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Ashland Galleries May Visual Arts News
May = Art Opportunities
In this month’s AGA May Visual Art News, we’re excited to share a handful of fun and diverse art opportunities that are being offered this month—and next—to foster your inner creativity.
Terri Arino, Great Grey Owl, Oil on Canvas
Lithia Artisans Market Support Local Artists in Southern Oregon Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Join the Lithia Artisans Market and support local artists in Southern Oregon. Located on Calle Guanajuato in Downtown Ashland, come take a look at some of the finest work made by our talented artists and crafters. Featuring well over twenty individuals, there is everything from clothing and accessories, to pottery, photography, woodwork, and more.
For those who are interested in participating, please click here for more information.
Corbin Brashear, Turtle, Needle Felt Sculpture
Grants Pass Museum of Art Needle Felting Turtles with Corbin Brashear Saturday, June 3, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Join the Grants Pass Museum of Art and Corbin Brashear to learn more about creating sculptures using needle felting. In addition to discovering how to create fun shapes and forms, individuals will also learn how to add lots of fun colors and details. All materials will be provided and no experience is necessary.
For those who are interested in participating, please click here for more information.
Sarah F. Burns, Butler Perozzi Fountain in Ashland, Oil on Panel
Schneider Museum of Art and Sarah F. Burns Art Beyond Plein Air Painting EventSaturday, June 17, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Join the Schneider Museum of Art and Sarah F. Burns for Art Beyond’s Plein Air Painting Event at Lithia Park. Paint outdoors throughout the day while engaging with the general public and sharing more about concepts and processes. Even more exciting, the first thirty artists who register will be invited to show one piece that was created at the event at the Crystal Ballroom at the Ashland Springs Hotel on Saturday and Sunday, June 24 and June 25.
For those who are interested in participating, please click here for more information.
Roxanne Evans Stout, Pocket of Scraps, Mixed Media
Roxanne Evans Stout Pocket of ScrapsFlexible Dates and Times (Online Workshop)
Join Roxanne Evans Stout to learn more about collage making using scraps of paper and fabric. Choosing a variety of textures, colors, and materials, individuals will cover small pieces of paper that are small enough to fit into a personalized and decorative pocket.
For those who are interested in participating, please click here for more information.
I’m working with the Schneider Museum of Art organizing a couple of plein air events this summer as part of their exhibition ART BEYOND. Please consider participating in the Lithia Park Painting Event Saturday, June 19th. There is no limit to the number of artists who would like to go out and paint, but we can exhibit the work of the first 30 to register. The show is called ART BEYOND: Saturday in the Park – it’s a snapshot of a day in the park. Exhibition at ScienceWorks in partnership with SMA. Also – it says painting, but of course any media that you like is welcome! Please register right away! I want you in the show!
Open to all. Sign up to join fellow Plein Air artists in Lithia Park on Saturday, June 19th. Artists can come and go throughout the day. The general public will be encouraged to engage with the artists between 10am-5pm where you can talk about your work and process. This event is part of Art Beyond, a new initiative from the Schneider Museum of Art to promote the visual arts in outdoor spaces.
Artists will be invited to show one piece created at this event at Scienceworks Hands-On Museum from June 21 – September 16. Art will be sold at by Scienceworks with 50% of sales price going to the artist and 50% to Scienceworks.
Please register here to be a participating artist by June 1, 2021.
Purchase artworks featured in the show here. Artwork can be picked up or delivered locally after July 13. Contact Sarah at [email protected] with questions. Shipping available.
“Bobcat 23”
Framed Photograph by Dan Elster
Framed dimensions 39” x 27”
$395.00
“Trying to Help” Gopher Snake
Framed Photograph by Dan Elster Framed size 19” x 23”
$185.00
“Looking Toward the Light” Northern Spotted Owl
Framed Photograph by Dan Elster
Framed size 19” x 23”
$185.00
Camas
Screen print by Amy Godard
Ready to hang
17” x 20”
$100.00
Rose Hip
Woodcut Print by Amy Godard
17” x 20”
Ready to hang
$125.00
Red Cedar
Framed Woodcut Print by Amy Godard
Framed dimensions 12” x 14”
$100.00
Garry Oak
Framed Silkscreen Print by Amy Godard
Framed dimensions
16” x 18”
$125.00
Mount Shasta California
Framed Oil Painting by Sarah F Burns
16” x 20”
$580.00
Vesper Meadow with Mount Pitt
Framed oil painting by Sarah F Burns
20” x 35”
$1,150.00
Plant Diversity In the Siskiyou Mountains
Oil Painting by Deb Van Poolen
$7,000.00
Spring Buttercups at Vesper Meadow
Oil on Canvas by Jeanine Moy
10” x 10”
$250.00
Old Juniper
Framed photograph by Matt Witt framed dimensions 13″ x 17″
$100.00
Flowers at Horseshoe Ranch
Framed Photograph by Matt Witt
13” x 17 “ frames dimensions
$100.00
View From Soda Mountain Range
Framed Photograph by Matt Witt
$100.00
View Toward Grizzly Peak
Framed photograph by Matt Witt
Framed dimensions 13” x 17”
$100.00
“The Sentinels”
Gouache and Varnish on Panel, Framed Painting by Katy Cauker 11″ x 14″
$475.00
“Rock to Mountain”
Gouache and Varnish on Panel, Framed Oil Painting by Katy Cauker 12″ x 9″
$445.00
“Peak to Peak”
Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting by Katy Cauker, 18″ x 36″
$833.00
“Hi-Lo Country”
Oil Painting by Nikolai Klein 40″ x 60″
$1,500.00
“Juniper Along the PCT” Oil Painting by Sarah F. Burns SOLD
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This weekend I’m participating in the Ashland Open Studio Tour, Saturday and Sunday October 13 and 14 from 11 – 5. Location: Project Space 106 Talent Ave #5. Behind Kindred Spirits.
I’m doing a painting demo at noon on Saturday. I’m painting an egg and discussing the difference between values and light effect. I’ll talk about light and shadow and have an instructional handout for participants to take home. The demo will last about 45 minutes to an hour. Come early to snag a seat and bring your coffee or tea.
In addition I have lots of paintings on display, both new and older. If you’ve been thinking of buying something this would be a great weekend – there are lots of pieces to compare and all sales are 30% off! Plus there are some secret deals and giveaways and that you have to show up to find out about… I hope to see you this weekend!
This year Southern Oregon experienced weeks and weeks of thick, oppressive smoke from wildfires. We often experience smoke in the summers because we are in a valley surrounded by vast forests. Thunderstorms in July usually spark wildfire and now, due to drier, hotter years along with decades of fire suppression creating more underbrush to burn and cause bigger, hotter fires we now have regular major conflagrations that burn hundreds of thousands of acres each year. Our part of Southern Oregon, the Rogue Valley is as it is called – a valley and high pressure weather systems trap the smoke in our cities causing us to have densely smoky gray days along with hundred degree temperatures. This will last for days usually and this year lasted WEEKS and WEEKS. I’m trying to find stats for how many days we had what the DEQ calls Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy and Hazardous, because we had A LOT. It’s truly brutal. Our time outdoors during this summer had to be majorly curtailed. Sore throats, headaches, malaise were the norm for residents. So, the Ashland Gallery Association (of which I am a board member) decided the cover issue for our Gallery Guide in 2019 would be a collage of art work around the theme of Fire and Smoke. We had other choices, but the board all felt a cathartic exploration of the topic was needed. In addition to the physical tribulation of the smoke, our local economy and by extension our local artists and galleries all depend on tourism in the summer. This year tourism was drastically reduced causing economic hit along with anxiety about the future economic prospects.
All that being said – my contribution is pretty upbeat. I don’t make dire illustrations but sometime I wish I did! I should try to depict the fuchsia sun during dense smoke sometime. I’ll probably get a chance next year! However, I have however always wanted to paint a campfire so the decision to use fire and smoke for the cover motivated me to finally do it. Here is my cheerful contribution to a very serious subject.
This first one had a pretty cute fire and nice representation of smoke, but I wanted to catch the glow in the ring so ……
My local ditch trail never fails to inspire. And I finally finished this craggy tree in the Cascade Siskiyou Monument – two or maybe three years in the making. All were painted – or finished – this summer – late June.
The name of this rose is actually Unconditional Love – you can click that link and find out more. I grow these roses and I’ve painted them before. And I guess I’ve painted the vase before too.
This painting feels like it belongs in an Alfred Hitchcock movie. I love the the clothing and decor in his movies. Sparse, clean, well tailored, quality material, so sharp and normal. I’m not sure if it means anything, but I like the connection – even if it’s just in my own mind. And I’m not at all trying to convey anything dark or surreal. Just the plain fullness of life which is good but not perfect and is sometimes very bad, but overall wonderful.
Painted back in the spring from when the grass was green and the air was clear. Railroad tracks that run near my neighborhood. I’ll show it in September at Project Space, along with a bunch of other new paintings.
