Around the O - Nourishing the community and inspiring others to give - University of Oregon

Editor’s note: Duck of the Week is a section in Around the O Workplace that highlights UO employees and their work, and to help build community by learning more about our coworkers. Each story features an interview with one employee, in their own words, with light editing for clarity and length.

This special edition is a collaboration with the Governor’s State Employee’s Food Drive steering committee. The steering committee members determine the strategy for the campus food drive, supports department coordinators by providing guidance and administrative support, and publicizes the food drive via social media and other methods.

Community Opportunities

I have a huge passion for my community and miss teaching art classes and mentoring youth with the City of Eugene. I had some amazing opportunities in the summer of 2019. I taught at the Eugene YMCA, City of Eugene Cultural Services, and Maude Kerns Art Center. I taught Digital Storytelling, Introduction to Movie Making, Digital Illustration, and How to draw Animals at Maude Kerns.

I had an opportunity to mentor youth with the City of Eugene - Cultural Services. I enjoyed working with Kevin Summerfield and Melissa Padron. I am so grateful to Mindy Ann Linder for leading me to this wonderful opportunity to teach our youth how to network, collaborate, and vision plan! We learned how to draw up vision boards, cut up images in magazines, and create new opportunities to stay creative when thinking about our work. I worked with this group for 4 weeks and enjoyed it so much!

First Friday ArtWalk

Friday, August 7 | 5:30-7:30 PM | Oak & 8th St Park Blocks | Free ArtCity, in collaboration with Lane Arts Council for Visual Arts Week, presents Open Air Studios! This will be a wonderful opportunity to get outside and engage with artists safely as they actively make art in Downtown Eugene! Visual Artists include: Bill Martin | Pattrick Price | Christopher St. John Page Biersdorff | Katie Brady | Sophie Navarro Aden Nice | M. V. Moran | John Holdway Renee Mahni | Jud Turner Eug-Art 404 Eugene Printmakers Community Studio Musical Artists: Ella Trash and the Goods Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble

Eugene, Oregon

ArtCity Eugene

I have the great honor of participating and assisting with this amazing organization in Eugene, Oregon. I had no idea how much ArtCity would impact me as much as it did when I started my internship back in October 2017. This amazing organization was started by Charly Swing. Charly is an amazing artist, visionary and a creative event planner who sees so much for Eugene and I am grateful to work alongside her and all our committee members. More than all of that, she cares deeply about artists in our community and wants to see all artists grow. She works very hard in making so much happen in our city! Artists truly make a difference in our community. They help our community by bringing people together and that is what Studio Without Walls is all about. There is music, food, art-making and opportunities for everyone to mingle and get to know one another. It creates a dynamic energy in the city that inspires our community and enriches lives. Children get to experience drawing live models. The music flows throughout the evening creating more energy, fun and joy. I wanted to create a page on my site that honors this beautiful organization. If you want to learn more about ArtCity, please click on ArtCity above and it will take you to their website directly. I will also be posting here regularly to share all the exciting upcoming events!

Committee: Charly Swing, Harriet Rubin, John Van Strien, John Watson, Sophie Navarro, Pete Goldlust, Faye Hedera, Char Houweling

Studio Without Walls ArtCity July 20th, 2018 — **Studio Without Walls**
ArtCity
July 20th, 2018

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ArtCity Eugene

ArtWalk - Lane Arts Council

Lane Arts Council First Friday ArtWalk Guide