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Thursday, June 3, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
NEW ART SHOWS debut june 4 in baker city
By Lisa Britton
GO! magazine
BAKER CITY — Friday, June 4,
brings new art shows to galleries
during Baker City’s First Friday
art walk.
Crossroads
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center,
2020 Auburn, Baker City, will
feature “Western Heritage: The
Legacy Works of Jerry Kencke”
during the month of June.
This retrospective show will
exhibit the works of the late Jerry
Kencke and his photographs of the
Western lifestyle.
First Friday will run from 10
a.m. to 8 p.m. June 4. Jerry’s wife,
Cindy Kencke, will be in atten-
dance after 5:30 p.m.
This legacy exhibition also is ac-
companied by a special raffl e of the
“Belgian Stud,” which was chosen
to hang in the offi ce of Gov. Butch
Otter at the Idaho State Capital
from 2007-2009.
Cindy is working with Cross-
roads for this raffl e. A percentage
of the proceeds will go to Jerry’s
estate, and a percentage will go to
Crossroads’ ArtSpeak program.
ArtSpeak was created more than
30 years ago to support at-risk
Baker County youth by providing
free after-school art classes.
To see the virtual show and to
purchase a raffl e ticket, visit www.
crossroads-arts.org.
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A raffl e for Jerry Kencke’s “The Belgian Stud” photograph is underway at
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City.
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Sherri Linnemeyer is the featured artist at White House Art & Design .
Churchill
David Mespelt will display a
variety of works crafted from wood
this month at Churchill’s Hall Pass
Gallery, beginning Friday with an
opening reception at 5:30 p.m.
He’ll have natural-shaped bowls,
wall art and cutting boards. Wood
varieties include pine, fi r, black
walnut, maple, cedar, elm and
spalted birch.
“It’ll be an eclectic mix,” said the
artist, who has worked with wood
for about 50 years.
“I started woodshop in seventh
grade,” he said.
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Sarah Greenman’s “Startling Truth” series is featured at Royal Artisan.
He recently retired as head cus-
todian at Baker High School.
Royal Artisan
For June, Royal Artisan will fea-
ture the work of Sarah Greenman.
An open house reception will be
Friday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Royal
Artisan’s gallery, 1912 Main St.,
Baker City.
Greenman will exhibit a new
series of artwork titled “Startling
Truth.”
“I’ve created a new series of
paintings and the title comes from
Maya Angelou’s seminal poem
A Brave and Startling Truth,”
Greenman said.
“My tendency as an artist and
writer is to look at things through
a creative microscope and to focus
on the joy and grief of the day-to-
day human experience. ‘Startling
Truth’ is my way of telescoping way
out, of fl ipping the microscope and
focusing on the macro.”
She had several questions in
mind while creating this series:
“When we stand at the edge of
all we know, listen for the untrans-
latable language of the cosmos, and
peer into the unquenchable dark-
ness, will we fi nally acknowledge
that the possibility of our exis-
tence — that we lived at all — is
miraculous? And who might we be,
as people of earth, and how might
we treat each other, if we could
embody that startling truth in the
powerful now?”
Royal Artisan is open 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Satur-
day. Greenman’s show will be on
display through June 30.
White House Art &
Design
Sherri Linnemeyer’s color-
ful, whimsical creations will be
featured during the month of June
at White House Art & Design, 1829
Main St., Baker City.
An artist’s reception will run
Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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