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Ester Barkai

Author: Ester Barkai

Eugene’s Racist Past

A New Exhibit at the UO Seeks to Provoke Dialogue and Action

News 3 weeks ago
Photo of the Eugene Black Panthers speak on the UO campus in support of a Black student protest at Oregon State University in the late Sixties. From left to right: Oliver Patterson, Tommy Anderson (speaking), Howard Anderson, William Green, Jerome Foster, Julius Hurst, Dennis White, Darrell Fields, Teo DeRuso and Artie Cox.

When Charles Dalton came to Eugene about 50 years ago as a spokesperson for the NAACP, he went downtown to get to know the area. … Continue reading →

‘Can You Tell That’s Me?’

The very special effects of Eugene’s Todd Bokich: Masks, boobs and sex toys

Culture 3 weeks ago

Visiting Todd Bokich’s studio in Eugene, I get a feeling I’m on a journey to the heart of darkness. In one of the rooms the … Continue reading →

The Grateful Dead

Checking out Día de los Muertos at Maude Kerns Art Center

Visual Arts 2 months ago

If the dead come back it’s usually not to picnic. But that’s how Melissa Sikes represents skeletons back from the dead in one of her … Continue reading →

Antique Roadshow

Sean O’Reilly and Eugene Printmakers connect youth to the history of the press

Visual Arts 2 months ago

It’s not many people I can bond with over memories of cutting ruby or amberlith screens, the artifacts of now-dead printing processes. “I loved cutting … Continue reading →

David McCosh/Entanglements at Karin Clarke Gallery

A new show of work by the late Eugene artist embraces abstraction without forgoing nature

Visual Arts 2 months ago

Eugene’s Karin Clarke Gallery has glass walls on two sides. You can see the art from the street or from the side that faces Manifest … Continue reading →

Something for Everyone

Fiesta Cultural’s kick-off party keeps downtown Eugene dancing

Arts 3 months ago

In the high-falutin’ world of fine art the word “pedestrian” is used as an insult. But pedestrians ruled the first Friday of September when the … Continue reading →

A ‘Magical Time’

Blake Little: Photographs from the Gay Rodeo at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Visual Arts 3 months ago

I should have heard about the gay rodeo. It’s been around more than 40 years, and many of the shots in “Blake Little: Photographs from … Continue reading →

The Privilege of People’s Attention

A discussion with Eugene author J.C. Geiger

Books 4 months ago

I met with J.C. Geiger at Wandering Goat Coffee Co. to have an “authentic exchange” about storytelling. It’s a phrase he used to describe having … Continue reading →

The Dollhouse

Eugene collective prepares an entry for Burning Man

Visual Arts 4 months ago

Eugene’s art collective House of Strange Rituals describes itself as being led by femmes. Tiana Husted, Amanda Langley, Carlye Cannon, Lindsay Swing and Caitlin O’Rourke … Continue reading →

The Future is Now

The UO’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History explores ‘Survivalist Architecture’

Visual Arts 5 months ago

“Survivalist Architecture and the Art of Resilience” is an engaging show that asks us to reconsider how we think about shelter. Artworks for Change, supported … Continue reading →

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