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She continued, “Lane
County is so culturally vi-
brant. It really feels like we’re
kind of giving this warm hug
to everybody in Florence and
across the county through
arts and culture. It just feels
like we’re coming together.”
Arts lovers interested in
supporting the campaign are
encouraged to create posts
using the hashtag #LoveLa-
neArt and can find resources
and a logo library at lanearts.
org/lovelaneart/.
“This is an idea that has
been bubbling for a while,”
Ray said. “We’ve been having
conversations, definitely in
the Eugene arts community
and with arts organizations
across the county, around
how we’re all working in our
own little spheres, and how
we can all benefit from more
collaborative work together,
collaborative messaging and
sharing more about what all
of our artists and arts orga-
nizations are up to across
the county. This idea of col-
laborating on a marketing or
media campaign has always
seemed like something that
could be really impactful.”
According to Lane Arts
Council Communications &
Development Coordinator
Hillary Tully, the hashtag is
a push to promote local arts
and culture through social
media.
“Because we’re using a
new hashtag, #LoveLaneArt,
it will now be easy for any
resident or visitor to share
and discover Lane County’s
vibrant arts scene,” she said.
“This is a much-needed ad-
dition … in a time when
‘supporting local,’ across sec-
tors, is so essential.”
The hashtag launched
this week across the county
in honor of Eugene’s Visual
Arts Week, now in its third
year. However, the campaign
seeks to highlight artwork
across the county.
“It’s worth noting that so
many arts leaders are work-
ing together on this to ampli-
fy our collective voice, rather
than working from our own
separate organizations, cities
or artistic disciplines, as in
the past,” Tully said.
Over 20 local arts leaders
worked together on the col-
laborative marketing effort.
This includes representa-
tives from ArtCity, Arts and
Business Alliance of Eugene,
City of Eugene Cultural Ser-
vices, City of Florence Pub-
lic Arts Committee, Click
Clack Media, Creative Sector
Strategy group, Eugene Con-
temporary Art, Florence Re-
gional Arts Alliance, Jordan
Schnitzer Museum of Art,
Lane Arts Council, Maude
Kerns Arts Center, Emerald
Art Center, McKenzie Arts
and Culture Collective, Opal
Center for Arts & Educa-
tion, Travel Lane County and
Whiteaker Community Arts
Team.
“This has been in line with
some of the bigger commu-
nity-wide art sector work
that’s happening in Eugene,
and this project kind of
grew out of that,” Ray said.
“We realized this can be
something that can really be
countywide, and there’s so
many amazing things going
on right now all across Lane
County.”
Locally, Lane Arts Council
worked with both the Public
Arts Committee and Flor-
ence Regional Arts Alliance
(FRAA). Ray named both
FRAA President Kristin An-
derson and Florence Public
Arts Committee Chairper-
son Harlen Springer as in-
strumental to the effort.
“We’ve been really con-
necting a lot more with Flor-
ence this past year,” she said.
“This initiative has been one
of those ways. It’s just been
cool to be working more
with the Florence arts com-
munity. … You guys are kill-
ing it over there (with public
art).”
In fact, some of the initial
artwork released as part of
the #LoveLaneArt campaign
includes Florence’s “Stitch-
ing Time, Weaving Cultures”
mural by Marino Heidel Stu-
dios, located at Quince Street
and Highway 126, and “The
Crystal Tree” metal sculpture
by Pancho Clark, located at
Old Town Park on Bay Street
as part of the Public Art
Committee’s “Art Exposed”
Rotating Art Gallery.
“It’s a cool way to take this
Lane County initiative and
then bring it even further
down into Florence,” said
Anderson, who is involved in
both FRAA and Backstreet
Gallery in Florence. “When
it was empty downtown,
you would see people just
walking around and looking
at the artwork because they
needed to walk. If people
have to get out of their hous-
es, maybe they can take a
break and go find a piece of
art that they enjoy and take
in the pleasure of art.”
For Ray, the campaign is
also about the “essential”
nature of art — referencing
the COVID-19 pandemic’s
labeling certain livelihoods
as “essential work” in keep-
ing communities going, even
under lockdown conditions.
“When we were develop-
ing this campaign, we were
talking about why we are
doing this. One of the things
that came to light was …
showing how essential art is
to our quality of life here in
Lane County, how essential
it is right now for our sense
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Children’s Programs are suspended.
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85294 Hwy. 101 S. – 997-8038
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2135 19th St. –- 997-6600
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COVID-19 Compliant Masses have been scheduled.
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The #LoveLaneArt social media campaign seeks to
promote local artists and artwork, including
Florence’s The Crystal Tree” metal sculpture by
Pancho Clark, located in Historic Old Town Florence.
of well-being and our con-
nection to each other,” she
said. “Mental health, those
moments of joy and expres-
sion and creativity, and the
things that bring us hope
and healing at a time when
we feel disconnected and
we sometimes feel lost and
overwhelmed. It feels more
important than ever.”
She also said visual art,
while easily shared with the
hashtag and logo, are just one
component of the campaign.
“This campaign really em-
braces all of the arts. We rec-
ognize how essential arts and
culture are still to our way of
life in Lane County, and that
means all artists and all art
forms,” Ray said. “Right now,
we just need artists to stay
strong and stay resilient, be-
cause we need you.”
Besides promoting artists’
work through the hashtag,
Ray said people can sup-
port local artists by buying
art, commissioning artists,
attending art events and tip-
ping artists online.
“I mean, we’re all using
digital platforms right now. It
just feels like such a great way
to spread this message about
arts and culture,” Ray added.
“And when we come back
together, artists are going to
play an even bigger role in
helping us connect and really
continue to thrive as a com-
munity and an arts and cul-
ture destination.”
Until then, the Lane Arts
Council will be looking at all
the submissions in #LoveL-
aneArt and seeing how peo-
ple interact with the arts and
their communities.
“It’s really about empow-
ering people to think about
how they’re engaging with
arts in their own lives,” Ray
said. “That includes the art-
work that is on their walls,
the music that they’re lis-
tening to and the public art
that they’re driving by every
day on their way to work, or
walking by. So, that’s really
cool to see it through the eyes
of residents who live here
and folks who visit here.”
Lane County artists have
the chance to add their work
to the logo, which includes a
frame of the State of Oregon,
a background of local art, a
white map of Lane County
with a cut-out heart and the
words #LoveLaneArts. The
campaign’s toolkit, available
at lanearts.org/lovelaneart/,
has a blank logo for people to
create their own design.
FRAA is also available to
help local artists with their
designs, and has even added
a challenge component to
the social media posts.
“Artists can see their art
behind something like this
and say, ‘Oh, nifty,’” said An-
derson, who is also working
to make a poster of Flor-
ence-based versions of the
#LoveLaneArt logo. “They
get to be part of this bigger
program.”
But she wanted to help
FRAA take the local cam-
paign even further. Now
through Sept. 30, people can
be entered into a drawing to
win a $150 gift certificate to
FRAA.
“I was trying to figure out
how to get more residents
involved, not just artists,”
Anderson said. “Basically,
people have to send in two
pictures of themselves. One
in front of a piece of public
art, and the other in front of
a piece of art at FRAA that
inspires you.”
People can send their
submissions to fraakristin@
gmail.com.
“The whole goal is just to
get people out looking at art
and enjoying art,” Anderson
said. “That’s what we’re really
trying to encourage: just love
art.”
The #LoveLaneArts proj-
ect team plans to expand the
#LoveLaneArt campaign as
it continues into 2021.
For more information, ex-
plore the hashtag on social
media and go to lanearts.org/
lovelaneart/.
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