Masterworks on Loan
On your own in Eugene with Jean Dubuffet and Keith Haring
Art displayed at museums is organized by theme and framed by a curator’s or artist’s statement. The shows at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art … Continue reading
Ester Barkai
Author: Ester Barkai
The Collected Memories of Beverly Soasey
A show of her work honors the memory of the late Eugene artist and former director of the now-defunct Jacobs Gallery
Eugene artist and arts administrator Beverly Soasey wasn’t big on telling the story behind her assemblages. She wanted people to find their own stories in … Continue reading
Drawing a Line
See work by LCC art faculty — not to mention Jim Tronson — at Tronson Gallery of Contemporary Art
Jim Tronson doesn’t fit today’s stereotype of the serious artist. When I asked how he defined “contemporary,” he answered, “Anything made after noon today.” In … Continue reading
Smothered in Plastic
Plastic Entanglements at Jordan Schnitzer Museum shows we’re all in this environmental mess together
Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials is an often beautiful, sometimes gross but altogether engaging new exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. The line … Continue reading
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
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