Open Studio

Please join us for the ninth Open Studio of the 2025 residency season at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture!

Date: October 7th

Time: 4 - 6 p.m.

Location: Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture

Presenters for this event include Printmakers Roberta Lavadour, Catherine Alice Michaelis, and Christy Turner.

This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited so registration is required.

For ages 16 and older. Those under age 16 may attend accompanied by an adult.

About the Residents:

Roberta Lavadour (She/Her) — Pendleton, OR

Roberta Lavadour’s work is fueled by a rampant curiosity, exploring diverse themes inspired by everything from yard sale finds to her tangled family history. She’s been exhibiting artist’s books for more than 20 years and has been recognized as an Oregon Arts Fellow by the Oregon Arts Commission and an Honored Artist of Eastern Oregon by the Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council (now ArtsEast). She has been a featured presenter at notable national book arts venues, including the Guild of Book Workers Standards of Excellence seminar, Paper and Book Intensive and Focus on Book Arts. Her work resides in museum and special library collections across the country and in several international venues. She publishes her work under the Mission Creek Press imprint.

Catherine Alice Michaelis (She/Her) - Olympia, WA

Catherine Alice Michaelis has been making artists' books since 1989. She is a printmaker and subversive stitcher. She has been collected by over 100 public institutions, and was featured in the PBS series Craft in America in 2017. Catherine is currently Curator of the Cynthia Sears Artists' Books Collection at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

Christy Turner (She/Her) - Walla Walla, WA

Christy Turner is a multimedia artist specializing in relief printmaking, book arts, and embroidery. Turner’s lifelong interest in biology and natural sciences forms the foundation for much of her artwork, which often combines a blend of scientific illustration and morbid imagery documenting humanity’s influence on the natural world around us.

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Host or Publisher Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture