UP FRONT NEWS

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Lane Arts Council First Friday ARTWalk. "Save the Date" for First Friday ARTWalk June 2nd, 2006, starting at 5:30pm. This ARTWalk features the Second Annual YouthARTS Celebration at the Jacobs Gallery! The DIVA Center is not on the walk, but will be open until 8:30 PM. Come visit and see the current gallery shows. Learn more about YouthArts

New Exhibit! Scott Huette's Sands of Time - Winds of Change will be on exhibit in the Members' Gallery begining June. All other exhibits are the same.

Volunteer of the Month for June - Dana Hannon. Dana is a gallery host on Tuesdays and she is always happy to clean the bathrooms, do dishes, mop - all of the janitorial duties that are not so glamorous! She always does them with a smile and we appreciate all her hard work!

DIVA BOARD. From time to time we will introduce members of the DIVA Board. These individuals give gen-erously of their time to help guide the Center toward becoming one of the premier loctions for the visual arts in Eugene. Tenold Peterson is an artist from Junction City, specializing in stained glass windows, pastels and sculpture. Tenold has been a strong influence on the board for making policies that strengthen our services for artists. He is a Medici Member and currently serves on the Development Committee. Hallis is a local CPA and her expertise in proper financial procedures has been extremely valuable to DIVA as we set up operations. Hallis chairs the Operations Committee to help DIVA establish a solid, accountable base to grow from She is an artist, as well, specializing in watercolor painting. Board Chairman Randy Stender is longtime arts advocate and collector. His official job is an Account Executive with Merrill-Lynch, Inc., but Randy spends many volunteer hours directing DIVA through the growing pains of establishing itself as a unique force in Eugene's visual arts community Carolyn Kranzler is a retired architect and past president of City Club of Eugene. Carolyn is the vice-chair of DIVA's Board of Directors and one of the initiators of DIVA. Carolyn's energy, foresight and optimism have been a driving force for the realization of DIVA's downtown gallery. More introductions in future editions of this newsletter.

Indonesian music and dance concert. There will be an evening of Indonesian music and dance, Thursday June 1st, 8:00 pm, at the University of Oregon Gerlinger Alumni Lounge. Free admission.  The concert features the UO Balinese Gamelan, LCC's Lane Dance Company, and Eugene community-based Javanese Gamelan Sari Pandhawa.  For further information call ()

LCC 2006 Media Arts Student Show. This year's evening of student media work is scheduled on Thursday, June 15 and will be held in Forum 111 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The show features student projects in interactive multimedia, photography, drawing and illustration, video and audio production, and digital arts. Refreshments will be served. More Information: .

LCC Graduating Graphic Design Student Show. Works by LCC Graphic Design students continues on exhibit at the Art and Applied Design Gallery until June 6. The gallery is committed to offering a rich and diverse cultural experience to the campus community as well as to the greater metropolitan area

PAWSitive Strokes: A Unique Day of Painting and Pets! Bring your pet(s) to Greenhill Humane Society, and for a small donation, we’ll lovingly dab their feet in paint and point them towards a blank canvas where their artistic nature can run free. This event takes place on Saturday June 17th 1:00 – 5:00 pm at the Greenhill Humane Society, 88530 Green Hill Road, Eugene. A support project for the Greenhill Humane Society and Lane Arts Council.

Creative Conversation meeting with City of Eugene Cultural Policy Review consultant. Whether or not you've previously participated in a Creative Conversation, you are welcom to join in a first meeting with the consultant chosen for the City's Cultural Policy Review process. The meeting is on June 15, 2006, 1:15 PM in the Sloat Conference Room, Atrium Building, Ground Floor, 99 West 10th (at Olive). The meeting is hosted by the Lane Arts Council. Read More.

Digital Explosion! DIVA's Media Arts Committee member Brian Walker has been actively engaged in organizing this year's University of Oregon Digital Explosion! The annual Spring term screening event will feature student work from the Uof O's Digital Arts program. Projects include Animation, Video Art, and Experimental Video. In addition there will be year long Bachelor of Fine Arts projects.     Digital Explosion! will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 3rd and 4th, 2006 at the Bijou Cinema 475 13th street in Eugene, Oregon. The program is screened from 1-3 PM both days. Seating is free and doors open at 12:30 P.M. For more info contact the University of Oregon Art Department at .

THIS WEEK AT DIVA

GALLERY EXHIBITS

MEDIA ARTS AT DIVA CENTER - COMING IN JUNE!

See: Media Arts Calendar

Eugene Noisefest 2006 - June 16-18. More than just a "noise" event. It includes many music fringe genres and sub-genres; drawing artists from as far as LA and BC. Also Video art will be happening every night. See Media Arts Calendar for full lists of visiting artists. June 23, CARTUNE XPREZ - A multimedia performance art collective Time: 8:30 PM Admission: $5.00 General - $3.00 Student with School I.D. June 28 Emily Hay & Marcos Fernandes Summer 2006 West Coast Tour Time: 8:00 PM General Admission: $5.00. Student with School I.D. Card: $3.00.

WEB SITE ART EXPLORATIONS

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Playing With Shadows. Discover everything you ever wanted to know about Chinese Shadow Puppetry at this web site from the Kennedy Center. The site is designed to introduce American children to this Asian art form, but visitors of all ages will enjoy learning about how the puppets are made, how the shadows are cast using the screen and lighting, as well as typical stories and characters that have reoccurred in puppet shows for hundreds of years. One particularly interesting section of the site is a set of videos, including an interview with contemporary artist Ching Pong describing his collaboration with Shaanxi Folk Art Theater, a renowned Chinese puppetry troupe, to produce Cathay: Three Tales of China. This show uses both Chinese shadow puppets and Western rod puppets, as well as digital animation. There are also videos of more traditional puppet shows featuring cranes, bears, and Chinese dragons. Visit Chinese Shadow Puppetry web site.

 

OPPORTUNITIES (New and Continuing Listings)

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Deadline: June 15 - 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.
      The Women’s Vision Film Grants will support female filmmakers who tell engaging stories that increase social awareness and tolerance, both within and beyond our immediate communities.  Eligible projects must be directed by a woman and must include at least two women in key roles – producer, writer, cinematographer or editor.  The grant funds will be awarded either to a single documentary or narrative work or distributed amongst multiple applicants. Ellen Bergstone Beer, Executive Director Film Action Oregon: or

Deadline: June 15 - Submissions to Join a Roundtable Discussion. The Flow Conference (Oct. 26 -29, 2006; Austin, TX) -- a series of roundtable discussions with topics created by Flow (http://www.flowtv.org)columnists, organized around the future of television and media culture -- is now accepting submissions to join a roundtable. Deadline for submission is: June 15, 2006.
      The goal of the Flow Conference is conversation. There are no plenary sessions and participants are asked to submit short position papers (not full-length essays). We want to promote discussion amongst scholars, members of the media industries, media activists, fans, and policy-makers over crucial issues related to television and media.
      For the list of roundtable topics, please visit the conference website at: http://www.flowconference.org. To join a roundtable, submit a 250 word abstract identifying the roundtable in which you want to participate and detailing your response to the topic statement, and a short bio, to: .

Deadline: June 30 - Call Artists. Jewelry and art work will be featured in 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 donation of art 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 work will be featured at our invitation-only fundraising dinner/live auction in September. This is the largest fund raising event in Eugene. Your 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

Deadline: June 30 - Film Submissions. The Portland International Short Short Film Festival is currently seeking submissions for its 2006 festival. Now in its fifth year, PISS Fest! showcases films from around the globe that run the gamut of themes and styles—from the dark and avant-garde to the hilariously absurd—with the only common thread among them being running time: ten minutes or less.The deadline for entry is June 30, 2006, late entry deadline is July 14, 2006. Entry form and more details can be found at http://zonkerfilms.com.

Deadline: July 1 - Annual Artists' guidebook sees applications. Oregon Crafted, a nonprofit organization promoting cultural tourism, has issued a call to artists wishing to be included in the second edition of the group's annual guidebook. Artists should contact Oregon crafted at or to request an application packet. Deadline is July 1

Deadline: July 14- Call for Submissions. The Portland International Short Short Film Festival is currently seeking submissions for its 2006 festival. Now in its fifth year, PISS Fest! showcases films from around the globe that run the gamut of themes and styles—from the dark and avant-garde to the hilariously absurd—with the only common thread among them being running time: ten minutes or less. The deadline for entry is June 30, 2006, late entry deadline is July 14, 2006. Entry form and more details can be found at http://zonkerfilms.com.

Deadline: August 1 - Call For Articles. "Music, Sound, and the Moving Image" will be the first international scholarly journal devoted to the study of the interaction between music and sound with the entirety of moving image media film, television, music video, advertising, computer games, mixed-media installation, digital art, live cinema, et alia. To be published by Liverpool University Press and co-edited by Anahid Kassabian (Liverpool University) and Ian Gardiner (Goldsmiths College), the journal will be truly interdisciplinary, inviting contributions across a range of critical methodologies, to include musicology and music analysis, film studies, popular music studies, cultural theory, aesthetics, semiotics, sociology, marketing, sound studies, and music psychology. It is hoped that the journal also will provide an important focus for the similarly diverse and expanding community of media music scholars.
      The journal will be published twice a year, beginning January 2007, and its first issues will be open, embracing this diversity of topics and approaches. As it progresses it is intended that themed issues, under a guest editor, will alternate with open issues,
perhaps encouraging writers to explore areas under-represented in current literature. The editors welcome contributions offering the broadest interpretation of the journal's title, not only seeking to build upon the existing scholarship on film music and film sound, but also to challenge its theoretical assumptions, and to extend its boundaries to include the full variety of moving image media and traditions. Submissions for the inaugural issue should be e-mailed, by 1 August 2006, as Microsoft Word documents to: Enquiries or requests for style guidelines should also be directed to this address.

Deadline: October 2 - Call for Photographs Oregon Bluebook. The State Archives, which publishes the Oregon Blue Book, is seeking color photos that represent some aspect of the state to grace the cover of the 2 edition. The contest is open to all amateur photographers who are Oregon residents, and photographs must be taken in Oregon. For full details go to the Blue Book web site.

Deadline: May, 2007- Community Arts Grants are available each year for individuals and groups producing arts projects and programs that benefit the City of Eugene and its residents. These grants are made possible with funds from the City of Eugene Room Tax Fund. More Information.

DIVA OPPORTUNITIES (New and Continuing Listings)

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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 31.

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.

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.