Eugene Textile Center
Fiber arts group show runs through beginning of August
We’re in what’s called the digital or information age, though I sometimes think of it as the “you can do that on the computer” age. … Continue reading
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The Answer is ‘Context’
We ask a top Eugene photographer: What makes a good photo?
Eugene Weekly checked in with Ron Jude, associate professor of art at the University of Oregon and the author of 10 photography monographs. He is … Continue reading
Rick Bartow: Animal Spirits
Karin Clarke Gallery mounts its third exhibition of prints by the late Oregon visionary master
Nearly 15 years ago, Eugene gallerist Karin Clarke met artist Rick Bartow for the first time at his Newport area studio. Bartow (1946-2016) was a … Continue reading
Buried Treasure
The University of Oregon’s art museum brings on a new curator to sort its unsorted photo collection
“Each one of these is like a Christmas present,” Thom Sempere says as he pulls a photograph from atop a small stack of prints and … Continue reading
Off the Radar
For 10 years Ditch Projects has shown contemporary art in a non-commercial gallery
What does it mean to be a successful art gallery? For Ditch Projects the measure is not counted in financial rewards. The contemporary art gallery … Continue reading
Water, Water Everywhere
White Lotus celebrates spring with a wet and wild exhibition
Bread may be the crunchy staff of life, but water is its quiet foundation. Our bodies are made of water. We drink water. We love … Continue reading
Maude’s Choice
Lane 5: A homecoming at Maude Kerns Art Center
Craig Spilman last served on the board at Maude Kerns Art Center about 50 years ago. This was before he joined the art faculty at … Continue reading
‘The Blind Illustratrix’
Portland artist M. Sabine Rear focuses her vision on comics
When you fall down the rabbit hole of zines, comics, social commentary and stickers that make up the work of M. Sabine Rear, prepare for … Continue reading
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Navel of the World
New photo exhibit captures the exotic colonial clash of Peru
If you’re like most people, you probably haven’t given much thought to, say, Peruvian photography of the early 20th century. Don’t feel bad. You’re not … Continue reading
Remembering Kiahsuang Shen Lo
A late-life artist is memorialized in an exhibition wrapping up at the UO
An exhibit of Kiahsuang Shen Lo’s brush painting now up at the University of Oregon’s Mills International Center was initially intended to celebrate the artist’s … Continue reading
The Distance Between Us
Bringing creativity to everyday practice with local arts collaborations
Imagine the entire planet as one large artwork. Sound like a fantastic piece of conceptual art? It is. It’s also an actual goal for arts … Continue reading
Walking the Talk
First Friday ArtWalk expands its canvas this month to include music, performance and food
Art isn’t just about paintings in a gallery, and this month’s First Friday ArtWalk offers a wide variety of arts experience, from painting and sculpture … Continue reading
Charting the Northwest Landscape
Karin Clarke Gallery wraps up a museum-quality show of work by Charles Heaney
Work by Oregon artist Charles Heaney (1897-1981) so seamlessly captures the mood of the Pacific Northwest that it’s hard to imagine art here without him. … Continue reading
A Force of Nature
Lucinda Parker retrospective at Hallie Ford shows Portland painter’s work through half a century
Lucinda Parker doesn’t have a contact or use email. In this day and age that seems unusual, but upon seeing her art, it sort of … Continue reading