Studio Tours | 3.19.2026

Date: March 19th

Time: 5 - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture

Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture invites all community members to come and engage with our current artists in residence. During this event, you will be guided on a tour of the studios where the residents are experimenting, doing research, and working on projects here at the Ranch. Their mediums range from writing, music and various visual artistic mediums. The event starts promptly at 5 PM, followed by light refreshments in the classroom.

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:

Christie Lower (She/Her) – Halfway, OR

Christie Lower is a self-taught fiber artist and educator based in Eastern Oregon. Using needle-felted wool, she creates sculptural wildlife pieces that explore memory, place, and our emotional connection to the natural world. Her work balances realism with quiet storytelling, inviting viewers to slow down and look more closely. Her practice was shaped by early motherhood and the influence of her grandmother, whose love of birds sparked Christie’s long-standing focus on avian forms. Nature, conservation, and lived experience remain central to her work.

Christie is also the founder of Rustic Fiber Academy, where she teaches needle felting to students worldwide. Through both her art and teaching, she is committed to honoring fiber as a serious, expressive, and accessible medium. She lives and works in Eastern Oregon, where landscape and wildlife continue to guide her creative practice.

River 瑩瑩 Dandelion (He/Him/Keoi 佢) - Staten Island, NY

River 瑩瑩 Dandelion is a visionary writer, healing practitioner, and facilitator. He writes to connect with the unseen and unspoken so we can feel and heal. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers, River is at work on his debut full-length poetry collection. The title poem won an AWP Kurt Brown Prize.

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