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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
School
Event features premium art for serious art lovers
that is unique and special.
supplies drive By Jim Cornelius
The jury process is strin-
gent — but it is not just
falling short
Dave and Carla Fox had a simple matter of accep-
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Donations have been light
for the Back to School-School
Supply Drive at Sisters Les
Schwab Tire Center.
There is a particular need
for: College-ruled spirals;
24-count Crayola crayons;
8-count Crayola watercolor
paints; college- and wide-
ruled notebook paper.
Community members can
help students in need begin
the school year well equipped
by dropping off new school
supplies at Sisters Les Schwab
(600 W. Hood Ave.) Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6
p.m., or Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5
p.m.; or at the Sisters School
District Administration Office
(525 E. Cascade Ave.) from
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Supply distribution for
those in need will begin on
August 22, between the hours
of 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at
the Sisters Family Access
Network office located in the
school district administration
office.
a vision to create a show-
case for premium fine art
that would attract serious art
patrons to the banks of the
Deschutes River in Bend.
Nine years later, Art in
the High Desert is one of the
most highly rated art festivals
in the nation.
“It just goes to show that
if you get your focus and stay
with it and keep getting better,
it’s a good thing,” Dave Fox
told The Nugget. “We wanted
to create a very specific type
of show. It was focused on
original art and it’s a very
well-juried show.”
This year’s show is set for
August 25-27 on the grassy
swale across the bridge from
the Old Mill. The event fea-
tures 115 highly acclaimed
artists from across North
America, representing 28
states. Those artists were
selected by the jury from
among 697 applications.
The four jurors seek “art-
ists that are pushing it a little
bit,” Fox says — creating art
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“Enriching the lives of those we serve, one day at time”
tance or rejection. Artists
use the experience and the
constructive criticism that
comes out of it to hone their
craft.
“We do give jury feedback
to people who want it,” Fox
said. “We’ve got response
from people that ‘that
changed my career.’”
The art patrons that attend
the show tend to take the
work as seriously as the art-
ists do. Art in the High Desert
is truly an art festival — and
it’s all about the art.
“We want the people who
are really, sincerely inter-
ested in original art and not
just to be entertained by an
art show,” Fox said. “There’s
not music, there’s not kid art,
there’s not all kinds of food
choices.”
While the show is seri-
ous about art, it’s not so rari-
fied that it’s out of reach for
art lovers who have a budget
to think about. Artists are
encouraged to offer a certain
amount of reproduction art
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Art in the High Desert runs August 25 through 27 in Bend.
— such as prints — along
with their original work, so
there are multiple price points
on offer.
Fox said that Art in the
High Desert is specifically
making an effort to reach out
to Sisters, recognizing that we
have become an arts-oriented
community.
“This is a population that
obviously has a respect and
appreciation for art,” he said.
The festival is also inter-
ested in developing artists
and is looking for community
partnerships to further that
goal.
Fox encourages Sisters art
lovers to make the trip down
to Bend for the festival, to
encounter art and artists “that
are some of the best you’ll
ever see.”
For more information, visit
www.artinthehighdesert.com.