OpenLens 2009 Festival Awards Made. The Fifth Annual OpenLens Festival, held January 9-10-11, is DIVA's major Winter celebration that attracts patrons to see the work of emerging regional film artists, attend seminars, and meet with guest filmmakers. This year the festival featured Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge and the Southwest Oregon Short Film and Video competition.
 The Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge included work by young people from throughout the region. The winning video shorts were reviewed by a jury of educators and filmmakers. A total of 13 videos were submitted to this year’s competition. They ranged from magical and humorous hand-drawn animations, to frightening and vivid live action dramas.
The First Place winner was The Cruiser by Justin Crow and Zane Miller. This film-noir live action production is about a mysterious vigilante driver who cruises the streets at night dealing with wrongdoers.
The Second Place award went to The Chase, by Daniel Hart and Katie Hart. This humorous backyard romp explores the relationship between a dog that loves the thrill of a chase and a taunting squirrel that enjoys outwitting him.
The jury chose The Kings of Eugene as the third place winner produced by Marty Leowenthal, Dylan Parker, James Nemeth, and Cord Heideman. The video was made in the style of a Charlie Chaplin film in which skateboarders caught in a "no skateboarding" zone, find themselves trying to hide the body of a security office who is accidentally killed when he falls while in pursuit. The task results in a comedy errors.
Prizes were also awarded for the Southwest Oregon Short Film and Video competition. This year's juried Best of Show award went to How to Play Checkers by Klamath Falls filmmaker Lee Wolochuk. His claymation comedy features two men playing a competitive game of checkers observed by a mounted moose head on the wall that has no interest in the game until it becomes intensely heated and weird things start to happen - thanks to the colorful manipulative magic of clay. This animated short was also selected as the festival's Audience Choice Award.
Honorable Mention went to Michael Scott Miller for his film, Conflict Within. In this highly stylized video a young man battles his own inner demons that threaten to overwhelm him. The use of digital effects facilitates the telling of a raging inner struggle between good and evil.
This year's competition included documentary, narrative, and animated submissions. Filmmakers at this year's event included: Michael Scott Miller, Tyler Macklin, Steven Weeks, Wil Doolittle, Brian Walker, Lee Wolochuk, Tobias Katz, Henry Weintraub, and Ziying You. For information about screenings, seminars, and other events see the festival program online.
Is Your Studio On The Map? DIVA is working with the Convention and Visitors Association, Lane Council of Governments, the City of Eugene, and the Eugene Chamber to create an Art and Wine Adventure Map for the greater Eugene area. The map will include galleries, studios, wineries, bed & breakfasts, restaurants and other visitor related businesses.
The cost is $50 for studios listings. You can specify specific days and hours or contact for appointment information. The map will be 17” x 22” full color with ad space available around the perimeter. We will print a minimum of 10,000 by May. They will be distributed through the map participants, CVALCO, the Eugene Chamber and available at the Library and other Park and Recreation offices.
If you are interested in a perimeter ad, the cost is $250 and must be "print ready". This is an excellent opportunity to get your studio or gallery (or business) "on the map." DIVA members get a 15% discount on ads. Contact mary@divacenter.org or call Mary Unruh at DIVA, 344-3482 or sign up now.
Wine Bottling Benefits DIVA. DIVA is hosting a wine bottling party to stock up our wine stores for DIVA events. Art Pour Favor will be held at Rainsong Vineyards on Valentines' Day, February 14 from 11am until 2pm. The cost for the event is $50 per person and includes lunch and 3 bottles of the wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon from the event. Nine bottles from each case will be donated to DIVA to be served at DIVA events.
Join us for a fun event and a chance to Pour Your Art Out for a good cause! Reservations are limited so sign up soon! Contact Sheila Roth at sjrothy@comcast.net. Pay Pal payments can be made through divacenter.org.
 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.
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Saturday, February 7 - Workshop: Coptic Bookbinding
Time: Noon-5pm
Instructor John Watson
Tuition: $40 + $15 materials fee. Register: 541.344.3482
~~~ This method was invented by coptic monks in Egypt during the 1st century to bind scriptures together that were too big to be scrolled. Coptic bindings are a 2000 year old technique, creating an exposed spine of linked stitches that allows the book to lay perfectly flat.
Thursday, February 12 - Art Talk: Rebecca Lubas
Time: Noon
Admission: Free but donations gratefully welcomed.
~~~ Installation artist Rebecca Lubas will discuss her work currently on exhibit in Gallery 5 at the DIVA Center. Lubas' exhibit consists of two large installation pieces.
Friday, February 13 - Art Talk: Bruce Klepinger
Time: Noon
Admission: Free but donations gratefully welcomed.
~~~ Guide and photographer Bruce Klepinger will give an Art Talk and slideshow providing a brief look at the landforms and how they have influenced peoples and cultures across the Himalayas. Mr. Klepinger's exhibit, "Arc of a Life: An Exhibit of Himalayan Photographs and Textiles" is currently on view through the end of February.
Sunday, February 15 - Selling On E-Bay
Time: 4 PM
Admission: Members Free. Public: $5
~~~ DIVA's Artist Services Committee is pleased to present "Selling Your Art on Ebay" with Lane Community College instructor Carlos Paris. Mr. Paris will address the fundamentals of selling on Ebay and related online venues. Join us in discovering the nuances of selling at online auctions and marketplaces.
Sunday, February 15 - Video Slam!
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: Free
~~~ Have you seen the latest work by emerging regional artists? DIVA's Video Slam, now meeting every third Sunday of the month provides that opportunity. The slam 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!
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IMMI 2009 - February 19 - 21
IMMI 2009 celebrates the art of improvised music and the moving image February 19th-21st with performances at both the Wandering Goat Coffee House and the DIVA Center. Come and enjoy the classics of the silver screen accompanied by live improvised music. Read more about: IMMI Fest and Artist Biographies.
Thursday, February 19th
8pm Wandering Goat Coffee House 268 Madison Eugene FREE!
Join Any Permutation with special guests for an evening of free improv and video art. Video work by Daniel Heila and Dough Detrick.
Friday, February 20th
8pm DIVA Center Broadway and Olive Downtown Eugene $5
Knotty Ensemble with special guests perform live improvised soundtrack to Robert J. Flaherty’s Nanook of the North
Robert J. Flaherty’s Nanook of the North is a classic documentary of the daily life and hardships of an Eskimo family--a landmark in the history of documentary cinema.
Saturday, February 21st
8pm DIVA Center Broadway and Olive Downtown Eugene $5
Any Permutation and special guests perform live improvised soundtrack to Drifters a documentary by John Grierson about the British herring fishing industry in the early 20th century.
British documentarian John Grierson (1898-1972) is one of the most important figures in the history of the medium. With Robert Flaherty and the Soviet directors Eisenstein, Kuleshov and Vertov, they essentially founded the ideas, language and texture of the documentary. Grierson specialized making evocative, gripping, and wholly unsentimental documentaries that expressed a real affinity and feeling for the worker. |
Saturday, February 21st
Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: $0-5.00 s.s.
~~~ Visiting poets K. Silem Mohammad and Rodney Koeneke will read their work at DIVA's New Poetry Series. Kasey and Rodney are part of the so-called Flarfist collective, a new poetry movement that uses search engines as their method for constructing poems (often with hilarious if transgressive results). The language-poet Ron Silliman, an important figure in the avant-garde poetry scene, considers Flarf to be one of the most important developments since language poetry.
Saturday, February 28 - Workshop: Beginning Web Photography
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Instructor John Watson
Tuition: $30. Register: 541.344.3482
~~~ Students will learn how to create images for the web, email and other Internet applications. Attention will be given to creating digital files for CD presentation of artwork. Materials: There is no material fee for this class. Students need to bring their complete digital camera kits, along with any accessories they have. Students may also bring laptop computers.
Full Calendar Detail On The DIVA Center Web Site.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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 |
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News of Area Non-Profit Arts Organizations:
First Friday Art Walk. Join the Lane Arts Council for the First Friday ArtWalk on February 6, hosted by Kate Ali, an artist, instructor at LCC, Lane Arts Council Board member, and recipient of a 2008 Artist Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission. The guided tour The guided tour begins at 5:30 pm at Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center and includes stops at galleries and interviews with artists. ArtWalk details
Jerry Ross at Springfield Museum. Former DIVA Board Member Jerry Ross has an exhibit, 'Uprising', at the Springfield Museum. His work presents figurative and portrait paintings inspired by the Italian and American revolutions. The exhibit runs through Ferbuary 21st at the Springfield Museum, 590 Main St., Springfield.
Deigh Bates at Emerald Art Center. Deigh Bates' photography exhibit, Simple Forms, will be on view at the Emerald Art Center February 3rd-28th.
Glass School 2009 Catalog now available. You can now download the 2009 Glass School catalog online. Click here.
Emerald Art Center Hosts Judy Morris Travel Painting Workshop. Travel paintings are enhanced with two new texture techniques to be shared at a workshop at the Emerald Art Center in Springfield on February 17, 18, & 19. The 3-day workshop is called "The Perfect After-Travel Watercolor Workshop." And... it will be perfect! There will be plenty of time to explore design, color, textures, and especially finishing techniques for paintings inspired by your travels. Class time is designed for lots of individual help. Contact the Emerald Art Center for more information.
FUNDRED Dollar Bill Project. A nationwide art project aimed at supporting restoration in New Orleans. The goal is 3,000,000 pieces of student art (Fundred dollar bills) to generate $3,000,000 for the renewal project. This collaborative art project is the brainchild of artist, Mel Chin, and supported by Art:21. St. Mary’s Academy is the collection site for Oregon, and so far I have collected about 1,000 Fundred dollars from 3 schools in Oregon. I would love to have more schools participate! It is not difficult to do. For more information go to www.fundred.org or email to kathym@stmarys.pdx.org.
Museum of Art marks 75th anniversary. Lasting Legacies: The First 75 Years is the cornerstone exhibit of a year-long celebration marking the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s seventy-fifth anniversary. The retrospective reflects the museum’s collection and the people who have shaped its past and are shaping its future. The special exhibition (January 24 - April 12, 2009) features a host of innovative educational and social programs.
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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.
Call for Entries Barnhart Associates. A local real estate brokerage invites artists of Lane County and surrounding areas to submit proposals for exhibiting artwork in their historic, craftsman-style office at 14th and Pearl in Eugene. Artwork chosen will be exhibited in the common areas of the office. The goal is to showcase local artists working in a variety of media. Deadline: February 13th. Contact Jody Dunphy for specific requirements at 541.284-4112 or at jodyd@barnhartassociates.com.
Call for Entries - 2009 Pacific Northwest Art Annual. In 1960, The Erb Memorial Union (EMU) at the University of Oregon established an art acquisition program to purchase works for the EMU’s permanent art collection, Over the past 40 years, the EMU has purchased approximately 40 pieces on behalf of the U of O student body and as a highlight in the community we encourage you to submit your work and be a part of the 2009 PACIFIC NORTHWEST ART ANNUAL. in various media created by Pacific Northwest artists. POSTMARKED DEADLINE IS MARCH 19, 2009. Click here for Information.
Youth Film for Change Award: Deadline Extended to January 30. The San Francisco Film Society is pleased to announce the inauguration of an additional Golden Gate Award for Youth Works -- the Youth Film for Change Award. This new award which carries a cash prize of $1,500 was created in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices, Adobe Foundation's global youth media initiative.
Films selected for the Youth Film for Change Award will be screened at the 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival (April 23 - May 7, 2009) in the Youth Works program and listed in the Festival Program Guide, which is circulated worldwide to distributors, film commissions, educators and the media.
The Youth Film for Change Award will be presented to the best youth produced film addressing issues of social change. The deadline to submit your film has been extended to January 30, 2009. For more information (including submission requirements) and to submit your film, please visit http://www.sffs.org/sfiff/enter.html
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
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. PROSPECTUS: http://www.emeraldartcenter.org/Downloads/2009 EAC NJS prospectus .pdf
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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. Regional Arts & Culture council (Portland). Competition entries are entered the first of each month. Excellent resource. 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. |
 The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art website has a feature that aims to help visitors of the online exhibits (or the physical museum) understand what was going on in the mind of the artist, the curator, or art historian when they created, chose or studied a work of art. The "Explore Modern Art" link provides a multimedia resource which helps visitors better understand this often misunderstood mode of artistic endeavor. Visitors can click on "Interactive Features" on the left side of the page to go to the archive of multimedia presentations released by SFMOMA, which covers more than 50 artists, such as Sol LeWitt and Betye Saar. To hear the musings of curators on exhibits at SFMOMA, visitors should click on the "Audio" link on the left side of the page. If you are not familiar with the artwork featured in the audio, most of the audio features provide a link to a biography of the artist featured, as well as to a few of their works. Visitors shouldn't miss watching the time-lapse video of "SFMOMA installs Ann Hamilton's indigo blue ", which can be found in the "Video" link on the left said of the page. Visit the SFMOMA web site. (Source: The Scout Report, January 16, 2009 Volume 15, Number 2). |
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