Spring Illumination featured work

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DIVA MAY - JUNE EXHIBIT

Spring Illuminations: The Lane County Artists Juried Show

The Lane County Artists Juried Show was a very popular exhibit during the days of the "original" High and 2nd Ave New Zone Gallery in the 1980s. DIVA has adopted this show, juried by Kathleen Caprario, Analee Fuentes and Marina Hajek.

This exhibition “Spring Illuminations”, features original artwork by Lane County artists Victoria Biedron, Daphne Cox, Tara Kemp, Zoe LeCompte, Cameron O’Hair, Taylor Richmond, Andrea Ros, Sally Schwader, and Bryan Yost. 

An Opening Artist Reception will be held on Friday, May 3, 2013, 5:30 – 8 p.m., and is one of the official stops of the First Friday ArtWalk, hosted by Debbie Williamson-Smith, Communications Manager for the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus. 

“Spring Illuminations” is on view through June 22^nd. DIVA Gallery hours are 1-5PM Thursday-Saturday.

DIVA Launches "Art Starts" Capital Campaign!

Welcome to our “Art Starts” Campaign!  Support our vision here: http://www.razoo.com/story/Downtown-Initiative-For-The-Visual-Arts.   
What do you think?

Sincerely, 
Miriam Alexis Jordan

M.S., Arts Management/UO

Arts Advocate

Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts – Board President

DIVA strengthens connections, shares knowledge, and builds community through the visual arts.

DIVA'S BEHIND THE LENS SEMINAR - SPRING

The Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) hosts "Behind the Lens", a weekly film seminar that explores the relationship between classic feature films and the culture in which they appeared. The Seminar is offered to the community in collaboration with the University of Oregon Arts and Administration and Academic Extension programs.

Each week a single film is screened and discussed.  The host, Tom Blank, is a retired film and television director, who brings illuminating insights to the history of Hollywood and International film production.

All film screenings include a lecture, discussion and question and answer period.  The duration of each session varies by the length of the film. Screenings take place at the UO Baker Center at 7:00 PM located at 325 East 10th Street, Eugene. Free parking on site. For information about the seminar and how to register, visit our seminar page at: http://diva.proscenia.net/behind_the_lens.htm

CALL FOR TEEN VIDEOS - MARCH 8TH DEADLINE

DIVA's Youth Visions "2013 Teen Video Challenge" is accepting short videos through March 8, 2013. The competition celebrates the work of Lane County videomakers ages 13-19. Screening takes place at the BIJOU on April 13th. For submission information: http://teenvideo.proscenia.net/TVC2013/

ARTIST WORKSHOP

"Write Your Artist Statement: Get over your fears of writing to promote your art" is a free workshop presented by Vicki Amorose, author of "ART-WRITE: The Writing Guide for Visual Artists" and hosted by the Lane Arts Council. Tuesday, February 19th from 4-6pm. Full details on Lane Arts Council web site. More information: http://www.lanearts.org/

AT DIVA THIS WEEKEND

Eugene's DIVA Center, Friday 5:30 PM - Opening of "Visions From Within" art exhibit by current and formerly incarcerated Oregon prisoners. Then 7:30PM Saturday, “A New Poetry” series presents distinguished visiting writers, Karen McPherson, Sam Lohmann and James Yeary.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Call For Submissions
Lane County Juried Show 
Deadline: April 15th, 2013

The Lane County Juried Show was a very popular exhibit during the days of the "original" High Street and 2nd Ave New Zone Gallery in the 1980s. DIVA has adopted this show and will hold its first exhibit in May at DIVA.

The Jury: Bob DeVine, Kathy Caprario, & Kacey Joyce are this year's jurors.

Submissions: All submissions will be done electronically.

Image specifications:

1.Dimensions: 1920 pixels on the longest side
2.File Format: Save all images as BASELINE Standard JPEG. Do not save as a Progressive JPEG.
3.File Size: JPEGs must be under 1.8 MB.
4.Color space: Save images in an RGB color space, preferably sRGB.

Because of space limitations we are interested in 2 & 3-D work that will fit into DIVA's small gallery.

Artist submissions can be sent to diva.exhibitgallery@gmail.com

DIVA’s address at 280 West Broadway, Eugene.
Phone number 541.344.3482
Web: http://www.divacenter.org/

RESERVE THIS DATE – SATURDAY, JANUARY 26TH!

Ninth Annual OpenLens Festival is a celebration of the independent spirit in Oregon filmmaking. This year’s event features a film critic seminar, a meet-the-filmmaker public reception, film screenings, and a closing reception and awards ceremony. The Saturday, January 26th Festival, hosted by DIVA, will be held in the UO Baker Center Auditorium at 320 E. 10th Street in Eugene.

This is the third year the Short Film/Video Competition has accepted films from across the entire state of Oregon. As the name suggests, it’s an “open” festival, with submissions from both emerging filmmakers and professionals. This year’s selections include: drama, comedy, documentary, thrillers, experimental film, and animation.

The awards ceremony will follow the evening screening and include a reception with food and refreshments provided by A Sweet Life Patisserie. Catering provided by Flavors Catering. The juried awards are for Best of Show ($500) and Honorable Mention ($250). The Audience Favorite award is for $100. Voting will take place immediately after the screening.

Info: http://openlens.proscenia.net/

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