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MIXED MEDIUM
JULY 6�13, 2022
THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
A mixture of ranch life and art
New exhibit opens July 7
at Pendleton Center for
the Arts
Go! staff
PENDLETON — Far from universities,
gallery spaces and artist’s studios, Pine
Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and
Agriculture (PMRCAA) is fostering the
creation of new work by artists, ecologi-
cal scientists and scholars.
Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214
N. Main St., will showcase an exhibit of
work by PMRCAA residents July 7–30 in
the East Oregonian Gallery. The event
kicks off with an opening reception
Thursday, July 7, from 5:30–7 p.m.
ABOUT THE RANCH
Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts
and Agriculture is a 260-acre working
ranch just outside Sisters operated by
the RoundhouseFoundation. They con-
nect sustainable agricultural practices,
conservation and the traditional skills
integral to ranching life with the arts,
sciences and contemporary crafts.
According to PCA Director Rober-
ta Lavadour, the exhibit in Pendleton
features work by 28 artists who have
Dylan Beck/Contributed image
“Lake of Fire” by Dylan J. Beck
spent time at PMRCAA in two to four
week visits over the past four years. It
illustrates the wide range of media that
the residency supports, including po-
etry and writing, photography, painting,
drawing, book arts, ceramics, sculpture,
printmaking, textiles and music.
For these residencies, PMRCAA
provides an opportunity to live and work
outside an artist’s usual environment
while also learning about the work in-
volved in growing food, raising livestock
and being the stewards of the land.
Residents are asked to contribute to
the ranch by taking on jobs like collect-
ing eggs or tending gardens and often
present workshops or artist talks in the
community.
Artists featured include Loo Bain,
Dylan J. Beck, Michael Boonstra, Renee
Couture, Shelby Davis, Poppy Dully,
Bean Gilsdorf, Patricia L Giraud, Anne
Greenwood, Alex Hirsch, Harvey L Hix,
Donna Cooper Hurt, Anna Ialeggio, Diane
Jacobs, Joe Kowalczyk, Roberta La-
vadour, Jeanne Medina Le, Elissa Levy,
Kelda Martensen, Hirona Matsuda, Andy
Myers, Stan Peterson, Elizabeth Quinn,
Jean Rohe, Christopher St. John, Annie
Varnot, Leah Wilson and Laura Winter.
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The exhibit in Pendleton marks the
first time that residents from the pro-
gram have shown their work as a group.
“Even though we designed the
residency to be highly competitive, I’m
blown away by the body of work that
the program has inspired and facilitated
since we started in 2018,” said Round-
house Founder Kathy Deggendorfer.
“I can’t wait to see it celebrated in the
gallery at the Pendleton Center for the
Arts.”
The Pendleton Center for the Arts,
housed in a renovated Carnegie Library
building, is a multi-venue arts center
that features contemporary galleries, a
fine craft marketplace, performances
and an arts education program.
Admission is always free, and galler-
ies are available to view Tuesday–Friday,
10 a.m.–4 p.m. and Saturdays, noon–
4 p.m. Other days and times available
by appointment. More information is
available by calling 541-278-9201 or
online at PendletonArts.org.