Performance & Language Arts by Guild Members Performance & Language Arts By Guild Members

Writers, Musicians, Actors, Dancers and more — all are artists who add to the richness of our cultural lives in Southern Oregon. Some can be found among the Guild’s members.

Kris Wildman grew up hearing her trained tenor father sing opera in the shower and has been singing for as long as she can remember. She has performed choral and solo repertoire spanning several centuries in churches, synagogues, schools, and senior facilities. Her collaborations include

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Georgia Churchill is a professional storyteller with over 45 years of experience telling oral tradition tales from many cultures to people from ages 3 to 101! S

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Shelly grew up in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the daughter of a college professor and a social worker. She spent a lot of time in the library reading books in the solarium on top of the biology building where her father taught.

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Caitlin Deane Performing & Language Arts 1632

My husband and I have lived on a small organic farm in southwest Oregon since 1975.  I’ve worked variously as a landscaper, nursery worker, apple picker, library assistant, travel agent, social worker, and volunteered for several years at a wildlife rehab and education center caring for

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Lisa E. Baldwin, a fifth-generation native Oregonian, has lived in the Lower Applegate community of Jerome Prairie since 1966. She was educated in Josephine County schools and earned both her Bachelor's and Master's
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Hi, I’m Ryan Forsythe. I’m a writer, editor, artist, and dad originally from Cleveland, though now I make my home in the woods of O’Brien, Oregon.

I’ve been studying writing for some time and recently completed an M.F.A. in creative writing at San Diego State, where I also served as

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I retired from 33 years of teaching and moved to a small country town. I can finally devote time to my passions for photography, writing and travel. A Chinese fortune cookie I once received read, “You discover treasures where others see nothing unusual.”

Nature, architecture, light and

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Literary artists are currently represented in the Guild membership and their work can be found at the Guild Gallery & Art Center. Check back periodically to find connections to other Performance & Language artists as new members join our family of cultural creatives.

Class held 2014 Southern Oregon Guild of Artists and Artisans

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Our Workshops & Classes

Joyful camaraderie comes with learning and working together on something you love. Our art classes and workshops bring together artists and community members to create in a variety of media. Watch our calendar.

Our Teachers

The Guild’s art workshops and classes are taught either by Guild members, who are practicing artists in their field, or by visiting Master Artists, who are regionally or nationally recognized for excellence in their disciplines. Classes in the business of art are taught by professional artists and educators who have achieved economic success in the arts.