History of Eugene’s arts on display
By Marianne Chin
Of the Emerald
In 1907, the University had a
13-member Mandolin Club.
Pioneer dress and whisker contests
were part of the lavish Oregon Trail
Pageants held during the second quarter
of this century in Eugene.
These and other historical elements of
Eugene’s performing arts past can be ex
perienced in a nostalgic pictorial exhibit
entitled “A Century of the Lively Arts”
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now being held on the second floor of
the EMU.
The exhibit of black and white photos
chronologically traces the last hundred
years of dance, music and theater in
Eugene, from the open air concerts of the
Eugene City Brass Band in 1881 to the
city’s symphony and ballet companies as
we know them today.
Sponsored by the EMU Cultural
Forum, the EMU showing will be the last
in Eugene before it is taken to other cities
in Oregon. The exhibit, which involved
18 months of research through scrap
books and archives, opened at the Hult
Center for the Performing Arts last
November.
Many of the faded photographs cap
ture moments in University history, from
the elaborate floats of the Canoe Fetes
held on the Mill Race through dance and
musical productions.
The idea for the historical arrangement
came from Lucy Lamkin, a set designer
for Eugene Theater Company. The
research for the project was facilitated by
grants from the Oregon Committee for
the Humanities, the Donald F. Barker
Foundation and private contributors.
The Eugene Arts Foundation and the
Lane Regional Arts Council provided
grants for the production of the exhibit.
The free showing will continue in the
EMIJ until Jan. 4.
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