Volume 1, Number 31, October 23, 2006
Up Front News
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Video Slam At DIVA. The third Video Slam will take place at the DIVA Center at 4:00 PM October 29th. Artists screen their short videos in a competition following in the tradition of the poetry slam.
The DIVA Media Arts program is interested in facilitating video and film production within the local community and beyond. To that end we have set-up a trial video slam program that provides artists with the opportunity to have their work screened and discussed by peers and the community in general.
An audience choice award sends the winner to the OpenLens Festival competition. So far three videos have made it to the OpenLens competition. See the Video Slam web site for entry details. Admission: $2-5.00 ss.
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DIVA Annual Meeting. The annual DIVA Member meeting was held on Tuesday, October 17th. About twenty people attended the event and heard about the status of the Center as it enters marks its third year on the cornor of Broadway and Olive. Cake was served in tribute to the DIVA's third anniversary.
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Carolezoom Exhibits in Vancouver WA. DIVA Board Member Carolezoom is currently exhibiting her woodblock print
"These Stairs (are our way of telling you that you are not welcome here)" in "Politik: Left, Right & Center" at the North Bank Artists Gallery in Vancouver, Washington. Carole's work conveys the message "...that in terms of a public building, those with disabilities are not first-class citizens. A lot of people think of disability as a private issue. But in reality, it's a political issue. It's an issue of planning and following the laws in existence that require that people of disabilities can participate and feel like we are not being excluded." Read More.
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Drop-In Figure Drawing. Working from models, this class will help the figure drawer learn techniques to improve. Instructor John Holdway will be on hand to assist and coach. Warm up exercises will include gesture drawing. Students will move into drawing longer sustained poses in each three hour session. Drop-In Figure Drawing meets on Wednesdays and is ongoing. Time: 6-9 PM and is $10.00 per session, or purchase a bloc of 5 or 10 sessions at a 10% discount.
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Independent Filmmakers To Lecture and Host Film Screening. Don and Katha Cato are visiting artists who willbe on campus lecturing and showing short works and their new feature film on November 2 and 3. Events are free and open to the public. The Catos will discuss "Independent Film Directing" on Thursday, November 2 on at 7 p.m. in Willamette Hall, room 100. At the lecture, the Catos will show excerpts of their work and share their experiences in creating, acting, producing, and distributing films. On Friday, November 3, the Catos will show their new work, "Be My Oswald" at 8 p.m. in Willamette Hall, room 110. The 93-minute feature film takes a shot at the most revered of American icons—Santa Claus. Don Cato studied landscape architecture and film with legendary art professor, Dave Foster. He received his masters in landscape architecture in 1976. Katha Cato studied theater arts and received her M.F.A. in 1984. Read More.
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Mentor Program Seeks Artists and Administrators. The University of Oregon Mentor Program is looking for artists and arts administrators to speak with students about their work. The Mentor Program offers a one-credit, career-exploration class through 13 departments and schools at the University of Oregon. In the classes, students are matched with two mentors working in areas of the students' interests. The students conduct a thirty-minute informational interview with each mentor. Students also work on a resume, a cover letter, and networking skills in the classes. We are currently looking for a muralist to speak to a student who is also interested in Renaissance art. We are also looking for curators, especially those working on the
West Coast or with experience with Byzantine art.
If you are interested in speaking with one of these students about your work for thirty-minutes, please contact Kristi Lodge, Assistant Director, Mentor Program, University of Oregon Career Center at or
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First Annual All Member Show Concludes. The Edge Effect - DIVA Members Exhibition includes paintings, installations, ceramics, and other works by DIVA Members concludes this week.
This year's theme was 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.
This week will be the last chance to see this exhibit. See full list of Participating Artist. Members must pick up their work from 10am-12pm on Sunday, October 29th.
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October 29 - Video Slam
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sunday
Sponsor: DIVA Media Arts Committee (FDV)
Admission: $2-5.00 ss.
Artists screen their short videos in a competition following in the tradition of the poetry slam. An audience choice award sends the winner to the OpenLens Festival competition. A goal of this monthly event is to help develop a local video and film community where work can be screened and discussed by peers and the community. See the Video Slam web site for entry details.
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October 29 - Eugene Noise Event V
Time: 8:00 PM - Sunday
Sponsor: Human Monster Productions
Admission: $5.00
Arriving just in time for a noisy Holloween celebration with: Gang Wizard - Load records records & Ecstatic Peace recording artists from LA., The Mircowaves - Noisy rock from Pittsburgh, PA - Crucial Blast recording artists. Space Hawk, and Avoid the Future Shadow - Eugene's Space rock Cosmonauts. Visual stimuli provided by the Phantom JiRCs.
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Coupon Discount for IMMI Fest. Get a second ticket at half price for the 3rd Annual IMMI Fest, when you purchase a full admission ticket with this coupon.
Each night will include the screening of classic silent film for which an improvised score by The Knotty Ensemble from Vancouver, B.C. will perform. The screening of other short video works with and without improvised accompaniment will complete each evening's program. The
IMMI Fest is directed by DIVA Media Arts Committee member Daniel Heila, a local composer/flutist/video artist. For more information visit the media arts web site or call . Click on coupon to print a copy
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Learn More About The DIVA Media Arts. The Center provides an online Media Arts Calendar that describes up-coming events throughout the year. You can also read more about the Media Arts Program and its goals and objectives online.
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Facing East: Portraits From Asia. (Scount Report) How do we understand the individual? And perhaps equally importantly, how does the world of portraiture provide insight into individuals? These are thorny questions that have occupied the minds of some of the world’s philosophers and artists for millennia. Across the continent of Asia, this meditative and artful process has created thousands of interesting portraits. A few of them have been placed on display by the curators at the Freer & Sackler Galleries in this online exhibit, which also has a real-life analog currently on display. In this exhibit, visitors can move around various parts of Asia as they examine various images of people (both well known and unknown), accompanied by brief text passages. Additionally, visitors can view thematic introductions to the objects featured here that include "Likeness & Identity" and "Portraits & Memory". Visit Web Site.
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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 27, 2006, Early Entry. The 2007 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.
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
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Deadline: November 17. Call for short silent moving image works. The DIVA Center invites film/video/animation artists to submit silent short works of 10 minutes or less to be included in its' Third Annual Improvised Music and Moving Image Festival (IMMI Fest) on December 8-9. Selected submissions will comprise a program of short moving image works to which live music will be improvised by the Knotty Ensemble of Vancouver, B.C./Eugene and local guest improvisers.
The call is open to artists of any age, or career stage. Non-narrative, experimental works are encouraged. Submissions must be labeled with the artist's name, address, email, phone number, title, length, and credits on a separate sheet (typed). Submission format may be VHS or DVD. Projection format will be DVD or MiniDV tape.
There is no submission fee. A SASE is required to have submission returned. Send material to: IMMI Fest, DIVA Center, 110 W. Broadway, Eugene, OR, 97401. Deadline is November 17th.
Artists whose entries are selected for the festival's performances will receive two free admission tickets. IMMI Fest Information:For more information proscenia.net/diva/calendar.htm
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Deadline Extended: November 22: 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 November 22nd (extended deadline). For full details see the OpenLens Web Site for more information.
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Deadline: December 1 60x60 Project. Vox Novus is inviting film/video/animation artists to submit silent video shorts 60 seconds or less in length to be included in its fourth annual collaboration with the 60x60 project. 60 videos will be paired with 60 audio tracks from composers selected that year. The screening will include the 60 video shorts paired with the audio shown in succession for one hour. Submissions must include: Submission Form (including bio and program notes) and a labeled DVD containing the submission in Quicktime format. Submission forms can be downloaded at http://www.VoxNovus.com/60x60.htm.
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.
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Information and Membership Opportunities
DIVA Center
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Individual Memberships
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| Benefactor |
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| Patron |
$250 - $449 |
| Sustainer |
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| Supporter |
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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
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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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You may pay your membership fee by using PayPal or downloading and sending a printed membership form and check to:
DIVA Membership
DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway
Eugene, 97401
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Exhibits: Becky Guy,
Programs: Eric Ostlind, Volunteers: Becky Guy, Executive Director:
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