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Art Studio Gallery, 21 W 5th. An artist owned &
operated gallery featuring paintings by Ginette
Halioua and Dana Queen. Original work in tra
ditional mediums of oil. acrylic. watercolor & air
brush. Hours: Mon-Sat. 11-5.
Artworks, Posters, Prints and Framing, 291 E.
5th. New releases: 1984 First of State Waterfowl
stamp poster, Pena, Takata. Peticov. Olympic
posters, "The Summit" and antique plane and
train images. Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6: Sun
noon-5.
Aurora Silk, 440 Blair Blvd Chinese dragon
robes are now the featured display. Hours: Fri
Sat, 1-5 pm. Also by appointment 683-2359
Bach Festival Show, Hult Center. June 25-July
8. Includes works by Pauline Cox, known for her
street painting. Her works have just returned
from Wichita where the Art Association spon
sored a showing.
Cafe Central, 384 W 13th Paintings by Kathy
Caprario through June 16. Watercolors, wood
cuts. silkscreens & etchings by Jan Mesic are
on display June 18-July 14. Hours: Mon-Fri. 11
am-11:30 pm: Sat 9 am-11:30 pm.
Collier House, UO Faculty Club, 1770 E 13th.
Watercolors and oils by Sarkis Antikjean are on
display through June 30. Hours: Weekdays.
8:45-3:15; Sunday. 8:15-12:15.
Community Center for the Performing Arts, 291
8th Ave. First One Woman Show. Prints, litho
graphs. etchings and monoprints by Carol Mack
are on display through June 30. Hours: Week
days. 3-6 pm; Sat. Sun evenings.
The Beanery, 14th & Alder. Embellish
ments—wall sculptures in terra cotta by David
Chalat; oils and prints by Jeff Silvia; and color
plates by Dan Turnidge are on display through
June 30. Hours: 8 am-10 pm.
Book & Tea, 1646 E 19th Ave. Expressions—
calligraphy by Fran Strom are on display through
June 30. Hours: Mon-Sat, 11-6; Sun, 12-5.
Excelsior Cafe, 754 E 13th. Paintings by Joy
Woodard are on display.
Charles d'Lou Wildlife Galleries, 131 B E 5th St.
Specializes in state and federal stamp prints,
eskimo carvings and decoys. Open daily
343-9255 for hours.
Field Studio, 2727 Hilyard St. Paintings, ink and
watercolors by Betty Field-Haley are shown by
appt. Call 485-2491.
Fine Jewelry Boutique, Hilton Hotel Lobby
Paintings by Mildred Lapson, nationally praised
artist of Pasadena. CA are on display. Hours:
9:30-6.
Gallery 141, Lawrence Hall. UO campus. June
7.8—Student furniture exhibit; photography by
Ted Orland. Hours: Mon-Fri, 9-5.
the gelhan gallery, 795 Willamette St.. Room
208. Original silver and platinum photographs by
local and regional photographers. Portrait of
Oregon includes work by David C. Dupree, Ray
mond Lawrence, Chris Depee, Bill bradish, Fred
Byrum, Jonne Goeller, John Shephard, Nancy
Jones, David K. Brunn, David Shaw. Opening:
Jun10. 1-6 pm with a reception. Also reception
on June 17, 1-6 pm. Hours: weekdays. 9-5;
Sat, Sun, 1-5.
Green Earth Art Center, 1155 W. Eugene. Best of
Show and Blue Ribbon winners from the 1984 art
show are featured as well as works by instruc
tors Doris Prieto, Pat Renwick and Jan Cantwell.
Also Impressionistic Oils by Keith Ward and
Animals in Oil by Karen Hubbard. The Workshop
Gallery features Naomi Dixon, Roberta Van
dehey, Sharon Rickert, and Georgia McBride. All
exhibits run through June. Hours: Mon-Sat.
10-5.
High St. Coffee Gallery, 1243 High St Inner Vi
sions, prints. drawings, ceramics and paintings
by Karin Dunker and Bedo. Artists' reception,
June 10. 4-6:30 pm. Hours: weekdays. 8 am-7
pm: Sun. 10 am-7 pm.
Keystone Cafe, 395 W 5th. "Friday & Flowers: A
Showing.” Through June 27. Hours: Daily 7
am-2 pm: Fri-Sun 5:30-9:30 pm.
Lane County Museum, 740 W 13th Along with
their regular collection of historical artifacts is an
exhibit entitled A Century of the Lively Arts—
photographs. old posters. playbills, costumes
and music from Eugene's theatrical and artistic
past. Hours: Tues-Fri, 10-4.
Made in Oregon, 295 E 5th Ongoing display of
regional artists. Hours: Mon-Sat. 10:30-5:30.
Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E 15th Fibre ar
tist Mina di Fifis with Judy Basehore and Judy
Foster are in the Henry Korn Gallery: watercolors
by Eileen Duffy are in the Mezzanine: photo
graphs by Connie J. Ritchie are also on display.
Hours: Wed-Fri 12-5; Sat 10-3: Sun 1-5.
New Zone Gallery, 411 High St. Painting, sculp
ture. photography & mixed media by the 26 ar
tists of the Blackfish Gallery artists' cooperative
of Portland. Through July 12. Hours: Mon-Sat.
11-5.
Old Friends, 1128-A Alder St Mexican Folk Art
exhibit includes Huichole yarn paintings. cere
monial masks in wood, ceramics and paper
mache. weavings, huipiles. bags and wall hang
ings. Hours: Mon-Sat 10:30 am-5:30 pm
Original Graphics Gallery, 122 E. Broadway
Elvira Lovera’s colorful landscape monoprints
are featured this month through July 7. Hours:
Tues-Sat. 11-5:30.
Soaring Wings Art Gallery, 760 Willamette St
Original paintings and limited edition prints of
wildlife, western history, aviation and the
western outdoors. Works by internationally and
locally known artists. Hours: weekdays 9-5:30;
Sat 9-5.
Springfield Museum, 6th & Main Sts . Spring
field. On permanent display is The History of
Springfield. Hours: Wed-Sat. 11-5
University of Oregon Museum of Art, UO cam
pus. Drawings and paintings by Morris Graves is
on display through July 31. An Oregonian.
Graves also traveled and studied in Japan and
CHina whose philosophies show in his work.
Hours: Wed-Sun. noon-5 pm.
University of Oregon Museum of Natural History,
UO campus. Science complex. Raven's
Cousin's: Traditional Arts of the Native North
west. Also Hungarian Folk Art: woodcuts, carv
ings, pottery, costumes and embroideries.
Through July. Hours: Tues-Sat. noon-5 pm.
University of Oregon Photography at Oregon
Gallery (in the Museum of Art). Black and white
photographs by Ashland photographer Susan
Loyd will be on display through July 3. The ex
hibit is entitled “How One Town Says NO to the
Bomb." teaturing the movement to make
Ashland a nuclear-free zone. Hours: Wed-Sat
noon-5 pm.
Walterville Centennial Bank, Walterville. OR
Show by McKenzie River Artists Guild continues
New exhibits monthly. "Picture of the month"
recognizes a different guild member each month.
Hours: 10 am-3 pm.
WISTEC, 2300 Centennial Blvd Small World—
the 1983-84 winners of NIKON'S annual photo
micrography competition. Color photographs
taken with everything from a close-up lens to a
scanning electron micrscope. Through July 8.
Hours: Sat. Sun noon-5 pm. Open Tues-Fri for
groups by appt. $2 adults, 75c kids, $1 seniors,
college students.
A Portrait
of Oregon
A Portrait of Oregon, an exhi
bition of black and white photo
graphs by local artists, is the pre
mier offering of Eugene's newest
art space, The Gelhan Gallery.
Larry Gellert and Grant Handgis,
the founders, are attempting to
create a space and market for fine
quality silver and platinum proc
ess photographs.
In doing so, one might think
they were hauling a load of coals
to Newcastle. Eugene has long
been a gathering place for practi
tioners of what is called West
Coast photography: use of a large
camera to make direct, unmanipu
lated images of subject matter,
often the western landscape. With
so much emphasis on this style,
one wonders why devote more
space to it.
The answer is that most other
area galleries often seek photo
graphers from much further
afield, both geographically and
stylistically. Thus local artists are
often left stranded without honor
in their own land. The Gelhan
Gallery still leaves many voids,
however, such as the need for
local color and experimental pho
tographers to have regular display
space.
One of the main criticisms lev
eled at West Coast photography
has been its tendency to be so pre
occupied with technical perfection
of the process as to shut out emo
tion. This exhibit exemplifies this
problem quite clearly. Although
there is a wide range of quality,
the main emphasis has been
directed towards achieving a level
of perfection similar to the late
Ansel Adams.
For example, Chris Depee's
aspens and E.K. Vlike's water on a
leaf are beautiful in both con
ception and execution. The latter
is a more complex image than
most in the show, but one still
feels it has been done before. The
same can be said about most of
the other works, although the
quality of the prints varies widely
from flat and lifeless to near per
fection.
One of the great gaps in this
"portrait" is the lack of people.
There have been many examples
of fine portraiture done in this
style, most notably by Edward
Weston. But one has a feeling that
the need to control the image
totally has pushed unpredictable
humans literally out of the pic
ture. One welcomes- David
Charles Dupree's snow covered
landscape not only for its beauty,
but for the horse. A sign of life in
an otherwise still and inanimate
world.
Both the show and gallery are
commendable first steps twoards
gaining a greater exposure for
photography. Let us hope it suc
ceeds and broadens to encompass
ever wider areas of quality photo
graphic work.
The Gelhan Gallery is located in
Room 208 in the Tiffany Building
(next to Original Joe's) with hours
9-5 Monday through Friday, and
10-5 on Saturday and Sunday. A
Portrait of Oregon will be on
display through July 13.
—Dan Welton
'Wearable Art'
Makes Eugene
Debut
Two local women, Gena Hut
ton and Camille Cole, are intro
ducing their line of fashions at a
premier showing, June 30 to July
2. Under the label Gemille, each
piece is an "original, hand-painted
work of art, hand-signed and one
of a kind."
Paper Traders Annex in the
Fifth Street Public Market, where
the show will be held, is the ex
clusive Eugene outlet for their
complete line of women’s and
men's clothing, which they plan to
market nationally.
Radio Drama
Actor Richard Dreyfuss stars in
Robert Heinlein's By His Boot
straps, a radio drama presented
by the National Radio Theatre
Repertory Company, and airing
on KWAX FM 91 on Saturday,
June 30, at 6 pm.
In this science-fiction/mystery/
comedy, the author of Stranger in
a Strange Land explores the para
dox of time travel. Grad student
Bob Wilson (Dreyfuss) is surpris
ed by a stranger who has some
how entered his locked room. The
stranger promises Bob power and
glory—if he will only step 20,000
years into the future.
When he does, Bob meets a
whole set of odd characters, al
most all of whom turn out to be
... himself.
Radio Rep is a regular program
on KWAX FM 91, the Univ. of
Oregon's classical music station.
Book Review:
The Feud
By Thonuis Berger, Delucorte Press.
1^83.
The Feud is a wickedly tunny
view of small town life in the
1930s, of the attitudes and life
styles which shaped the American
character. Thomas Berger, who's
a skillful observer with a keen ear
for the spoken language and one
of the best writers around, bril
liantly recreates the inhabitants of
small town America of the thir
ties, depicting them with the same
dark humor he brought to his
earlier novel. Little Big Mun.
From the opening exchange in a
hardware store between a surly
customer and a smart-mouthed
kid, Berger's unheroic characters
go wrong at every turn. These ig
norant, bigoted, narrow-minded
and self-serving people (who are
also insecure, vulnerable, and
child-like) reveal traits which con
flict with our image of ourselves
as Americans and as individuals.
The uncensored thought-proc
esses of the characters in The Feud
illustrate ingrained aspects of
American behavior.
Most readers feel a special affec
tion for a writer who makes us
laugh at ourselves, and we esteem
those who make us think as well,
like Thomas Berger. His irreverent
humor arises from profound in
sights into our collective shadow,
the respository for all the awk
ward, banal, nerdy stuff we have
"left behind." Berger's bittersweet
humor and talent for observation,
like Kurt Vonnegut's, adds intelli
gence and intuition to our self
awareness.
—Lois Wadsworth
astRolOGy
George Warren
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