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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
WINNERS: Virtual
fundraising event is
set for May 10
HUNGER: Fresh
vegetables are critical
to healthy eating
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on its own.=
" Bob Wade9s ballpoint
drawing of a Sisters Folk
Festival fan favorite, Ron Artis
II (Framed by Clearwater
Gallery and Framing, a
MOTH Framing Sponsor).
Wade describes his use of
PHOTO PROVIDED
medium: <I draw the dark and
let the light show through.= Bob Wade’s drawing of Ron Artis II won an Award of Merit.
" Mary Jo Weiss and
Dennis Tower9s collabora- the tools for music-making volunteers 4 has produced
tion in their pendant, <Hope and hope-building. I hold onto a guitar, an Adirondack chair
the hope that we will stay and/or a ukulele every year
Grows.=
Weiss and Tower have in the struggle and expand for the past 10 years in sup-
traditionally collaborated who is truly included in our port of My Own Two Hands.=
Ben Westlund Advocate
for MOTH each year to put community.=
Spirit of Giving Award
for the Arts Award 4
together a one-of-a-kind
Tony Cosby, Engineering, Cascade A & E
piece of jewelry that com-
Cascade A & E has been
bines Denny9s lapidary arts Construction and Woods
and Mary Jo9s jewelry design teacher at Sisters High School showcasing and promoting
Cosby has provided inspi- the arts and entertainment
skills.
<To us, combining beau- ration and hope for so many scene in Central Oregon since
tiful natural stones with aspiring creators, builders, 1995, with a print and online
outstanding jewelry design and students. He co-created magazine. The COVID-19
brings beauty, inspiration and the Americana Luthier Project pandemic has impacted the
hope,= they said in an artists9 with Jayson Bowerman at creative economy in a big
statement. <Of special note, Sisters High School in 2005, way, resulting in significant
inscribed on the back of the and has since built more than ad-revenue loss for the publi-
piece through the silver back- 450 handmade acoustic gui- cation over the past year.
Despite this challenge,
ing is an iris, which is the tars, and helped create the
ukulele-building program publisher Jeff Martin and his
flower of hope.=
" Lawrence Stoller9s illu- with the late Bill MacDonald, team have soldiered on, even
minated gemstone sculpture, helping to finish some 175 as other arts-focused maga-
handmade ukuleles built by zines around the state have
<Frozen Sky.=
folded under the financial
Stoller explained, <I was students.
<Tony connects with his strain.
first drawn to working with
SFF noted, <Sisters Folk
crystals because of their students as a friend and men-
beauty, mystery, and mysti- tor and provides for them a F e s t i v a l a c k n o w l e d g e s
cism. What started as a fas- 8home9 in his classroom,= Cascade A & E9s generosity
cination led me on a verdant SFF stated. <He gives tire- toward our organization and
path through the fields of lessly to the school commu- many others throughout their
mineralogy, technology, art, nity. Continually improving 26-year history, and we are
and seeking best practices for thrilled to honor them with the
metaphysics and healing.=
classroom engagement, Tony 2021 Ben Westlund Advocate
Americana Folk Award
Carly Garzón Vargas was has successfully combined for the Arts Award for their
honored for her dynamic engineering, math, music, dedication and ongoing con-
papercut, <Our Hands, Our construction, and adventure tributions to Central Oregon9s
Work= (framed by Wildflower recreation for more than two thriving arts community.=
Studio, a MOTH Framing decades to inspire students,
showing that the Spirit of
Sponsor).
<We have a lot of work to Giving is alive and well in
do moving towards the world this tremendous teacher and
we hope for,= Vargas said. friend. Tony 3 along with
<These hands hold some of his students and dedicated
shouldn9t be a luxury, but a
right. To achieve that end,
S2T staff and board are striv-
ing to fill the gap in fresh food
availability by increasing on-
farm cultivation and distribu-
tion programming. By ramp-
ing up efforts, S2T will be
able to further support long-
standing community organi-
zations, including area food
banks, schools, the Family
Access Network, Deschutes
Public Library-Biblioteca
en Camino program and
more for years to come.
<Last year we grew nearly
5,000 pounds of fresh pro-
duce which was distributed
to the two area food banks
4 that9s a lot of salad,= said
Audrey Tehan, Seed to Table
Oregon9s executive director.
An additional 5,000
pounds of Sisters-grown
veggies were allocated to
COVID-19 relief programs
and an additional 30,000
pounds nourished community
members through schools,
outreach, partnership pro-
grams, the Sisters Farmers
Market and produce shares.
<Even with all this, there9s
still a vast and increasing
unmet demand in our com-
munity. The waitlist for our
produce shares in 2020 was
50 families and we had to cap
distribution through partner-
ships, despite requests, sim-
ply due to a lack of growing
capacity,= said Tehan.
Prior to the onset of
COVID-19, S2T had been
brainstorming about a farm
expansion plan to address
increasing demand. Once
the pandemic hit, it became
apparent the time to expand
production was now. Support
from individuals and grant-
makers were key to farm
expansion, including funds
from the Oregon Community
Foundation, Autzen
Foundation, Maybelle Clark
Macdonald Fund, The
Roundhouse Foundation, and
more.
Through doubling the size
of the farm plot, adding new
greenhouses, and beginning
to utilize mechanical cultiva-
tion techniques, the S2T team
is projecting that in four years
the farm9s annual output will
double to nearly 100,000
pounds of fresh veggies.
<Increasing on-farm effi-
ciency so we can focus on
harvesting and getting food
to our neighbors will be a
key focus of our expansion,=
explained Farm Manager
Madeline Steen, who is in her
third year of the role.
<We9re fortunate to
have community support
in expanding to serve our
community9s local organiza-
tions, neighbors and families.
We9re ready to make our big-
gest impact so far in access to
fresh foods,= said Tehan.
CHECK OUT
THIS WEEK’S
NUGGET INSERT!
Art goes on display
Sisters Folk Festival
invites the public to join the
My Own Two Hands col-
lective show opening on
Friday, April 23 from 4 to
7 p.m. in the Duncan and
Cindy Campbell Gallery
and upstairs studio space
located at the Sisters Art
Works building, 204 W.
Adams Ave. in Sisters. All
visitors will be expected to
practice social distancing
and proper mask wearing
at all times while inside the
building.
All of the MOTH art
will be on display Monday-
Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
from April 23 through May
14, with private art viewings
available outside of those
times upon request. Contact
kate@sistersfolkfestival.org
to make an appointment.
<Art lovers are highly
encouraged to make time to
see all of the amazing art-
work that has been so gen-
erously donated by the tal-
ented 2021 MOTH artists,=
SFF offered.
High-quality photos of
the artwork that will be
available to bid on at the
online auction platform
from May 10-15, will be
featured on SFF9s website
for virtual viewing begin-
ning Thursday, April 22.
Follow Sisters Folk Festival
on Instagram, Facebook,
and Twitter for up-to-date
event information. For more
information on the My Own
Two Hands auction and fun-
draiser, visit www.sisters
folkfestival.org.
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