ArtistsBillofRights.org reviews competitions and appeals seeking creative content, listing those that respect your copyrights and highlighting those that don't. Art Matters! publishes calls to artists, and not all of them may be compliant with ABoR's standards. Visit their site to learn more.
By Brooke Nuckles, 402 contributed posts
View all Brooke Nuckles's posts. About the author:
Reception for Main Gallery and Community Gallery Exhibit
Friday, May 17, 5:30 – 8:00 pm
Cammy Davis Give Me One Reason
Main Gallery – “Surface and Structures: Paintings by Cammy Davis and Sculpture by Nadine Gay”
May 10–June 21, 2019
The Surface and Structures exhibit features abstract artist Cammy Davis and sculptor Nadine Gay. Cammy Davis paints bold large abstract acrylic paintings. Nadine Gay is a multi-media artist who creates whimsical and contemplative ceramic figurative sculptures. The exhibit is a juxtaposition of large, textured, color enriched canvases with sculpture that is figurative, spiritual, and at times delicate. Each artists’ work is beautifully complemented by the other.
Cammy Davis is a Jacksonville artist who has been featured at fine art galleries between Seattle and Palm Springs. She has developed art tutorial videos and music art videos. Cammy studied fine art at the University of Idaho and holds a degree in Interior Design from Bellevue College in Washington. Cammy has been deeply influenced by her childhood experiences of growing up in the woods. She spent her youth making sword fern teepees and treehouses from material of the land. The lifestyle was simple and creative. Her youth instilled in her a resourceful and creative spirit that is present in her abstract paintings. She resides in Jacksonville.
Nadine Gay was born and raised in France and came to the United States in the 1970’s. She holds a Bachelors of Fine Art from the Pratt Institute. Nadine has taught art in various programs from kindergarten to college, prisons to psychiatric hospitals, and classes for adults. In 2016, she retired from teaching art and moved to the Rogue Valley to concentrate on her art. She describes her work as a playful conversation between her dreams, images and the materials she uses to create. Her work is often process oriented, as Nadine explains, “Stories emerge, the child in me delights in what comes to life. My work connects me with a fantasy world, a waking dream-space.” She has exhibited in France and throughout the US.
Community Gallery New Exhibit – “Finding Form: Paintings by Katy Cauker “
April 19 – May 31, 2019
Katy Cauker’s paintings explore the shape and form of water and the farmlands that surround her home in the Rogue Valley. Katy has expressionistic, lively, vigorous brushstrokes in her paintings of waterways and open fields. She paints in acrylic, oil, and gouache. She states, “Many of my paintings explore the shape and form of water, and by extension, now, the agricultural lands that surround my home in the Rogue Valley. Searching for the shapes that best express my relationship to water and our communal and individual responsibilities to preserve our environment and protect our water is at the core of my world as an artist.” Katy resides in Jacksonville.
Refreshments from Harry & David will be served at the reception.
The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is a non-profit community art center, founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. The center exhibits a wide range of artistic styles and mediums from local and national artists. Programming includes art educational opportunities for children and adults. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call (541)772-8118 for more info or visit www.roguegallery.org.
By Brooke Nuckles, 402 contributed posts
View all Brooke Nuckles's posts. About the author:
Don’t miss our upcoming “GOLDEN Days” Workshop:
Taking The Mystery Out Of Mediums – on Friday May 17th!
When: Friday, May 17th, 2019
Where: Central Art
Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Fee: $45 per person
Acrylic mediums can be used in so many different ways, and application is NOT limited to just acrylic painting! These amazingly versatile gels, pastes and fluids can be used with pastels, oils, encaustics – even watercolor!
Whatever you work in, find out how you can make acrylic mediums work for you in this one-of-a-kind workshop co-sponsored by GOLDEN Artist Colors! *Don’t forget – you’ll get to do a complete project in class and take extra goodies from GOLDEN home with you for even more creative playtime!
Pre-registration is required as space is limited. Limit 10 students for workshop, no group reservations will be accepted. Payment is required to register. Call 541-773-1444 or visit us in-store to reserve your seat.
By Brooke Nuckles, 402 contributed posts
View all Brooke Nuckles's posts. About the author:
Get Your Creativity Flowing & Learn The Ever-Popular Art of Acrylic Pouring!
GOLDEN Days Acrylic Pouring Workshop
When: Fri. May 10, 2019
Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Where: Central Art
Fee: $45
The first workshop will be Acrylic Pouring! on May 10th, 2019 2pm – 5pm at Central Art’s classroom.
You will receive a kit full of GOLDEN goodies for four pours using Golden’s Gloss and Matte Pouring Mediums, Golden Fluid Colors, and Golden High Flow Colors on Ampersand Pouring Panels, Art Alternative Canvas, and creating an acrylic skin on Plexiglass. One of the pours will be an embellished Geode pour.
You will also learn how to create specific patterns using different techniques such as swirl or ring pours and how to create LONG LASTING cells and working “wet on wet”. You will also receive a worksheet with Tips & Tricks, FAQ’s, Troubleshooting, and more.
Class size is limited to 10 students, so Pre-Registration is Required. Call 541-773-1444 or stop in and register now before it’s full! Limit one registration per person, no group sign ups.
GOLDEN Days Workshop #2
“Taking the Mystery Out of Mediums”
Where: Central Art
When: Friday, May 17th, 2019
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Cost: $45.00 per person (NO group reservations). Pre-registration is required.
In this second “GOLDEN Days” workshop we will be exploring the wonderful and sometimes mysterious world of acrylic mediums.
We will learn the differences between pastes, gels, grounds, and gessos, then break it down even further and explore differences within each medium and how to incorporate them into mixed media art.
Explore multiple surfaces and sheens that can be created, use of color, and how different media work on varying textures.
We will use texture gels and pastes to create interesting textures and effects on Strathmore Mixed Media cards and Ampersand panels. You’ll also make sample boards using the pastes and gels in your kit to use in the future for your own personal reference.
Your kits will be full of GOLDEN Goodies to make several projects and still have plenty leftover so you can continue to unveil the mysteries of mediums!!
Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Call 541-773-1444 or stop by Central Art and sign up today!
By Brooke Nuckles, 402 contributed posts
View all Brooke Nuckles's posts. About the author:
Plein Air at Lone Ranch with Silvia Trujillo
Beginning through advanced painters welcome
Saturday May 4th, 9am-3pm
Experience painting and drawing in the great outdoors. Enjoy painting the beautiful surroundings of Alpacas at Lone Ranch in Eagle Point, Oregon. Landscape artist Silvia Trujillo will guide you in depicting the beauty of the landscape, creating interesting compositions, and capturing a moment in time.
Contact The Rogue Gallery & Art Center to register
Register by Phone (541) 772-8118 during our business hours Tue – Fri 10 – 5, Sat 11 – 3
By Brooke Nuckles, 402 contributed posts
View all Brooke Nuckles's posts. About the author:
Ashland Gallery Association Art Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions
First Friday Art Walk, May 3rd, from 5 to 8 PM
Stroll the galleries and take in the visual delights in downtown Ashland and the Historic Railroad District. Enjoy this free year-round community event, filled with a diverse array of artwork, live music, artist demonstrations, refreshments and lively conversation!
May Spotlight Exhibits
Hanson Howard
Sue Springer, ceramic sculpture & Robert Koch, paintings
Sue Springer creates quirky ceramic sculptures, which are mostly figurative, with a whimsy and freedom of unexpected combinations. Dreams, imagination and wonder combine with a response to the current world to tell the stories of these figures. Sue, founder of the former Illahe Studios and Gallery now lives and works in Seattle, Washington.
Gestural strokes and spontaneous marks collide with color blocks in Robert Koch’s narrative vignettes. Often prompted by found photographs, Koch takes the liberty to make his subjects humans or creatures inhabiting the same world. Having the appearance of quickness and even naiveté, Koch’s deft drawing skills mean each mark is playful and intentional at the same time
CVA Galleries (SOU)
Spring Exhibitions at the CVA Galleries
Opening Reception:Friday, May 3, 2019, 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
When I Live My Dream, Anna McGrath, BFA Thesis Exhibition
Thorndike Gallery (Art Building):
The Company I Keep, Thomas Fisher, Capstone Exhibition
Meyer Memorial Gallery (Marion Ady Building):
Home Away from Home, Hayley Weak, Solo Exhibition
Art Department Chairs Gallery (Marion Ady Building):
Beautiful View, Magnificent Desolation, Patrick Vogel, Solo Exhibition
Boise-Cascade Gallery (Marion Ady Building):
On Form and Function, Rafael Ordorica, Solo Exhibition
JELD WEN Gallery (Marion Ady Building):
The Voice of the Art Students, Contemporary Drawing & Painting Art Class, Group Exhibition
Rafael Ordorica,Three Sisters, Ceramic
Anna McGrath, Untitled, Bead-embroidered cyanotype on denim
Thomas Fisher, Jeff, Oil Paint on canvas
Hayley Weak, Southwest, Linoleum Reduction Print
Rafael Ordorica,Three Sisters, Ceramic
Hayley Weak, Southwest, Linoleum Reduction Print
Photographers’ Gallery
Featuring John Christer Petersen
John Christer Petersen’s new show, Bouquet of Pink Tulips, opens on Friday, May 3rd at The Photographers’ Gallery At The Ashland Art Center.
John Christer Petersen, a local fine art photographer, primarily exhibits landscapes, seascapes and architecture from his worldly travels. Occasionally he focuses on floral and macro photography. John will exhibit a trilogy of macro images from a bouquet of pink tulips.
Studio 151
Guest Artist Jane Sterling
May at the studio features a joint show of mixed media figures and wall art by Elizabeth York and works by guest artist, Jane Sterling. Jane’s “Evolutionary Art” consists of antique Chinese wall panels renovated and embellished with collected jewels, gold glass beads, wood from Oregon and broken colored glass to enhance the black lacquer panels. Additional items in the show are mixed medium clay sculptures with bead adornments and custom earrings.
The Studio will be open on First Fridays 5:00 – 8:00 and Friday through Sunday from 11:00 – 2:30 through June.
Jane Sterling, Amethyst Dragon, mixed media
For more information about all of our exhibits and to download the May Gallery Tour map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com
Please see “Spotlight Exhibits” and May Gallery Tour Map:
In this workshop you will learn some of the basics of working with acrylic paint, color mixing, theory, composition, under-drawing and take home an 8” X 10” painting of a flower inspired by real photographs which will be supplied.
$50/Members,
$55/Non-Members
All materials provided
Animal Painting
with Bobbi Baldwin
Saturday, April 13
10:30 am – 4 pm
Dogs, cats, horses, tigers, cows, wild animals… Whatever your favorite animal is, we will work on learning the structure of faces as well as how to best portray them! Learn new techniques to make your artwork stand out! Artist Bobbi Baldwin will begin with a demonstration in pastel or watercolor. Then… Work on your own subject with the help of the instructor – Beginners to advanced, all are welcome! You can paint or draw in any medium (bring your own supplies). Open to all mediums except oils.
(Please register in advance. Bobbi comes from out of state to teach here.)
$80/Members,
$85/Non-Members.
Impressionism
with Kristen O’Neill
Saturday, April 20
1 – 4 pm
Learn about Impressionism. A beautiful visual lecture of Monet, Renoir, Sargent, and Cassatt will be given. Then you can copy your favorite Impressionist painting. We will use acrylic paint and 8” x 10” canvases. An afternoon of inspiration and fun! All supplies included.
$30/Members,
$35/Non-Members.
All materials provided.
Paint like Matisse
with Kristen O’Neill
Saturday, May 4
1 – 4 pm
Learn about Matisse, and Fauvism. Create your own copy of your favorite Matisse on an 8” x 10” canvas.
Explore bright color, flat surfaces, bold patterns, and a change of perspective.
$30/Members,
$35/Non-Members.
All materials provided.
Figure Painting
with Bobbi Baldwin
Saturday, May 18
10:30 am – 4 pm
Join Bobbi Baldwin for a day of investigating the techniques of masters in the art of figure drawing! Take your figure drawing to another level following the techniques offered by this workshop. Learn the easiest concepts that will help your anatomy understanding. Work from a live (clothed) model. This workshop will teach you how to understand light, shadow, composition, human structure, and how to make your work outstanding! Bring your own supplies. Open to all mediums except oil.
$85/Members,
$90/Non-Members.
Creative Idea Generator
with Karen O’Brien
Saturday, June 1
10:30 am – 1 pm
Play generates ideas and constraints make things interesting. They send you in new directions and bypass inhibitions. The assignment is to make a figure. Any kind of figure. Or more than one! The more you do, the more ideas you will generate for bigger projects like dolls, drawings, paintings, and sculpture. This is a chance to engage deeply and freely with your imagination and embrace real play.
All materials will be provided. We will use paper, cardboard, fabric, sticks, moss, feathers, buttons, metal, wood…basically whatever is around including tools – glue sticks, tape, paint, thread, string…. You are welcome to bring a Ziploc bag full of your own bits to use or share and add a nice element of surprise.
$40/Members,
$45/Non-Members.
How to Paint Vegetables
with Terri Regotti
Saturday, June 15
1 – 4 pm
This workshop is a continuation of painting in acrylic where students will expand on the study of the acrylic medium and their subject matter. A finished painting will be completed. All supplies provided.
$50/Members,
$55/Non-Members.
All materials provided.
Traditional Painting Techniques
with Kristen O’Neill
Saturday, June 29
1 – 4 pm
This class we will explore traditional painting techniques. We will start our paintings with an underpainting, then learn how to block in your painting, and add texture. Then we can use glazing, scumbling, and sgraffito. These will be taught in acrylic. Students will leave with a painting that uses all these techniques. We will be using a Renaissance palette of color. All levels are welcome!
$30/Members,
$35/Non-Members.
All materials provided.
All class sign ups are considered final and refunds are not given. The Museum will give a full refund in the case of a class being cancelled.
Unsure if your membership is active? Check in with the Museum staff by calling 541-479-3290, or email [email protected].
By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1616 contributed posts
View all Southern Oregon Artists Resource's 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, enthusiasts 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.
Save the date and support the artists, performers and vendors participating in this brand new event, sponsored by City of Central Point Parks & Recreation! Be there! Downtown Pine Street on May 18, 2019 from 12:00 pm (noon) to 7:00 pm.
By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1616 contributed posts
View all Southern Oregon Artists Resource's 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, enthusiasts 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 and Music have always gone well together…. and that is why
the Rogue Gallery and Art Center and Britt Festival are excited to blend music and art this year!
Teddy Abrams Speaks About Music at Rogue Gallery Tonight!
May 18, 2018, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Third Friday Downtown Medford Artwalk
Teddy Abrams will be at the Rogue Gallery to talk about his passion – music.
Teddy Abrams is a versatile musician and widely-acclaimed Director and Conductor of the Britt Orchestra. He plays the piano, clarinet and composes. A tireless advocate for the power of music, Abrams fosters interdisciplinary collaboration with organizations including the Louisville Ballet, the Center for Interfaith Relations, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Speed Art Museum, and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
In addition, on the May 18 Third Friday Art Walk the Rogue Gallery will celebrate two new exhibits. The Main Gallery exhibit “Art in Bloom: Darla Baack, Vera Melynk & Kathy Morawiec” features Mosaics, Glass & Paintings. The Community Gallery exhibit “Seductive Pathways: Photographs by Vivian McAleavey” displays mysterious and beautiful photography. Come meet these talented artists.
Refreshments and wine will be served. Wine provided by Weisinger Family Winery. May 18th at 6:30 pm, Teddy will bring his keyboard and talk about music at the Rogue Gallery. Don’t miss this special event!
The Rogue Gallery wishes to thank the sponsor of this event:
By Brooke Nuckles, 402 contributed posts
View all Brooke Nuckles's posts. About the author:
Main Gallery
Art in Bloom: Darla Baack, Vera Melnyk & Kathy Morawiec
Exhibit date: April 27–June 1, 2018
Reception Date: May 18, 2018
Darla Baack, Sun and Moon, Stained Glass
This beautiful exhibit features works from three Northwest artists; Kathy Morawiec, who paints loose, lively, colorful flowers, Vera Melnyk, who produces mosaic of complex textures and patterns and Darla Baack, who creates luminous works in stained glass. The Rogue Gallery & Art Center celebrates Downtown Medford’s annual Art in Bloom Festival with an exhibit that features the beauty of spring. Stained glass by Darla Baack is luminous and meditative in its representation of the nature and the heavens. Vera Melynk’s bold abstract mosaics shimmer and reflect from the varied colors of stone, minerals, and glass she has acquired from her travels. Kathy Morawiec paints large floral paintings that are as fresh and lively as the flowers they depict.
Community Gallery
Seductive Pathways: Photographs by Vivian McAleavey
Exhibit date: May 4–June 8, 2018
Reception Date: Friday, May 18, 2018
Vivian McAleavey, Going Home, Photo
Southern Oregon artist Vivian McAleavey has wandered the American West finding magical pathways suggesting possibilities and capturing nature’s ability to soothe and inspire. This exhibit includes photographs that are dreamy and mysterious of natural wonders throughout the west.
Refreshments will be served at the reception on May 18, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm.
