This past summer, we put out a call for new board members to join our team. We had a number of very qualified candidates and in October six new board members were invited to join the Lane Arts Council Board of Directors. We welcome Jess Hampton, Laura King, Rachel Knighten, Glenn Newland, Celeste Peterson, and Julie Winsel. They join [...]
In 2020, Donald R. Dexter, Jr., DMD championed the first R0 Prayer Flag Project, a community project to inspire hope and raise money for Lane Art's Council's Artist Support Programs. "The term R0, referred to as R-Naught, represents the number of new infections estimated to stem from a single case. In other words, if R0 is 2.5, then one [...]
Lane Arts Council is seeking 3-5 new board members. If you have a passion for the arts—including visual, performing, literary and theatrical—please consider joining the Lane Arts Council Board today! To build on our board’s cultural diversity and be inclusive across the county, we encourage applications from mid-career professionals, young professionals, college students, Native/Indigenous, Black, Latino/a/x, Asian/Pacific Islander, and [...]
Lane Arts Council is offering FREE online arts activities throughout the summer months. Arts modules will be posted every Monday with lessons geared toward Kindergarten - 2nd, 3rd - 5th, and 6th - 8th grades. Lane Arts Council pivoted to online arts education this past year via ArtStream, recording virtual arts lessons with our teaching artists across all forms [...]
Since shut down in March of 2020, Lane Arts Council staff has been working remotely. During that past year we have joined the Eugene Ballet at the new Midtown Arts Center at 174 East 16th Avenue. With the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions we are happy to greet visitors in our new offices beginning July 1st. Our offices will be [...]
Ben Minnis joins Lane Arts Council as the Arts Education Program Coordinator. Ben has 15 years of experience working with Co-op Family Center at UO as a Teacher/Pedagogical Coordinator. Ben has a BFA in Theatre Performance from Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI and a graduate certificate in Pedagogical Coordination in the Reggio-Emilia Approach from Webster University in St. [...]