Arts ALIVE: An Art & Rural Garden Adventure-2nd Annual

The Southern Oregon Guild of Artists and Artisans presents the 2nd Annual Arts Alive! An Art & Rural Garden Adventure on Sunday, May 18, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Ticket holders will enjoy a variety of art and fine crafts displayed in the unique settings of five picturesque home gardens in the Illinois Valley. Set amidst the background of surrounding forested and snow-topped mountains, the five selected gardens will showcase sculpture, paintings, fiber and fabric arts, glass arts, woodwork, basketry, and more. The gardens display a range of botanical beauty from brilliant spring blooms to kitchen gardens to rare native plants and old-growth trees among ponds.

Each garden setting will have different activities throughout the day -- some for children, some for adults. Try your hand at lawn games such as croquet or badminton, sip a hand-crafted brandy at Marble Caves Distillery or an award-winning wine at Bridgeview Winery! Watch as art comes ALIVE during ongoing skills demonstrations to include storytelling, live painting, woodcarving, fabric dyeing, needle felting, woodturning, pine needle basketry, and more.

Participating groups and artists include: Kat Allan, Mark Bair, Bonnie Campanoli, Terry D. Davis, Janet Downingstar, Mary Ann Clady, Charles & Georgia Churchill, Steve & Gail Heagerty, Maki Hotta, Danji Beard, Jason Jermain, Dianna Kihs, Caryne Mount, Joshua Beach, the Illinois Valley Garden Club. Also included on the tour is the Guild’s “Art in the Vineyard” Gallery, displaying the paintings of Alan Laurie, located at Bridgeview Winery’s Tasting Room in Cave Junction. All artists and some gardeners will have work available for purchase.

Adult event tickets are $20 each, $10 for teens ages 13-18, and youth ages 12 and under are free. Tickets provide full tour access to all garden locations and discounts at participating businesses. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at http://bit.ly/guildartsalive25 or in-person between the hours of 11am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday at the Guild Gallery & Art Center, located at 24353 Redwood Hwy. Kerby, Oregon 97531, 26 miles SW of Grants Pass on the Redwood Hwy199.

On the day of the event, the Guild Gallery & Art Center, located in the historic Kerby Belt Building in Kerby, will be open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm as an informational hub for visitors. Ticket holders will pick up tour programs with maps and wristbands. If not already purchased, tickets will be available, and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions. Ticket holders’ wristbands will provide entry to the garden venues and discounts at participating Cave Junction businesses. For more event info call 541-592-5019 or visit
www.SouthernOregonGuild.org.