Lane Arts Council First Friday Artwalk--Mar. 2010

Location: Jacobs Gallery

Lane Arts Council’s First Friday ArtWalk on March 5th is guest hosted by Kate Ali and Ellen Tykeson, both accomplished artists and full-time instructors at Lane Community College. Kate Ali serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Lane Arts Council, as well.

The ArtWalk tour begins at 5:30 pm at Jacobs Gallery followed by stops at Vistra Framing and Gallery, Goldworks Jewelry Art Studio, Full City, and concluding with ArtWalk’s inaugural visit to the new Oregon Crafted Gallery. ArtWalk is always Free!  Details: www.lanearts.org

First Friday ArtWalk hosted stops for March 5th:
 #1 Jacobs Gallery – Hult Center
From February 19 – March 27, 2010, Jacobs Gallery will feature a two-part exhibit: “Carnival of Color,” which displays the fanciful figurines of Louie Gizyn and a show called “Impressions” by a group known as Material ARTistry, made up of Sandra McMorris Johnson, Jae McDonald, Janet Hiller, MarDee Hansen, and Sally Zehrung. Louie Gizyn majored in art since kindergarten and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976. For the past thirty years, she has been working in clay and cloth. Whether large or small, each mime figurine is individually designed as a one-of-kind piece. The head of each character is hand-pinched out of stoneware clay and then fired, sanded, painted, and varnished. The body of each figure is constructed with a skeletal armature of wood and wire, or welded steel rod. The bulk of the body is sculpted with fiberfill and cloth. Lastly, she creates a costume in which she tries to maintain a balance between deliberation and spontaneity. 
The other part of the exhibition is “Impressions” by Material ARTistry.  Material ARTistry is a new group, composed of five artists of a like mind but broad experience in the fiber and fine arts. A passion for creating art that makes use of fiber, textiles, thread, and other seemingly humble materials brings together their diverse visions.  Each is drawn to the idea of presenting ideas which appeal to two senses simultaneously--the visual and the tactile.  Each works in some way with cloth, but the results range from quilts, to dolls, to collage structures, and all challenge conventional notions of textile art.

#2 Vistra Framing and Gallery – 160 E Broadway
Beginning March 5th, Vistra Framing and Gallery will feature the luscious oils of Kris Ibach. On display will be her large scale portraits, as well as a few miniature portraits. The show runs through April 1, 2010. Kris Ibach has shown at many Eugene venues, including the Lane Arts Council’s Gallery at the Airport in 2009, the Maude Kerns Art Center’s Track Town USA exhibit in 2008, which was a juried show that featured artists from around the country, the Jacobs Gallery in 2004, and Café Zenon.  Just last December, she was also one of the stars of our own Small Works shows here at Vistra Framing and Gallery. To further add to her artistic resume, she has also worked at the Maude Kerns Art Center, teaching painting classes and assisting as an art critique of students’ work and as a jewelry designer for Jody Coyote in the 1990s.  In 2001, she received one of the three Juror’s Awards in the Mayors Art Show for her oil painting Julian.  She was also one of the Third Place recipients in Foothill-DeAnza Community College’s 2000-2001 National Student Art Competition.

# 3 Goldworks Jewelry Art Studio - 169 E Broadway
Robert Dewitt Adams has lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1996, and earned his MFA from the University of Oregon in 2007.  His work has been exhibited in the northwest and around the U.S., including shows at the Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, the Jacobs Gallery, and DIVA in Eugene, and the Viridian Artists Gallery in Manhattan.  Images of Robert’s work have appeared in the Eugene Weekly, Seattle Weekly, Art Access, and Artweek magazine.  In addition to teaching art at Lane Community College, Robert is Art Director for the Community Center for Performing Arts in Eugene, and recently collaborated on set design with the Ballet Fantastique for its Hult Center performance Visions d’Amour.  Speaking about the upcoming show, he states, “I began by using detritus from a conservation corps job cleaning streams.  This current series of work centers around my 2009 residency at the Vermont Studio Center, where I was intrigued by road construction intervening in the classically beautiful landscape.  I invite the viewer to join me in thinking in new ways, and in adding new interpretations to the connections that I make.”

# 4 Full City Coffee Roasters – 842 Pearl St.
Full City Coffee Roasters will feature the work of Judy Carter, Mark Longstreet, Tony Brown, and Patty Duncan. Judy Carter began working in watercolors under the tutelage of Kenge Kobayashi and now is currently working with Rene Nelson.  Mark Longstreet just opened a studio in Eugene last year.  His gallery can be seen at marklongstreet.com.  Tony Brown will show small abstracts approximately 12”x12,” some mixed media and some encaustics.  Patty Duncan’s show is called “Rainy Day Cheer.” She utilizes watercolors, as well as masking fluid, pen and ink, and even bar soap.  She has studied with Jo Dunnick and Val Perfoon and is also an art instructor for both children and adults.

# 5 Oregon Crafted Gallery – 228 East 11th
Oregon Crafted presents the 6x6 Show, a new exhibition and fundraising event taking place from March 5 – April 2, 2010.  Over 80 artists have contributed 125 diverse 6” x 6” artworks that will be sold anonymously for $20 each. Participating artists include local and regional artists, as well as public figures.  Artists will create work in a variety of mediums, including glass, ceramic, painting, hooked wool, beading, metal, mixed media, watercolor, wood, fabric, fiber, collage, basketry, photography, etc.  Be sure to visit this gallery for the opening!
 

In addition, these galleries and venues will also be open during the ArtWalk from 5:30-8 p.m. on March 5th:
   • Art of War (251B West 7th) with work by Richard Quigley, Dylan Freeman, Kryst, Pablo Cristi, Melissa Rae Olsen, Sara Nugent, Charles Adams, and Jud Turner.
   • Brenner’s Green Living Gallery (151 W 8th Ave) with the work of Courtney Stubbert, Stephen White, Jeremiah Polynone, Jocelyne and Mike Shiner, Bruce Gibbons, Tim Boyden, Tim Neun, Tony Walters, Tahle Patton, Kerry G. Wade, Tom Borener, and Seth San Filippo
   • David Minor Theater (180 E 5th Ave.)
   • DIVA (110 W Broadway) with work by Mark Andres, Kristin Beaver,  Liz Bernblum, Liam Devowski,  Danny Espinoza,  Drew Iwaniw, Nicholas Jones, Chris Knight, Joshua Newth, Daniel Sperry,Kassie Teng, and That Evil Mess
   • Fenario Gallery (881 Willamette St) with “From My Altitude” by Antonio Guerrero, one of five Cuban political prisoners imprisoned for over 11 years by the US government
   • Horsehead Bar (99 W Broadway)
   • Imagine Gallery (35 E 8th) with bronze sculpture and paintings by Barry Stein
   • Karin Clarke Gallery and Annex (760 Willamette St) with oil and acrylic paintings by Margaret Coe
   • MECCA (449 Willamette St) with Marilyn Kent and Jill Mardin
   • Mrs. Thompson's Herbs, Gifts and Folklore (347 W. 5th Ave) with pyrography from Kent Goodman and giclee prints by Claire Berhow
   • The Nest and Hummingbird Gallery (112 East 13th) with a grand opening featuring photography by Bob Petit, Tim Sullivan, Megan Hinkle, Sky Harvey and artwork by Mara Berendt Friedman.
   • New Zone Gallery (164 W Broadway) with a membership show and work by M!lk
   • Studio Tre Amiche (160 E Broadway) with the work of Rogena Degge, Patsy Hand, and Kathryn Hutchinson
   • Studio West (245 W 8th Avenue) with paintings by Linda Horsley
   • White Lotus Gallery (767 Willamette St ) with a show entitled “Modern Japanese Prints”

Contact:

Jessica Watson, First Friday ArtWalk Coordinator,

541-912-6669, jwatson2@uoregon.edu

Douglas Beauchamp, Lane Arts Council

541-485-2278, lanearts@lanearts.org

On the web at www.lanearts.org