The Cindy & Duncan
Campbell Gallery
SFF Presents finalized the purchase of the Sisters Art Works building in December of 2019, completing a two-year, $1.4 million capital campaign that included upgrades and additions to our home office and site of our largest Sisters Folk Festival venue. Two of the largest contributors to the campaign were Cindy and Duncan Campbell, who are well-known in Oregon for their philanthropic efforts as founders of Friends of the Children, a nationwide organization dedicated to breaking the generational cycle of poverty.
We are proud to offer the gallery in their name to local and regional artists as a low-pressure space to display their work. We do not take commission on pieces sold in the gallery and we do not charge any fees to host a show.
CURRENT SHOW
MARCH - MAY 2025
Karen Z. Ellis
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Karen studied at Northwestern University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts (BA) with an emphasis in Art History. After college, Karen was employed full-time at the Art Institute of Chicago for three years where she simultaneously furthered her art education through courses at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She then continued her studies at the University of Hawaii-Manoa for three years where she earned her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) with an emphasis in Drawing and Printmaking.
As part of the culture of teaching-artists working in Central Oregon, Karen has been active in the arts community since the 1990s. Sisters Art Club, SOAR, the Art Station, and Caldera were early teaching experiences, but her primary field has been as Instructor in the Department of Fine Arts and Communication at COCC (teaching Studio Art and Design classes along with Art Appreciation classes from 2006 - ). Karen also taught a wide variety of undergraduate Art courses at OSU-Cascades (from 2011-2021).
