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When Marjorie Taylor made her first piece of vegan taxidermy she wasn’t sure what she’d done. “I didn’t know if I was making art or … Continue reading
On my way to Salem recently to review Capturing Power: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, an exhibit at the Hallie Ford Museum of … Continue reading
The Lane County History Museum is celebrating poor taste. The Culture of Kitsch, curator Faith Kreskey says, is meant to be a lighthearted look at … Continue reading
Roger Shimomura’s life story is, mostly, all-American. Born in Seattle in 1939, he studied art at the University of Washington, joined ROTC and then the … Continue reading
Upon meeting Lidoña Wagner I am presented with a guide to her book Seed of Imagination: An Ancestral Creative Journey. The guide is one printed … Continue reading
It’s nice to discover, at long last, that Eugene’s Wayne L. Morse Federal Courthouse is officially un-American. Who hasn’t suspected this all along? When the … Continue reading
Claire Burbridge is moved by small things. Her drawings in Claire Burbridge: Pathways to the Invisible at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art are of … Continue reading
If you don’t know the name Ralph Steadman, don’t worry: You’ve still probably seen his work. It was Steadman, a relatively quiet and civilized Welsh … Continue reading
Members of the art collective the New Zone Gallery get a guaranteed “Featured Artist” show once a year and a “Spotlight” show afterward. The relatively … Continue reading
Eugene artist and photographer Sarah Grew recently spent two weeks aboard a research vessel off the Oregon coast creating cyanotypes of plankton. The unusual science/art … Continue reading
This month President Donald Trump broke records — his own records — for tweeting. He tweeted and re-tweeted more than a hundred times in one … Continue reading
The life of photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis might serve as a cautionary tale. After teaching himself the basics of the photography trade, Curtis spent years … Continue reading
John Weber took over this fall as executive director at the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Formerly the director of the Institute … Continue reading
About a 100 years ago in Mazandaran Province in Iran, a young girl named Mina and a Persian leopard became friends. When Mina was older, … Continue reading