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By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1982 contributed posts
View all Southern Oregon Artists Resource's posts. About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.
As part of our celebration of the fair’s 25th anniversary Sept. 29, 2018, Central Art and the fair are hosting a community art contest.
Consider submitting artwork with the theme “diversity” for the chance to display your artwork at the fair and win prizes!
Contest rules
Artwork will be judged on creativity, style and how well the artwork reflects the contest theme.
Artist may use any medium/format desired (black and white, color, pencil sketch, painting, ink, photograph, etc.).
Artwork must be an original creation, no prints.
Artwork must be created within the past year.
Artwork must be family friendly for viewing by people of all ages, gender, culture and race. Our intent is to emphasize equity, diversity and inclusion.
Artwork must be flat and not exceed 11” x 14” in size.
There is no entry fee. Limit 1 entry per person.
Artwork must be submitted with completed entry form by 4 pm, Friday, August 31, 2018 to Central Art, 101 North Central Ave, Medford.
The selection committee will announce winners at the Greater Medford Multicultural Fair on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at noon.
Immediately after the fair, all artwork will be at Central Art, 101 North Central Ave., for pick up. Artists must pick up their art at Central Art by 4 pm, Tuesday, October 16. It may be disposed of after that date.
Entry forms are available on the Greater Medford Multicultural Fair Facebook page
Prizes: First place winners and honorable mention winners will be selected from age groups: 8 and under, 9-13, 14-17, and 18 and up. Judges will select a winner and honorable mention for each category. The decisions of the judges are final.
1st Prize – $30 Gift Card to Central Art of Medford
Honorable Mention – $15 Gift Card to Central Art of Medford
Thank you for supporting the fair by participating in our art contest!
Download full rules and the application form here:
By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1982 contributed posts
View all Southern Oregon Artists Resource's posts. About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.
By Southern Oregon Artists Resource, 1982 contributed posts
View all Southern Oregon Artists Resource's posts. About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists, enthusiasts and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.
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Global Street Art, the newest MOCAtv series to hit YouTube, turns to the world of Palestinian graffiti in its latest episode. Featuring the work of artists Hafez Omar, Areej Mawasi, Majd Abdel Hamid and Hamza Abu Ayash, the five-minute clip explores the use of street art as a means of communication in Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian Authority, and beyond.
The street artists take turns explaining their own struggles with freedom of expression and how the expanding medium has helped them to establish their political beliefs and showcase their artistic talents in the public realm.
“In the first Intifada it was more about conveying political messages than being aesthetically pleasing,” says artist Hafez Omar. “Today, however, there is more aesthetic quality to the murals.”
By Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 125 contributed posts
View all Rogue Gallery & Art Center's posts. About the author: The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the Rogue Valley’s premier non-profit community art center, founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. The Gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their work, and because of its non-profit status can display a wide range of artistic styles and mediums not seen in commercial galleries. Aspiring artists, both children and adults, take classes from local artists and are exposed to a wide variety of artistic mediums. Our mission is to promote and provide for the study, development, exhibition, and appreciation of art. Our vision: Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart…Boldly Create! Learn more with web links and contact info in RGAC's listing at SOAR.
IGNITE THE MIND, STIR THE SOUL, OPEN THE HEART- BOLDLY CREATE!
Teen Art Studios- Fall 2012
Ages 13-17 Taught by Brooke Nuckles Gentekos
Two session to choose from or sign- up for both! (Each session will be unique and suitable for teen artists of all skill levels.
Session 1: Tuesdays, 5-7 pm: Sept. 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9 Please Register Early! Each session: $70 members/$85 non- members
Beginners to experienced teen artists will draw, paint, sculpt and experiment with personal expression through art. Be inspired by contemporary art and artists and be bold as you create original works of art! Register for one or both sessions- each class will be a unique and fun experience specially designed for creative teens!
The Rogue Gallery & Art Center provides quality art education to inspire and build life-long interest in the arts. Classes are taught by experienced artist educators in our professional art studio and high-quality art materials are provided to youth to create their art.
By Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 125 contributed posts
View all Rogue Gallery & Art Center's posts. About the author: The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the Rogue Valley’s premier non-profit community art center, founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. The Gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their work, and because of its non-profit status can display a wide range of artistic styles and mediums not seen in commercial galleries. Aspiring artists, both children and adults, take classes from local artists and are exposed to a wide variety of artistic mediums. Our mission is to promote and provide for the study, development, exhibition, and appreciation of art. Our vision: Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart…Boldly Create! Learn more with web links and contact info in RGAC's listing at SOAR.
Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart- Boldly Create!
The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is offering a variety of inspirational art classes & workshops for adults this summer!
For youth ages 4-7, 7-12 and 13-17, please check out our summer art camps.
Please visit our website: www.roguegallery.org for detailed class descriptions and to register. For more information, please call (541)772-8118, email [email protected] or stop by 40 South Bartlett Street in Medford, OR.
Adult Summer Art Opportunities at RGAC:
May 19, 12-3pm: Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arrangement- Barbara Longhurst
June 15-16, 5-8pm & 9am-12pm: Paste Paper Art Bookmaking- Denise Kester
June 23-24, 10am-4pm: Encaustic: Experiment in Layers & Creativity- Cathy Valentine
July 6, 1-5pm: Basketry: Japanese Gourd-Style Basket- Donna Sakamoto Crispin
July 7, 9am-4pm: Basketry: Reed Market Basket- Donna Sakamoto Crispin
July 28, August 4-5, 1-4, 1-4, 1-5pm: Intro to Sculpture- David Turner
August 10, 17, 24, 6-9pm: Art Interplay & Spatial Synergy: my chair, my space- Marilyn Michele Kunkel
PLEASE REGISTER EARLY! In order for us to hold a class or workshop, we must meet the predetermined minimum enrollment requirement one week prior to the first class or workshop meeting. If we do not meet the minimum enrollment, the class or workshop will be cancelled due to low enrollment.
MEMBER DISCOUNTS and PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE! Call (541)772-8118 ext. 301 for more information.
2012 SUMMER ART CAMPS FOR CHILDREN & TEENS
CREATIVE ● INSPIRING ● FUN
Summer Art Camps are designed to nurture creativity and youth ages 4-17 will have fun, explore, and learn foundational art skills. Each camp is taught by an experienced artist educator and students use quality materials to create their art. All this takes place in a real art making environment-our professional art studio. Rogue Gallery & Art Center Summer Art Camps provide quality art education to inspire and build life-long interest in the arts.
Pre-Register ONLINE at www.roguegallery.org | Camps held at 40 S. Bartlett Street in downtown Medford | 541.772.8118
PLEASE REGISTER EARLY! To hold a camp, we must meet the minimum enrollment requirement one week before the first day of camp.
All Camps | $105 Members | $125 Non-Members
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE For more info call the Rogue Gallery & Art Center or email [email protected].
NEW! Ages 4-7
RECYCLED ART
Tuesday- Friday ● Aug. 7-10 ● 9:00am -12:00noon
Instructor- Amy Godard Navickas
Play and create with non-toxic up-cycled and recycled materials to make sculptures, kinetic art, mixed media art, puppets, prints and more. We will focus on turning cast away ephemera such as empty spools of thread, berry baskets, game pieces and more into interesting art objects. A parent/ guardian is welcome to participate and stay or to drop-off campers.
Ages 7-12
WORLD ART
Tuesday- Friday ● June 19-22 ● 9:00am -12:00noon
Instructor- Amy Godard Navickas
Art makes the world go round! “Travel” around the world from the Americas and through Mexico, Africa, Asia, and India to create fresco paintings, clay vessels, masks, musical instruments, and more!
YOU CAN DRAW!
Tuesday- Friday ● June 26-29 ● 9:00am -12:00noon
Instructor- Eva Fawcett
Expand your drawing skills and let your imagination soar by learning classic techniques like shading & perspective, draw real or imaginary animals, self-portraits, and explore drawing in Manga style.
PAPER CREATIONS CAMP
Instructor- Mary Wilkins-Kelly
Tuesday- Friday ● July 5-7 ● 9:00am -12:00noon
Experience the wonderful world of paper! Learn to make paper, create marbleized and colorful paste papers, and use your art papers to construct one of a kind sketchbooks, sculptures, and collages.
ART THAT POPS!
Instructor- Amy Godard Navickas
Tuesday- Friday ● July 10-13 ● 9:00am -12:00noon
Draw, paint, print, collage, and have fun exploring pop art techniques inspired by popular culture. Learn to draw in three dimensions and discover basic skills that will make your drawings POP!
MIX IT UP- EXPRESSIONS
Instructor- Samar Dawisha
Tuesday- Friday ● July 17-20 ● 9:00am -12:00noon
The fun is in the mix of art expression- experiment and get creative with paint, printmaking, collage to discover their own unique style of expression while referencing art history from ancient to modern art.
SCULPTURE EXPLORERS
Instructor- Samar Dawisha
Tuesday- Friday ● July 24-27 ● 1pm -4pm
Explore the world of 3-dimensional art from Egypt’s Sphinx to Oldenberg’s Giant Bag of Fries and play with a variety of materials to create and construct wild, wacky, and fantastic art objects.
SPLASH! WATERCOLOR
Instructor- Amy Godard Navickas
Tuesday- Friday ● July 31-Aug 3 ● 9:00am -12:00noon
Paint with watercolors and explore landscapes, buildings, abstract designs, imaginary creatures and more while learning basic design principles with references to art history.
IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING
Instructor- Tia Gardner
Tuesday- Friday ● August 7-10 ● 9:00am -12:00noon
Experience acrylic paint on canvas! Learn to use light and shadow, describe shapes in 3-D, experiment with color mixing, composition, and paint an impressionist landscape with movement and expression.
PRINTMAKING MEDLEY
Instructor- Tia Gardner
Tuesday- Friday ● August 14-17 ● 1:00 pm -4:00pm
Printmaking is like a giant stamp- explore and discover ways to create block prints from a variety of materials with bright and colorful inks to create original designs.
CARTOON & COMICS
Instructor- Ted Helard
Tuesday-Friday ● August 21-24 ● 9am-12pm
Learn to construct creative and unique comics with the basic concepts of cartooning. Create simple cartoon figures and characters and bring them to life with stories, expression, and creativity!
NEW! Ages 13-17
TEEN DRAWING: Draw on the Artist Within
Instructor- Eva Fawcett
Tuesday- Friday ● June 26 -29 ● 1:00 pm -4:00pm
Let the artist in you come out and play by illustrating the human face, explore figure drawing, and practice drawing realistic animals. Learn to see as an artist and apply that vision to paper with graphite, charcoal and color, exploring value, tone and line.
TEEN PRINTMAKING (Two-Day): Monotypes on the Square
Instructor- Nancy Jo Mullen
Thursday & Friday ● July 5-6 ● 9:00am-4:00pm
Create “out of the box” monotypes (unique prints) using square plexi-glass as a plate and learn to pull prints using a professional etching press and fine inks in the studio of the instructor. Explore ways to create one-of-a-kind prints from black & white to full color. Bring a lunch, a small sketchbook and a swimsuit and towel as campers are welcome to take a swim after camp each day.
TEEN PHOTOGRAPHY: Developing an Artistic Eye
Instructor- Mary Wilkins-Kelly
Tuesday- Friday ● July 10 -13 ● 1:00 pm -4:00pm
Develop an eye for taking great 35mm photos, express individual style, and explore lighting, composition, portraiture, and still-life with fun hands-on activities and walking field trips then develop your film in the darkroom and print black and white photographs.
By Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 125 contributed posts
View all Rogue Gallery & Art Center's posts. About the author: The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the Rogue Valley’s premier non-profit community art center, founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. The Gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their work, and because of its non-profit status can display a wide range of artistic styles and mediums not seen in commercial galleries. Aspiring artists, both children and adults, take classes from local artists and are exposed to a wide variety of artistic mediums. Our mission is to promote and provide for the study, development, exhibition, and appreciation of art. Our vision: Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart…Boldly Create! Learn more with web links and contact info in RGAC's listing at SOAR.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Elvis Emporium Exhibition
January 10 — January 27, 2012
In celebration of Elvis Presley’s 77th birthday, and in conjunction with the Heart of Medford “Elvis Week,” the Rogue Gallery & Art Center will host a non-juried art show of work inspired by “The King.” Artists of all ages are invited to bring in one work for display in our Community Gallery.
Open to all 2 & 3-dimensional media. Display space is limited, however, so only the first 35 works to be dropped-off will be included in the display. Installation work will be considered with prior approval. NO work larger than 24” in any direction will be accepted. NO work with a sale price more than $250 will be accepted due to insurance considerations. Contact Jules Masterjohn at [email protected] or 541-772-8118 for more information.
Artwork must be dropped off in person on Saturday, January 7th from 12 – 2PM at Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 40 South Bartlett Street in Medford. All artwork must be picked up on Saturday, January 28th from 12 – 2PM.
By Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 125 contributed posts
View all Rogue Gallery & Art Center's posts. About the author: The Rogue Gallery & Art Center is the Rogue Valley’s premier non-profit community art center, founded in 1960 to promote and support the arts in the Rogue Valley. The Gallery offers local artists an opportunity to display their work, and because of its non-profit status can display a wide range of artistic styles and mediums not seen in commercial galleries. Aspiring artists, both children and adults, take classes from local artists and are exposed to a wide variety of artistic mediums. Our mission is to promote and provide for the study, development, exhibition, and appreciation of art. Our vision: Ignite the Mind, Stir the Soul, Open the Heart…Boldly Create! Learn more with web links and contact info in RGAC's listing at SOAR.
FUNdamentals of Design & Composition
with Roni Marsh
Saturday & Sunday, December 3 & 4 from 10 AM – 5 PM
Fundamentals of Design and Composition taught by nationally and international award-winning local artist Roni Marsh will be a FUN and informative weekend workshop for painters of all mediums and any skill level to explore and strengthen artistic use of the fundamental building blocks of design and composition. Participants will learn skills to capture and hold the attention of their viewers and build confidence in the fundamentals, while enjoyably exercising creativity and exploring painting in new ways.
Whether you use pastels, oils, acrylics, watercolor, mixed-media, drawing, or more- this workshop led by outstanding artist educator Roni Marsh will be FUN and help you take your artwork to the next level!
As far as his fans are concerned, Banksy can do no wrong. But a new documentary airing on UK’s Channel 4 shows the complicated relationship that Bansky has shared with his graffiti counterparts, especially the long-celebrated King Robbo. The two are involved in an ongoing feud that has blossomed into an ideological war.
At the heart of this debate is the long-standing resentment of street art by graffiti writers who feel that street art merely cashes in on the original aesthetics of graffiti while giving up its core principles of anonymity and rebelliousness. While many writers see their illustrious graffiti careers end either in anonymous retirement or a stint in jail, street artists enjoy a streamlined path to the gallery scene. Eager to remain in touch with current trends, galleries the world over have turned to street art, but the youngest generation is accused of abandoning its roots.
The documentary provides an in-depth look at a dichotomy that’s frequently oversimplified in order to show how an entire movement has come to mature and reflect on its purpose through a changing visual language. It shows that while the public have come to embrace street art as legitimate movement, there are still issues of politics and tradition that are overlooked in the general discourse.
For the shopkeepers within London’s Notting Hill Carnival area, riot preparedness is a routine annual affair. Ever since the first disturbance, back in 1976, each late August bank holiday sees the area’s hippest fashion boutiques, from Paul Smith to Jade Jagger, erect temporary boardings to protect their shop windows from potential attacks. But this year, the riots that tore through the capital in early August caused many stores to board up earlier than usual. This is the only date in fashion’s retail calendar when shopkeepers abandon their desire to attract customers, and batten down the hatches. For the duration of the two-day festival the local boutiques surrender their ground to the overwhelming energy of carnival street life, and to a fate determined by its revellers.
As a resident of the area, I am always struck by the way the boarded up fashion stores take on the appearance of failed businesses. Notting Hill looks like the opposite of what it is — a post-apocalyptic village in terminal decline. The conspicuous boutiques are the ones that have not boarded up — usually around the carnival perimeter. Their naked glass fronts, displayed defiantly to the street, look odd within this temporary new cityscape. This time, however, few storeowners will be taking chances. Almost every window will be boarded up to the hilt. But marketing is not abandoned entirely, as the fascia boards bearing the stores logos remain visible.
As soon as the boards go up, a swarm of talented local graffiti artists appear, eager to claim the choicest spots to display their craft and deposit their tags ahead of rivals. The surprising thing about many of them is that they are not kids, but grown men — oversized ragamuffins and rebels-with-mortgages, adorned in drop-down jeans, hoodies and baseball caps. They systematically set about re-fashioning these bland barricades with a gritty new design aesthetic, incorporating vibrant colours with freestyle giant-sized typography in angular and bulbous shapes. Their pop-up art contrasts sharply with the window-dressing behind the timber laminates. The images shown here, taken at last’s carnival, illustrate how much more visually dynamic many of these designs are when compared to the real thing — their oversized lettering projecting more powerfully than the storefront logos themselves.
Come Sunday mid-morning, the festivities finally get underway, and as the boom of the sound systems shift air, one wonders whether the shop boardings are actually there to keep out the roughnecks or to protect the glass from the ferocious bass blasting from the three-metre speaker stacks.
By Tuesday morning it’s all over once again, the boards come down and planet fashion returns to normal.
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Introducing a segment on graffiti last week, Lester Holt of NBC Nightly News rhetorically asked: what is the difference between “one man’s vandalism and another man’s artistic expression?”
Lee Cowen of NBC, who reported the story, talked about “the vast canvas (of) the inner-city” and the problems cities are having given the increase in graffiti.
Cowen was picking up many of the complaints from a New York Timesstory about LA that “tags (another name for graffiti) have popped up on guardrails along the dirt trails near Griffith Park across town. There are, almost daily, fresh splashes on walls in the San Fernando Valley, on downtown Los Angeles buildings and on billboards along the highways.”
The graffiti problem isn’t unique to LA. Most cities see this as a growing epidemic. But “artistic expression” is real, and in what is fast becoming a “creative and innovation economy” could be a good thing for cities across America.
Clearly something positive is happening and cities need to find a way to stop the “vandalism” and encourage the “artistic expression.” Graffiti Parks might be one answer.
Graffiti, or what is called “street art,” is coming out of the parks and off the streets to be displayed in galleries and museums. Such work is selling for thousands of dollars. And museums — especially in the bigger cities — are showcasing works of street artists who, in a way, have become the rock stars of the art world.
Earlier this year for example, the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego (MCASD) had an exhibition called “Viva la Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape,” which hosted twenty artists from ten countries who were linked together by how their work addresses urban issues. And the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art concluded an exhibition (August 8) called “Art in the Streets” that traced “the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the global movement it has become today.” The exhibition featured “paintings, mixed media sculptures, and interactive installations by 50 of the most dynamic artists in America.”
Meanwhile in San Diego, one of the most remarkable graffiti park experiments has been underway since 1999.
When the residents of the area said they wanted to see more enriching public art but less ugly stuff on their buildings, something called the WriterzBlok was born. It has been supported since inception by The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation.
The philosophy of the Writerzblok is simple: “Call a kid a tagger and he’s a criminal. Help him become an artist and everything changes.”
“Art, like beauty,” they explain, “is in the eye of the beholder. What’s prized by one person might be despised by another. What’s priceless to some means little to others. With street art this is even more the case. What some call vandalism, others see as bold, beautiful, and expressive. What some paint over, others want to frame.”
The Jacobs Center is working with other foundations — including the small but prestigious Legler Benbough Foundation, a major supporter of Balboa Park and art and culture institutions in the region — “on a comprehensive development plan to transform 45 unused, untended, and underutilized acres into The Village at Market Creek, a vibrant community center and cultural destination in the heart of San Diego.”
The Jacobs Center says “arts and culture have been galvanizing forces for bringing residents from diverse neighborhoods together,” Sandra Candler-Wafer, Community Building Program Manager (who is also serving as interim executive director while a search is underway) would characterize the park as “a positive approach to graffiti prevention,” curbing vandalism in the area as well as becoming a training ground for young people.
The park is run by only two full-time paid staff and hundreds of volunteers coordinating services and activities, and has touched the lives of thousands of young people, many of whom have gone on to successful careers as artists.
WriterzBlok holds training workshops in graphic arts and mural design, where budding graphic art participants master the basics of computer art and translating hand sketches into computer images and muralism students learn new techniques in aerosol art and design. The staff also teaches muralism classes at local high schools when they are not managing the park.
Of considerable interest is a program “to provide (the region) with monthly graffiti-removal options, weekly check-in visits, and removal of unwanted tagging in a timely fashion. WriterzBlok can also help prevent illegal tagging by replacing blank walls with beautiful murals.” Michael Sloan, who teaches social entrepreneurship at San Diego State University, has his students talking with businesses and other organizations in the area to test reaction to the program. This may be an idea ripe for communities everywhere.
