ARTWALK GUIDE PICK-UP

Farmers Market Pavilion
(85 E 8th Ave)

Pick up your guide and explore all the Pavilion happenings:

Come by the Pavilion to support our Native, Indigenous, and POC community makers. Dive into performances and activities with guest producers Kunu Dittmer-Bearchum and Michael Leslie, including:

• ArtWalk After Hours live performances from 6:30pm-9:30pm, including guests Dancing Spirit Drum, Burial Ground Society, Light Code Band, and, bringing slaptual music all the way from Sacramento, S.I.A.T Stuck in a Tree!
• Artist Marketplace pop-up shops offer beautiful, handcrafted creations from dozens of local artists. Perfect for small, thoughtful gifts.
• Food and drink vendors, like local favorite Zentopia, serving up tastes to fuel your Friday evening of ArtWalk fun.
• Thank you to our Pavilion Event Sponsors:

• • H.O.N.E.Y. Honoring Our New Ethnic Youth: H.O.N.E.Y. cultivates a sense of pride and self-confidence in multiracial and ethnic individuals of all ages through a commitment to fostering, uplifting, and empowering experiences rooted in cultural awareness.
  • The Native Youth Wellness Program: Based out of Lane ESD, the Native Youth Wellness Program works to serve Native Youth in all 16 school districts of Lane County while centering care, community, and connection to culture.

SPECIAL EVENTS

A. Love Your Library Design Contest
(100 W 10th Ave.) 

Join other library fans for an exhibit of entries by local artists of all ages that were submitted earlier this year for Eugene Public Library Foundation’s Love Your Library Design Contest. The artwork will be exhibited on the second floor of the downtown Eugene Public Library. The opening reception is Friday, August 2, at 4:00 pm, and the artwork will be on display through October. The exhibition is free to attend.

Image: “Marching Ducks” Michaela and Kayla Punt 

B. Resonance Building
(840 Lawrence St)

Resonance Open House & Cocreative Carnival
You’re invited to an Open House at the Resonance Building, a space devoted to healing, integration, and cocreation. Come meet our licensed practitioners who specialize in a range of healing modalities. Also, learn about our lending library of somatic and cocreative supplies. Transmedia artwork is currently on display by artist Christine Olejniczak whose practice offers a unique exploration of sound as the outflow of site-specific creative processes. The open house runs from 5:30-8:00 with a Cocreative Carnival from 6:30-8:30 followed by song and celebration with Apis Mellifera and a hive of musicians and healing-artists. At 840 Lawrence, the event is family friendly, and all are welcome.

Image: poster for event c/o resonance building 

NEW AND RETURNING VENUES

C. Dark Pine Coffee
(954 Pearl St)

15 year old, Mal, showcases a variety of grayscale art pieces of eclectic medias. From working with drawing hundreds of small dots, cutting and pasting, to acrylic painting, and more.

Image: ArtWork by Mal 

D. #instaballet 
(5th Street Alley – 550 Pearl St)

Help make a new dance in real time by suggesting new moves for local, professional dancers to perform. The choreography will be created by YOU! Live music will be played by Blugene Brass. No dance experience necessary, all ages are welcome, fun guaranteed. The final community created piece will be presented at 8:00pm at the entrance to 5th Street Alley. Event sponsor: Alder Psychological Services, LLC.

Image: “#instaballet dancers_Market and Butte”_5th Steet Market Alley c/o Antonio Anacan 

E. Play
(232 W 5th Ave) 

Featured artist Thomas McGrath, a rare sighting of this artist. Only exhibited once before in the Eugene area. Thomas has a mingled genre, with an admiration for American tattoo culture and a fondness for mid-century modern graphic design and arts. No, he is not a tattoo artist nor a designer. He just gets a buzz from a good doodle.

Image: c/o McGrath  

F. Sparrow Nest Coffee
(132 E Broadway (The Miner Building)

Explore the vibrant synergy of art and urban culture at Sparrow Nest Coffee’s very own Holly Osborne’s exhibit in the  historic Miner building, home to Eugene’s premier urban art-themed coffee shop.

Image: ArtWork by Osborne 

ARTWALK VENUES

1. Allies, LLC
(200 E 11th Ave, Ste 130)

Check out the new Art Annex! See all original artworks thoughtfully created at Allies by member artists. All work sold goes to benefit the Allies Art Fund.

Image: Art by an Allies, LLC member

2. Art with Alejandro
(5th Street Market Alley, Ste 104)

Visit us during the monthly First Friday ArtWalk to see guest art and Alejandro’s newest works on display in our gallery! Come check out Paisley’s new portraits “Goblin” and “Butterfleyes” and Alejandro’s new “Furious Tiger” and “Dragon” paintings among other new works. This month our new feature artist is Plein air painter Jerry Ross featuring two stunning local views.

Image: by Jerry Ross

3. Broadway Commerce Center
(44 W Broadway)

Earl Dunbar’s artwork is characterized by an experimental approach to color, which he has explored in various mediums: watercolor, oils, and acrylics. Mr. Dunbar’s goal is to invite personal interpretation and to achieve balance – through his exploration of sound, music, and emotion in his electric abstract paintings and through the rich textures of the natural world in his landscapes. Mr. Dunbar’s influences include other Black artists who are his contemporaries: Jacob Lawrence, William “Bill” Pajaud, John T. Biggers, and Harold Bradford.

Image: “Music Man” by Dunbar 

4. Bumble Boutique
(233 W 5th Ave)

Dane Eisenbart is an oil painter based in Portland, Oregon. His paintings weave together elements to create a visual narrative where nature’s laws are bent and new mythologies are born.

Image: “Host” by Dane Eisenbart

5. Coldfire Brewing
(263 Mill St)

Wings and Strings is a delightful watercolor collection of birds from Jessica Ballestrazze featuring intricate threading, adding a unique and winsome flair.

Image: “Blue Jay” by Jessica Ballestrazze

6. Cosmic Haus
(347 W 5th Ave)

Anna Helena Jackson (they/them) is a visionary artist committed to challenging existing conditions and fostering visions of collective liberation through their multidisciplinary work. Anna works across a range of mediums, including painting, wood-burning and performance, exploring themes of grief, pleasure and the longing to merge with nature. Drawing inspiration from the living world and their experiences as a queer, genderfluid artist, Anna is dedicated to creating work that invites you to share a moment of collaborative dreaming of a world yet to come.

Image: “Feral Becoming” by Jackson

7. Flux Crystals
(280 W Broadway) 

Bonnie Stambaugh and Lindsey Reeves present pottery that is inspired by nature spirits and seascapes; an array of clay offerings perfect for adorning homes and garden spaces. Accompanied by Heather Sterling-Minder’s original mixed media pieces, a combination of her own graphite drawings and pressed flowers that she collects and presses herself. These works represent the secret worlds of fairies and other nature beings.

Image: “Fairy Adorned” by Heather Sterling-Minder

8. FUSE Jewelry Collective
(112 E 13th Ave)

Meet Bri Caridio, our FUSE August Artwalk featured artist. Experience a gorgeous selection of Bri’s handmade sterling silver and gemstone jewelry in the FUSE showroom. Take a tour of our classroom and learn about our new metalsmithing workshops!

Image: Jewelry by Caridio

9. Good Creative Design
(942 Olive St)

Engage with an interactive graphic design studio and see ART as a living, breathing experience. YOU are ART, WE are ART. This is ART. Lights, lasers, music, lively conversation, and art styles represented include watercolor, abstract illustration, woodcut designs, mixed media, and more. Special live DJ set by Avitar Virgonian.

Image: Art by Good Creative Design

10. Karin Clarke Gallery
(760 Willamette St)

Retrospective exhibit of works by the late Robert Schlegel (1947-2021). Schlegel’s singular art stands out with characteristic landscapes, buildings, figures, and birds.

Image: “Houses and Trees” by Schlegel

11. Nexus Business Lounge
(40 E Broadway)

Nexus Business Lounge, Coworking and Event Space will host artwork by Troy Jacobson, Eliza Be and young artist, Julio Perales, from Springfield high school. This showing includes a personal collection of realism paintings, from African life and wildlife. Nexus is a unique office and event space with a free-play Arcade Lounge that will be open for First Friday guests! Come by to view some local art and play a few games of Pac-Man, Pong, or pool!

Image: “Heart on the mind” by Perales 

12. The New Zone Gallery
(110 E 11th Ave)

In addition to the eclectic mix of art created by the New Zone members, there are three special shows during the month of July and live music.

• Joy Taubner – Expression of Loneliness. Moments of melancholy through the camera lens.
• David Diethelm – On the Inner Road: No Flights. A selection of work from mental road trips.
• Steve Dzerigian – Logic of the Subconscious. Photographic shadowbox collages exploring time, space, and meaning

Image: “Road trip” David Diethelm

13. One Wall Gallery at Epic Seconds
(30 E 11th Ave)

Image: “We fixed Hell” by Stubbert

14. Our 21st Century Renaissance (R21)
(132 E Broadway, Suite 212)

Image: “Contemplation” Carolyn Bloom

15. OSLP Arts & Culture Center
(110 E 11th Ave, Ste C)

OSLP Arts & Culture Center presents Community is Key, an exhibition of artwork by unhoused artists. This show is a collaboration with Community Supported Shelters and features a collaborative mural on a conestoga hut, which provide temporary housing for clients in transition. Many of the art pieces were made in our studio during the art classes that the clients have been attending this year. We also have several collaborative mosaic pieces. Sales directly benefit the artists and the Arts & Culture Center

Image: c/o OSLP 

16. Starlight Lounge
(830 Olive St)

For August a few of the bartenders from starlight are going to put up their art on display. The artists include myself, Dylan Watson, Hailey Schug, and McKenzie Clarkson. Our mediums are paintings and digital art. Our pieces range from geometric shapes to dark cartoon style and appreciation of the male nude form.

Image: Art by Schug

 Urban Canvas Murals
The City of Eugene’s local mural program Urban Canvas presents:

• 17. 945 Olive St Alley – “A Springtime Gathering,” the latest iteration of Erick Wonderly Varela’s Fresh Paint Initiative mural, featuring colorful, stylized hummingbirds and rhododendrons to celebrate the incoming spring and summer weather.
• 18. 1059 Willamette St – “Take Flight” by Teak, Capsel Rock, and Eliza Be (Williams) is an extension of Teak’s previous formline murals, representing the traditional Tlingit art from Alaska, already on the building. In this new collaboration, Teak added the Three Sisters Mountain line, coniferous forest, and a sunset, with Eliza and Capsel contributing the colorful figure and osprey.

Image: “A Springtime Gathering” by Erick Wonderly Varela