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JANUARY 19–26, 2022
MIXED MEDIUM
THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
Local landscape inspires Boardman artist
By Tammy Malgesini
Go! Magazine
P
ENDLETON — A painting by
a Boardman artist is among
the pieces on display during the
current exhibition at the Betty
Feves Memorial Gallery at Blue
Mountain Community College.
“Forever Blues” is an acrylic
on panel created by Carole
Mace-Edwards Jones, an early
childhood education instruc-
tor at the college. She said the
beauty of the Blue Mountains
provided inspiration for the
piece.
“Though I grew up in the area,
I have lived a great deal of time
out of the Northwest,” Jones
said. “I always enjoyed returning
home to this area, full of texture,
color and richness of life.”
The work by Jones, as well
as those by eight other BMCC
faculty and staff, will remain on
display through Feb. 3. The gal-
lery is in Pioneer Hall, 2411 N.W.
Carden Ave., on BMCC’s Pend-
leton campus. It’s open Monday
through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to
Nika Blasser/Contributed Photo
An exhibition featuring the work of Blue Mountain Community College faculty and staff opened Jan. 6, 2022, at the
Betty Feves Memorial Gallery at BMCC, Pendleton, and is available for view through Feb. 3.
1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Jones said she particularly
enjoys working with acrylics
because of the speed in which
she can create. However, she
also likes oils, watercolor, pencil,
photography and inks.
Growing up in an artistic
household — her mother was a
fine artist in the Walla Walla area
— Jones said her siblings and
extended family are all “highly
creative.” She also strives to help
others discover their talents.
“One of my goals is to help
children to recognize their own
creativity, and remind adults who
tell me that they can’t even draw
a stick figure that creativity is
innate in all of us and all we have
to do is find our own mode of
expression,” she said.
Born in Walla Walla, Jones has
moved around — living in Texas
and California, as well as Spain
and Japan. Returning to the
Pacific Northwest, she has been
in Boardman for 36 years.
Even prior to starting at
BMCC more than two decades
ago, a great deal of Jones’ work
history includes early child-
hood education. When she was
younger, she wanted to be an
art teacher.
“Instead, the road led me
to teacher education where,
hopefully, I can help teachers
to inspire young children to be-
come their best creative selves,”
Jones said.
Jones is thrilled to have
“Forever Blues” on display. In
addition, she’s excited about
the contributions of others
whose work is currently on
exhibit at BMCC.
A nonprofit exhibit space, the
Betty Feves Memorial Gallery’s
mission is to connect emerg-
ing and established artists with
BMCC students and staff, as well
as the general public. For more
information, contact gallery
director Nika Blasser at 541-
278-5952, nblasser@bluecc.edu
or visit www.bluecc.edu/commu-
nity/feves-art-gallery.