Thursday, May 27, 2021
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WIN unique art by supporting Art Center East
■ Donate, become a member or visit the gallery — and you may be a lucky winner
LA GRANDE — The doors are
open at Art Center East, 1006 Penn
Ave., La Grande, with galleries and
the gift shop ready for visitors from
noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday
and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
‘MISSING YOUR FACE’
Art Center East’s current exhibit,
“Missing Your Face: Masks of Loca-
tion, Isolation and Transformation,”
features the work of two Oregon
artists, Matt Fagan of La Grande
and Tony Fuemmeler of Portland.
Originally intended as a collabo-
ration between artists on opposite
sides of Oregon, the COVID-19
pandemic shifted and enriched
the exhibit’s focus as each artist
created their masks in response to
their changed worlds.
Stop by ACE and visit the gal-
lery and you can be entered to win
a one-of-a-kind “Hoppity Horse”
mask by artist Matt Fagan.
“Missing Your Face” runs
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACE!
through July 3. An opening recep-
tion wasn’t possible, but changing
public health regulations now are
allowing Art Center East to have
an in-person exhibit party June
18 from 6-8 p.m. The drawing for
the Hoppity Horse mask will take
place at the event.
Art Center EastContributed Photos
Art Center East exhibits are free
and open to the public. Masks are
required inside the building, and
occupancy is limited to facilitate
social distancing.
A virtual tour of “Missing Your
Face” is available to all. Go to www.
artcentereast.org, choose “Main
Exhibit” then click on the link to
the tour.
View the masks of “Missing Your
“Face” in person or take a virtual
tour at www.artcentereast.org.
Among them are “Tsunanxiety”
(left) by
Tony
Fuem-
meler
and
“Stop”
by Matt
Fagan
(above).
Art Center East’s birthday was
May 2 and the center is celebrating
all month.
A fundraising drive earlier
in May included a raffl e for an
original painting by Denise Stone.
(Congrats to the winner, Pamela
Swanger!)
As of May 20, ACE was about
$800 short of its $10,000 goal. Until
May 31, everyone who becomes a
mem-
ber or
donates
to the
center
will be
entered
in a
second
draw-
ing for a
bronze piece by Judd Koehn.
The birthday drawing will be on
Thursday, June 3.
Join or donate for a chance
to choose between Koehn’s cast
bronze vessel (left) or “Portrait of a
T-Pot II” encaustic (above).
ACE’s members believe that art
is an essential part of a commu-
nity’s identity and that quality art
experiences should be available
and affordable to all.
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