| 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.  A new mosaic installation will be dedicated during the Bear Creek Festival at North Mountain Park Nature Center at 3:45 on October 1, 2011. Created in the Studio of Illahe Gallery, artist Sue Springer designed this colorful compass mosaic to help orient students and park visitors to the cardinal directions and to provide a beautiful, interesting and interactive point of entry to the Demonstration Gardens. The mosaic includes mountains, landmarks and rivers of the surrounding landscape and helps visitors and students alike orient themselves in the natural world. Continue reading New Mosaic Art in Ashland permanently installed at North Mountain Park Nature Center. 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 Sarah F. Burns teaching Life Drawing Strategies on Sundays from 6-8 pm, October 23 – November 13. For just $65 for members ($70 non-members), experience the benefit of a guided life drawing session with a classically trained instructor. Learn tips, techniques and tools to get the most out of short and long live model poses. Students will work with charcoal to capture gesture, character, weight, proportion, light and shadow. Continue reading Sarah F. Burns to teach Life Drawing Strategies at the RGAC- enroll now! 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.  Every 1st and 3rd Friday from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM join other artists in the Rogue Gallery & Art Center studio for two hours of uninstructed figure drawing from a live model. Warm up with short poses then stretch those creative muscles with a series of longer, 20 minute poses. Participants should bring their own paper and materials, although drawing boards, easels, and other non-consumable materials will be available, first-come, first-serve. Continue reading Life Drawing Open Studio at the Rogue Gallery and Art Center starts October 7th! 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.  Visit us in October for an exceptional group exhibit showcasing the talent of 17 local and national mosaic artists! This show promises to be an eclectic mix of styles, media, and form. Artists’ Reception: Friday, October 7th, during the Ashland Gallery Association First Friday Art Walk, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Live music will be provided by guitarist, Stephen Kane. Wine, cheeses, and refreshments will be served. Continue reading Illahe Studios and Gallery October Juried Mosaic Exhibit: Andamento; the Flow of Mosaics 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.  Learn more and make contact with Katharine using the info in her listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource. Katharine’s work appears at South Stage Cellars in Jacksonville as resident artist Cheryl D. Garcia welcomes her as guest artist from September 27 – October 24. Please attend an artist’s reception on Saturday, October 1 from 2-5 pm to meet the artist and learn more about her work over a glass of award-winning wine! Continue reading SOAR Welcomes Artist Katharine Gracey, Announces October show of New Works! By Charu Colorado, 10 contributed posts About the author: Charu Colorado is a professional artist who has won many awards and whose art has been shown internationally and is in many private collections. She is a published poet and art/dream coach. Here in Ashland she has been teaching drawing in her private studio and at SOU Extended campus. Her central interest in art teaching over the past 20 years has been with emphasis on the development of right brain seeing abilities. Her work with children and adults in expanding their cognition and other discerning abilities has received recognition in the teaching community in Los Angeles where she began this work and in Ashland in her drawing classes at SOU. Learn more or make contact with the information in her listing at SOAR  More details about Charu Colorado’s Class One: The Right Brain Drawing Experience. Register Now! Continue reading Charu Colorado Class One: The Right Brain Drawing Experience – MONDAYS By Charu Colorado, 10 contributed posts About the author: Charu Colorado is a professional artist who has won many awards and whose art has been shown internationally and is in many private collections. She is a published poet and art/dream coach. Here in Ashland she has been teaching drawing in her private studio and at SOU Extended campus. Her central interest in art teaching over the past 20 years has been with emphasis on the development of right brain seeing abilities. Her work with children and adults in expanding their cognition and other discerning abilities has received recognition in the teaching community in Los Angeles where she began this work and in Ashland in her drawing classes at SOU. Learn more or make contact with the information in her listing at SOAR  More details about Charu Colorado’s upcoming class, Right Brain Mixed Media Drawing & Still Life. Register Now! Continue reading Charu Colorado Class Two: Right Brain Mixed Media Drawing & Still Life – TUESDAYS 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 An Oregon Love Story: Works by Betty LaDuke. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, and drawings by the renowned artist. Themes of family, community, and nature can be seen throughout the work and reveal the artist’s passion for the place and the people that have sustained her life in southern Oregon over the past 50 years. The exhibition is sponsored by Ashland Food Co-op. Continue reading AN OREGON LOVE STORY: WORKS BY BETTY LADUKE ON DISPLAY SEPT-OCT AT ROGUE GALLERY & ART CENTER 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.  Please join the Southern Oregon Artists Resource in welcoming artist Michelle Anderst, who recently moved from Seattle to make her new home in Southern Oregon! Newly listed in our directory of artists, Michelle is a professional scientific illustrator and fine artist. Her artistic work draws on anatomical, etymological, botanical and electronic elements to create “fictional but plausible unions of biological and man-made structures on canvas.” Continue reading A Warm Welcome to Michelle Anderst! 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.  Art Presence is pleased to announce the reinstatement of the Art Amble, a stroll about Jacksonville to visit shops, view artwork and meet Art Presence members. From May through October, join us on the last Friday of the month, when Jacksonville businesses will stay open from 5 – 7 to present the work of one or more local artists, hosting artist receptions Continue reading Art Presence Resurrects the Jacksonville Art Amble |  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.  |
