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February 2020 Ashland First Friday ArtWalk

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Join us for the February 2020 Ashland First Friday ArtWalk festivities! Ashland Gallery Association Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions First Friday ArtWalk, February 7th from 5 to 8 pm

The Ashland First Friday ArtWalk is an amazing way to explore the artists of southern Oregon and the city of Ashland at the same time! Stroll the galleries and take in the visual delights in downtown Ashland and the Historic Railroad District. Venture further to explore 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 and to download the February Ashland First Friday ArtWalk map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com

Please see the “Spotlight Exhibits” and a downloadable February Gallery Tour Map below.

Thank you for your support

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Ashland’s First Friday, July 5th, from 5 to 8 pm

Image caption: Marcy Greene, monoprint

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

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Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk, March 1st from 5 to 8 PM

Image caption:  Althea Moyer, self-portrait

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

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First Ashland Art Walk of 2019 January 4th

Paula Fong, “Snowscape” watercolor with pen and ink at Creekside Pizza

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

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Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk, December 7th from 5 to 8 PM

Artisans Market holiday wares

Ashland Gallery Association Art Exhibit Openings & Artist Receptions First Friday Art Walk, December 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!

Ashland Gallery Association December Spotlight Exhibits Photographers’ Gallery Bittersweet: Yosemite 20 years Later.

Bobbi Murphy’s new show, Bittersweet: Yosemite 20 Years Later, opens on Friday, December 7th at The Photographers’ Gallery At The Ashland Art Center and will run through January.

Yosemite holds wonderful memories for me – of autumn walks in golden meadows and full moon nights along the Merced River listening to great horned owls call to their families on cold evenings. Tramping through spring meadows flooded with snow runoff,

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Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk, November 2, 2018 from 5 to 8 pm

Ashland Gallery Association November 2018 Art Exhibits First Friday Art Walk, November 2nd 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!

AGA November Spotlight Exhibits Masterpiece Christian Fine Arts Paintings by Mera Oliveria Ashland Pony Espresso

Mera Oliveria grew up in Southern Oregon and began oil painting in the past 6 years, learning from local artists, which revealed her inherent natural abilities. Mera has always loved art but it wasn’t until she encountered the living God that she feels her art and skill level blossomed in new ways. Like in the story of Exodus, where God gave skill to craftsmen and artists to build the sacred place where He would meet again with

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Ashland Gallery Association October 2018 Exhibits & Events

Ashland Gallery Association Art Happenings!

Join us for the Ashland Gallery AssociationFirst Friday Art Walk Ashland’s year-round celebration of Visual Arts culture! Exhibit openings and artist receptions October 5th from 5 to 8 PM Stroll the galleries downtown & the Historic Railroad District. Enjoy this free community event filled witha diverse array of artwork,artist demonstrations, live music, refreshments and lively conversation! Pick up a Gallery Tour Map at any member gallery or download the October Art Walk map off our website. For more about all of our member exhibits visit: www.ashlandgalleries.comHere is a sampling of our October exhibits & special events…

Art & Soul GalleryMountains and More, Paintings by Carla Griffin “It is my desire to awaken in the viewer the delight that arises from careful observation.” Carla J Griffin, PSOCarla presents her exquisite, realistic Oil and Pastel paintings. Her expressive landscapes depict the world through her observations and vision. Carla’s works

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Horses and the Human Heart- Riding Beyond

Riding Beyond Healing HeArts – Breast Cancer Awareness and Fundraiser

Riding Beyond

Healing HeArts – Breast Cancer Awareness and Fundraiser

Riding Beyond is a non-profit organiza­tion that opens doors to the future for breast cancer survi­vors through in-depth experiences in the horse/human connection. In support of October Breast Cancer Awareness Month, local businesses will participate in this fundraiser by providing gifts for a raffle on First Friday and cash donation jars throughout October.

Ashland Art Center Collage Making Event

Ashland Art Center will host a collage making event: Horses and the Human Heart, conducted by Riding Beyond participants and volunteers during October First Friday Art Walk. Find out how horses provide life-changing benefits for the many after-effects of breast cancer treatment, often lingering for years. Hear stories from participants of their enthusiasm for the “miracles” that unfold for them. See videos of interactions with the horses. Create your own collage to take home

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Ashland's First Friday Art Walk, September 7, 2018

Pam Haunschild, “Quantum Entanglement,” watercolor

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!

First Friday Art Walk, September 7, 2018 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM

For more information about all of our exhibits and to download the September Gallery Tour map, please visit: www.ashlandgalleries.com

Please see the attached “Spotlight Exhibits” and September Gallery Tour Map.

Thank you for your support of the Visual Arts in our communities!

 

AGA September Spotlight Galleries

Photographers’ Gallery Secrets of the Forest

Ten of Southern Oregon’s top photographic artists present their first group exhibition, “Secrets of the Forest”, at The Photographers’ Gallery At The Ashland Art Center, 357 E. Main St., Ashland. Each photographer will feature their unique vision capturing the magical

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I’ve Moo’vd – to a Different Gallery Dana Feagin Art News – Summer 2018

"Lennon", Sanctuary One Calf © 2018 Dana Feagin (16 x 20)

Dana Feagin Art News – Summer 2018 “Lennon”, Sanctuary One Calf © 2018 Dana Feagin (16 x 20) Tomorrow is First Friday Art Walk in Ashland and I’ve just moved back to the Ashland Art Center! My work is now hanging on the main level gallery just past Platt Anderson Winery and the front desk. Join us for art, music, and wine at 357 East Main Street. I’ll be there from 5-7PM. Love Rhymes with Everything Creekside Pizza, 92 N Main Street, Ashland “Jack, Crackle, Pop!”, Another Foster Failure © 2018 Dana Feagin (24 x 24) During August and September, the Love Rhymes with Everything art show, now with framed prints, is hanging at Creekside Pizza. Each framed print comes with the poem board featuring Kat von Cupcake’s often funny, yet sometimes serious poetry written for that animal. Sanctuary One Benefit Night Roxy Ann Winery, Medford

Join us

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