Giving young people access to arts education is central to Lane Arts Council's mission. Especially now, as we recover from the upheaval of the past year, connecting art with the youth of Lane County will foster healing and build self-esteem as our world re-opens and we are able to return to in-person learning. Our well-known core programs, Creative Link, [...]

We have moved to the new Midtown Arts Center at 174 East 16th Avenue in Eugene! Just a few blocks away from our previous location, this new building houses several arts organizations (Eugene Ballet, Chamber Music Amici, Eugene Concert Choir, Eugene Mozart Players, Eugene Opera, among others), multiple dance studios, and a gallery space. It is a reminder that the [...]

Lane Arts Council is partnering with the Willamette Resources and Educational Network (WREN), Willamalane Parks & Recreation, the City of Eugene, Boys & Girls Club Emerald Valley, the Fern Ridge School District, and Connected Lane County Maker Space for the 2021 Willamette River Festival to create a series of art installations by Springfield, Eugene, and Fern Ridge area students [...]

Thanks to funding support by the Western Lane Community Foundation and additional support from the Florence Elks Club and Driftwood Shores, Lane Arts Council was able to bring muralist and teaching artist Jessilyn Brinkerhoff to Siuslaw Middle School to add a large scale mural to a previously empty gymnasium wall and a student-painted mural in the entry hallway leading to [...]