Cheryl Coon - Bestiary Exhibit - January 4-28

The Lane Community College Art Gallery is proud to present Bestiary, a collective body of work by San Francisco artist Cheryl Coon. The show runs from January 4 through 28. An artist lecture will be held on January 11 at 11 a.m. with a reception immediately following.

The exhibition consists of artist books that draw their central ideas from primordial images, archetypes, ancient rituals and texts, folklore and mythology. Coon states, “I try to investigate the spiritual and the mysterious, patterns in nature versus chaos. So I try to create a space to contemplate the mysterious – everything from the sublimely beautiful to the ridiculously humorous.”

The gallery is located on the first floor of building 11 on main campus. There is no charge for admission. Hours are 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Fridays. Contact: Art and Applied Design, 463-5409.

Gabriella Soraci - Exhibit at Chemeketa Community College, January 11 - February 5, 2010

Gabriella Soraci will have paintings in a two-person show, 'Early One Morning' at the Art Gallery at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon, January 11-February 5. Soraci, who teaches painting and drawing at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, will exhibit her paintings with Jodie Raborn, who teaches at Willamette University.

The Art Gallery is located in Building 2, on the campus of Chemeketa Community College, Building 3, 400 Lancaster Dr. NE. An Opening Reception will be held on January 13 from noon to 2:00 pm. Contact: 503.399.6165.

The painting shown here is 'Daffodils in a Circle', 25" x 30", oil on canvas, 2008. Contact Soraci at: http://www.gabriellasoraci.com/. Contact at Lane Community College, Art and Applied Design, 463-5409.

Gabriella Soraci - Exhibit at Red Mountain Gallery, Reno, Nevada, December 1 - January 31

Gabriella Soraci will exhibit 18 paintings at the Red Mountain Gallery at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada. The show runs from December 1, 2009 to January 29, 2010.

'Soraci's still life paintings describe both the tangible world of everyday reality and the intangible world of the mind. Using formal investigations of color, light, shape, plastic, and decorative space, she selects various objects and elements of landscape that can offer aesthetic emotion.' She is an instructor of drawing and painting at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon, both in Eugene, Oregon.

The Red Mountain Gallery is located on the Dandini Campus of Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada. For information: 775.674.7698 or artgalleries.tmcc.edu. Contact information at Lane Community College: 541.463.5409

The painting shown here is "Lace in Window", 32" x 30", oil on canvas, 2008. Contact: www.gabriellasoraci.com

J.S. Bird - Holiday Art Sale - December 12-13

J.S. Bird announces his First Annual Holiday Art Sale on December 12 -13. "Give a gift that lasts a lifetime." The sale is on Saturday, December 12, 12 - 5:00 pm and Sunday, December 13, 11 am - 2:00 pm. The location is 501 N. 1st Street in Creswell, Oregon.

J.S. Bird is a painting, design, and drawing instructor in the Art and Applied Design Department at Lane Community College. Contact information: 463-5414 or the Art Department, 463-4309.

Small Works - Group Show - Nov. 27 - Jan. 3

Susan Lowdermilk, instructor in Graphic Design and Studio Arts has work in Small Works: A Group Show at Vistra Framing and Gallery, November 27 to January 3. The show presents "wonderful whimsical delightful affordable collectable petite art works" by twenty-one artists in a variety of media. An opening reception and Friday Art Walk will be on December 4, 5:30 - 8:30 pm. Ten percent of the proceeds from this show will benefit The Relief Nursery.

Vistra Framing & Gallery is located at 160 Broadway, Eugene, Oregon; contact: 541/343-2353 or vistra@vistraframing.com. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 9:30 - 6:00.