On April 9, Caldera Arts Center near Sisters welcomed five Oregon artists participating in a residency called East Meets West.

Caldera created the two-week, curated residency with the help of a Golden Spot Award from the Ford Family Foundation in order to bring together artists from the east and west sides of Oregon.

“With a belief in an aesthetic influence of place, artists working near each other and interacting will be a conduit for exchange of knowledge and creative intuition,” reads a press release about the residency.

The artists additionally received a cash award and are collaborating with one another, and Caldera students, on pieces that will be displayed at later Caldera events.

Residency participants include Terry Gloeckler of Bend, Ryan LaBar of Joseph, Dana Lynn Louis of Portland, Andy Myers of Corvallis and Whitney Nye of Portland.

Contact: www.calderaarts.org.