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Department of the History of Art and Architecture
May 2024
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Thanks to the generous support from the Marion Dean Ross Endowment and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture (HAA) for a new lecture series this spring.
Teresa Fankhänel is the third speaker. Before joining the MSU Broad Art Museum in 2022, she was a curator at the Architecture Museum in Munich (Germany) and an associate professor at the Department of Architectural History and Curatorial Practice at the Architecture School of the Technical University of Munich. Her exhibitions include The Architectural Model (2012), Werkzeuge des Entwerfens (2017), African Mobilities (2018), The Architecture Machine (2020–21), Built Together (2021), Shouldn’t You Be Working? (2023) and Andrea Canepa: As We Dwell in the Fold (2023). Her writing focuses on model making, computation, archival strategies, the practice and theory of exhibition making, and architectural design practices.
This spring 2024 lecture series and small online exhibition celebrates the legacy of Marion Dean Ross and his founding of HAA some 60 years ago. With an extensive collection of student models from Ross’s classes still visible around Lawrence Hall, the focus of the series is on the theme of architectural models and world-building.
July 2024
Over three weeks, students will visit many of London's famous museums and neighborhoods to explore London's vast art history. Open to all majors and will be led by HAA faculty member, Simone Ciglia. Applications due March 15.
School of Art + Design Events
May 2024
Presented by the Center for Art Research
Adam DeSorbo: Ablaze (With Destruction and Abundance)
March 1- May 19, 2024 CFAR billboard project at 510 Oak Street, Eugene, OR 97403
Ablaze (With Destruction and Abundance) depicts ochre-tinted maple leaves nailed to wood planks that have been strengthened through a traditional Japanese charring process known as the Yakisugi method. The burned boards and maple leaves allude to transitional states, both benign and seasonal, and the more destructive forces of increasing wildfire activity. The embedded relationship between preservation and destruction as it relates to the Anthropocene brings our paradoxical tendencies as a species into full relief. The image is activated through original text by the artist, making explicit the process of grieving a burning world. The interaction between the image and the text proposes an embrace of our ecological cracking, the necessity to witness, the urge to preserve, and the radical act of finding joy while existing in the cracks.
This CFAR billboard project is supported by the University of Oregon Department of ARt’s Center for Art Research in conjunction with the exhibition series Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World.
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Presented by the Center for Art Research
Progress – Marcus Fischer and Lisa Ward
Exhibition: May 3– 19, 2024 510 Oak St, Eugene, OR 97403
Reception: Friday, May 3 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Gallery hours: Friday- Sunday from 12:00- 4:00 p.m.
This exhibition examines the varied definitions of “progress” in the ongoing effort to witness, tend to, and historicize human intervention in places often considered unleveraged.
Progess is part of the exhibition series Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World, organized by curators-in-residence Ashley Stull Meyers and Aurora Tang and made possible by the University of Oregon Department of Art’s Center for Art Research and the Ford Family Foundation.
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
An exhibition by Samantha Joh and Chloe Montague
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We are a creative partnership that has been collaborating on primarily photo- and video-based projects since 2022. This show is an exploration and interplay of our digital workspace, the creative process as play, and the dialogue of our creative processes and workspaces combined. We are heavily interested in the idea of archival and have kept up an Instagram account together archiving our creative process; this project is also an archive of some of our recent creative projects and the raw digital forms that exist within it. We love movement, visuals so rich you want a taste, chaotic desktops, and file management (or lack thereof). Projecting visuals from the digital space to the physical space has also been a common theme in our work. Ultimately, in line with our name, flower delivery showcases the visuals that exist in our digital space projected in the physical realm. Like a surprise digital flower delivered to your doorstep and emitting your eyes.
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*Note: UO ID card with building access is required to gain entry to Washburn Gallery.*
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
A BFA Exhibition
Sofia Reis, Fibers
I am cyclical, sturdy, unreliable, leaky, hysterical, unwieldy, ritualistic, excessive, feminine.
Helios Heartstar, Metalsmithing
Queer, community, expression, inspiration, survival, relationship, voice, connection, sex, expression, experience, representation. “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in,” Leonard Cohen
Ilka Sankari, Photography
I am suspended in impossible time, it slips by and I can never hold it tight enough to keep but I try anyway. Light traces body traces memory. Everything a trace. Every body bearing the impression of time.
Reception Thursday, May 9, 5-6PM
4:00 p.m.
University of Oregon Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research
Dionne Lee is a visual artist working in photography, collage, and video. Her work explores power and personal history in relation to the American landscape, and interrogates historical narratives that exist within photographic representations of land and place.
Lee received her MFA from California College of the Arts. She has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Feria Material, Mexico City; Barbican Art Gallery, London; New Orleans Museum of Art; Aperture Foundation, New York; Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; and the San Francisco Arts Commission, among others. Lee was a 2022 Artist-in-Residence at the Chinati Foundation and a 2021–2023 Artist-in-Residence with Unseen California.
Lectures are also live streamed and the videos are archived on YouTube.
6:00–7:00 p.m.
Join Nike University Relation Recruiting for an overview and information session on the Nike Summer 2025 Internship program. Applications are due October 9 for undergraduate intern roles and December 1st for graduate intern roles. Recommending students with a graduation date of spring 2026 or winter 2025 to apply. Learn more about the company, culture, and community that is Nike. Come out early to get all the details, tips, and insights to elevate your application and interview. Presentation and Q/A to follow. All majors, all students welcome. We especially welcome and are eager to host students from diverse backgrounds.
4:30–6:00 p.m.
Cinema Studies invites the UO community to a “meet and mingle” with Marmoset Music’s Bob Werner. Join us for cookies, beverages and a casual get together. Free and open to the UO community.
Marmoset is a full-service music agency for brands, filmmakers and creatives that specializes in curated music for licensing, award-winning music production, music supervision, clearances, customizations, sound design and more.
Bob Werner (he/him) is the Head of Creative Services at Marmoset, where he leads all aspects of curating and creating music for Marmoset’s vast catalog, as well as custom scoring and sound design projects for global clients in advertising, film, TV and more. Before joining Marmoset to shape one of the top performing sync catalogs in the industry, Bob studied video and sound production at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, pursuing his lifelong passion in music and cinema. Fun fact: Bob's favorite thing about living in Portland is the vibrant indie cinema scene, where he saw 50 films in theaters in 2023 and aims to see 100 this year. Through his 10+ years working in sync licensing, he’s developed and helped launch dozens of artists into successful, full-time music careers, with licensing revenue as a cornerstone of their income, ultimately supporting lifelong pursuits in music. Bob is based in Portland, Oregon.
This event is part of the 2024 Art of Producing Visiting Filmmaker Series, featuring screenings, talks, and receptions with award-winning producers and filmmakers. All events are free and open to the UO community.
Visit the Cinema Studies website for more information on this event and others in the series: https://cinema.uoregon.edu/faculty-news-news/art-producing-visiting-filmmaker-series-2024.
Funded by the generous Harlan J. Strauss Visiting Filmmaker Endowment
7:00–9:00 p.m.
Join Cinema Studies and series Producer Jeff Conroy for a screening of the premiere episode of Season 2’s “Race to Survive: New Zealand” followed by a Q&A and reception with the producer. Free and open to the UO community.
Jeff Conroy is an award-winning television producer (including 3 Emmys) on 1,500+ episodes and 50 television series across 15 different networks. Notable projects include hit shows "Deadliest Catch," "Axmen," "Ice Road Truckers," "Bering Sea Gold," "Storage Wars" and Jay Leno’s "Garage." He’s the current showrunner for USA Networks adventure competition series "Race to Survive: New Zealand" which premieres in May of 2024.
This event is part of the 2024 Art of Producing Visiting Filmmaker Series, featuring screenings, talks, and receptions with award-winning producers and filmmakers. All events are free and open to the UO community.
Visit the Cinema Studies website for more information on this event and others in the series: https://cinema.uoregon.edu/faculty-news-news/art-producing-visiting-filmmaker-series-2024.
Funded by the generous Harlan J. Strauss Visiting Filmmaker Endowment
School of Architecture & Environment
May 2024
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The Division of Graduate Studies invites you to a one-day conference showcasing the research, scholarship, and creative expressions of UO graduate students. The forum regularly showcases the work of more than 100 students representing more than 35 disciplines. Join us for the popular poster session and the panel presentations!
To participate, all graduate-level students are invited to submit a proposal by April 17, 2024. All accepted posters will be judged. Posters are categorized by field; first place in each category will win $300. Panels will instead be pre-selected. All accepted panels will receive $250 per panelist.
For more information, go to https://graduatestudies.uoregon.edu/forum
5:00 p.m.
4:00–6:00 p.m.
Join the Fuller Initiative Land Lab for our annual exhibition at the Overlook Outdoor Instructional Area. In addition to the display of ephemeral landscape installations, there will be a catered reception and field broadcast of the Willamette River Natural Area soundscape. Longtime collaborator and Sound Artist-in-Residence, Lisa Schonberg, will be present this year to broadcast her newest piece, "Old Growth Playback," a composition developed from the ecoacoustics of the HJ Experimental Forest.
The Overlook Outdoor Instructional Area is located on the UO North Campus Riverfront, west of the Riverfront Ballfields and immediately east of the Mill Race outfall.
June 2024
3:30–6:00 p.m.
Join us to celebrate the 2023-24 partnership between the University of Oregon Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) and City of Salem!
This year-long partnership helps communities solve the problems of today and lay the groundwork for a sustainable, livable future—all while helping students prepare for the workforce through applied learning. University of Oregon students and faculty studied and made recommendations in over 20 courses directed at high priority projects for City Council and the Salem community. The partnership will end with a celebration event with leaders from Salem and the UO, faculty, students, local elected officials, and community members.
A poster session of final projects from two spring courses, Topics in Bicycle Transportation and Equitable Urban Parks, will occur for the first hour of the event for the community to interact and ask questions regarding the student’s work. Formal remarks will feature speakers from both entities, including UO faculty and students highlighting each project, proposed recommendations, and outcomes. Following formal remarks, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with UO faculty and students in an open house format to learn more about how the courses will help create long-term value for the Salem community.
School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
May 2024
PPPM/IPRE Seminar Series featuring Lesley Jo Weaver, Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies, Director of Global Health Program.
3:00 p.m.
PPPM/IPRE Seminar Series featuring Lesley Jo Weaver, Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies, Director of Global Health Program.
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Are you an incoming/prospective graduate (Master's/Doctoral student) or a current first-year graduate student? Then consider attending this online information session on the National Science Foundation-Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP).
Please RSVP here. Zoom Link https://bit.ly/NSF-GRFP-info
NSF-GRFP is a prestigious national award program given each year to a select group of master’s and doctoral students in science and engineering fields in recognition of their academic and professional excellence. Students who receive the NSF-GRFP benefit from a generous stipend, opportunities for international research and professional development, and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. institution of graduate education to which they are accepted. The University of Oregon offers competitive benefits meant to augment and support NSF Fellowships.
NSF Graduate Research Fellows who choose UO as their affiliate graduate institution will receive full tuition and mandatory fee support, and subsidized health insurance benefits under UO's graduate assistant and fellow health insurance plan during their active tenure years. UO will also reserve a portion of the annual cost of education allowance for the Fellow to use for research expenses. Must be an incoming student or in your first year of study to apply. For more information see our UO NSF page.
June 2024
3:30–6:00 p.m.
Join us to celebrate the 2023-24 partnership between the University of Oregon Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) and City of Salem!
This year-long partnership helps communities solve the problems of today and lay the groundwork for a sustainable, livable future—all while helping students prepare for the workforce through applied learning. University of Oregon students and faculty studied and made recommendations in over 20 courses directed at high priority projects for City Council and the Salem community. The partnership will end with a celebration event with leaders from Salem and the UO, faculty, students, local elected officials, and community members.
A poster session of final projects from two spring courses, Topics in Bicycle Transportation and Equitable Urban Parks, will occur for the first hour of the event for the community to interact and ask questions regarding the student’s work. Formal remarks will feature speakers from both entities, including UO faculty and students highlighting each project, proposed recommendations, and outcomes. Following formal remarks, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with UO faculty and students in an open house format to learn more about how the courses will help create long-term value for the Salem community.