Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center

2007 Mayor's Art Show

Artwork by Josie McKenzie, winner of DIRECTOR AWARD in the 2006 Mayor's Art Show

• Call for Artists
• Opening Reception and Ceremony
• Notification
• Selection Process
• The 2007 Mayor’s Art Show Jury
• Timeline
• Guidelines
• Entry Form

Call for Artists

You are invited to submit a single work in any medium to be considered for this popular and prestigious event. The Mayor’s Art Show, sponsored by the Oregon Eye Associates since 1986, is open during the Eugene Celebration to showcase the artistic excellence and diversity of recent work by visual artists living in Lane County.

Opening Reception and Ceremony

The show opens in the Jacobs Gallery Thursday, September 6, with a Public Reception and Awards Ceremony at 5:30 pm in the main lobby of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Jury awards totaling $1,000 will be announced. Other special awards will be presented at this time. Please join us in celebrating the visual arts and paying tribute to all artists at this special event.

Notification

All entrants are required to return to the Jacobs Gallery on Saturday, September 1, from 11 am to 6 p.m. At that time a list posted at the entrance will indicate who will sign exhibition agreements and who will pick up work.

Selection Process

All work entered on Monday, August 27 will be displayed by medium for jurying. Entry labels will not be visible to the jurors and ballots will not include artists’ names. A panel of three jurors will independently select works for exhibition in the 2007 Mayor’s Art Show. To ensure an exciting and balanced show, jurors are instructed to make selections that will showcase a sampling of some of the best recent work created by Lane County artists.

The 2007 Mayor’s Art Show Jury

Terrence E. Carter, MD: BA Whitman College 1962, MD University of Washington 1966 & Fellowship Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic 1970-1974

Carter is retired from active practice as Orthopedic Surgeon, He is on the Board of Trustee for Cascade Health Services and Member Governing Board of McKenzie Willamette Medical Center. Carter is also a collector of original works of art primarly by Pacific Northwest Artists. He developed an interest in modern and contemporary art in the early 1960’s and have been looking and collecting art ever since.

Sarah Grew: BA University of Michigan 1982

Grew is an artist that has been creating work involving collage, installation, paint-ing, photography and eco or environmental art for over a decade. She has taught and collaborated on a number of public art projects for schools and worked in the paintings conservation laboratory at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Grew has traveled extensively to enhance her understanding of various art forms.

Sue T. Keene: MM Music 1972, BA Music & Humanities, Stanford University 1959

Among the numerous professional and community involvement, Keene is current Chair for the Arts Foundation of Western Oregon, past Chairman of the Oregon Arts Commission and former Acting Director for the University of Oregon Museum of Art. Keene has been very involved in a variety of UO organizations, such as a UO Foundation Trustee since 1999.

Timeline

• Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 11 am – 6 pm: Deliver exhibit-ready work* to the Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center
• Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007 11am – 6 pm: REQUIRED: All artists must return to the Jacobs Gallery to sign contract if selected, or pick up work if not selected. Artist must be available to sign contract.
• Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007 11 am – 3 pm: Final day for selected artists to submit optional resumes/statements (typed only)
• Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007 5:30 pm: Public Reception and Awards Ceremony at the Main Hult Center Lobby & Jacobs Gallery
• Friday, Oct. 12, 2007 11 am – 6 pm: Exhibited work must be picked up. Storage area not available.

Guidelines

• Artist must include a $10 processing fee with the submission of their art.
• Artist must be resident of Lane County.
• Artist must be 18 years or older.
• Only one work per artist may be entered.
• Work in any medium will be considered, with the exception of copies, reproductions or giclée prints.
• Entry must have been completed since August 2006.
• Any entry submitted must be derived from original concept and design, and not under instructional supervision.
• Your Mayor’s Art Show entry must be new work not previously exhibited in a Jacobs Gallery Exhibition.
• *Entry must be exhibit-ready; for example, all surfaces must be dry and fixed and appropriate means for hanging and securing work must be attached. Any special instructions required for display must be submitted with the work of art.
• Work must be able to withstand normal handling.
• If you are entering an installation work, or a work that is taller than 8 feet or a work that weighs more than 100 pounds, please contact 684-5635 prior to August 27, regarding logistics of delivery and display.
• Display instructions provided by the artist cannot be guaranteed. Please note that the Mayor’s Art Show installers will do their best to honor the artist’s display requests.
• You are encouraged to submit a work of art that is for sale to help support the Jacobs Gallery.
• A 35% commission is retained by the gallery on all sales. Please include insurance value on the entry label if your work is not for sale (NFS).
• Work will be insured at fair market value less 35%.
• Maximum insurance value is $6,500.
• Please be sure to provide an insurance amount on the form if your work is not for sale.

Entry Form

Download print version pdf of the Mayors Art Show entry form.

the Jacobs Gallery

Located in the Hult Center for Performing Arts, at 7th and Willamette, Eugene Oregon click for map.

Gallery Hours
Tuesday-Friday, 12-4 pm,
Saturday 11 am - 3 pm,
During all Hult Center performances.

The Jacobs Gallery, located in Eugene, Oregon at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts (lower level) is a Non Profit organization funded through private donations, the City of Eugene and the sale of art.