BAKER CITY — Here’s a look at new art shows opening Friday, Dec. 2.

Royal Artisan

1912 Main St.

Royal Artisan is hosting painter Jessica Dougherty. Her show opens Friday, 5-8 p.m. with music at 5:30 by D’Club L’Eveque featuring Debbie Friedman, John Woodard and Lindianne Sarno.

“Art has always been a part of my life,” Dougherty said. “I grew up in a coastal artist community where we had art every day in school.”

As a teen, she painted t-shirts on a beach in Mexico and later worked at a photo development store. She has an associate’s in photography and a bachelor’s in anthropology.

Then art took a backseat, until she moved to Baker City and met Tom Novak at Short Term Gallery.

“We talked all about my desire and fears of painting,” she said. “Finally one day he kinda said ‘stop talking and go do!’ I haven’t stopped painting since.”

Churchill Hall Pass Gallery

3451 Broadway St.

John Simpkins is the featured artist for December, and his show opens Friday at 5:30 p.m. He will display his large works — measuring 7 feet by 12 feet — and also have smaller-scale reproductions available.

Crossroads Carnegie Art Center

2020 Auburn Ave.

Christmas at Crossroads — which includes “The Gift of Art” and the Ornament Expo — is on display Dec. 2-30. The show opens on First Friday at 5:30 p.m. with a music performance by pianist Garwood Allen.

Sweet Wife Baking

2028 Main St.

Sweet Wife Baking will feature Nancy Coffelt with an opening Friday, 5-8 p.m.

Ruffled Feathers Boutique

2015 First St.

Ruffled Feathers will feature felted art, as well as other locally crafted items, during the First Friday art walk.

Sunn Juice + Decor

1917 Main St.

Sunn will stay open late and feature artist Kevin Loren Cornelius and his pencil prints.

Anders Fine Art

1802 Main St.

Anders Fine Art will feature Boise artist Nancy Brossman and her block prints, engravings and oil paintings. The show opens Friday, 5 p.m.

Born in 1955, Brossman has been around art and artists from an early age. Art classes followed, and in 1973 she enrolled as an art major at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Graduating from Boise State University with a bachelor’s in printmaking, she has been a printmaker, painter and illustrator to this day.

White House Art and Design Co.

1829 Main St.

Potter Pam Bingham will display festive creations of pottery, ornaments and more. Plus, the evening features a live band.