Fifth Annual Art In The High Desert — Coming August 24-26 2012
The Old Mill - Bend, Oregon – The weekend before Labor Day

AHD brings the best national recognized fine arts and crafts for your buying pleasure through Central Oregon's premier juried festival.

For interested artists:
Applications opened December 5, 2011. Deadline to submit an application is February 17, 2012. For more information go to our For Artists page.

                                   
 
Be the first notified when we open up applications by signing up for our mailing list. In the maroon box to the left,  Click to get email updates and complete the requested information. Be sure and mark your interest as "artist" as we send out multiple notifications to artists throughout the time applications are open.
 
Please read our 2012 Prospectus. Click on AHD 2012 Prospectus and you can download it as a PDF. It can also be found by clicking on the "For Artists” page along with other important information.
 
If you have any other questions please, email us.

Thank you! for your interest in AHD.

AHD 2012 Site and Booth Map.jpg

Check out our Facebook Page and new AHD Blog for regular updates on the happenings with Art in the High Desert!

Want to be a part of the fun? Go to our volunteer page for more information. If you want email updates about the show, click here to get to our sign-up page.

What our Patrons are saying:
"We've attended many art fairs across the country over the years, and Art in the High Desert is quite simply the best of all! The work is of such high quality and so different from what we are used to seeing." 

Jeff & Janet Mitchell ~ Phoenix Arizona

Stories Behind The Arts
In the meantime, here are some of the artist’s stories from the 2011 show. As summer approaches we will be adding stories from this year’s artists.

Steve Harmston Avoiding high tech equipment, Steve continues to stay true to processes utilized from generations past to bring vibrant images to life. Ask Steve what a serigraph is….he knows. Its an amazing process involving a large number of hand-cut screens. The hard problem is deciding which one should be yours. www.harmstonarts.com

Tami Dean Tami created most of the embellishment of the Elysian Trumpet, the first ‘monument’ to commemorate those who lost their lives during Katrina and her aftermath. She also worked on Wynton Marsalis trumphet. To read about Tami’s trumphet work got to www.trumpet.com To see & purchase her extraordinary jewelry come to Art in the High Desert. www.tamidean.com

Carol Lebreton “I can trace my love for this material to a single event at age eleven: I touched a vein of soft yielding clay on the side of a freshly cut dirt road.” What Carol does with this clay is amazing. To visit with her, see her work and hear her singing bowls come to AHD August 26, 27, 28th, 2011. www.carollebreton.com

Terry Evans “The artist’s world is often driven by obsessions. One such obsessions that motivates me – the desire to create objects of distinction.” First thought that comes to mind when viewing Terry’s work…How does he do it? Second thought, I want to own one. Terry will be at this year’s Art in the High Desert. www.terryevanswoodart.com

John Fields John was on a course to end up in the corporate world when he took a stained-glass class while studying business at the University of Arkansas. Looking at the colors in John’s work you’re sure he lives in the high desert. He does not. But his beautiful glass needs a place in your home. Visit him and other fine artists at this year’s AHD. www.fieldsandfieldsblownglass.com

These are just 4 of the exceptional artists that were at this year’s Art in the High Desert. Our jurors picked out only the best of the best, the ones that take their work beyond the usual and the normal.

Festival aerial site view. To learn more about Bend, Oregon from the Bend Visitors Bureau click here.

Photo gallery of the 2011 festival

Art in the High Desert is produced by a non-profit community-based organization to support the visual arts in Central Oregon.