Bringing the Arts Outdoors
Eugene’s 20x21EUG mural project
Just after I moved to Eugene about a year and a half ago, Eugene Weekly ran a story titled “Art: It Could Happen Here” [EW, … Continue reading
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People not Posing
The figure paintings of Melissa Sikes at Maude Kerns Art Center
An entire room at the Maude Kerns Art Center is dedicated to Melissa Sikes’ series of artworks titled The Back Dock. Other paintings from the … Continue reading
Up Against The Walls
Eugene is creating the biggest visual art festival held here since 1974
Google “Oregon street artist” and you get just two results, both seemingly generated by bots. That puts us a bit behind Alabama (7 results) and … Continue reading
South of the Border
Mexico is the inspiration and location of a photography collection currently on display at JSMA
“Mírame Bien!” pleads the current photography exhibit in the Morris Graves gallery at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art — “Take a good look at … Continue reading
Layers: The Life and Work of Allan Kluber
Old Work/New Work at Karin Clarke Gallery
What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question asked of children, and they know to pick just one thing. Sometimes … Continue reading
Playing in the Dark
Eugene group seeks to resurrect a dark art
For photographers who came of age during the film era, the experience of seeing that very first image materialize in the developing tray is remembered … Continue reading
Seeing What Something Looks Like
Two video works by James Nares at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
James Nares might be called a Renaissance artist, though he is associated with the 1970’s No Wave movement, where he played in a band and … Continue reading
A Gray Day is Beautiful, Too
White Lotus offers new paintings by Margaret Prentice
Some people look forward to retirement. They plan for the time when they can stop working and do nothing but take it easy and relax. … Continue reading
The Mind Fills In
Wendy Red Star at the Governor’s Office
If you like art that keeps you looking, that brings you back for a second or third glance, then you will appreciate the art of … Continue reading
A Larger World
A change of art at the White Lotus Gallery: Japanese hanging scrolls
The White Lotus Gallery has put up a new show, replacing an exhibit of contemporary art with Japanese paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. … Continue reading