P4 The SpokeSman • WedneSday, February 23, 2022
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Paul Russell’s “Ancient Protocol” greets visitors to City Hall, home of nine listed works of art.
Art
Continued from P1
The eastern gateway to the
central district is home to
Thoughts of Flight by sculptor
Jerry Werner. The iconic alu-
minum piece is 30 feet high.
Not too many indoor muse-
ums can easily handle works
like his and Congleton’s. Better
just to make the museum open
air and spread it around.
Works like these don’t just
happen. Artists don’t work
from a studio, drive to town
and plop down their creations.
The nine members of the Red-
mond Commission for Art
in Public Places are the “mu-
seum” curators if you will. The
commission came into exis-
tence by ordinance in 2006.
Dan Mooney, commission
chairman, told The Spokesman
that Redmond has more public
owned art on a per capita basis
than Bend.
“Maybe in raw numbers,
too,” he said further discussing
the various student art projects
scattered around town. “After
three years of work, RCAPP
now has the authority to do
more murals and next week
will name the successful sub-
mission for a new mural on
Evergreen and 6th.”
He and his committee hope
to see an explosion of wall art
and an expansion of student
art painted on the sides of elec-
trical utility boxes, those oth-
erwise obtrusive and not very
attractive, drab green power
distribution units found on
street corners.
Funding for RCAPP comes
from a variety of sources,
mostly donations and a $100
assessment per new home per-
mit. “We have 46 permanent
pieces and 18 rotating works
on loan from artists,” Mooney
said, adding: “The loaned art
rotates every two years and if
an artist sells a piece, RCAPP
gets a commission and the art-
ist must replace the work with
a similarly scaled and concep-
tual one until their two year
contract expires.”
Redmond’s Chamber of
Commerce — visitredmon-
doregon.com — gushes about
the impact and draw of art in
Redmond. “Art is easy to ac-
cess,” calling out First Friday
Art Walks, Art Around the
Clock and the ever popular
Northern Lights Festivals held
in December, Valentine’s Day,
St. Patrick’s Day and Hallow-
een.
Greg Congleton’s “Western Swing” welcomes visitors to Redmond’s north end, one of 64 pieces of public
street art in city.
Large scale art warms and livens hospital settings at St. Charles Red-
mond campus.
Both City Hall and Roberts
Field (RDM) house numerous
works of art, one- and three-di-
mensional. In the airport ter-
minal, walls and floor exhibits
number more than two dozen
creations including River
Dance, Peak Finder, Bear Foot,
Cycle of Life and Wing One.
Who knew waiting for a plane
could be so enlightening?
City Hall is flush in art, often
life size. The historic building
is a worthy visit for both its ar-
tistic and architectural signif-
icance.
Redmond is home to many
accomplished artists of varying
media. A few have public gal-
leries like Darren Kling’s LTA
(Lighter Than Air) Gallery on
NE Jackpine Court.
Going west to Eagle Crest,
the Alfred A. Dozeal Gallery
exhibits evocative symbolic art
of the namesake artist. Metal,
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jewelry and fabric artists as
well as painters and sculptors
work and sell from home stu-
dios dotted over the Redmond
landscape.
Redmond forms artists as
well. Art & Music on SW 5th
Street has classes for all levels
including a Group Paint night,
a selection of fine art for pur-
chase and a well-stocked art
supplies section. Dandelion
Art for Kids offers interactive
art classes for children 12 and
under at their studio on SW
Cascade.
The Redmond Museum of
Art covers a vast amount of
real estate. One could walk it
like the cavernous European
museums. A car or bike will
be appreciated, however, when
checking out exhibits from say
Redmond’s Central Oregon
Community College campus
all the way to St. Charles med-
ical center Redmond up on
NW Canal.
St. Charles on any given day
may have as many as 200 or
more works on exhibit, half
from rotating local artists and
the remainder a permanent
collection that includes some
larger works up to 72 inches.
COVID has severely limited
access to the hospital. The
most accessible parts today
— the lobbies and connecting
halls — continue to display nu-
merous pieces in keeping with
its longstanding commitment
to the arts in Redmond.
Of course Redmond schools
are mini art museums in their
own right with student works
dominating walls on all school
buildings.
The Redmond Museum of
Art may not have a door or
roof or ticket window. Don’t
let that stop you from visiting
often.
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