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MIXED MEDIUM
FEBRUARY 9–16, 2022
THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
Exhibit opens featuring new work by Sarah Bird
Go! staff
L
A GRANDE — Art Center
East is now featuring works
by local oil painter Sarah Bird
in the main gallery. The show
opened Feb. 4 and continues
through March 26.
Bird developed her own
techniques in oil painting after
graduating in 2014 from New
York-based Grand Central Ate-
lier, where she undertook a four-
year intensive course of study in
traditional realism and authentic
classical art.
“New Works by Sarah Bird”
showcase Bird’s oil paintings
of traditional altar-like arrange-
ments of natural objects set
against cloth backgrounds and
also her nontraditional land-
scape compositions of plants,
leaves and branches.
Bird’s original oil paintings
have been shown in Los An-
geles, Massachusetts, New
York and Rhode Island. She is
currently a Master of Fine Arts
candidate at Sierra Nevada
University.
Sarah Bird
There will be a closing recep-
tion for the show on Friday,
March 11, from 6-8 p.m. All are
welcome at this free event at
ACE, 1006 Penn Ave.
Find out more about this
exhibit and other events at art-
centereast.org.
ACE is open Wednesday-
Friday, noon-5 p.m., and Sat-
urday, 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. Art Center East gal-
leries are open to the public and
admission is free.
Sarah Bird/Contributed image
Oil painter Sarah Bird is the featured artist in Art Center East’s main gallery through March 26.