Wednesday, June 20 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters Arts Association Fourth Friday Art Stroll
By Helen Schmidling
Correspondent
Celebrate the arrival of
summer at the Fourth Friday
Art Stroll through the gal-
leries of Sisters. From 4 to 7
p.m. this Friday, galleries will
be open featuring works by
selected artists, light snacks,
and live music.
Hood Avenue Art gal-
lery features abstract and
landscape pastels by JoAnn
Burgess, handcrafted Oregon
Sunstone fine jewelry by
Elyse and Steven Douglas,
and live music by Bob Baker.
Gary Cooley is the featured
artist in his Collection Gallery.
Check out his upcoming DVD
and sculpture class for kids (of
all ages). His sculpture kits
will be available.
At Clearwater Gallery the
sun will shine in Mare Schelz’s
new mosaic glass windows
and reflect Edie Shelton’s fun
fused glass home and garden
décor.
B e a c h a m ’s
Clock
Company will be demonstrat-
ing the gold foiling process
that is part of their hand-made
clocks.
Don’t miss Kate Aspen’s
Cowgirls and Indians Resale,
featuring bronzes by Marie
Barbera, including “Nathan,”
a Navaho sheepherder, and
Kate’s own Red Necklace
series.
Sisters Coffee Company’s
PHOTO PROVIDED
“Nathan” by Marie Barbera will be
at Cowgirls and Indians Resale.
artist is nature and wildlife
photographer Holly Fischer,
whose passion for the natural
world is seen in her compo-
sitions from Jackson Hole,
Yellowstone, Yosemite, and
Nepal. Check out the Happy
Hour menu featuring a $2 tra-
ditional coffee.
Sisters Gallery & Frame
Shop will feature new water-
colors and oils of horses,
owls, and junipers by Caroline
Stratton-Crow, and new pas-
tels by Antonia Carriere.
Ken Scott’s Imagination
Gallery will be all lit up with
fanciful and sparkling new
lamps created by Ken. You’ll
recognize the place by the
Cinderella carriage and the
flaming rhino!
Raven Makes Gallery
welcomes Pacific Northwest
Artist Lillian Pitt for a spe-
cial weekend show and exhi-
bition. Though Lillian Pitt’s
work has been displayed in
multiple galleries and muse-
ums over the years, this is the
first time in 10 years that it
will be displayed at a gallery
in Central Oregon. A highly
accomplished artist, Lillian
Pitt began her career work-
ing in clay, and now includes
creations in bronze, glass,
mixed media, and jewelry.
Her contemporary art reflects
the traditions, life ways, and
symbols of her ancestors, who
lived in the Columbia River
Gorge for more than 10,000
years. She will give a presen-
tation in the gallery from 1 to
2 p.m. on Saturday.
Wildflower Studio is gear-
ing up for the Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show with fiber arts,
including the gallery’s quilt
ornament, soft sculptures,
paintings, and jewelry.
Have you seen Kibak’s
“tile-painting by hand” videos
on YouTube? Stop by Studio
Redfield and see the videos
and the tiles, along with large
color-field paintings by Randy
Redfield.
J i l l N e a l ’s n e w a r t
includes her original cre-
ation for Westport Winery’s
“Duckleberry Crush,” and the
first of several unicorns.
Twigs’ Fiber Arts Gallery’s
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Quick Draw
This month’s Quick Draw
prize is a $100 gift certificate
from Sisters Arts Association,
good for use in any one of
SAA’s member galleries in
Sisters. Sign up one time per
gallery – the more locations
you visit, the greater your
chances to win.
new exhibit is “Indigo,” fea-
turing collaborative works by
Jean and Valorie Wells.
Western art by Len Babb
and watercolors by Judy
Hayden are still being shown
in the Sisters Library.
Starting this Sunday, June
24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
galleries will host an “Arts
and Bites Stroll.” There will
be artist demonstrations and
tasty bites for visitors. Silent
Echo Theater Company will
be providing entertainment,
on the lawn between the Hood
Avenue Art Gallery and The
Open Door. Bend Storytelling
Circle will present stories for
adults and children over age
12, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Then, from 1:15 to 1:45
p.m., poet Jana Zvibleman
presents “Out in the Open
Poetry” for all ages.
Arts and Bites Stroll will
continue on 4th Sundays
through August. For more
information on Arts and Bites,
contact Michelle Deaderick,
potterybymitch@gmail.
com; for more on Silent
Echo Theater Company,
contact Marla Manning,
marlamanning7@gmail.com.