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Visiting Artist Lecture Series at U of O: Victoria Haven

12 January, 2012

Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Victoria Haven

Victoria Haven is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Seattle, Washington. She received her BFA in painting from the University of Washington and her MFA in 1999 from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her work has been included in group shows at the Drawing Center in New York, The Henry Art Gallery, The Frye Art Museum, Susan Hobbs Gallery (Toronto) and Tablet Gallery (London), among others. Haven uses drawing, sculpture and photography to mine the fertile ground between 2 and 3 dimensions. Her work has been written about in several publications including Artforum, Art LTD and Art in America. Her recent book Hit the North, published by Publication Studio in 2011, is a collection of images with essay relating to her practice as a visual artist. Haven is represented by PDX Contemporary Art in Portland and Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Lawrence Hall room 115
1190 Franklin Blvd.
Eugene OR
97403

Marie Watt: Book cover image for "Shapeshifting:Transformations in Native American Art"

14 January, 2012

Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art
On view January 14, 2012 to April 29, 2012Located in the: Special Exhibition Galleries
Shapeshifting celebrates Native American ideas that have crossed time and space to be continuously refreshed with new concepts and expressions. Experience this vitality through sculpture, paintings, ceramics, textiles, photographs, videos and monumental installations drawn from collections in the United States, Canada and Europe. Rarely seen historic pieces, shown alongside some of the finest contemporary works, demonstrate the diversity and continuity of Native American art and culture from 200 B.C.E. to the present.Exhibition supported in part by the Terra Foundation for American Art, Peck Stacpoole Foundation, the Bay and Paul Foundations, Ellen and Steve Hoffman, ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) and the East India Marine Associates (EIMA) of the Peabody Essex Museum.

Ellen George: Ellen George & Jerry Mayer installation in the Nine Gallery

5 January, 2012

“The effects of creasing and crumpling cannot be reversed. Every gesture is a permanent and evident record, and makes visible an indelible history.” -- Ellen George & Jerry Mayer

January 5 – January 29, 2012
Nine Gallery (inside Blue Sky Gallery)
12:00 – 5:00pm, Tuesday - Sunday
122 NW 8th
Portland OR 97209......
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Cynthia Lahti: Ceramics Now Exhibition, Romania

9 December, 2011

Ceramics Now Exhibition, The Paintbrush Factory, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
December 9, 2011 - January 6, 2012

Ceramics Now Magazine has the pleasure to invite you to the first edition of Ceramics Now exhibition, held at the Paintbrush Factory, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from December 9, 2011 to January 6, 2012.

Opening reception: Friday, Dec 9, at 18:00.

The exhibition presents different approaches of contemporary ceramic art through the works of 15 artists from USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, South Korea, Israel and Poland, and celebrates the launch of Ceramics Now Magazine’s first printed issue. The artists are also featured in the issue.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Chang Hyun Bang (SK), Antonella Cimatti (IT), Patrick Colhoun (UK), Carole Epp (CA), Simcha Even-Chen (IL), Shamai Gibsh (IL), Mark Goudy (US), Roxanne Jackson (US), Margrieta Jeltema (IT), Maciej Kasperski (PL), Jim Kraft (US), Cynthia Lahti (US), Claire Muckian (UK), Connie Norman (US), Liza Riddle (US).

EXHIBITION SPACE:
The Paintbrush Factory (third floor)
Henri Barbusse nr. 59-61
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Open Monday-Saturday, 14-20 pm, closed on Sundays, Christmas (Dec 24, 25, 26) and New Year (Dec 31, Jan 1). Free admission. With the kind support of SABOT Gallery and the Paintbrush Factory.
http://www.ceramicsnow.org/exhibition

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