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Wednesday, October 23, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 5 Fall Fourth Friday Artwalk this week By Helen Schmidling Correspondent October9s Fourth Friday Artwalk is this Friday, with many galleries and supporting businesses remaining open 4-7 p.m. in support of the arts and Sisters Arts Association. Hood Avenue Art is fea- turing work by Carolyn Platt, printmaker; and glass artist Susie Zeitner. Carolyn cre- ates monotypes: ink drawn on a hard surface and transferred to paper by running it through a printing press under pres- sure. Sometimes she starts with an image, and sometimes just with an impulse, perhaps a gestural movement of tools that leads to a dance on paper, adding and subtracting ink prior to putting it through the press. Each of Susie9s origi- nal pieces is handmade, fused at 1,400-1,500º F, and then slumped into its final shape in another firing process. Each piece is signed and dated. “Sitar Sonata” by Judith Beaver at Good Day Café. Clearwater Gallery is fea- degree in fine and industrial in time for holiday shopping. turing work by artists David art, he immigrated to the Central Oregon9s Studio Mensing and Dan Rickards. United States and eventually Art Quilt Association has a Look for <Hidden Sparks= and settled in Sedona, Arizona. display of 2019 theme quilts, <Adventure on Wonderland= His work is in museums, <Beneath the Surface,= at by Dan, and <Tensive= and churches, and collections Stitchin9 Post Fabric Arts <The Consention= by David. worldwide; and his portrait of Gallery. This international Take a few moments to President Dwight Eisenhower organization celebrates fiber stop by Beacham9s Clock is included in Gettysburg9s arts with varied interpreta- Company, and if you time it Museum Hall of Presidents. tions of the theme, from a lit- right, the sound of chimes will He continued to paint until age eral exploration of what lies ring in your ears on the hour 95, two years prior to his death. beneath the surface of our and half-hour. landscape to a more emo- Bring on the Bling! tional exploration of what Sisters Gallery & Frame lies within each individual. Shop is featuring new This inspirational exhibit beaded jewelry by offers an opportunity to Vicki Hodge and Laurie reflect on the foundations SantaMaria. <Sunflowers,= beneath and within all of us. a fused-glass painting cre- Fabric artist Judith ated by Sisters Middle Beaver9s <Aha Moments= School students with glass are on display at Good Day artist Mel Archer, will be Café. <8The Aha Moments9 shown in the gallery dur- “Sunflowers” by middle school students are those sudden instances ing the Artwalk. and Mel Archer at Sisters Gallery & Frame. of beauty, clarity, or appre- <Triumph,= the last ciation that provide the In celebration of fall, Jill inspiration that drives my art,= painting done by Stephen Juharos, is on display at Ken Neal9s Gallery features new she says. <They make me stop, Scott9s Imagination Gallery. images on canvas and lots of smile, sigh or fill my heart with Juharos, a native of Budapest, <Wild Women, Wild West,= all praise.= After studying design Hungary, began painting at served with red wine and choc- at UC Berkeley and living in age 7. After earning a master9s olate. Look for sale items just Hawaii for 37 years, Judy and “Heart of the Canyon” by Dianne Browning at Stitchin’ Post. her husband retired to Sisters in 2010, where she discovered a thriving arts community. <I enjoy the warm sensuous nature of quilting, especially the feel of the cloth. I work intuitively, allowing the piece to transform as it progresses.= Walk down Cascade Avenue this month as many businesses will be open until 7: Antler Arts, Blue Burro Imports, Sisters Cascade, Sisters Cascade Sweet Shoppe, Graceful Touch Bodyworks and ZoselHarper Realtors. Blue Burro has art and more themed for upcoming Day of the Dead. Signed and num- bered prints by Martin Grelle and Howard Terpning are at Graceful Touch Bodyworks, and art by Randall Tillery is at ZoselHarper. Sisters Coffee Co. and Dyrk Godby Gallery will also be open. The monthly Artwalk will continue year-round, with Quick Draw entries for two $50 gift certificates to local galleries each month. Quick Draw is supported by contributions from R.A. <Dick= Howells Realtor and ZoselHarper Realtors.