A NEW WHITEAKER MURAL DEBUTS
A beautiful transformation is happening at Whiteaker
CarPark South (5th Alley and Blair Boulevard). After a call
for artists this spring, the Whiteaker Community Arts
Team (WCAT) chose local artist Ila Kriegh to paint a
mural that represents the unique Whit neighborhood and
she’s already well on her way. In fact, the mural is slated for
its grand debut Friday, June 24, during the Whiteaker
Art Walk, despite some ass clown spraying sloppy tags
all over it the night of June 17.
Seriously, taggers: WTF? There are enough ugly blank
walls in this city to use as a canvas. Defacing art is a rotten
thing to do. Kriegh, however, worked fast and has already
painted over the tags.
“It is about coexisting with nature and harmonious
relationships that are necessary for sustainable living,”
Kriegh tells EW of the mural. “It is a nod to the native people
that once lived on the land; the subversive underground
culture that has cultivated an environment of activism and
creative thought; and the homeless population that
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continues to occupy the outdoors.”
She adds: “It is an attempt to present the humanity,
beauty and community in one of Eugene’s oldest and
funkiest neighborhoods — an area that has often received
negative attention. The image is a figure reclining,
immersed in a dream where growth, acceptance, change
and creativity come together to create community.”
Look for more on Kriegh in next week’s issue as we chat
with her about creating the 2016 Oregon Country Fair
poster.
Also on the June 24 Whiteaker Art Walk is “Social
Pressure,” a printmaking event 6:30 to 8:30 pm at
Whiteaker Printmakers, 1328 W. 2nd Ave. Drypoint
printmaking will be the theme, which is a “simple technique
using a plastic or metal plate to create an intaglio print,”
write Heather and Paul Halpern, owners of Whiteaker
Printmakers. “We have room for eight people to participate
in the printmaking, and those slots will fill up on a first-
come, first-served basis.” No experience is required but
Sniffing out what
you shouldn’t miss
in the arts this week
there is a $10 materials fee.
Again in the Whit that night, painter Adam Rubin
opens his show “Surrender to the Flow” 5:30 to 9 pm at the
Bohemia Apothecary & Tea of Life teahouse, 960 W. 5th Ave.
His swirling, twisting, kaleidoscopic acrylic works are a trip,
and worth a trip. Also, there will be puppets.
If you liked what you read about rising artist Simon
Graves in EW’s June 9 issue (“Painting the Good: In an
era of vitriolic hyperbole, local artist Simon Graves focuses
on the positive”) — he does stunning portraits of Chief
Joseph, Frida Kahlo, Abe Lincoln and more — head to The
Wayward Lamb downtown. Graves’ work will hang for two
days only: June 26-27.
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art exhibit Aliens,
Monsters, and Madmen: The Art of EC Comics is up
through July 10 and comics historian Mark Arnold holds a
corresponding lecture on the lasting legacy of cartoonist
Harvey Kurtzman and Mad Magazine noon Wednesday,
June 29; FREE.
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