MAUDE KERNS ART CENTER

Bringing Art to Life

Location:
1910 East 15th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97403

Phone:
541.345.1571
Fax:
541.345.6248

E-mail:
[email protected]


Gallery Hours:
Monday to Friday:
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday (when exhibits are on display): 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Gallery Admission:
Suggested Donation
$3 per person
$5 per family

VISUAL ARTS WEEK
October 6 - 15, 2023

Visual Arts Week celebrates the visual arts and provides a platform for experimentation, creativity and dialogue. New for 2023, Visual Arts Week is moving to the fall season and will begin at the First Friday ArtWalk on October 6.

Visit in-person and virtual galleries to enjoy the diverse creations from our community’s artists. Learn about the inspiration and process behind artworks and exhibitions created in the last year through Lane Arts Council's ArtTalks. Tour satellite art installations displayed in downtown window-fronts and revisit our city’s 20x21 murals. Expand your artistic skills in educational workshops provided by the Maude Kerns Art Center with seasoned artists from our community.

Art is a shared interaction, cultural exchange, and a powerful communication that compels us to think, feel and connect. Celebrate the visual arts with us!

PARTNERS

City of Eugene Cultural Services, Lane Arts Council and Maude Kerns Art Center partner to host Visual Arts Week.

VISUAL ARTS WEEK WORKSHOPS

Visual Arts Week workshops offer the community the opportunity to get creative and try something new by participating in a variety of workshops. Workshops offered typically vary in artistic medium, length, skill level, participant age, and cost. The workshops offer an approachable entry for individuals who may not have had the opportunity to engage with the arts, while also engaging practicing artists in new mediums and techniques. Our hope is for participants to gain a better awareness of the many visual arts engagement opportunities available in our community.

Visual Arts Week workshops also celebrate and highlight the amazing artists, art educators, and arts organizations in our community. Through this platform, the workshops hopefully introduce them to a wider community audience, gain teaching experience, and help provide financial support.

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Open Studio:
Figure Drawing
(Ages 18 and Up) –
2 Sessions

Date: Friday, October 6
Times: 9:30am - 12:30pm and
           1:30pm - 4:30pm

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost per session:
$15 Drop-in, $10 for Students

Workshop Description:
Open Studios are meant for personal practice without an instructor. Participants must bring their own drawing supplies and paper. The model will be nude. The length of each pose will vary. Please see our open studio guidelines linked on our website for more information on the format of the studio.

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Learn to Scratchboard!

Organization:
Maude Kerns Art Center
Instructor: Levi Whittier

Date: Saturday, October 7
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost: FREE

Workshop Description:
Instructor, Levi Whittier, brings the 19th century into the 21st in this free two hour workshop. Learn the basics of engraving your first marks using the fun and meditative medium of scratchboard.


Online registration, Learn to Scratchboard!

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Wire Sculpture Animal Creations (Ages K-2)

Instructor: Andrea DiPalma

Class Canceled

Date: Saturday, October 14
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost: $15 per student

Workshop Description:
K-2 grade students will explore the creative and technical processes of wire sculpture through building animals with colorful pipe cleaners. Students will learn how to measure and use proportions. Students will learn about 3D design and basic color theory. Students will learn how to construct an outer frame, then build up a body around that structure. Students will develop problem solving skills, dexterity, hand eye coordination, and fine motor skills.

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Storytelling With Block Printing

Organization:
Maude Kerns Art Center
Instructor: Liv Braiker

Date: Saturday, October 7
Time: 12:30pm -2:30pm

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost: FREE

Workshop Description:
Learn to tell a story through block printing. Create mini block prints with erasers, telling a sequential story in two parts. Learn carving techniques, transferring methods, and inking.


Online registration, Storytelling With Block Printing

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Intermediate Screenprinting

Organization:
Whiteaker Printmakers
Instructor: Brit Howard

Date: Sunday, October 8 & 15
Times: 10am - 4pm

Location: Whiteaker Printmakers
               1328 W 2nd Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97402

Cost: $160, plus $25 materials fee
Ages: 18 and Up

Workshop Description:
Join our intermediate screen print workshop to develop multi-color prints. Learn layout, burning, and registration methods for unlimited color options in future prints. 

Prior screen printing experience is preferable, but not necessary! While we’ll cover basic processes, the focus is on registered printing and editioning.

In the first session, we’ll review coating screens with emulsion, and image transfer. Participants will coat their screens for the next week. The latter half will cover pre-press layout and artwork organization and include printing demonstrations and practice. 

Between sessions, you’ll have a week to work on your hand-drawn or digital image. In the second session, participants will learn about various multi-color registration techniques, inks, and how to edition.  From creating stencils to printing and screen reclamation, you’ll learn it all and print your own art!

All materials provided, including screens, poster ink, emulsion, and transparencies. Each student can print up to 10 prints on provided paper, with the option to purchase more if time allows.


Online registration, Intermediate Screenprinting

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Wildly Fun Watercolors

Instructor: Sarina Dorie

Date: Sunday, October 8th
Time: 10:00am - 12:30pm

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost: $35 per student

Workshop Description:
How does one capture the beauty of a sunset, the misty layers of forest and mountains, and the beauty of the Pacific Northwest—without all the colors forming one giant puddle?
Learn the basics of watercolors with foundational techniques that allow everyone to be successful. Artists are encouraged to bring their own watercolor brushes, palettes of paint, and paper, but the instructor will also bring supplies for students explore.


Materials List, Wildly Fun Watercolors


Online registration, Wildly Fun Watercolors

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Open Studio:
Clothed Figure Painting
(Ages 18 and Up)

Date: Thursday, October 12
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost: $15 Drop-in, $10 for Students

Workshop Description:
Open Studios are meant for personal practice without an instructor. Participants must bring their own painting supplies, canvas or paper. The model will be clothed. This session has one long pose. Please see our open studio guidelines linked on our website for more information on the etiquette and format.

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Open Studio:
Figure Drawing
(Ages 18 and Up)
2 Sessions

Date: Friday, October 13
Times: 9:30am - 12:30pm and
            1:30pm - 4:30pm

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost: $15 Drop-in, $10 for Students
Ages: 18 and Up

Workshop Description:
Open Studios are meant for personal practice without an instructor. Participants must bring their own drawing supplies and paper. The model will be nude. The length of each pose will vary. Please see our open studio guidelines linked on our website for more information on the format of the studio.

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Introduction to Scratchboard
(Ages 18 and Up)

Organization:
Maude Kerns Art Center
Instructor: Levi Whittier

Date: Saturday, October 14 and
         Sunday, October 21
Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost: $105 Members, $120 Non-Members

Workshop Description:
Discover the intriguing art of scratchboard over two Saturdays. On day one, you will be introduced to the history and evolution the scratchboard artform. Discover how to select the perfect photo reference and begin creating your first scratchboard. Day two will be an open class with demonstrations by the instructor and one-on-one feedback as you continue working on your design. By the end of the class you will walk away with your very own scratchboard masterpiece and create a new past time for yourself! Please see the materials list for materials you will need to bring with you each day.


Online registration, Introduction to Scratchboard (Ages 18 and Up)

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Drawing Plants!

Organization:
Maude Kerns Art Center
Instructor: Diana Patin

Date: Saturday, October 14th
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost: FREE

Workshop Description:
Have you ever wanted to learn to draw the amazing botanical world around us? Join us for this introductory workshop where you will practice techniques of carful observation in sketching flora.


Online registration, Drawing Plants!

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Still Life Sketching and Painting

Instructor: Jerry Ross

Date: Sunday, October 15th
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
               1910 E. 15th Ave.
               Eugene, OR 97403

Cost: $20 per student

To register, email: [email protected]

Workshop Description:
Students will learn basics of still life composition and various approaches to creating still life artworks. Students will be able to create Two and Four value studies and then add color. Emphasis on seeing surface planes and working with shadows. Students can work in any media.

CONTACT US

Location:
1910 East 15th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97403

Phone: 541.345.1571

E-mail: [email protected]

Gallery Hours:*
Monday to Friday:
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
*(These hours apply when exhibits are on display. Please check our Current Exhibit dates.)

Gallery Admission:
Suggested Donation
$3 per person
$5 per family


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