| By soar, 592 contributed posts About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.  The Japanese Association of Southern Oregon is looking for Artists to donate their work to our JAPAN NIGHT silent auction. All proceeds will go directly to fund children in Fukushima, Japan, who are still affected by radiation poisoning. We invite all interested people to attend JAPAN NIGHT for an evening of Japanese Cuisine and Culture on Sunday March 11, 2012. Continue reading LAST CALL! JAPAN NIGHT Benefit for Fukushima Children By Art Therapy Alliance's posterous, 24 contributed posts About the author:  I can’t believe it, but this week marks the ending of the first round of 6 Degrees of Creativity! This on-line community sponsored by The Art Therapy Alliance launched in October 2011 featured 6 different workshops by a group of 6 ins… Continue reading Lookback: Connection & Community Celebrated at 6 Degrees of Creativity By Art Therapy Alliance's posterous, 24 contributed posts About the author:  This past week, the Art Therapy Alliance joined the digital pinboard site Pinterest! If you’re not familiar with this popular social media site, Pinterest “lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web” (About Pintere… Continue reading Art Therapy Alliance Joins Pinterest By Art Therapy Alliance's posterous, 24 contributed posts About the author: Spaces and Places: Where We Create is now accepting submissions from art therapists, art therapy students, expressive art therapists, and art organizations for this photo documentary project that aims to provide education, awareness, inspi… Continue reading Spaces and Places: Where We Create: Now Accepting Submissions By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact. Luminous Mandala Advanced Workshop This workshop is for those persons who have completed the basic Luminous Mandala class and have learned the techniques of drawing and coloring luminous mandalas, or for persons who have previous art experience. Th… Continue reading Spring Mandala Class Offerings By Art Therapy Alliance's posterous, 24 contributed posts About the author:  It is great to be able to write this post! It captures one of the reasons why The Art Therapy Alliance exists: to use social media as a way to promote art therapy, the work of art therapists and build community. Back in November 20… Continue reading Dreaming Zebra Foundation Connects with The Maslow Project through Facebook to Help Art Therapy Program By Art Therapy Alliance's posterous, 24 contributed posts About the author:  In about 2 weeks, Spaces and Places: Where We Create officially opens to the art therapy community and begins to accept photo submissions of the creative spaces and favorite tools of the trade used by art therapists, art therapy … Continue reading Meet Our Supporters: Spaces & Places: #wherewecreate [SLIDESHOW] By soar, 592 contributed posts About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.  Robert Greygrass, formerly an active member of the acting community of Ashland and known around the world for his one man shows “Walking on Turtle Island” and “Ghostlands of an Urban INDN” is back in LA with plans to perform both shows at the Autry In Griffith Park. We felt that readers who plan to be in the area, whether or not they are familiar with Greygrass’ work, would appreciate the opportunity to include one or more of his shows in their plans. Those unable to make it but with friends and family there might want to share. We’ve been fortunate to see both shows and participated in the filming of one and highly recommend either one! Continue reading Robert Owens Greygrass to Perform in Los Angeles By Art Therapy Alliance's posterous, 24 contributed posts About the author:  Check out this Art Therapy Alliance Favicard On the Go photo submission from art therapy student Jocelyn Thoemke from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area in Minnesota: Jocelyn included this note with her Favicard photo: “I am currently studying m… Continue reading Art Therapy Alliance Favicard On the Go with Jocelyn Thoemke in Minnesota By Art Therapy Alliance's posterous, 24 contributed posts About the author:  It’s great there’s been a few Art Therapy Alliance Favicard on the Go photos submitted this week! Earlier in the week I received a photo contribution from the Favicard that traveled the shortest distance so far through the mail for this p… Continue reading Art Therapy Alliance Favicard on the Go with Janet McLeod in Auckland, New Zealand |  DISCLOSURE: SOAR/Art Matters! has affiliate relationships with the providers of great products and services below. If you make a purchase from one of the sites below, it helps defray the cost of promoting Southern Oregon Artists, so please use our links!   Utrecht's online discounts have been updated, though the graphics remain the same. The link above saves 40% off your highest priced item (coupon code AP1), the one below gets you 15% off any order of $100 or more AND Free Shipping! (coupon code AP3)    Ashland artist Pegi Smith sells her art on Yessy.com - View her Yessy gallery hereNow thru April 30: 
Delphi's Annual Glass Bevel Sale - Save up to 40% OFF retail price! 1/2 OFF standard bevels when you buy the 60-piece box. Make a beautiful art book yourself with Blurb's online service. Artists Danna Tartaglia and Olivia Schemanski both self-published books featuring their art using Blurb. Check them out in SOAR's bookstore, then make one yourself!  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.  |