| By Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 91 contributed posts About the author: The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the Rogue Valley’s premier non-profit community art center, founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. The Gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their work, and because of its non-profit status can display a wide range of artistic styles and mediums not seen in commercial galleries. Aspiring artists, both children and adults, take classes from local artists and are exposed to a wide variety of artistic mediums. Our mission is to promote and provide for the study, development, exhibition, and appreciation of art. Our vision: Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart…Boldly Create! Learn more with web links and contact info in RGAC's listing at SOAR.  Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart – Boldly Create! Please visit the Rogue Gallery & Art Center website for complete listing of summer art camps and to register: www.roguegallery.org. 2012 SUMMER ART CAMPS FOR CHILDREN & TEENS CREATIVE ● INSPIRING ● FUN! Summer Art Camps are designed to nurture creativity and youth ages 4-17 will have fun, explore, and learn foundational art skills. Each camp is taught by an experienced artist educator and students use quality materials to create their art. All this takes place in a real art making environment-our professional art studio. Rogue Gallery & Art Center Summer Art Camps provide quality art education to inspire and build life-long interest in the arts. Weekly, themes include: New! Ages 4-7: RECYCLED ART Ages 7-12: WORLD ART, PAPER CREATIONS, YOU CAN DRAW!, MIX IT UP- ART Continue reading Summer Art Camps for ages 4-7, 7-12, 13-17! – Rogue Gallery & Art Center By Leah Fanning Mebane's Earth Art, 20 contributed posts About the author: Leah exhibits her abstract and portraiture work nationally and internationally and has been commissioned for over 400 paintings over the past 15 years. Her studio is outside Jacksonville where she teaches painting, drawing, art marketing and making natural earth paints. See Leah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  We will celebrate Earth Day with an all natural earth art class. I will demonstrate how you can make your own earth paints from natural clay. And then we will paint smooth river rock stones and/or drift wood with earth paints. We’ll make eco stationary with leaf, veggie & flower prints and Native American paint [...] Continue reading Earth Paints & Nature Art Class By Leah Fanning Mebane's Earth Art, 20 contributed posts About the author: Leah exhibits her abstract and portraiture work nationally and internationally and has been commissioned for over 400 paintings over the past 15 years. Her studio is outside Jacksonville where she teaches painting, drawing, art marketing and making natural earth paints. See Leah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact. My children’s book, “Simple Pleasures”, just got its first review on Veg Books (which reviews only natural, animal friendly or vegetarian promoting books). The book features 24 original watercolor paintings of children enjoying themselves in nature with no plastic or batteries necessary. The book is now available for sale on my Earth Paints website $9.95 [...] Continue reading Review of “Simple Pleasures” Eco Children’s Book 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.  Coloring and painting Easter eggs and making non-toxic Play Dough with natural Earth Paints, new works and more Spring updates from Leah’s Earth Art Studio! Continue reading Happy Spring Equinox! News from Leah Fanning Mebane By Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 91 contributed posts About the author: The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the Rogue Valley’s premier non-profit community art center, founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. The Gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their work, and because of its non-profit status can display a wide range of artistic styles and mediums not seen in commercial galleries. Aspiring artists, both children and adults, take classes from local artists and are exposed to a wide variety of artistic mediums. Our mission is to promote and provide for the study, development, exhibition, and appreciation of art. Our vision: Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart…Boldly Create! Learn more with web links and contact info in RGAC's listing at SOAR.  The Rogue Gallery & Art Center presents Earth Paints and Nature Inspired Art with Leah Mebane for ages 8-13 Saturday, March 17th from 10 AM – noon Advance registration is required! Please register online: www.roguegallery.org “Go green” in the art studio for St. Patty’s Day and for the Earth and learn how to make earth paints from natural pigments and colored clay. Create your own brushes from plant stalks and use your new artist tools to create unique and natural art projects including eco-stationary with leaf and vegetable prints, glue batik designs with earth paints, and painting smooth river stones for your garden or home. All materials included: includes Earth Paint Kit to take home (retail value $29.99)! $42 members/ $50 non-members Member Discounts and Scholarships available: Call (541)772-8118 for more information. Advance Registration is required! Ignite the Mind, Stir the Continue reading Earth Paints and Nature Inspired Art Class with Leah Mebane Fanning for ages 8-13 this Saturday, 3/17 at RGAC! By Leah Fanning Mebane's Earth Art, 20 contributed posts About the author: Leah exhibits her abstract and portraiture work nationally and internationally and has been commissioned for over 400 paintings over the past 15 years. Her studio is outside Jacksonville where she teaches painting, drawing, art marketing and making natural earth paints. See Leah's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact. Watch the process of making earth oil paint from start (climbing a mountain) to finish (brushing paint on the canvas)! Continue reading New Earth Paint Video By Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 91 contributed posts About the author: The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the Rogue Valley’s premier non-profit community art center, founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. The Gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their work, and because of its non-profit status can display a wide range of artistic styles and mediums not seen in commercial galleries. Aspiring artists, both children and adults, take classes from local artists and are exposed to a wide variety of artistic mediums. Our mission is to promote and provide for the study, development, exhibition, and appreciation of art. Our vision: Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart…Boldly Create! Learn more with web links and contact info in RGAC's listing at SOAR.  Professional or amateur, young or old – there’s a class for everyone who wants to explore art through the Rogue Gallery & Art Center this Winter. Diverse art classes and workshops feature traditional and new art techniques taught by professional artist/educators at affordable prices. Continue reading ROGUE GALLERY & ART CENTER WINTER/ SPRING 2012 ART CLASSES 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 Great Metal Works Metal Art by Cheryl D. Garcia February 2nd, 2012 Celebrating Chinese New Year in Jacksonville The Chinese New Year has arrived! Come celebrate the ‘Year of the Dragon’ with us in Jacksonville Saturday, February 4th starting with the parade at 10:30 AM. Cheryl will be displaying her latest creation, the five foot long metal dragon (above) at the corner of Third and East California Streets in honor of the deep Chinese cultural ties in Southern Oregon. Cheryl created this dragon as part of an art trade with fellow Jacksonville artist Katharine Gracey, you can help name him by participating in our online poll. We hope you can join us for the festivities, there will be diverse demonstrations of art, cooking and dance throughout town after the Lion and Dragon Dance Parade beginning at 10:30. Be sure to stop by and say hello to us and see the Continue reading Latest Updates from Cheryl D. Garcia 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.  News on a number of different fronts from Leah Fanning Mebane’s email newsletter Continue reading EARTH ART NEWS from Leah Fanning Mebane By Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 91 contributed posts About the author: The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the Rogue Valley’s premier non-profit community art center, founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. The Gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their work, and because of its non-profit status can display a wide range of artistic styles and mediums not seen in commercial galleries. Aspiring artists, both children and adults, take classes from local artists and are exposed to a wide variety of artistic mediums. Our mission is to promote and provide for the study, development, exhibition, and appreciation of art. Our vision: Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart…Boldly Create! Learn more with web links and contact info in RGAC's listing at SOAR.  The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is offering monthly Afterschool Art Studio I and Afterschool Art Studio II this Winter! Register online: www.roguegallery.org STUDIO 1: For children in grades 1 – 6: Wednesdays 2 to 5PM (Corresponds with Medford School District’s early-release Wednesdays) Paint, draw, sculpt, print, explore, create, and be inspired by introductory art lessons in our spacious & fully-equipped art studio! February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 $72 members/ $85 non-members March 7, 14, 21 $46 members/ $55 non-members April 4, 11, 18, 25 $59 members/ $70 non-members May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 $72 members/ $85 non-members STUDIO 2 (intensive): For youths in grades 4 – 9: Tuesdays 4:30 to 6PM Draw and paint from life and the imagination Continue reading Afterschool Art Studios I and II offered for youth in 1st – 9th grades! |  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! 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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.  |
