BEHIND THE SCENES
FROM THE
COVER
“We’ve been riding the wave,”
said Dera Stewart, Josephy’s
development director.
The Pendleton Center for
the Arts has seen changes too,
such as smaller class sizes, but
Director Roberta Lavadour said
the pandemic has inspired some
good things, such as the ability
to deliver art supplies or arrange
a pick-up spot at the curb.
“There’s no reason we can’t
do that all the time,” she said.
She does miss, however, the
live music and family gatherings
that occurred regularly before
the pandemic.
“We can’t wait to get back to
those,” she said.
The Pendleton art center has
continued to exhibit and sell art-
work. The sales gallery features
more than 100 artists.
“That’s been really positive,”
Lavadour said. “We had a stron-
ger holiday show than we’ve ever
had. People want a connection
to their community.”
THE PANDEMIC PIVOT
The word “pivot” is the word
of the pandemic — each art cen-
ter pivoted operations through-
out the last two years to provide
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Josephy Center/Contributed image
The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph continues to off er a vari-
ety of workshops and classes.
Josephy Center/Contributed image
An artist works on a project at the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture in
Joseph.
art opportunities no matter the
situation.
At Josephy, exhibits opened
online, and the weekly Brown
Bag gatherings moved to a vir-
tual platform.
“It opened up other areas of
That is continuing today,
even though ACE is open to the
public.
“We graduated to what we’re
still doing,” said Nancy Knowles,
ACE board president.
Although in-person art shows
continued at Crossroads, the
center began posting all featured
artwork on the website as well so
people could view it from home.
The pandemic, Savage said,
accelerated this move for
Crossroads.
“It was on our strategic plan to
get art exhibits online,” she said.
Crossroads does not, howev-
er, have the equipment to off er
virtual classes.
“When we could get back to
very small groups we did, for hu-
man contact,” Savage said.
Both ACE and Josephy intro-
opportunity to think strategi-
cally,” Stewart said.
At ACE, a donation from John
J. Howard & Associates pur-
chased a 360-degree camera
that allows viewers to virtually
tour the art exhibits.
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duced art kits for all ages that
could be completed at home.
“Take and make kits will con-
tinue forever,” Dolge said.
Those kits are available
through the centers’ websites:
artcentereast.org and josephy.org.
In Pendleton, the center’s
monthly First Draft Writers’ Se-
ries moved online and Lavadour
said it has allowed people to
participate from near and far —
including past featured writers.
“It allows us to reach more
people,” she said.
The challenge going forward
is to decide which pandemic-
induced changes to keep.
“How do we combine the best
of what we’ve learned?” Lava-
dour said.
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