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Ester Barkai

Author: Ester Barkai

Peg’s Home Adventure

Moving into her 80s, the longtime Eugene artist turns to her backyard for inspiration

Visual Arts 3 weeks ago

Margaret Coe, known to her many friends as Peg, is one of Eugene’s most recognizable and respected artists. In 2017 the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of … Continue reading →

We Have a Few Questions

The JSMA draws from its permanent collection to examine our relationship with Earth     

Visual Arts 2 months ago
Heavenly City 1 by YANG Yongliang. Photo Courtesy JSMA.

On Earth, a Fragile Existence, at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art until April 16, aims for us to come to terms with the fact … Continue reading →

Springfield’s Award-Winning Art 

Check out the winners of the 30th annual Springfield Mayor’s Art Show at the Emerald Art Center

ArtsBlogVisual Arts 3 months ago

Encouraging words matter. Just see Tim Gunn tell one of the designers on Project Runway, “I believe in you.” Even watching on a screen, you … Continue reading →

Teen Angst at the Art Center

The annual Mayor’s Teen Art Show runs at Maude Kerns through Sept. 30 

Visual Arts 4 months ago

I once took a class at the prestigious ArtCenter College of Design, which people most often refer to as just ArtCenter. So, it throws me off … Continue reading →

Eugene Biennial is Becoming Tradition

EW takes a look at some of the prize winners in this year’s show

Visual Arts 5 months ago

Gallerist Karin Clarke started the Eugene Biennial in 2016, the year after the Jacobs Gallery and the annual Eugene Mayor’s Art Show closed for several … Continue reading →

No One Puts Braman in a Corner

Lane Arts’ program director is also an actor and a talented artist   

Culture 7 months ago

Pointing to a study in which 1,000 different categories for gender are recognized, Eric Braman speculates it might be better to do away with labels … Continue reading →

The MFA Show is Back in Town

UO art graduates exhibit their final work at Ditch Projects in Springfield

Visual Arts 8 months ago

As an arts writer in Eugene, I have been aware that some artists don’t believe our town appreciates contemporary art. This perception has been at … Continue reading →

Everything is Art

Michael Moloi has danced his way from South Africa to Las Vegas to Eugene. Now he’s a painter, too.

Visual Arts 10 months ago

Michael Moloi received a Black Lives Matter Grant from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation last year. The art he created, which was shown at the … Continue reading →

The Art of Biology

Idaho artist Laura Ahola-Young delves into the visual study of plants at Maude Kerns

ArtsVisual Arts 11 months ago

Did you know that algae and cyanobacteria are part of every breath we take? Me neither, but that’s what Laura Ahola-Young says in her artist … Continue reading →

Magical Thinking

An exhibit at the MNCH shows customs don’t change much

Visual Arts 12 months ago

“The world is an unpredictable place where bad things happen,” medievalist Martha Bayless says. Going into year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m with her … Continue reading →

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