May 2025 Robin Coen and Marina Richie
The combination of poetry and watercolors of and about the Refugia of the Blue Mountains is an experience that brings our natural surroundings front and center in this exquisite exhibit. Robin Coen, painter, and Marina Richie, poet, display a traveling show that we are excited to stop here at Crossroads celebrating our beautiful and fascinating "Great Blues" with special attention to Hell's Canyon and the abundant refugia around us.
Lauren Chaney and Chris Halley February 2025
Don't miss this feast for the eyes! Chris Halley's masterful metal work is perfectly paired with Lauren Chaney's brilliant colorful paintings with subject matter full of mystery. An elegant and vibrant show gracing our gallery in February showing between the 7th on First Friday through to March 1st.
"Beyond the Rim: The Beauty of the Bowl" Open Show in March
An an exciting new open show inspired by our soup dinner fundraiser is filling the gallery with vessels of all mediums and we can't wait to see what artists bring to sell and display. There will be bowl inspired 2D and 3D artwork as well as 100 handcrafted bowls donated to Crossroads for the soup dinner displayed on First Friday March 7th alongside the gallery bowls. The Dinner is on March 8th-Tickets available at Crossroads or on our website. Come celebrate the vessel and see both collector's bowls on display and what artists have created from wood, clay, glass, fiber etc.
April Theme Show "Objet d' Art"
Back by popular demand is our "Objet d' Art" theme show! Artists are coming into Crossroads and randomly handed an object from our bin. Then they are charged with incorporating, manipulating, replicating or whatever the artist would like to do with or to the object in any medium of their choosing. A picture of the original object will be displayed next to the new artwork on First Friday April 4th running through to April 26th. This is an exciting and fun show that has the artistic community buzzing!
Emerging Artist Show 2025
We are celebrating emerging artists, as well as high school student work, to start our year off with fresh ideas and energy for the arts. Come and support our growing art community during the month of January!
Give the Gift of Art
Local artists come together to display lovely arts and crafts for your holiday shopping. Be sure to also check out the handmade ornaments and holiday cards!
Cole and Peacher November 2024
Cole, an oil painter concentrating on figurative work, and Peacher, an acrylic painter who captures memories from world travel, both draw inspiration from the human spirit and form. Our featured painters come to us from Boise and we are thrilled to house this vibrant, emotional, and experiential show coming to us in November.
Spanning Time, Paintings in Wax
Leah Svendsen and Will Roundy bring us an encaustic exhibit in the month of October! Both artists are long time residents from Joseph, Oregon who share a love of painting and wax. "Spanning Time, Paintings in Wax" was born from a childhood saying they're fond of; another way of saying "spending time". In the show, Roundy explores time through seasonal color parings in his ethereal abstract pieces. Svendsen comments on time concepts, mostly the present moment, through representational works.
September Open Regional Art at the Crossroads
This is the time of year we gladly display the work of numerous artists from across the region and shower them with appreciation by awarding our biggest prizes to date! We are so fortunate to offer the Barbara Wilbur Family Fund award of $1000 for this year's theme 'Abstraction'. We will also award 1st place & 2nd place winners in both 2D & 3D work, Best of Show, People's Choice, and a number of other specific prizes for watercolor, photography, fiber art, ceramics, and pastel! Don't miss this First Friday in all of its excitement!
R.J. Kern August 24 Featured Show
Kern brings a show on tour across the U.S. and we welcome it to Baker City. It celebrates the 4H community focusing on the kids and their animals who did not end up receiving a ribbon. The Unchosen Ones is a brilliant large format photography exhibit sure to captivate your attention. In addition we have our exquisite En Plein Air event on display, The Little Big Show and our 3D Open Regional Exhibit! Come on by and enjoy the show!
June 2019 Gold and Light: Paintings Inspired by the Art of Iconography
June 7, 2019-June 29, 2019
August 2019 Our Environment, Ourselves, & Modernist Abstraction
First Friday August 2, 2019 End of Exhibition August 29, 2019
2019--21st Annual Art at the Crossroads Open Regional Show
September 6, 2019-September 28, 2019
October 2021 The Alchemy of Glee
