February 10, 2006
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“Ready” is an award-winning graphite pencil drawing by
Kim Ragsdale.
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A look at farm animals and pets
if you go:
What: Opening reception for
The Dog and Pony Show
When: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10
Where: Rogue Gallery and Art Center, 40 S. Bartlett St., Medford
Call: 772-8118 or see
roguegallery.org on the Web
The newest exhibit to open at the Rogue Gallery and Center in Medford is sure
to please art and animal lovers alike.
Sixteen regional artists have been brought together to showcase images of horses and dogs for The Dog and Pony Show to be displayed through March 4 in the main gallery.
The exhibit will include two- and three-dimensional artwork in nearly every art medium — from bronze statues to watercolors.
Whimsical, colorful monoprints by Denise Kester will hang next to landscapes of the contemporary cowboy by Teresa Schleigh, and large bronze pieces by Yvonne Kitchen will stand next to steel
sculptures by Tim Gallagher.
The participating artists include Kim Ragsdale, whose image "Ready" earned the Southern Oregon Society of Artists’ Painting of the Year award.
Ragsdale’s works in graphite and charcoal are an expression of her experience working with country animals and the action that surrounds them.
Other artists included in the exhibit are Claire Barr-Wilson, David Bjurstrom, Charlene Brussat, Karen Cain-Smith, Angela Decker, Dawn Emerson, Lille and Dave Faville, Kathleen L. Jones, Pamela
Lumley, Barbara Mendelsohn and Nancy Zufich.
As an added attraction to the Dog and Pony Show, Carol Mercer of Eagle Point will bring her Dancing Morgans, a team of two mares — Bobbi and Valentine — to perform a tandem driving
demonstration at 5 p.m. Friday in the parking lot between the gallery and the Craterian Theater.
The artists will be on hand to discuss their work during the reception to be held at 5:30 p.m.
The Rogue Gallery & Art Center was founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. Today, it is still the Rogue Valley’s only nonprofit community art center.
The gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their work. Because the gallery is nonprofit, it displays a wide range of artistic styles and mediums not seen in commercial galleries.
Classes for children and adults taught by local artists are available at the gallery.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
