Wednesday, February 16, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FESTIVAL: Fundraiser
will be mix of virtual
and in-person
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and renew connections by
gathering together through
music, art, and community-
building. Visual artists still
have time to contribute art.
The final deadline to donate
artwork is March 11 to allow
time for award selections,
professional photography,
media promotion, and listings
on virtual platforms.
…the event will
celebrate the artists
who have donated, their
work, and the creative
economy in Sisters...
The first opportunity to
view MOTH artwork in per-
son will be April 22 during
the Sisters Arts Association9s
Fourth Friday Art Stroll.
Artwork will be on display
in the Cindy & Duncan
Campbell Gallery, located
inside the Sisters Art Works
building at 204 W. Adams
Ave., and in select galler-
ies and businesses in town.
Participating MOTH art host-
ing locations will be posted
on SFF9s website in April.
Art will be out on location
through April 25. Online bid-
ding will go live on April 22
and continue through the eve-
ning of April 30.
On Friday, April 29 the
free-to-attend Community
Arts Celebration at Sisters
Art Works will feature stu-
dent performers and the
unveiling of a glass sculpture
garden created by art students
at Sisters Middle School, in
collaboration with glass art-
ist Susie Zeitner. Live music
by Seattle-based modern
funk/soul band True Loves
will start at 7 p.m. with food
and beverage available for
purchase. Information about
the Fourth Friday Sisters
Community Art Stroll can be
found at www.sistersartsass
ociation.org.
The final happening of the
art celebration will be the My
Own Two Hands <Moving
Beyond= Art Auction and
Party on Saturday, April 30.
The event will be a hybrid
in-person and virtual art auc-
tion (with all bidding done
electronically), engaging
activities, and live music. In
addition to the auction and
concert, the event will cel-
ebrate the artists who have
donated, their work, and the
creative economy in Sisters,
by providing a framework
to strengthen and develop
the visual and performing
arts scene in Central Oregon.
Tickets to the art auction
and party will go on sale
Tuesday, March 1 and are
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Seattle-based True Loves will perform at the Sisters Folk Festival My Own Two Hands event.
$90/person (dinner and
drinks are included); contrib-
uting artists will receive com-
plimentary tickets.
A vital component to
MOTH is the raffle of a
custom, handmade 000-12
MA acoustic guitar, built
in Sisters by the nationally
renowned guitar makers at
Preston Thompson Guitars.
Raffle tickets are set to go on
sale Friday, April 1; only 400
will be sold at $25 each.
The landscape of COVID-
19 is changing quickly. In
response to the current steep
decline in COVID-19 cases,
SFF will not be requiring
proof of vaccination to attend
any of the My Own Two
Hands activities. The event
will comply with any state
or county health measures in
place at the time of the event.
If no statewide mask mandate
is in effect, masking will be
optional and up to individual
attendees.
As the event gets closer,
you can find more informa-
tion about My Own Two
Hands including artwork
details, donation oppor-
tunities, participating art
host businesses, etc. at
SistersFolkFestival.org.
My Own Two Hands
2022 Key Dates:
" March 1 3 Tickets to the
MOTH Art Auction & Party
go on sale.
" March 4 3 Promotional
art consideration deadline for
art submissions.
" March 11 3 Deadline
for artists to submit art
donations.
" April 1 3 Raffle tick-
ets to win a custom Preston
Thompson guitar go on sale.
" April 22 3 Art will go on
display at the Fourth Friday
Art Stroll at various busi-
nesses in downtown Sisters.
" April 22 3 Online bid-
ding for art auction begins.
" April 29 3 Community
Art Celebration at Sisters Art
Works: free concert, public
art installation unveiling,
SSD student performances.
" April 30 3 My Own Two
Hands Art Auction & Party:
dinner, live music by True
Loves, art auction ends.