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JUNE 22�29, 2022
MIXED MEDIUM
THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
Turn thrift shop
finds into art
This mixed
media entry
was created by
Natalie Rhodes.
Artists are
encouraged
to purchase
items at the
Community
Thrift Shop in
Pendleton to
create a work
of art for the
Community
Thrift Store
Challenge.
Entries are due
July 28-30. For
details, visit
pendletonarts.
org.
Pendleton
Center for
the Arts/
Contributed
Photo
Entries in the
Community Thrift
Shop Challenge are
due July 28-30
Go! staff
PENDLETON — Pendleton
Center for the Arts and Heritage
Station Museum are inviting
everyone to stretch their artistic
creativity with the Community
Thrift Shop Challenge.
“The American Poet Dorothy
Parker described creativity as ‘a
wild mind with a disciplined eye,’”
said Roberta Lavadour, PCA
director. “Artists who work with
discarded or repurposed materi-
als are known to have their eyes
open much of the time, staying
alert to items that strike them as
beautiful, quizzical or intriguing.”
PCA and the museum teamed
up to “encourage those makers
who work in a similar fashion to
create new works of art,” Lava-
dour said.
The Community Thrift Shop
Challenge kicked off Saturday,
June 11, and will culminate in
an exhibit in the front windows
of the store, 138 SE Court Ave.,
Pendleton Center for the Arts/
Contributed Photo
This mixed media piece by Lori Rohn
is an example of what artists could
create for the Community Thrift
Store Challenge sponsored by the
Pendleton Center for the Arts and
Heritage Station Museum. Entries
are due July 28-30. For details, visit
pendletonarts.org.
during the month of August.
Lavadour said this challenge
is a “reboot” of a project that
PCA and the museum launched
in 2017 when the store was
known as the Bargain Counter.
The Community Thrift Shop
is now in its new location and
operated by Heritage Station
Museum.
CHALLENGE DETAILS
For this challenge, anyone 13
and older is invited to create a
work of art featuring materials
purchased at the Community
Thrift Shop.
The technique can be sculp-
ture, two-dimensional, assem-
blages, textiles, wearable art or
mixed media.
Artists should drop off com-
pleted work with an entry form at
the Community Thrift Shop July
28-30. All items will be displayed
in the front windows Aug. 1-31.
There is no cost to partici-
pate, and four $50 cash awards
in adult and teen categories will
be presented, thanks to Tom
Winn.
Entry forms are available to
download at www.pendleton-
arts.org or in print at the Pend-
leton Center for the Arts, 214
N. Main St., or the Community
Thrift Shop.
More information is available
by calling 541-278-9201 or
emailing director@pendleton-
arts.org.