 |  This Friday, Myron Cretney, who wrote the children’s book that I illustrated, will be throwing a book release/signing party with healthy snacks provided. The illustrations were painted over the past year and are very colorful, flowing, earthy watercolors featuring local scenes and local children. Come on out to see the finished product! Continue reading Children’s Book Release Party Friday in Ashland  Feast your eyes and senses on over 40 works of art on exhibit as part of the Smaller than a Breadbox Members Show. The RGAC will be open late for visitors to walk through the galleries and to check out our Spirit in Hand Holiday Boutique. Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart… Boldly Create! as you are inspired by artwork and refreshed by local artist and artisan wares to finish off your holiday shopping lists. Our Spirit in Hand Holiday Boutique is filled with a great selection of items, made locally here in the Rogue Valley. **Friday December 16th OPEN LATE until 8 PM** Open Tuesday – Friday from 10 aM – 5 PM and Saturday the 24th from 11am – 3pm. Rogue Gallery & Art Center 40 South Bartlett Street, Medford, OR 97501 (in the Heart of downtown Medford- by the RCC campus, between Main and Continue reading Rogue Gallery & Art Center open tonight until 8 PM for Art Walk!  Did you know? You can now register for classes and workshops at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center: www.roguegallery.org Tap into your creativity and discover the class or workshop that’s right for you. Check out the new Winter 2012 catalogue with Art Classes for children, teens and adults- now available online! Upcoming art education opportunities include: Adults: Beginning Drawing, Intermediate/ Advanced Watercolor: Water and Sky Workshop, Visual Storytelling through Cartoon & Comics, Pinhole Photography Weekend Workshop and much more!! Take one of our Artist Professional Development Workshops this March designed to help Rogue Valley artists thrive! Teens: Drop In & Draw Open Studios and Altered Photographic Images and more! Children: Afterschool Art Studios I and II, Drop In & Draw, Start with Art- Making Art Together, Earth Paints and Nature Inspired Art and MORE! There’s something for artists and aspiring artists of all ages and abilities!! Gift certificates available for 
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!  Please join us December 9th, 5:00 to Late! during the Talent Art & Music Festival for an opening reception welcoming Dan Elster, Wildlife Photographer, and presenting his show, “Wild Animals in Wild Places”, on display at Harmonic Design & Imaging through April 2012. Continue reading Harmonic Design & Imaging Announces New Exhibit, Opening Reception  Please join me at Terra Firma on December 11 for a look at my recent work, a bit of shop talk about my process of painting, and holiday cheer. At 4:00 PM I will give a short presentation about the the development of this painting, “Shore Garden”, based on Nelson Sandgren’s monoprint, “Garden and Shores Edge”.  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!  Artist EVE MARGO WITHROW of MEDFORD, OREGON has received two Special Recognition Awards for artwork in the 9th Annual “Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition” hosted by Upstream People Gallery. This international exhibition received approximately 200 entries from around the world, with 35 artists selected by juror Laurence Bradshaw, Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, U. S. A. Read on… Continue reading EVE MARGO WITHROW RECEIVES SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION  The GoodBean is delighted to announce our December exhibit of fine art by four Jacksonville artists.  New to the Art & Soul Gallery, Silvia is presenting fresh works that were painted on location throughout Southern Oregon throughout the year; Emigrant Lake, Billings Pond, Ashland Hills, Mountain Lakes, Mt. McLoughlin and Lithia Park are all among some of the represented scenery. Trujillo is known for her California and Oregon impressionist oil paintings which reflect her mastery of capturing the color and atmosphere of these regions. Continue reading Silvia Trujillo Featured Artist at Art & Soul Gallery through January |      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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