This week at DIVA

Events this week:

Wednesday, October 1 - Judy Alison " Hands in Clay - A Tactile Conversation. Noon. Free

Saturday, October 4 - Screenwriting Seminar with Thomas Blank. 9-11AM, $20 per session. More information: 344-3482.

Saturday, October 4 - Demonstrations: Fiber Art Process: Weaving and Surface Design 1-4 PM Interactive weaving as well as printing on the surface of cloth. Free

Sunday, October 5 - The History of Film: The Great Directors. First class session features the work of Godard and the New Wave 1:30 PM - 9:00 PM. $10 for all three class sessions this fall. Register through Lane Community College: In person at the Downtown Center; online: lanecc.edu/explane, or by phone: 463-5252;

Full DIVA Event descriptions online at

There is still time to buy your ticket/calendar for the Open Studios Art Tour October 18, 19, 25 and 26. The $20 purchase provides you with a tour-ticket-map, a 15-month calendar, bumper sticker, and knowledge that you are helping to support DIVA's many fine exhibits and programs. Purchase yours today at Eugene Market of Choice locations, Smith Family Bookstores, The Duck Shops - UO, Valley River Center and Autzen, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Gift Shop, Borders Books - Oakway Center, and Karin Clarke Gallery.

Happening atDiva

Fiber Art Process – Weaving and Surface Design Demonstrations. There will be an interactive weaving demonstration, form 1:00-4:00 PM on Saturday September 2nd. The demo will include looms, a spinning wheel, hand carders, and drop spindles. See how the fiber artist plays with color and yarns to create new materials and structure.

There will also be a demonstration of printing on the surface of cloth. We will provide cloth samples, or bring in a T-shirt. We will use the thermal imager and the heat press to create unique designs.

DIVA Marchers Wanted! Center volunteer Kristi Koons is organizing an entry for this year's Eugene Celebration parade on Saturday, September 13th, and she needs your happy feet to make it happen. The entry will center on a misting cauldron from which artist brewmasters will pull from the misting brew samples of art representing the diversity of DIVA's artistic talent. A cadre of marchers will be rapping a new song written just for the event.

Kristi hopes to recruit about 20 volunteers for the DIVA team and needs to know of your interest in participating by Tuesday, September 2nd. Please write her at and let her know if your feet are itching to march

DIVA Member Hosts Jonathan Talbot Workshop. Marge Dillon will host a three-day workshop by noted painter, printmaker, and collage artist Jonathan Talbot, September 26, 27, 28. The sessions are to be held in Dillon's converted Barn/studio near Junction City. The Three-Day Workshop is: $365. Materials Fee: $25. For full details and registration visit Talbot's workshop web page at .

Have You Purchased Your Open Studios Art Tour Calendar-Ticket? A reminder that your Ticket for the October 18, 19, 25 and 26 Open Studios Tour is available when you buy the new 15-month "Visual Arts Calendar" that highlights events for local galleries and arts organizations through 2009. The calendar is illustrated with the work of 30 artists whose studios will be available on the Center's Open Studios Art Tour. The sale of the $20 calendar (that serves as your ticket for the tour) is an annual fund raising event for the center and can be purchased at DIVA, Smith Family Bookstores, The Duck Shops - UO, Valley River Center and Autzen, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Gift Shop, Borders Books - Oakway Center, and Karin Clarke Gallery.