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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.
AGA August Art Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions
Join us for the First Friday Art Walk festivities!
Ashland First Friday Art Walk, August 2nd, from 5 to 8 pm
Stroll the galleries and take in the visual delights in downtown Ashland and the Historic Railroad District. Venture further to explore our out-skirting galleries. Enjoy this free year-round community event, filled with a diverse array of artwork, live music, artist demonstrations, refreshments and lively conversation!
For more information about all of our exhibits, please visit www.ashlandgalleries.com
 AGA Spotlight Exhibits
August 2019
Hanson Howard Gallery
Sara Swink, ceramic sculpture
Alison O’Donoghue, paintings
 Alison O’Donoghue, “Odds & Ends” acrylic on panel Sara Swink creates self possessed, colorful figures embedded with clues that they exist in a playfully subconscious world. Be they human or creature, there is often the element of the dreamy or the bizarre in their gestures, expressions and adornments. For Swink, art and dream worlds are interconnected. Both invite the unconscious to become conscious; both rely on a language of symbols open to interpretation; both contain clues about psychological patterns. Most often she builds using gritty, sculpture clay, adding color with layered oxides, underglazes and glazes, and fires to mid range temperature giving a matte quality to the saturated colors.
The artwork of Alison O’Donoghue can be described as contemporary folk art; partly naïve, sometimes illustrative, at times cartoony, with some of her pieces being heavily patterned. Her paintings are mostly playful with creatures and people that are quite often glowing with life… awash in dimensional color and shade in a mostly two-dimensional world. In many of her paintings, she combines everyday objects such as; cups of coffee, fruit, plants, humans, birds and odd, made up animals, into a fluid motion of interaction of intertwined shapes. The playful next to the sinister, give the paintings a sense of humor and the complexity of an unfolding story.
August 2 – September 3, 2019
Opening reception August 2, 5-8 pm
Gallerie Karon
The Female of the Species – Part I
 Pegi Smith, “Seeing You Seeing Me” mixed media painting Our traditional invitational all women artists show opens August 2nd. Over 20 artists are represented in our biggest show of the year. Art mediums range from photography to pastels, acrylics, water colors and mixed media.
We have earrings by California jeweler Denise Hazleton. Others include Raina Bradshaw, Sharon Moore, Karen Wasser and our latest jewelry artist, Eileen Rouse. We are looking forward to having a special trunk show with Denise some time in August or September – we’ll keep you posted!
Special right now is a tribute to the release of the Downton Abbey movie. The movie will be released in September and we’ll have a little area devoted to the look of the Abbey including a fantastic portrait of Maggie Smith in porcelain by Jerri Cook. Another setting will showcase an exquisite bronze figure of Lakshmi, the goddess of abundance. She will be joined by Quan Yins, other female deities and a rare antique female ancestor figure.
Art & Soul Gallery
“Land of My Heart” Oil Paintings by Silvia Trujillo
 Silvia Trujillo, “Hill Song,” Oil on Canvas “Land of My Heart” is one artist’s discovery of homeland. To Silvia Trujillo, it’s a place that is both physical and spiritual, a connection found in land, sky, water and light. In masterful impressionistic style, Trujillo captures scenes from across Southern Oregon and Northern California that are both familiar and otherworldly; scenes that help us examine our own concept of “home”.
“It’s my goal to honor land, water, and sky in my paintings and to create a need for preserving an area’s natural beauty.” – Silvia Trujillo
First Friday reception August 2, 5 – 8 pm
Music by Douglass Ross, dulcimer
Shepherd’s Dream
The Sound and the Fury
 Michele Sabatier, “Sound Fury” 10 X 10 Encaustic on panel Michele Sabatier’s birthplace was Virginia with origins in the rice fields of Cajun SW Louisiana and currently lives in Portland, OR. She holds a BFA from the School of Fine Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MA in curriculum design, University of Mississippi. Michele’s encaustic work, is created from memory rather than using photographic references. She has described them as “intuitive and sense-memory based.” They reflect the vast flatness and the alluvia planes of the Mississippi Delta, as well as, the enveloping intimacy of the Pacific Northwest forests. The work is both abstract and object landscapes, capture and record the internal or external context of experience. This particular series of work, is very deliberately based on memories of the South, and their titles are quotes from a William Faulkner’s novel which references…Macbeth’s Tomorrow upon Lady Macbeth’s death…
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Join us for the holiday weekend festivities!
Ashland Gallery Association Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions
First Friday, July 5th, 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!
July Spotlight Exhibits
Studio 151
Guest Artist Melissa Markell
July’s First Friday at the studio features a joint show of mixed media figures and wall art by Elizabeth York and works by guest artist Melissa Markell. Melissa’s work includes a Postcard Series consisting of vintage postcards cut apart and reassembled into 5” x 4” tiny stories told in color and imagery. Each collage rests on 15” x 11” watercolor paper. Also on exhibit are her abstract canvases of acrylic paint and alcohol inks plus some larger collages of texture and nature.
www.melissamarkell.com
The studio will be open on First Friday from 5-8, Saturday 7/6 11-2 and Sunday 7/7 12-2.
 Melissa Markell, “RED HOT,” collage on watercolor paper
Ashland Art Center
“Second Chances” featuring Linda Dixon
“Terrene Oneiric” featuring Aaron Taylor
Ashland Art Center represents over 70 artists in our gallery, working studios and our print, clay and photography co-operatives. This month we will be featuring two artists whose shows will consist of mixed media works.
Linda Dixon’s Show, “Second Chances,” explores the use of found objects paired with drawing, painting, collage and textures. Linda’s pieces are developed around mundane objects, re-imagined and repurposed in mulit-dimensional environments.
Aaron Taylor delves into multimedia painting and serigraph in his show, “Terrene Oneiric,” where he explores abstract line in relation to landscape and involves intuitive exploration of color and composition. Imaginative and dreamlike, this new body of work is intended to communicate a surreality for the viewer to experience in their own way.
Jennifer Davis with be our musical guest and Platt Anderson Cellars tasting room at Ashland Art Center will be pouring local wines and beer.
 Aaron Taylor, mixed media Hanson Howard Gallery
Jimmie Nord, sculpture & Élan Chardin Gombart, paintings
Show runs July 5th – 30th
Opening Reception: July 5th, 5-8 pm
Jimmie Nord, an artist from Northern California, works out of his studio/garage in Eureka, CA. He works mainly in wood and metal. His work is a playful look into construction and the tools and equipment that are used. He pulls his ideas from past work experiences such as construction and working with the U.S Forest Service. Currently, Jimmie is a lecturer at Humboldt State University teaching 3D and 2D Foundations, Professional Practices, Ceramics, and Special Topics in Sculpture. He is also a board member of Morris Graves Museum of Art.
Élan Chardin Gombart received her BFA in visual design from the University of Oregon in 1995 via a circuitous route that included studies at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, OR, Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and The University of New Mexico. Élan is a partner at Hanson Howard Gallery.
The intuitive process and the visceral nature of visual language remain at the core of Élan’s creative practice. Her most current paintings present dense layers of colors, textures and gestural marks with graffiti-like silhouettes of people and animals. They play with the age old past time of leaving our marks on walls.
 Élan Chardin Gombart, Let’s Build More Ruins 4, acrylic on panel Ashland Custom Frame
“It took me forever to find my Quetzal” Monoprints by Marcy Greene
Due to the July 4th holiday we will be postponing our artist reception to Friday July 12th from 5-7 pm, but the art will be on display through all of July.
Marcy Greene’s process of creating art is a mysterious journey. She has come to revel in the wonder of listening in different ways – waiting for an image to reveal itself. Getting it “right” or “beautiful” is never the goal. The Muse is put off by artificial judgments. Creating art is a leap of faith.
Marcy Greene has been living, writing and painting in the Rogue Valley since 1981. Over time, she has come to revel in the wonder of seeing and listening in different ways–waiting for who or what shows up on the page, canvas or boards, to play. “Getting it right”, or “Making it Beautiful” shuts her down. She resorts to trickery; turning an artwork upside down; cutting a poem in half; fooling the ego to get it out of the way. Marcy will use anything at her fingertips; adding layers and layers of color to be scraped off, sanded and repainted. Her goal is to embrace a spirit of playfulness; a space expansiveness, no judgment, a place of no mistakes. You can find more of her artwork and studio space at The Ashland Art Center.
Devitt winery will be pouring a selection of their delicious wines from 5-7 pm, be sure to make it down for a sip!
 Marcy Greene, monoprint For more information about all of our exhibits and to download the July Gallery Tour map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com
Please see attached “Spotlight Exhibits” and July Gallery Tour Map.
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Hello friends and art appreciators,
This Friday in Downtown Ashland is bound to be a happening event! Not only is it 1st Friday Art Walk, but the Haines & Friends Fund show at the Ashland Springs Hotel will be a unique and insightful exhibit. You will get to see the results of the funds in physical form. So many great artists who were awarded for their artistic visions !
Here is the brochure:
***That’s my painting on the lower left… ‘Suddenly Blue” (40″x30″ oil, with lots of impasto work)
After you view the Haines & Friends Fund show, head over across the street to the Art & Soul Gallery and play ‘Where’s William” for a chance to win art gifts and more!
details here:
ART & SOUL GALLERY CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF OSF’S OUTDOOR SEASON WITH “WHERE’S WILLIAM?” AN ART DISCOVERY GAME!
All of the 27 artists at the Art & Soul Gallery have titled one or two of their paintings to relate to William Shakespeare. Throughout the month of June visitors to the gallery who are able to find the paintings will win prizes.
“There is something for everyone,” says the gallery’s new managing director/owner, Peter Stone. “Where’s William” is designed to be a fun way to discover art while looking for Shakespeare themes in the paintings and their titles.”
Prizes:
~Kids aged twelve and under who find ten or more titles get to choose a super hero or Star Wars lapel pin.
~Seekers who find twenty or more titles get to choose one notecard from an Art & Soul Gallery artist and receive a free pass to Chanting and Chai.
~More ambitious “art snoops” who find 25 or more titles and answer three or more bonus questions will receive a CD, a free pass to Chanting and Chai, get to choose a notecard from an Art & Soul Gallery Artist, a 25% off coupon for custom picture framing from Art & Soul Framing and will be entered into a weekly drawing to win their choice of a painting lesson, a music lesson or an matted/unframed print.
~And anyone who finds thirty or more titles and answers five or more bonus questions will receive the above prizes and be entered into a drawing (at 4 pm on June 30) to win a Judy Richardson original oil painting.
Prizes are available for participants every day at all times when the gallery is open and there will be “art snoops” drawings every Friday in June at 5 pm. (7:30 on First Friday)
You do not need to be present to win at any of the drawings.
For more information about Art & Soul Gallery and “Where’s William” call (541) 488-9006, visit artandsoulgallery.com email: [email protected].
I look forward to seeing you at either of these exhibits! It will be a fun night ….
cheers,
silvia
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Ashland Gallery Association Art Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions
First Friday Art Walk, June 7th, 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!
For more information about all of our exhibits and to download the June Gallery Tour map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com
AGA June Spotlight Galleries
Ashland Art Works
Jewelry, Clay, and Garden Art for the Summer
Cheryl Kempner is one of our featured artists throughout the month of June. Come view her new multi-media canvases painted with acrylics, embellished with clay figures, and encased in clear resin. New horizontal metal screens with powder-coated flowers offer another option for garden art. Of course, her signature “Crazy Birds and Friends” will include clay vases, bowls, trays, birdhouses, and 3D birds on steel legs. Enjoy this whimsical work in your home and garden.
Our second featured artist is Elizabeth Ellingson. Elizabeth’s designs are all focused around her own custom-cut stones. She takes interesting rough material to create unique cabochons. Elizabeth hand fabricates all of her jewelry in sterling silver using traditional silversmithing techniques. The jewelry she creates is one of a kind with an earthy and enduring quality.
Come meet the artists and enjoy the music at the First Friday Art Walk on June 7th, provided by Kelly Gordon and Victoria Johnson, members of the “Women with Wings Choir.”
 Cheryl Kempner, “3 Welcome Birds”, ceramic Gallerie Karon
Safari!
Part II – Deeper Into Africa
You’ll see artifacts from Ashanti to Yuruba and from areas from Benin to Nigeria in this show. Exotic pieces include masks for ceremonies including face, helmet and shoulder types. (The wearer was host to a sacred being and not to be seen)
Furniture, hand carved and handprinted, some with hammered metal embellishments, are not to be missed! These include stools of all kinds and a carved wood cabinet for sacred herbs and medicines. Our centerpiece is a rare handmade leopard bench made for a very prominent King or Chief. (the leopard is a sign of power and this one is munching on a crocodile )
We love our leopards and have several in bronze from Benin (one is life size!); these are complimented with photographs by Judy Benson LeNeir. Pegi Smith has contributed a striking portrait of an African woman. The late Vernon Lawhorn and his wife Jane, show more portraits and versions of textiles in paintings.
All these exotic pieces will be on display for purchase in our main gallery and in our new special African room in the “The Feathered Wing.”
 “Dog” artifact Art & Soul Gallery
“Nature’s Spirit” watercolor and mixed media by Linda Boutacoff
Expressions and Impressions, Up Close & Personal; Exploring Nature’s Hidden Treasures.
Linda’s paintings reflect her love of nature and the Northwest, as well as her background in graphic design. Her work is recognized for mastery in creating delicate visual statements through bold use of color and design.
“Nature is my sanctuary. It is a source of discovery and inspiration that stimulates my creativity and brings joy to my spirit. These feelings I try to capture in my paintings. I enjoy developing intriguing designs with rich patterns, textures and colors while leaving a bit of mystery to be interpreted by the viewer.”
“Whether walking through the woods or climbing on boulders along a river, I am always observing; fascinated, just taking it all in … nature’s magic.”
Linda works in watercolor, acrylic, collage and mixed media.
First Friday reception June 7 from 5 – 8 pm
With live music by “Sidewalk Cafe” Beth Martin – violin, Craig Martin – guitar & Todd Ragland – bass
 Linda Boutacoff, “Lakeside Dreams,” watercolor Photographers’ Gallery
“Flower Portrait” featuring Julie Bonney
Julie Bonney’s new show, Flower Portrait, is a collection of flower photography at The Photographers’ Gallery At The Ashland Art Center, which opens at the First Friday Art Walk on June 7, 2019.
Favorite photography subjects for many people are flowers. They touch us in ways that open us to the natural world. The photographer is actually creating floral portraits and the challenge is to showcase them in ways that are new and fresh and creates a desire in the viewer to stop and take them in. Julie use a variety of techniques to create her look including tulle, lace, optic choices, shallow depth of field, multiple exposures and more unusual angles of perspective helps to emphasize the ways in which flowers speak to our hearts as well as showcase them. Please stop by the Ashland Art Center and immerse yourself in the joy of flower photography.
 Julie Bonney, “Creamsicle,” photograph
Shepherd’s Dream
Fowler Handwovens
Cindy Fowler is a 30-year “veteran” in the world of weaving. Her mother worked in a trading post near their Southwest Colorado home, and spent weekends in search of Native American art. Cindy witnessed (first hand) the Navajo women spinning, dying and preparing yarns to weave incredible, functional, rugs. Those early years formed her love of cloth design for jackets and/or the dying of yarn for wall hangings. She is mixing the balance between function, art and the appreciation of the environment’s bounty. With the addition of the scroll saw and exotic woods, her weavings are hung with a look of puzzle pieces that flow with the yarn.
 Cindy Fowler, “Tablerock Spring,” hand-dyed cotton yarn weaving Enclāve Studios
Spring Exhibition 2019
First Friday, June 7th, 5-8 pm
1661 Siskiyou Blvd (above the Ashland Street Shopping Center)
Enclāve Studios & Galleries presents our annual spring exhibition with new works and works-in-progress by our resident artists:
Jay Gordon: origami paintings
Corey Kahn: architectural landscapes
Inger Nova Jorgensen: painting and sculpture
Nicole Wasgatt: abstracted seascapes
Gabriel Mark Lipper: Rogue Valley landscapes
Join us for a glass of wine!
Image caption: Enclave Studios
Please see attached “Spotlight Exhibits” and June Gallery Tour Map.
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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.
Refreshments provided
Exhibition Dates: May 3rd – May 24th, 2019
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Retzlaff Gallery (Art Building):
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:
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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.
A Taste of Ashland
April 27th & 28th 12pm to 4pm
Celebrating our 30th year, this is the Ashland Gallery Association signature fundraising event!
A Taste of Ashland is on Saturday and Sunday, April 28th and 29th from 12pm to 4pm.
Foodies and wine connoisseurs, local and traveled, follow a map to 17 galleries, viewing art while discovering Ashland’s best restaurants, the region’s best wines, and more. For a complete list of pairings go to www.atasteofashland.com
A Taste of Ashland is unique because each gallery, winery, and restaurant are meticulously matched, working together to create unique pairings so attendees experience a delight of senses, says Gretchen W. HartTown, Event Coordinator for 2019 A Taste of Ashland. “We are excited to celebrate our 30th year! This event really showcases the talent in our region! The stroll through the inspired works of internationally renowned artists, while experiencing the pairings of our region’s best in cuisine and wine, is so much fun. Bring a group, or keep it intimate, make it special as you lavish and laugh in the experience of A Taste of Ashland!”
The Ashland Springs Inn will be hosting Ashland Gallery Association artist members Pop-Up Art Show. Tasters stroll leisurely through the quaint town of Ashland all afternoon, experiencing the best of Ashland art, food and wine, then have time to relax and attend an Oregon Shakespeare Festival performance in the evening and many delicious dining opportunities for dinner or late night bites and night caps.
Tasters will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite restaurant, winery and gallery using a ballot for the Taster’s Choice award. By doing so, their name will be entered into a drawing for two weekend passes to A Taste of Ashland 2020.
Tickets for A Taste of Ashland are $65 for both Saturday and Sunday, $55 for Saturday only and $45 for Sunday only. A free shuttle by AllAboard Trolley, will offer rides to all galleries, and most are within walking distance. For tickets and more information about A Taste of Ashland 2019 a complete list of pairings go to www.atasteofashland.com
ASHLAND TICKET OUTLETS:
Ashland Art Center 357 East Main St., & Manzanita/Flower Thyme, 55 N. Main st.
Tickets can also be purchased and wine glasses picked up prior to A Taste weekend at the Ashland Plaza Kiosk from 12pm to 2pm April 20th through April 26th. The Kiosk will open at 11am on April 27th and 28th.
A special thank you to our generous sponsors!
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Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk
Ashland Gallery Association Art Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions
April 5th, 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!
A Taste of Ashland, Art Food & Wine Festival is April 27th & 28th. Also featuring a “Pop-up” Art Show at Ashland Springs Hotel Crystal Room. Please see attached information & visit: www.atasteofashland.com
For more information about all of our exhibits and to download the April Gallery Tour map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com
A Taste Of Ashland Pop-up Art Show
Ashland Springs Hotel – Crystal Room
Art Sales during “A Taste of Ashland,” April 27 & 28, 12:00–4:00 PM
As an added attraction to A Taste of Ashland wine, food, and art festival, we will have a group of Ashland Gallery Association artist members participating in a special “Pop-up Art Show!” On display will be paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, printmaking and pastels.
 Jeanne LaRae Lagano, “Chef’s Love of the Flame,” oil painting “A Taste of Ashland” Food, Wine, and Art Festival
Celebrating its 30th Year Anniversary!
The Ashland Gallery Association’s signature fund-raising event, A Taste of Ashland takes place Saturday and Sunday, April 27th and 28th from noon to 4 PM.
Participants follow a map to 17 galleries discovering Ashland’s culinary delights and regional wines while enjoying the local visual arts. AllAboard Trolley will offer rides to all galleries, but most are within walking distance.
For tickets and more information about A Taste of Ashland 2019 a complete list of pairings go to: www.atasteofashland.com or call 541-951.9442.
LOCAL TICKET OUTLET: Ashland Art Center, 357 East Main St., Ashland. Tickets can also be purchased (dependent on availability) and wine glasses picked up prior to A Taste weekend at the Ashland Plaza Kiosk from 12 Noon to 2 PM April 20th – April 26th. The Kiosk will open at 11 AM on the days of the event, April 27th and 28th.
Hanson Howard Gallery
Deborah Oropallo, Dark Landscapes for a White House, video and photomontage
In conjunction with The Ashland Independent Film Festival and The Schneider Museum of Art we will be featuring Deborah Oropallo, Dark Landscapes for a White House, video and photomontages on paper.
Show runs April 5-23
Opening reception during the Ashland First Friday Art Walk April 5th, 5-8 pm.
Artist talk and reception Thursday, April 11th, 5:30-7:30. *This event is free to the public.
Dark Landscapes for a White House critiques our cultural habituation to political and ecological traumas. Oropallo employs photomontage as a strategy for visualizing how media-based images accumulate and overwhelm our collective consciousness.
DEBORAH OROPALLO was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Alfred University, and a joint Master of Arts/Master of Fine Arts from The University of California, Berkeley. Although originally trained in painting, Oropallo’s practice incorporates mixed media including photomontage, computer editing, print technique and paint. Her composite works use layered visual sources to produce a dense interplay between time, place, form and content. The resulting works bear traces of the distortions that evolve or remain from digital manipulation and removal.
 Deborah Oropallo, Video Frame: Pirates, Paris, photomontage on paper. *image courtesy of the Catharine Clark Gallery. Gallerie Karon
Artist as Poet
Gallerie Karon’s annual show, “Artist as Poet” showcases artists who are poets and poets who are artists.
It’s interesting to unveil the backgrounds and current talents of our artists that few know about! Who knew that Judy Benson Le Nier wrote an occasional (and stunning) poem to go with her wildlife photography? Horst Wolf has limericks, paintings and books. Jesse Widener has his photography with us but also writes poetry and music. Ken Deveney contributes poetry, paintings (several mediums) photography and music.
New this year – a whole family of artistic people! Dan Felman, our popular guitarist, writes original music and lyrics. HIs two children have contributed photography and poetry (Abigail) and line drawing and poetry (Reuben).
We’re also proud to showcase new work by Rebecca Gabriel and Jonah Bernstein.
Not to be missed, The Taste of Ashland here at Gallerie Karon on April 27 & 28 with Callahans’s Mountain Lodge and Cuckoo’s Nest Cellars!
 photo by Jesse Widener
Shepherd’s Dream
PNW Wonderland
Jessica Johnson is a contemporary landscape oil painter born in San Francisco and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Passionate about the outdoors since her earliest backpacking trip, just 3 years old, she works to capture and communicate the inspiring beauty of the landscapes that surround her home and permeate her adventures.
Jessica creates vibrant oil paintings through bold brushstrokes, color, and movement, and invites the viewer to feel more connected to this beautiful planet, “to revel in her landscapes.” Mastering her impressionist styling silently communicates that message.
 Jessica Johnson, “Still Mind,” oil painting Thank you for your support of the Visual Arts in our communities!
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Ashland Gallery Association Art Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions
Featuring Annual Student Art Show
First Friday Art Walk, March 1st 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!
For more information about all of our exhibits and to download the March Gallery Tour map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com
Please scroll down for “Spotlight Exhibits” and see attached March Gallery Tour Map and images.
Thank you for your support of the Visual Arts in our communities!
Annual Student Art Show
March First Friday will celebrate student art during the AGA Annual Student Art Show! Alongside art by local, regional and national artists, galleries and businesses will feature works by budding young student artists from the Ashland High School Art Department.
Join us for the Student Artist Receptions during the Friday Art Walk on March 1st from 5 to 8 PM. Student artists will be present to discuss their works. There will be a variety of media on display by these creative young artists including: paintings, drawings, and mixed media. Most exhibits will be on display throughout the month of March.
Pick up a Gallery Tour Map at any member gallery or download the March Map at: www.ashlandgalleries.com (under the “Events” – “First Friday” tabs)
Participating galleries and student artists:
Ashland Natural Medicine: Sofia Lindauer, Indigo Pinder Magaña Mia Rollins, Banyan Manson, Lilli Morrish, Rueban Feldman, Macy Jane Brehmer, Asana
Ashland Art Center: Talia Aazami, Charlotte Julian, Eamon R. Morris
Ashland Art Works: Meridith Granger, Sierrah Kelly, Claren Shields
Art & Soul Gallery: Mikhal Mesco, Julia Petrone, Cruz McNamara
Hanson Howard Gallery: Althea Moyer
 Althea Moyer, self-portrait
Ashland Art Works
Springtime at Ashland Art Works
For our March show, we have new pieces by our member artists to celebrate the coming of spring after all of our recent snow. For the First Friday Art Walk, we’re also proud to feature three Ashland High School artists as a part of the annual AGA Student Art Show. Meredith Granger, Claren Shields, and Sierrah Kelly will be featured for the month of March.
Meredith Granger’s work is colorful and bold, utilizing pens, markers, and oils. Claren Shields traditionally utilizes pen and pencil, but has recently become passionate about exploring the use of Copic markers, acrylic paints, and charcoal. Sierrah Kelly mixes bright colors with subtle backgrounds to highlight her images. Each artist will be present on March 1st to meet you and to share their work.
Art & Soul Gallery
Featuring Ashland High School Student Artists
Mikhal Mesco’s art is taking the form of portraiture, a study in humanity, identity and culture. “There seems to be a naturally balanced harmony occurring in much of nature, and as I feel that humans are destroying some of it, I wish to capture the ‘nature’ of ‘humanity’. ”
Cruz McNamara creates art for Authentic Self Expression. “I want my work to create an emotional connection or tie with viewers, and for that connection to fuel one’s creativity and inspiration to create their own impact.”
Julia Petrone “I think what connects my art together is the theme, I draw a lot of women, whether they’re fairies or from another era. It tends to have that common theme. For mediums, I use a lot of different kinds.” Julia is moving from digital expression to physical mediums.
These students are exhibiting works in a variety of media, styles and genres.
Please join us in supporting these emerging artists and meeting our new owner, Peter Alexander Stone!
First Friday Reception: March 1, 2019 from 5 – 8 pm
Music by Beth & Craig Martin with Todd Ragland
Ashland Art Center
Plant an Artist, Watch Them Grow
Friday, March 1st the Ashland Art Center will be launching our new campaign “Plant an artist, watch them grow.” The main gallery will have a designated space for children and young adults to exhibit and sell their artwork among our other showcasing artists.
The evening of Friday, March 1st from 5-7 p.m. visual and culinary artists from both Ashland Middle School and High School will be displaying and serving in the gallery and classroom. We invite the community to come out and support our budding young artists.
The Art Center is passionate about providing a nurturing environment where our community’s youth can explore their creative skills and seek professional development early on. Our classes are affordable and meet a variety of budgets with scholarships provided for those in need.
Our Community’s youth is our future, come and add your support!
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Ashland Gallery Association Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions
First Friday Art Walk, February 1st 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!
For more information about all of our exhibits and to download the February Gallery Tour map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com
Ashland Gallery Association – February Spotlight Exhibits
Hanson Howard Gallery
40th Anniversary: Works from the Collection of Hanson Howard Gallery
2019 is our 40th anniversary and that has us feeling like taking a trip down memory lane. Over the years, the gallery has amassed a healthy collection of exceptional regional artists who have at some point been represented by us. Was there an artist that you loved and no longer see at the gallery? Maybe you wish you had collected one of their works. Now you may have a second chance.
Join us in February for an exhibition of works from the Hanson Howard Collection made available for purchase at original prices, maybe even with some flexibility as we may have held onto a little too much work….who can blame us?!
Show runs February 1st – 26th. Opens First Friday, February 1st, 5-8 pm.
 Judy Howard, “Park Shadows” Photographers’ Gallery
Featuring Debra Harder
Debra Harder’s new show, The Comforts of Home, opens on Friday, February 1st at The Photographers’ Gallery At The Ashland Art Center.
Photographing in the comforts of home on cold winter days is one of Debra’s favorite things to do. She enjoys creating still life scenes reminiscent of old paintings. These images include some of her beloved possessions such as her collection of English White Ironstone. The natural light streaming in from nearby windows is all that is needed to “paint” the items being photographed. Debra’s still life images truly reflect her personal style not only in photography but also in her home.
 Debra Harder, “Two Pears and a Book”, photograph Shepherd’s Dream
“Pictorial Lullabye” Paintings by Lindy Kehoe
Lindy Kehoe’s fantastical illustration style is its own mythos. This Pittsburgh native received her B.F.A in 2001 at Ohio University. Her adventurous spirit led her to the West Coast in 2005, where she began exhibiting with the Visionary Artist Community. She has been living on the Rogue River in S. Oregon with her California-born husband who has been a deep inspiration to her work. Landscapes depicting dreamy characters and animals can be seen throughout her paintings. Lindy works in a variety of mediums, including oils, acrylics, ink and watercolor, as well as, graphite. Her intention of creation is steeped in the celebration of the child-heart wonder. Lindy also has expertise in live painting during her exhibitions and this month is no exception.
She says of her work…”My work is inspired by serendipity, a momentary feeling of interconnected magic, that often feels like a dream. I am motivated to create images that bring peaceful energy to the viewer, a place of remembrance, a place of innocence. The Oracular tendency keeps me fascinated by the mystical process.”
She will be joined by a special musician of her choice and a foodie to round out our February event.
 Lindy Kehoe, painting Ashland Art Center
Shades of Blue: Dyeing with Indigo
Studio Artist Shared Exhibit, “Shades of Blue,” features Marta Marthas, Jo Ann Manzone, Peggy Biskar, Janine Twining and Gayle Erbe-Hamlin.
This group of studio artists at Ashland Art Center share a passion for textile design and using natural dyes, especially Indigo. They explore multiple ways of using Indigo hues in their textile art.
Botanical sources of the blue dye, Indigo, have been used for thousands of years by people of many cultures to color natural fibers. This exhibit will demonstrate the wide color range that can be achieved with natural Indigo dyes and outline the process used to dye with Indigo plants. Handmade garments and textile wall art pieces dyed with Indigo will be featured.
Featured Gallery Artist: Jennifer Anne Nelson
Show: Freed from the Halls of Amenti
Medium: eco oil paint, soldering iron, ink
Jennifer Anne holds a B.A. degree from UC Berkeley in Art Practice, and is currently living in southern Oregon where she is a gallery artist at The Ashland Art Center. Her artworks investigate the mysteries transcribed in ancient legends, working in partnership with the materials to allow archetypes, symbols, and wild landscapes to emerge.
 Jo Ann Manzone, print, Rust
Please see the attached “Spotlight Exhibits” and February Gallery Tour Map:
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Ashland Gallery Association Art Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions
First Friday Art Walk, January 4th 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!
For more information about all of our exhibits and to download the January Gallery Tour map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com
Thank you for your support of the Visual Arts in our communities!
AGA January Spotlight Exhibits
Gallerie Karon
East Meets East
There are two major events at Gallerie Karon this month. Join us for the First Friday Art Walk January 4, 2019. We’ll be opening our traditional show East Meets East celebrating the start of the New Year in so many Asian countries. (It’s The Year of the Boar!) There are a multitude of new things to explore, some from exotic Afghanistan and Tibet.
The main thing we are excited about is the Grand Opening of our new addition –
“The Feathered Wing.” This area features two rooms – one filled with small versatile pieces of furniture and art. The second room is a striking mix of Oriental furniture, antiques and icons. (The 41/2 ft. Thai Buddha in our ads is only one of the outstanding pieces.) We’re planning live music, munchies and many surprises – come help us celebrate!
 Thai Buddha statue Art and Soul Gallery
“Small Works” Paintings by Art and Soul Gallery Artists
Brighten your winter days and celebrate the beginning of a New Year with us at Art & Soul Gallery with our “Small Works” show. These small treasures will showcase the artistic talents of Art & Soul Gallery’s Artists, as we present original art in a variety of genre and media. The “Small Works” show will open with a festive reception on January 4, 2019, 5 – 8 PM, music will be by Beth & Craig Martin with Todd Ragland. The “Small Works” show will be exhibited from January 2 – January 27, 2019. This show will continue into February as part of our “Small Works Plus One” show, where Art & Soul Gallery Artists invite another Artist to join them in the exhibit during February.
 Pam Haunschild, “Cascading,” watermedia Creekside Pizza
Paula Fong – Watercolor and Pen & Ink
Paula R. Fong received her B.S. in Biology from Denison University and her M.S. in Forest Ecology from the College of Forestry, Oregon State University. Her twelve years as a soil scientist and ecologist with the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service gives her a unique perspective of the art in nature. Paula’s primary medium is watercolor with pen and ink. She has illustrated numerous scientific publications, plant and wildlife posters, trail guides, and interpretative trail signs. She lives on a mountaintop in rural Southern Oregon.
“I have been fortunate to spend much of my career and recreation time exploring nature. It is fascinating to examine all the details, above and below ground, up close and from a landscape perspective. Every square inch of our natural world contains something artistically beautiful and scientifically interesting. I like to pick out one aspect of the environment and hold it up for inspection, with all its imperfections and variation. By changing perspective, focus, season and habitat, I have an infinite palette, and an unlimited source of inspiration.” Paula Fong
 Paula Fong, “Snowscape” watercolor with pen and ink Ashland Art Center
Darlene Southworth – Travel Journaling with Watercolor
A journal is my personal response to travels — it expresses what I see, experience, feel, and reflect. Small paintings with words and attachments enhance the experience and evoke memories.
A botanist by training, Darlene Southworth travels and hikes in southwestern deserts and in the Pacific Northwest. She paints with watercolor in small bound journals working with minimal materials. In 2017 she was Artist-in-Residence at the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.
First Friday Musical Guest:
Hollis Peach
Hollis Peach, an Indie Songwriting & Vocal Duo, creates not only exceptional music, but also an extended community of artists, students, & performers. Their musical arrangements and harmonies are lush, intricate, and often hypnotic in their elegance. Daniel has been performing (guitar & banjo) with world-renowned theatre company Oregon Shakespeare Festival, in their production of OKLAHOMA! Which has gotten reviews in the New York Times, PBS NEWS HOUR, NPR’s Here & Now etc…After theatre season they will be touring in promotion of their second release, “Sun Sits Low,” with crowd favorites Yukon River & St. Jude’s Fire. Eager to give back and be of service to the larger community Daniel also teaches at Southern Oregon University.
 Darlene Southworth, watercolor
Please see the attached “Spotlight Exhibits” and January Gallery Tour Map:
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