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Moving Towards an Arts and Culture Center in Oregon City

February 1, 2024

By Cathy Rowe, TRAG Co-Vice-President There has recently been some movement towards getting an Arts and Culture Center in Oregon City. A small group of arts and community leaders has come up with a business and financing plan to work towards making this dream a reality. The property that the group is currently hoping to…

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The State of Public Art in Oregon City

January 31, 2024

By Cathy Rowe, TRAG Co-Vice-President Cathy Rowe will be giving a presentation about the current state of Oregon City’s Public Art Collection to the Oregon City Arts Commission on Thursday, February 15 at the Oregon City City Hall at 7 pm. Cathy will be discussing the murals, sculptures, and other public art items at the…

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Mitzi Kugler’s Glass Art Process

January 23, 2024

Sharing my glass art process in my studio and at Clackamas Community College. I use fused glass created backgrounds as the base. Then, I move to the glass torch to make intricate components and fuse those pieces into the glass background. I also weld my own metal frames to finish the work. See more of…

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Washes to Paintings with Melissa Gannon

November 15, 2023

Want to explore a different way to create a painting? Then sign up for this online class, washes to Paintings. Explore the versatility of limited colors. Create interesting and unique compositions. See all Melissa’s classes on her website.

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Donations Requested for Library Fundraiser

October 13, 2023

By Lynda Orzen, TRAG Co-President The Friends of the Oregon City Public Library and the Library Foundation are hosting a fundraising event for the Oregon City Library. We are requesting donations of artwork with a value of $50 or more for a raffle. Donations are due by November 17. The funding raised will enable the…

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Learn About Spiders and the Wonderous Webs they Weave!

September 29, 2023

Have you ever wondered how spider webs can be so stretchy yet incredibly strong, or how spiders keep from getting stuck in their own webs? Learn all about these fascinating creatures and their seemingly magical webs during this fun workshop! After a short presentation we will decorate cards for Halloween. We will use a Spirotot…

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Learn Palette Knife Painting with Vona Adams-Lawrence: Fall Grove 

September 15, 2023

Add a touch if fall to your life. Come join me in painting this 14×11 canvas Art-O-Maddic Gallery and Gifts on October 7th. From 1 to 4. Everything you need is provided.

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TRAG Artists in the Fall Oil Medium Juried Show at the Oregon Society of Artists

September 8, 2023

Sue Thomas and Yelena Shabrova were accepted into the Oregon Society of Artists’ Fall Oil Medium Juried Show. Sue has 2 oil paintings on panels there: “Red Rose and White” and “Red, White and Blue”. Sue previously won Best of Show at the same event 2 years ago. For these paintings Sue tried a new…

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Willamette Falls Studios Grand Open House

September 1, 2023

Please join us for Willamette Falls Studios Grand Open House party September 23! We’re celebrating our fabulous new music studio and readiness of all things media at WFS. Help us make this a real community event by showing off the amazing range of talented community craftsmen and artists. WFS believes art is the heart of…

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Summer workshop series with Heather Andrews

July 3, 2023

Are you looking for something fun and interesting to do this summer? Join us for our science/art series which will be held at the Art-O-Maddic Gallery in Canby! We will start the series off on Wednesday July 26th at 5pm with a class on composting where we will learn all about the science behind converting…

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