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Do you want to teach a Summer class at DIVA? The Center is seeking proposals for Summer morning, daytime, and evening classes and workshops in all media - drawing, painting, illustration, graphic design, photography, video, book binding, etc. Please request a proposal form from or call . You can also download a proposal form from this site: PDF or DOC. Deadline for Summer class or workshop proposals is May 12th Summer Hours Begin at DIVA. Summer hours begin on Tuesday, May 9. The Center will be open Tuesday through Saturday 12-6pm. Volunteer of the month. Elissa Tree is the Center's Volunteer of the Month. According to Becky Guy, Volunteer Coordinator, Elissa is a fairly new volunteer who has jumped right in to volunteering at DIVA with enthusiasm and self-motivation. She works a weekly gallery host shift, and has gone above and beyond to help out at First Friday and hanging the new exhibits. She says that as an artist she really enjoys the atmosphere at DIVA and that is why she gives her time." JUMP Coming to DIVA! Track down everyone you know in Eugene-Springfield and tell them JUMP we’ll be here Sunday night, May 21st with a traveling film festival program! The Juneau Underground Motion Picture (JUMP) Society will be screening a collection of short films that were created by Juneau artists and have been featured as part of the film festivals that JUMP hosts twice a year in Juneau. Carolezoom, who saw the Portland presentation of JUMP, gives it a two thumbs up review! Guide Available. A new Gallery Guide was introduced at this months Friday’s ArtWalk. It contains information about the current exhibits and artists, a newsletter and a membership form. The guide was printed it in-house on the copier donated by Otto Poticha. Reproductive Justice Film Festival. A full house screened award winning films at Planned Parenthood's sponsored Reproductive Justice Film Festival May 7th. The film festival featured three courageous filmmakers who presented insightful and at times quirky examinations of reproductive justice. Featured films included work by Penny Lane, Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater, and Tiffany Shlain. Hard Cover Book Structures Class Begins. Andrew Huot's class will cover three variations of hard-covered books with single and multiple sections. The structures are sewn and glued, covered in cloth and paper, and can be used as journals, sketchbooks, or artist books. The four week class meets on Wednesdays, May 10 - 31, 2006 from 6 pm- 9 pm OCCF Grant Request. DIVA has submitted a grant request to the Oregon Commission for Children and Families. The request for $2,500 is for a downtown mural project. The project would involve some street youth, particularly those 10-16 years old approximately. We would enlist a mural artist to help the youth plan and implement a mural on a downtown wall or on panels that can be installed in windows on empty downtown buildings. Benefits for the youth would include learning to cooperate with an expert and each other to plan and implement a big project.
Italy Sketchbook Workshop, Umbria Italy. Work with U of O professor Emeritus Ken O'Connell this Summer in an exciting sketchbook workshop in Italy. The workshop in drawing and sketching runs from Aug. 20 to Sept. 3. The group will stay at the 40 year old Romita School of Art in a 200 year old remodeled monastery. Each day a van will drive them to a location to sketch and paint. Then they return to enjoy famous Italian cooking. Explosion! in June at BIJOU. "Explosion!" features student works from the University of Oregon School of Digital Arts. Projects range from Animation, Video Art, and Experimental Video. In addition there will be year long Bachelor of Fine Arts projects. The event will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 3rd and 4th 2006 at the Bijou Cinema 475 13th street in Eugene, Oregon. From 1-3 both days. Seating is free and begins at 12:30 P.M. For more info contact the art department at . Drop-In Art Skill Shop At DIVA. The Free, drop-in art skill shop for downtown street youth now meets on Tuesday from 4-7:00 PM. DIVA and the Lane Arts Council is pleased to co-sponsor these free activities for street youth in downtown Eugene. Projects include bookmaking, block printing, zinemaking, collage, and more. This skill shop is offered as a collaborative project of DIVA, the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Lane Arts Council, and Looking Glass Youth and Family Services, with support from Lane County Department of Health and Human Services, Eugene Rotary Club and the City of Eugene. The project partners intend for these skill shops to offer alternative activities and social opportunities for youth. MFA Work 2006 at Schnitzer. The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Department of Art and School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon in Eugene present an exhibition of the work of twelve MFA graduates in Art. The exhibit runs May 6 - June 4, 2006. Full details and museum hours are on line at the Terminal 12 MFA Exhibit. THIS WEEK AT DIVA GALLERY EXHIBITS
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WEB SITE ART EXPLORATIONS The Mind of Leonardo: The Universal Genius at Work. (Scout Report) The phrase “renaissance man” is bandied about a great deal these days, and by this point in history, few may remember what the phrase actually means. Leonardo da Vinci was just such a man, and his genius and his depth of mind are explored in this lovely exhibit offered by the Institute and Museum of the History of Science. Here, visitors can view some of his famous drawings, including those he did in the years before departing for Milan in 1482 and his artistic renderings of the nature of motion. Throughout the exhibit, visitors can read succinct and lucid descriptions of these works and the principles they are meant to illustrate. One particularly engrossing section is dedicated to the sciences of painting. It should not be missed, nor should the rest of this glorious exploration of but a few small morsels of da Vinci’s works. Accordingly, the site is also available in Italian. Visit This Site.
DIVA AND COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES Call for Jewelry Artists. Jewelry will be featured in the silent auction. This years Food for Lane County’s Auction/Fundraising Dinner in September will feature jewelry in the silent auction. Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2006. An option in lieu of full donated jewelry is a split 40% to FOOD for Lane County, 60% to the artist. Of course your donation of showcase jewelry would be tremendously appreciated as well. Your jewelry will be featured at our invitation-only fundraising dinner/live auction in September. This is the largest fund raising event in Eugene and any and all donations of wearable art are greatly appreciated. Your jewelry submissions may be taken either to FOOD for Lane County, 770 Bailey Hill Rd., Eugene. Or please contact Susan Klein at 513.5314 for a pickup of your piece or pieces. Please include your name and suggested prices for your jewelry. Questions? Call Terry Kirby at , email: for details. Or e-mail You can also Download Registration Form from this newsletter Call for Artists. Art will be featured in the silent auction at Food for Lane County’s Auction/Fundraising Dinner in September. Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2006. An option in lieu of full donated Art is a split 40% to FOOD for Lane County, 60% to the artist. Of course your donation of showcase art would be tremendously appreciated as well. Your art will be featured at our invitation-only fundraising dinner/live auction in September. This is the largest fund raising event in Eugene and any and all donations of any media of art are greatly appreciated. Your art submissions may be taken either to FOOD for Lane County, 770 Bailey Hill Rd., Eugene. Or please contact Susan Klein at 513.5314 for a pickup of your piece or pieces. Please include your name and suggested prices for your art piece (s). Questions? Call Terry Kirby at , email: for details. Or e-mail . You can also Download Registration Form from this newsletter Women’s Vision Film Grants Available. Film Action Oregon (formerly the Oregon Film & Video Foundation), in collaboration with The Faerie Godmother Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, announces the creation of The Women’s Vision Film Grants, a new program to support female filmmakers in Oregon and SW Washington. This year Film Action will award a total of $10,000 and the deadline for applications is June 15, 2006. Call to Artists. Oregon Crafted™ is a program of a non-profit organization promoting economic development through cultural tourism. We are currently looking for new artists to be included in the second edition of the Oregon Crafted Guidebook™, a unique marketing tool providing information and photos about artists and galleries with maps to their studios. It is designed to bring the customer (visitor) to the artists’ studios to meet them, experience the creative environment, and to learn about the artistic process. Galleries and other points of interest are featured to broaden the experience and to help the customer to see art in other settings. Member studios are open the first weekend of each month and by appointment. The Guidebook currently includes artists in Benton, Lane, Linn, and Lincoln counties. Expanding the project to other regions of the state is in the beginning stages and will be announced as funding and staffing is acquired. Please contact Oregon Crafted @ 220 E. 11th Ave., Suite 5 , Eugene , OR , 97401 , #, or , to request a comprehensive informational packet. The application deadline is July 1st, 2006. Oregon Crafted™, a project of the Oregon Council for Business Education, is a non-profit economic development project aimed at increasing the stability and prosperity of Oregon’s artists and handcrafters, particularly those in rural areas, through education and related resources. Drop-In Figure Drawing At DIVA. There are weekly drop-in figure drawing sessions at the DIVA Center. Working from models, these sessions help the individual improve drawing techniques. Instructor John Holdway will be on hand to assist and coach. Warm up exercises will include gesture drawing. The sessions meet on Wednesdays from 6-9 PM. The cost is $10.00 per session. Next session, May 3. DIVA’s new website is coming soon! New features include a new and improved searchable art and artists directory. Web studios are free for member artists and we will connect artists with helpers to get their art photographed and web ready. We also have several computers available at DIVA for artists to put their work online. Volunteering. The Center is always looking for those who want to become involved as volunteer staff. Gallery set-up and installation, front desk staffing, and assisting with media art events are just some of the possibilities for those who want to participate. Call or write and volunteer today! College Internships are also possible options for participating at the DIVA Center. DIVA Memberships. DIVA has many types of memberships. Costing only $60 a year a DIVA Artist Member entitles one to a 10% discount at Oregon Art Supply, (15% discount for art class supplies), a 10% discount on DIVA classes, invitations to an annual members meeting and other events, free classified postings on the DIVA website, and access to great art opportunities. If one would like their own virtual studio, the annual fee is an additional $50 per year. |
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