew-
elry sculptor and miniature
metals muralist. Drawn to
nature in his native Namibia,
Vaatz now lives in America.
His jewelry depicts land-
scapes, forest and sky, con-
trasting high-karat gold
against blackened silver,
crisply engraved to depict the
natural world.
Twigs’ new exhibit,
“Incubation,” is a mother-
daughter show by Jean and
Valori Wells. As leaders in
the quilting community, they
work intuitively with vari-
ous fabrics, block printing,
and their exceptional color
theories.
“Inner and Outer Land-
scapes,” Sisters Art Works’
exhibit, features printmak-
ers Gin Laughery and Julie
Winter, member artists of
Atelier 6000. The smoke
above a horizon line in
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Quick Draw
Sign up for this month’s
Quick Draw, a $100 Gift
Certificate to Cork Cellars!
Check out their new lunch
and dinner menu online.
One sign-up per person per
gallery – the more galleries
you visit, the greater your
chances to win!
Laughery’s pieces and the
abstract detail in Winter’s
work invite viewers to
interpret and recognize the
places we call home. The
Roundhouse Foundation is
sponsoring this exhibit in
support of arts and artists in
Central Oregon.
Jill Neal has two new addi-
tions to the stylized horses
in her equine art collection,
emphasizing flowing, bold,
vibrant colors and movement;
a plush hoodie “12th Woman”
sweatshirt, and for Duck fans,
the “flying duck” UO cheer-
leader in giclee prints and
mugs.
Bigfoot Wellness has a
textural, large-scale acrylic
non-figurative collection
called “Soul Weave” by Judy
Thomas. Also, a LuLaRoe
pop-up boutique, earrings,
and essential oil raffle.
Sisters Library is show-
ing the work of local artists
Barbara Berry and Paul Alan
Bennett.
Other galleries open on
the tour include Grizzly
Ridge Upcycle, Dyrk Godby
Gallery, Nature’s Bling, and
Navigator News.