Home Sweet Home

A Holiday Exhibition
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Online Events & Fundraiser

December 4, 2020 – January 2, 2021

Home Sweet Home, is a special holiday exhibit exploring the idea of Home with visual & literary artists, plus a special Home Sweet Home Online gift-giving fundraiser.

The visual arts exhibit is open from December 4th – January 2.

It includes more than 60 artworks from 35 local artists on the theme of “Home” and examines how feelings about home may have changed over this last year between Covid-19, major fires, racial justice and political protests, and financial instability.

The exhibit offers a mix of creative expression and media.

Home Sweet Home kicked off with a Zoom Literary Read-In for our larger community to listen to and share written works on Thursday, December 3, 5:30 pm. Watch Recording

Essays, stories and poems created for Home Sweet Home have been shared by area literary artists. Writers reading their own works is shared on a monitor in the gallery.

This year, the season of giving has many people nostalgic about home, which makes Home Sweet Home artwork a very special gift for friends and family.

Purchases support the participating artists and The Arts Center.

Gifts of art purchased from the gallery will go home early so you’ll have them in time for the holidays.

Literary Read-In Recording

Artists Talk, Lunch@Home Recording

Support the Arts: Give the Gift of Art

The Home Sweet Home Online Fundraiser is CLOSED

November 28-December 18, 2020

Silent Auction CLOSED for two customized doll houses, donated by artist Sally Schwartz. Both are great for the child in all of us to have hours of creative play!
THREE slate-roofed handcrafted birdhouses Still Available: Built and donated by artist Brian Egan, each uniquely embellished by individually inventive artists. Egan selected artists Laurie Childers, Hester Coucke, Naomi Figueroa, Suzanne Getz, Sally Ishikawa, Vanessa Smith, Marcie Wolfe and himself to add their artistic talents. All birdhouses have hardware for hanging.
Thanks to Brian and the eight artist designers, 100% of the proceeds from the doll house auction and birdhouse sales will benefit The Arts Center!

Home Sweet Home Gallery Slide Show

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You Don’t See Me by Bobbie Jansen

Comfort Zone by Brian and Kris Egan

Home, Castle, Fortress by Brian Egan

Sacred Sex Stamps Six Cents “Homebodies” From the series: U.S. Postage Not Issued by C. Lill Ahrens

Home is Self by Daylynn Buntin

We are All in This Together by Deanna White

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Deanna White

Artist Deanna White

Bird in the Hand by Debi Friedlander

Good Daddy by Debi Friedlander

Earth: Pass it On! by Dominique Bachelet

Escape by Dominique Bachelet

Flower Home: Dahlia Phase by Faye Cummins

Poor Mans Food by Frances Stilwell

Finding a Beautiful Home or Cinqua Tierra Dreams by Gary House

Gary and Gerry by the River by Gary House

No Room at the Inn by Gary House

A Fun Place to Be by Ginny Gibson

A Quiet Village by Ginny Gibson

All My Belongings by Ginny Gibson

Involuntary Lockdown by Hanne Niederhausen

Time After Time by Hanne Niederhausen

Keeping Watch by Jennifer Lommers

Left Out by Jennifer Lommers

Locked In by Jennifer Lommers

Home 2020: Haven, Refuge or Prison? I – III by Jerri Bartholomew

Home by Koa Tom

Home: Darkroom (diptych right side) by Koa Tom

Home: Darkroom (diptych left side) by Koa Tom

Fresh Air by Karen Miller

Exposure I by Katy Vigeland

Exposure II by Katy Vigeland

Exposure III by Katy Vigeland

Artist Katy Vigeland

House Guest #1: Out of the Woods Eventually by Kimberly Long

Think Inside the Box by Kimberly Long

Won’t Burst My Bubble by Kimberly Long

Autumn Fire by Kristin Hager

Spring Green by Kristin Hager

Winter Blue by Kristin Hager

Belonging at Home by Leslie Green

Full Moon, July by Maria Orr

Only Ashes Remain I – VII by Misty Gage

Home in the Neighborhood by Nancy Eng

Home in the Park by Nancy Eng

Suspended by Nancy Eng

Old Growth by Patricia Berman

Perfectly Held by Patricia Berman

Pretty in Pink and Walking to Put Down Roots by Patricia Browning

Pretty in Pink by Patricia Browning

Walking to Put Down Roots by Patricia Browning

Afternoon at Animal Mansions by Peggy Sharrow

Complimentary Tree and House by Peggy Sharrow

Spring, Knocking at My Door by Peggy Sharrow

Jewell, Oregon by Rich Bergeman

All Critters Need a Home by Richard Badham

Leaving Home for the Day’s Work: Wolf Peak by Richard Behan

Welcome Home from the Day’s Work: Glacier Peak by Richard Behan

Glass House Lamp by Rinee Merrit

Glass House by Rinee Merrit

Pumpkin Pod by Sabra Comins

Nested by Sally Ishikawa

Ticky Tacky by Sally Ishikawa

Home of the Western Meadow Lark by Sofia Murgo

Pleasure in the Sun at HOME by Susan Johnson

Happy in Our Home by Suzanne Getz

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