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Happy Holidays! Plus a 2020 Preview of Rogue Gallery

left: Anticipation by Virginia Andrade, right: A Splash of Pinot by Alx Fox Reception: January 17, 5-30-8 pm Explore the skillful composition of rich color and exciting texture in this exhibit featuring the work of two accomplished abstract painters, Virginia Andrade and Alx Fox at Rogue Gallery and Art Center

Detail of I Spy, a magazine collage by Ginny Schaw Happy Holidays! Rogue Gallery will be open December 24, 10-2pm. We will be closed December 25 through January 1. In the Main Gallery in 2020 Driven to Abstraction: Paintings by Virginia Andrade & Alx Fox

January 10–February 2

left: Anticipation by Virginia Andrade, right: A Splash of Pinot by Alx Fox Reception: January 17, 5-30-8 pm Explore the skillful composition of rich color and exciting texture in this exhibit featuring the work of two accomplished abstract painters, Virginia Andrade and Alx Fox. ROGUE STUDIO 2020 Winter and Spring classes are on the website.

Check out classes for youth HERE>>

Adult classes & workshops HERE>> 2019 Year End Donation Would you like to make a year end donation to Rogue Gallery? Click HERE>>

Gifts made to the Rogue Gallery & Art Center qualify for the Oregon Cultural Trust tax

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September 20th Rogue Gallery Exhibits for Downtown Medford’s Third Friday

Desmond Serratore, Jacksonville

Rogue Gallery exhibits for Downtown Medford’s Third Friday Friday, September 20, 5:30 – 8:00 pm

In the Community Gallery

Exhibit Reception: Scenes from the City: Paintings by Desmond Serratore

August 30 – October 4, 2019

Rogue Valley artist Desmond Serratore is a plein air painter working in oil, capturing urban and rural landscapes in his impressionistic style. This exhibit showcases familiar scenes from southern Oregon, from around town and out to the coast.

Desmond Serratore learned to paint working as a commercial artist. He is a member of the Artists Workshop, the Southern Oregon Artists Guild, the Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Art Presence in Jacksonville, the Southern Oregon Society of Artists and the Ashland Gallery Association. This year he was awarded a Grant from The Haines & Friends Fund. His

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The Rogue Valley Biennial Exhibit, Classes, Camps, and Employment Opportunities

www.roguegallery.org 40 South Bartlett Street Medford Oregon 97501 541-772-8118

Detail of “Linda’s Rain” by Eileen Bowie The Rogue Valley Biennial Exhibit Begins Friday, June 28 IN THE MAIN GALLERY

ROGUE VALLEY BIENNIAL A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art

June 28 – August 2, 2019

Reception: Friday, July 19, 5:30-8:00 pm This biennial exhibit features artwork from local and regional artists, juried by David Masters and Janet Higgins. These new works present innovative, insightful, and thought provoking expressions of current events, art movements, or political issues. Exhibiting artists include Virginia Andrade, Bruce Bayard, Eileen Bowie, Susan Eileen Burnes, Ann DiSalvo, Pat Enos, Miles Frode, Tom Glassman, Frieda Golding, Jay Gordon, Kelly Gratton, Nomeca Hartwell, Garry Hood, Doug Iverson, Paul Jorizzo, Kristen Meriwether, Richard Newman, Kristen O’Neill, Allen Smith, Kim Sterling, Margaret Stermer-Cox, Joi Tripp, Cherri Van Syoc, Meri Aaron Walker, Zoë West, Eve Margo Withrow

Miles Frode “The Pool Shark”​

CLASSES IN THE ROGUE STUDIO Drawing 101: Learning to

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Rogue Gallery Annual Meeting May 9th, Calls to Artists, and More

Plein Air at Lone Ranch with Silvia Trujillo Saturday May 4th, 9am-3pm via Rogue Gallery

ANNUAL MEETING THURSDAY, MAY 9, 5:30 PM Interested in the financial health of your gallery? Join us in the Main Gallery for the Annual Members’ Meeting

Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 5:30

There will be a powerpoint and snacks

ROGUE STUDIO ON LOCATION Plein Air at Lone Ranch with Silvia Trujillo Saturday May 4th, 9am-3pm Beginning through advanced painters welcome. All media welcome. Enjoy the beautiful weather and experience painting and drawing in the great outdoors. Get some vitamin D while 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. Bringing a lunch and light snack is recommended. MEMBERS $125 NON-MEMBERS $150 Get Materials List Here>> Register Here >> CALLS TO ARTISTS Inspired By the East: Annual Art Movement Tribute Exhibit

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Rogue Gallery March 2019 Exhibits

www.roguegallery.org 40 South Bartlett Street Medford Oregon 97501 541-772-8118

Main Gallery Exhibit

Adventures in Experience: Imaginative Works by Dianne Jean Erickson & Barbara Martin

March 1 – April 12, 2019

Reception, Friday, March 15, 5:30 – 8:00 pm

Portland artists, Dianne Jean Erickson and Barbara Martin create highly imaginative contemporary works. Erickson creates encaustic monotypes and mixed media prints. Martin uses acrylic, oil pastel and pencil in her mixed media paintings. Their work is infused with energy and expression.

Dianne Jean Erickson has a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art from Southern Oregon University. She is a founding member of the contemporary art group AMBUS. For a number of years she had a co-op gallery in Jacksonville then Medford. She has received numerous awards for her artwork and has exhibited throughout the West Coast. She resides in Portland. Dianne uses multiple mediums including, but not

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So, You Want to Be an Artist?!

Every year the Rogue Gallery Art Center connects creative teens with professional artists through the Teen Mentor program. I’ve participated in the Teen Mentor program for five years now and always feel just as inspired by the students as they do by me. The mission of the program is to not just teach teens […]

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Rogue Gallery Celebrates the Holidays!

Awake, Dreaming in the Garden: Woodcuts & Screen Prints by Amy Godard November 23, 2018 – January 11, 2019 Rogue Gallery

Rogue Gallery celebrates the holidays with a special Third Friday Event: Exhibit Reception, Christmas Carolers, and a Book Signing! December 21, 2018 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm

Christmas Caroling: Pat O’Scannell and members of the ‘More Fools Than Wise’ madrigal group will be singing Christmas carols beginning at 5:30 pm.

Peggy Dover Book Signing: Enjoy a special meet and greet with local author and Mail Tribune columnist, Peggy Dover. Dover’s new book, “Trips & Tangents: 101 Favorite Southern Oregon Journal Columns,” is packed with entertaining vignettes about local people/places/events and makes a great Christmas gift. Peggy will be at the gallery from 5-7 p.m.

Community Gallery Artist Reception Awake, Dreaming in the Garden: Woodcuts & Screen Prints by Amy Godard November 23, 2018 – January 11, 2019

Amy Godard’s work includes stylized interpretations of characters from folklore; mandalas and icons of plants; and explorations of

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Don’t Fence Me — or my feet — In

Every year the Rogue Gallery & Art Center in Medford puts on a Members’ Only Show. They have a great theme for it this year — “Don’t Fence Me In”. The show runs just a couple more weeks, until December 21, so while you’re out there doing your holiday shopping be sure to stop in […]

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New Exhibit by Amy Godard at Rogue Gallery- Awake, Dreaming in the Garden

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Rogue Gallery is open Friday with a new exhibit in the Community Gallery. Detail of ORISHA by Amy Godard BEGINNING THIS FRIDAY New Exhibit in the Community Gallery Awake, Dreaming in the Garden: Woodcuts & Screenprints by Amy Godard

November 23, 2018 – January 11, 2019

Amy Godard, ROSE, screen print

Reception: Friday, December 21, 5:00-8:00 pm

Amy Godard’s work includes stylized interpretations of characters from folklore; mandalas and icons of plants; and explorations of line, color, shape and symmetry. Her work is inspired by nature and folklore and she hopes to inspire her viewers to connect to nature and to forge a relationship to old stories that have shaped us as people. Festive Classes for Children Enchanted Elves of the Rogue Studio ages 7-11 with Pravina McClure Saturday, December 1, 2018 11:30am-2:30pm Make your own Enchanted Elf that can hang on the Christmas tree or be a

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3rd Friday Art Reception – November 16, 2018

Poulnabrone Dolmen by Paul Jorizzo

Detail of Journey’s End by Sheryl Swift 3rd Friday Art Reception, November 16, 2018 IN THE MAIN GALLERY

Don’t Fence Me In: 2018 Annual Members Exhibit

November 9–December 21, 2018

Poulnabrone Dolmen by Paul Jorizzo

Reception: Friday, November 16, 5:00-8:00 pm

Member artists of the Rogue Gallery & Art Center were encouraged to express themselves without boundaries as the title “Don’t Fence Me In” implies. Exhibiting artist include:

Bruce Allen, Charles Anderson, Robert Arieas, Betty Barss, Sue Bennett, Linda Boutacoff, PJ Boyd, Susan Eileen Burnes, Sarah F. Burns, Leonard Burton, Violet Burton, Katy Cauker, Millie Clarke, Dawna Curler, Valerie Dann, Susan DeRosa, Anna Elkins, Cynthia Flowers, Alx Fox, Miles Frode, Tom Glassman, Jay Gordon, Nancy Graham, Kelly Gratton, Carla Griffin, Phyllis Gustafson, Lane Hall, Claudia Harlow, John Hawkins, Rebecca Hawkins, Linda Henning, Anna Hinkle, Howard Hunt, Marilyn Hurst, Zelpha Hutton, Jennifer Ivey, Paul Jorizzo, Joan Kennedy, Susan Hoppe

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