Labor of Love: Life at Alpha Farm
Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, July 3 – August 29
Kate Harnedy did not take her assignment lightly.  What began as a couple-week visit to provide a photo shoot in the community of Alpha Farm became Kate’s primary residence.  There is an intimacy to her photographs that would be [...]

Lewis Forquer
Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts; July 3 – August 29
Lewis’ photos are creepy.  Creepy in a good way.  There is something that is off in them, but that’s what makes them so good.  They depict places that give the feeling that something bad is going to happen any second – or has just [...]

Friday I wandered through Eugene to get a sense of what is showing around town this month.  As I perused different galleries, one question that came to mind is, ‘what makes a successfully cohesive show?’  I’m not sure that I would be able to comprise a laundry list of do’s and don’ts, a checklist of [...]

Bravo!  This is a brilliantly inspiring TED talk give by Elizabeth Gilbert.  Watch it, then do your part by just showing up!
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. [...]

Choreographer Twyla Tharp speaking about the creative process inside the studio.  A clear discussion regarding what must motivate your work.