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Dry Canyon Arts Association

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Dry Canyon Arts Association

🖼️ Art for everyone. Community for all. We’re a nonprofit creating space for local artists, young creators & art lovers to connect, learn & grow.

Dry Canyon Community Art Center, Now Open!

06/05/2026

Downtown Redmond is the place to be this Friday.

Join us for First Friday Art Walk on June 5 from 5 to 8 pm and spend the evening meeting local artists, exploring 6th Street, and popping into the businesses that help make our downtown arts scene feel so alive.

This month, you’ll find art and artists at Arome, Desert Prairie Boutique, Harcourts The Garner Group, SCP Redmond Hotel, Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty, and Willow Wild.

Come see work by Bill Hunt, Erin Skeer, Rex Krueger, Walter Troutman, Jay Lowndes, Raymond Roeder, Debi Roeder, Sandy Klein, Dave Carlson, Converse Fields, Vincenzo Barraco, Michael Weisker, Lou-Wayne Steiger, Susan Yokoyama, Carolyn Gaubatz, Wendy Wheeler-Jacobs, Alta Wey, and more creative neighbors sharing their talents downtown.

Grab a friend, make dinner plans, wander the shops, meet the makers, and help us celebrate local art right here in the heart of Redmond!

06/03/2026

We’re proud to celebrate Mel Archer as our June Featured Artist.

Many in our community know Mel not only for his fused-glass Impressionism, but as a dedicated leader and champion for the arts in Redmond. As board president of Dry Canyon Arts Association for the past four years, Mel has helped guide the organization through tremendous growth, from a small group of artists to a thriving creative community of hundreds.

His artwork carries that same spirit of commitment. In his studio outside Redmond, surrounded by sagebrush, juniper, and views of the Deschutes River, Mel creates pieces filled with light, color, patience, and a deep love for Central Oregon.

See Mel’s work during June at the Dry Canyon Community Art Center, and join us for a celebration during First Friday Art Walk on Friday, June 5, from 5 to 8 pm.

Learn more at melarcher.com.

05/31/2026

Ready to try something new this June?

The Dry Canyon Community Art Center has a fresh lineup of classes for artists, makers, beginners, and curious neighbors who just want a fun reason to create.

This month’s classes include Design with Canva on June 4 and 10, First Friday Sip & Fuse on June 5, Metal Clay Jewelry on June 8, and Beginning Watercolor from June 10 to July 8.

Whether you want to build confidence with watercolor, create a small glass piece during First Friday, learn a new design tool, or make your own metal clay pendant or earrings, there’s a seat waiting for you.

Come make art with us at 415 SW 6th Street in Redmond.

Sign up online at www.drycanyoncommunityartcenter.org

05/29/2026

Meet the artists, wander the shops, and make a night of it downtown.

Join us for First Friday Art Walk on Friday, June 5, from 5 to 8 pm in Downtown Redmond. It’s the perfect evening to chat with local artists, see what they’ve been creating, explore participating shops, and enjoy the creative energy that makes our downtown feel so alive.

Bring a friend, pop into your favorite businesses, discover a new artist, and help us celebrate art right here in the heart of Redmond.

05/26/2026

Join the Dry Canyon Arts family.

Around here, art is more than something we hang on a wall. It’s how neighbors meet, students find confidence, families spend time together, artists cheer each other on, and a whole community gets a little more colorful.

When you become a Dry Canyon Arts Association member, you’re helping support the creative circle that makes all of that possible: local exhibits, art education, First Friday Art Walk, classes, artist opportunities, volunteer energy, and a welcoming place for people of all ages to connect through art.

Annual membership is $50, college students are $25, and students under 18 join for free.

Artists, art lovers, parents, grandparents, students, volunteers, and curious neighbors are all welcome here. Come be part of the family.

https://www.drycanyonarts.org/join-us

05/23/2026

One more big thank you to Molly Freitag, our May Featured Artist.
This month, Molly shared paintings shaped by light, water, movement, healing, and change. Her work reflects a life spent in both creativity and service, as a painter, chaplain, art therapy writer, and longtime Central Oregon arts community member.

We’re grateful for artists like Molly, who remind us that art can comfort, challenge, open, and connect us. We’re also grateful that this exhibit supports young artists and art education right here in our region.

The proceeds of this exhibit will go to DCAA on behalf of Redmond elementary and middle school art programs.

Learn more about Molly at Milo-Genesis.com.

05/20/2026

June is looking wonderfully creative at Dry Canyon Arts!

We have a fresh lineup of hands-on classes coming up, with something for garden makers, jewelry lovers, watercolor beginners, and anyone who wants a little more art in their week.

Create a colorful outdoor piece in Stepping Stones II with Jesica Carleton on Saturday, June 6 from 12:00pm to 3:00 pm.

Make your own Metal Clay Pendant or Earrings with Donna Yutzy in a two-session class on Monday, June 8 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm and Wednesday, June 10 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

Start building your painting skills in Beginning Watercolor, a five-session series with Gillian Burton beginning Wednesday, June 10 from 10:30 am -12:00 pm.

And for something bright, playful, and garden-ready, join us for Silly Birds Plant Stakes on Saturday, June 13 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Whether you’re brand new to art classes or already have a favorite medium, this is a sweet chance to learn, make, and connect with other creative folks in our community.

Register here: https://www.drycanyoncommunityartcenter.org/book-online
415 Southwest 6th Street, Redmond, OR, USA
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05/18/2026

Step into Emerging and Established, our May gallery exhibit celebrating the creative range of Central Oregon.

This show brings together high school student artists, ceramists, the Sagebrushers Art Society of Bend, and our May Featured Artist, Molly Freitag. Together, these artists create a beautiful conversation between fresh perspective, skilled hands, bold ideas, and years of creative practice.

Molly’s abstract paintings shimmer with water, light, movement, and healing. Even better, sales of her artwork support DCAA on behalf of Redmond elementary and middle school art programs.

Come wander the gallery, discover emerging voices, celebrate established artists, and feel what happens when a whole community makes room for art.

05/16/2026

Molly Freitag’s creative life has unfolded across many forms.

She has studied at Ventura College, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the Fine Arts Center School at the DeYoung Museum, along with years of classes, workshops, and creative exploration in clay, costume design, calligraphy, and watermedia.

But Molly’s story is not only about art training. It is also about service. Her background includes chaplaincy, hospice work, bereavement classes, art therapy, public speaking, spiritual writing, and the tender work of helping people move through illness, grief, and change.

That full life shows up in her paintings. They are abstract, organic, and filled with movement, but they also hold something deeply human: the need for beauty, comfort, transformation, and breath.

Learn more about Molly at Milo-Genesis.com.

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415 SW 6th Street
Redmond, OR
97756

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 6pm
Wednesday	11am - 6pm
Thursday	11am - 6pm
Friday	11am - 6pm
Saturday	11am - 6pm

Website

https://www.drycanyonarts.org/

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