Everyone’s Invited
BEAM shines at Studio Without Walls
The trees looked as if they had moving parts. And no, I hadn’t had any of the Art City Fizzes offered by Thinking Tree Sprits. … Continue reading
Ester Barkai
Author: Ester Barkai
The Final Studio Without Walls of the Summer Ends in a Blaze of Light
The interface between work and audience
The trees looked as if they had moving parts. And no, I hadn’t imbibed any of the Art City Fizzes offered by Thinking Tree Sprits. … Continue reading
Time Traveling
Ronald Eugene Pennington-Satterfield explores The Space Between Us at Epic Seconds
Nearly 50 years ago Ronald Eugene Pennington-Satterfield was assigned to write an essay. He turned in a 200-page novel instead. His junior high school English … Continue reading
A Three-Ring Circus of Art
With a triple opening, Eugene holds its first Visual Arts Festival Week
I didn’t notice the man in the box at first. In my defense, a lot was happening around me Friday night at the Hult Center … Continue reading
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
Art City as Social Sculpture
This summer’s ‘Studio without Walls’ and ‘BEAM’
Art students focus on becoming good at their craft and finding what they’re interested in representing to the world. Then comes graduation, and the aspiring … Continue reading
Familiar Landscape
Robert Schlegel time travels at Karin Clarke Gallery
You know how you can see a movie or read a book and not like it, and then revisit it years later and love it, … Continue reading
Crafting a Story
The Art Of The Beer Label At Ninkasi
Like a lot of other people, I often scout the shore while walking on the beach looking for just the right shell to take home, … Continue reading
Art Begets Art
Satoko Motouji’s Peer Gynt paintings go to the theater
The most entertaining dictum I’ve heard about the question of art’s function — and the easiest to prove — is that the purpose of art … Continue reading
But is it art?
Without a broad audience, contemporary art establishes a foothold in Eugene
A video circulating on YouTube shows a curator, Aram Moshayedi, at LA’s Hammer Museum introducing actors Will Ferrell and Joel McHale to a contemporary art exhibit, … Continue reading