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Wednesday, July 24, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 5 Fourth Friday midsummer artwalk this week By Helen Schmidling Correspondent Summer is in full swing in Sisters, with music, art, food, and recreation around every corner. Stay in the swing by joining the Fourth Friday Artwalk through the galleries of Sisters this week, sponsored by the Sisters Arts Association. Sarah Kaufman is the fea- tured artist at the Stitchin9 Post Fiber Arts Gallery. Her favor- ite technique is the age-old Folded Log Cabin, designed in new ways. Her quilts are weighty wall pieces 3 not so suitable for beds. Her book, <Folded Log Cabin Quilts,= is now in its third printing. Clearwater Gallery9s fea- tured artists are owner and longtime Sisters artist Dan Rickards, and the gallery9s newest artist, Aubrey Sloan, who creates functional stone- ware with hand-carved tex- ture and designs. Rickards9 latest work is <Adventure on Wonderland,= Mount PHOTO PROVIDED Pottery by Aubrey Sloan at Clearwater Gallery. Rainier, the eighth rendering in his National Parks series. Gary Cooley9s Collection Gallery is undergoing a bit of an upswing, as Cooley is turning this into his working sculpture and painting studio. Stop by to see what9s in the works or on his easel. Parents and grandpar- ents 3 are you looking for something creative to occupy your youngsters? Stop by Beacham9s Clock Company for a kit from UGears. Each kit includes all of the work- ing pieces for anything from a wagon to a magic box. Manufactured in Ukraine, these unique kits are fun for ages 6 to infinity. Marjie Scott creates bronze castings, steel wall sculp- ture, silver jewelry, human portraiture and mixed-media abstracts 3 a little of this and a lot of that. Stop by Ken Scott9s Imagination Gallery to view her latest creations. Sculpted mud babies and more by Mary Moore, new PHOTO PROVIDED Scratchboard art by Jennifer Hartwig at Sisters Gallery. twisted junipers in watercolor by Caroline Stratton Crow, and <Midnight Embrace,= Jennifer Hartwig9s latest Western-themed scratchboard, are among the many new works at Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop. Raven Makes Gallery is welcoming three Native American artists: Melissa Melero Moose, contempo- rary painter; Joey Allen, tra- ditional decoy maker; and Tia Flores, gourd-calabaza artist. Art of the Great Basin Region is expressed through the relationship that the Paiute, Shoshone, Navajo and Aztec People have with their vast high desert and its precious riparian environment. Rachel, aka Lighten Photography, is the featured artist at Good Day Cafe. She says that her images tell her life story, darkness hides, but light exposes; her life has gone from wanting to be hid- den in the dark, to longing to be held in the light. Fourth Friday at Jill Neal Gallery means Wine, Women, and Chocolate. New origi- nals, giclee prints and mugs feature Jill9s iconic empow- ered women and impressionist horses. At Antler Arts, visit Julie Neff of JN Jewels and ant- ler artist Brian Black, who has been making antler items for the home for more than 32 years. Neff9s zebra jas- per necklace is one of many dramatic pieces she9ll be showing. The featured artists at Hood Avenue Art are Kathleen PHOTO PROVIDED Ceramic Sculpture by Michelle Deaderick at Hood Avenue Art. Keliher and Michelle Deaderick. Keliher has long worked in pastels and oils, but lately is experimenting with graphite, gesso, and inks, finishing her pieces with thin glazes of oil color. Deaderick sculpts amazing bird figures, glazed and trimmed with jew- els and feathers. Stop by Wildflower Studio for wine, appetizers and art. The studio is filled with paint- ings, glass, jewelry, and fiber arts. Wrapping up this month in Sisters Library is the heart- felt photography of the wild horses of the Ochocos and Utah by Carol Statton. Also open during art stroll are the Dyrk Godby Gallery and Grizzly Ridge Upcycle, where you can decorate your house, your yard, and yourself with treasures from yesterday made new for today.