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Wednesday, January 1, 2020 GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon 3 Celebrate the new year with art shows ■ Baker City galleries will stay open late for the First Friday art walk of the year BAKER CITY — Kick off the new year with art shows featuring subjects from near and far Jan. 3 in Baker City. CROSSROADS Crossroads Carnegie Art Center welcomes back the Annual Student Art Show starting with an open- ing reception from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday. Allison Swensen-Mitchell’s music students will give a live per- formance accompanied by Hannah Violette. Enjoy some light refresh- ments and enter for a chance to win a $25 gift certifi cate to D&J Taco Shop. The art show will feature work from schools as well as artwork created in classes offered at Crossroads including 2-D artists Becky Litke, Paul Hoelscher, Amy VanGaasbeck, Jan Clark, Megan McGuinness, Hillery Lay and Antonia Carriere, and 3-D classes such as pottery and various mixed medias taught by Shannon Gray, Mo Quinn, Ginger Rembold, Mary Sue Rightmire, Terri Axness, Dawn Marie de Lara and Brenda Johnson. “We hope to see many artists who took art classes enter this year and that the show will inspire the creativity within this community,” said Crystal Rainwater, community art director. Also in January, Art from the Pine-Eagle School District will be Submitted photo Leah Michel’s photography will be featured this month at Royal Artisan in downtown Baker City. Submitted photo on display in the art center’s Mor- rison Family Student Gallery. Crossroads Carnegie Art Center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at 2020 Auburn Ave. For more information, call 541-523-5369 or email info@ crossroads-arts.org. BRODERICK GALLERY The work of the Herbert Ber- man, who died in 2012, will be featured at Broderick Gallery, 1940 Valley Ave. Berman trained at the Student League in New York City and studied glazing techniques from several masters. He painted and taught in Corvallis for a num- SEE ART 2020 Auburn Avenue Baker City, OR 97814 541.523.5369 info@crossroads-arts.org www.crossroads-arts.org ber of years. The show opens at 5 p.m. Friday. Student art will be on display at Crossroads during January. CHURCHILL ROYAL ARTISAN Churchill Hall Pass Gallery, in Churchill School, 3451 Broadway St., will open First Friday with a group show featuring works by Casey Hallas, Jennifer Godwin, Amy VanGaasbeck, Corrine Vegter, Brian Vegter, Blake Musselman and more. Royal Artisan, 1912 Main St., will feature work by local photog- rapher Leah Michel in her show “Wanderings.” The show, centering on canvas photos from her world travels, opens Friday with a reception from 5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE eBooks and audiobooks Thousands of titles Singer Songwriter Bryn McLaughlin Saturday Nights 8pm-10pm AVAILABLE DAILY Noon to midnight Unlimited # of sessions at NO CHARGE! It’s PRE-PAID with your taxes. Access with your Baker County Library Card from www.bakerlib.org/kids-teens Explore the ONLINE LIBRARY at www.bakerlib.org 541.523.6419 info@bakerlib.org