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MIXED MEDIUM
MARCH 9�16, 2022
THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
Closing receptions and an announcement at ACE
Go! staff
L
A GRANDE — Art Center East will
celebrate two current exhibits and
announce the new name of the Co-Op
Gallery on Friday, March 11, 6-8 p.m. at
ACE, 1006 Penn Ave.
There will be, however, a few more
weeks to see the featured artwork. The
two exhibits each run until March 26.
Art Center East/Contributed image
This necklace by Crystal Collier is an example
of items featured in the Fiber Arts and
Jewelry Exhibit at Art Center East, on display
through March.
FIBER ARTS AND JEWELRY
The sixth annual Fiber Arts and Jewel-
ry Exhibit, with the theme “Fiber Focused
on Color,” features work from Northeast-
ern Oregon fi ber and jewelry artists.
A quilt created and donated by local
artist Joy Cleaver will be on display and
raffl ed off as a fundraiser for the art cen-
ter. Visitors may purchase raffl e tickets
in the Gift Gallery or on the ACE website.
The winning raffl e ticket will be drawn at
the end of the exhibit. The quilt is valued
at $275.
Art Center East has also collaborated
with the Union County Warming Station
for this exhibit — visitors who bring one
item from the warming station’s wish list
(see ucwarmingstation.org) will receive
one free raffl e ticket in exchange (one
exchange per visitor).
Courtesy of the artist
Works by oil painter Sarah Bird will be on display through March 26 at Art Center East. A closing
reception is set for Friday, March 11, 6-8 p.m.
NEW WORKS BY SARAH BIRD
Oil painter Sarah Bird’s exhibit, “New
Works by Sarah Bird,” is on display in
ACE’s main gallery. This show, accord-
ing to an ACE press release, “showcases
Bird’s oil paintings of traditional altar-like
arrangements of natural objects set
against cloth backgrounds and also her
nontraditional landscape compositions of
plants, leaves and branches.”
CO-OP GALLERY
For several months, ACE has invited
the community to vote on a new name for
the Co-Op Gallery. In an eff ort to honor
a local artist, ACE took nominations of
names and the list was narrowed to four:
Dennis “Craig” Canoy, Sue Orlaske, Kat
Galloway and Thomas “Tom” Madden.
All were nominated posthumously.
Voting ended March 10, and the honor-
ee will be announced Friday, March 11, dur-
ing the closing reception for the art shows.
ABOUT ACE
Regular gallery hours are Wednesday-
Friday, noon-5 p.m., and Saturday,
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Exhibits can also be viewed
online at artcentereast.org thanks to a
partnership with John J. Howard Real
Estate. Galleries are open to the public
and admission is always free.
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