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Artists in Place, Zoom Culture, and the Meaning of Art Orgs on Community
Bottleracks & Fountains - April 25, 2020 20:06 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings"How are you doing during quarantine? It’s the question we are all asking each other over seemingly endless Zoom calls. In this episode we gather a few artist friends to talk about what life is like on their side of the screen, how their studio practice has changed (if at all), and th...
Opening an Art Space Just in Time for Quarantine
Bottleracks & Fountains - March 29, 2020 18:14 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWe’re back! Welcome to Season 2. Our last episode aired in May of last year, since then a lot has happened. You might recall our debating over organizational structures, whether or not to go nonprofit, what to do about the lack of money for the arts as a whole, the systemic problems an...
Art's Mission is Culture-Critical
Bottleracks & Fountains - May 29, 2019 14:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsA starting point for this conversation was the essay ‘Arranging the Deck Chairs’ by Josephine Zarkovich, published by the Oregon Visual Arts Ecology Project this month, where she describes in no uncertain terms the disappearance of medium-sized arts spaces due to rising rents, declining...
Hey! Let's Write About Some Art! With Vicki Amorose
Bottleracks & Fountains - May 15, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsVicki Amorose is a performance artist, writer, educator and expert discussioner. Active in the local art community in Eugene, and author of the book "Art-Write: The Writing Guide for Visual Artists," she got her start in the post-punk scene in San Francisco in the 1980’s and admonishes ...
Building an Audience and Daring to Go Big
Bottleracks & Fountains - April 17, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsLouise Kennelly settled in Maryland after adventures around the country and abroad, and has been in her position at Frederick Arts Council for three and a half years. She notes that interest in contemporary art has really taken off in Frederick during this time. She talks about working...
Exploring the rural & putting the urban in its place
Bottleracks & Fountains - April 03, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsStacey Ray is an arts admin professional, and the Programs and Communications Manager at Lane Arts Council in Eugene, OR, with serious experience in both the arts and rural life. She has previously interned with TBA Festival/PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art) and studied Art...
Small town context, big city gallery models, & 1000 true fans
Bottleracks & Fountains - March 20, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn an article by Laura van Straaten in Vulture in November 2018 titled ‘Ten Galleries Whose founders Quit the Big City To Become Cultural Trailblazers in the Heartland’, gallery owners from a range of cities in the Midwest and South talk about operating a gallery outside metropolitan ar...
Starting a collective, Staying Nimble, and Drawing Drag Queens with Tropical Contemporary
Bottleracks & Fountains - March 06, 2019 08:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThis time we sit down with Jam Jessie Allison, Maddison Colvin, Andrew Douglas Campbell, and JoJo Ruby, of Tropical Contemporary, to talk about life after grad school, and what it means to be part of a collective that puts on exhibitions and art events right here in Eugene, OR. Tropica...
Community, Context, and Educating Audiences with Sandee McGee
Bottleracks & Fountains - February 20, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWhat is it like to jump feet first into a successful community arts organization, honoring tried-and-true programming while trying to bring in something new and challenge expectations in a way that isn’t alienating? Sandee McGee is an artist and Gallery Director at the Umpqua Valley Ar...
DIY Spaces, Economy, and Residencies with The Blue House
Bottleracks & Fountains - February 06, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn Episode 3 of Bottleracks & Fountains, ECA’s Julia Oldham is at a residency at The Blue House in Dayton, Ohio, and interviews Nicholaus Arnold and Ashley Jonas about their project. They talk about creating a viable way of life as artists and what their journey has looked like so far,...
On Persistence, Patience & Getting it Done with Isaac Marquez
Bottleracks & Fountains - January 23, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn this episode we talk to Director of Cultural Services, City of Eugene, Isaac Marquez, about his journey of becoming director of the city's cultural programming by way of his position as Public Art Manager, the staging of a comprehensive visual arts festival, and the contentions of th...
Big City vs Small Town
Bottleracks & Fountains - January 09, 2019 07:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBottleracks & Fountains Ep 1: Big City vs Small Town In this inaugural episode we introduce ourselves, and talk about our personal experiences and thoughts on making art in big cities and small towns. We get a brief history of Eugene Contemporary Art, which is directed by co-founder Co...
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