SEASON OF GRATITUDE: YEA 2020!

In a few days, our 2020 Year End Appeal will arrive in your mailbox

Giving Thanks feels especially meaningful this year, as we look forward to a full holiday season! Visual and literary artists are at work creating for our seasonal exhibition, Home Sweet Home. We welcome six new residents to the Artist Accelerator Program (see below), and we are now open Wed-Sat, 12-5 pm thanks to our new and returning volunteers.

Your generosity is very appreciated as we continue to engage our community with creativity: Contemporary thought-provoking art exhibitions--free to all visitors, professional level support for our emerging and professional-level artists, and projects like "ArtMaking@Home" for our young artists. Your generosity makes these vital community connections possible. When our letter arrives, please use the enclosed postage-paid envelope to send your support, or make a paper-free donation online HERE! THANK You!

"Home Sweet Home" for Your Holiday Gift Giving!

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  November 28, 2020 - January 2, 2021
• Thurs, December 3, 5:30 pm (PST) - Literary Read In via Zoom
• Thurs, December 10, 12 noon (PST) Lunch@Home Artist Talk via Zoom

After months of being home-bound, how have our concepts and feelings of home changed? This exhibit explores visual and literary artists' reflections on the theme of Home, with works created exclusively for this show.

Holiday Fundraiser: Home Sweet Home  includes eight one-of-a-kind birdhouses, hand-crafted  and donated by Brian Egan, and artistically enhanced by artists, Marcie Wolfe, Nyomi Figueroa, Sally Ishikawa, Laurie Childers, Vanessa Smith, Suzanne Getz, Hester Coucke, and Brian, himself. Each is available for $150. (Photo: Entry by Marcie Wolfe)

Additionally, Sally Schwartz has donated a whimsically decorated "cut-away" dollhouse -- sure to delight a child, grandchild, or the heart of the child in you. Bids will be taken at The Arts Center; Top bid on December 20, 5 pm, wins!

Thanks to Town & Country Realty for sponsorship support of Home Sweet Home

TAC Member Double Discount Day 20% off!

Saturday, November 28, 2020, 12-5 pm

Celebrate Small Business Saturday @ The Arts Center! Current members will receive a Double Discount (20%) on all Gallery and ArtShop purchases, to kick-off to our seasonal show, Home Sweet Home. Our ArtShop will be filled with creative new works by local artists great for gift giving and filling our homes with the creativity of local artists. New member and renewal sign-ups welcome!!

2020-21 Artist Residencies Have Begun!

Caitlin Rose, Jill Myer, Eileen Hinckle, Jesse Felix, Cora Freyer and Citlalmina Rios

We are delighted to welcome our six new residents in the Accelerator Program Cohort for this year! Read about this program, and their upcoming exhibit in 2021!  >>

Thanks to the Downtown Corvallis Association for program support!

UPCOMING ARTIST ACCELERATOR LECTURES

Our Artist Accelerator Lecture series continues Wednesday evenings through December, addressing topics to help you sustain your artistic and professional practices.  All sessions $10*, 5:30-7 pm. Registration Info for the Complete Series Here >>

• Wednesday, November 11, 2020, Tony Fuemmeler | Teaching as an Artist - Co-founder of Young Audiences in Portland, will share ways artists can work as visiting teachers, translate arts knowledge and practices into classroom settings, and consider practicalities of employment.
• Wednesday, November 18, 2020, Rachel Rosenkoetter | Selling Art Online - A crash course of basic knowledge and skills needed to generate passive streams of income through an online sales.
  
• Wednesday, December 2, 2020, Leslie Vigeant | Professional Practices of Working Artists - Portfolio development, artist statements and basic strategies for career consideration.

*We appreciate times have been exceedingly challenging for our creative community. If for any reason cost is a Barrier, contact Claire@theartscenter.net for a scholarship code. Thanks to Oregon Cultural Trust Coronavirus Relief Fund support that makes this possible.