Arts Central is the Oregon Arts Commission's designated Arts and Culture Council for Central Oregon.  Our purpose is to inspire creativity through arts education and to advocate for integration of the arts in all aspects of community life in Central Oregon.  We accomplish our purpose through four distinctive initiatives: advocacy, arts education, public art, and cultural trust.  We are able to provide arts education to our community through programs like our education + resource center, Art Station, VanGo, and Artists in Schools Residency.

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• 2010 Friend Drive!
  2010 is full of promise!  Now more than ever we need the arts - and the arts need us.  We are poised to fight for the arts here in Central Oregon, but need your help.  If you believe, like we do, in the transformative power of the arts then...become a friend of Arts Central today!!  Click here for the e-Newsletter and here for the text version.
   

• Showcasing at Arts Central...
  We are showcasing a historic photography exhibit called Fragile Legacy on loan from COCC at Arts Central (former Mirror Pond Gallery).  Depicted are rarely seen local views dating back to the early 1900s from the Van Vleet Historical Photograph Collection.  See the show Wednesday through Saturday from 11am to 4pm. 
   

• Arts Central is going GREEN! 
  
  In an effort to save on printing costs and to be good to our planet, we are switching over to email communication.  Please send an email to John Negrau with the Subject: GREEN EMAIL and include your contact information (we will NOT share your email).  Thanks! 
   

• Introducing the new... artscentraloregon.org!  
  Arts Central launched a new and improved website!  The site was built by the garage inc.  Thank you Marie and Art!  Overall, Arts Central focused on reorganizing content to make it easier for visitors to find and share information, to streamline the menus and to group related content together for a cleaner look and a more efficient overall experience.
   

• Where should this sculpture go?
  Art in Public Places is looking for help from the public to find a new home for this Bruce West sculpture, which was donated anonymously. The sculpture is on display here at Arts Central (875 Brooks St. - former Mirror Pond Gallery in downtown Bend) and it can be viewed from 11am to 4pm Tue. through Sat. until Feb. 13,... as well as during our First Friday Gallery Walk on Feb. 5. Come see it live and fill out a ballot!!
   

• Register for Winter/Spring Classes at Art Station! 
  Click here to download the full catalog of classes! Register here: ONLINE REGISTRATION Questions? Call 541-617-1317