Bend Health Guide Issue 7 Fall/Winter 2019

The $20 art show is Bend’s biggest “little“ art show.
Bright Place Gallery
October 19th, 6:00pm
909 SE Armour Rd, Bend, OR 97702
Bright Place Gallery is proud to present the 7th Annual 20-Dollar Art Show.
Each year Bright Place gathers artists from Bend and beyond to participate in this grand exhibit of tiny art. This is how
it works: we begin soliciting art in the summertime for this fall show. Unlike other art shows, there is no jury process.
Participants are asked to follow a few simple rules and submit their pieces by the deadline (Oct 12th this year,) then
invite everyone they know to the show. On the night of the opening we will typically sell over 50 percent of the work
we hang. And in the following few weeks we’ll sell another couple hundred pieces. The buyers will be overwhelmed
by the quantity and quality of the work. While we get many well-known Bend artists submitting beautiful work, we
are always excited to see what amazing lesser-known artists surface to participate in the show.
The show attracts a huge audience of regular art-buyers and art-curious
“gem-seekers” to peruse this huge collection. Last year we hung about
900 pieces from about 60 artists. This year, with still over 2 months
to the submission deadline, we already have over 30 artists confirmed.
We’re expecting to hang over 1200 pieces, and at this rate, numbers
could go much higher. But quantity is not the main factor here. The
show seems to magically pull some amazing talent from out of the
woodwork, resulting in a show where for a mere 20 dollars each, buyers
can take home some truly delightful work.
The show opens October 19th at 6pm, but we encourage buyers to get in
line early! Last year, on average, we sold a piece of art every 17 seconds
Stuart Breidenstein & Abby Dubief
36 BEND HEALTH GUIDE | Winter 2019