First Friday art shows open July 5
Published 3:00 am Monday, July 1, 2024
- The show “Towards Home: The Art of Gary Ernest Smith” continues at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center.
BAKER CITY — Art galleries and shops across town stay open late on the first Friday of the month for an art walk featuring new works by local and regional artists. Here’s a look at the stops.
Royal Artisan
1912 Main St.
Royal Artisan will feature ceramics and 2D art by Alethia Brewer, and music by D’Club L’Eveque, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Sweet Wife Baking
2028 Main St.
The shop features Dennis Goodwin, a self-taught artist who works in oil, acrylic and collage. He said he primarily paints portraits, but will “paint any subject that I’m interested in.” His show opens at 5:30 p.m.
Churchill Hall Pass Gallery
3451 Broadway St.
Local artist Doug Darlington will show his original paintings at Churchill starting Friday, 5:30-8 p.m. Darlington creates impressionist and abstract landscapes.
Also, Churchill’s Room 31 Gallery features a selection of artwork.
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center
2020 Auburn Ave.
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center continues “Towards Home: The Art of Gary Ernest Smith” on First Friday, July 5, with live music and a drawing for a small original painting.
This retrospective is a culmination of Smith’s work that depicts Baker County — the fields, the ranches, the livestock, the mountains and the people. “Towards Home” opened in May, and continues through July 21.
Smith will be at Crossroads for a book signing and discussion on July 27 from 10 a.m. to noon.
During this show, Crossroads is open seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For additional information, contact Angela Blair, community art director at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, at angela@crossroads-arts.org or 541-523-5369.
Baker Food Co-op
2008 Broadway St.
The co-op will feature drawings and pastels by Maura Hammack from 4-7 p.m.