THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
MIXED MEDIUM
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FEBRUARY 2�9, 2022
First Friday brings new arts shows to Baker City
Go! staff
B
AKER CITY — New shows open
for the monthly First Friday art
walk on Feb. 4, 2022. Here’s what
you’ll fi nd at each location:
BAKER HERITAGE MUSEUM
Every month, the Baker Heritage
Museum is having a pop-up exhibit
at a downtown location. February’s
display about Oregon’s history will
be at Betty’s Books, 1813 Main St.,
during the art walk.
work, have used poems to inspire
each of their works, with their own
individual interpretation.
“These sisters invite visitors to
not only read through the poems
that coincide with their artwork
and interpret them on an individual
level, but to observe just how these
two artists have taken the same
piece of linguistic art and used
it to inspire their work in varying,
and sometimes similar ways,” said
Alyson Spiering, community art
director.
CROSSROADS CARNEGIE
ART CENTER
CHURCHILL HALL PASS
GALLERY
2020 Auburn Ave.
Mary Arnold and Suzi Butler will
open their show “Poetic Refraction”
at Crossroads from 5:30-8 p.m.
Arnold and Butler are sisters and
artists who will be traveling from
Idaho to bring their exhibit to Baker
City. Arnold, an expert in oil paint-
ing, and Butler, who creates glass-
3451 Broadway St.
Churchill will have the annual
Yart Sale this month — a yard art
sale — and also welcome featured
artist Wayland Harman, who spe-
cializes in mouth-resonated instru-
ments such as jaw harp, mouth bow
and didgeridoo. The show starts at
5:30 p.m.
Harman, a Kansas City native,
discovered the jaw harp in 1993
at the North American Jew’s Harp
Festival in Sumpter.
“I was immediately fascinated by
the music that graced the festival’s
stage each year,” he said. “I would
go home after each festival and
build my own version of the amaz-
ing instruments I’d seen.”
On Friday, Harman will display
his instruments and demonstrate
how they work, including his own in-
ventions called the clackamore and
scratchamore.
ROYAL ARTISAN
1912 Main St.
Royal Artisan will host artwork by
Blake Musselman for February. An
artist reception will start at 5 p.m.
on First Friday.
WHITE HOUSE ART AND
DESIGN CO.
1829 Main St.
February’s show at White House
is “All About Hearts” with featured
artist Randy Sandknop, who will
show her photography, watercolor
art and doodles. The artist recep-
tion is 4-8 p.m.
SWEET WIFE BAKING
2028 Main St.
Mary Davies Kerns will showcase
her acrylic paintings at the Two
Drink Minimum Gallery inside Sweet
Wife Baking Friday from 5-8 p.m.
Cocktails, desserts and snacks will
be available to purchase.
OTHER LOCATIONS
Other businesses in downtown
Baker City often stay open late on
First Friday, so be sure to explore.
Gourmet Provisions,
Majestic Pizza,
Wine & Beer Bottle Wonderland,
Dedicated Tap House,
Craft Cocktails,
Espresso Bar, Local & Far-Out Deli
403 S. Main Street Pendleton • 541.276.1350
Oil painter Mary Arnold will display her work, including this one titled
“Lemon Falls,” this month at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, in a joint
exhibit with her sister, Suzi Butler.