Talents of Tomorrow, a youth art
exhibit, opens at Jacobs Gallery
David Minor Theater Photography
by Kate Ketcham. 180 E. 5th
Delphina / Slash’n Burn Portraits
& images by Cody Wicker. 941 W. 3rd
DIVA “Eugene Coloring Book,”
culmination of a participatory
project spearheaded by Emily
Dobkin; Work by Candra Cross, Kay
King, Mary Unruh, Peggy Staalberg,
& John Watson. 280 W. Broadway
ECO Sleep Solutions Work by
Tylar Merrill, pottery by Annie
Heron, fabric dolls and wall art
by Mari Livie, wood sculptures by
Cedar Caredio, & luminescence light
sculptures by Stephen White. 25
E. 8th
Emerald Art Center “2012 Emerald
Spring Exhibition, a National Juried
Show,” through June 1. 500 Main,
Spfd.
art
IN THE
GALLERIES
OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS
DIVA Poetry series readings: Allison
Cobb & Linda Russo, 7:30pm Friday,
May 18. 285 W. Broadway
Full City Work by Emily Insko,
starting Sunday, May 20, through
June 17. 842 Pearl
Good Samaritan Eugene Village
Paintings by George Vonderlinden
& other local artists, open two days:
10am-4:30pm Thursday, May 17
& Friday, May 18. Reception 6pm-
7:30pm Thursday, May 17. 3500
Hilyard
Jacobs Gallery “Talents of
Tomorrow,” youth arts exhibit,
starting Friday, May 18. Artist
reception 1pm-3pm Saturday, May
19. Through June 16. Hult Center
LaVerne Krause Gallery “145 –
Recode,” BFA terminal exhibition w/
work by Ryan Parra & Tim Hamilton,
reception 5pm-7pm Monday, May 21.
Through May 25. UO campus
Maude Kerns Art Center Poetry
reading and closing reception in
conjunction with “Silent Witness:
Parvin Butte,” photographs by John
Bauguess, 7pm-8:30pm Friday, May
18. 1910 E. 15th
Benton County Historical Society
“Creative Conversations: Eight
Women Artists,” work by Donna
Beverly, Margo Eastman, Miriam
Edell, Aki Hill, Peggy Joyce, Sue
Noel, Andrea Thornberry & Marie
Wilson, through July 7. 1101 Main,
Philomath
Big City Gaming “Fool’s Gold,”
work by Brian Knowles, Marlitt
Dellabough, Keegan Gormley
Andrea Alonge, Tim Jarvis & more.
1288 Willamette
Big Tree Gallery “Ol’ Hallows
Eve,” multimedia arts & adornments
by Kalimanna Creations, unique
photography of the world by Brian
Chenoweth, acrylic on canvas by
Nichoel Wright. 1068 W. 3rd
Bonnie at Play “Ceramic
sculpture” by Bonnie King. 1082 W.
2nd — upstairs
Broomchick Early American
Handcrafted Brooms & Besoms by
Samantha Pritchard. 305 Blair
Café Zenon Surrealist paintings,
drawings and watercolors by
Richard Quigley, through May 31.
898 Pearl
CALC “Art work created by children
from Gaza.” 458 Blair
Cowfi sh Paintings by William
Harbour. 62 W. Broadway
CONTINUING
B2 Wine Bar “Katananda Imagery,”
work by Kristina Hall. 2794 Shadow
View
visual arts
David Joyce Gallery “Green
Green—The Color of New” 15 artists’
perspectives on green, through
August 27. LCC campus
Eugene Coffee Co. “Yunhee’s Art
Stories,” work by Yunhee LeNoue,
through May 31. 1840 Chambers
Eugene Piano Academy “Flowers
for Mom,” photography by Deb
Ingebretsen, through May 30. 507
Willamette
Eugene Storefront Art Project
“See You in the Spring, When It’s
too Wet to Plow;” Work by Julian
Watts and lobby art by Sandra Kay
Bulley; Work by Heather Reese;
“How Can I Make You Smile,” work
by more than 30 local artists.
Various locations.
Florence Events Center
“Oregon: the Place We Call Home,”
photography by members of the
Florence Viewfi nders. Paintings by
Colleen Goodwin Chronister. 715
Quince, Florence
Full City Work by: Emily Schultz,
through June 10; Kathleen Keuter,
through May 20; Bruce Mayall,
through May 27. 842 Pearl
Goldworks “The Nature of Things,”
photography by Justin Demeter. 169
E. Broadway
Granary Pizza Co. “Optical Jazz,”
paintings by Earl Dunbar. 259 E. 5th
Harlequin Beads and Jewelry
Work by Michele Rose and Angela
Lees. 1027 Willamette
Healing Scapes Mixed media,
charcoal & acrylic work by Katey
Seefeld. 1390 Oak, Suite 3
The Hot Shop Glass art by Samuel
Art Glass — Glassblowing squares
demonstrations. 1093 W. 1st
Imagine Gallery “Re-Imagine Art,”
benefi t for MECCA, through May 30.
35 E. 8th
Island Park Gallery “Mexico,” work
by Isabel Dutroncy & Jette Foss,
through May 31. 215 W. C, Spfd.
Jawbreaker Gallery “Bridging
the Gap,” mixed media artwork
by Anastaysa Bawn and Vinton
Gregory, through June 15. 796
W. 4th
The Jazz Station Jazz paintings,
acrylics on canvas by Bob Newhart.
124 W. Broadway
New Zone Gallery “Color
Whimsey,” work by Sally Ott & Marti
Lynch, through May 31; Chitrakar
exhibit, in conjunction with a 9
person delegation visiting from
Eugene’s sister city Kathmandu,
through May 31. 164 W. Broadway
Ninkasi Brewery “Broken Open,”
artwork by Annette Lenard, through
May 23. 272 Van Buren
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
“Night Hunter House,” short fi lms
by Stacey Steers; “Visions of the
Orient: Western Women Artists in
Asia 1900-1940,” through June 18;
“Provenance: In Honor of Arlene
Schnitzer,” work by more than 40
Northwest artists, selected from
the Harold Schnitzer Art Collection,
through September 15. UO campus
Occupy Eugene “We’re Still Here!”
Art by occupiers, works about
occupy, and artifacts from the
occupation, 1274 W. 7th
Junk Monkey Antiques Oil
paintings by Marcy Paley Cohen,
ethnic neckaces and earrings
by Cynthia Gamberg, & vintage
assemblage jewelry by Jonathan
Short. 47581 Hwy. 58, Oakridge
Olive Grand “Gifts and Wonders,”
photography by Rachel McLain. 1041
Willamette
Karin Clarke Gallery New work by
Robert Schlegel. 749 Willamette
Knight Law Center “Earth Palette,”
canvas photography by Sean
Bagshaw, through August 24. UO
Campus
Lane County Historical Museum
“Weird & Wonderful: Lane County
Highlights & Footnotes,” through
Sept. 15; The Unbroken Thread Quilt
Show. 1635 Fairview, Cottage Grove
Old Whiteaker Firehouse Shakkei
“Borrowed Scenery”: Landscape
studies from a summer in Kyoto.
1045 W. 1st
Oregon Heart & Vascular
Institute “Body Worlds,” ten
specimens of the heart & brain on
display as part of Stroke Month,
through May 31. 3311 River Bend Dr.
Out on a Limb Nature paintings
and cards by Judith Sparks, house
blessings by Betsy Wolfston, wood
art by Tim Boyden, Drew Parrish,
Jeff Bandow, through May 31. 191 E.
Broadway
Palace Bakery Work by Madison
Skyriver, through June 3. 844 Pearl
Last Stand Coffee Co. Work by
Kenji Ota & MuseArt artists. 298
Blair
Park St Café Seascape
photography by David Klausman.
776 W. Park
LaVerne Krause Gallery “Axioms,”
work by Shelly A. McMahon,
Christina Schueler, & Nikolas Wise,
through May 18. UO campus
Passionfl ower Design “An Evening
with Pearls & Stones,” work by
jeweler Susan Goodwin. 128 E.
Broadway
LCC Gallery “3 Points North,” work
by Rob Beishline, Daryn Lowman &
Andreas Salzman, through June 14.
LCC campus
Perk “The Skateboarding Art
Show,” work by Kim Rose. 1351
Willamette
MECCA “Did we Pay the Bills?”
Mixed media work by Tony Brown.
449 Willamette
Michael DiBitetto Etherial,
exquisite etchings, clothing art.
201 Blair
Mills Center “The Moments We
Share,” work by Scott Huette,
Sisy Anderson, & Gabriella Soraci,
through June 1. UO campus
MODERN “Made in Oregon,” work
by students of UO professors John
Arndt & Brian Gillis. 207 E. 5th
Moon Upstairs “Social Insecurity
Number,” work by Hans D’Hollosay,
through May 30. 228 Main, Spfd.
NEST “Home,” work by Jason
Pancoast. 1235 Willamette
New Frontier Market . “Flights of
Fancy,” acrylics and mixed media
by Marilyn Kent, through June 15.
1101 W. 8th
Pizza Research Institute Acrylic
paintings and prints by Shawna
Trumbly, through June 30. 530 Blair
Ratatouille Work by Tanna
Konnemann & Sophie Navarro. 2729
Shadow View
Raven Frame Works Paintings by
Adam Grosowsky. 325 W. 4th
Red Agave Work by Heather
Michaud. 454 Willamette
Saginaw Vineyard Art by Demetra
Kalams. 80247 Delight Valley
Sam Bond’s Garage Acrylics and
mixed media on canvas by Elias
‘Kiwi’ Mellott, through May 25.
407 Blair
Silver Lining Steampunk art by the
Florence Altered Art Group. 2217
U.S. 101, Florence
Springfi eld City Hall “Linda
Abblett’s Watercolor Class,” work by
Linda Abblett, Carolyn Batsch, Brigit
Foley, Marie King, Linda Potter, &
Marlys Rutherford, through May 31.
225 5th, Spfd.
Springfi eld Museum “Let There
Be Light,” through May 29. 590
Main, Spfd.
Studio Tre Amiche New works by
Patsy Hand, Kathryn Hutchinson, &
Rogena Degge. 295 E. 5th
Studio West Work by Ciara Cuddihy
and Alejandro Hernandez. 245
W. 8th
Sweet Life Arts & Crafts Gallery
Work by employees of Sweet Life,
fi ne art to felted handbags, jewelry,
birdbaths, recycled book art &
aprons. 775 Monroe
Symphony in Glass Glasswork by
Vicki Komori, Cat Shelby & Jamie
Burress. 260 W. Broadway
Tamarack Wellness Center &
Eugene Yoga Plein air paintings
by local Lane County artists. 3575
Donald
Territorial Vineyards “Vivid
Inspirations,” paintings by Melanie
Pearson, through May 30. 907
W. 3rd
UO Alumni Association Art by UO
students Laura Johnson & Marshall
McFarland. 39 W. Broadway
UO Museum of Natural &
Cultural History “Out in Space,
Back in Time: Images from the
Hubble Space Telescope.” Through
Feb. 2013; “Oregon—Where Past
is Present;” “The Art of Nature”
by Becky Uhler, through June 24;
“Explore Oregon! In the Making,”
through September. UO Campus
Vistra Framing & Gallery Work by
various artists. 160 E. Broadway
Wandering Goat “The
Skateboarding Art Show,” digital
photography by Kim Rose, through
May 24. 268 Madison
The Wave Gallery “The Beauty
Sitting,” work by Julie Berkbuegler.
547 Blair
Whiteaker International Hostel
“Springly,” multi-medium modium
by Manium, 970 W. 3rd
White Lotus Gallery “Esther’s
Choices,” photography by Gary
Tepfer. 767 Willamette
Woodpecker’s Muse “The Self is
(A) Variable,” work by Nathaniel
Benson. 372 W. Broadway
WOW Hall Work by Arianne
Fredenburg, April 1. 291 W. 8th
YEPSA “What is Sexuality?” 174 W.
Broadway
ZDREAMS Gallery “Visionary
Computer Art Prints” by Ron
LaFond. 937 W. 3rd
BY PATRICK NEWSON
From the Trenches
Springfield’s underground art collective
I
f Eugene promotes itself as a city of
arts and outdoors, what does that leave
for its right-bank alternative neighbor,
Springfi eld? For Ditchprojects , an artist-
organized (and fi nanced) collective resid-
ing in a labyrinthine warehouse complex
across the tracks from downtown, the an-
swer is opportunity.
Ditchprojects, which fi shes nomencla-
ture from the now-fl owing, then drained-
and-dry salmon run nearby, is the contem-
porary manifestation of what began with a
handful of UO MFA students in the summer
of 2008. From that, Ditch has dug in as an
experimental niche for local artists to create,
and traveling artists to fi ll with their works.
Mike Bray, one of Ditchprojects’ found-
ing members, and one of three who occupy
the studios behind the two gallery spaces,
forded the river to provide a progressive
dollar-free dialogue for experimental vi-
sual and performance arts.
“We want artists to take a risk they oth-
erwise wouldn’t in a commercial space,”
says Bray. “We have no intention of ever
selling art.”
Instead, each of the nine members of
Ditchprojects pays dues to the tune of $150
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per month (extra to hold a studio) to support
the venue, supply the gallery openings and
to help cover costs for outside artists to
display their work in the space.
“We barely break even,” says Jared
Haug, the only member with an offi cial title:
accountant. “We only want to be sure the
rent is taken care of and that money doesn’t
have to dictate the kind of show we put on.”
And the space is grandiose once you fi nd
it: raised roofs with a front room of 1,600
square feet, and an attached back gallery of
500 square feet. The sheer size of the space
“forces you to think of new possibilities,
gives you a chance to do new things and
push new boundaries,” says Bray.
Most of the members are interdisciplin-
ary artists working through paint, photog-
raphy, drawing, fi bers, video projection,
sculpture and conceptual and installment
mediums. Recent shows have presented
offensive catastrophe art by Portland’s
Fuck Mountain, Sims-like prints based on
social game-theory by Ralph Pugay, con-
ceptual hunting/hunted photography and
video by member Brooks Dierdorff, and
landscapes derived from layered footage of
discount videos by Haug.
Ditchprojects is also in league to register
as a not-for-profi t organization in collabora-
tion with an Oregon Coast artist-residency
program based in Lincoln City. “Our goal
is to bring other artists to us,” says Bray. It’s
benefi cial to bring them from other places
so as to elevate the artistic dialogue.”
“We operate outside the contemporary
conversation,” says Haug. “But that’s why
we started this.”
The next show is a series of drawings
by Mike Pare, a New Mexico-based artist
focusing on the material products and nar-
rative of the Rajneesh movement/organi-
zation/cult that centered in Eastern Oregon
from 1980-85. Pare works with graphite
and pencil to create drawings of newspa-
per re-contextualization and dark tie-dye
pieces that reek of both LSD and decay.
Nonetheless, these twisted artists have
vaulted the chasm to an experimental,
unclassifi ed place. “This isn’t a hub for
art,” says Bray. “We need to bring it here.
Eugene is great for the arts, but we’re over
here. We’re in Springfi eld.”
For more information go to www.ditchprojects.com.
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