DIVA Exhibits Director Position Now Open. DIVA is accepting applications for Exhibits Director for the Center. Please send a letter and resume to: Exhibits Director, DIVA, 110 W. Broadway, Eugene, OR 97401 by August 17. Click here for job Description.
Concert to Benefit DIVA. A DIVA fundraising concert sponsored by the Carter and Carter Financial organization takes place at the Shedd Concert Hall at 7:00 PM on August 15th. All proceeds will support DIVA's on-going programs and exhibits.
This special summer evening of music features trumpet and flugelhorn player Jeff Oster, Grammy-nominated bassist and composer Michael Manring, and percussive acoustic guitarist Justin King.
 Jeff Oster is an American wind instrument player who has recorded flugelhorn or trumpet with artists such as William Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records. His album, Released, won the 2005 Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album awards at the NAR Lifestyle Music Awards presented by NewAgeReporter.com, a music airplay tracking agency.
 Michael Manring an American electric bassist from the San Francisco area who, in addition to a long tenure in the 1980s as house bassist for Windham Hill Records, has recorded with Spastic Ink, Alex Skolnick, Larry Kassin, Tom Darter, Steve Morse, David Cullen, Alex de Grassi, Will Ackerman and many other noted musicians.
 Justin King is an American musician and artist from Eugene recognized as a pioneering guitarist for his percussive "tapping" playing style which consists of a variety of influences ranging from Flamenco to Celtic music. He has toured the country as a solo guitarist opening for James Taylor, BB King, Diana Krall, North Mississippi All-Stars, Al Green and others. Justin is also a noted documentary photographer and is studying painting at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland.
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
General:
$18. DIVA Members: $15.
- Order your tickets online: Ticket Alternative
- Order Tickets by phone: 1-877-725-8849 for an additional $1.00 surcharge in addition to ticket fees.
- Order your Tickets in person at DIVA. Ask for Mary Unruh.
- Purchase tickets at the door: $22 Non-member and $19 for DIVA members.
Will Call: Tickets can be ordered for delivery by mail or at "Will Call". Will Call will be located at the DIVA Center just prior to the concert. |
2009 Open Studios Art Tour Artists Announced. Thirty three Lane County artists were chosen by jurors Nancy Pobanz, Jessica Hickey and Tara Kemp to participate in DIVA’s 2009 Open Studios Art, Your Passport to Art Adventure. Included were:
Adrienne Adam, Judy Alison, Sisy Anderson, Mark Andrew, Sarkis Antikajian, Ryan Beard, Brooke Borcherding, Willy Clark, Tricia Clark-McDowell, Steven Daniels, Rogena Degge, Susan Detroy, Ellen Gabehart, Barbara Gleason, Patsy Hand, Anna Horrigan, Scott Huette, Kathryn Hutchins, James Laub, Suzie Liles, Renee Manford, Terry McIlrath, Joan Milligan, Julie Mills-Testi, Marilyn Robert, Jerry Ross, Sheila Roth, Lesley Strother, Katie Swenson, LaVonne Tarbox-Crone, Kathy Tiger, Ed Tryk, and Stephen White.
The Open Studios Art Tour is a self-guided two-weekend event taking place Oct. 17-18 and 24-25, 2009. This unique experience offers the public a rare look into the studios of local artists to explore how artwork is made.
Tickets for the event will be available at DIVA beginning in September. Each $15 ticket is Your Passport to Art Adventure and costs and includes a detailed map to all participating studios.
The 33 artists on the tour are also featured in a two-month exhibition at DIVA that opens Sept. 4th, 2009 and runs through the third week of October. The exhibition gives artists exposure to the gallery-going community in Eugene, while giving the public an opportunity to preview artwork by the artists featured on the tour. Read More.
 See Hear Now! DIVA Launches New Sound Installation Festival. DIVA is excited to invite artists to submit proposals for our inaugural See Hear Now Festival of Sound Art, taking place October 25-31 2009. The See Hear Now Festival will exhibit work that integrates visual and aural elements, including (but not limited to) sculpture, environments and installations, and interactive works. Sound Artists who are not performance-oriented and whose work contains a strong audio component are invited to submit.
We welcome artists in every stage of career to submit proposals and strongly encourage students from the local Universities to apply with the aim of heightening DIVA's representation of local, cutting-edge arts. See Hear Now entries will be juried by a guest panel of local artists who specialize in and are knowledgeable of inter-media work.
Watch DIVA's website for guidelines, or stop by DIVA to pick up a flyer and submission outline. Details available on DIVA's website and at DIVA during open hours. For questions about the See Hear Now Festival please contact Stephanie Moore at stephanie_moore@ymail.com. DIVA will accept submissions through 5pm August 4th.
First Friday Art Walk. Join the Lane Arts Council for the First Friday Art Walk on August 7th, beginning at 5:30 pm. The guided tour includes stops at galleries and interviews with artists. Always free. Download Schedule
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Open Call for Exhibit Proposals Deadline Extended. The Open Call for Proposals for exhibits to show January 2010 through June 2010 has been extended to 5pm August 22nd. Work by individuals, groups and guilds, media artists, and proposals from organizations who wish to collaborate with DIVA will be considered. DIVA welcomes artists in every stage of their career to submit a proposal and strongly encourages students from the local Universities to submit, both as individuals and as groups, with the aim of heightening DIVA's representation of local, cutting-edge arts, including installation, multi-media, time-based, performance, or other creative uses of our six individual gallery spaces. Download Announcement and Submission Proposal Packet.
 DIVA Receives Grant Supporting Young Filmmakers. DIVA Program Manager Eric Ostlind traveled to Hood River on July 17th to receive a $1,000 grant from the Oregon Media Production Association. The grant will be used to support DIVA's Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge. The Challenge is part of the annual OpenLens Festival and accepts video entries from budding area high school filmmakers.
The OMPA reception honoring awardees was held at the Indian Creek Golf Club as part of the OMPA Final Cut Classic golf tournament and winery tour - a fund raising event for the organization.
 DIVA Co-Exhibits Director Resigns. Nick Chase, DIVA's Co-Exhibits Director has resigned to pursue a PhD in Electronic Art at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
Nick notes, "It's a wide-open program, brand new, and they are adamant that their incoming students be working artists - this means we'll have plenty of time, encouragement and support to work on our own projects! Unlike other Electronic Art or New Media programs, it's not rooted only in the visual, but is more actively about performance and musical possibilities. It's a really good match for me and of course, it's a full-ride plus stipend position, guaranteed for the duration of my tenure there - who can pass that up?"
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DIVA gARTen Party A Success. Over 50 people participated in this year's gARTen Party held at the beautiful Paula and Spud Freeman gardens in Junction City.
Participants enjoyed a summer's evening at a beautiful two-acre site that includes a rose garden, parterre (ornamental flower beds), cut flower garden, vegetable gar- den, orchard, Japanese style garden and the "west lawn".
"Under the Crescent Moon," was DIVA's third annual fundraising gARTen Party event and included musical entertainment by Mood Area 52, and an array of food provided by Newman's Fish Market, Café Yumm, Anatolia’s, Café Soriah, Metropol Bakery and Davis' Restaurant and Bar.
Artist Services Program Changes. The monthly gathering of DIVA artist members has come to an end. The Artists Services program will now offer selected professional development workshops for members throughout the year. In addition, the selection of exhibits for the Members Gallery will now be done through on-line submission and jury process (see next item). Previously, work was selected by members at the monthly Artist Salon meetings. Additional changes and opportunities will be announced in this newsletter an on the DIVA Events Calendar.
Call to Artists: Members Gallery. DIVA"S Member Gallery is an ongoing educational venue for the emerging member artist to explore the professional pursuits of exhibiting and conducting business in the art world. To that end, the Member's Gallery will be an longing digital jurying process awarding three member artists, a month long show. Calls will take place through
out the year to artist member who submit electronically. Download the new Member's Call For Proposals document.
 August Volunteer Of The Month. Karen Ecker, in addition to having recently made 120 appetizers for the gARTen party, has been volunteering her services at DIVA for the last 6 months. She is a gallery host, and has been active on the gARTen party committee. She shares her pleasant smile and Chicago charm with DIVA visitors and supporters.
Karen, notes, "I enjoy working at DIVA with a truly delightful and dedicated staff who take art seriously, but not necessarily themselves. Because I admire outstanding artistic ability, volunteering at the Gallery seems a good fit for me.
I also am committed to ensure that DIVA remains downtown because we need it there. Now that the Lord Leebrick Theater is moving in next door, it seems there is a new beginning towards the revitalizing of Broadway as a destination for Eugene residents. What better step than for me to be a part of making that happen?"
DIVA Art Talks Attract Lunch-Time Audiences.
In July, painter Sandi Whetzel, photographer Lewis Forquer and painter Leah Wilson offered noon-time presentations in which they shared their work and creative experiences with DIVA patrons. Check the DIVA Event Calendar for details about August presentations by Kate Harnedy and Geoff McCormack.
DIVA Program Manager Attends Workshop. Eric Ostlind attended the Signing Sponsors in a Lean Economy workshop taught by Barbara Harrington, noted authority on sponsorships and non-profits. The all-day workshop was held in Portland on July 23rd.
Banner Photo: Eugene Sunrise by Gary Ferrington
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ON-GOING
Saturday, August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 - Screenwriting Seminar
Instructor: Thomas Blank, Retired Hollywood Film and TV Director
Time: 9:00-Noon
Cost: $20 per class session, with a minimum registration for 4 Sessions required
Registration: 344-3482
~~~ Class sessions are devoted to review of student work and issues related to premise development, outline, draft, and revision of a script. Along the way structure, character, and form are emphasized. Registration is on going with new participants encouraged to join at the beginning of the month.
Saturday, August 8 - Children of the Crocodile: A personal history of East Timor
Guest Artist: Australian Filmmaker Marsha Emerman
Time: 7:00 PM
Suggested donation: $6.00
~~~ The DIVA Film Forum presents the full-length documentary, Children of the Crocodile: A personal history of East Timor, that explores cultural identity, resistance and survival, through the intimate story of two young Timorese-Australian women who now, in their mid-twenties, have devoted their lives to the Timorese struggle - Cidalia through theatre performance and Elizabeth through work in human rights. Q&A Follows.
LCC-DIVA: THE MYSTERY OF FILM NOIR - Sundays July 12 &26 | August 9 & 23
Time: 1:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Instructor: Tom Blank former Hollywood Director and DIVA screenwriting instructor.
Admission: Special $5.00 Day Pass purchased each Sunday at the door
Sunday, August 9th - Session 3
1:00 PM "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946) Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn. Steamy tale of a drifter offered a job at a roadside diner by the owner, an easy-going older man. When the drifter and the owner's voluptuous wife fall in love, they plot to kill her husband and run away together. Directed by Tay Garnett.
4:00 PM "Out of the Past" (1947) Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer, Rhonda Fleming. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Jeff (Mitchum), a former private detective, is hired by a gangster (Douglas) to find his former girlfriend (Greer) whom he still loves, but who took $10,000 from him and disappeared. Jeff not only finds the girl, but falls in love with her as well, thus, making the gangster very jealous. During the investigation and the unexpected love affair several murders occur which ultimately lead to further tragedies.
Sunday, August 23rd - Session 4
1:00 PM "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955) Ralph Meeker, Paul Stewart, Albert Dekker. Directed by Robert Aldrich from the novel by Mickey Spillane. A detective gives a ride to a half-naked girl, who is abruptly killed by thugs. Almost killed himself, the detective tries to solve the murder. Along the way, he is told to back off by the Feds, a bomb is placed in his car, a friend is killed, and he himself is beaten, drugged, and held hostage. The original plot is given a Cold War twist.
4:00 PM "Touch of Evil" (1958) Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich. Directed by Orson Welles. An elaborate mystery involving a corrupt police official, a squalid town on the Mexican border, and a murder that ensnares a narcotics agent and his wife. The opening shot is itself a classic example of Welles' cinematic skill.
Tuesday, August 11th - Tragic Magic - Multimedia Performance Group.
Time: 8:00 PM
Cost: $5-10 ss
~~~ The "Tragic Magic" performance group is touring the Pacific Northwest and will visit DIVA for an evening performance. The program will consist of three different solo artists Heather Acs, Glenn Marla, and Silas Howard, performing excerpts of new works and works in progress, traversing through a multi-media world of string theory, body breakups, Hollywood and loopholes in the American dream
Thursday, August 13th - Art Talk: Kate Harnedy
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: Free
~~~ Photographer Kate Harnedy will discuss her exhibit titled "Labor of Love: Life at Alpha Farm," now on exhibit in Galleries 2 and 5. In today’s consumer driven society, there are a growing number of people choosing to live more closely together to fulfill a common purpose. They often share a common social, political, or spiritual vision, and present an alternative to mainstream society. "Labor of Love" is a photo documentary of Alpha Farm, a community in rural western Oregon, active since 1972 and one of the oldest communes in the state. This project is the first-ever documentation of Alpha Farm and marks the beginning of a long-term project entitled, "Pursuing Utopia: Intentional Communities in America."
Friday, August 14 - ArchaeologyFest: Best of 2009
Time: 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Cost: $6.00
~~~ ArchaeologyFest: Best of 2009 features the top-rated films from The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, held in Eugene this past May. This film series, produced by Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), will travel to six communities across Oregon, beginning in Eugene, between now and February 2009. The list of titles will be posted at www.archaeologychannel.org.
Friday, August 15 - ArchaeologyFest: Best of 2009
Time: 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Cost: $6.00
~~~ ArchaeologyFest: Best of 2009 features the top-rated films from The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, held in Eugene this past May. This film series, produced by Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), will travel to six communities across Oregon, beginning in Eugene, between now and February 2009. The list of titles will be posted at www.archaeologychannel.org.
Saturday, August 15 - Summer Concert with Jeff Oster, Justin King, and Michael Manring
Location: The Shedd Recital Hall - 868 High Street, Eugene
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: Tickets $18. DIVA Members $15.
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The Carter and Carter Financial organization is please to sponsor this special evening of music featuring trumpet and flugelhorn player Jeff Oster, Grammy-nominated bassist and composer Michael Manring, and percussive acoustic guitarist Justin King. This is a fundraising event for the Downtown Initiative For The Visual Arts Center (DIVA). All proceeds will support the Center's on-going programs and exhibits.
Friday, August 21 - ArchaeologyFest: Best of 2009
Time: 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Cost: $6.00
~~~ ArchaeologyFest: Best of 2009 features the top-rated films from The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, held in Eugene this past May. This film series, produced by Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), will travel to six communities across Oregon, beginning in Eugene, between now and February 2009. The list of titles will be posted at www.archaeologychannel.org.
Friday, August 21- Art Talk At Noon: Geoff McCormack
Time: Noon
Cost: Free
~~~ Geoff McCormack discusses his "Greek Stones Speak" exhibit of watercolors inspired by his travels on the isle of Lesvos.
Saturday, August 22 - ArchaeologyFest: Best of 2009
Time: 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Cost: $6.00
~~~ ArchaeologyFest: Best of 2009 features the top-rated films from The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, held in Eugene this past May. This film series, produced by Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), will travel to six communities across Oregon, beginning in Eugene, between now and February 2009. The list of titles will be posted at www.archaeologychannel.org.
Saturday, August 29th - Best Of The Video Slam Fest!
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: TBA
~~~ Have you seen the latest work by emerging regional artists? DIVA's Best Of The Video Slam Fest is the place to see those videos hat have captured the imagination and interest of the monthly audiences who have chosen these as the Best Of The Slam for 2009.
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 Main Gallery: "Tropes," paintings by Leah Wilson Leah Wilson’s paintings are the result of the progression of her relationship with the places in which she has lived. They are slow explorations charting the creation of personal sense of place, developing an intimate acquaintance with the natural and human-induced patterns in the landscapes and their subtle features, changes and cycles.
The Ophelia series, consisting of four separate groupings of 3-4 paintings within each group, is derived from direct relationships with the rivers. Each grouping focuses on a specific ‘incident’ or place and object event. In this way I can incorporate the concept of time with the medium of painting instead of using a more common time-based medium such as film or video to refer to change. Each individual painting within a grouping represents a distinctive point in time, but grouped with its counterparts, the paintings begin to tell the story not only of the river, but also the shifting nature of light and water on a particular object in the river, but also the shifting nature of the focus of our own attention as we observe that object throughout a length of time.
Leah Wilson received her M.F.A. in 2003 from the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California and received her B.F.A. in painting and drawing from the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach, California in 1995 where she was the recipient of the institute’s merit scholarship. She was born in Newport Beach, California in 1973 and currently resides in Eugene, Oregon.
Wilson’s work is in the Collections of eBay, Inc., Adobe Systems, Inc., Namco Inc., as well as other corporate and private collections, and her photography has been featured in Common Ground Magazine.
Her paintings have been exhibited at Julie Baker Fine Art and featured at the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Nevada City, California, Los Medanos College Art Gallery in Pittsburgh, California and the Oakland Art Gallery in Oakland, California.
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 Gallery 1: "Places In Mind," photography by Lewis Forquer Over the last four years he has captured these snapshots by constructing miniature stage settings and then photographing them with a 4x5 view camera. The miniature stage sets are hand constructed from materials such as matt board, wire, clay, etc., the props being no larger than a few inches in height.
Places of the Mind is comprised of snapshots from Lewis Forquer’s subconscious. They stem from feelings of not belonging, not fitting in, of being scared while growing up. The lonely hallways, dark rooms and outcroppings are reflections of these thoughts and feelings.
Lewis Forquer currently lives in Lebanon. He first became interested in photography during his senior year in high school. He received his BFA in Photography at the University of Oregon in 2007. |
 Gallery 2 and 5: "Labor of Love: Life at Alpha Farm," photography by Kate Harnedy
In today’s consumer driven society, there are a growing number of people choosing to live more closely together to fulfill a common purpose. They often share a common social, political, or spiritual vision, and present an alternative to mainstream society. “Labor of Love” is a photo documentary of Alpha Farm, a community in rural western Oregon, active since 1972 and one of the oldest communes in the state. This project will be the first-ever documentation of Alpha Farm and marks the beginning of a long-term project entitled, “Pursuing Utopia: Intentional Communities in America.”
Kate Harnedy received her BA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2005, where she also worked as a Teacher’s Assistant. After graduating, Harnedy worked freelance doing portrait, music and documentary photography. Her recent move to Oregon inspired her to focus her attention back onto documentary projects and becoming part of the fine art community. |
 Members’ Gallery - August: "Greek Stones Speak: Travel Inspired Watercolors," Geoffrey McCormack, inspired by his travels on the Greek isle of Lesvos, re-contextualizes Greek mythology, archeology, and discovery in his work. The series features a visual investigation of ancient Greek figures alongside beach stones and modern debris.
Geoffrey McCormack, born in Berkeley, California, received his MA in sculpture from San Jose State University in 1972. He is a realist painter seeking a point of view of common objects to create a new context and meaning |
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| MEDIA ARTS: EMERGING ARTISTS - BRIAN WALKER |
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Eugene filmmaker Brian Walker is a member of the DIVA Media Arts Committee and a long time DIVA Volunteer. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in digital arts from the University of Oregon.
His work bridges two areas of interest those being mainstream media and video art. The video, at left, represents the latter. Brian notes that this video "... is deeply personal in nature." The content is based on roughly 30 hours of home movies. It was featured in DIVA's Openlens festival, The University of Oregon School of Art's student film festival, and the Freewaves Festival online and on the UCLA campus. It was also hosted on a continuous video loop at the University of Oregon School of Art for six months as an example of student work.
A second video, Fern Ridge: The Responsibility and Heritage, represents Brian's mainstream media interest and was completed as a student project through the University of Oregon School of Journalism.
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 Exhibit Invites Local Artist. Eugene artist and DIVA member, Mike E. Walsh has been invited to participate in the "10th International Shoe box Sculpture Exhibition" at the University of Hawaii Gallery. The traveling show is currently on display at the Soma Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea July 5 - August 16, 2009. Walsh's work "Waiting for the World to Change" underscores his interest in mapping, framing, and archiving diverse cultural links, between war and peace in a world obsessed with violence. The exhibition travels to venues internationally as well as throughout the United States through 2011.
Flame Off Competition Announced. The Eugene Glass School's 7th Annual Flame Off Competition will take place August 28-30. Download brochure for full details.
Assembly & Archive by Max Smoot and James O’Keefe. Assembly & Archive is an interactive look at the worth and beauty of post-consumer objects. Continues through August 28th at the Bring Gallery.
New Exhibit at the Emerald Arts Center. Daryle Ryder and "Lighting the Fuse to the Imagination: How Storytelling Engages Audience Participation in the Creative Process" by Alan M. Clark. Plus new work from Members of the Emerald Art Center. Reception: Second Friday, August 14th from 5:30-7:30pm.
On The Road: Two Visions of the Tokaido. In the summer of 1959, the printmaker rJun’ichiro Sekino embarked on an ambitious project to reimagine one of the most famous series of Japanese woodblock prints, namely Ando Hiroshige’s (1795-1858) "53 Stations of the Tokaido." More than fifteen years later, the fifty-five prints comprising Sekino’s recently-completed “New Tokaido” series were exhibited at the University of Oregon Museum of Art (now the JSMA): this marked both the first time that they had been shown outside of Japan, and the first time that they were ever shown side-by-side with Hiroshige’s counterparts. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art through September 13th.
Springfield Museum Presents "Africa". Artist Geire Muchnikoff's “AFRICIA” will be on exhibit August 4th – August 29th. Opening Reception: August 7th 6:00- 7:30. Lecture: 5:30 – 6:00.
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Port Orford Artists at Jacobs. A group exhibition by Port Orford Artists continues through August 20th at the Jacobs Gallery in the Hult Center. The nine artists for this show were selected to show the diversity and quality of the arts inspired and created in and around Port Orford.
• Janet Geib Pretti
• Joyce Kinney
• Doug Kinney
• William Paul Gaetjens
• Julie Hawthorne
• Hugh McKay
• Elaine Roemen
• Linda Tarr
• Georganne White
Two Shows at the Maude Kerns Art Center. The Headwaters Project: Photographs by O'Brien, Search, Tepfer, and Williams and Mixed Media Photography:
Jeffrey T. Baker, continue through August 28th.
The 2009 Oregon Art Education Association Fall Conference. The keynote speaker is Christopher Shotola-Hardt, the OAEA Oregon Art Educator of the Year for 2008.
The dates for the conference will be Friday and Saturday October 9th and 10th. Our location this year is the International School of the Cascades in Redmond Oregon. We chose a central Oregon location due to high request from last year's conference. Read More.
2009 Oregon Plein Air Painting Workshops with Mitch Baird. Join award winning artist Mitch Baird for a local plein air painting experience capturing the beautiful Oregon landscape. The workshops will cover the fundamental principles of painting and composition as well as learning to "see" as an artist. Drawing, value, color, and edges will be stressed as well as building a strong design from the elements of nature. On location demonstrations will implement these technical concepts each morning followed by one on one instruction in the afternoons. The workshop will be a 2-day intensive for all skill levels and limited to 10 students to ensure individual attention. The location setting and date of the workshop will be: August 8th & 9th at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast from 9am - 5 pmWorkshop cost is $200
(or $100 for a single day) Materials list will be provided with registration as well as exact meeting locations with directions. Lodging will be the responsibility of the student if needed. For details visit www.mitchbaird.com. For registration please call 971-227-6142 or email mitch@mitchbaird.com
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| Deadline: August 7 - Call For Film Submissions. The Eugene Celebration, September 4-6, 2009, is a weekend long block-party drawing 80,000 people into the heart of Eugene Downtown. ECFF, sits in middle of all the excitement bringing in films from around the community and around the world. We're looking for all genres of short and feature length films. Experimental, animation, sci-fi, documentaries. we want it all. Now you can enter your films for the Eugene Celebration Film Fest on-line. Just go to http://eugenecelebration.com/film_festival.html. For additional information please contact Katina Andoniadis, Eugene Celebration Film Festival Coordinator, (541) 505-4721; laugh@laughmat.com or visit us online.
Deadline: August 26 - Call for Exhibitions of works rejected by the Gallery . Have you ever had a gallery reject your work because it was too innovative, too modern or too 'out there'? We want YOU! Claim Your Place for Red Studio's Rejected Art Exhibition! To enter please go to <www.redstudio.org>. MEDIA / SPECIFICATIONS: Works in any media such as painting, sculpture, music, mixed media, installation, design, poetry, functional art, etc. Location: Kensington, Maryland. More information: shara@redstudio.org
Deadline August 31 - Glass School 9th Annual Art Glass Auction and Benefit. You are cordially invited to donate your artwork to our 10th Annual Art Glass Auction & Benefit Saturday, October 10th. This is our largest and most prestigious fundraising event of the year, catering to hundreds of local, national, and international glass artists and collectors. With the publication of a full-color auction catalog, your work will be seen by over 2,000 artists and collectors. You may download a copy of the artist submission form and instructions online at www.eugeneglassschool.org or call 541.342.2959.
Deadline: September 8th - Photography For Young Photographers. Grab your camera and show us what biodiversity means to you. See the Bigger Picture is a contest about celebrating the beautiful and amazingly varied world we live in. We're asking kids across the globe to grab their cameras and show us what biodiversity means to them. Submit your photo and win a fantastic trip to Washington, D.C. The contest is open to kids aged between 6 and 14. Submit one color image that you think captures the spirit or idea of biodiversity. Details online.
Regeneration Art Fest opens Call for Artists Salem, OR. Regeneration Art Fest opens the call for entry for visual art, installations, paper toys, mail art, mixed media and graphic design as part of the Mid-Valley Video Festival's 3rd Visual Art Mixer, occurring September 11 and 12 in ten venues throughout Salem and Keizer. With partners Keizer Art Association and SYN503.COM gallery, the event inaugurates the f-stop visual art center, Salem's newest cultural facility for the advancement of visual arts, located at 335 Grove St NE.
Regeneration Art Fest distills the post 9/11 world into mixed-media form and offers a vision of past futures. As novelty increases exponentially, Regeneration Art Fest serves as a reference point in time wave zero as we cascade into the baseline of creativity.
Artists are asked to submit entries addressing the regenerative nature of art in the post 9/11 world. Accepted entries will be exhibited in the f-stop visual arts center, Keizer Heritage Community Center and select venues in downtown Salem. Entry forms and guidelines are available at regenartfest.com. For more information, email ross@regenartfest.com or call 503-364-1403.
Deadline: September 18 - Portland Women's Film Festival Announces 2010 Call For Entries. The Portland Women’s Film Festival (a.k.a. POW Fest) is now accepting applications for its third annual festival scheduled to take place March 18 -21, 2010.
POW Fest showcases the art and cinematic contribution of women filmmakers from around the world and seeks to present films that have been directed or co-directed by women; of any length, style, or genre. Works for consideration may be submitted directly to the festival at www.powfest.com or via an online management system, Without A Box.
By providing a platform to exhibit the work of today’s top women directors and co-directors and educating community members of all ages through instructional panels and hands-on workshops, POW Fest is helping to create opportunities for women working in all areas of the film industry. By honoring female pioneers in film, we provide the support and recognition necessary for the next generation of leading women filmmakers. We invite all interested film artists to submit their works. For details go to www.powfest.com.
Deadline: September 30 - International Open Call for Art Projects. Binauralmedia and Nodar Artist Residency Center announce: PAIVASCAPES #1 STRUCTURE, PROCESS AND PERCEPTION OF A RIVER, an International Open Call for Art Projects. The process will include the selection of 12 art projects to be developed during several 2-week residency modules to take place between February and October 2010 at the Nodar Artist Residency Center in Portugal. For full details visit the call online.
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.
August 1-4, 2009. National Association for Media Literacy Education Conference: Bridging Literacies: Critical Connections in a Digital World. Detroit, MI. The every-two-year NAMLE National Conference is the premier opportunity for training and professional development in the field of media literacy education. The rich mix of conversations, presentations and hands-on workshops, plus time for networking and reflection, offers teachers, administrators, media librarians, health educators, and religious and youth leaders a unique opportunity to learn from one another and from leaders in the field. For more information, go here. Website.
November 6-7, 2009 What is Film? Change & Continuity in the 21st Century
Turnbull Center, Portland, Oregon
What is film? What is the future of film? How are digital technologies changing the nature and production of film? What is the future of Hollywood? How is the Internet changing the film industry’s models of production, distribution and consumption?
Films are now produced using a wide range of digital technologies, distributed via the Internet, mobile devices, and miscellaneous videodisc formats, and are viewed at the convenience of consumers. Change is everywhere.
Even with these alterations to the nature of cinema, we still refer to “film.” Hollywood still distributes its products to motion picture theaters and television outlets, and is still motivated primarily by profit. Some things haven’t changed. Yet.
This conference will feature a unique coalescing of film professionals, film and media scholars and students, government and community officials, as well as film fans. The event will feature keynote speakers, roundtables, paper presentations, screenings, receptions and workshops, in an attempt to answer questions about the changing nature of cinema.
Oregon and the city of Portland are no strangers to cinema with several recent Hollywood productions being filmed in and around the city. Likewise, burgeoning independent film and art scene sets it apart from its other U.S. cities. The release of the 3-D stop-motion animation sensation Coraline (produced by Laika Studios) has further bolstered Portland’s place in contemporary cinema.
The event will be linked to the proposed Cinema Studies major at the University of Oregon, plus offer possibilities of links to other universities and film programs in the Portland area. The conference will offer course credit for Portland and Eugene students
December 6-8, 2009: International Film Festival Summit. Las Vegas, NV. The 6th Annual IFFS will be the most informative and fun filled summit to date. We are excited to announce new topics and speakers at the annual summit, insuring that attendees at all levels - first-timers and repeat attendees, new to the industry or seasoned professional - can all find the answers and creative new ideas that they are looking for. With scores of keynote presentations, informative panel discussions, breakout sessions, social activities, and the IFFS Excellence Awards you won't want to miss the IFFS this December! Website.
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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.
National Association for Media Arts and Culture Job Bank. National listing of professional employment opportunities in the arts.
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SFMOMA: Kerry James Marshall
~~~~ ( Scout Report) Released in February of this year, SFMOMA presents this interactive feature on the work of Kerry James Marshall, an African-American artist born in 1955, known for his large-scale paintings and installations. Marshall's work uses imagery drawn from the urban experience, African-American popular culture, the civil rights movement, and his own personal geography. He says, 'You can’t be born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1955 and grow up in South Central [Los Angeles] near the Black Panthers headquarters, and not feel like you’ve got some kind of social responsibility. You can’t move to Watts in 1963 and not speak about it."
The interactive feature provides in-depth analysis of several of Marshall's works. For example, visitors can use the hot spot function to hear Marshall explain the iconography of Souvenirs III, 1998, as well as watching a video explaining why he chose to use black & white for the "Souvenirs" series of paintings.
There are additional videos in which Marshall explains the background of his "Mementos" series of paintings, created between 1997 and 2003; how he was inspired by the work of old masters such as Rembrandt; and also discusses depicting the Founding Fathers, Washington and Jefferson, in his work. Visit Site. |
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