The Southern Oregon Artists Resource (SOAR) is a directory of Southern Oregon's arts community, with listings for individual artists, galleries and art centers, art suppliers, providers of artist services and other art-related businesses, and a calendar of classes, workshops,art exhibits and events. Our companion blog, Art Matters!, provides a "community stream" of press releases and posts syndicated from the blogs of member artists and galleries; local, national and international calls to artists; announcements for classes and workshops; and syndicated posts of interest to our listed artists. Designed to drive traffic to member websites and to provide useful and informative content for members, local arts enthusiasts, parents determined to enrich their child's education with art, new residents and those planning to visit or move to our region, visit http://soartists.com and http://blogs.soartists.com/ArtMatters/ and let them be your guide to the artists, art events and venues in southern Oregon!