In this moment of COVID-19 restrictions, when people around the world are being asked to limit their travel, Eugene’s White Lotus Gallery presents us with art from as far away as China and as near as Eugene.
Highlights from the Gallery Collection is drawn from the gallery’s permanent collection and features works from 21 different artists. The exhibit runs until March 6.
A problem that artists often face, regardless of the culture with which they identify, is how to make a portrait that is both personal and universal.
Yuji Hiratsuka, whose intaglio with collé print called “Urban Preacher II” is included in the show, typically leaves specific features off of his figures. Leaving off the eyes the so-called windows to the soul might seem a strange custom for an artist, but Hiratsuka relates this practice of omission to the simplicity of zen.
Martin Stadium reflects off the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art as a passerby treks through Washington State University’s campus on a snowy Friday morning in Pullman.
Black Pony Gallery Features Aimée Garcia
The Black Pony Gallery announced the online solo exhibition featuring original mixed media paintings by Cuban artist Aimée Garcia, with the exhibition to run from February 5 – March 1.
Curator Lisa Howie said, “Black Pony Gallery is pleased to announce the inclusion of Cuban artist Aimée Garcia and her first online solo exhibition. The Game of Ambiguities presents a series of original mixed media paintings that use the genre of portraiture oAen using herself as the subject to explore psychological tensions and uncertainties.
“The online exhibition runs February 5 – March 1, 2021.
The artist says of her work, “I seek to establish a game with the meaning of the materials and the objects…” This game, this push and pull between the painted surface and the interwoven materials, creates a strong communication emphasized by the title of each work. Repression #8, from 2019, has many layers of understanding, depending on one’
Bats could be a key to help prevent a future pandemic.
In the latest episode of Washington State Magazine’s podcast Viewscapes, Washington State University researchers Stephanie Seifert and Michael Letko explain why the flying mammals are important for improving understanding of viruses and diseases that spill over from animals to humans, such as Ebola, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and SARS‑CoV‑2 novel coronavirus that causes COVID‑19.
Seifert and Letko also take on misconceptions about the COVID‑19 pandemic and talk about the challenges of studying bats.
Both scientists work in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, where Seifert is a research assistant professor studying molecular ecology. Letko is an assistant professor and molecular virologist focused on cross-species transmission and viral-host interactions.