Event Type: Single Event

Through the stories of four Indigenous runners, Carrying Messages: Native Runners, Ancestral Homelands and Awakening highlights the historical significance of running in Native cultures in the Western United States and running as an expression of empowerment, sovereignty and cultural revitalization today. “Carrying Messages” is made possible with support from  (more…)

    Don’t miss the final day of Bend’s biggest little art show, presented by Bright Place Gallery. The High Desert Museum is honored to host this year’s 20-Dollar Art Show. This year promises to be bigger than ever featuring thousands of pieces of original art by over 100 local artists for the low, low (more…)

    Bend’s biggest little art show is back, presented by Bright Place Gallery. The High Desert Museum is honored to host this year’s 20-Dollar Art Show. This year promises to be bigger than ever featuring thousands of pieces of original art by over 100 local artists for the low, low price of $20 each. (more…)

  Saturday, October 30 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Participants may line up beginning at 4:00 pm. Location: High Desert Museum, 59800 US-97, Bend Registration is now closed. Tickets are available at the door.     Bend’s biggest little art show is back, presented by Bright Place Gallery. The Museum is honored to host this year’s 20-Dollar (more…)

A quieter time for children and adults who experience physical, intellectual and/or social disabilities to enjoy the High Desert Museum after hours. Explore the Museum’s newest exhibits and revisit your favorites. Free for individuals, friends and family   Made possible by   With support from Mark and Kathy Kralj and (more…)

Registration is closed for this event.   Join local experts Erin MacDonald, trusts and estates attorney for Karnopp Petersen LLP, and Julie Gregory, senior philanthropic advisor for Oregon Community Foundation, online to learn about innovative ways to structure your philanthropic giving to support the High Desert Museum and other charities during your lifetime or in (more…)

Rethinking Fire explores the ecological role of fire and the human impacts on forests amid a changing climate and the rise of intense wildfires. Artist Bryan David Griffith uses fire itself to create original paintings, sculptures and site-specific installations, transforming the gallery into a visually stunning, reflective space. Commentary from leading scholars in the fields (more…)

Celebrate the last day of Art in the West! Mingle with participating artists doing demonstrations. The exhibit and auction close at 3:00 pm. Auction winners who are present can take home their pieces starting at 4:00 pm. FREE with Museum admission! (more…)

Registration for this event is closed. Celebrate the opening of Rethinking Fire, a traveling exhibition by contemporary artist and photographer Bryan David Griffith. In 2014, a wildfire that threatened Griffith’s home and studio inspired explorations in painting, sculpture and installation using the primal mediums of wood and fire itself. His award-winning work led to this (more…)

Registration for this event is closed.   Fire can have dire consequences for those in its path. How can adaptations of forests in the face of natural disturbances be beneficial to biodiversity? Join Ariel Cowen, regional fire specialist, and Thomas D. Stokely, forestry and natural resources extension agent from Oregon State University Extension, for the (more…)