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Lightweight Nunofelt Scarf Felting Workshop

Get ready to explore the fascinating world of nunofelting and create your own lightweight scarf at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture.

This in-person event will take place on Saturday, March 2, 2024 starting at 9:00 AM (Pacific Standard Time).

During this hands-on workshop, you will learn the art of nunofelting, a technique that combines wool fibers with lightweight fabrics to create beautiful and unique scarves. Our experienced instructor Flora Carliele-Kovacs will guide you through the process, teaching you the basics and sharing tips and tricks to help you create stunning designs.

In this workshop we’ll discover possibilities of the nunofelting technique, leaving some open spaces in the silk. Flora will show you how to secure the design on the silk, and how to felt them in precisely and you’ll gain confidence to create more on your own.

Level of experience required: beginner to advanced

This workshop is one of two opportunities to explore the art of felting. If you’re interested in learning how to create a Felted Telescope or Rosette Hat on Friday, March 01, 2024, be sure to explore our other events.

While it’s not mandatory to sign up for both workshops, we highly encourage it.

About the Instructor:

The award winner of several wearable art shows, Flóra Carlile-Kovács is a professional felt artist born in Szeged, Hungary, now living and working in Seattle WA. In her work she incorporates two bodies of knowledge, the nomadic traditions and the urban, modern style of feltmaking. Coming from the European tradition of craftsmanship and quality, she is constantly experimenting with ways to improve not only the visual artistic aspect of her work, but also its physical integrity as a functional object appropriate for everyday use.

List of materials and/or advance preparation required of students:
– notebook, pen/pencil for notes- 2 hand towels
– 8×2’ bubble wrap (no big bubbles please) – 3×2′ cotton sheet (old cloth)- sprinkler if you have one, to wet the felt- 1 olive oil soap or coconut oil-, or goat milk soap bar in a container- 1 quart bowl for water (a yogurt container will do) – (waterproof) apron if needed- comfortable shoes

Felted Telescope Hats Workshop

Join us for the Felted Telescope Hats Workshop event on Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture!

Get ready to explore the fascinating world of felt telescoping hats. This in-person event is a unique opportunity to learn about the art of hat making and discover the versatility of felt telescoping hats.

During the event, you will learn techniques for designing and enlarging a 2-D pattern to obtain a 3-D shape with several options in the shaping. The final hat can have a spiral, telescope or rosette form.

Using fine merino wool it is possible to full a thin strong layer of felt that opens new possibilities in shaping a hat. You will learn how to lay down the wool to have a smooth color transition and explore how the directions of the wool fibers affects shrinkage rates and provides us with control in shaping the hat.

Level of experience required: beginner to advanced

This workshop is one of two opportunities to explore the art of felting. If you’re interested in learning how to create a Lightweight Nunofelt Scarf on Sat, Mar 02, 2024, be sure to explore our other events. While it’s not mandatory to sign up for both workshops, we highly encourage it.

About the Instructor:

The award winner of several wearable art shows, Flóra Carlile-Kovács is a professional felt artist born in Szeged, Hungary, now living and working in Seattle WA. In her work she incorporates two bodies of knowledge, the nomadic traditions and the urban, modern style of feltmaking. Coming from the European tradition of craftsmanship and quality, she is constantly experimenting with ways to improve not only the visual artistic aspect of her work, but also its physical integrity as a functional object appropriate for everyday use.

List of materials and/or advance preparation required of students:

– notebook, pen/pencil for notes
– sharpie- 2 hand towels
– 3×3’ bubble wrap – 3×3 cotton sheet (old cloth)- sprinkler if you have one, to wet the felt
– a sponge to control the extra water – 1 olive/coconut etc oil soap bar in a container- 1 quart bowl for water (a yogurt container will do)
– optional: bed risers for tables (4 for your table)
– scissors to cut plastic- sharp and pointy scissors to cut the felt- (waterproof) apron if needed- comfortable shoes

Contemporary Realist Artist David Kreitzer Open Studio and Gallery

In the tradition of Turner and Cezanne, painter David Kreitzer’s love of nature, fantasy and the human form, propels him to create exquisitely detailed, mood-invoking landscapes, figures and striking still life floral studies in a variety of mediums. A full time artist for 58 years, David’s career began with sold out shows at Maxwell Gallery in San Francisco. David grew up as the son of a Lutheran minister who, due to his vocation, moved his family frequently throughout the Nebraska countryside. Kreitzers’ works are in the collections of Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Hirschhorn Foundation, Revlon Corporation, Olga Corporation, Barnes-Hind Corporation, Sinclair Paints, Lloyd’s Bank, Cargill Corporation and the San Diego, Santa Barbara, Nebraska and Minnesota Museums. Private collectors include Ray Bradbury, Mary Tyler Moore, Michael Douglas, Pepe Romero, Quinn Martin, Raymond Burr and Robert and Linda Takken. “David Kreitzer…is a highly traditional figure painter who demonstrates how much poetic intensity the old tradition can still contain.” ~Thomas Albright, San Francisco Chronicle.

Sisters Artist Studio Tour – Sat-Sun, 10am-4pm, Sept 26 & 27, 2020

Visit thirty six artists at twenty six private studios. All are well known and widely collected local painters, potters, jewelers, glass artists, mixed media artists and sculptors. Meet the artists and view their work, up close and personal. Get to know these extremely talented artists while they work in their own studios. This is a FREE self-guided tour. All you need is studio tour guide (see below) with info about the artists and maps to their studios. You can get guides at any gallery in Sisters, local restaurants, hotels, and the chamber of commerce. Watch for and follow the Artist Studio Tour road signs as you explore the studios on September 26 & 27, 2020.

Both artists and visitors will be required to wear masks and observe social distancing. Each artist’s station will have hand sanitizer, also required.
More at news article: https://www.sistersartsassociation.org/saa-news

Newberry Event Music & Arts Festival to Defeat MS

Tal Wilkenfeld headlines the 7th Annual Newberry Event Charity Music Festival!

Central Oregon’s 7th Annual Newberry Event Music and Arts Festival to Defeat MS is a three-day outdoor summer multi-genre music festival well-known as a good time for a good cause. July 26, 27, 28, 2019. Main acts Friday are Portland’s Indubious reggae, opening for Pigs on the Wing Pink Floyd tribute band in the beautiful outdoor intimate venue. For over a decade, Indubious brothers Evton and Skip Burton, have shared their instrumental skills, powerful harmonies, and electrifying performances, “raising the positive vibrations of our planet, to help others express the true loving nature within us all.” Pigs on the Wing’s intense live performances are an expansive audio-visual experience.

Saturday night headlines Tal Wilkenfeld, a 32 year old Australian born bass and guitar phenom who has performed alongside artists including Jeff Beck, Prince, Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock and Mick Jagger. Hosted on rural residential acreage, DiamondStone Guest Lodge is 25 miles south of Bend, between Sunriver and La Pine. With over 20 bands on 2 rotating stages, the lawns, shady aspens & pines of So. Deschutes County create a beautiful outdoor concert setting.

Enjoy awesome music and dancing in the grass 10am-10pm. Tent camping is free and RV sites available. Kids under age 13 are free. With many vendors – great food (breakfast too), Sunriver Brewing Co. beers, Kombucha, ciders and distillery vendors, you’ll find everything you need for the day or weekend. You’ll also enjoy dancers, homemade arts & crafts, and a silent auction plus raffles of incredible fine art and merchandise. See good reviews on Facebook and Google. Don’t miss it!

The festival just received the state’s “Hidden Gem Festival Award” at the annual meeting of the Oregon Festivals and Events Association.The 501c3 charity benefits the Oregon National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Other performers: Dead Horses – Milwaukee, WI, Dodgy Mountain Men – Missoula, MT, Pat Simmons Jr.- Maui, HI , Indubious – Portland, Lounge on Fire – Boise, ID, Petty Thievery, a Tom Petty & Heartbreakers Tribute Band, Pigs On The Wing tribute to Pink Floyd – Portland, OR, The Rad Trads – Brooklyn, N.Y., Pete Kartsounes – La Pine! Eric Leadbetter – Bend, Idle Poets – Scappoose, Sol Seed – Eugene, J Brothers – Jacksonville, Mission Blues – Bend, Natty Red – Bend, Newberry Family Band, Broken Down Guitars – La Pine, The Tortilla Chips – Bend, Vokab Kompany – San Diego, and local belly dancers, the South County Hipsters.

Alchemy at Caldera
Photo by Jeredon O’Connor

Transforming by means of creativity.

Caldera is many things. An arts camp for underserved youth. An environmental organization focused on youth development. A program that nurtures adult artists. The organization puts in place people and processes to transform human beings in mysterious and impressive ways. At the end of the day, one could argue that Caldera might be akin to alchemy.

Caldera was originally created in 1996 as a program to bring together limited-opportunity kids from both the city and the country to make art. It seemed simple. A fun summer camp with music, drawing and writing, as well as hiking, canoeing and campfires.

But the alchemy started immediately. Kids found out they were artists. They realized they could use creativity to solve life problems. And they were transformed.

Now in its twentieth year, Caldera’s Youth Program has been named one of the top fifty youth development organizations in the United States by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Last year it was one of the top twelve programs honored at the White House. Today, Caldera works with twelve partner middle schools in Portland and Central Oregon, offering art and nature programs to 430 middle and high school youth, as well as providing year-round mentoring and camps to at-risk kids.

Realizing that grownups could use a little alchemy, too, Caldera opened up its doors during the winter to adult artists and creative thinkers. These artists now work onsite for month-long residencies as part of an Artist in Residence program.

The natural next step of the alchemical process was to blend the Caldera Youth Programs and the Artist in Residence programs.

“It’s our belief that by having the youth work with a variety of talented adult artists, committed environmental stewards, and caring mentors, they are introduced to a variety of ways in which creativity can be expressed, which will encourage their own creativity and help them grow,” said Elia Unverzagt, communications director for Caldera. “They see value in expressing their own creativity and unique voices, and become able to imagine a new set of possibilities for their lives.”

Artists in Residence work with kids at every level. Youths may be invited on studio tours, interview artists, or participate in workshops. Some artists come back to teach at Camp Caldera during the summers, finding that collaboration with another generation can be generative and, thus, transformative.

At the end of the day, the alchemy Caldera offers happens by using creativity of all sorts to facilitate a deeper sense of self and possibly a greater humanity in both children and adults. ‒Katrina Hays

Get Involved
Caldera Arts Center
31500 Blue Lake Drive
Sisters, OR 97759
541.595.0956
calderaarts.org
Learn how you can volunteer and help with special events, youth programs and administrative projects. caldera@calderaarts.org

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