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The main
attraction
Th e raw beauty of mid-century
industrial design is the focus of a new
exhibit by photographer James Bailey on
show at Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery.
“EWEB Steam Plant — A
Photographic Study” chronicles three
decades of early industrial design at a
Eugene Water and Electric Board steam
power plant on the Eugene Riverfront.
Constructed in phases from 1930 to
1952, the plant was designed to serve as
backup power generation for the utility’s
hydroelectric plants. It continues to
be protected from deterioration and is
considered surplus property. Some areas
of the plant are intact, but other large
areas have been removed for purposes
of decontamination. Th e plant is now
decommissioned and listed for sale.
Bailey’s photographic work from the
plant is most closely aligned with the
industrial landscape genre of photography.
“Industrial spaces, particularly from
the early- to mid-20th Century, are
created almost entirely with function in
mind,” he said. “Form follows function
and while some consideration may be
given to the aesthetics of given machine,
the work space as a whole has, at best,
random and untended aesthetics.”
“Spaces created with little or no regard
to visual aesthetics generate their own
aesthetics,” he added. “Photography
can make accidental visual aesthetics
intentional ones and present them to
a viewer. Regardless of how austere an
industrial space may be, it consists of
shape, texture, light and shadow and that
is fertile ground for a visual artist.”
Th e show will run through Monday,
Jan. 6, at the Chessman Gallery, located
inside the Lincoln City Cultural Center
at 540 NE Hwy. 101.
For more information, call 541-994-
9994 or go to lincolncity-culturalcenter.
org.
“All Things Equal” by Lloyd Lindley
A green New Year deal
Forget fl avor of the month, Manzanita’s
Hoff man Center for the Arts is interested in
the color of the year — green to be precise.
Th e center is now accepting applications
for its “Green Piece” show, which launches
in January. Tillamook and Clatsop county
artists of all mediums are invited to
participate. Ceramics, collage, fi ber, drawing,
painting, photography and sculpture are all
welcome. Artists can submit one piece each,
and all submissions muct include the color
green.
Submissions should be delivered between
2 and 4 pm on Th ursday, Jan. 2, 2020.
Artists must prepare artwork for easy and
secure hanging or display using professional
art hanging hardware.
Th e show will launch on Saturday, Jan.
4, with a public reception from 2 to 4 pm
off ering refreshments and good cheer.
Th is event is free and the public is invited
to attend, enjoy the gallery and view the
repairs and renovations completed during
December.
Th e “Green Piece” show will continue
every weekend through February 2. Items
will be off ered for sale with 70-percent
commission to the artist and the remainder
to the Hoff man Center for the Arts.
Th e Hoff man Center for the Arts
is located at 594 Laneda Avenue in
Manzanita.
For more information on this
and other gallery shows, email
hoff mancenterartgallery@gmail.com or go
to www.hoff manblog.org/hoff man-gallery.
Pick up the thread in Yachats
Applications are now being accepted
for Gems of the Ocean II, a themed art
quilt show scheduled for February 2020 in
Yachats.
Organized by Polly Plumb Productions,
the show will run from Feb. 14 to 16 at the
Yachats Commons, featuring an array of
ocean-themed quilts.
Th e last Gems of the Ocean show was
in 2017 where 103 art quilts were accepted
out of 123 submissions from three diff erent
countries.
Cash prizes include $1,000 for fi rst
place; $500 for second place, $250 for third
place and $250 for the Viewers’ Choice.
Applications for the Gems of the Ocean
II art quilt show will be accepted through
Dec. 31. Th e jury date is January 10 and
acceptance notices are announced on
Th ursday, Jan. 15.
For more information or to register, go
to www.gemsoftheocean.org.
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