September Open Regional-Art at the Crossroads
Our biggest show of the year!!! 2025 September Open Regional will attract dozens of artists from across the region to compete for cash prizes. This year the Barbara Wilbur Family Fund will sponsor a $1000 prize and this year's theme is SCULPTURE! Come on in and get a Call to Artists flyer or find it on our website under "forms" at the bottom of the home page for all the information and submission guidelines. Participate in the show, or come and see the exhibit, it is certainly one to see!!
"Colors of the Mountain West"
Growing up in rural Eastern Idaho, Lisa Bower enjoyed an amazing childhood with Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons as her playgrounds. While there is such majesty in these national parks, the fields and foothills are just as remarkable for the beauty they hold for the featured artist the month of August and serve as an inspiration for her show. "Art is an experience that can be relived every time you look at it," says Bower. Come and see for yourself the beauty of our surroundings captured in these wonderful oil paintings August 1st through the 30th, 2025.
"Heart of the Wild"
Eight Boise artists come to Baker for an extraordinary group show rich in depth and beauty. "Heart of the Wild" captures the spirit of the surrounding landscape and the creatures who inhabit it. Paintings, photography, printmaking, and ceramics will fill the gallery in an exhibition that will inspire and regenerate our view of the Northwest. This esteemed grouping includes Claire Remsberg-painter, Jill Storey-painter, Lawrence Manning-photographer, Jessie Swimeley-photographer, Mary Arnold-painter, Betty Malorca-painter, Laurel MacDonald-printmaker, Leslie Jay Bosch-ceramicist. This impressive exhibit will be on display from July 4th through July 26th, 2025.
"Biophilia: Threads of Natural Wonder"
SAQA: Studio Art Quilt Associates Oregon is traveling around the state celebrating the love of life and all things living. The show comes to Crossroads for the month of June! Our world is filled with an endless variety of flora and fauna that create joy, comfort, and wonder in our lives. This fantastic array of living organisms creates the beautiful world that supports and enriches us. These quilts are a wide range of artistic perspectives on the theme of biophilia. We are excited to host this exhibition in our town that is full of quilters and quilt lovers. Be sure to come June 6th-June 28th, 2025 to see this lovely show!
"Refugia of the Blue Mountains"
The combination of poetry and watercolors of and about 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, bring a traveling show to Crossroads celebrating our beautiful and fascinating "Great Blues" with special attention to Hell's Canyon and the abundant refugia around us. Exhibition will be on display May 2nd through May 31st, 2025. Be sure to come and hear Dr. David Mildrexler from Wallowology give his presentation, "Refugia and why the Blue Mountains Really Matter" on First Friday at 6:00 p.m. after a very special artists' talk at 5:30 p.m. with Robin and Marina discussing the inspiration for their show and their conservation work. This is one not to miss!
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!
"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.
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.
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
