Here is our weekly update of events and activities happening at the JSMA and with JSMAC!

January 22, 2016:

The Opening Reception** for From the Heart: The Photographs of Brian Lanker is from 5-8 PM.

More than four years in the making – since Brian Lanker died of pancreatic cancer on March 13, 2011, at the age of 63 – this retrospective exhibition accompanies a major book of the artist’s photography, with reflections and reminiscences by his colleagues, friends, and admirers. Drawn primarily from the images in the publication, the exhibition features Lanker’s extraordinary photographs of rural Kansas, sports, the arts, noted African American women, shoes, and more.

**We are still accepting volunteers for this event. If you are interested in working a shift from 4:15-6:15 or 6:15-8:15, please e-mail Baylie Stillwel at baylies@uoregon.edu

It is officially the new year, and many of us may be in the midst of setting personal and professional goals for 2016. Your sketchbook is the perfect place to brainstorm how you want to grow this year and can help you map it out. Take some time this week and next to create a visual map of your goals: 1 year, 6 months, 3 months, and the next 30 days to help you break it down into manageable pieces. You might also want to list your 2015 accomplishments! How to create a simple mind map.

SKETCHBOOK COLLECTIVE SCHEDULE – WINTER 2016

Prompts will be posted to the blog and Facebook page every Wednesday. Meetups are every other Sunday. Bring your own supplies and sketchbook (if you have one),  otherwise we do have sketchbooks available. These meetups are drop-in, no skill necessary and all are welcome! They are mostly self-led, as each of us works in different ways, but there will be some direction if wanted, and there are always opportunities for feedback.

Sunday, January 10, 10:00 Vero Café
Sunday, January 24, 10:00 Espresso Roma
Sunday, February 7, 11:00 Café Marche (JSMA)
Sunday, February 21, 11:00 Museum of Natural & Cultural History
Sunday, March 6, 11:00 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Sunday, March 20, 10:00 Brail’s Espresso

This year marks the first year of the UO Campus SnowBall event, put together by Ethos Magazine and featuring a 12-hour dance party to celebrate the end of the term! JSMAC will be there from noon-3pm with some holiday snacks & art activities! Come by and say hello!

Here’s the link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/935068316587416/

Interested in having your original artwork displayed in an art museum? Submit to our Fall 2015 Student Art Exhibition!

What does art mean to you? What kind of motivational power does it have?  From art as global activism to creating 2D oil paintings by painting on 3D people, art transforms the way we see and interpret the world around us. TED has a fantastic series of artist talks, “The artist is in, linked below:

The artist is in.

Thoughts? Reactions? New ideas for action?