Illahe Design Studio & Gallery

Illahe: a Chinook Indian word meaning, “Home; place where I live.”

Illahe Design Studio and Gallery is a unique combination of ceramic tile showroom and fine arts gallery, focusing on art and design for the home. The Design Studio, in conjunction with Illahe Tileworks, allows us to work directly with clients to create ceramic tile, murals and ceramic art, as well as custom glazes and designs.

The Gallery provides a changing display of functional-to-fanciful art for the home. In addition to carrying the full line of Illahe’s ceramic tile and art, the gallery also features cast glass, wrought iron, handcrafted wood furniture, hot glass light fixtures, custom mosaics, handmade ceramic and glass sinks, hand carved marble and hand carved wood fireplace mantelpieces.

Our goal: to beautify homes and enrich lives!

Special Events at JEGA

JEGA Gallery and Sculpture Garden in Ashland’s Historic RR District presents Zinn and Zan and the Denbaya Drumming Band for the 11th year of JEGA’s annual spring exhibit, Women with Attitude and Men who Love Women with Attitude.

Wilkins-O’Riley Zinn’s, You and Your Big Mouth, Insight & Irreverance from Irrepressible Women; A pARTicipatory reading-the-walls experience! “In every generation, voices are found, lost, go unheard, or are heard and forgotten,” Zinn says.
Zan Nix, with her accompianist Richard Williams, will be singing her own love songs of This Life. Attitude, gratitude, wisdom, tears and laughter during the opening reception, April 8, between 5 and 7 pm.

The Denbaya Drum & Dance Group, committed to building intercultural understanding through the performing arts and education, will be performing in costume Saturday and Sunday April 29, 30, noon to 4 pm during A Taste of Ashland at the JEGA Gallery.
Come participate and enoy!

American Trails

Nestled in the heart of the Ashland Plaza, American Trails Gallery awaits your discovery. Over the last 16 years American Trails has become a destination for summer Shakespeare travelers and art collectors alike. With just one step into this intriguing gallery you will be surrounded by an array of amazing works of art. They provide a glimpse into the past by displaying antique Indian baskets, Navajo weavings, Southwestern pottery and Plains beadwork. Along with the historic artifacts you will see a diverse collection of current artwork from the indigenous people of North America. Hand crafted silverwork from Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni artists, gold wedding bands and turquoise jewelry in all fashions. From the peoples of Mexico, hand carved Oaxacan animalistas, textiles from the Zapotec, Mata Ortiz pottery and the sacred art of the Huichol. National and regionally renowned artists also display their work. American Trails looks forward to your visit and hopes to become a tradition for you when visiting Ashland.

Ashland Gallery Association presents A Taste of Ashland 2006

“A Taste of Ashland,” the 17th annual Spring festival of wine tasting and gourmet food sampling, is one of the reasons Ashland is on a lot of calendars marking the last weekend in April. Beginning with the Preview Gala, Friday April 28, 6?–?9 p.m. in the Ashland Springs Hotel Ballroom at First and Main, the festival continues the next two days as a ticketed walking tour of galleries, each hosting a chef and winery.

Tickets for the tasting tour may be purchased online at atasteofashland.com, available now. Per-day tickets start at $27 and go up to $30 after April 17. Tickets good for both days are $48. You may also order tickets by mail by sending a check to AGA, P.O. Box 241, Ashland, OR 97520. For more information, call (541) 488-8430 or (877) 752-6278.

The Ashland Springs Hotel offers a package for the event: one night’s stay with one-day ticket for $125. Learn more at www.AshlandSpringsHotel.com

Proceeds from this event help support the visual and cultural arts in Ashland and the Rogue Valley including Ashland High School’s visual arts program.