Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Northwest Art, Portland Art Museum

This radically fun and eclectic collection of queer film and video works, draws from punk and queercore archives and includes works by Jonesy, Jill Reiter, G.B. Jones and Greta Snider, in addition to unearthing recent finds and lesser- known titles. Bradford Nordeen launched Dirty Looks as a monthly platform for queer experimental film and video in 2011 and has brought it to a variety of venues, from film festivals and museums to rooftops and unlikely social spaces in New York and on the West Coast.

Location: Eugene Public Library downtown branch, 100 W. 10^th Ave.

Illustrate a scene from your favorite or imagined story in this family-friendly activity with JSMA educator Arthurina Fears.

A conversation with Thom Sempere, director, Photo Alliance, San Francisco; Rupert Jenkins, freelance photography curator, editor, and non-profit arts manager; and Terri Warpinski, UO professor of art and photographer;
moderated by JSMA executive director Jill Hartz.

Students from UO’s School of Music and Dance perform dances informed by the choreography of Pearl Primus; introduction by Dance Department chair Jenifer Craig. Bring your lunch or purchase one from Marché Museum Café.

What do you see when you look at a Brian Lanker photograph?  Join Jill Hartz Executive Director and in-house curator of the exhibition, as she explores the photographer’s work with Rupert Jenkins, freelance photography curator, editor, and non-profit arts manager; Julianna H. Newton, Edwin L. Artzt Interim Dean and Professor of Visual Communication, UO School of Journalism and Communication; Rachelle H Saltzman, Ph.D., Executive Director, Oregon Folklife Network; and Rick Williams, photographer and Dean of the Arts, Lane Community College

Is art an investment? What are the tax implications of buying and selling art? Is there a tax benefit from donating art to a museum? Is an estate plan a good way to transfer art to a family member? These are just some of the questions that we’ll ask Paul N. Frimmer, a Los Angeles-based attorney and one of the most knowledgeable art tax advisors in the world, when he is interviewed by Jill Hartz, JSMA Executive Director, and Doug Park, UO’s Deputy General Counsel.

Join a panel of esteemed journalists and professors from the School of Journalism and Communication for a lively discussion about how the field has changed since Brian Lanker started in the 1970s and what they’re doing to prepare students for careers in journalism tomorrow.

Ken O’Connell, Professor Emeritus, UO Department of Art highlights the artists represented in the exhibition, Shaping the Collection: 50 Years of Pacific Northwest Sculpture at the JSMA, and share stories from the history of the University of Oregon’s sculpture department.  His overview of Oregon artists’ work in private and public collections will include a discussion of materials ranging form wood and clay to computer-aided sculpture.

Local artist Olga Volchkova speaks on the inspiration behind her contemporary icon paintings.