The Annex
5th Annual
Youth Art Takeover
April 3 - April 24, 2026
Opening Reception: April 3, 2026 • 5–8 PM
Awards Ceremony: April 3 • 6:30 PM at the Commons Café Courtyard
Join us for an evening celebrating the creativity, talent, and voices of young artists from across Central Oregon. The Youth Art Takeover brings together student artwork, live performances, and community connection throughout downtown Bend.
Explore Art Across Downtown
Stop by these amazing local businesses hosting student artwork and musicians:
The Commons Cafe
Scalehouse Gallery - The Annex @ Franklin Building
BrownBag Popcorn Co.
Desperado
Cascade Sotheby's Realty
Smith Rock Records
Truffle Pig Trading Co.
Premiere Property Group
Lark Mountain Modern
Jeffrey Murray Fine Art Photography
The Tower Theatre
Deschutes Brewery
Wildflowers of Oregon
Tactics
Dudley's Bookshop
Leapin' Lizards Toy Company
Outside In
McKenzie
The Bend Store
…and more!
Share your experience: Post your photos on Instagram and tag #youtharttakeoverbend
Upcoming exhibition:
Visual Echoes
May 1 – June 26, 2026
Exhibition Dates: May 1 – June 26, 2026
First Friday Opening: May 1, 2026 • 5:00–7:00 PM
Scalehouse’s ANNEX Gallery presents Visual Echoes, an exhibition of work by Oregon-based artists exploring geology, transformation, and the layered echoes of time and place. Developed in dialogue with Oregon Origins Project VIII: Echoes of Eruption, this exhibition expands a broader interdisciplinary inquiry into the geologic history of the Newberry Caldera through visual form.
Bringing together artists working in drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and mixed media, the exhibition reflects a range of personal and material responses to this dynamic landscape. Each artist approaches the caldera through their own lens—shaped by lived experience, research, memory, and direct engagement with the land.
The works consider deep time, volcanic force, and the ongoing processes that continue to shape Central Oregon. Eruption becomes not only a geologic event, but a point of departure for exploring cycles of change, resilience, and transformation.
Together, these artworks form a collective meditation on place—one that acknowledges the complexity of the Newberry Caldera while embracing the diverse perspectives of the artists who interpret it.
Oregon Origins Project VIII: Echoes of Eruption will take place on Thursday, June 25th and Friday, June 26th at The Tower Theatre. Tickets and additional information are available at https://www.oregonorigins.org/.
Featured Artists:
Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen, Anne Gibson, Charlie Davis, Claire Gunville, Elizabeth Rau, Emily Livengood, Kathleen McFall, Kelley Vernon, Leah Wilson, Marne Lucas, Megan Hatch, Stephanie Carbone, Zack Fagin.
THE ANNEX: A Scalehouse Project located in the atrium of Franklin Crossing is the latest program from Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts. Through an online application, artists will submit work and proposals. We are delighted to support local artists with a space to show new works, gain experience and exposure in the field, and add to Scalehouse's mission of building community around arts and culture events. View previous Annex Artists here.