The 2008 University of Oregon Student Art Expo is the culminating art show for the University of Oregon B.F.A. and M.F.A. students. This exhibit will showcase artwork of all various medium from the fine art students. This year, the show will be held during the Willamette Valley Music Festival on May 17 and 18, right next to the Cuthbert Amphitheatre. Works will be for sell with proceeds going to the artists and the U of O Art Department. By holding this event in conjunction with the music festival, community members will get the chance to see and appreciate the hard work of the U of O student body.

May 17-18 :: Cuthbert Amphitheater :: FREE

The UO Cultural Forum proudly presents the 2008 Willamette Valley Music Fest at the Cuthbert Amphitheater, located in Alton Baker Park, Eugene, OR.

Enjoy two days of great music :: over 30 bands
Plus... food, art, beer and wine.

Free admission. Free parking.

Check out the Music Fest Website for event info and line up.

Queer Free Films Ahoy!

posted: Apr 14, '08 11:47AM

GUEST LECTURE & SCREENING BY WILL VINTON

 "The creation, growth and acceptance of Claymation and 3D Animation, the importance of story and character development at all levels of production, as well as personal career highlights and opportunities for careers in animation and related fields."

Will Vinton is an American director and producer of animated films. He was born in McMinnville, Oregon, near Portland. He has won an Oscar for his work, and several Emmy Awards and Clio Awards for the work of his studio.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Vinton

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899139/

University of Oregon senior Chelsea Jones has photographed men and women serving in the military.  The display challenges certain stereotypes they may face.

2008 BEST IN SHOW AWARD GOES TO:

Elise Wagner, "Chamber Plate"

Image coming soon!

"Northwind" by Carol Barnett Best in Show, 2007

The Cultural Forum proudly presents the Pacific Northwest Art Annual. This yearly event was created to highlight emerging and established artists from the region who are a pivotal part of the art world. This year, we are excited to be showing the work of over 20 artists ranging from traditional painters to mixed media artists. The show opens May 1, at the Adell McMillan Gallery and will run until June 6, 2008

Jurors:

Adell McMillan, Founder of the PNWAA
Kelly Rauer, of the Portland Art Center
Clint Brown, Professor Emeritus at Oregon State
Chang-Ae Song, M.F.A. Candidate at U of O
Andy O’Brien, M.F.A. Candidate at U of O

Please contact Simone at scoker@uoregon.edu  or call 541.346.0007 for more information.

GUEST LECTURE BY ALEX COX

Alex Cox is a British film director and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts. Cox has previously cited Luis Buñuel and Akira Kurosawa as influences.^[1] His film Repo Man is often credited as one of the first modern independent movies. It was this film that brought him critical attention.

Alex Cox was born in Bebington, Wirral, Nr. Liverpool, Merseyside. Cox studied at Wirral Grammar School and later at Worcester College, Oxford, then embarking upon a course in film studies at Bristol University and UCLA in California.

As well as directing films, Cox has helped pen screenplays for the film versions of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He has also written on the subject of film for publications such as Sight and Sound, The Guardian, The Independent, and Film Comment. From 1988 to 1994, he presented the television series Moviedrome on BBC Two, providing introductions to a series of alternative or obscure films that would otherwise be unknown to the general public.

CONTACT: stevetenhonen@gmail.com

GUEST LECTURE BY GERRY FIALKA

MOTIVES & CONSEQUENCES OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM

an interactive workshop on how deviation from the norm results in progress. Reviewing the effects of avant-garde experiments in filmmaking on the creators and the audience, participants will uncover the hidden environments of moving image art. Marshall McLuhan's theme of art (in this case, experimental film) as anti-environment is the context for exploring the impact of pioneers like Marcel Duchamp, Luis Bunuel, Maya Deren, Bruce Conner, and more. 

"Cinema is much too rich a medium to be left to storytellers" -Peter Greenaway
"I am not a storyteller, I work with emotions"- Robert Altman

The Fisher-Price PXL2000 (also known as the PixelVision by Fisher-Price, and the KiddieCorder by some of its fans) was a toy black-and-white camcorder produced in 1987 that used an ordinary compact audio cassette as its recording medium.

The PXL2000 consisted of a simple aspherical lens, an infrared filter, a CCD image sensor, a custom ASIC (the Sanyo LA 7306M), and an audio cassette mechanism. This was mounted in a plastic housing with a bay for consumable batteries and a simple RF video modulator. A plastic viewfinder and some control buttons completed the makeup of the device itself.

CONTACT: pfsuzy@aol.com

An Evening with  Filmmakers Steve Conners & Molly Bingham                               

Directed by Steve Connors and Molly Bingham, this daring, eye-opening film provides unique insight into the personal narratives of people involved in the resistance exploding myth after myth about the war in Iraq and the Iraqis who participate. Through its unprecedented access to these clandestine groups, MEETING RESISTANCE focuses the spotlight on the "other side", clarifying why the violence in Iraq continues to this day and providing a deeper understanding of both the toll of occupation and the human condition of resistance.