GIGI CONOT, “NATURAL SELECTIONS”, OPENS APRIL 29

 

The Lane Community College Art Gallery is proud to present the exhibition, Natural Selections, by regional artist Gigi Conot. Gigi has worked and studied on the west coast, including places such as Colorado and San Francisco before settling in Portland, Oregon.

When discussing the content of her photographic work within this exhibition, Conot spoke of the inspiration of nature: “I was living in a small studio in a very urban area, where plants and trees were confined to areas in the city that you had to make a point to travel to. I think it was almost a matter of deprivation, the more I missed nature the more I obsessed over it. I started going to the farmers market and looking at my produce very carefully, examining their shapes, leaves, contours and shadows. I began to see structural beauty that was truly unlike anything that you’ll find in a man-made object.

For more information, you can visit Gigi Conot’s website at: www.gconot.com

The show runs from April 29^th to May 23^rd. A lecture will take place on Thursday, May 16^th, beginning at 3:00 with a reception immediately following. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public. The gallery is located in building 11 on the main campus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue. There is no charge for admission. The Art and Applied Design Department phone number is 541-463-5409.

Images: Bleeding Heart; Cicada; Tangled Weed

“OUT OF ROUND” - Justin Stuck AND Anna Stehle - opens may April 29

The Lane Community College Art Gallery is proud to present “Out of Round”, a two-person show featuring artists and Lane Community College Studio Technicians, Justin Stuck and Anna Stehle. Justin works in the sculpture studio and Anna works in the ceramics studio within the Department of Art and Applied Design. The exhibition consists of both sculpture and ceramics, along with installation work.

When asked about his sculpture and the nature of this work, Justin stated, “I hope to appeal to the imagination, to that place within us, in which resides our images of reality and our images of life itself.  From there I hope to spark a different way of seeing the world, to bring about new and possibly different images for shaping our deeper understanding of the experience of life.”

The show runs from April 29^th to May 23^rd. A lecture featuring both artists will be held on Monday, May 20^th at 3:00 pm with a closing reception immediately following.

The gallery is located in building 11 on main campus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue in Eugene, Oregon. There is no charge for admission. The Art and Applied Design Department phone number is 541- 463-5409.