Arts and entertainment bloom on campus in May

There is so much to see and do on campus in May.It kicks off with an Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month event celebrating the achievements and contributions of Asian, Desi and Pacific Islanders – Access Division of Equity and InclusionA website of upcoming events – and continuing to host Bike Month’s Bike Film Festival, Native American Student Association’s Mother’s Day Party, and the return of ASUO’s popular Spring Street Circus, featuring delicious food and fabulous crafts.

performance/celebration

Annual at ASUO Spring Street Circus Return to Campus Center on May 10. Browse through the artisan stalls and sample an abundance of delicious dishes from a variety of food vendors.

Native American Student Association presents it 55th Mother’s Day Prayer Service. May 12-14 at MacArthur Court, experience Native American culture through food, dancing, drumming and more.

Join the UO Women’s Center in Celebrating May 26 23rd Annual OUT/LOUD Queer and Trans Performance Festival. Come out to party and enjoy queer comedians around the theme of “LGBTQIA2S+ Laugh & Revel”.

Movie

When Ducks After Dark presents “May the Fourth Be With You”Star Wars: The Empire Strikes BackMay 4, in the Redwood Auditorium at the Erb Memorial Union. The second film in the Star Wars franchise, it follows Darth Vader’s Death Star and three years after the destruction of the Imperial fleet. May 18th is “Shazam!wrath of the godsIn this sequel based on the DC Comics character, Billy Batson and his foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with their adult superhero alter ego. Free for UO community members with a valid UO ID .

Learn how Native Americans are making a difference through food sovereignty Food Justice Movie Night “Gather” screenings May 16 at EMU.

Celebrate Bike Month! UO’s Outdoor Project and LiveMove Club are partnering with local cycling nonprofits and the City of Eugene to showcase Photo by Bike Festival, a series of independent short films from around the world centered on cycling and the great outdoors. The festival will be themed “LEAP: Pedaling for Local Equity” and will also include raffles, film competitions, community group rides to the Straub Hall venue and pizza. Guest speakers will discuss accessibility, equity, inclusion and diversity in the cycling community, followed by a Q&A.

Art

Get creative at the EMU Craft Center on May 6 make a magazine.

The Craft Center is partnering with the Houghton Center for this workshop, which aims to provide makers with inspiration and opportunities to create their own zines using markers, stamps and other collage materials.

Using T-shirts as a medium to explore upcycling technology Visit an artist workshop Join upcycled fashion/product designer Mitra Gruwell at the EMU Craft Center on May 20th.

theater

Need a little comedic relief? On May 6, University Theater opens at the Robinson Theater”twelfth night, one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, deals with the trials and weaknesses of twins separated by storm and shipwreck.The show continues May 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th at 7:30pm and May 14th at 2pm

exhibition

Opening May 6 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is “First Metal: Craft Copper’, the first exhibition to focus on copper metalwork from the American and British Arts and Crafts Movements, with additional works from Germany, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The exhibition includes a series of works by many of the leading metalsmiths of the late 19th and early 20th centuries Handcrafted Copper Works.

By May 19, student work from UO Printmaking On view at the Adell McMillan Gallery at the Erb Memorial Union.Also on display in the gallery throughout the spring semester is visit artist exhibition From upcycled fashion/product designer and seamstress Mitra Gruwell.

Oregon Folklore Network, Folk and Traditional Arts Programs in Oregon AManaged by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, it offers several exhibitions, including “Hooks, Yarn and Hooksshowing crocheted items donated by a group of inmates at the Oregon State Correctional Institution.

In “Learning the History of the Willamette Valley Hop Farm”Oregon’s Hop Culturewhich traces 150 years of hop growing history through worker profiles, farm implements, historical photos and a short documentary.

the lecture

Interdisciplinary Artists May 5 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Tania Candiani Her work, which includes sound, video, painting, sculpture, performance, textiles and installations, will be discussed to comment on environmental issues, Indigenous rights and feminism.

“Slavic Migrant Artists of the NorthwestOn display at Knight Dream Labs on May 10, Vera Brosgol is the author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed graphic novel “Be Prepared” and the forthcoming “Memory Jars.” Insights into the creative process, inspirations and experiences

Join printmaker and sculptor Yoonmi Nam in the Visiting Artist Lecture Series on May 11″usually means discardedNam is a professor of printmaking at the University of Kansas and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Her lecture will focus on her background as a printmaker and how printmaking has influenced her sculptural work. The lecture is also live and archived at youtube.

On May 25, the Visiting Artist Lecture Series will host artist Julia Fish’s “Home/Work: Drawing, thinking in pictures, and notes-in-progress.Fish will provide an overview of early and recent painting, as well as her practice of keeping her own contributions to the exhibition catalogue, along with those of other artists, in studio notebooks.

May 17, as part of the exhibition “what we left behindartist Sandra Ramos will hold a Zoom Webinar, “Encounters with Contemporary Art”. Ramos will address themes of diaspora, social dislocation and the challenges of immigration in her artwork.

May 21, Rebecca Dobkin, professor of anthropology and curator of Native American art at Willamette University’s Harriet Ford Museum of Art, and author of The Art of Ritual: Voices of Native Oregon Revival (Rebecca Dobkin) will give the David and Anne McCosh Memorial Lecture, “Weaving Sovereignty: The Ritual Art of Indigenous OregonDobkin will discuss how Aboriginal practices of plant care, harvesting and weaving can contribute to a broader conversation about art making and tribal sovereignty in the Northwest Territories. “Our Common Breath: Creativity and Community” is a shared vision exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

Join Photographer, Printmaker, and Sculptor Sandra C. Fernández artist talk Learn about her interdisciplinary approach to art-making and her interests in memory, immigration and feminism at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on May 24. Her work is in the exhibition “Unfinished Journeys: Embodying Feminist Cities“

In the 80s and 90s, a series of political moves against the civil rights of the LGBTQ+ community rocked Oregon. May 18, in the Gallery of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, “Anti-LGBTQ+ bills past and presenta panel discussion featuring Alison Gash and storytellers Debora Landforce, Harriet Merrick and David Fidanque will reflect on the civil rights movement.

music

At Beall Hall: Celebrate International Tuba Day on May 2 with a free concert featuring tuba and euphonium and UO Trumpet Euphonium Ensemble. In theaters May 4, courtesy of Oregon Wind Symphony. this Oregon Jazz Orchestra Execution May 5th.

do not miss it Oregon Clarinet Symposium Artist recitals, masterclasses, clinics, clarinet ensemble and vendor exhibition at Collier House on May 5th.

streaming media resources

Explore the UO Libraries digital library collection, highlighting the many important contributions of women, including Doris Ullmann Photography Collection, The Women’s Bookbinders Union: A Social Movement in Printing History and Outstanding Works by Women Writers.

this UO channel Provides a variety of live events, video series of lectures by visiting artists from the Art Department, guest speakers, and more.

— By Sharleen Nelson, University Communications
– Top Image: Scenes from the Bike Film Festival