Hannah Goldrich on KVAL

Look for Hannah on Monday at noon on KVAL. She will be interviewed by Shelly Kurtze and will talk about her latests creations.
They are on display at OPUS6IX Gallery.

First Friday Art Walk

On July 4, 2008, the Lane Arts Council’s First Friday ArtWalk will be hosted by Douglas Beauchamp, the Executive Director of the Lane Arts Council. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and includes interviews with exhibiting artists at each stop.
#1 The Museum of Unfine Art - 537 Willamette St.

The Museum of Unfine Art and Record Store is proud to host two of Eugene’s most revered young artists. Scott Boyes was voted Best Local Artist by Eugene Weekly readers. He describes his fairly abstract work as consisting of Alien guys, skulletons, and lollitops. Claire Flint recently had an impressive show at the Jacob’s Gallery at the Hult Center. She is known for her iconic work, in which she explores religious iconography in modern ways. The show will be a crossroads between folk and fine art.
#2 Fenario - 881 Willamette St.

"Omens and Accidents" is the premiere solo gallery showing for local artist, Sarah Ciampa. Ciampa's evocative oil paintings explore the connectivity and quixotic nature of life through the concepts of "Omens and Accidents." Ciampa explains, "My work has come into being because of my belief and contemplation of these concepts. To me, all of the pieces for the show are in some way an outcome of these forces, and the whole body of work reflects these concepts in various ways. Life often seems to be a series of these two integrated, yet seemingly opposite, categorizations of experience. An accident implies a reality cobbled together by random, unrelated instances, where as an omen implies a meaningful connection between events." Ciampa's work explores psychological, physical, and emotional states and relationships with an often transcendental flavor. Vivid color highlighted by sensuous black backgrounds and gloss finish characterize much of her work. The mystery of both omen and accident are reflected in her often arcane treatment of subject and her style is variously organically abstract and realistic.
#3 Oregon Glass Guild – 174 W. Broadway

The Eugene chapter of the Oregon Glass Guild is hosting a “Diversity in Glass” Gallery show where one can view and purchase glass from many different local artists. The exhibited items include vases, bowls, jewelry, wall hangings, and many other art objects. Some of the artists displaying their works are Jo Ann Syron, Mary Hornig, Sue Bradley, Vicki Komori, Rhonda Farfan, Lee Beal, Kaye Johnston, Debbie McDaniel, and Josh McDaniel. Eugene is becoming known as a center for glass working in a variety of disciplines. Hence, the mission of the Glass Guild is to educate the public about the vast potential of glass artistry and methods of creation. There will be flame-working demonstrations throughout the show, which continues through July 6. Wine will be served on the ArtWalk.
#4 DIVA Gallery – 110 W. Broadway

DIVA is pleased to announce a special two-month exhibition in celebration of the Olympic Trials: "The Notion of Motion." The brainchild of local artists Tenold Peterson and Steven Oshatz, "The Notion of Motion" features a collaborative installation using acceleration and movement as a subject for visual expression. Featured in the main gallery are two large painted compositions of men and women running, reaching 8 feet high and 28 feet wide.
Also:
--Sergio Ortiz, a commercial photographer from Portland, exhibits striking large-format photographs of marathon runners.

--Don MacLane, a sculptor based in Portland, contributes a display of interactive kinetic sculpture, titled "Exploring Cycles." These steel and stone contraptions invite viewers to explore the variations that can arise in rhythmic motion patterns.

--DIVA's Members' Gallery features an exhibit by Leslie Terra, titled "Leafscapes & Garden Variety Portraits." Her larger than life drawings of the surface of leaves are vibrantly colored and, while quite accurate, verge on abstraction simply due to the large scale at which they are drawn. As a tie-in to the Olympic Trials, Terra has included a special section dedicated to native Oregon runners; the plants are, of course, growing in running shoes that have been turned into hanging pots.

The following galleries and stores will also be open 5-8 p.m. on July 4^th during the ArtWalk:

Karin Clarke Gallery and Annex, La Follette Gallery, New Zone Gallery, Opus6ix, and Sacred Traveler Gift and Gallery.

Contact:
Jessica Watson, First Friday ArtWalk Coordinator, 912-6669, jwatson2@uoregon.edu

At White Lotus

Landscapes of Oregon
by Northwest Artists

Reception: Saturday, June 21, 3 - 5:30 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: June 13 - July 12

Participating Artists

Jon Jay Cruson / Tie Li / Helen Liu / Connie Mueller
Jamie Newton / Walt Padgett / Nancy Pobanz / Satoko
Gary Tepfer / Maurice Van

Hannah Goldrich

Hannah's visit to Italy a year ago with her family inspired her creation of the pieces in this show. She had not expected to be so enthralled by the landscapes, buildings and environments that she saw. She took hundreds of photos with her simple digital camera. She shot ordinary scenes like the clothes line and the home in Ambra, magnificent scenes like the waterscape in Venice, and many photos depicting the magic of the towns in Cinque Terre. When she came home, She had a wonderful record of the richness of their trip. As she perused the images over and over, she felt the strong urge to recreate some of them in her medium-jewelry. She took two of the photos- the clothes line and the plates-thinking she wanted to make a piece of jewelry, she had no idea how she would do it and both pieces were difficult to do.

She chose her images and started working - Each piece took from 4-10 days. Some were very hard to figure out how to translate the feeling of the image into metal which was also wearable. She obsessed how to do the plates - until she found the watch crystals that she finally used. Some of the pieces are especially complicated. The pendant of Rioggiore has over 50 solder connections. The pieces were impossible for her to plan out - She worked without knowing how it would look or whether the whole piece would collapse at the minute. It was very tense and also rewarding. What occurred, which she had not expected, is that by making each piece, she became extremely involved in the image. She saw the parts and the whole of it as she hadn't before and that was thrilling. The whole experience of working on this show was more interesting and fun than she had ever expected.

Hannah would like to thank Opus6ix for giving her the venue to show this work and for all their support. Thanks to her husband, Dan, for his artistic advice.Thanks to Christine Sundt for her generous help in photographing the pieces.

Show dates: June 6th through July 13th

Group show at OPUS6IX

A stunning display of jewelry and painting awaits at OPUS6IX in the Gallery & Arts District!

Sydney Lynch	Jerry Dame, Sr.
April Higashi	Jenny Gray
Judith Neugebauer	Jane Aukshunas
Ben Neubauer	Ellen Dittebrandt
Carolyn Morris Bach	Anne Teigen
Thea Izzi	Jeff White

Oz

Location: Silva Hall

Presented by The Shedd Institute

The Shedd Institute is proud to present our own new stage production of the 1939 MGM classic motion picture The Wizard of Oz. The film has been adapted for stage twice: The 1945 adaptation by the Municipal Theater of St. Louis is the one most commonly done by community theatre companies. We will produce the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1988 adaptation, which follows the original MGM screenplay almost word for word! All of the wonderful dialogue, all of Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's great songs, and a fresh new look you won't want to miss! This year's production stars some fresh new faces - Sophie Mitchell as Dorothy and Siri Vik as the Good Witch, and OFAM favorites Bill Hulings as the Scarecrow, Chip Sherman as the Tin Man, Mark Huizenga as the Lion, Suzanne Bunker as the Wicked Witch and Patrick Torelle as the Wizard. Willamette Rep's Kirk Boyd directs, with music direction by Vicki Brabham, choreography by Richard Jessup, sets by Jerry Hooker and costumes by Marry Mikkelson.

Friday, 7/25/08
7:30PM PDT
Saturday, 7/26/08
7:30PM PDT
Saturday, 8/2/08
2:00PM PDT
Friday, 8/8/08
7:30PM PDT
Sunday, 8/10/08
2:00PM PDT

Buy Tickets Online for Wizard of Oz

Buy Tickets Online for OFAM 2008

Call for Artists

South Park, WA + South Park Bridge Replacement Project

4Culture and the King County Department of Transportation Bridge Division are seeking a United States artist as design team member on the South Park Bridge Replacement Project. The qualified applicant will have experience working in design team collaborations for large, transportation infrastructure projects and or specifically bridge projects, with additional experience working with Landmark structures. The selected artist will be asked to realize innovative solutions respectful of local historic context within a culturally and economically diverse community. The selected artist shall receive a Design Contract for $60,000. Upon proposal review and approval the artist shall be awarded a contract for Commissioned Artwork for $240,000 plus applicable construction credits.

Deadline: July 14, 2008

Information: www.4culture.org

Fenario Gallery First Friday Art Opening

Shamanic Visions:
The Andes Awakening. The show will be paintings by shamanic elder Luis Salinas
Quispe, of the Q'ero tribe in Peru, as well as ancient, sacred
textiles. The show is really beautiful, I included JPEGs of the
handbills to get you a taste of the art. The opening reception begins
at five, with wine, cheese and free beer provided by local Rogue
brewery! The show is a benefit to seed a living trust for the tribe to
provide food, medicine and identification papers for through the Q'ero
Longevity Foundation.
Hope to see you there!

Chloe Gallagher
Gallery Manager
Www.fenariogallery.com
541-393-3333

LCCC 2008-2009 Opportunity Grants Program, JUNE 2008

Boys and Girls Club of Emerald Valley	Cultural Arts Summer Program	2500
Florence Performing Arts Assoc.	Swan Lake - Ballet	2250
Emerald Empire Art Assoc. (Emerald Art Center)	TEACH ARTS (supplies and salary supplement)	2250
Eugene Ballet Company	Outreach to other areas and transportation to performances for students	2250
Oregon Country Fair	DVD and interactive online of history	2000
Bring Recycling	Marketing postcards	1500
Hult Center for the Performing Arts	Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE A Dance Company	1500
Lowell Grange #745	Repair for historic building	1400
Cottage Theatre	"CT Extra" shows to bring in new and younger audience	1400
UO Cultural Forum	Promotion - Website	1030
Oregon Ballet Foundation	Boys Mentorship and Scholarship Program	1000
Young Writers Assoc.	Workshop Scholarship Fund	1000
Bohemia Mining Days, Inc.	Native American performance added to Mining Days annual festival	1000
Community Alliance	Multi-heritage photograph exhibit	1000
Nearby Nature	Kalapuya Qwest	965
Edison Elementary	Monthly multicultural storytelling program	955
	TOTAL Grants 2008-2009.	24000

First Friday ArtWalk

On Friday, June 6, 2008, the Lane Arts Council’s First Friday ArtWalk will be hosted by

Miriam Alexis Jordan of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m.

#1 Opus6ix – 767 Willamette St. Two artists have the spotlight at Opus6ix. Ellen Dittebrandt’s show “My Intimate View of Nature” explores her sense of awe and wonder through a series of striking images revealing the colors and vitality of nature. Her formal show ends on June 15^th, but her works will still be displayed in the gallery. Hannah Goldrich’s exhibition “Italian Images in Gold and Silver” will be showing from June 6^th to July 13^th. Jewelry she created in response to her travels in Italy will be displayed.
#2 Jacob’s Gallery – 7th and Willamette St. Jay Backstrand is the featured artist at the Jacob’s Gallery until July 12^th. His paintings have a seamless beauty with both classical and contemporary sensibilities, incorporating images of iconic and classical art history references with new motifs taken from our modern world. By juxtaposing and reconstructing images from a variety of cultures and art history, Jay’s paintings ask the question “What is beauty?” The show was curated by artist Craig Spilman.
#3 Blue Moon Jewelry– 6th and Olive Blue Moon Jewelry features the work of local metalsmith Nancy Piccioni. The exhibit introduces her current works in metal jewelry utilizing the ancient keum-bo technique of fusing metal.
#4 New Zone – 164 W Broadway The featured artist for June is Denise Steel. She will exhibit images related to sports, especially intriguing since it is concurrent with the Olympic track and field trials. In the 2^nd gallery room, there will be a special show focusing on the visual images and impressions of music and musicians. While listening to music, sometimes even to live musicians, the artists painted what they saw or felt. As a special treat, there will also be a demonstration of the interaction of musicians and artists.
#5 Harlequin Beads -- 1027 Willamette St. The featured artist is Nancy Gant, Eugene Lampwork Artist. Nancy says, “I tried a lot of different Arts over my years but glass is just way too fascinating to have ever walked away from. It gets your total focused attention because, with the flame, your work is alive and moving. It is beyond words and has become my passion.”
#6 La Follette – East Broadway and Oak Mason Williams, the comedy writer that wrote the Smothers Brothers show, has collaborated with Sheri Hoeger, a California-based stencilist to create this collection. The paintings on canvas are produced in a limited edition of 100, each piece accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity. Also showing this month is the owner of La Follette Gallery, Cyndy Duerfeldt. She uses watercolors and acrylics to create images of predominant landscapes that carry an ethereal, moody theme.

The following downtown merchants and galleries will also be open late:

DIVA Gallery, DNA Photographic, Eugene Public Library, Fenario, Karin Clarke Gallery and Annex, Letterhead, Museum of UnFine Art, Sacred Traveler Gift and Gallery, the White Lotus Gallery.

Contact: Lane Arts Council 541-485-2278, lanearts@lanearts.org, www.lanearts.org

NELSON SANDGREN at Karin Clark

Expressions of the Northwest and Beyond

May 20 — June 28

Talk by Erik Sandgren, Saturday, June 7th at 3:30pm:

Themes & motifs of the work of Nelson Sandgren

The Karin Clarke Gallery is proud to share the legacy of Nelson Sandgren’s art and spirit in this, the first exhibit of his work since he passed away in August of 2006. Curated by Karin and her father Mark Clarke, the show will include watercolors, several large oil paintings and some self portraits at varying stages of the artist’s life.

Born in Manitoba, Canada, in 1917, Sandgren grew up in Portland and Chicago. He received his art education at the Chicago Institute of Design, the University of Oregon, the University of Michoacan, Mexico, and earned both his B.A. and M.F.A. at Oregon State College (now Oregon State University). After graduation in 1947, he joined the faculty there, and served as a professor until his retirement in 1987.

Nelson was greatly influenced by his teachers at the University of Oregon - David McCosh, Andrew Vincent and Jack Wilkinson, and although he did not study with her, Sandgren shared art philosophies with Maude Kerns in the later years of her life. In 1947 and 1948, Nelson studied with a second major influence in his work, Mexican muralist Alfredo Zalce, in Morelia, Michoacan. He became interested in creating larger scale paintings in collaboration with fellow artist friends. His public murals include those found at Mahlon Sweet Airport and the Lane County Court house in Eugene, Oregon, and also the Kerr Memorial Library at OSU, in Corvallis. He received numerous awards, grants and commissions during the course of his career, and exhibited in England, California, and Colorado, as well as Seattle and Portland.

A prolific artist, Sandgren spent four to five hours a day working in his studio, using oil, watercolor, and various print-making techniques. His unique brush work captures the essence of the environment in simplified, dynamic strokes. A sense of fearlessness, delight and reverence for the beauty of the natural world and the people in it, permeate his work.

Though Nelson traveled widely, his interest in the Oregon Coast never waned. He founded of a group of plein air painters, which, for a number of years, congregated at the beach in Bandon. His son, Erik Sandgren, carries on this tradition established by his father, with yearly coastal paint-outs, which continue to be a highlight in the experience of many local artists. Like his father, Erik is teacher, mentor and friend, who also helps many artists develop their skill and insight. On Saturday, June 7th, at 3:30 pm, Erik will give a talk about the themes and motifs of his father’s work, at Karin Clarke Gallery located at 760 Willamette Street, in Eugene.