DIVA Hosts Members and Volunteers Appreciation Event
Great Music
Good Food
Pleasant Conversation
Annual Appreciation Party. DIVA's Artist Services Committee invited members and volunteers to a special appreciation party on Sunday, December 21st. Refreshments were served and the Fifth Element Wind Quintet entertained. Over 30 people attended this first annual event recognizing all those who contribute to making the DIVA Center a unique Eugene gathering place for visual artists and patrons.
What Does Your Donation Buy? Every dollar donated to DIVA helps us to continue offering our unique exhibits, seminars, workshops, media arts programming, and other arts related activities. Here are some examples of how far your dollar goes:
• $ 5 - 1 can of spackle to patch walls in all 6 of our galleries
• $ 6 - 1 package of paper - enough to print 150 Gallery Guides
• $10 - 1 light-bulb for our Main Gallery
• $17 - 1 black ink-jet cartridge to print our programs and labels
• $30 - 1 barrel of paint to re-paint between exhibits
• $45 - 1 foot of vinyl lettering to put an artist's name on the wall
• $50 - 1 box of 100 vinyl artwork labels
• $150 - 50 color posters designed and printed
• $175 - 1 advert in the Register Guard
• $475 - 1 projector replacement lamp
• $1,500 - 1 month of heating or air conditioning
OpenLens Festival Beings January 9th. DIVA's Fifth Annual OpenLens Festival runs January 9-10-11 with all screenings, seminars, and other events held at the Center. This is DIVA's major Winter event that attracts hundreds downtown to see the work of regional indie film artists, attend seminars, and meet with guest filmmakers.
This year the festival is hosted by Portland animator Joanna Priestley. Priestley will begin the festival with a retrospective screening of her award winning animation on Friday, January 9th. She will also offer a seminar on animation Saturday morning.
On Saturday, DIVA's Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge will screen entries by area high school students and award prizes for the best videos of the year. An encore screening will take place Sunday.
Simon Strange, game designer and producer, will offer a Sunday morning workshop on computer game design with an emphasis on interactive animation.
The weekend ends with a wrap party and award ceremony at which time the winning films for this year's juried Southwest Oregon Short Film and Video winners. Screening of entrant work will take place Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.
For information about screenings, seminars, and other events see the festival schedule online.
Join DIVA's Volunteer Cadre. DIVA's cadre of volunteer assistants has made it an outstanding downtown center for the visual arts. If you have only a few hours a week, or many, to offer as a volunteer, DIVA would like to hear from you. The Center is looking for individuals interested in serving as Gallery Hosts to greet patrons during the Center's open hours and provide information about DIVA's many programs and opportunities. Volunteers to assist with events, receptions, and other activities are also needed. If you have an interest in film and performances there are needs for individuals to help manage events. There are also special receptions and programs at which food and beverage servers are needed. The Center is also in need of specialized services including administrative assistance and graphic design. We can also use carpenters, painters, and others to help maintain the building. Interested? Contact the Center's Exhibit Director for more information. Or, visit the Volunteer page on DIVA's web site.
Crystal Scott Named January Volunteer of the Month: Crystal Scott has been volunteering at DIVA since the Fall of '08. She has filled many gallery host shifts and in exchange has recently become a member at DIVA.
Crystal has worked to make updates to DIVA's database; helped to complete mailings as well as other administrative projects. Her generous smile and professionalism is appreciated by staff and patrons alike.
New Technology and the Arts. DIVA's online E-Newsletter takes advantage of the Internet - an electronic network that allows arts organizations to communicate with patrons beyond the walls of the local gallery or center. Here are several examples that further illustrate the importance of the Internet in informing communities about the visual and performing arts
PBS has launched a new Art Beat Blog. This site covers news, issues and events in art and entertainment, brought to you by News Hour correspondent Jeffrey Brown and News Hour reporters. Art Beat is an effort to broaden arts coverage by serving as a home for extended interviews and bonus footage or images from performances or shows.
The new PBS site also includes links to many other national and international arts blog sites. These resources provide an opportunity for various organizations to inform about the arts.
Oregon Public Broadcasting has developed an art presence on the Internet. The widget at the bottom of this newsletter is automatically updated by OPB as to the coming week's Art Beatprogramming on Thursdays. If you click on the widget you'll be taken to the Art Beat web page and learn not only about the week's upcoming program, but also obtain access to previous program segments and other information related to the visual arts.
Locally, both Register Guard writers Serena Markstrom and Bob Keefer write online blogs. Keefer writes his Art & the City Blog that gives him an opportunity to cover topics that he doesn't have space for in his regular Register Guard column. Markstrom edits the Ticket Files blog that provides expanded coverage of area entertainment.
Please let us know if you have a blog related to the visual arts. We may create a clearinghouse for regional blogs of interests to artists and the public.
DIVA's Video Slam. Have you seen the latest work by emerging regional video artists? DIVA's Video Slam, now meeting every third Sunday of the month at 7:00 PM, provides that opportunity. The slam welcomes students, amateurs, and professionals. Everyone is encouraged to bring completed videos, or work in-progress, for screening.
The Video Slam has become a venue for new and seasoned independent filmmakers to share their work with audiences, most for the first time.
Early feedback from audiences helps artists hone their work resulting in many productions that have gone on to competitive events.
Video Slam audiences have the chance to watch, discuss and choose the best of the slam each month. Slam winners are recognized at an annual Best Of The Slam event.
The next slam is at 7:00 PM on
Sunday, January 18. Admission: Free. The video at left illustrates what you may discover at the Slam.
What Did Mary Wish For Christmas? When it comes to wishes, especially this time of year, Santa is the hope of last resort. So here is what DIVA Director Mary Unruh's wished for Eugene in a presentation before a December 12th City Club meeting. Mary notes that her poem is based on A Visit from Saint Nicholas, with apologies to Clement Clark Moore.
‘Twas the blight before Christmas and all through downtown
Not a shopper was stirring, and stores had shut down.
The sale signs were hung on the windows with care,
In hopes that some customers soon would be there.
The Council were nestled all snug in their dreads
While visions of potholes danced ‘round in their heads,
Of youth in their mischief and guides in red caps,
Keeping transients from settling on benches for naps.
When out on the town, there arose such a clatter
I ran down the street to see what was the matter.
Away to the Park Blocks, I flew like a flash,
Vaulting the gutters, avoiding a splash.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
But our diligent Mayor dressed in shiny rain gear!
And some fat guy in red with a huge sack in tow,
On a bench where kids on the mall like to go.
Now Kitty is clever and lively and quick,
She knew in a moment this must be St. Nick.
More rapid than transit her wishes they came
So she jumped on his lap to recall them by name!
“A New City Hall, with a deed free and clear
Would lighten our hearts and fill us with cheer.
From the top of the Butte to the bricks of the mall
This gem of a building would serve one and all!”
And Lo and Behold! With a wink of his eye,
There at 8th Street and Oak, on the old “butterfly”
Was a New City Hall, with its walls strong and new
Chock full of services -- earthquake proof too!
Her eyes, how they twinkled, her dimples, how merry
Not missing a beat, Kitty asked him to tarry.
Her sweet smiling lips were drawn up like a bow--
She was just warming up, she was ready to go.
I knew when I saw his pipe clench in his mouth
That Santa was ready to take his show south.
But I wanted a wish from this elf dressed in red,
So I nudged out the Mayor and jumped up there instead.
“Now Santa, you’ve been very generous to Kitty
But I have another big wish for this City:
That Old City Hall there that’s now obsolete
Would be rather perfect for something quite sweet!
“Now Santa, you’ve been very generous to Kitty
But I have another big wish for this City:
That Old City Hall there that’s now obsolete
Would be rather perfect for something quite sweet!
A visual arts center, a theater, and shops
A garden of sculptures, and where the grade drops
A ring of nice studios, classrooms for art,
Galleries and café’s would be a great start.
The courtyard inside it would be a fine place
With flowers and benches and nice office space
For a cultural coop with services there
That all of the struggling arts groups could share.
Santa said, “Yes, of course, I’ve heard claims that this City
Loves arts and outdoors, but this core is a pity.”
A twist of his head and a wink of his eye
Let me know he just couldn’t let that one pass by.
With a wry little smile, Santa opened his sack
Threw a handful of elf dust over his back
And there on the spot where the Old Hall had stood,
was a vision that made even that space look good!
We’ve a long way to go for The World’s Greatest City
But thanks to the efforts of DIVA and Kitty
And the help of a good elf we surely can say
We gave our dream credence that wonderful day.
As he sprang to his sleigh with his twinkling eyes
He bowed to our cheers and flew off to the skies.
And we heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight
“Merry Christmas, Eugene, may your future be bright!”
Mary Unruh, DIVA Executive Director
City Club Presentation - December 12, 2008
CALENDAR: JANUARY EVENTS
Saturdays (On-Going) January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31- Screenwriting Seminar 9:00-Noon. Information: 344-3482. This DIVA Seminar is for advanced students ready to turn their screen play into a feature film.
Sunday, January 4 - LCC Course:The Great Directors. The course meets the first Sunday of each month from 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM (with breaks). Taught by former Hollywood director and DIVA's screenwriting instructor Tom Blank, the class views and discusses in length three films by the same director. The class is an on-going exploration of the trends and innovations of the most creative filmmakers. This course is offered by LCC and taught at DIVA. The registration fee is only $10.00 for 24 hours of film and discussion. Register through Lane Community College's Community Education program.
Thursday, January 8 - Reception for Photographer Bruce Klepinger Time: 5:30 PM
Admission: Free.
~~~ DIVA Board Member Tenold Petersonhosts a reception for photographer Bruce Klepinger who has spent four decades documenting the Himalayan mountain landscapes and people of the region. Klepinger's "Arc of a Life: An Exhibit of Himalayan Photographs and Textiles" is on view at DIVA through the month.
OpenLens Festival January 9-10-11. DIVA's Fifth Annual OpenLens Festival is a celebration of the independent spirit in filmmaking. The Festival has become an umbrella event that hosts two juried contest including the South West Oregon Short Film and Video Competition and Youth Visions' Teen Video Challenge. The festival includes workshops, screenings, receptions and a special guest filmmaker/host Portland animator Joanna Priestley. For full Festival details visit the OpenLens Festival web site.
JANUARY 9 (Friday)
7:00 PM Eugene Premier: An Evening with Animator Joanna Priestley
Admission: $5.00
~~~ Portland filmmaker Joanna Priestley will present an overview of her work as an award winning animator. See evening program for details.
JANUARY 10 (Saturday)
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Seminar: What makes Wonderful Animation?
Instructor: Joanna Priestley
~~~ This interactive seminar will include a discussion of the important components of animation, a mini-survey of animation techniques, and an introduction and demonstration of Adobe Flash and the Wacom tablet. Award winning animated films will be shown during the seminar. Seminar details online.
Cost:
$40.00 Regular
$25.00 w/student ID
$25.00 for OpenLens Festival Entrant
Limited Seating - Register in advance by phone 344-3482
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM Screening: Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge
Admission: Donation
~~~Teen student filmmakers celebrate the Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge competition entrants and winners with a special screening and awards presentation. Limited Seating. Re-Screening on Sunday at 1:30 PM
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Screening: SW Oregon Short Film & Video Competition
Admission: $5.00
~~~ A program of video and film productions selected by the Festival's Jury will showcase the work of emerging Southwest Oregon film and video artists. Official awards ceremony and wrap party on Sunday at 3:00 PM. Introduced by Festival Host Joanna Priestley.
JANUARY 11 (Sunday)
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Seminar: Successful Interactive Game Design
Instructor: Simon Strange
~~~ An interactive seminar about what goes into the creation of successful games and will answer questions about how people interested in the gaming industry can focus and hone their skills and interests. Seminar details online.
Cost:
$40.00 Regular
$25.00 w/student ID
$25.00 for OpenLens Festival Entrant
Limited Seating - Register in advance by phone 344-3482
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Encore-screening: Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge
Admission: Donation.
~~~ This is a non-voting encore screening.
3:30 - 4:30 PM Encore Screening: SW Oregon Short Film & Video Competition
Admission: $5.00 ~~~ An encore presentation of video and film productions selected by the Festival's Jury will showcase the work of emerging Southwest Oregon film and video artists. Audience choice voting continues.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - OpenLens Awards Ceremonies and Wrap Party
Admission: Free
~~~ The festival ends with and awards ceremony and wrap party for filmmakers and guest. The winning Southwest Oregon Short Film and Video awards will be made and the Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge winner recognized. The wrap party is a time for festival entrants, guests, and supporters to†gather and celebrate the weekend's events.
OPENLENS FESTIVAL SAMPLER
Monday, January 12th - Channeling - A Touring Experimental Film Program Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: $5-10.00 ss
~~~ CHANNELING presents emerging and established film and video artists critically engaging with these concerns on their own campy, poetic, sexual, humorous, and even utopian terms, using a variety of aesthetic approaches such as digital video, homemade effects, saturated 8mm, home movies, animation, green screen, and more.
Saturday, January 17 - Workshop: Beginning Digital Photography
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Instructor: John Watson
Prerequisites: none.
Tuition: $15. Register: 541.344.3482
~~~ Students will learn the basics of digital camera operation and how to make enjoyable pictures! A thorough, hands-on presentation of what the controls are and how they work and affect the pictures being made will be presented.
Sunday, January 18 - Artist Salon: The Fine Art of Giclee Printing with Jim Heric
Time: 4:00 PM
Admission: Free Members. $5.00 Public.
~~~ Are you interested in expanding the market for your art? Giclee printing and fine art reproduction may be the answer. Come to this informative and informal round table discussion on giclee printing and fine art reproduction with Master Journeyman Lithographer, Jim Heric. Jim is the owner of Fine Artisan Giclee, a fine art reproduction studio in Veneta, OR. He has 30 years of experience in color correction and scanning and has operated his own studio for 15 years. This is a unique opportunity to learn everything you have wanted to know about giclee printing and fine art reproduction. Come with all your questions.
Sunday, January 18 - Video Slam!
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: Free
~~~ The Video Slam, meeting every third Sunday of the month, welcomes students, amateurs, and professionals. Everyone is encouraged to bring completed videos, or work in-progress, for screening. We will watch, discuss and choose the best of the slam!
Saturday, January 31 - A New Poetry Series with Laynie Browne & Endi Hartigan
Time: 7:00 PM
Donation: $0-$5.00 suggested
~~~ DIVA hosts poets Laynie Browne and Endi Hartigan. Laynie Browne is the recipient of the 2007 National Poetry Series award and the author of five full-length poetry collections. Endi Hartigan's work has appeared in the Northwest Review, The Antioch Review, Hubbub, Caveat Lector, and other magazines. She was co-founder and editor of Spectaculum, a magazine devoted to long poems, series, and lengthy selections of poetic works. Endi Bogue Hartigan’s book, One Sun Storm, was just released from the Center for Literary Publishing, and received the 2008 Colorado Prize for Poetry judged by Martha Ronk.
Main Gallery: Bruce Klepinger - Arc of a Life: An Exhibit of Himalayan Photographs and Textiles.
Artist Statement: Arc of a Life reveals Eugene resident, and explorer, Bruce Klepinger's rare life. The show title refers both to Klepinger's remarkable life's work, and the trans-Himalayan world represented in personal photos and textile collection spanning the reach of Afghanistan, Tibet, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, India, and China.
The show draws from nearly four decades of Himalayan exploration into a once secretive and still largely unknown world.
Gallery 1: Wendy Hill – Not Always Linear. Textiles/ Quilting
Artist Statement: Form, not function, is at the heart of Wendy’s quilt and fiber art creations. One medium is the quilt as a form: two or more layers held together with some kind of stitching. Another medium is thread, which is stitched into three dimensional thread-web constructions, such as bowls and vases. Wendy also works with three dimensional fabric or paper forms. Working with fiber and fabric, Wendy explores and expresses aesthetic concerns common to any of the visual arts.
Gallery 2: April Hill and Wendy Hill: Speaking Collaboratively
Artist Statement: This exhibition. String Things at the Multi-Plex, presents the collaborative work of two artists, April Hill and Wendy Hill. April is a painter and collage artist. Wendy is a fiber artist. Their special “in-law” relationship has led to a number of collaborations, including this installation. Their individual works share a common theme, although the materials may be different. They both explore visual and physical texture through line, shape, color and value while assembling parts to make a complete composition.
Nearly 1000 mini-paintings, encased in painted/embossed photographic slide covers, are attached to various yarns and suspended from five transparent discs. Painted or papier-mâché wooden balls, wheels, drinking straws and glass beads complete the effect.
Gallery 5: Rebecca (Becky) Lubas – Drawings in installation form
Artist Statement: I enjoy working with paper because of the simplicity and flexibility of the material. It requires very little preparation and has an inspiring immediacy. It is two- dimensional yet it can become so much more.
This work reflects my desire to pull drawings into a three dimensional space. I want the viewer to have to move their body to follow and explore the folding and unfolding of the piece of art.
I am also curious about the tension between image and object. At what point does a drawing or painting become a sculpture?
Members Gallery: January 2 - February 1 - Barbara Benner. Up Close and Far Away
Artist Statement: I have been into fibers and fiber art since that first time I helped my mother and grandma make cloths for my sister and me. I started off with the simple things...sewing, self-taught knitting and quilting under grandma’s watchful eyes. As time went by I expanded into weaving, spinning, and designing my own sweaters. There have been graduate classes in textiles at several universities over the years and then about 14 years ago, I was introduced to traditional rug hooking and I was hooked! I have studied the many variations in rug hooking here in the USA, Canada and England and taught the technique for 12 years.
Members Gallery: February 3 - March 28. Kira Burge: Deflated Memories
Artist Statement: This work is exploring memory and how the act of recalling influences our memory. My focus is on the memory of childhood objects belonging to children of the early 1990's. I interview different people asking them to recall, in great detail, their favorite childhood toy. I then take that information and construct that object exactly how they remember it using crocheted acrylic yarn and embroidery. Through this process I am exploring cultural nostalgia; how and why we memorialize specific events, people and objects, and how the act of memorial affects our memory of these things
COMMUNITY: NEWS
News of Area Non-Profit Arts Organizations:
First Friday Art Walk. On January 2, Lane Arts Council’s First Friday ArtWalk begins at 5:30 p.m. Come and join DIVA as it hosts a reception for January artists including
: "Arch of a Life: An Exhibit of Himalayan Photographs and Textiles" by Bruce Klepinger; "Not Always Linear", textiles/quilting by Wendy Hill; "String Things at the Multi-Plex", a collaborative installation by April Hill and Wendy Hill; "Drawings in Installation Form" three dimensional drawings by Rebecca (Becky) Lubas; and "Up Close and Far Away," textiles by Barbara Benner.
Student Art Exhibit at Eugene Public Library Focuses on Non-Violence. January 2nd through the end of February 2009: "Nonviolence – the Path to Peace, A Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr." art exhibit featuring student art will be on display on the second floor at the Eugene Public Library.
Area high school students have submitted art for the display, consisting of over 50 two-dimensional pieces including pencil and pastel drawings, photographs and paintings plus over 20 under glaze tiles and a peace dress entitled the “Armor of Peace”. A core list of books and films for building a world beyond war will also be made available to the public. Beyond War is sponsoring the exhibit and has partnered with art teacher Nina Herbst of Churchill High School, Gwyn O'Connell of South Eugene High School, Nissie Ellison of Springfield Academy of Arts and Academics, and Destry Moore of Willamette High School. The exhibit is available for viewing during the Eugene Public Library’s open hour.
Emerald Arts Center Offers Classes. Winter term begins January 2009 for adult classes at Emerald Art Center, and we have so many options to offer you!!! Check out our bookbinding, printmaking, pottery, ceramic sculpture, texture painting, and watercolor classes! See: Adult class listing; TEACH Arts kids class listing; and up-coming workshops.
Bets Cole and Sarkis Antikajian coming to EAC January. Bets Cole teaches a 3-day workshop titled "Drawing for Painters." This drawing workshop will focus on developing a strong foundation for your paintings. She will lead you through exercises that teach the importance of line, form and tone when developing a painting. Learn more about Bets at her website www.betscole.com
Sarkis Antikajian will teach a 5-day workshop called "Still Life and Figures" in Oil or Acrylic. He is one of our local treasures and we are very lucky to have him again. He is known for his colorful and imaginative interpretations of figures and landscapes. We will work with a live model and a set still life. Join us for this fun and inspiring workshop! You can learn more about Sarkis on his website www.sarkisantikajian.com
To register for these workshop, call 541-726-8595 at Emerald Art Center at 500 Main Street in Springfield, Oregon. Check out our coming workshops at our website at: http://www.emeraldartcenter.org/workshops.html
Emerald Art Center Feature Equus. The work of DIVA member Sisy Anderson will be on exhibit at the Emerald Art Center in Springfield, through January 2, 2009. Her theme, Equus, reflects her artistic endeavors on Chinese Brush Painting. Also on exhibit is the work of featured Art Center members: Don Burgess, Leigh Avery, and Michelle Thorp.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Exhibits through January. Two featured exhibits continue at the UO Museum on campus. With works selected from Margo Grant Walsh’s acclaimed collection, Designed by Architects showcases metalwork from around the world that was designed by prominent architects between the late-19th and 21st centuries. Also, Cuba Avante-garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from The Farber Collection, making its West coast premiere at the JSMA, dramatizes the extraordinary production and innovation of Cuban artists over the past century.
Dancing Hands: Fiber Arts. The Springfield Museum is hosting a juried exhibition of fiber artists living in Oregon and Washington. The exhibit is on view through January 23, 2009.
Gallery At The Airport. The Gallery at the Airport features Made by Hand: An Exhibit of Artwork by UO Craft Center Instructors. Artists in the exhibit include: Manuel Amezcua, Jeff Ballard, Tom Caples, Donna Crispin, Will Culver, Tim Ditter, Trina Duhaime, Laura Gerards, Karrie Harbart, Terrence Heldreth, Cuauhtli Hernandez, Diane Hoffman, Alana Holmes, Josh Humphrey, Tim Jarvis, Renae Kowitz, Nan MacDonald, David Miller, Patricia Moore, Jeri Mrazek, Margaret O'Brien, Gabriella Soraci, Karen Sosa, David Wagner, Jeff Weitzel. View the exhibit through January, 2009.
Dancing Hands fiber arts exhibit at Springfield Museum. Dancing Hands is a juried exhibit of fiber art at the Springfield Museum in Springfield, Oregon. Dedicated to promoting the innovation and workmanship of fiber artists living in Oregon and Washington, this exhibition will showcase the excellence and possibilities of contemporary fiber art, through January 7, 2009.
OPPORTUNITIES:
ART POUR FAVOR - Artists' Opportunity Call for Artists! Create an image to be made into a label for wine which DIVA will bottle to be featured at its receptions and sell in 2009! Get your name out on a bottle of wine!
What: Any 2 dimensional medium which can be converted into a final label approximately 5" high x 4 " wide. Final work must be at least 4" x 5" at 300 dpi. Digital submissions for jury may be 4" x 5" at 72 dpi.
Required: Somewhere within your label design, include "Cabernet Sauvignon", the vintage year "2009", and your name. (DIVA will put its logo in top 1" or so, and final label will leave sufficient space for artist to hand sign bottle label.)
When: Submit your entry to diva.exhibits@gmail.com. Entry fee: $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Mail to DIVA, 110 W. Broadway, Eugene, OR 97401, or send via Pay Pal. Entries and fees must arrive by January 31, 2009.
Celebration: Decision will be made by Feb. 3, and the winning artist or artists will be honored a bottling party at Rain Song Winery on February 14. The winner(s) will also receive two bottles of labeled wine and an opportunity to hand sign labels as wished by buyers.
Curate and Exhibit. "Apexart wants to come to you." NYC-based arts group presents "The Franchise," a call for curators that invites anyone, anywhere in the world (except New York) to design a group exhibition and submit their proposal. Apexart will train, finance, and support the winner to develop their proposal, exhibiting in spring 2009. This is a remarkable opportunity to overcome almost any budgetary and pragmatic hurdle to realize your curatorial vision. The deadline is December 1, and you can read the details here.
Call for Entries - Social Justice Film Festival
Early Deadline March 1st 2009
~~~ Be a part of the first annual Social Justice Film Festival! April 24th - 30th, 2009 at the Grand Illusion Cinema in Seattle.
The purpose of the Social Justice Film Festival is to highlight film and video work being done to institute change around the world. We feel the purpose of the social justice movement is to promote a global culture where equality is achieved on all levels; this includes issues pertaining to incarceration, the environment and sustainability, oppression, race and racism, the arts, animal rights, alternative currency and lifestyles, corruption within the system, and so much more. We are looking for works that challenge society structures all over the globe on a macro and micro level as well as works that challenge the medium. Submission details online.
Emerald Spring Exhibition: A National Juried Show
Emerald Art Center Gallery, Springfield, OR
April 28 - May 29, 2009
Over $6,000 in Cash Awards!
Juror: Margot Schulzke
ELIGIBILITY : Open to US artists. Submit only original, unsupervised work that has been completed in the last three years. Eligible media: paintings only in acrylic, oil, watercolor, colored pencil, and pastel. Paintings must be for sale. (EAC commission is 35%) No price changes may be made after entries are accepted. Work previously published at the time of submission to this contest, in a national publication or receiving an award at a national level exhibition, is not eligible.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Preliminary selection will be made from slides and/or digital images (hereafter referred to as images)
submitted according to instructions. Artists may submit a maximum of 4 images. Entry fees are $30 for the first two images, and $10 for each additional image. Size of work is limited to 40 inches in any direction, including frame. Frames must be sturdy, with a wire hanger. Entries must be postmarked by March 2, 2009. Mail properly labeled slides/CD, (see instructions on reverse side of this prospectus), a completed entry form for each image, total fee (check or money order made out to Emerald Art Center), and a SASE #10 business size to:
Emerald Art Center
Attn: Gladys Bacon-Rust
500 Main St.
Ongoing Call For Proposals. BRING Gallery also accepts proposals for group and solo exhibits. We are looking for artists who are working with recycled and/or natural materials, and/or address environmental/sustainability issues in their
art. Please submit a short statement, artist resume and work samples to gallery@bringrecycling.org for consideration.
Art Deadlines List. A free monthly e-mail newsletter providing information about juried exhibitions/competitions, call for entries/proposals/papers, jobs, internships, writing & photo contests, scholarships, residencies, design & architecture competitions, auditions, fellowships, casting calls, tryouts, grants, festivals, funding, financial aid, and other opportunities (including some that take place on the web) for artists, art educators and art students of all ages. Edited and published by Richard Gardner. Premium list available for paid subscription.
Art Show: Artists' opportunities are posted in order by entry deadline and include calls for artists to exhibit in art shows, exhibitions, festivals & fine art competitions.
LIFE and Google takes these searches to a whole new (and rather interesting) level. Working together, the two businesses brought together several million images from the 1750s to the present day. Many of the images have never been seen before, and it's quite a bit of fun just to look around their offerings. On the site's homepage, visitors can browse photos by decade, or by a set of basic categories that include "People", "Places", "Events", and "Sports". These categories include everything from Jacqueline Kennedy to the Winter Olympics. If visitors like certain shots, they also have the option to purchase various prints from the site. It's also a bit fun to type in any number of phrases to see what they offer, such as "medicine ball", "lacrosse", or "Robert Maynard Hutchins".
Join DIVA's Volunteer Cadre. DIVA's cadre of volunteer assistants has made it an outstanding downtown center for the visual arts. If you have only a few hours a week, or many, to offer as a volunteer, DIVA would like to hear from you. The Center is looking for individuals interested in serving as Gallery Hosts to greet patrons during the Center's open hours and provide information about DIVA's many programs and opportunities. Volunteers to assist with events, receptions, and other activities are also needed. If you have an interest in film and performances there are needs for individuals to help manage events. There are also special receptions and programs at which food and beverage servers are needed. The Center is also in need of specialized services including administrative assistance and graphic design. We can also use carpenters, painters, and others to help maintain the building. Interested? Contact the Center's 
New Technology and the Arts. DIVA's online E-Newsletter takes advantage of the Internet - an electronic network that allows arts organizations to communicate with patrons beyond the walls of the local gallery or center. Here are several examples that further illustrate the importance of the Internet in informing communities about the visual and performing arts 
OpenLens Festival January 9-10-11. DIVA's Fifth Annual OpenLens Festival is a celebration of the independent spirit in filmmaking. The Festival has become an umbrella event that hosts two juried contest including the South West Oregon Short Film and Video Competition and Youth Visions' Teen Video Challenge. The festival includes workshops, screenings, receptions and a special guest filmmaker/host Portland animator Joanna Priestley. For full Festival details visit the 
