 |  In this message: Cultural Tourism and Capacity Grant Deadlines Approaching GO Training Webinars Set Spring Grant Training + Outreach Oregon State Capitol Foundation Wants Input on a History Center in State Capitol Like Oregon Arts Commission on Facebook Poetry Out Loud School Contests, Regional Competitions Set  This March, RGAC is offering an Artist Professional Development Series! Each class is just $35 for members and is jam packed full of useful information, ideas, and skills to help you bring your art career to the next level. Whether you want to develop an art marketing strategy, better utilize online resources and social networking, or learn to make digital images of your work stand out for exhibition opportunities- we’ve got you covered! With four amazing workshops led by outstanding artist and artist advocates Hannah West and Nikolas Allen, the Rogue Gallery & Art Center wants to help YOU develop your art career! Continue reading Artist Professional Development Series at RGAC this March! During the 2011 Legislative Session, the CAC stopped a back door assault on Oregon’s Percent for Art law—buried deep in the higher education restructure bill. We fought for protections for the Cultural Trust and ensured budgets for the Art Commission, Heritage Commission and others were not gutted when legislators went looking for money to balance the budget. Despite the political challenges presented by a 30-30 split in the House and continued budget shortfalls, the 2011 session was a productive one for arts, heritage and humanities. Continue reading Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon Year in Review  www.roguegallery.org Register online for adult, teen and children’s classes in the Rogue Gallery & Art Center studio! Discover the Class or Workshop that’s Right for You Professional or amateur, young or old – there’s a class for everyone who wants to explore art through our diverse art education programs. Our classes and workshops feature traditional and new art techniques taught by professional artist/educators. In addition to hosting classes with well-known local artists, we offer workshops with nationally-recognized educators from the Northwest, and beyond. Our 1100 square foot studio is located in the heart of downtown Medford. We occasionally offer satellite classes at local artists’ studios allowing us to offer more specialized mediums in an intimate setting. We also host “local travel” workshops for some location inspiration. For more information, please visit our website with online class registration! www.roguegallery.org Member discounts, scholarships, and financial aid is available- just call (541)772-8118 for Continue reading Rogue Gallery & Art Center announces Winter 2012 Classes & Workshops 
CALL TO ARTISTS Elvis Emporium Exhibition January 10 — January 27, 2012 In celebration of Elvis Presley’s 77th birthday, and in conjunction with the Heart of Medford “Elvis Week,” the Rogue Gallery & Art Center will host a non-juried art show of work inspired by “The King.” Artists of all ages are invited to bring in one work for display in our Community Gallery. Open to all 2 & 3-dimensional media. Display space is limited, however, so only the first 35 works to be dropped-off will be included in the display. Installation work will be considered with prior approval. NO work larger than 24” in any direction will be accepted. NO work with a sale price more than $250 will be accepted due to insurance considerations. Contact Jules Masterjohn at julesroguegalleryorg (julesroguegalleryorg?subject=Re%3A%20Elvis%20Emporium%20Call%20to%20Artists) emobascript(‘%6A%75%6C%65%73%40%72%6F%67%75%65%67%61%6C%6C%65%72%79%2E%6F%72%67?subject=Re%3A%20Elvis%20Emporium%20Call%20to%20Artists’,'<span class=”emoba-em”>jules<img src=”http://blogs.soartists.com/ArtMatters/wp-content/plugins/emoba-email-obfuscator-advanced/at-glyph.gif” alt=”at” class=”emoba-glyph” />roguegallery<img src=”http://blogs.soartists.com/ArtMatters/wp-content/plugins/emoba-email-obfuscator-advanced/dot-glyph.gif” alt=”dot” class=”emoba-glyph” Continue reading Call to Artists- Elvis Emporium at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center!  To give you a little help planning your itinerary for today, here’s a summary of the holiday sales events being held by local artists and gallery members of the Southern Oregon Artists Resource. You can also check our Art Event Calendar at http://www.soartists.com/calendar.html to add them to your desktop or iPhone calendar. Remember that tonight is Ashland’s First Friday ArtWalk, and the galleries will be celebrating the season with a festive atmosphere and lots of artistic creations suitable for gift-giving! Continue reading Shop Local & Support Local Artists this Holiday Season!  If you’re looking to find holiday gifts that also support a great cause, visit my paintings at RevivalArtists.com. I am one of many artists featured on this new site whose beautiful, dual purpose is to both feed revival and break the stereotype of the starving artist (hurray on both counts!). You can buy museum-quality reproductions of any piece you see. And whether you order a set of 4 cards or a Giclée print canvas wrap, 10% of all the proceeds go to support Iris Ministries in Africa.  Charu Colorado announces an Open Studio Sale and Fundraiser ~ Light up your Love of Art ~ contribute to art education in the Ashland schools and Charu’s medical copays! Come to Charu’s art studio at 1026 Henry St #6 in Ashland on December 3rd and 4th from 2:00 to 6:00 PM to partake in her OPEN STUDIO FUNDRAISER, featuring paintings, drawings and other one of a kind special-created-pretty-crazy-wonderful things. For this sale only, less than half price, many pieces under $25 and $50. PHONE: 541-482-6319 Continue reading Browse and Buy at Charu’s Open Studio Fund Raiser  This Friday, November 4th from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM the Rogue Gallery & Art Center is hosting LIFE DRAWING OPEN STUDIO Every first and third Fridays, Life Drawing Open Studio November 4 & 18, December 2 & 16: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM 40 South Bartlett Street, Medford, Oregon No pre-registration required! Join other artists for two hours of uninstructed figure drawing from a live model. Warm up with short poses then stretch your creative muscles with a series of longer 20 minute poses. Participants should bring their own materials, although there are plenty of easels, drawing boards, tables, and chairs available. $10 members, $15 non-members (Individual memberships- good for one year- starting at $35 for individuals!) Memberships and more information about the Rogue Gallery & Art Center: Continue reading Life Drawing Open Studio at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center  “We must recognize the contributions of the arts and humanities not only by supporting the artists of today, but also by giving opportunities to the creative thinkers of tomorrow. Educators across our country are opening young minds, fostering innovation, and developing imaginations through arts education.” Continue reading A Word from the Executive Director of the Arts Action Fund |      DISCLOSURE: SOAR/Art Matters! has affiliate relationships with the providers of great products and services below. Purchases made through our links give us a small commission. This helps to defray the cost of operating the sites, so please use our links!  Utrecht's Special Discounts have been updated for 2012. The above link will get you 40% off your highest priced item, the one below gives 15% off any order of $100 or more AND Free Shipping! It's your choice - and using our links helps us meet the costs of operating this site! 
 Ashland artist Pegi Smith sells her art on Yessy.com - View her Yessy gallery here Make a beautiful art book yourself with Blurb's service. Artists Danna Tartaglia and Olivia Schemanski have both self-published art books using Blurb.  ImageKind, a Cafepress company, now has an artist shop site you can join for free to sell your art online. Join the Imagekind community and start selling your art today CafePress lets you design a huge variety of products with your own art and sell them for a profit! A great way to gain more exposure for your work and make a few extra bucks. Janet London of London Hummingbird Arts and Hannah West, the founder of SOAR and Art Matters!, use CafePress to sell products with their own designs. 
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