Welcome to Lane Arts Council
Lane Arts Council / YouthArts has promoted and supported artists and art throughout Eugene, Springfield, and central Lane County, Oregon, since 1976. Contributors are essential to successful programs. Please make a secure online donation today.
o Join the Lane Arts Council for the First Friday ArtWalk on July 3, with guest host Jeff Geiger of Eugene's No Shame Theater, beginning at 5:30 pm at Vistra Framing and Gallery's new location at 160 E Broadway, followed by stops at La Follette Gallery and Framing, DIVA, and New Zone Artists Collective, with a finale at the Atrium. The guided tour includes stops at galleries and interviews with artists. Always free. ArtWalk details
(Photo: Detail from mural at Holt Elementary 4th grade from May 2009 Artist residency with painter Janas Durkee.)
o The Lane Arts Council Board elected new officers for the program year beginning July 2009. Board
o Grants Awarded to Eugene Arts Projects and Programs. Lane Arts Council announces $49,050 in grants to five community arts organizations and 24 arts projects in the Eugene area for the 2009-2010 arts year beginning July 2009. Grants
o Lane County Cultural Coalition announces 2009 Grant Recipients, June 2009, with $30,000 awarded. Grants
o National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) budget increase by House committee to $170 million. Arts Advocacy
o The Arts Report Card, according to Amercian for the Arts: As reported in the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and USAToday, the findings are "mediocre," "lackluster," and "may make America's arts instructors kind of blue." Released June 2009, by the U.S. Department of Education. Arts Advocacy
o YouthArts Artist Residencies in schools year-round, please view YouthArts
(Photo below: Fiddler Kelly Thibodeaux coaches first-timer during Artist Residency in a Eugene 4J school.)
o The Gallery at the Airport. Exhibit
o LAC's 2008 Annual Report -- lists Contributors, Members, and Programs.
o LaneArts 2012, Lane Arts Council's updated plan. 27 artists and arts activists participated in Think Tanks to help refine the Council's priorities.
