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Volume 1, Number 25, September 11, 2006
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The DIVA Center, located within this year's Eugene Celebration "footprint", participated in this annual party with the first Annual All-Member Gallery Show, special video screenings, and an on-Broadway hands-on art activities booth. Many visited DIVA for the first time as they ventured into the Market Place section of the Celebration.
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EUGENE CELEBRATION 2006!
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Fall Art Classes At DIVA. Classes in book arts, painting, illustration, pencil, mixmedia, and cartooning will be offered this Fall at the DIVA Center.
A full list of classes, workshops, and faculty is posted below. The schedule is also available online as a pdf file that you can download and print. Register now - online, over the phone (), or in person at the DIVA Center before Tuesday, September 26th. Classes begin October 3rd. Sign up now!
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Eugene's Cultural Policy Review is gaining speed. Six important Arts and Culture Dialogue sessions are scheduled ( see below). Consultants, Marc Goldring and Claudia Bach, have submitted the first Situation Paper for public review and comment.
As the consultants explained in their first on-site visit, the Situation Paper is the starting point for more conversation in the upcoming Arts & Culture Dialogues and Mayor’s Committee Meeting. You are invited to read and share this document with your friends, family, and colleagues who are interested in the future of arts and culture in Eugene. Here are links to the Situation Paper and an Arts & Culture Dialogues flyer. Please feel free to distribute the flyer to your circle of friends electronically or in person. The Mayor’s Committee is looking forward to hearing from all of you! For all background and information, visit the CPR portal page. Please send comments to:
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Call for Submissions: Third Annual OpenLens Festival. Eugene's Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts Center is accepting submissions for the Third Annual OpenLens short video and film festival.
This festival provides an opportunity for SW Oregon film/video makers to showcase their work in a competitive event. Prizes include Best Juried Award and Audience Choice Award.
The festival will be held at the DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway, Eugene, Oregon, January 12-13-14, 2007. The submission deadline is October 27th. For full details see the OpenLens Web Site for more information.
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Video Slam Submissions. Submit your video by September 14th in order to secure a place on this month's screening of local and regional indie short subjects. Videos brought on the day of the slam are entered as time permits. Read about DIVA's monthly Video Slam opportunity on the Slam web site.
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Media Arts Schedule for Fall. You've probably noticed that the daylight hours are getting shorter and there is a slight hint of seasonal change in the morning air. Perhaps it's time to start planning those fall activities and where better to start than attending a media arts event at the DIVA Center.
DIVA has become recognized by west coast media artists as the center for time based arts in Eugene. To get a hint of what others have already discovered, download the Media Arts Schedule. We have it all at the DIVA Center from film classics with improvised musical scores to some of the cutting edge artistic work in video and electronic media. Head on down to the DIVA Center this fall.
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Downtown Cottage Grove Artwalk. Join an Artwalk in Historic Downtown Cottage Grove and view art and meet artists in downtown shops. Participating venues will have balloon in front. The walk, sponsored by the Cottage Grove Chamber of Commerce, is held on the last Friday of every month between 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Check Chamber web site for more information or Phone: .
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Portland Art Museum Announces New Director. Brian Ferriso is the new executive director of the Portland Art Museum. He replaces John Buchanan, who left to direct the Art Museums of San Francisco. Ferriso comes to Portland from Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was the executive director and CEO of the Philbrook Museum of Art.
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Springfield Museum Gallery Shows. the September 19 to October 21 exhibit combines the work of husband and wife Springfield artists Anne Corn and Terry Way. Terry is a sculptor and Anne’s work is inspired by the tactile and visual sensation of fibers. Showing from October 24 to November 25 is an exhibit of watercolor paintings by Monique Janssen-Belitz. Her exhibit of watercolor paintings of landscapes are based on sketches made during her travels during the summer of 2005. There will be a range of diverse landscapes, from the Egglburger Sea in Germany, to Mono Lake in California, logs on the Hoh River on the Olympic Peninsula, and our local volcanoes. The Springfield Museum is located at 590 Main Street. For information call: or visit the Springfield Museum's web site.
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"The modern artist is working with space and time and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating" - Jackson Pollock
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First Annual All Member Show. The Center's galleries are filled with the First Annual All-Member Exhibit! Works include paintings, installations, ceramics, media arts, and other works by DIVA Members.
This year's theme is the "Edge Effect". In nature, the "Edge Effect" describes the activity that occurs where different ecosystems meet. DIVA is poised at the "edge" of a cultural change for downtown Eugene. DIVA Members were invited to submit works that illustrated, demonstrated or evoked, their own edge effects for exhibition. This exhibit illustrates the creative diversity of our Center's membership.
The exhibit will be on display the months of September and October and will showcase some of the best work in the region. See full list of Participating Artist. TOP
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BEST OF THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHEOLOGY FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL - PART IV
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September 15 - Program IV
Time: 7:30 pm Friday
Admission: $6.00
The Secrets of the Karakoum. (France) 52 min. French, Italian and Turkmen archaeologists labor to unearth an unnamed city from the sands of the desert of Karakoum, in Turkmenistan that thrived some six millennia ago as part of a little-known civilization.
Queen of the Mountain. (USA) 56 min. This film chronicles the story of Theresa Goell–a woman who ignored the dictates of her family and time opting for a career in a man's field: Archaeology. She achieved her life-long dream at the age of 50: Leading the excavation of Nemrud Dagh, a burial site in southeastern Turkey and the final resting place of King Antiochus of Commagene, who controlled Euphrates River-crossings in the century before Christ. Producer: Martha Goell Lubell.
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September 16 - Viewer's Choice - A Night of Film at DIVA
Time: 7:00 PM Saturday
Sponsor: DIVA Media Arts Committee (FDV)
Admission: Free - Donation suggested.
Choose your own film adventure.The audience selects the evening's film from five-classic and cult film titles. Discussion following the screening makes for a thought-provoking experience.
Henry Weintraub will host the evening. Weintraub formerly offered the Odd Sunday Film Seminar that screened unusual films such as "Eraserhead", "Freaks", "Sweet Sweetback's BaadAsssss Song" and "Suspiria". Come to be surprised and engaged by the evening's selected screening.
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UbuWeb has archived dozens of avant-garde films & videos for your viewing pleasure. However, it is important that you realize that what you will see is in no way comparable to the experience of seeing these gems as they were intended to be seen: in a dark room, on a large screen, with a good sound system and, most importantly, with a roomful of warm, like-minded bodies.
However, the real thing isn't very easy to access as most of us don't live anywhere near theatres that show this kind of fare and very few can afford the hefty rental fees, not to mention the cumbersome equipment, to show these films. Thankfully, there is the internet which allows you to get a sampling of these works regardless of your geographical location. Check out this site for classic avant-garde material including work by Jean Cocteau, Stan Brakhage, Ed Emshwiller and many others. Visit Site.
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Pictures That Lie. The truthfulness of photographic images has always been questioned given the manipulation that can take place in the darkroom. Today, with digital photography and software, it is relatively simple to alter an image. This web site is a great resource of images that have been modified in someway so as to communicate messages other than that originally intended. C-Net has collected a numerous of doctored photos, from the recent, waifish Katie Couric to the dark and sinister OJ Simpson, to Iraq to Lebanon to some early 1900’s frauds. Visit and explore the C-Net News site. TOP
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The DIVA Center is please to offer an array of courses this Fall taught by some of the best artists in their respective fields. Come and enjoy a Fall class with our outstanding artist-instructors.
DIVA FACULTY:
Monique Janssen-Belitz is currently an art instructor at LCC. She used to teach landscape painting classes at MKAC for many years, and teach outdoor painting and sketching classes at the Aspen Art Museum in Aspen, Colorado, during the summer. She regularly shows her work in Oregon, as well as in her home country Germany.
John Holdway has been in numerous single and group exhibitions regionally and across the country including Beauty Revisited at Mt Scott Art Center in Portland, 15x15 at the Decker Gallery in Baltimore and the Eugene Mayor’s Art Show. He is represented at Opus6ix Gallery in Eugene and Bella Perla Gallery in Portland. He earned a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Andrew Huot has been binding books and making artists books since 1990. In addition to working in book repair and restoration he has taught workshops and classes throughout the Northwest for such organizations as the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) in Portland, Portland State University, and the University of Oregon Craft Center. Andrew is the former Chair and is a current board member of the Northwest Chapter of the Guild of Bookworkers.
Rich Klopfer, a locally based artist with 30 years of experience. He has exhibited his painting and sculpture in solo shows across the U.S.. His work has been featured in the quarterly and exhibit at Gunnar Nordstrom Fine Arts in Kirkland, WA.
Susan Lehman has been a practicing visual artist and art instructor for over thirty years. She lives in Bandon and has her art work at three galleries in the area. A formally trained artist, she studied at CA. College of Arts and Crafts. Susan just recently finished teaching a collage workshop at the Coos Art Museum.
Matt Paden is a national award winning illustrator/political cartoonist. Matt is also an animator.
Do Mi Stauber has been drawing all her life, and working in colored pencil for the last eight years. Using many layers of pigment, she explores the intimate landscapes of rocks, trees, and wildlife. Respect and awe for nature infuse her work. She has displayed and won awards in local and national juried shows, including the Eugene Mayor’s Art Show. Her work was featured in the February 2006 issue of American Artist magazine. Author of, Facing the Text: Content and Structure in Book Indexing and Intimate Landscapes in Colored Pencil.
CLASSES: Registration Deadline - September 26th
Hard Cover Book Structures
Instructor Andrew Huot
Wed, October 25th - Nov 15th, (4 weeks)
Time: 6:30-9:30 pm
Cost: $60 + $20 Materials Fee
Prerequisite: Introduction to Bookbinding or some bookbinding experience.
This 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
CARTOONING:
Basic Cartooning
Instructor: Matt Paden
Mondays October. 9th - November 13th, (6 weeks.)
Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Cost $35
Created by a professional cartoonist, this step-by-step class covers all the basics of cartooning including body shapes, facial features, and conveying action. You will learn how to draw all types of eye-catching cartoon characters — and how to infuse them with personality. Whether you’re interested in drawing people or animals, comic strips or animation, there’s something for everyone in this extensive class.
DRAWING:
The Natural Way to Draw - Figure Drawing
Instructor: John Holdway
Wednesday October 4th - November 8th, (6 weeks)
Time: 6pm-9pm
Cost: $75 (A minimum of 6 students is required for the class to go forward.)
Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills: beginner to advanced.
This figure drawing class is for beginners or experienced artist wanting to get back into figure drawing. Inspired by the historical text by Nicolaides, The Natural Way to Draw. Each class session begins with exercises from the book such as gesture, flash pose and potential gesture. With longer poses, students study tonal drawing, contour drawing, anatomy and sight size drawing. Also open to Drop-ins at $10
PAINTING:
Landscape Painting in oil or acrylics
Instructor: Monique Janssen-Belitz,
Tuesdays October 3rd - November 21st, (8 weeks)
Time: Noon-3pm.
Cost: $120
This landscape painting class will focus on strong composition and layered painting techniques with lots of individual attention. Students are encouraged to bring sketches or photos to class which will then be transformed into strong compositions. The instructor will discuss with each student how to best start the layering process and the sequencing of colors. Students will be expected to work on several pieces at a time (so layers can dry in between). Regular class critiques will be part of the instruction. The class will cater to beginning and advanced students, so there are no prerequisites.
Expressionist Acrylic Painting
Instructor: Rich Klopfer
Thursday October 5th - November 30, (8 weeks, No class on Thanksgiving.)
6:30-8:30pm
$80 + $10 materials fee.
Prerequisites: Some drawing experience helpful.
In the German Expressionist tradition learn to paint with pure color and draw in a representational but stylized way. Instructor Klopfer will show how to put a drawing on to canvas and apply bold colors with passion. A direct non-academic approach to painting while having fun too- some color making instruction as well.
PENCIL
Beginning Colored Pencil
Instructor: Do Mi Stauber
Monday 6:30-8:30
October 9th – November 27th. (8 weeks)
Cost $107
Learn basic techniques in the rich and accessible medium of colored pencil. We will cover materials, techniques for texture and applying pigment, design, color theory, and composition. You will work on an ongoing project at your own level with individual guidance, and see Do Mi demonstrate on design examples and her works in progress. For more information on materials or class, please contact Do Mi.
WORKSHOPS: Registration Deadline - September 26th
Introduction to Bookbinding
Andrew Huot
Wednesday October 18th (1 day workshop)
Time: 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Cost: $35 + $5 Materials Fee
Never made a book before but always wanted to try? This one-day workshop will teach you the skills and techniques to start making your own books and pamphlets. We will make six different book structures that you can use for gifts, small notebooks, journals, or art projects. No experience is necessary, and all are encouraged to join in.
Mixed Media Collage
Susan Lehman
Saturday, October 14th (1 day workshop)
Time 12:00pm-5:00 pm
$50 + materials fee $10 (No prerequisite knowledge or skills)
Mixed Media Collage is an exciting art form creating individualized art pieces from scraps of paper, fabric, found objects and paint. Several imaging transfer techniques will be taught using household products, as well as a new heat transferring method. Simple non-toxic gold leaf methods will be demonstrated. A three-dimensional component will also be explored using distressed Altoid tins or cigar boxes. Repeat students are welcome as there will be new topics and techniques this time around!
Spotlight on Still Life
Instructor: John Holdway
Saturday November 4th. (1 day workshop)
Time: 9:00am to 3pm Prerequisites: Student should have good drawing skills.
Cost: $50
Start where you are, whether a beginner or experienced oil painter. Through demonstration and easel side critiques with painter John Holdway, students study the art of oil painting. Develop your drawing skills and explore the ins and out of the medium.
Students will work from still life in class, using the alla prima technique, which means, “At the first.” A painting is finished fairly quickly working wet into wet. Students will move through the painting process of drawing, wash in, form painting and final details. Students will learn tips to develop speed and accuracy.
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DIVA - Where Art Is Happening!
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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
Deadline: October 2 - Call for Oregon Bluebook Photographs. 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: October 2 - Call to Artists! 7th Annual Authors & Artists Fair 2006. This year's silent auction will feature the Bookend Project! Local artists are invited to create bookends that reflect literary themes or related to a literary work. Bookends serve two main purposes, to hold books together in an organized fashion and to add a touch of beauty,
sophistication, or whimsy to a collection of books.
Media may include: painting, printmaking, metal work, drawing, collage, graphics, sculpture, pottery, photography, glass, textiles, and mixed media.
If you'd like a pair of metal bookends to start your creative expression they are now available. You can pick them up at the
Downtown Library, 3rd floor Administration Office Monday- Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Deadline: Bookends must be returned by Monday, October 2, 2006. The bookends will be on display at the Downtown Library in the Children's Center starting November 1 and will be auctioned off at the Authors & Artists Fair Saturday, December 2, 2006 7-10 pm
Based on last year's enthusiastic support of this project, we anticipate a quick response from artists. Please contact us SOON if you wish to be part of this year's Bookend Project. Thank you for supporting to the Eugene Public Library Foundation. Please contact: Bob DeVine & Tylar Merrill Bookend Project
Deadline: October 27, 2006, Early Entry
2007 Ashland Independent Film Festival
Ashland, OR.
The Ashland independent film festival is currently accepting entries for our 6th annual festival April 12-16, 2007 in historic downtown Ashland, Oregon. Open to all genres, themes and lengths of films completed after January 1, 2005. Learn More.
November 17, 2006, Regular Entry Postmark $40
December 8, 2006, Late Entry Postmark $60
December 15, 2006, Withoutabox Extended Deadline
Deadline: October 31 - Call to Artists: Lane Community College is accepting submissions from sculptors to participate in the 2006 Pacific Northwest Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. Fifteen works will be selected for exhibition to take place throughout the 2007 spring term, showcasing the Eugene Oregon campus. Lane Community College may use this exhibition to select or commission a sculpture for purchase. More Information
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. TOP
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Public Invited to Arts and Cultural Discussions. The Mayor's Cultural Policy Review Committee is charged with working with City staff and a hired consultant to conduct a year-long comprehensive review of arts and culture in Eugene. As part of this process, a series of open dialogues with a broad cross-section of the community will begin in September. Your participation is encouraged as we all want a great future for Eugene’s arts and culture!
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Monday, September 18, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Cultural Participation – issues relating to building audiences for all forms of artistic and cultural expressions among Eugene’s diverse communities. Location: Eugene Public Library – Singer Room
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Monday, September 18, 4:30 - 6:00 pm Arts Education in the Schools – issues relating to arts learning in the schools and after school, whether provided by the school district or arts and cultural organizations. Location: Eugene Public Library Singer Room
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Tuesday, September 19, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Cultural Organizations and Artists – issues relating to Eugene’s cultural organizations (of all budget sizes, staffing levels, and disciplines) and artists, whether avocational or professional
Location: Eugene Public Library Tykeson Room
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Tuesday, September 19, 6:00 - 7:30 pm Higher Education and Culture – issues relating to the role of the University of Oregon and Lane Community College in the cultural life of Eugene.
Location: University of Oregon Lawrence Hall, Room 206 (hosted by the UO Arts and Administration Program)
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Wednesday, September 20, 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Cultural Facilities – issues relating to the availability, suitability, and operations of visual and performing arts venues in Eugene. Location: Eugene Public Library Singer Room
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Wednesday, September 20, 2:00 - 3:30 pm Downtown Cultural Development – issues relating the role of arts and culture in downtown Eugene’s revitalization. Location: Eugene Public Library Tykeson Room TOP
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Membership Opportunities at DIVA
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Individual Memberships
| Medici |
$1000 or more |
| Benefactor |
$500 - $999 |
| Patron |
$250 - $449 |
| Sustainer |
$100 - $249 |
| Supporter |
$60 - $99 |
Benefits
- An E-studio on the DIVA website
- Discounts on class art supplies
- Monthly Artist Salon - 4th Sunday
- Discounts on DIVA Sponsored Events
- Member's Gallery Exhibit opportunity
- Exhibit Annual All Members Show
- Possible exhibit in local businesses
- Invitations to DIVA Special Events
- Center Newsletter
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Business Contributions
| Medici |
$1000 or more |
| Benefactor |
$500 - $999 |
| Patron |
$250 - $449 |
Benefits
- Business Logo on DIVA Website
- Invitations to special receptions and events
- Center Newsletter
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Volunteer Membership: An individual who completes 40 hours of service and maintains 10 hours per month of volunteer work may be nominated for membership.
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DIVA Center Contacts
Phone:
Web: divacenter.org
E-mail:
Exhibits: Becky Guy,
Programs: Eric Ostlind, Volunteers: Becky Guy, Executive Director:
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Summer Hours
Noon to 6 PM
Tues. - Sat.
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- Archive: Newsletter back issues
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