In 50 Years…
Classic photos of Eugene by the eponymous Dot Dotson
A shutterbug friend once let me in on a little secret about photography. One way to make any picture more interesting, he said, is to … Continue reading
Visual Arts: Page 18
New Home for New Zone
The all-comers Eugene gallery will open the First Friday ArtWalk
New Zone Art Gallery, which lost its lease in January, abruptly closing its downtown space, has found temporary quarters for the March First Friday ArtWalk. … Continue reading
Crossing Cultures
Landscapes and portraits by Li Tie on exhibit at White Lotus Gallery
White Lotus Gallery titled its current exhibit “Crossing Cultures” to mediate expectations about subject matter. Li Tie may be Chinese-American, but his art falls heavily … Continue reading
A Return to Beauty
New show at Schnitzer Museum highlights Oregon painters who came of age before art became arid
Somewhere in the late 20th century, art in America went through a cosmic shift: “Beauty” became a dirty word. In the 1950s, a middlebrow, slightly … Continue reading
Walking the Art Talk
Check out Jojo Abot, Adam Grosowsky and others in downtown galleries
Art lovers on Lane Arts Council’s First Friday ArtWalk Jan. 4 have a delicious palette to choose from. Among the offerings this month: Interdisciplinary artist … Continue reading
A Deliciously Sinful Year
Coming to The Shedd in February, Seven Deadly Sins inspires art at New Zone this First Friday
Eugene singer Siri Vik has regularly performed music by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht — pieces from The Three Penny Opera and The Rise And … Continue reading
Culture and Passion
Charles Munroe moves on with new show in Springfield
It was a rainy night in Springfield so not a lot of people walked outside during the Second Friday Art Walk. Down the street on … Continue reading
Art at 510 Oak
UO’s art and design faculty move into downtown studios
The first thing I noticed about 510 Oak is how clean it was. Art buildings are usually splattered with paint and clay, marked with charcoal … Continue reading
Blunt Graffix: Something Borrowed, Something New
Using a copy machine in the Navy sparked Matt Dye’s artistic career
Matt Dye, aka Blunt Graffix, is showing his art in three different places in Eugene. None is an art gallery. His work is on view … Continue reading
A New Response
Margaret Coe: The City of Light closes soon at Karin Clarke Gallery
I’m guessing Margaret Coe has been asked before why she goes to Venice to paint. She began her talk at the opening of her show … Continue reading