DISTANT RELATIVES
DISTANT RELATIVES
March 5-23, 2018 UO + PSU EXCHANGE
RECEPTION: March 9 / 6-8PM
Littman + White Galleries
Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway St. #250
Portland, OR 97201
Category: Events
The Gift Economy project
On the morning of Tuesday, March 13th, the bike racks between Lawrence, Pacific and Allen Hall have a new addition: an assortment of bright bike seat covers have been distributed among the bikes. Against the grey skies of Oregon, these neon-colored seat covers ring loudly against their dreary background and provide commuters with both colorful cheer and comfort- a dry bike seat awaits their commute home. Simple in design, the waterproof nylon color palette is similar to that of the 1980’s color blocking in neon yellow, hot pink, hunters’ orange, and a bright royal blue. Attached to each is an embroidered tag reading “Gift Economy.”
The Gift Economy project (@gift_economy) started during an experimental sculpture class, Invisible Infrastructures, and acts as the beginning of a continued collaboration between MFA candidates Kayla Thompson and Jen Vaughn. Invisible Infrastructures focuses on the work of Mierle Laderman Ukeles and the nature of maintenance art and work that intervenes within existing systems. For Thompson and Vaughn the hundreds of handmade bicycle seat covers serve as a small gift and act of care for fellow bike commuters braving winter weather. The creative intervention and colorful flash mob of objects highlights possibilities of positivity and communal well being. Follow the collaboration or share your own on Instagram @gift_economy.
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Print Day in May 2018
Join us the first Saturday in May. Every year. Always.
For over ten years Robynn Smith and the MPC Printmakershave devoted the first Saturday in May to fine art printmaking. What began locally in the greater Monterey Bay Area of California in 2007, has become a worldwide event. In 2017, artists from over 45 US states, 46 different countries and all 7 continents participated! We are astonished, printmakers. We are thankful, and so proud to have you with us. Here’s to another successful year!
By providing a creative synergy and a forum for sharing and building community, this event unites printmakers worldwide and fosters a better understanding and appreciation of printmaking.
Participation is easy. Just make a print on May 5, 2018! Let the world know what you are doing by chiming in on our blog, Instagram and/or Facebook page.
Send us photos of your prints, your studios and your printmaking friends.
Invite guests and friends into your studios to share your love of printmaking.
Please join us! Make a print anywhere on May 5, 2018. Complete an edition, try a new technique, make a footprint in the sand or snow, kiss a mirror, make handprints with kids…just print, enjoy, share and let us know about it!
Spread the word!!!!
Blog – PrintDayinMay.com – click on “Members” and follow instructions to register. This will allow you to post comments and photos. Use us as a printmaking forum!
Twitter – @printdayinmay
Contact – Robynn Smith for more information
Stay Connected
Having built this beautiful community, don’t forget to check back and share your work year round! In the meantime, we’ll be looking forward to everything Print Day In May 2018 has in store for us.
Design with Depth Panel Discussion
Supporting the Advancement of Diversity in Design (STAnDD) would like to
invite students from the College of Design to our “Design with Depth”
panel. The panel will be held in Lawrence Hall, room 206, this Thursday
(3/1) from 5-7pm, with pizza to follow!
The guest speakers for the panel include Native American architect
Johnpaul Jones, planner Ridhi D’Cruz and landscape architect Michael
O’Brien.
Our panel will look to answer this question:
How do we include non-Western ways of designing without appropriation?
The panelists will discuss strategies and how designers can deepen their
work as they design for diverse communities.
Pizza will be provided afterwards, please join us!
HOPES / ELAN Exhibition
HOPES[24] Winter Kickoff Meeting, 1/17
Hi all,
Please join us for our first meeting of winter term Wednesday, 1/17, from 5:15PM – 6:15PM in EMU 231aka the Cedar Room! Our meetings from week 3 (1/24) and on will take place in Lawrence 286. We have a ton of updates that we are excited to share about speakers, branding, and special events. I’ve attached a floor plan of the EMU 2nd floor so you can all find your way!
There will be PIZZA provided!
JSMA event
JSMA Event
Jabber Jaw Show
Free JSMA Poetry Workshop on Nov. 15th
We are hosting a free poetry workshop at the JSMA studio on Wednesday, Nov 15th from 3:30-6pm. No writing experience is necessary.
See attachment for more info
Workshop & Exhibition Tour – Plus Sound Healing event!
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Follow the link above for more information
2nd HOPES[24] Meeting, 10/18
Hello all!
Come join us for our second general meeting today, Wednesday, October 18
from 5:15 – 6:15 in Lawrence 286! Our kickoff meeting last week was very
productive and we hope for the same tonight! We will be continuing our
discussion of this year’s theme by starting off with the most popular
topics from last week’s brainstorm. There will be cookies and tea!
Holistic Options for Planet Earth Sustainability – see
http://hopes.uoregon.edu for past events and general info.
Students have the ability to earn credit for their involvement in the
HOPES conference! For further questions regarding academic credit with
HOPES, please email: Kassia Dellabough at kassia@uoregon.edu or call her
at (541) 346-2621.
Fall 2017 Peer Advising!
Come see us!
Student Peer Advisors for Art/Art & Technology Majors and Art/Multimedia Minors
Fall 2017 Drop-in Hours:
Monday through Thursday: 11am – 12pm
Friday: 12 – 1pm
Come talk with a peer advisor for assistance with:
- Major/minor requirements
- Choosing & scheduling classes
- Transcript questions
- General Ed requirements
- Declaring an Art major
- Applying to Art & Technology major
- Declaring a minor
Drop in at 254 Lawrence Hall
School of Art + Design Office
P: 541-346-3610
artuo@uoregon.edu
UO McNair Scholars Program
The Maude Kerns Art Center is pleased to present the 24th annual Día de los Muertos exhibit, October 13-November 3, 2017.
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The Maude Kerns Art Center is pleased to present the 24th annual Día de los Muertos exhibit, October 13-November 3, 2017. The exhibit features a selection of juried artwork incorporating “Day of the Dead” themes and altars created by both individuals and community groups.
Maude Kerns Art Center is looking for Gallery Guides to lead tours for elementary, middle, and high school students while teaching about and discussing the artwork and Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos. Bilingual guides are also needed.
Whether signing up for one tour or many, this is a great way to learn more about the holiday and to give back to the community.
Interested? Come to our Gallery Guide Orientation on Thursday, October 12th from 6-7:30pm at the Art Center at 1910 E. 15th Avenue. There will be refreshments as we take a look at this year’s artists and altars, go over guidelines for leading a tour, and talk more about Día de los Muertos.
Can’t make it to the orientation but still interested in being a gallery guide? Please email Noelle ateducation@mkartcenter.org or call 541-345-1571 for more information.
HOPES[24] Kickoff Meeting
Hello all!
HOPES is back in action for our 24th year! Come join us for our first
general meeting on Wednesday October 11th, from 5:15 – 6:15 in Lawrence
286! If If you’re hungry don’t worry we’ll have PIZZA.
Holistic Options for Planet Earth Sustainability
HOPES is an annual, student-run, sustainability and design conference in
early Spring. We have weekly meetings throughout Fall and Winter where
students have the opportunity to participate and contribute to the
upcoming conference. This conference exists to give every student a
chance to bring their favorite artist, designer, writer, educator,
engineer, scientist, etc to the University of Oregon. To read about last
year’s theme and speakers, check out our website at hopes.uoregon.edu.
We will spend the majority of our first three meetings brainstorming and
discussing our theme for this year, so get involved early!
Students have the ability to earn credit for their involvement in the
HOPES conference. For further questions regarding academic credit with
HOPES, please email: Kassia Dellabough at kassia@uoregon.edu or call her
at (541) 346-2621
Invitation to Crystals of Transformation film screening at the NW Screendance Expo at U of O
Crystals of Transformation, will be screening as part of the NW Screendance Exposition, sponsored by U of O’s Department of Music Dance on Friday, October 13.I would like to invite you and your colleagues at the U of O art department to my film screening, here’s the link to purchase tickets:Crystals of Transformation is an environmental art film inspired by water researcher, Masaru Emoto’s discovery of the influence of energy on water’s molecular structure.
I created a sculptural and elaborate costume inspired by Dr. Emoto’s photographs of water crystals,and collaborated with an award winning dancer to translate the sculpture into movement.Crystals of Transformation also highlights the art of theatrical costuming and is one of the few films in the world to feature a costume made with sustainable materials and techniques.
Aztlan Topializti Sept 30 Event Celebration
Please join us in the EMU for any or all of the following events and activities on September 30 between 10:30 am and 3 pm.
Art with the Artist!
Meet the artist Martha Ramirez Oropeza who has graciously agreed to travel from LA and spend the day with us. Start the day by creating your own piece of mural inspired artwork to take home with you. All supplies and instructions will be provided (limit 50).
10:30-12:00 – EMU Multicultural Center
Rededication of the Mural
Formal rededication of the mural with special attention to its history, legacy and value. Guest speakers will share their thoughts and history of the mural.
12:00- 12:30 – EMU Gumwood Room
Community gathering and celebration
Enjoy a few moments enjoying the mural and then join us for music, food and visiting.
12:30- 1:30 – EMU Ballroom
Mural Discussion
Join us for a mural discussion and talk with MEChA as they discuss the history of the mural and its ties to political activism past and present.
1:30-2:30 – Gumwood Room
Please share and distribute to those who may be interested in attending, all are welcome. Calendar link is:https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/aztlan_topializti_mural_event#.WbxYrcZrxph
Art @ The Living Rock Studios
The Living Rock Studios
32nd Anniversary Celebration
October 13th & 14th
10:00 AM till 5:00 PM
International visitors say “The Living Rock Studios
are unique in the world.”
Come and experience this unique place of artistry, praise, preservation and education.
‘www.thelivingrockstudios.org’
Come see:
The building constructed by hand of 800 tons of decorative stone
The Living Rock Pictures-pictures made of agate and
other translucent rock
The Logging Book will be shown-an eyewitness illustrated history of logging in Oregon.
Over a hundred paintings of many birds of Oregon from hawks to sparrows, some life size.
Pioneer historic memorabilia
375 year old Oregon white oak tree
Donated native American artifacts
Petrified wood tree shaped central support with a
450 square foot hand made fiber art canopy.
Carvings made out of native Oregon woods.
Gift shop with rocks, rocks and more rocks. The gift shop itself has been open over 50 years.
The Living Rock Studios Thank you for your help
911 W. Bishop Way keeping this place open
Brownsville, OR 97327 for future generations.
541-466-5814 or 541-270-1181 Nancy Bergerson
Open Wed. – Sat. 10-5 Gail Koozer
Penny Mackey
Verwoert Save-the-Date
Video Art and Animation in the Shadow of the Solar Eclipse
Organized by artist Rick Silva, Eclipsecore, an evening of video art and animation made in response to the total solar eclipse, will debut in LA on August 17.
Next Monday, a total solar eclipse will cast a dark shadow over a thin strip of land from coast to coast, the first time that phenomenon has been visible throughout the contiguous US in almost a century. Inspired by this event, artist Rick Silva, in conjunction with experimental video platform Ghosting TV and creative agency WOAH, has organized Eclipsecore, an evening of video art and animation produced in response to the eclipse.
The screening features work by 24 artists, from Andrew Benson‘s trippy, digital abstractions, to Light Hits‘s low-fi, new-age talk show. Preceding the films, there will be a panel discussion with Silva, Benson, WOAH curator Sharsten Plenge, and Sasha Samochina and Marike Jorritsma of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; the group will talk about the connections between science and art. Following the LA event, which takes place on August 17, Eclipsecore will travel to Salem, Oregon, where it will be screened in the eclipse path on August 20, and then will be available online after August 21. The LA event is free, but donations are requested.
When: Thursday, August 17, 7pm–midnight (RSVP here)
Where: Navel.la (1611 S. Hope St., Downtown, Los Angeles)
Conglomerate, featuring paintings by UO Art Dept alum Mack Legg
Hua Tunan – World Famous Chinese Street Artist – Eugene, Oregon
World Famous Street Artist Comes to Eugene
One of the most sought-after Chinese street artists is working in Eugene this week as part of the 20×21 EUG Mural Project. Hua Tunan was born in 1991 in Foshan, Guangdong province. His street art style combines traditional Chinese art with Western graffiti through the use of action and splatter painting to create bold compositions of animals. Images of Hua’s past work can be seen at http://huatunan.tumblr.com/.
Hua’s Eugene mural is made possible in part by partnership with Vistra at 411 West 4th Avenue, Eugene, where he is painting the exterior wall through June 23rd. Hua’s piece will be the fourth mural in the 20x21EUG Mural Project. 20×21 is an initiative of the City of Eugene’s Public Art Program to create 20 world-class murals in our community by 2021.
Also, this summer from July 29 – August 4, seven international and local street artists will create mural magic in the city during Eugene Walls.
For more information, visit 20x21eug.com or contact Sarah-Kate Sharkey, Resource Development and Communications Manager, at 541.682.6342 or sarah-kate.sharkey@ci.eugene.or.us.
Conservation of Architectural Heritage conference
We are pleased to inform you that we are to hold an international conference in Luxor, Egypt. The conference will be discussing many disciplines in Heritage. It will be held on the Nile cruiser starting from the city of Luxor down to Aswan, which will take 5 days to get there. It will be on 23 February 2018. We are calling for papers on “Conservation of Architectural Heritage (CAH) – 2nd Edition” if you want any detailed information don’t hesitate to ask us.
For more information, kindly visit: https://goo.gl/AheOwO
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Advanced Photography Show Reception at EMU
New Social Entanglements: Mixed Realities Tech Summit
Eugene Civic Alliance is looking for volunteers
Eugene Civic Alliance is looking for volunteers on Friday June 9 and Sunday June 11. I was hoping you could pass this on to your students? It should be fun and go to support the re-building of Civic. (Proposed sketch is attached.)
The June 9 event is after dark, because we will be projecting the image on the wall for volunteers to trace the basic shapes. They are basically Keith Haring rip off figures that I drew. (Though there is talk of changing, I am fighting them on it) – looking for 10 people.
The June 11 is a daytime event and will involve coloring in the Keith Haring figures. – looking for 30 people.
Contacts
Corrine is the contact at ECA: corrine@eugenecivicallian
And for info on the project: https://eugenecivical
JSMA Event of Interest to Art Majors
On Wednesday May 31st from 6-8pm, the
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is holding a JSMA Student Member
Appreciation Night! The museum’s student group (JSMAC) will be leading
gallery tours, running art-related activities, and holding a raffle for
attendees. The event is specifically for students, and joining JSMAC is
open to all students. JSMAC provides a lot of opportunities for students
to engage with the museum, opens pathways for interning or volunteering
in the art field, and provides access to museum staff members for
students who are interested in practicums, etc.
Design Movie Night Tonight 7-9 PM in LA 279
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STAnDD (Supporting the Advancement of Diversity in Design) is excited to announce that we are hosting a design movie night tonight (Wednesday, May 17) from 7 pm to 9 pm in Lawrence Hall, room 279! Open doors at 6:30 pm.
We are inviting students from all AA&A majors, faculty, and local design professionals to this end-of-the-year social.
Come join us in a screening of Temple Grandin, free pizza from Falling Sky (including vegan and gluten-free from Sizzle Pie; while supplies last), and casual discussions about themes of the movie relating to design thinking and fields today with University of Oregon’s design community!
Southern Willamette Valley Natural Areas Through the Seasons
The Eugene Natural History Society
and
Native Plant Society of Oregon, Emerald Chapter
present a free program:
Southern Willamette Valley Natural Areas
Through the Seasons
Ed Alverson
Natural Areas Coordinator, Lane County Parks
Alverson wanted to see familiar landscapes from a different perspective, to expand the time scale, since different elements of the landscape operate on
different time scales. He took weekly photos of a dozen or more scenes of a particular site for an entire year, choosing a different site each year over ten years. His presentation of landscape changes at the rate of two seconds a week can change our conception of the passage of time.
Friday, May 19, 2017
7:30 p.m., Room 100 Willamette Hall, UO Campus
Co-sponsored by the UO Science Library
Contact: Tom Titus 541-510-2500
Undergraduate Research Symposium — Thursday, May 18
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I wish to invite you to the 7th annual Undergraduate Symposium, which will take place on Thursday, May 18 in the EMU. The Undergraduate Symposium debuted in 2011 with 69 presenters and 40 faculty mentors spanning 20 majors and four colleges, and in its seventh year has grown to 292 presenters and 177 faculty mentors spanning 60 majors and eight colleges!
Concurrent Oral Presentation Panels run from 10:00am-3:15pm, Creative Works Sessions from 3:30-5:00pm, and the Poster Session and ARC/FIG Sessions from 5:15-7:00pm.
A catered reception will begin at 5:00pm in the EMU Ballroom Lobby with welcome remarks by the organizers and a brief keynote address by Benjamín Aleman, Assistant Professor of Physics. The reception offers a great opportunity to mingle and interact directly with student presenters.
The Symposium concludes at 7:00pm with the announcement of the award winners (with six different awards offered) and the presenter group portrait.
The full agenda, venue map, official program, and additional information are available at the Undergraduate Symposium website: http://undergradsymposium.uoregon.edu/
Together, let us celebrate the extraordinary research, creativity, and ingenuity of our undergraduates.
Together, let us celebrate the extraordinary research, creativity, and ingenuity of our undergraduates.
Opening May 20 | Dannielle Tegeder: TURBULENT CONSTELLATIONS
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Carrie Secrist Gallery is happy to announce our first solo exhibition with gallery artist Dannielle Tegeder:
Dannielle Tegeder | TURBULENT CONSTELLATIONS
Opening reception: Saturday, May 20 from 5 to 8 PM
Exhibition dates:
May 20 – July 1, 2017
Dannielle Tegeder’s newest body of work expands on her ever-evolving exploration of the systems that surround us. This exhibition presents a monumental mobile, an installation of over 70 works on paper, a series of large-scale drawings, video animations and sound. As a full body of work, oriented within the gallery space to encourage exploration and interpretation, the integration of formal concepts such as architecture and urban planning manifest through abstraction.
Encompassing the language of painting in the expanded field, Dannielle Tegeder’s artwork reconstitutes what painting means as a formal exercise in mark making by allocating particular strategies to the medium of drawing. The notion of “Drawing” then becomes delineated by introducing installation methods that further disrupt media-specific hierarchies: drawing to sculpture to installation to video to sound and back to drawing. Expanding and contracting these constructs, with the idea of drawing as a baseline, emboldens the interconnectedness between line, shape and color. Thus: drawing as sculpture as installation as video as sound.
SPECIAL EVENT
Matthew Evan Taylor
Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 4PM at Carrie Secrist Gallery
Composer and saxophonist Matthew Evan Taylor will present a site-specific performance in collaboration with Dannielle Tegeder on the occasion of TURBULENT CONSTELLATIONS. Taylor and Tegeder will also talk about their ongoing collaboration, this project and the history of sound and abstraction.
This event will be free and open to the public.
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Conference and plenary talk in honor of Judith Baskin 5/23-5/24
Conference
May 23rd, 9:00-3:30, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
May 24th, 9:00-3:30, Knight Library Browsing Room
Plenary Talk and Dessert Reception
“Distinguishing Egg White From Semen:
Rabbinic Forensics and the Medieval Afterlives of a Talmudic Passage”
A Plenary Talk By Dr. Judith Baskin,
Knight Professor for Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences
May 24th
7:30pm
Ford Alumni Ballroom
Dessert reception to follow
You’re Invited! ShelterCare art event on campus
There’s a lively event happening on campus Thursday, May 18 that celebrates fine art and the strength of community, and I wanted share the information with your department.
Expressions: An Art Benefit for ShelterCare is an annual event held at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Come and celebrate community and giving with:
- A silent auction of exquisite local art;
- Music by Manouche Noir;
- Enticing raffle prizes;
- Decadent hors d’oeuvres and refreshing drinks;
- Live artist demonstration by Sarah Sedwick and Heather Halpern.
Proceeds will provide housing and services for community members who are homeless or on the verge of homelessness.
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door.
Details and ticket information is available on the Facebook event page and on our website at sheltercare.org/expressions.
I hope you can join us!
Associate Professor of Art Ron Jude will launch a new book entitled “Nausea” in London on May 19th.
Associate Professor of Art Ron Jude will launch a new book entitled “Nausea”
in London on May 19th. He will be signing books in the bookshop at The
Photographers’ Gallery at 5:00 pm, followed by a conversation with curator
and writer David Chandler at 6:30 pm. “Nausea” is Jude’s third book with
London-based publisher MACK.
“Nausea”—taken from the title of Sartre’s 1938 existential novel—is a
body of photographs that registers the interiors of public schools in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana and Atlanta, Georgia. Departing from mere documentation,
however, Ron Jude lures us into peering through windows, doorways and
crevices of walls into empty classrooms and corridors, as we become
increasingly conscious of the perils of our own gaze.
David Chandler is a writer, editor and curator in the fields of contemporary
photography, photographic history and the visual arts and is currently
Professor of Photography at the School of Art, Design and Architecture,
Plymouth University. He was curator at The Photographers’ Gallery from 1988
to 1995.
The Book Signing is free, the talk requires booking. £8/£5 Members &
Concessions.
The Photographers’ Gallery, 16 – 18 Ramillies St, London W1F 7LW
+44 (020) 7087 9300
There will be two additional book signings with Ron Jude on Saturday, May
20th at Photo London and Offprint London.
http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/ron-jude-nausea
“Soft Structure” Fiber area weaving exhibition at EMU Adell McMillan
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Soft Structures
Erb Memorial Union Adell McMillian Gallery*
April 27 – June 5
Nilufar Amali // Lydia Bales // Keisha Cabudol // Alli Calhoun // Irene
Chau // Izzy Cho // Desi Colley // Haley Duhaime // Hector Escobar //
Linda Guo // Katey Harris // Sophie Jackman // Masaru Kiyota // Anna
Post // Tasha Proudfoot // Skye Sinclair // Emily Stark // Amelia
Thompson // Sam Wrigglesworth
“Soft Structures” is an exhibition of experimental and advanced weaving
work created by students enrolled in the Fiber area Winter 2017 courses
“Introduction to Fiber” and “Woven Structures.” From soft sculptural
forms and studies in color and smell, to designed objects, blankets and
yardage samples, “Soft Structures” looks simultaneously at the breadth
and depth weaving offers to students of all levels and backgrounds. The
exhibition is organized in partnership with Marissa Lee Benedict
(Instructor, Fiber & Sculpture, University of Oregon) and supported by
Jovencio de la Paz (Assistant Professor, Curricular Head of Fibers,
Department of Art). Special thanks to Suzanne Hanlon and the Visual Arts
Board for their exhibition assistance and expertise.
*Located on Floor 2 of the EMU, near the ballroom. Listed as “McMillan
Gallery” in elevator directory.
Opening Reception | Friday, May 5, 6 – 8:00 P.M.
We have found ourselves facing a sobering reality of the fragile and
threatened support for the arts. As institutional directions are frequently
changing and budgets continually diminished, the very foundations of creative
venues and organizations have become easy prey. Institutional, community and
civic priorities are expressed – or dismissed – through financial
referendums. Currently, this is a global, national, and ultimately local
truth.
Functionally United will serve as the final curated exhibition for White Box.
On July 1, following the University of Oregon Art and Technology graduating
exhibition the doors will close for the last time. An important and
influential chapter for the Northwest’s arts community will officially come
to an end.
This final line-up of exhibiting artists is a testament to the impact, depth,
and reach White Box has had locally, across Oregon, and nationally. This is
not an exhibition where the spacious, room-to-breath aesthetic of displaying
work will be implemented, but rather will be a wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling
collection of incredible talent. A group that formed out of solidarity for
one of Portland’s iconic art venues, many have previously exhibited in the
gallery and all have experienced, influenced and provoked White Box in some
degree.
White Box at the University of Oregon in Portland has served as a visual
laboratory invested in the exploration and presentation of contemporary
critical inquiry in the visual arts since 2010. Located in the historic White
Stag Block in Portland’s Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, White Box has a
vibrant history of bringing together artists, students, faculty, and regional
and global communities to research and present contemporary issues in art and
design. This history and collection of exhibitions cannot be properly
represented in a statement. But, I am hopeful it will serve as a symbol of
White Box continuing to fuel individual artists as well as Oregon’s
artistic, social and civic communities long after the lights are off.
Please join us in saying farewell.
Cris Moss
WHITE BOX | Director and Curator
Exhibiting Artists
Intisar Abioto
Holly Andres
Corey Arnold
Avantika Bawa
Carla Bengston
Pat Boas
John Brodie
Karl Burkheimer
Bruce Conkle
Peter Campus
Shelby Davis
Modou Dieng
David Eckard
Kristy Edmonds
Damien Gilly
MK Guth
Jesse Hayward
Sean Healy
Daniel Heffernan
Daniel Heyman
Craig Hickman
Laura Hughes
Malia Jensen
Todd Johnson
Kristin Kennedy
Elizabeth Malaska
Jenene Nagy
Liz Obert
Julia Oldham
Suzanne Opton
Melody Owens
Wendy Red Star
Patrick Rock
Crystal Schenk
Heidi Schwegler
Storm Tharp
Spring Professional Development Workshops
May 5 | Guerilla Promotion to Build Your Audience
1:00-3:00 PM | WOW Hall
Turn yourself into a promotional powerhouse to fuel your artistic practice. With overwhelming diversity of artists and platforms, it seems harder than ever to distinguish yourself and build an audience. Take a deep dive into everything you need to know to stand out in the crowded entertainment and media landscape. Presented by Rich Hobby, Marketing and Public Relations Manager, Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Register here
May 19 | Craft and Communicate Your Brand: Panel Discussion
1:00-3:00 PM | WOW Hall
Developing a strong brand is key to making your promotion efficient and effective. Learn from our panel of music professionals about how to build an authentic brand identity that tells your evolving story, defines your purpose, and propels you forward. This workshop features a panel of accomplished musicians, composers, sound engineers, and producers with varying informed perspectives: Halie Loren, Tim McLaughlin, Tony Glausi, and Thaddeus Moore of Sprout City Studios. Led by author/artist Vicki Amorose. Register here
June 2 | Venue Booking and Contracts: Panel Discussion
1:00-2:30 PM | Networking Reception at 2:30 PM | WOW Hall
This workshop will prepare you to think proactively about networking and visibility, negotiating contracts, and securing performances at venues of all sizes. It will guide you through best practices and the do’s and don’ts of the industry from the venue perspective. Hear directly from a panel of booking professionals from The Community Center for the Performing Arts/WOW Hall, HiFi, Hult Center, and The Shedd Institute. Join us for a reception immediately after the workshop. Register here
REGISTER TODAY: http://lanearts.org/workshops/
All workshops are held at the Community Center for the Performing Arts/WOW Hall. Participants may sign up for an individual workshop for $20, or attend the full series for a discounted price of $50.
Presented in partnership with the City of Eugene Cultural Services Division and the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance. A special thank you to title sponsor Pacific Continental Bank.
Laugh Your Panties Off! @ Killjoy Collective
Please join Killjoy Collective on Friday May 5 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm for Laugh Your Panties Off, a donation drive event benefitting the Salvation Army Female Emergency Shelter! We will be collecting donations of new underwear, bras, and feminine hygiene products. Panty drive!
Comic and artist Katie Piatt will be hosting the event with other special guests making us laugh all night with screenings of RuPaul’s Drag Race in between. Donate your new underpants!
Amanda Wojick at Elizabeth Leach Gallery
Amanda Wojick, Small Black Painting , 2017, acrylic and cotton on linen, 10 x 8.5″
Preview Reception:
May 3, 6 – 8 pm
First Thursday Reception:
May 4, 6 – 8 pm
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FRIDAY: AHA Graduate Research Symposium, Art and Politics
Please join us TOMORROW for the 13th Annual Art History Association Graduate Research Symposium!
We are also pleased to announce an Undergraduate panel featuring papers by three of our art history students: Marianna Finke, Michelle Bynum, and Madeline Jenkins!
All presentations will be held in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Papé Reception Hall and are open to the public. Coffee and tea will be served. A full list of all presenters and paper topics is attached.
10:00 Welcome
10:15-11:15 Undergraduate Panel: Art & Identity
11:15-12:30 Graduate Panel: Art & Activism
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Graduate Panel: Art & Propaganda
The event will conclude with a reception at 4:30pm and keynote lecture delivered by Dr. Nizan Shaked on “Conceptualism and the Political Referent,” at 5:30pm in LA115. We invite all students, faculty, and staff to attend this exciting lecture.
Arts & Cultural Equity
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Arts & Cultural Equity: Current Examples and Relevant Strategies brings together arts and cultural workers, managers, educators, and students to share current insights, experiences, and practices around equity and leadership within arts and culture organizations. Presenters will represent the range of equity work within Oregon-based arts and cultural organizations and groups. Our goal is for everyone to walk away with approaches to sharpen our collective work around these practices. Presenters include:
This event additionally celebrates the 20th anniversary of CultureWork: A Periodic Broadside for Arts & Culture Workers. CultureWork is a timely work-place oriented publication of the UO’s Center for Community Arts & Cultural Policy, serving arts and cultural management practitioners by publishing commentaries, advisories, and case studies about trends and practices in community arts, cultural policy, arts and education, and arts management.
This forum is free and includes lunch. Coffee and registration will begin at 9:00a. Please RSVP here by Friday, May 5 at 5:00p PST. Please contact ccacp@uoregon.edu with any questions.
Presented by the UO’s Center for Community Arts & Cultural Policy (CCACP) in collaboration with the University of Oregon Arts and Administration Program (AAD) and with special support from the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) and Oregon Humanities.
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Save the date! 2017 Pierson Lecture: Thursday, May 18, 3:30-5:00 in Gerlinger Lounge
You are invited to attend the 2017 Stan and Joan Pierson Lecture, an annual event hosted by Department of History at the University of Oregon. This year, we’re honored and delighted to welcome Dyan Elliott, the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History at Northwestern University. Elliott is the author of many books and articles on women, sexuality, and mysticism in medieval Europe, most recently The Bride of Christ Goes to Hell: Metaphor and Embodiment in the Lives of Pious Women, 200-1500 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012).Elliott will give a presentation titled “Back to the Future: Scandal, Pederasty, and the Medieval Church.” This year’s Pierson Lecture will take place on Thursday, May 18, in the Gerlinger Lounge at 3:30-5:00 pm. The lecture is free and open to the public. There will be a reception in Gerlinger Lounge immediately following the lecture.
FRIDAY: AHA Symposium Keynote Lecture “Conceptualism and the Political Referent”
Nizan Shaked, PhD, will deliver the keynote address for the 13th Annual Art History Association Graduate Research Symposium on Friday, April 28, 2017.
Shaked’s lecture will present key ideas from her forthcoming book The Synthetic Proposition: Conceptualism and the Political Referent in Contemporary Art. She’ll examine the impact of social movements—including civil rights, Black power, student, feminist, and sexual liberation—on conceptualism and its legacies in the United States between the late 1960s and the 1990s. Shaked will discuss the turn to political reference in practices originally concerned with philosophically abstract ideas and trace key strategies in contemporary art today to the reciprocal influences of conceptualism and identity politics.
RECEPTION • 4:30-5:30pm • Lawrence Hall
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Conceptualism and the Political Referent • 5:30-6:30pm • 115 Lawrence Hall
This event is free and open to all students, faculty, and staff.
Hamstock Event and Art Walk
Please see attachment linked above.
My name is Victoria Delon and I am the Financial Representative of Hamilton West Residence Hall part of the University of Oregon Housing Department. I am part of a Hall Government Association for Hamilton West and as a Hall we are organizing a music festival event at the end of this Spring term, June 3rd precisely.
As part of this annual event, we have decided on a new addition to the festival, an ‘Art Walk’. This Art walk would be an occasion for students to expose their art, whether it be photography, design, or painting, on grids that would be posted on the lawn, where the festival would take place (which is situated in front of Hamilton Residence Halls).
Hamstock will take place June 3rd from 4 – 8 PM. It is a free access event for all students
I am the contact for submissions and my email address is on the poster: vdelon@uoregon.edu.
Picture This! ?? Live Animated Comedy at the Bridgetow
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Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School
The Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School is hosting an info session on Wednesday April 26 at 12:15 p.m. in Lawrence Hall Rm 206.
The field school is an unforgettable preservation adventure– a great collaborative experience that brings together practitioners, students, craftspersons, and academics to engage in hands-on work. Come learn about our upcoming summer project at the Fenn Ranger Station in the Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho. We will be documenting a culutral landscape, restoring CCC-era masonry, and peeling back layers of siding to reveal historic material hidden underneath. More information can be found at hp.uoregon.edu/pnwfs.
All are welcome to join in for a brief presentation followed by Q&A. We’ll talk scholarships, job opportunites, camp sites, power tools, hot springs, and more! Lunch is provided.
Support Local Arts this Earth Day!
Get ready for the best art party in Eugene! The Emerging Leaders in the Arts Network (ELAN) invites you to join us for our 8th Annual Beats & Brushstrokes fundraiser on Saturday, April 22 from 7:00p-11:00p at Sam Bonds Brewing Co. + Barn Light East on 8th Avenue. There will be free food, participatory art projects with Eugene Printmakers and OSLP Arts & Culture, local visual and performing artists, a silent auction and more!
Performances include:
Llorona, MC Plaedo, Pat Waters, Reggae Rob,Jonathan Corona Duo,Integrated Arts Platform,West African Cultural Arts Institute
All proceeds support the Emerging Leaders in the Arts Network, including $1 of every beer sold. I truly hope you can attend our event, we would love your support.
Please contact me with any questions and I look forward to seeing you on Saturday!
Best,
Lauren Nichols
Public Relations Chair
Emerging Leaders in the Arts Network
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lnichols@uoregon.edu
