Community Calendar

Is your child going to be age 5 by September 1st? Then it is time to enroll for Kindergarten. Ashland School District enrollment is now open for the 2026-2027 school year.

Pianist Iryna Kashkenov returns for this month’s Classical Vespers. Iryna did graduate work with Alexander Tutonov at SOU and plays piano with passion. In the hallway gallery see selections from the Blomquist Art Collection.
Free admission with freewill offerings gladly accepted.

The finale of the Summer Music Festival includes the world premiere of Elena Ruehr's "Four Bird Songs," performed by Tom Stone and Sophie Shao. Using actual birdsong as the source material, Ruehr composed this four-movement work for the performers and for the Eureka Chamber Music Series. Rounding out the program is the boundary-breaking "String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95," the last of the "middle quartets" by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the Balourdet Quartet. The concert and the festival close with the texturally complex and expressive "String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36" by Johannes Brahms.

Is your child going to be age 5 by September 1st? Then it is time to enroll for Kindergarten. Ashland School District enrollment is now open for the 2026-2027 school year.

Campers start the day with a protein breakfast snack, then attend an improvisation class. Following is a Broadway song and dance class. After lunch (bring your own or walk across the street for Food for Lane County's free summer lunch program), campers will learn stagecraft by making props and costumes and memorizing lines and blocking for a one-act play written by one of last year's campers (who was only eleven at the time). Summer camp is for ages 12-18.

Yoga classes for beginners and 50+
Stretching and breathwork

Art Presence Art Center and Jacksonville Community Center have partnered to offer an
ALL DAY SUMMER CAMP
Children ages 6 through 11

Dive into four days of creativity and fun! Each day is split into a thrilling half-day at Art Presence and a fun-filled half-day at the Jacksonville Community Center, connected by an escorted midday walk (just four blocks!). You can choose the full experience or enroll for half days only. The cost is just $120 for each four-session, half-day series (Monday through Thursday). Morning sessions spark creativity from 9am to Noon, and afternoon adventures run from Noon to 3pm. Please note: No meals or snacks are provided—pack your own fuel for fun!

July 27 through July 30: Pirate Adventure Camp

Ahoy, mateys! Set sail in the mornings at Art Presence by creating essential gear for adventure! You'll draw daring pirate portraits, design secret treasure maps, build sturdy treasure chests, and engineer cool cork sailboats, all before supervised play at Doc Griffin Park and awesome crafts in the afternoon.

Register for JCC here: www.jacksonvillecommunitycenter.org
Register for Art Presence here: www.art-presence.org > education > summer camp

New Exhibition - StitchPunk presented by SAQA

Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure."

Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. SAQA’s core values are: excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusion.

Over the past 3+ decades, SAQA has grown into a dynamic and active community of over 4,000 artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world.

Discover the joy of music in this engaging class designed for children 0-5 and their caregivers. This class combines singing, rhythm, movement and sign language. Get ready to sing beloved songs from around the world and make music together in this weekly class! Sponsored by Jackson Care Connect. (Ages 0-5 with accompanying adult -$5 per child ) This class repeats weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Instructor Bio: Laurie Finear has been a music teacher in the Rogue Valley for over 15 years as a certified Music Together teacher. She now creates and teaches her own music classes for children and their caregivers in Ashland and Jacksonville. She is passionate about sharing the joy of music with children and families.

Accepting Y’art Sale Donations: JULY AND AUGUST only

2nd Annual Y’art Sale! Our annual fundraising party for our children and community art programs

Downsizing? Art in your Attic?
Do you have some Pre-Loved art that needs a new home?
We have a solution for you!

On September 19th, Art Presence will be having a fundraising Y’art Sale.

We need your art donations now!

To have your donated art included in this sale, please bring the items to the Art Presence gallery (Wednesday thru Sunday Noon to 5pm) starting July 1st and ending on August 30th.

Or, email gallery@art-presence.org to arrange for pick up.
Your support is greatly appreciated!

Art Presence, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation with a Federal ID #93-0665588.
All donations are tax deductible