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Thursday, April 22, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
What’s new @ Art Center East?
OPEN DOORS & CLASSES
The doors are open again at Art Center East, 1006 Penn Ave., La Grande. Gallery and gift shop hours are noon to 5 p.m.
Wednesday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Masks are required, and occupancy is limited to facilitate social distancing.
Art Center East exhibits are free and open to the public.
Both online and in-person classes are slowly returning. There are a few on the schedule for April and May, with more on the
way. See the descriptions on page 4 of this week’s GO! and keep an eye on www. artcentereast.org/calendar.
Safety guidelines in place for in-person classes follow government guidelines on COVID-19 safety and cleaning procedures.
Students are expected to research, assess and understand their own risk level before choosing to work in an indoor space.
A Plexiglas divider separates each personal workspace in the ACE studios, and students are required to wear a mask that
covers both nose and mouth at all times and to wash their hands for at least 20 seconds upon arrival.
MAKE & TAKE KITS
Beginning in May, ACE will be offering Make & Take Kits. These take-home art projects for adults will explore a different
medium each month and will be available for purchase as a subscription or a la carte. A young artist version also is in the
works. Stay tuned for more details.
A CALL TO ARTISTS & MAKERS
Anyone who had ideas for a Make & Take Kit or children’s activity, call 541-624-2800 or email
info@artcentereast.org.
Artists and makers who have skills to share are invited to fi ll out a class proposal at www.artcen-
tereast.org/artist/teach-at-ace. The center’s defi nition of art includes more than just the visual arts:
music, dance, cooking, writing, traditional arts (like welding, blacksmithing, knitting, quilting, and
basket weaving), healing arts, digital arts, and much more.
Need help developing your idea? Contact ACE at 541-624-2800 or info@artcentereast.org.
IN THE GALLERY
The 2021 EOU Junior Exhibit — “a point of connection” — will be up until May 1, featuring students
from Eastern Oregon University. The pieces explore points of connection between the artist’s interior
experience and the outer world of interaction and physicality. The product of months in pivot and
forced isolation, the art now steps out into a shared space.
NEXT UP
The upcoming exhibit will be “Missing Your Face: Masks of Location,
Isolation and Transformation” from May 7 to July 3, featuring work from
two Oregon artists, Matt Fagan of La Grande and Tony Fuemmeler of
Portland.
A PROMOTION
Jennifer Durr is the new gallery director at Art Center East. “You have
gotten to know Jennifer over the years and the positive impact she has
made along the way,” ACE stated in the announcement. “We can’t wait to
see the changes and improvements she makes to the ACE Galleries and
offerings in the future.” Contact Jennifer at jenn@artcentereast.org with
any inquiries involving the Main, Co-Op and Gift galleries.
NOW HIRING
The art center is searching for its
next programs director. The primary
role of the position is to recruit,
build, market and manage ACE’s
quarterly class schedule, including
developing new classes and support-
ing instructors and program deliv-
ery. For complete details on the 30
hours per week position, call ACE
or click on the “Now Hiring” fl oating
tab at the top right of the website.
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CELEBRATIONS & FUNDRAISING
Art Center East is belatedly celebrating its March 2 birthday
by giving away art. All donations and any new, renewing or
gift memberships purchased during the month of April will be
entered to win an original Denise Stone painting (below). If the
goal of $10,000 is reached, another lucky supporter will win a
Judd Koehn bronze piece. Winners will be announced May 6.
Art Center East/Contributed
Images
Win “Dancing with
the Dark”by Denise
Elizabeth Stone (acrylic
on canvas, 13’’ by 38’’)
by contributing to Art
Center East’s birthday
fundraising drive in
April. See the details
above.