IRISES IN BLOOM THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY
SCHREINER’S DISPLAY GARDENS Make a tour of Schreiner’s one of your springtime traditions! Soak up warm spring sunshine as your stroll though 10 acres of gardens. Bring the family for a picnic lunch (table available). Marvel at over 500 colorful iris varieties and take home fresh cut blooms or order rhizomes for your friends and yourself. Enjoy the cut flower show and Memorial Day Weekend entertainment. During bloom season, the display gardens are open free of charge from dawn to dusk, and the gift shop is open 9:00 am – 6:00 pm daily.
Cooley's Peak Bloom
Cooley’s Festival includes a cut flower show featuring 200 artistic tall bearded iris arrangements; weekend entertainment including music and a display of specialized equipment we use to harvest, process and ship millions of iris rhizomes. Featured attractions of the Festival are the display gardens and fields (nearly 100 acres) The Cooley Family will be on hand to welcome you and answer your questions. Tours and groups are always welcome. They are easy to find Cooley's Gardens is at 11553 Silverton Road NE, just outside of Silverton and nine miles east of Keizer.
Arts
IRIS & THE ARTIST SHOW—THROUGHOUT MAY
Iris are so unique with full blooms and captivating colors that artists find marvelous ways to capture them on canvas. Throughout the month of May, come view samples of these masterpieces at the Iris & the Artist Show held in the Ednid Joy Mount Gallery at the Keizer Heritage Center 980 Chemawa Rd. In addition, learn how you as an artist could submit artwork to enter the 2009 Iris Festival Fine Art Poster Contest.
Artists in Action
Artists from throughout the Willamette Valley will be demonstrating their talents and selling their work on May 16-18 amidst the festive setting of the Fun Center. Come watch creativity in action turn blank canvas into magical, fine artwork. The colors and images come to life before your eyes.
Wilark Park Cut Flower Show
Beautiful blooms and arrangements are on display. Keizer area garden enthusiast entered their spring botany from the rich soils of the valley. Arrangements accepted on Friday May 16 from 5:00 pm—7pm and Saturday May 17 from 8am—11:00 am
BOWLING PIN AUCTION (KIDS) — MAY 15-17
Keizer Art Association and Town & Country Lanes are teaming up for an art auction to benefit Keizer art and younth scholarship fund. Purchase a bowling pin or ball for $10 at Town and Country, decorate it using any artistic medium and donate it to the silent auction at Keizer Art Association by May 10th. Bidding occurs during the Iris Festival from May 15-17 during gallery hours.
CELEBRATION OF ART AND WINE — May 16-18
Sample a great selection of wine as you preview antiques and art from local artisans. Located off River Road at the Gathering Place, admission and parking is free.
ARTS & BLOOMS –MAY 17 & 18
Presented by Integrity First Financial at these special events you will marvel at the creativity and beauty. Come enjoy the festival indoors at the Fun Center’s Showcase Arena (inside the Keizer Rennaissance Inn)
YOUTH ART SHOW Sponsored by PDC - Phone Directories Company—
Keizer Public Arts celebrate youth and encourage their exploration in arts, music, and drama. Kids of all ages are welcome to create and submit a drawing or sculpture that portrays this year’s theme Act of Kindness. The artwork (limit of one per child) may be dropped off for display at Fun Center’s Showcase Arena (inside the Keizer Rennaissance Inn) on Friday, May 16 from 1:00 pm—7:00 pm. A selection/display committee will register and photograph or scan selected pieces to be published in the 2009 PDC Salem/Keizer Directory.
