ART NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Fiber art exhibition opens June art walk A wide range of art events will take place downtown Friday in addition to the official First Friday Art Walk. Mary Jane Moffat's "Visions in Fiber Art" opens with a reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the New Zone Gallery, 164 W. Broadway, and runs through June 29. Music will be provided by Darcy DuRuz and Ben Farrell. Moffat is a third-generation Oregonian, born in 1929. She was awarded the Purple Heart while serving her country as a medic medic: see alfalfa. in Korea. Also that evening, the Oregon Bach Festival The Oregon Bach Festival is an annual celebration of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, held in Eugene, Oregon in late June and early July. It was co-founded by German conductor Helmuth Rilling and the former president of the American Choral Directors Association, Royce Saltzman, will offer a free mini-concert at 6 p.m. at the Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 10th Ave. The festival's George Evano will host a preview of its 2009 offerings, including a sampling of the "Messiah Project" memorial concerts honoring G.F. Handel. Eugene's fine woodworking guild, the Splinters, will hold a closing reception for its first Spring Show from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday at 873 Willamette St. Artist Bets Cole will be on hand for the opening reception of her new show of watercolors, "Summer Blooms," at La Follette Gallery, 931 Oak St. The reception is from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday White Lotus Gallery will hold an open house for jewelry artists Suzanne Linquist and Christine Sundt, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, as well as from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, at the gallery at 767 Willamette St. MECCA, 43 W. Broadway, will hold a reception for a show of student works in various media, including papier-mch, linoleum linoleum (lĭnō`lēəm), resilient floor or wall covering made of burlap, canvas, or felt, surfaced with a composition of wood flour, oxidized linseed oil, gums or other ingredients, and coloring matter. cut, woodcut woodcut Design printed from a plank of wood incised parallel to the vertical axis of the wood's grain. One of the oldest methods of making prints, it was used in China to decorate textiles from the 5th century. , collograph, digital art, embossed em·boss tr.v. em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es 1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin. 2. tin, tape sculpture and graphite drawing. The reception is from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday. The show runs concurrently with a second Network Charter School Student Showcase, on exhibit down the block at 126 W. Broadway. Hallie Ford has works by Robert McCauley A 20-year survey of work from Robert McCau ley, a Mount Vernon, Wash., mixed-media artist, will be on display Saturday through Aug. 2 at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is the art museum of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is the third largest art museum in Oregon.[1] History Hallie Ford Museum of Art officially opened in 1998. at Willamette University, 900 State St., Salem. Organized by museum director John Olbrantz, the exhibition features 24 works drawn from public and private collections in Washington, California, Idaho and Illinois. "Robert McCauley: Rapids and Pools" will showcase the artist's exploration of 19th century moral and ethical issues and their contemporary consequences. McCauley will discuss his life and art in a presentation from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday in the Roger Hull Lecture Hall at the museum. A preview reception will follow. McCauley received his bachelor of arts degree from Western Washington University Western Washington UniversityWWU or Western) is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Bellingham and offers bachelor's and master's degrees. , where he studied with mixed-media artist R. Allen Jensen, and his master of fine arts Noun 1. Master of Fine Arts - a master's degree in fine arts MFA master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree degree from Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. , where he studied with painter Gaylen Hanson. After a long career as a professor and chairman of the art department at Rockford College in Illinois, McCauley returned to the Skagit Valley last year to live and work. DIVA's annual garden party will be July 18 "Under the Crescent Moon" will be the theme for the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts' third annual fundraising gARTen Party, to be held July 18 at the gardens of Spud and Paula Freeman in Junction City. The two acres of spacious gardens, connected by walkways from one to another, include a rose garden, parterre parterre Division of garden beds in an ornamental pattern. The parterre grew out of the knot garden, a medieval form of bed in which various plant types were separated from each other by hedges. (ornamental flower beds), cut flower garden, vegetable garden, orchard, Japanese style garden and the "west lawn." The Mediterranean-themed evening will feature produce from the Freeman's vegetable gardens, Oregon wines and cheeses, and a feast that includes Oregon lamb, salmon, shrimp and Greek moussaka mous·sa·ka n. A Greek dish consisting of layers of ground lamb or beef and sliced eggplant topped with a cheese sauce and baked. [Serbo-Croatian, from Turkish mussakka . Music will be provided by Mood Area 52. The evening also will feature a silent auction of juried garden art. Cost is $105 per person, which includes dinner, motor coach transportation from downtown and musical entertainment. Reservations can be made starting Friday at DIVA, 344-3482, 110 W. Broadway. Advance payment is required to hold a reservation. Local organizations receive cultural grants The Lane County Cultural Coalition officially will award $30,225 to 19 local organizations in a ceremony at 5 p.m. Friday at the Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center, Seventh Avenue and Willamette Street. The coalition disperses funds from the Oregon Cultural Trust for Lane County. The organizations receiving money are the Boots and Sandals Square Dance Club Square dance clubs are the primary form for organization within the recreational activity of square dancing, and more specifically modern Western square dance. This article's focus is the modern Western square dance club, and it is understood in the context of this article that , Cottage Grove; Community Center for the Performing Arts/WOW Hall, Eugene; Rural Art Center, West Lane County; Danish Brotherhood in America, Junction City; Writers in Lane County Schools, Eugene; Upstart Crow Studios, Eugene; Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove; Youth Empowerment Project, Eugene-Springfield; Genealogical Society and Research Library, Eugene; Lord Leebrick Theatre Company, Eugene; Last Resort Players, Florence; Coast Chamber Orchestra, Florence; Oregon Mozart Players Oregon Mozart Players is a professional chamber orchestra based in Eugene, Oregon. The orchestra presents six concert sets in a typical season, in addition to numerous small ensemble performances and recitals by guest artists. , Eugene; DanceAbility, Eugene; Edison Elementary School Edison Elementary School is the name of many primary schools, with most of them named after Thomas Edison. 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