By Brenna Wiegand The painting chosen to represent this year’s Silverton Fine Arts Festival was the result of an earth-shaking experience. Artist Laura Koppes of Tigard painted “Blue Basin” after a visit to the Painted Hills in Central Oregon. “I’d seen all kinds of pictures of it and it just looked too perfect,” she said. “On my way there I […]
The sun is out, the days are warm and it is the time of year when friends and neighbors look for opportunities to be together and share some fun. August features two of Silverton’s favorite festivals, one a celebration of community and one a tapestry of the arts, both in Coolidge McClaine Park. This year’s Homer Davenport Community Festival runs […]
By Kate Cosgrove A drive in the countryside is what provided Silverton resident Jane Castelan Buccola, 69, with the inspiration to create the painting that became the 15th annual Silverton Art Festival poster. The festival will be Aug. 15 – 16 in Coolidge McClaine Park in Silverton. Jane recently met with Our Town to share her work and thoughts on […]
By Steve Ritchie With the 13th edition of the Silverton Fine Arts Festival right around the corner on Aug. 17-18, it’s nervous time for Dwight Berning and Moises Roizen. Berning and Roizen are the vice president and president, respectively, of the Silverton Arts Association board of directors, and the pair are co-chairing the festival this year. Even though the festival, […]
For Ann Altman, the Silverton Arts Association provides “little pockets of opportunities.” For Julie Huisman, art has opened a world of creativity, allowing her to push aside her inhibitions and express herself through her pottery while meeting wonderful friends.
It’s a little known fact the 11th annual Silverton Fine Arts Festival actually began 39 years ago, when a small band of artists held the first arts festival in a small area of the Coolidge-McLaine Park on July 16, 1972
n the current members show at the Silverton Arts Association’s Borland Gallery, 16 local artists exhibit work in a variety of media and offer a glimpse of what’s brewing creatively around the region.
Patti Battin was working on the design for the 2009 Silverton Fine Arts Festival poster last fall when she learned longtime Silverton woodcrafter Tom Allen had been diagnosed with advanced cancer.
There’s something new this year for the Fine Arts Festival Unveiling Event – the venue has been changed to the former Cafe Trio at 405 N. Water St. in Silverton.
