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

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.

Printmaking Alumni Exhibition & Reception

Celebrate Lane's printmaking alumni and their original works in LCC's art collection.

Lane Community College has installed 18 original prints by alumni from its printmaking program. The prints were collected by the Art and Applied Design Department for the college's permanent art collection.

This is a diverse and colorful collection that that showcases a variety of printmaking techniques, says art instructor Susan Lowdermilk. There is etching, woodcut, screen print, collagraph and monotypes. The artists all studied at Lane and have gone on to rich and diverse experiences. Many have bachelors and masters of fine art degrees from major universities and art schools and some have won sizable scholarships. Others are productive working artists and some are art teachers. The prints are now part of Lanes permanent art collection. We are proud of this collection and excited to share it with the public.

A reception for the artists and for arts appreciators will be held Thursday, December 3, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the exhibit, installed in the south-facing corridor of building 19 near the Workforce Center.

For more information contact Susan Lowdermilk, Art and Applied Design instructor, at (541) 463-5413. The image is a close-up of a print by Connie Huston.

Jessica Burke - Cerebral Spaces - Opens Nov. 16

The Lane Community College Art Gallery is proud to present "Cerebral Spaces" a collective body of work by Salem artist Jessica Burke. The exhibition consists of paintings that reflect on the stream of consciousness chronicling the evolving definition of "acceptable" femininity within the spectrum of gender.

Burke states, "The images I create explore this conceptual construction through the environments that surround the figure. Theses environments represent a cerebral space that underscores the gender performance as the focal point of the work."

The show runs from November 16th through December 3rd. An Artist Lecture will be held on November 19th at 2:00pm with a 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 463-5409. http://www.lanecc.edu/artgallery/

The image is titled Somebody Lied to Me.

Anne Godfrey - Earth, Light and Stone Exhibit

Anne Godfrey, photography and drawing instructor at Lane, has photographs in the Earth, Light and Stone: an Exhibit of Photography and Sculpture at the Jacobs Gallery, November 6, 2009 through January 2, 2010. Other artists in the exhibit are Scott Huette and Jo Warren, photography, and William Pickerd, sculpture.

The Artists' Insight Gallery Talk is at 3:30-4:30 pm and the opening reception is at 5:30-8:30 pm on Friday, November 6. The Lane Arts Council First Friday ArtWalk in on Friday, December 4, 5:30-8:30 pm.

The Jacobs Gallery is located in the lower level of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Eugene, Oregon. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, noon - 4:00 pm, Saturdays 11:00 am to 3:00 om, and one hour prior to and during all Hult Center performances. www.jacobsgallery.org

Mark Perry Exhibit - Oct. 26 - Nov. 12

The LCC Art Gallery is pleased to present "Whenever It Comes" a collective body of work by Portland artist Mark Perry. The show consists of work based in printmaking, including processes such as relief, intaglio and woodcut.

When asked to describe his work, Perry had this to say, Most of my imagery is non-representational with symbolic and recognizable elements involved. Most of my prints are one of a kind, and all of them are hand printed via a press. The main theme has been based on "fate."

The show runs from October 26 to November 12. There will be a reception on November 4 at 4:30 pm.

The gallery is located in Building 11 on the main campus of Lane Community College at 4000 East 30th Avenue in Eugene. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm and Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. Contact information: gallery director, Jennifer Salzman at 463-5964, office hours Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30-11:30 am. Or contact the Art Department office at 463-5409.

Susan Lowdermilk - Pop-up-Book in Florida Exhibit

Susan Lowdermilk has a pop-up-book in Scissors: Pop-Up, at the Florida Craftsmen Gallery in St. Petersburg, Florida. The exhibit showcases original pop-up and handmade books by artists from around the country and the world. The exhibit runs through the end of October.

A review in the St. Petersburg Times writes about Lowdermilk's book: Susan Lowdermilk created a woodcut print, then cut it as a three-dimensional tunnel to accompany William Stafford's lyrical poem "A Ritual to Read to Each Other."

For more information, go to the Florida Craftsmen Facebook: http://tiny.cc/FlaCrafts

Kathleen Caprario - OSU Art Faculty Exhibit

Kathleen Caprario has a painting in the OSU Art Faculty Exhibit at the Fairbanks Gallery. The exhibit will run until October 7 when there will be a closing reception at 4:30-6:00 pm. The Fairbanks Gllery is located in Fairbanks Hall on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis. http://oregonstate.edu/fairbanksgallery/Current_Exhibit_.html

Caprario teaches drawing, color, and painting at Lane Community College, Oregon State University, and the University of Oregon.

Susan Lowdermilk - The Beautiful Book

Susan Lowdermilk's artist book A Ritual to Read to Each Other is included in The Beautiful Book: Exploring the Allure of Artist Books, an exhibit at the 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, Oregon, June 5-27.

The 23 Sandy Gallery writes, "Artist books are small edition or one of a kind book forms hand-crafted by individual artists. This exquisite collection showcases the beauty in craftsmanship, materials, and imagery of the bookmaker’s art."

A Ritual to Read: Tunnel Book is a tunnel book with a three panel wrap around cover. 12 x 15 inches. “A Ritual to Read to Each Other" is a poem by William Stafford.

For more information contact Susan Lowdermilk, instructor at Lane Community College, at 542-463-5413. The 23 Sandy Gallery is located at 623 NE 23rd Ave., Portland, Oregon 97232. Contact information: 503-927-4409; http://www.23sandy.com/index.html

Graphic Design Student Exhibit, May 26-June 11

The Art Gallery is pleased to present the Annual Graphic Design Student Graduates Exhibit, May 26 through June 11. The exhibit features work by graduates from the Graphic Design program. A reception will be held on Wednesday, June 10, from 4-6 p.m.

The exhibit is in the Art Gallery, Building 11 on the main campus of Lane Community College. Contact: Jennifer Salzman, 463-5864 or the Art and Applied Design office at 463-5409.

"Montana Buffalo" by Rachel Winslow

Perceptions of the Past - J.S. Bird, May 20-June 27

Perceptions of the Past: Celebrating Oregon's Sesquicentennial will be at the Fire House Gallery at Rogue Community College in Grants Pass, May 20 through June 27. Lane instructor J.S. Bird will be one of thirteen artists whose work will be on display; he will give a talk about his painting techniques and the development of his work at an Artist's Talk on May 21, 11:30 a.m.

In celebration of Oregon's 150th anniversary of statehood, this exhibit features a statewide collaboration of Oregon artists and writers and their contemporary interpretations of Oregon's past. Thirteen historical photographs were selected from the collections of the Josephine County Historical Society. Thirteen professional writers interpreted each of the photographs, and then each of the thirteen professional artists created a piece of artwork based solely on the written description.

The Perceptions of the Past exhibit consists of a framed enlargement of each historical photo matched with the written description and the artist's interpretation. The Fire House Gallery is located in the Historical City Hall at Fourth and H Streets in Grants Pass, Oregon. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 11:30 am-4:30 pm and Saturday 10 am-1 pm. For more information contact the gallery at www.roguecc.edu/Galleries or at (541) 956-7339.

Spherical Paintings Exhibit - Carrie O'Coyle - 5/29-7/25

Spherical Paintings, Convex Paintings & Prints is an exhibit of works by Lane instructor Carrie O'Coyle Richenberg. The ehxibit is at the HUB-Robeson Gallery at Pennsylvania State University, May 29 through July 25. A reception will be held on July 9, 4-6 pm.

Carrie O’Coyle’s "bio-spheres" are convex and spherical paintings that explore time and memory, loneliness, family and loss. Only a third of the surface of these paintings may be viewed at one time, so the viewer must hold the memory of each part of the image in their mind in order to consider the work as a whole. O'Coyle began making these paintings 30 years ago at Penn State while studying with Kenneth Biddle. She currently teaches drawing, painting and applied design at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.

O'Coyle's exhibit is part of All in the Family: Three Generations of Artists which includes Wild Life in Pennsylvania, work by her mother, D.M.Z. "Ziggy" Coyle, and Prints, work by her 9-year-old daughter, Opal Naomi Richengerg.

Until Now - Student Technicians Exhibit, May 4-21

The Lane Community College Art Gallery is proud to present Until Now, an exhibition featuring sculptor Amelia Beiderwell and ceramic artist Stacy Jo Scott, from May 4 through 21. There will be a lecture and reception on Thursday, May 14 at 3 p.m. in the gallery.

When asked what she creates within her work, Beiderwell says, "making creates language within the relationship of form and its audience by capturing a moment and suspending it in time."

Scott describes her work as "both functional and sculptural ceramic practice." She explores layers of meaning and narrative. "I relate imagery though surface drawings from my own experience in the iconic and disjointed schema of memory or dream."

The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. The gallery is located in building 11 on main campus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue. For more information call the Art and Applied Design Department at (541) 463-5409

ARC: Sculpture of LCC Faculty & Students Exhibit, May 8-June 13

The Jacobs Gallery presents an exhibition titled ARC: The Sculpture of LCC Faculty and Students - May 8 -June 13. Artists in the exhibition are Kate Ali, Amelia Beiderwell, Lee Imonen, Laree Morgenstern, Virgil Newton, Andreas Salzman, Eric Schults, Deborah Taube, and Ellen Tykeson.

The Artists' Insight Gallery Talk will be held on Friday, May 8, 3:30 - 4:30 pm.

The Opening Reception will be on Friday, May 8, 5:30-8:30 pm.

The exhibit will be one of the stops on the Lane Arts Council First Friday ArtWalk on Friday, June 5, 5:30-8:30 pm.

The Jacobs Gallery is located on the lower level of the Hult Center in downtown Eugene. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, noon to 4:00 pm; Saturday, 11:00 am-3:00 pm; and one hour prior to and during all Hult Center performances. Contact the Jacobs Gallery at 684-5635, http://www.jacobsgallery.org/. Contact LCC Art & Applied Design Department at 463-5409.

Fiber Art - Felting Exhibit of Student Work

Student work from Robin Seloover's Fiber Art art class, winter term, 2009, is on display. In the winter term the class focused on felting techniques - everything from hand felting to Nuno felting and decorative accents like needle felting and shibori. The students' final projects, many fantastic works of art, are display in the alcove of the Art Department, Building 11. You will be amazed at all the different outcomes the students have created using wool, imagination and the skills we learned.

For more information, contact instructor Robin Seloover at 463-5775 or contact the Art and Applied Design office at 463-5409.

Tiny Treasures - The Miniature Beauty of Art Cards

Susan Lowdermilk has work in an exhibit "Tiny Treasures - The Miniature Beauty of Art Cards" at the Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center in Eugene. Artist trading cards, measuring 2.5" x 3.5", are individual art miniatures which pass hand to hand.

The exhibit is open from December 5 to January 3, Tue.- Fri. noon to 4 pm, Saturday 11 am to 3 pm, and one hour prior to and during Hult Center performances. The Jacobs Gallery is located in the Hult Center for the Performing Arts at One Eugene Center, Eugene, Oregon.

For more information, contact the Jacobs Gallery at 541.684.5635, email at director@jacobsgallery.org or on the web at http://www.jacobsgallery.org/.

Satoko in White Lotus Gallery Show

Satoko is showing her work in the "New Work by Gallery Artists" at the White Lotus Gallery. Exhibition dates are November 4 to December 24 with a First Friday Art Walk on November 7, 5:30-8:00 pm. This group show includes work by Jon Jay Cruson, Nonie Fish, Helen Liu, Connie Mueller, Jamie Newton, Walt Padgett, Nancy Pobanz, Gary Tepter, and Maurice Van.

Satoko teaches painting, water color, drawing, and design in the Art and Applied Design Department at Lane Community College.

The White Lotus Gallery is located at 767 Willamette St. in Eugene. For more information contact the gallery by phone at (541) 345-3276 or by email at lin@wlotus.com.

Kathleen Caprario in All Oregon Art Annual Exhibiton

Kathleen Caprario, instructor in the Art Department, has a painting titled "Echo" in the All Oregon Art Annual Exhibition at the Corvallis Art Center. This is a statewide exhibition intended to demonstrate the quality and diversity of fine art produced in Oregon. Caprario's piece received a juror's award from the juror, Nancy Lindberg.

The exhibition is open October 2-30, Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon to 5:00 pm. The Corvallis Art Center is located at 700 SW Madison Avenue in Corvallis, (541) 754-1551. For more information, contact Caprario at 463-5775.

"Illumination" - J. S. Bird Exhibition

"Illumination" is an exhibit of paintings and works on paper by J.S. Bird, instructor at Lane Community College. The exhibit will be at the La Follette Gallery in Eugene, Oregon from October 1 through November 30. An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 3, 5:30-8:00 p.m. as part of the First Friday Art Walk.

The La Follette Gallery is located at 931 Oak Street in Eugene, Oregon; phone: 541.484.1420. For more information contact J.S. Bird at 541.463.5414.