2022 Mayor's Art Show People's Choice Award Voting
Thanks for joining us in 2021. Watch for information about the 2022 Mayor's Art Show!
Voting is over! Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2022 Mayor's Art Show.
The Mayor’s Art Show (MAS) is part of a larger celebration of contemporary visual art, artists and the city’s public spaces. The show celebrates local artists, art production and champions the visual arts while the accomplishments of artists who are committed to enriching their communities through visual arts. Our intention is to cultivate diversity, equity, and access to the visual arts and artists. We envision a city of citizens whose success, safety and health are not pre-determined by their race, class, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability.
The exhibition can be viewed virtually and will be on display on the second floor the downtown Eugene Public Library. You can view the show's opening reception in person from 6:15-8pm on Friday, August 5. Starting Saturday, August 6, it can be viewed during the library's regular hours of operation: Mon-Thurs from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and Fri-Sun from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The show will remain up until September 4.
Artist biographies and statements are available at the library’s reference desk on the second floor.
Visit eugene-or.gov/mas for more details.
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Vote for your favorite pieces from this year's Mayor's Art Show.
A panel of artists and art professionals reviewed all applications. Awards will be given based on the consideration of the following criteria: conceptual strength, artistic merit, innovation, craftsmanship and materials.
Note: Before you can vote you must register for an account with Engage Eugene.
Please click "View All Ideas" to see all 46 and then simply click on the hearts to select your favorite suggestions. You should see your vote count in real time. Voting concludes at noon on August 12, 2022.
To see an enlarged, full image of each piece, click into the Idea Card and click on the image, it will enlarge in a separate window, but you may need to scroll down to see it. You can also see more images of the MAS artwork here: eugene-or.gov/mas
View All Ideasover 1 year ago
Josh Sands
Open Spaces, 2022 Oil and acrylic on canvas with metal sign, faucet and wood 52" x 40" x 1" -1,750.00 "Clean air, clean water, open spaces - these should once again be the birthright of every American." - Richard Nixon This piece uses Americana as its backbone, and hints at a future where water is a scarce resource. Consequently, we might realize how we have taken for granted access to clean water. If one were listening closely to Richard Nixon at the time of his presidency, you might feel that clean water is our nation's providence and nothing could ever change that fact. Yet, here we are striving forward, left to ponder our fragile ecosystems and hope that we as a nation can live on. Similar works I have made in the past used to have water: finely crafted glass made to look like water that is. After we moved and I was in the process of building a new shop I was not making glass for new pieces. After a while it occurred to me, given the current state of our environment, they probably shouldn't have water anyway. Artist Bio Josh Sands is a contemporary artist interested in science, nature, history and anthropology. The work focuses on incorporating material culture, mixed media and installations to tell the stories centered around social inquiry and cultural advocacy. Sands is the recent recipient of a JSMA Black Lives Matter Grant, an active member of Eugene Contemporary Art (ECA), a collaborator of numerous projects with the city of Eugene's Cultural Services department, a member of the City of Eugene's Percent for Art Committee and an artist/project manager for the Whiteaker Community Art Team (DubCAT).
over 1 year ago
Bridgette Bammann
Blues, 2021 Copper and enamel 7" x 6" x 2.375" NFS I like to make pieces that require a lot of my time and allow me to practice metalsmithing techniques. I like to incorporate simple joys into my work that promote a sense of wonder and curiosity, and that prompt further exploration and discussion. I like to explore ways my work can decorate and embellish the body, as jewelry often does. I would like the pieces I make to be comfortable for the wearer, to move with the body and be given the natural support that the body offers. Artist Bio While my artistic practice has spanned over a decade, my interest in metalsmithing has only resurfaced in the past two years. As I was about to complete my psychology degree at the University of Oregon, I had room in my schedule for electives outside of my major and decided to try a metalsmithing class. I quickly became fascinated with the hands-on nature of making and the unending exploration that I felt metalsmithing could give me. Currently I am still taking classes through UO and building my portfolio with the hopes of applying for a Master's Degree in metalsmithing. Through my work I am interested in interrupting the intertwined materiality of the object and the way people assign value to it. I would like to redirect value toward the time, patience and skill that are required to complete a piece.
over 1 year ago
Janine Etherington
Reconciling Perspectives #2, 2022 Mixed media wood assemblage 7.5" x 7.5" x 7.5" -525.00 In the summer of 2019 I had a creative block when a series of medical issues arose in my family. On one particularly stressful day, I entered my studio feeling like I hadn't the emotional bandwidth to embark on any creative venture. Still, it felt right and good to be in my studio, so I decided to simply lay single colors of paint on small blank canvases that had been kicking around the space. The activity was about the action of spreading paint and color without any real thought or discernment. It was very meditative and grounding. I left my studio that day a little less burdened, a little more joyful and a lot more in the moment. As the stack of these canvases grew, so did my curiosity as to how they related to each other and how they fit together. Light sifting into the studio and landing on these small blocks of color created new shapes and tints in their shadows and prompted more combining and recombining. Stacking and tilting these elements woke up my childhood love of geometry as triangles and parallelograms appeared. At that point I moved from using small gallery wrapped canvases to small deep cradled wood panels that had crisper edges. With more to play with, new forms and new surfaces emerged with ever changing light effects. After months of covering the wooden panels with gesso, it became increasingly dispiriting to cover and consequently hide the wood grain which on some panels was a spectacular feature. I began using wood stain to augment the grain and let it come forward in my work. As a result I feel like the work is a collaboration with nature and not a solo endeavor, as I explore the patterns and the rhythm and forms in the wood and celebrate the beauty nature offers. Artist Bio I have been working in painting, printmaking and mixed media for roughly 45 years. I completed a 4-year visual arts degree and have continued my education through courses, workshops and online seminars throughout my career. My work is included in public and private collections in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, and has been featured in a variety of publications. I currently live and create in Eugene.
over 1 year ago
Lael Salaets
Single Speed Cruiser, 2021 Colored pencil on gray paper 12" x 18" x 0" -175.00 I produce landscapes with colored pencil, the paper heavily marked with layers of color and tone. The intention is to capture the energy of the scene: of light, movement and the passage of time. Artist Bio I studied fine art and design at the University of Oregon and Lane Community College, where I was awarded a scholarship and earned an Associate of Applied Science in graphic design. During the pandemic I explored graphite and colored pencil work depicting landscapes, still life and figurative subjects that convey visual storytelling.
over 1 year ago
Chelsea Beaudrie
Loose Ends, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 36" x 48" x 1.5" -2,300.00 I had spent most of my life with a feeling of holding back by staying confined within the lines and worrying about making the right mark in the world that surrounds me. My discovery of painting in the summer of 2020 released those preconceived notions. I begin each painting by closing my eyes, making marks, being influenced by the music in my studio, the emotions I'm feeling in the moment and the many things that consume my mind. Each painting is my unfiltered voice, expressing a feeling, an experience and speaking an untold story. These stories provide the viewer varying dimensions for individual interpretation. My use of texture, marks and color is my expression of passion, anger, joy and confusion – some of the many emotions we, as humans, often experience but struggle to adequately express. I'm intrigued and inspired by human behavior. My work is often influenced by social injustices, witnessed interactions within our global cultural environment and personal experiences. Artist Bio Chelsea Beaudrie is a self-taught artist born and raised in Windsor, Canada and currently residing in the Pacific Northwest. Her work speaks through layered color, expressive lines, malleable textures and various formulated shapes that invite the viewer to experience a mutually shared vision of the artist's world.
