The application for participants in Oregon Fringe Festival, a multi-day event celebrating “bold, innovative, and outrageous creativity in the arts,” is live, according to a news release.
Ashland Creatives: Through writing, art and organizing, Manya Yana Campos continues to work towards recognizing and respecting the work and contributions of Latinos and Indigenous peoples living here in Ashland and beyond and will continue to do so.
Ashland’s oldest fine art gallery, founded by Judy Howard in 1979, plans to end its brick and mortar presence by the end of the year. Hanson Howard Gallery is located between Main Street and Lithia Way, one block from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) theater complex, and is known as a cornerstone of Ashland’s arts community.
Ashland Creatives: Meet Emily Wood, whose passion for capturing the beauty of the outdoors by creating finely crafted bead work has led to the launch of Pedalcreations — inspired by another passion, enjoying the outdoors on a mountain bike.
A craftsman came across the country to refurbish the labyrinth at Trinity Episcopal Church in Ashland, spending about a week freshening the contemplative centerpiece of the church’s mini-park at the corner of 2nd Street and Lithia Way.
A private Ashland art studio is fostering a sense of community in Ashland — with a big, friendly dog as its mascot — while making larger than life murals and artistic connections that span the nation and the globe, and plans for a mural right here in downtown Ashland.
An Ashland sixth grader who attends Willow Wind Community Learning Center was one of 13 Oregon students to win a statewide art contest that saw more than 1,700 entries.
Along East Main Street out past ScienceWorks, a collaborative artist hub has been taking shape in Ashland since late spring. A new Ashland-based nonprofit, Gambrel Arts, founded by owners of the Gambrel Gallery to nurture diversity and creativity, launched the Annex at 2082 E. Main St. earlier this year.
Ashland artist Beca Blake has created a story of survival in post-pandemic America. The “Road Food” exhibit documents her small family’s 10-month journey. Last year Blake, her two young children and a Pomerania dog named Biskit traveled the Pacific northwest and southwestern states, living in a van.
A new multifaceted festival celebrating a special corner of Southern Oregon is scheduled for this weekend. The Siskiyou Crest: A Festival of Art, Culture and Science will run from Friday through Sunday, July 14-16, at Pacifica Garden, 14615 Water Gap Road, in Williams. Activities will begin at 10 a.m. each day.
Community adults who would like to pass on knowledge and skills to others for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s spring term are invited to submit course proposals by Friday, Dec. 15.
Reader photos: Friday evening, on the second night of Hanukkah, some 70 people gathered on Ashland Plaza to hold a vigil for a permanent Gaza cease-fire in the light of newly lit menorah candles.
Ashland Parks & Recreation Commissioners listened to a litany of mostly good news at their regular business meeting Wednesday, including a new PVC liner for the Daniel Meyer Pool at a cost of $61,000 and opening a new mountain bike trail.
Obituary: Margaret McCartney died Dec. 4 at 83. Memorial services are planned for 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 11, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 N. 2nd St., Ashland.
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has announced plans to offer free opioid overdose reversal kits to middle and high schools throughout the state. Ashland Superintendent Samuel Bogdanove shared his support for the increase in availability of Narcan, the brand name for a device that delivers naloxone, to Oregon schools, including in Ashland.
With local rescue groups still overflowing with cats and kittens, those wishing to bring home a new family member for the holidays will have opportunities to do so on two upcoming December weekends. On Saturday, Dec. 9, Ashland-based Friends of the Animals (formerly Friends of the Animal Shelter) will partner with Feral Cat Advocacy (FCA), Melly Cat Rescue, and Hero Tails Animal Sanctuary for a Feline Fair at the Rogue Valley Mall.
(It’s free)