Up Front News and Events
Volume 1, Number 36, December 11 - 24 |
 Happy Solstice! The long decline in daylight has come to and end. Although it is officially winter, the colors of spring will soon be budding.
Celebrate the New Year with a January 5th First Friday Opening Reception celebrating six new exhibits. Come meet the artists, enjoy wine and refreshments, and see live models with tattoos. Also, get your very own tattoo without the long-term commitment and support DIVA - airbrushed tattoos will be available from tattoo artists for $5-$10.
New exhibits include: Main Gallery - Breathing Canvas, Living Art (tattoo exhibit) curated by Dr. Julien and Clay Fraser. Gallery 1: The UO at DIVA curated by Kartz Ucci and Anya Kivarkis. Gallery 2: Small Collages and Paintings by Rakar West. Gallery 3: "The Moon Garden" by Terry Holloway and Deborah Allen. Gallery 5: Works by L. D'Agosto Yeager. And, Altar Psyche by Heidi Beierle is located in the DIVA Members' Gallery. Event Hours: 5:30-8:30pm. DIVA is closed from December 24th through January 5th. (Illustration: moment of solstice on December 21, 2006) |
Main Gallery and Screening Room To Be Upgraded. DIVA's Main Gallery and Screening Room will undergo upgrading over the break thanks to Jim Giubbini, Store Manager at Miller Paint, 3520 W. 11th Avenue who has donated over $140 in needed paint. We also want to thank Mike Knuckles for donated construction work. The room's lighting will be modified and additional display space created. Thanks volunteers for all your efforts.
Monthly Gallery Guide Has New Editor. Carol Buie has volunteered to take on the task of publishing the monthly Gallery Guide that Becky Guy has been editing the past few months. The January edition will be her first publication of this DIVA resource.
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DIVA Workshops and Classes. Winter term workshops and classes begin January. An array of opportunities is available including: Introduction to Screenwriting, Advanced Screenwriting, Introduction to Bookbinding, Long Stitch Book, Expressionist Acrylic Painting, Manga Drawing for Young Adults, Surrounding the Figure, The Power of Portraiture, Henna (Mehndi) The Ancient Art, Drop-In Figure Drawing. Classes start January 22nd and registration is taking place now. So, sign up and guarantee a place for yourself.
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DIVA Annual Fund Drive Underway. Your donations are important in helping to fund DIVA's mission as a center for the arts in downtown Eugene. In 2006, over 12,000 people visited our exhibits, attended our diverse time-based media arts events, and participated in our varied workshops and classes. In addition, we reached out to the community through our at-risk youth drop-in workshops and by hosting forums such as the Creative Conversations.
Donate to the DIVA Center by December 31st. Then match your total with a year-end gift to the Cultural Trust. At tax time, claim your reward: a 100% tax credit, reducing Oregon taxes owed by up to $500 for individuals, $1,000 for married couples or $2,500 for corporations. Visit the Oregon Cultural Trust site for more information. Also, check and see your place of work matches your donations to non-profit organizations. A great way to increase your contribution to DIVA.
Discounts For DIVA Members. Bring your DIVA Membership Card with you to a Media Arts Events and save on your admission fee. Any event promoting a student discount offers the same discount for DIVA Members who show their DIVA Membership Card.
"Time-Based" Group Art Show Includes DIVA Member. DIVA Media Arts Committee member Carl Diehl is participating in a month-long serial exhibit, using eBay as venue, called "Ebayaday". The event, which began on December 1st, includes works that exploit, redefine, or underscore eBay's potential in the exchange of - Hide quoted text - ideas, objects, and money. Carl has an auction that begins on December 23rd entitled "Anecdotal Evidence"---providing purchaser with a collection of text-based experiential nuances-- the anecdotal stories of haggling, rummaging and related real-life adventures that are disappeared in the process of virtualized on-line auctions! Ebayaday is a group art show that can be viewed at www.ebayaday.com
 Register Now! Portland filmmaker Kelley Baker is teaching two professional film and video production workshops during his tenure as host for the OpenLens Festival in January. On January 13, Baker's workshop, "Making the Extremely Low Budget Film" will address issues of film production from scripting through post-production and how to get the most with very limited resources. His Sunday workshop, "Sound Design For Independent Films and Video" will explore what to do when faced with restricted time and resources and how to find creative solutions to the many sound design problems that challenge indie film and video producers. Both workshops run from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
Advance registration is required: Regular: $40. Student: $25.00 with school ID Card. Participants may register by phone or online. DIVA Members, when paying in person, receive a 10% discount with current DIVA membership.
Always On Sunday. Lights! Camera! Action! Every Sunday is a special day this coming year at the DIVA Center. The first Sunday of each month features "Eugene Celebrates the Performing Arts" a series hosted by a resident Hult Center company and DIVA. Selected films will highlight the performing arts of music, dance, Opera, and the living stage in Eugene. Audience discussion follows all screenings.
The "Best of the Eugene Film Festival Series" at DIVA takes center screen on the second Sunday of the month and features documentaries, short features, and experimental work selected from the festival's collection of submissions and winners.
The third Sunday features DIVA's "Art House Films and Conversation" series with selections from domestic and foreign film classics rarely seen on the theater screen today with thought-provoking post-screening audience discussion.
DIVA's "Video Slam" provides video artists the opportunity to screen short works in a competition that follows in the tradition of the poetry slam. Each fourth Sunday audience votes to send a winning video to the annual best of the slam competition in December. Visit Sunday At DIVA web site.
Youth Art Show at Emerald Art Center. Emerald Youth Art Gallery is having a show called The Way We See. This show features Ceramics, Glass, tempera and watercolor paintings, Pencil and Colored pencil drawings and Mixed media. Work is from Springfield High, Walterville, Thurston Middle, and Agnes Stewart Middle.
The Emerald Youth Art Gallery is a new art exhibit venue for Springfield Youth. The exhibit space is located within the Emerald Art Center gallery. Springfield High School students are responsible for selecting art work, hanging shows, and coordinating the gallery, under the supervision of Karen Perkins and Joan DeLoretto (art teachers at Springfield High). A new show will go up approximately every two months featuring artwork from throughout the school district. The current show continues through February 6th. Center hours are 11-4 Tues-Sat. Emerald Art Center-500 Main, Springfield.
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DIVA Wish List Of Simple Needs. T's the holiday season and DIVA too has a wish list. Can you help?
- Both a small and large paper cutter with sharp, even cutting blade
- Roller blade paper cutter - for trimming photographs and fine papers
- A wall clock - for the DIVA lobby
- Small step stool - to reach the high places
- Laser beam level - to hang gallery works evenly
- Large beam flashlight - to probe the dark places upstairs
- Microwave oven - for use at receptions and events
- Basic art supplies for sign making
- Volunteer to test and assemble donated computer equipment
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NEW EXHIBITS: JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2007
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Gallery 1: UO Art Student Exhibition, curated by Kartz Ucci
Gallery 2: Rakar West small paintings and collages
Gallery 3: January - Terry Holloway and Deborah Allen installation
Gallery 3: February: Youthvisions and MKL youth photograph and film exhibit
Gallery 4: Converted to classroom
Gallery 5: Maude Kerns Downtown Gallery - Linda Yeager
Gallery 6: January - DIVA Members' Gallery - Heidi Beierie installation
Gallery 6: February - DIVA Members' Gallery - M.E. Dunlap
Main Room: Breathing Canvas, Living Art (tattoo exhibit) curated by Dr. Julien and Clay Fraser
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| The DIVA Center offers many opportunities throughout the year for patrons to experience time-related arts including, but not limited to, film, video, digital and interactive media, audiovisual installations, live performances, sound arts, and other visual and auditory works by local, regional, national and international artists. |
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January 7 - Eugene Celebrates the Performing Arts Series: "Amadeus"
Time: 7:00 PM "A Sunday Screening At DIVA Center"
Sponsors: DIVA Media Arts Committee and the Oregon Mozart Players
Admission: Free
The New Year begins with the screening of "Amadeus". This film is a marvelous psychological story about weakness and power as told by rival Antonio Salieri who recounts the last ten years in the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
DIVA and the Oregon Mozart Players present this film as a part of an on-going conversation about the performing arts in our community. The evening screenings in this series will be presented, in rotation, by resident companies of the Hult Center on the first Sunday of each month. It is the goal of this on-going series to showcase the diversity of the arts that are available in Eugene. Screening and audience discussion lead by Thomas Blank.
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The DIVA Center is pleased to present the Third Annual OpenLens Short Film and Video festival. The festival provides an opportunity for SW Oregon film and video artists to showcase their work in a competitive event. Prizes include Best Juried Award and Audience Choice Award.
JANUARY 12: FRIDAY
• 7:00 PM Eugene Premier of "Kicking Bird" a feature film by visiting filmmaker, Kelley Baker.
Admission: $5.00 Limited Seating - first-come, first seated
"Kicking Bird" is the story of Martin "Bird" Johnson, a 17-year old high school kid who runs. With his Mother in jail, his father gone, one brother in a work camp and his bitter grandfather beating him, there is nothing else to do but run! One day the manipulative high school cross country coach sees Martin out run his entire team and thinks that Martin is his ticket to a college coaching position. Screening followed by a Questions & Answers session with the filmmaker.
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• 9:00 PM - Public reception. A public reception will follow for festival host Kelley Baker
JANUARY 13: SATURDAY
• 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Workshop: Making the Extremely Low Budget Film.
In this workshop Portland filmmaker Kelley Baker will walk participants through the entire process from scripting through post production. How to get the most for very limited resources, asking the right questions to get free stuff, and working in an atmosphere where people share your vision and put in very long hours for no money, and enjoy it! Advanced Registration Required: $40.00 Regular/ $25.00 w/student ID/ $25.00 for OpenLens Festival Entrant. Register online www.divanow.org or by phone
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• 2:00 - 5:00 PM Festival Filmmaker Afternoon (Invitation Only Event)
Each entrant is invited to a "Getting To Know You" reception on Saturday, January 13th from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. During this reception entrants will have a private showing of this year's jury selected festival program. Kelley Baker, visiting filmmaker and host, will be at the reception to meet and talk with entrants about independent filmmaking. Each participant will receive a pass and one for a guest.
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• 7:00 PM Screening 1: OpenLens Festival Juried Program
This is the first of three screening sessions devoted to Jury selected festival program. We are offering multiple sessions in order to accommodate those who want to see this year's selection. The Audience will vote for their favorite film/video during this session. The results will be added to those of the other sessions and the results announced at Sunday's wrap party. Admission: General $5.
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• 9:00 PM Screening 2: OpenLens Festival Juried Program
This the second screening session devoted to the Jury selected festival program. The Audience will vote for their favorite film/video during this session. The results will be added to those of the other sessions and the results announced at Sunday's wrap party. Admission: General $5.
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JANUARY 14: SUNDAY
• 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Workshop: Sound Design For Independent Films.
As the Sound Designer on Gus Van Sant's films, as well as animated features, network television specials and his own features, Kelley Baker has a unique approach to the Art of Sound Design. Portland filmmaker Kelley Baker will explore what to do when faced with restricted time and resources and how to find creative solutions to the many sound design problems that challenge indie film and video producers. Advanced Registration Required: $40.00 Regular/ $25.00 w/student ID/ $25.00 for OpenLens Festival Entrant. Register online www.divanow.org or by phone
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• 1:00 PM Screening 3: OpenLens Festival Juried Program.
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This is the third screening session of the Festival's Juried Program devoted to the Jury selected festival program. The Audience will vote for their favorite film/video during this session. The results will be added to those of the other sessions and the results announced at Sunday's wrap party. Admission: General $5.
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• 4:00 PM Festival Awards and Filmmaker Wrap Party (Invitation Only)
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The festival ends with an invitation only wrap party and reception for filmmakers and guest. The winning festival selections will be screened and awards made. The party is a time for festival entrants, guests, and supporters to gather and celebrate the weekend's events. Each festival entrant will receive pass for him/herself and guest.
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• 7:00 PM Best Of The Eugene Film Festival at DIVA Center
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A special evening of the award winning films from the 2006 Eugene Film Festival held in May. Program to be announced. Admission: General $5. Student with school ID $3. OpenLens Entrants: $3.00
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Kelley Baker (a.k.a. The Angry Filmmaker) is this year's special host and workshop instructor.
Baker is well known for working with other people. He was the sound designer on six of Gus Van Sant's feature films including, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, GOOD WILL HUNTING, and FINDING FORRESTER. He designed the sound on Todd Haynes feature film, FAR FROM HEAVEN, with Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore. He was the picture editor/sound designer on Will Vinton’s The Adventure’s of Mark Twain, and Meet The Raisins for CBS.
Kelley Baker has also written and directed three full-length features including: KICKING BIRD (2004), THE GAS CAFE (2001), and BIRDDOG (1999).
Baker's participation in the OpenLens Festival is funded in part by a Chambers Family Foundation Grant and contributions from private donors.
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Moving Images Pinewood Dialogues. For aspiring auteurs and other such types interested in film and television, it may be difficult to get an audience with Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, Mira Nair, or David Cronenberg. However, all of those persons are available here at the Moving Images Pinewood Dialogues online archive. Created by the Museum of the Moving Image, these fascinating conversations were originally recorded as part of a lectures series sponsored by the Museum. In total, there are 41 dialogues offered here, and they date back to March 1, 1989, when they sat down to talk with Sidney Poiter. Other guests who have dropped by include the late Chuck Jones, David Lynch, George A. Romero, and Atom Egoyan. Visitors can listen to each program, or download each conversation to take with them. Transcripts also accompany many of the programs. Visit Site.
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This Russian animation is a fascinating study in the process of drawing a human figure. It starts with a skeletal form and becomes a flesh and blood figure at the conclusion. Students of figure drawing will find this work of particular interest. Visit 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.
Do You Like Watching Films? The Eugene Film Festival will soon start accepting submissions and Thaddeus Konar is creating a team of film reviewers. Last year the EFF team reviewed over 300 movies, this year with a longer submission period the total may reach 450-500. Each movie ideally should be evaluated by about 10 reviewers. The evaluation itself is simple – you watch the movie (either by yourself or in the group setting) and assign a number between 1 and 10 (with 10 being perfect and 1 a total dog). The submissions will start by the end of October and will continue until July. If interested please contact Thaddeus Konar at or .
Deadline: January 19, 2007 - The PDX Film Festival. The early deadline for submission to The PDX Film Festival is just days away - December 15th! So get those submissions ready and post-marked by the 15th. After December 15th, you will have until January 19, 2007 to get your work submitted, though the late entry fee ($25) will go into effect . We have already received a thrilling flurry of tapes and DVDs from all over the world, so if you haven't sent yours out yet, now is the time! Go to www.peripheralproduce.com to download the entry form and guidelines and learn more about the festival.
Deadline: December 31, 2006 - ASSOCIATE CURATOR. Oversee works w/ strengths in Central, West Africa, develop program of collection-based scholarship thru acquisitions, permanent/temp exhibits, publications, new media, public programs, work w/ academic program, publish in peer-review journals. Req PhD by 06/07 in cultural anthropology/art history/rel, research interest in art/material culture of Africa, museum, college teaching exp. $50.4K-$61.9K. Resume/ltr/published, scholarly writing sample/3 rec ltrs sent directly to The Royal Ontario Museum, Human Resources Department, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 2C6; fax ; www.rom.on.ca; email . .
Deadline: December 31, 2006 - IART SUBMISSIONS. Seeking artwork for exhibition w/ 12 month's gallery representation. $25 entry fee for up to 5 images; $5/addl entry. Criteria of acceptance is based on genuine significance or originality of meaningful exp in content, style, tending to vitality, form in its creation. Exhibit on color: bold/subtle, open to all artists worldwide who use color in bold or subtle ways to enhance work. 2D/3D media invited. For prospectus contact Upstream People Gallery, 5607 Howard Street, Omaha, NE 68; www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/default.asp; email .
Deadline: January, 2007 - NATIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBIT. 03/30/07-04/30/07. Seeking 2D media (no photography) from artists age 18+. $2K best of show; $8K cash awards. For prospectus send #10 SASE to Boca Grande Art Alliance, Box 979, Boca Grande, FL 33921; email .
Deadline: February 1, 2007 - JURIED ART SHOW. Seeking paintings, pastels, graphics, sculpture entries on slides. $4.5K in prizes. Entry fee for non-members. For info contact Valerie McQuillan, 57th National Exhibition, Academic Artists Association, 18 Bobolink Lane, Enfield, CT 06082; email .
Deadline: February 28, 2007 Indoor Art Work. Maude Kerns Art Center invites artists living in OR, WA, and ID to submit proposals for permanent indoor artwork to be installed on one or both of two lobby walls of Crescent Village, a planned urban community in Eugene, OR. All materials and techniques will be considered. Budget maximum is $10,000 per lobby wall. Each proposal will be reviewed based on artistic merit and time and materials costs. Completed proposals must by received by February 28, 2007, 5:00 pm at Maude Kerns Art Center. Project installation shall be complete by September 21, 2007. Complete application available for download at http://www.mkartcenter.org/call.htm or email .
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.
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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Information and Membership Opportunities
DIVA Center
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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 quarter 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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DIVA Center Information
Phone:
Web: divacenter.org
E-mail:
Exhibits: Becky Guy,
Programs: Eric Ostlind, Volunteers: Becky Guy, Ex. Director Mary Unruh:
Winter Hours Noon to 5 PM Tues. - Sat.
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