November's Workshop: Figurative Re-use

Date: Saturday, November 17th
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Location: OSLP Arts & Culture Program Gallery
                309 W. 4th Ave, Eugene, OR  97401
Instructor: Lisa Yu
Cost: Sliding Scale - $20.00 to $35.00, materials provided.

Reveal the beauty in your trash! The times in which we live call upon us to extend the useful lives of objects which have outlived their original purpose. As Chinese recyclers reject American plastic, artists find endless ways to express their ideas, using this flood of excess.

Lisa Yu will bring her own collection of lovely trash, including plastic toy parts and bottle caps, cardboard, paint, wood scraps, fabric, play jewelry, etc, etc, etc. Participants are welcome to bring items to contribute.

Together we will create our own 2-D or sculptural objects of beauty, heroically saved from the landfill!

December's Workshop: Handmade Gifts & Cards

Date: Saturday, December 8th
Time: 2:00 to 5:00 PM
Location: OSLP Arts & Culture Program Gallery
                309 W. 4th Ave, Eugene, OR  97401
Instructors: AJ Moses & Meisha Linwood
Cost: $15 for card making (only), $25 for handmade stuffed animal (only), $30 for both workshops

Join us for an afternoon of card making with AJ Moses or handmade stuffed animals with Meisha Linwood. Register here or call our gallery to reserve your spot today!

Days of Culture Winning Image!

Days of Culture, Train of Thought
by Kim Stafford
 
Here’s how art works: someone
sitting in a chair, or standing on the ground,
or perching on a ladder marks a vision
to sustain someone passing by in haste--
a train of thought, a dream in paint, a façade
that once was brick but now is dressed
to brighten the maker and the witness
equally, art-supported living vibrant at engine
and caboose, youth and age, beginner
and old master. For some see wall and think
wall. Some see a person struggling for ordinary
rights and only see the struggle. But some see
a wall as space for color, and a person struggling
as art maker, pleasure maker, hands for brightening
any corner, any wall, any space in the humdrum
that could be vibrant and alive. The train is a wall
is art is the work of noble hands.
All aboard!
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Volunteers Zachary Moen & Kailey Ruiz add some finishing touches!

Thank you from all of us to you!

We are so grateful for the ongoing support and contributions from donors and community partners like you! We dedicate this video to everyone that has made a meaningful contribution to our program!  Thank you!
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Thank you to our 
Summer Quarter
Volunteers!

Carol Cohen 
Katie Evans
Kailey Ruiz
Donna Dawson
Shanna Hioe
AJ Moses
Taro Baugnon
Evan Curby
Rebecca Murphy
Ruth Acheinegeh
​Sarah Winter