 Do You Have Your Reservation? July 8th is the deadline for placing your reser- vation for "Under the Crescent Moon," DIVA's third annual fundraising gARTen Party Party scheduled for the evening of July 18th at the gardens of Paula and Spud Freeman in Junction City.
Enjoy a summer's evening at a beautiful two-acre site that includes a rose garden, parterre (ornamental flower beds), cut flower garden, vegetable gar- den, orchard, Japanese style garden and the "west lawn". Lovely water features and sculptures comple- ment these spaces.
Reservations include dinner, garden walk, entertainment provided by Mood Area 52, silent art auction, and transportation. Cost: $105 per person.
To make reservations call 344-3482. For more information call Mary Unruh at 344-3482 or contact her by email at mary@divacenter.org.
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First Friday Art Walk. Join the Lane Arts Council for the First Friday Art Walk on July 3, beginning at 5:30 pm at Vistra Framing and Gallery's new location at 160 E Broadway, followed by stops at La Follette Gallery and Framing, DIVA, and New Zone Artists Collective, with a finale at the Atrium. The guided tour includes stops at galleries and interviews with artists. Always free. Download Schedule
First Friday Events at DIVA. A reception for exhibiting artists will be held at DIVA on Friday, July 3rd from 5:30PM - 8:00PM. The evening will feature a new Meet The Artist program that encourages the public to learn about each artist's work and explore the creative processes involved. See full schedule of presentations in the Calendar Section below.
DIVA Opens Call for Exhibit Proposals. DIVA is excited to launch a new Open Call for Proposals for exhibits to show January 2010 through June 2010. The call opens June 30 and closes 5pm July 31. Work by individuals, groups and guilds, media artists, and proposals from organizations who wish to collaborate with DIVA will be considered.
DIVA emphasizes the creative work of Oregon artists and work that is in some way significant to Oregon, or is understood to culturally enrich, enliven and/or inform the local community. DIVA welcomes artists in every stage of their career to submit a proposal and strongly encourages students from the local Universities to submit, both as individuals and as groups, with the aim of heightening DIVA's representation of local, cutting-edge arts, including installation, multi-media, time-based, performance, or other creative uses of our six individual gallery spaces.
The processfor submitting work is available online. For questions, please contact Exhibits Director Nick Chase at DIVA by phone, or at nick.divaexhibits@gmail.com with the subject heading Open Call 2010. We look forward to seeing your work.
 Art Talk Featured Gween Seemell. Portland artists Gween Seemel was featured in a DIVA Art Talk at noon on June 29th.
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has gathered subjects that don’t always come to mind when one thinks of a U.S. citizen: first and second generation Americans.
Instead of simply painting the participants as they are, Seemel has blended their likenesses with American icons. These combinations are a kind of allegorical portraiture cum political.
Some of the more uniquely American paintings in her show "Apple Pie" included a Zimbabwean-American woman who wears white "bunny-face" to fit into her adopted country’s decidedly compartmentalized concept of her ethnicity and an Iranian-German-American version of Rosie the Riveter.
Seemel’s subjects each contributed a statement to go with their likeness, explaining, from their point of view, what it means to be American.
 Jeff Russo July volunteer of the month. Jeff has been volunteering at DIVA for the past 6 months. He assists with Gallery Hosting as well as with related facility needs. While volunteering, he can often be found on a ladder changing light bulbs or painting gallery walls. We appreciate his skills and willingness to help with the many maintenance tasks as the Center.
Jeff says of his DIVA experience, "Volunteering at DIVA has given me a new insight into the world of art. DIVA is a breath of fresh air. Mary, Sara, Eric and Nick are dedicated to helping artists and making the Gallery click.
I picked up the brush after a 20 year absence and after an Art Walk and stop at DIVA, I am encouraged to create for the sake of art"
DIVA'S Nicholas Chase Releases Recordings. July 21st brings two new studio albums from DIVA Co-Exhibits Director Nicholas Chase, the first full-length commercial releases since 1993. These feature Chase's most recent musical explorations, brand new material premiered and toured last fall in Europe and the US, performed at DIVA.
Ngoma Lungundu (voice that thunders): the Velvet Watt Vol. 1 features the studio premiere of the epic 4- movement title track, originally created for live, multi-channel electronics, mastered for home stereo and iPod, and comes alongside Seventh Sense, the half-hour opus for bass and electronics featuring a tour-de-force performance by contrabassist Cristin Wildbolz. Seventh Sense was originally released by STV/Unit records in Switzerland on 5.1 Surround Sound DVD, but is available in the US for the first time in this specially re-mastered stereo edition - and includes 3 minutes of material not issued on the Swiss release! Preview it at Amazon.com
Also appearing this Summer, Blue Sky Over Buchenwald: Original Music Soundtrack, the electronic  soundtrack to the Alternativer Medienpreis nominated documentary Wie kann es so schoen in Buchenwald sein? by Gabriele Rabe. The recording features original tracks produced for the documentary as well as a selection of originally composed and performed acoustic tracks that provided the basis for the electronic soundtrack. Preview it at Amazon.com
Ngoma Lungundu (Voice That Thunders) and Blue Sky Over Buchenwald will be digitally available internationally at Amazon.com, iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, eMusic and other favored online music stores.
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OpenLens Festival Receives Grant. The Lane Arts Council has granted DIVA's 2010 OpenLens Film Festival $1,400 to support its annual January event. This year $49,050 in grants were given to five community arts organizations and 24 arts projects in the Eugene area for the 2009-2010 arts year beginning July 2009. The Community Arts Program is supported through a partnership with the Cultural Services Division of the City of Eugene.
 Get Your Art Online!! Scott Huette will present on the topic of digital image preparation for online gallery submissions at the July 19th Artists Salon. Topics will include image resizing, appropriate file formats and image editing software. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop for hands on instruction.
Scott is an instructor at the University of Oregon teaching Portfolio Development and has worked as an Art Director in Computer Gaming. This presentation is important, since the Membership Gallery jurying process will soon be done digitally. There will not be a membership gallery jury this month. Admission: $5. Members: Free. Starts at 4PM.
 Calling Volunteers! An Informational Meeting for DIVA volunteers will be held Thursday, July 23rd. All new and experienced volunteers are encouraged to attend. We will review DIVA procedures and check-in with the DIVA calendar of events. Meeting time: 6:30-7:30 p.m. at DIVA Center.
Concert to Benefit DIVA. A DIVA fundraising concert sponsored by the Carter and Carter Financial organization takes place at the Shedd Concert Hall at 7:00 PM on August 15th. All proceeds will support DIVA's on-going programs and exhibits.
This special summer evening of music features trumpet and flugelhorn player Jeff Oster, Grammy-nominated bassist and composer Michael Manring, and percussive acoustic guitarist Justin King.
 Jeff Oster is an American wind instrument player who has recorded flugelhorn or trumpet with artists such as William Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records. His album, Released, won the 2005 Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album awards at the NAR Lifestyle Music Awards presented by NewAgeReporter.com, a music airplay tracking agency.
 Michael Manring an American electric bassist from the San Francisco area who, in addition to a long tenure in the 1980s as house bassist for Windham Hill Records, has recorded with Spastic Ink, Alex Skolnick, Larry Kassin, Tom Darter, Steve Morse, David Cullen, Alex de Grassi, Will Ackerman and many other noted musicians.
 Justin King is an American musician and artist from Eugene recognized as a pioneering guitarist for his percussive "tapping" playing style which consists of a variety of influences ranging from Flamenco to Celtic music. He has toured the country as a solo guitarist opening for James Taylor, BB King, Diana Krall, North Mississippi All-Stars, Al Green and others. Justin is also a noted documentary photographer and is studying painting at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland.
See Hear Now! DIVA Launches New Sound Installation Festival. DIVA is excited to invite artists to submit proposals for our inaugural See Hear Now Festival of Sound Art, taking place October 25-31 2009. The See Hear Now Festival will exhibit work that integrates visual and aural elements, including (but not limited to) sculpture, environments and installations, and interactive works. Sound Artists who are not performance-oriented and whose work contains a strong audio component are invited to submit.
We welcome artists in every stage of career to submit proposals and strongly encourage students from the local Universities to apply with the aim of heightening DIVA's representation of local, cutting-edge arts. See Hear Now entries will be juried by a guest panel of local artists who specialize in and are knowledgeable of inter-media work.
Watch DIVA's website for guidelines, or stop by DIVA to pick up a flyer and submission outline. DIVA will accept submissions from July 2 through 5pm August 4 - details will be made available on DIVA's website and onsite Tuesday - Saturday 12-5 at DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway in Downtown Eugene.
For questions about the See Hear Now Festival please contact Exhibits Director Nick Chase at nick.divaexhibits@gmail.com or Festival Chair, Stephanie Moore at stephanie_moore@ymail.com Proceedures on how to submit are available online.
The Youth Empowerment Project. The DIVA Center will be the temporary home of the "The Youth Empowerment Project" from this July through October.
The project provides adult mentors and support to disadvantaged youth ages 16-23 who may not have access to arts opportunities.
Participants will come from area youth agencies including Juventud Faceta (Youth Group of Amigos Multi-Cultural Center); Youth from Looking Glass/New Roads Drop-In Center; L.E.A.D. Teen Center; Hosea Youth Services and the Migrant Education Summer School Program. The project is a collaborative effort with these agencies, the Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts (MECCA) and DIVA.
Workshops will involve youth in a variety of art projects including mask making, photography, video, bookmaking, creative writing, and mixed media.
Workshop sessions meet on Saturdays beginning July 4th with open studios each Friday. An exhibit of student artwork will be on display at DIVA during September and October.
The Youth Empowerment Project believes that through the avenue of the arts, a door is opened to youth that encourages their voice and allows their inherent wisdom to speak through their work utilizing visual arts, creative writing, performance and video.
This project is funded in part by a grant from the Lane County Cultural Coalition and is administered by Karen Olch, Arts Instigator and Youth Mentor. Olch has been involved in collaborative community arts work for over twenty years. For over two years, Karen has worked in the capacity of "arts instigator" at the New Roads Drop-In Center for homeless, runaway and transitional youth.
Olch combines her passion, experience and energy, with a BFA in Fiber Arts and a minor degree in Community Arts Administration from the University of Oregon, to create arts opportunities for young people to shine.
Workstation Computer Donated to DIVA. A Toshiba Satellite Laptop with a 15 inch screen has been donated to DIVA by John Watson. The laptop comes with a DVD burner includes eAdobe PhotoShop CS, Adobe Elements (a lite version of PhotoShop), as well and MIcrosoft office 2004.
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Full Event Calendar Available At: divacenter.org
Friday, July 3 - First Friday Events at DIVA
Time: 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Cost: Free
~~~ A reception for exhibiting artists will be held at the DIVA Center on Friday, July 3rd from 5:30PM - 8:00PM. The evening will feature a new Meet The Artist program at which the public is encouraged to learn about each artist's work and explore the creative processes involved.
Meet The Artist Program schedule:
6:40 - Main Gallery
DIVA Executive Director Mary Unruh will introduce DIVA and talk about what’s news.
6:45 - Main Gallery
Find out what led Leah Wilson to create her environmental oil paintings "Tropes"
6:55 -Members’ Gallery
Meet painter Sandi Whetzel and learn about "SUCCULENCE! Fantasy
Blends with Reality"
7:05 - Gallery One (Corner Gallery)
Get into Lewis Forquer’s head with his photographic/miniature series
"Places in the Mind"
7:15 - Gallery Two and Five (pass-through gallery)
Take a peek into Oregon's history with Kate Harnedy’s photographic journal "Labor of Love: Life at Alpha Farm"
7:35 - Media Arts Gallery
Karen Olch will launch the Youth Empowerment Project, an outreach program that will live at DIVA for the next four months, culminating in an exhibit of the participants' work.
THE MYSTERY OF FILM NOIR - Summer Film Seminar
Sundays July 12th and 26th - August 9th and 23rd
Time: 1:00 - 6:30 PM
Single Day Pass: $5.00 or Register for all four sessions for $10.00 through Lane Community College
Do you like to talk about classic film noir productions of the '40's and '50's? Join others this summer when the DIVA Center and Lane Community College offer a Community Education Film Noir Seminar hosted by former Hollywood TV and Film Director Tom Blank.
Individuals may register through Lane Community College's Community Education program, on campus, or at the LCC Downtown Center. The fee is only $10 and includes all screenings and hosted discussions. A $5.00 day pass is available at the door each Sunday.
All sessions held at the DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway, Eugene. Phone 344-3482. Web: divacenter.org
Screenings begin at 1:00 PM. Bring snacks, pillows to stretch out on the carpeted floor (chairs also provided). Our screening room is air-conditioned and nearby free parking abundant. DIVA is only one block from the LTB bus station.
July 12th
- "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Sidney Greenstreet, and Peter
- "This Gun for Hire" (1942) Directed by Frank Tuttle. With Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar.
July 26th
- "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) with Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey. Alfred Hitchcock directed
- "Double Indemnity" (1944) Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson. Directed by Billy Wilder.
August 9th
- "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946) Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn. Directed by Tay Garnett.
- "Out of the Past" (1947) Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer, Rhonda Fleming. Directed by Jacques Tourneur.
August 23rd
- "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955) Ralph Meeker, Paul Stewart, Albert Dekker. Directed by Robert Aldrich.
- "Touch of Evil" (1958) Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich. Directed by Orson Welles.
Saturday, July 18th - "Under the Crescent Moon" - DIVA gARTen Party Fundraising Event
Ticket: $105 per person. Reservations: 541.344.3482
~~~ DIVA's third annual gARTen Party, "Under the Crescent Moon", is scheduled at the gardens of Spud and Paula Freeman in Junction City. Enjoy dinner, entertainment, silent art auction, and garden tour. Payment is required to hold reservations. Register by July 8th. See article above for details.
Sunday, July 19 - Artist Salon: Get Your Art Online
Time: 4:00 PM
Admission: $5.00 Members: Free
~~~ Scott Huette will present on the topic of digital image preparation for online gallery submissions. Topics will include image resizing, appropriate file formats and image editing software. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop for hands on instruction. Scott is an instructor at the University of Oregon teaching Portfolio Development and has worked as an Art Director in Computer Gaming. This presentation is important, since the Membership Gallery jurying process will soon be
done digitally. There will not be a membership gallery jury this month.
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 Main Gallery: "Tropes," paintings by Leah Wilson Leah Wilson’s paintings are the result of the progression of her relationship with the places in which she has lived. They are slow explorations charting the creation of personal sense of place, developing an intimate acquaintance with the natural and human-induced patterns in the landscapes and their subtle features, changes and cycles.
The Ophelia series, consisting of four separate groupings of 3-4 paintings within each group, is derived from direct relationships with the rivers. Each grouping focuses on a specific ‘incident’ or place and object event. In this way I can incorporate the concept of time with the medium of painting instead of using a more common time-based medium such as film or video to refer to change. Each individual painting within a grouping represents a distinctive point in time, but grouped with its counterparts, the paintings begin to tell the story not only of the river, but also the shifting nature of light and water on a particular object in the river, but also the shifting nature of the focus of our own attention as we observe that object throughout a length of time.
Leah Wilson received her M.F.A. in 2003 from the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California and received her B.F.A. in painting and drawing from the Art Institute of Southern California in Laguna Beach, California in 1995 where she was the recipient of the institute’s merit scholarship. She was born in Newport Beach, California in 1973 and currently resides in Eugene, Oregon.
Wilson’s work is in the Collections of eBay, Inc., Adobe Systems, Inc., Namco Inc., as well as other corporate and private collections, and her photography has been featured in Common Ground Magazine.
Her paintings have been exhibited at Julie Baker Fine Art and featured at the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Nevada City, California, Los Medanos College Art Gallery in Pittsburg, California and the Oakland Art Gallery in Oakland, California.
 Gallery 1: "Places In Mind," photography by Lewis Forquer Over the last four years he has captured these snapshots by constructing miniature stage settings and then photographing them with a 4x5 view camera. The miniature stage sets are hand constructed from materials such as matt board, wire, clay, etc., the props being no larger than a few inches in height.
Places of the Mind is comprised of snapshots from Lewis Forquer’s subconscious. They stem from feelings of not belonging, not fitting in, of being scared while growing up. The lonely hallways, dark rooms and outcroppings are reflections of these thoughts and feelings.
Lewis Forquer currently lives in Lebanon. He first became interested in photography during his senior year in high school. He received his BFA in Photography at the University of Oregon in 2007.
 Gallery 2 and 5: "Labor of Love: Life at Alpha Farm," photography by Kate Harnedy
In today’s consumer driven society, there are a growing number of people choosing to live more closely together to fulfill a common purpose. They often share a common social, political, or spiritual vision, and present an alternative to mainstream society. “Labor of Love” is a photo documentary of Alpha Farm, a community in rural western Oregon, active since 1972 and one of the oldest communes in the state. This project will be the first-ever documentation of Alpha Farm and marks the beginning of a long-term project entitled, “Pursuing Utopia: Intentional Communities in America.”
Kate Harnedy received her BA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2005, where she also worked as a Teacher’s Assistant. After graduating, Harnedy worked freelance doing portrait, music and documentary photography. Her recent move to Oregon inspired her to focus her attention back onto documentary projects and becoming part of the fine art community.
 Members’ Gallery - July: "SUCCULENCE! Fantasy Blends with Reality" in these intimate views of succulents by contemporary artist, Sandi Whetzel. This lively collection of acrylic paintings celebrates luscious, stimulating colors, graceful lines, textures and intriguing motifs inspired by the artist’s fascination with organic shapes in the world of succulents. Her art embraces and explores the nuances in shapes, patterns and color drawn from the plant world.
Sandi Whetzel is an acrylic artist living in rural Days Creek, Oregon, south of Roseburg. For the past twelve years she has been instructing Community Education art classes for Umpqua College. Recently she has exhibited twice at the Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay, the 2009 Inaugural National Art Exhibit in Gold Beach, OR, the Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center in 2008 and three solo exhibits at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association in Roseburg over the last few years. Her design won the DIVA Art Pour Favor competition for the Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 wine label. The Glide Wildflower Society selected her image of the Oregon Grape to promote the premiere Wildflower Show in April 2009. Sandi is best known for her use of vibrant color and graceful shapes inspired from the plant world as well as her signature pieces to promote the wine industry in Oregon.
"I hope that my art provides joy, motivation, inspiration and sanctuary to individuals during stressful times of their lives. I create because it gives me pleasure to find and embellish beauty in nature. I delight in having some degree of control in that one aspect of my life where I can see and render subjects as I choose to visualize them."
 Members’ Gallery - August: "Greek Stones Speak: Travel Inspired Watercolors," Geoffrey McCormack, inspired by his travels on the Greek isle of Lesvos, re-contextualizes Greek mythology, archeology, and discovery in his work. The series features a visual investigation of ancient Greek figures alongside beach stones and modern debris.
Geoffrey McCormack, born in Berkeley, California, received his MA in sculpture from San Jose State University in 1972. He is a realist painter seeking a point of view of common objects to create a new context and meaning
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Eugene filmmakers Tyler Macklin and Michael Miller are familiar artists around the DIVA Center. Both have entered DIVA sponsored events including the monthly Video Slam and annual OpenLens Festival.
Tyler Macklin has been a student in the University of Oregon's Electronic Media program in the School of Journalism. He has produced many video segments for the University's "Duck U" cable program as well as his own films.
He won the "Best Dramatic Short" at the 2008 Spring UO Student Film Festival. His work can be viewed on his YouTube internet site.
Michael Miller has been recognized for his work with visual effects by winning both first place and the "People’s Choice Award" in DIVA's 2008 Open Lens Film Festival. He also won an award for Technical Merit in the 2008 Salem Film festival. Michael's numerous videos can also be seen on his YouTube site.
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Jacobs Gallery Exhibits LCC Sculpture. The Gallery hosts work by Yuj Hiratsuka: Printmaking and Hanna Hagen: Ceramics June 19 – July 18, 2009.
Emerald Art Center. The current issues of the Emerald Art Center Newsletter is now online.
The Center has recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of its historical building. An artist reception and celebration party was held on June 12th. Music entertainment was provided Frank Light at the piano with Donna Courtell, well-known vocalist, who will rendered some of the greatest hits of 1909. The Center has also kicked off its time capsule project.
Emerald Arts Center Offers Visual Approach to Watercolor Painting. A 5-Day plien air workshop (all skill levels) is being offered July 6-10, 2009, 9am-4pm.Call Sue at 726-8595 for registration information.
The Center is also offering
Advanced Bookbinding: Beyond the Basics a two and a half day class offered July 24, 26 & August 2 for artists ready for the next challenge: Collecting Natural Materials, Experiments in Paper Manipulation, and Bookbinding with Experimental Paper.
- Friday, July 24 Collecting Natural Fibers 6-8 pm - 2 Hours - Optional Group Outing "Walk About" at Island Park
- Sunday, July 26 Experiments in Paper Manipulation w/ Natural Fibers
- Sunday, August 2 Bookbinding & Embellishment w/ Experimental Paper 10 am-4 pm - 12 hours total
$55 Members; $60.00 Non Members +$15 Materials fee
Flame Off Competition Announced. The Eugene Glass School's 7th Annual Flame Off Competition will take place August 28-30. Download brochure for full details.
Photo Zone Gallery Exhibits. The 21st annual PhotoZone juried show and exhibition will take place at the Emerald Arts Center July 1st through 31st. More information available online.
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Student Art Show at SMJ House. An exhibit of Lane County Student Art will be held at the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House June 1- August 30. Attend a Living History Day celebration and ice cream social Sunday, June 14 from 11am - 3pm.
Port Orford Artists at Jacobs. A group exhibition by Port Orford Artists will be on view July 24 – August 20, 2009 at the Jacobs Gallery in the Hult Center. The nine artists for this show were selected to show the diversity and quality of the arts inspired and created in and around Port Orford.
• Janet Geib Pretti
• Joyce Kinney
• Doug Kinney
• William Paul Gaetjens
• Julie Hawthorne
• Hugh McKay
• Elaine Roemen
• Linda Tarr
• Georganne White
Valisa Higman Exhibit at Tamarack Gallery. An exhibit of Eugene artist Valisa Higman's work continues through July 31st at the Tamarack Wellness Center Gallery May 1- The exhibit features her cutout artwork, which begins as a sheet of black paper. Carving away the background she reveals her images in an intricate lacework of lines. She chooses subject matter that connects the viewer with their own lives and histories, but also with all people and their dreams and pasts.
Alan Clark Offers Workshop at EAC. Alan Clark will offer an acrylic painting workshop for adults and youth July6th through August 3rd. The workshop meets on Monday evenings 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm and costs member $82.50 and Non-Members $90 plus $2 materials cost. Alan Clark has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute and has been a freelance illustrator for over twenty-five years. He is most known for his cover and interior illustrations for books of fiction, non-fiction, textbooks, young adult fiction and children's books. His awards in the illustration field include The World Fantasy Award and four Chesley Awards. Call Sue or Steven at 726-8595 with your registration information.
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Call For Participation. Oregon Crafted will be producing a show, the Oregon Crafted Sampler, at the Lane County Fairgrounds, in the Auditorium Building, the weekend of November 14-16. (Set-up will be Friday, Nov. 13th.) Booth spaces have first been offered to Oregon Crafted members, but we will have room for other artists that are members of local guilds and arts organizations.
One unique component of this show is that we will be bringing in gallery owners and buyers from both in and out of Oregon, who are looking for new artists for their galleries. There will be workshop opportunities to meet and talk with them about having work shown and sold in galleries.
The booth fee for a 10’ x 10’ space will be $175, and may be shared by more than one artist. There will be a total of 60 booth spaces available. Artists will be asked to submit 3-5 digital images of their work, along with the application, for the jurying process. There is no application fee. (If you plan on sharing a booth space, all participating artists must submit an application.) The application deadline is July 31, 2009. Artists will be notified by August 15th, about receiving a booth space.
Please let us know if you have any questions about the application process and your interest in participating in the show. We look forward to hearing from you. More information: Patti Lomont, Art Program Coordinator at patti@oregoncrafted.org, or by phone: 541-687-8353. Oregon Crafted www.oregoncrafted.org. Address: 220 E. 11th Ave., Suite 5 Eugene, OR 97401
Springfield/Eugene Habitat for Humanity Call to Artists - Deadline: July 9. The Springfield/Eugene Habitat for Humanity is sponsoring it's first annual Willamette Valley Brews and Blues Festival August 7-8 at Island Park in Springfield. Several thousand people are expected to attend the event which features Grammy-nominated, award-winning, nationally acclaimed blues artists. Oregon microbreweries and local wineries will be featured; there will be juried craft booths and many non-profit booths. We are also planning a Fine Arts tent showcasing 10-15 juried fine art booths. Cost for a 10 x 10 booth space is $50. Deadline for submission of vendor application (for artists only) will be July 9. Please furnish photos of your work or a website address for the jury. You may sell prints and cards as well as original work. A "paint out" will also take place on Saturday. Plein air artists will complete a painting, a "People's Choice" award will be presented, and the paintings will be auctioned from the stage with proceeds to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Please download a vendor application for a booth from the website www.wvbbf.org and mail to: Springfield/Eugene Habitat for Humanity, WVBBF vendor application, PO Box 488, Springfield, OR 97477. For information on the paint out, please call Kris Stewart at (541) 344-0046.
International Open Call for Art Projects - Deadline: September 30. Binauralmedia and Nodar Artist Residency Center announce: PAIVASCAPES #1 STRUCTURE, PROCESS AND PERCEPTION OF A RIVER, an International Open Call for Art Projects. The process will include the selection of 12 art projects to be developed during several 2-week residency modules to take place between February and October 2010 at the Nodar Artist Residency Center in Portugal. For full details visit the call online.
AIRtime Fellowship program deadline July 1, 2009. The AIRtime program provides artists with valuable assistance with which to concentrate on new transmission works and conduct research about the genre using free103point9's resource library and equipment holdings. AIRtime Fellowships are awarded to approximately three artists each year. Fellows present their work in conjunction with WGXC, in Greene and Columbia Counties, and our city-based programs at the Ontological Theater at St. Mark's Church in Manhattan. Fellows receive an honorarium, and technical and administrative support from free103point9 staff. Participating artists are encouraged to archive recordings and other digital media with the free103point9 Transmission Art Archive project.
free103point9 defines "Transmission Arts" as a conceptual umbrella that unites a community of artists and audiences interested in transmission ideas and tools. This genre encompasses a diversity of practices and media working with the idea of transmission or the physical properties of the electromagnetic spectrum. Transmission art is generally a participatory live-art or time-based art, and often manifests as radio art, video art, light sculpture, installation, and performance. For more information see: http://www.free103point9.org/airtime/
Call for Exhibitions of works rejected by the Gallery - Deadline: August 26th. Have you ever had a gallery reject your work because it was too innovative, too modern or too 'out there'? We want YOU! Claim Your Place for Red Studio's Rejected Art Exhibition! To enter please go to <www.redstudio.org>. MEDIA / SPECIFICATIONS: Works in any media such as painting, sculpture, music, mixed media, installation, design, poetry, functional art, etc. Location: Kensington, Maryland. More information: shara@redstudio.org
Call For Films - Deadline for submissions is August 7th. The Eugene Celebration, September 4-6, 2009, is a weekend long block-party drawing 80,000 people into the heart of Eugene Downtown. ECFF, sits in middle of all the excitement bringing in films from around the community and around the world. We're looking for all genres of short and feature length films. Experimental, animation, sci-fi, documentaries. we want it all. Now you can enter your films for the Eugene Celebration Film Fest on-line. Just go to http://eugenecelebration.com/film_festival.html. For additional information please contact Katina Andoniadis, Eugene Celebration Film Festival Coordinator, (541) 505-4721; laugh@laughmat.com or visit us online.
Glass School 9th Annual Art Glass Auction and Benefit. You are cordially invited to donate your artwork to our 10th Annual Art Glass Auction & Benefit Saturday, October 10th. This is our largest and most prestigious fundraising event of the year, catering to hundreds of local, national, and international glass artists and collectors. With the publication of a full-color auction catalog, your work will be seen by over 2,000 artists and collectors. Deadline August 31st. You may download a copy of the artist submission form and instructions online at www.eugeneglassschool.org or call 541.342.2959.
Photography For Young Photographers. Grab your camera and show us what biodiversity means to you. See the Bigger Picture is a contest about celebrating the beautiful and amazingly varied world we live in. We're asking kids across the globe to grab their cameras and show us what biodiversity means to them. Submit your photo and win a fantastic trip to Washington, D.C. The contest is open to kids aged between 6 and 14. Submit one color image that you think captures the spirit or idea of biodiversity. Deadline: September 8, 2009. Details online.
Ongoing Call For Proposals. BRING Gallery also accepts proposals for group and solo exhibits. We are looking for artists who are working with recycled and/or natural materials, and/or address environmental/sustainability issues in their
art. Please submit a short statement, artist resume and work samples to gallery@bringrecycling.org for consideration.
National Association for Media Literacy Education Conference: Bridging Literacies: Critical Connections in a Digital World. Detroit, MI. August 1-4, 2009. The every-two-year NAMLE National Conference is the premier opportunity for training and professional development in the field of media literacy education. The rich mix of conversations, presentations and hands-on workshops, plus time for networking and reflection, offers teachers, administrators, media librarians, health educators, and religious and youth leaders a unique opportunity to learn from one another and from leaders in the field. For more information, go here. Website.
International Film Festival Summit. Las Vegas, NV. Dec 6-8, 2009. The 6th Annual IFFS will be the most informative and fun filled summit to date. We are excited to announce new topics and speakers at the annual summit, insuring that attendees at all levels - first-timers and repeat attendees, new to the industry or seasoned professional - can all find the answers and creative new ideas that they are looking for. With scores of keynote presentations, informative panel discussions, breakout sessions, social activities, and the IFFS Excellence Awards you won't want to miss the IFFS this December! Website.
Call for Papers "What is Film? Change & Continuity in the 21st Century". A conference to be held at the University of Oregon/Turnbull Center/Portland, Oregon/Nov. 6-7, 2009, will feature a unique coalescing of film professionals, film and media scholars and students, government and community officials, as well as film fans. The event will feature keynote speakers, roundtables, paper presentations, screenings, receptions and workshops, in an attempt to answer questions about the changing nature of cinema. A call for papers has been issued with a 250-word abstract submitted by July 1. For details contact Janet Wasko School of Journalism and Communication University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97405, USA. E-mail address: jwasko@uoregon.edu
Portland Women's Film Festival Announces 2010 Call For Entries. The Portland Women’s Film Festival (a.k.a. POW Fest) is now accepting applications for its third annual festival scheduled to take place March 18 -21, 2010. The deadline for entries is Friday, September 18, 2009.
POW Fest showcases the art and cinematic contribution of women filmmakers from around the world and seeks to present films that have been directed or co-directed by women; of any length, style, or genre. Works for consideration may be submitted directly to the festival at www.powfest.com or via an online management system, Without A Box.
By providing a platform to exhibit the work of today’s top women directors and co-directors and educating community members of all ages through instructional panels and hands-on workshops, POW Fest is helping to create opportunities for women working in all areas of the film industry. By honoring female pioneers in film, we provide the support and recognition necessary for the next generation of leading women filmmakers. We invite all interested film artists to submit their works. For details go to www.powfest.com.
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Art Deadlines List. A free monthly e-mail newsletter providing information about juried exhibitions/competitions, call for entries/proposals/papers, jobs, internships, writing & photo contests, scholarships, residencies, design & architecture competitions, auditions, fellowships, casting calls, tryouts, grants, festivals, funding, financial aid, and other opportunities (including some that take place on the web) for artists, art educators and art students of all ages. Edited and published by Richard Gardner. Premium list available for paid subscription. Art Show: Artists' opportunities are posted in order by entry deadline and include calls for artists to exhibit in art shows, exhibitions, festivals & fine art competitions. Regional Arts & Culture council (Portland). Competition entries are entered the first of each month. Excellent resource. Ongoing Call For Proposals. BRING Gallery also accepts proposals for group and solo exhibits. We are looking for artists who are working with recycled and/or natural materials, and/or address environmental/sustainability issues in their
art. Please submit a short statement, artist resume and work samples to gallery@bringrecycling.org for consideration.
National Association for Media Arts and Culture Job Bank. National listing of professional employment opportunities in the arts.
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ArtBabble is a collaborative project with a number of institutional partners, including Art21, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and New York Public Library. The site also provides venues for user comments and contributions. With these features, ArtBabble resembles a slightly more controlled YouTube, specifically for art. Some current videos on the site are Design by the Book, a series of four videos showing what happens when a glassblower, letterpress printer, ceramicist, pattern designer, and graphic designer use the resources of New York Public Library as inspiration for their work. Another video is on installation artist Aernout Mik discussing his exhibition at MoMA. (Scout Report) |
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