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Department of the History of Art and Architecture
January 2026
5:30 p.m.
Migrant Glyps is a storytelling-talk by Edgar Garcia (University of Chicago, English) about geoglyphs in the Sonoran Desert and their life at the intersection of indigeneity and migration in the Americas.
Edgar Garcia is Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago and a poet and scholar of the hemispheric cultures of the Americas. His scholarship and creative practices are concerned with the world-bearing qualities of literary works at the intersection of literary studies, the visual arts, anthropology, legal philosophy, and environmental thinking.
This event is supported generously by the Oregon Humanities Center, the Creative Writing Program, and the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, departments of Comparative Literature, English, and Romance Languages. For inquiries, please contact Joyce S. Cheng at joycec@uoregon.edu.
School of Art + Design Events
January 2026
New work by Geordi Helmick.
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*Note: UO ID card with building access is required to gain entry to Washburn Gallery.*
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
New work by Geordi Helmick.
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*Note: UO ID card with building access is required to gain entry to Washburn Gallery.*
3:00–4:00 p.m.
This information session is for students interested in applying for or learning more about the Portland Internship Experience. For link to Zoom, register HERE!
We will cover topics including: the application process and tips, curriculum and expectations, and the resources and support available throughout the summer. There will be plenty of time for questions.
The Portland Internship Experience is an exclusive opportunity for UO undergraduates to gain professional experience through an internship while making a difference in the community. Students will get a $7,000 stipend while working full-time for 10 weeks at a small business, nonprofit, civic, or educational organization in the Portland area (20+ to choose from!). Learn more at https://pdx.uoregon.edu/portland-internship-experience.
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Presented by the Center for Art Research The Whisperers January 17- February 15, 2026 curated by Tannaz Farsi and Simone Ciglia
Saturday, January 17 Curator walkthrough from 4:30-5:00 p.m. Opening reception from 5:00- 7:00 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Saturdays & Sundays from noon- 4:00 p.m. and by appointment Location: Ditch Projects, 303 S 5th St #165, Springfield, OR 97477
To whisper is to hold words in the mouth, away from the vocal cords, letting them rumble, mutter, whistle or hiss out into the world, often into the ear of another, intent on receiving. This act is sometimes seen as clandestine; a private form of communication intended to incite and arouse rebellion. In this exhibition, we see its potential for arousal as a means of creation: to establish networks of tangential affinities, to parallel multiple modes of artistic and curatorial practice that can expand the potential for historical recovery, and to acknowledge longstanding systems of oppression by engaging practices that assert their own terms of representing subjecthood and empowering sovereignty.
We began the idea for this exhibition by gathering artworks that initiate forms of address through traces of past events in existing archives or document singular moments that necessitate the creation of new archives. This methodology, one that the art historian Hal Foster observed within art practice at the turn of this century, links current contemporary works to early 20th century during which time artists began to unveil the symbolic and, subsequently, the semiotic conditions of objects and images produced, manufactured or advertised within the public sphere.
Following their own archival impulses, the artists in this exhibition have developed practices centered on searching, gathering and instituting connections. They research existing archives, retrieving different typologies of information to reconfigure in their artworks. In this process, they interrogate the institution of organized historical collecting by shedding light on its biases, amnesias, and oversights.
This exhibition is made possible by the University of Oregon Department of Art’s Center for Art Research and the Ford Family Foundation.
The College of Design is hosting its annual Career Week. Come practice your career skills and strategies. Join us for a rousing week of professional activities! You will learn about application processes, internships, interviews, resume building, and more. In Lawrence Hall and UO Portland.
10:00–11:30 a.m.
The School of Art + Design’s annual Career Futures event connects students with professionals across art, art + technology, and product design. Panelists will share their career paths, professional experiences, and advice for students.
Open to all students
Date: Friday, January 30 Time: 10:00–11:30 a.m. Location: Lawrence Hall, Room 197 (LA 197)
Panelists: Tin Le; Craig Robbins; Samantha Rude; Mica Russo; Liz Zarro
Moderator: Wonhee Arndt
More information about the panelists: https://design.uoregon.edu/college-design-career-week#A+D
Coffee and pastries will be served. We look forward to seeing you at Career Futures!
10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
The School of Art + Design annual Career Futures event connects students with professionals who represent career paths in arts, art and technology, and product design. Professionals share their career-path stories, their experiences in their fields/industries, and their advice for students.
Panel Discussions- open to all students: 10:00- 11:30 a.m. Product Design Panel Discussion in LA 197 12:00- 1:30 p.m. Art Panel Discussion in LA 274 2:00- 3:30 p.m. Art & Technology Panel Discussion in LA 197
Post-Panel Sessions- registration required for portfolio review sessions: 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Product Design Portfolio Review Session in LA 197 1:30- 2:30 p.m. Art “Ask Me Anything” Session in LA 274 (no registration required) 3:30- 4:30 p.m. Art & Technology Portfolio Reviews Session in LA 197
Please visit the College’s “College of Design Career Week” page for links to the post-panel session registrations and information about the panlists.
Coffee and pastries served at each panel. We look forward to seeing you at Career Futures!
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The School of Art + Design’s annual Career Futures event connects students with professionals across art, art + technology, and product design. Panelists will share their career paths, professional experiences, and advice for students.
Open to all students
Date: Friday, January 30 Time: 12:00–1:30 p.m. Location: Lawrence Hall, Room 274 (LA 274)
Panelists: Derek Franklin, vanessa german, Jess Perlitz
Moderator: Anya Kivarkis
More information about the panelists: https://design.uoregon.edu/college-design-career-week#A+D
Coffee and pastries will be served. We look forward to seeing you at Career Futures!
3:00–4:30 p.m.
The School of Art + Design’s annual Career Futures event connects students with professionals across art, art + technology, and product design. Panelists will share their career paths, professional experiences, and advice for students.
Open to all students
Date: Friday, January 30 Time: 2:00–3:30 p.m. Location: Lawrence Hall, Room 197 (LA 197)
Panelists: Nina Pavlich, McKenzie Sampson, Finn Sylwester
Moderator: Colin Ives
More information about the panelists: https://design.uoregon.edu/college-design-career-week#A+D
Coffee and cookies will be served. We look forward to seeing you at Career Futures!
February 2026
4:00 p.m.
University of Oregon 2025-26 Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research
The lecture will be followed by an exhibition reception for Reza Safavi in the Laverne Krause Gallery.
Reza Safavi’s research examines how technology shapes experience. He uses sculpture, video, game engines, light, sound, drawing, performance, analog and digital devices as well as elements of the natural world to create interactive experiences that highlight the interfaces, both macro and micro, among communities, technology, consciousness and the environment. Receiving his MFA from the UO in 2006, Reza is thrilled to return to give a talk on his work and where he has been for the last 20 years.
Reza Safavi’s practice is shaped by a hybrid sense of identity. Raised in Canada after the Multiculturalism Act of 1988, he explores cultural juxtapositions through material and digital forms. Living and working in the U.S., he continues this inquiry through research and practice. Reza has been a member of several artists’ groups and, in addition to his solo work, he regularly participates in making of collaborative projects. His artwork has been exhibited and presented regionally nationally and internationally in diverse venues ranging from galleries and museums to public installations and performances. He is Professor of Art at Washington State University and holds an MFA from the University of Oregon (2006) and a BFA from the University of Victoria, in Victoria, BC, Canada.
This lecture and exhibition are made possible by the Laverne Krause Lectures and Exhibitions endowment.
March 2026
4:00 p.m.
University of Oregon 2025-26 Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research
“Weights & Measures” conveys multiple meanings. It refers to the burdens our bodies and psyches carry, the passage of time and musical tempos. At its most literal, it evokes systems of value and order. The talk will discuss Khoury’s last three years of work that that have focused on collectivity, intangibility, music, food, athleticism, and death. Through the process of assemblage, casting, printmaking, forging, welding, and hand building forms, Khoury continues to explore what makes something, or someone, worth more or less than another? The athleticism of death, the aestheticism of the everyday, and the cultural imperatives that create the weights we bear. The talk will share the unique processes of casting at the Kohler Factory in Wisconsin two summers in a row, first in foundry and then in pottery.
Sahar Khoury is an artist based in Oakland, California. Khoury makes sculptures that integrate abstraction, personal and political symbols, and an intuitive sensitivity to site. Found or rejected objects that are immediate, abundant, and recurring serve as a script for constructions made of metal, clay, cement, and papier-mâché. Trained as a cultural anthropologist and having never taken any fundamental art classes, Khoury continues to develop an idiosyncratic approach to merging diverse materials, with a primary commitment to spontaneity and interdependence. She received her BA in Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz in 1996 and her MFA From UC Berkeley in 2013.
School of Architecture & Environment
January 2026
5:00–7:00 p.m.
Please join the University of Oregon’s Portland Architecture Program and ASLA Oregon for a screening of the new documentary film, Sitting Still with Laurie Olin, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Gina Angelone. This is a public event in the winter 2026 UO School of Architecture & Environment Lecture Series.
Description:
Sitting Still is an original documentary that explores the life and work of Laurie Olin—one of the world’s most influential urban designers and his profoundly social vision. Hailed as a modern-day Olmsted, Olin has transformed the design of public space and paved the way for future design leaders.
This rare, intimate portrait invites viewers inside the mind of a brilliant and irreverent iconoclast—to see what he sees, feel what inspires him, and hear his urgent call to confront the environmental challenges shaping our collective future like never before.
Sitting Still brings into focus the critical issues which have defined Olin’s life and work: urbanization and our lost connection to nature, economic marginalization, and the grave importance of humanity in design.
In a time when global values increasingly reflect “profit over people,” Olin's motivation has always been to create a more democratic and egalitarian society through healthy, shared public space. Environmental and human stakes have simply never been higher. In many ways, the most pressing challenges of the natural environment and social disunity can be healed through the power of landscape.
Sitting Still invites the voices of other design luminaries into the conversation, including architectural visionaries Frank Gehry and Billie Tsien, and esteemed landscape designer and artist, Walter Hood, among others.
Olin’s life story of growing up in Alaska on the edge of the American frontier, challenging belief systems around designing in nature, and his lifelong work transforming environments for social good are the launching pad for Sitting Still.
Part portrait of an artist and part exploration of social concerns, Sitting Still looks at the critical importance of humanity in design in order to create more livable cities. Olin and other design visionary bring into sharp focus the marks we make upon the land and why they matter.
6:00–7:30 p.m.
Learn about different career paths in the real estate industry and the foundations of financial analysis from guest speakers, hands-on workshops, and site tours. Join us for our weekly meetings every Wednesday in Lillis 132 from 6:00-7:30 p.m! Our club is open to all and no application is required.
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Join Global Education Oregon for an information session on our summer 2026 Environmental Design in England program! This info session will provide you with additional program and application information.
To learn more about the Environmental Design in England program, visit our website: https://geo.uoregon.edu/programs/europe-united-kingdom-england/environmental-design-england
The Environmental Design in England program's final application deadline is March 15.
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Join Global Education Oregon for an information session on our summer 2026 Building Integrated Architecture program! This info session will provide you with additional program and application information.
To learn more about the Building Integrated Architecture program, visit our website: https://geo.uoregon.edu/programs/asia-singapore/building-integrated-agriculture-singapore
The Building Integrated Architecture program's final application deadline is March 15, and the deadline to be considered for scholarships is February 28.
You can join the virtual information session here: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/98222620274
The College of Design is hosting its annual Career Week. Come practice your career skills and strategies. Join us for a rousing week of professional activities! You will learn about application processes, internships, interviews, resume building, and more. In Lawrence Hall and UO Portland.
February 2026
5:30 p.m.
Please join the University of Oregon’s Portland Architecture Program for a lecture on the work of Kwong von Glinow. This is a public event in the winter 2026 UO School of Architecture & Environment Lecture Series. The event is in-person in the Highland Hall at UO Portland, but can also be streamed via Zoom [registration link].
Description:
The City has room for design innovation.
The Building has room to reevaluate how it accommodates contemporary lifestyles and values.
The Room has the possibility to enhance everyday life. Kwong Von Glinow is an architecture practice based in Chicago founded on the belief that architecture is meant to be enjoyed. Their work translates forward-looking architectural concepts into designs with broad appeal, taking an optimistic and explorative approach. The practice’s projects are about clear ideas and compelling ideals with architectural intentions that are simple, yet powerful and transformative. The practice takes on projects of varying programs to design innovative living environments, places for cultural engagement, innovative academic and institutional settings, contemporary workspaces, and not least urban public spaces. Kwong Von Glinow was founded in 2017 by Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow. The firm’s current projects include the renovation and addition to a landmarked Howard Van Doren Shaw house in Highland Park, IL; a mixed-use multi-family with commercial building along Chicago Avenue; a rooftop addition to a historic Greystone; and an accessory building for a countryside estate. Kwong Von Glinow recently completed: Ardmore House, the Swiss Consulate Chicago at the John Hancock Center, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Library and two residence hall lobbies, and Rice Architecture’s MD Anderson Hall renovation in Houston, TX.
As a practice, Kwong Von Glinow has received numerous awards, including the 2022 Spotlight Award by Rice Design Alliance, an awarded grantee from the Graham Foundation, and a recipient of the 2017 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers. The office has been recognized by design publications that including being named as 1 of 400 creatives shaping America by Wallpaper* Magazine in 2024, named by AN Interior Magazine as a top 50 architect and design in 2024, 2022, and 2021, named a “Next Progressive” by Architect Magazine, and named in 2017 as one of the top 20 emerging practices by Wallpaper* Magazine.
Lap Chi Kwong holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington. Before founding the firm, he worked with Pritzker Prize-winning studios such as Herzog & de Meuron and Amateur Architecture Studio, contributing to projects like the M+ Museum in Hong Kong, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Kramlich Residence & Gallery in California. Lap Chi has taught design studios at Harvard University GSD, Rice University, and Princeton University, and IIT. Alison Von Glinow, AIA, earned her Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College. Prior to co-found Kwong Von Glinow, Alison worked with globally recognized firms, including Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland; SOM in Chicago and New York; Toshiko Mori Architect in New York; and Svendborg Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark. Alison is a licensed architect in Illinois. Alison has taught options design studios at Harvard University GSD, Rice University, and Princeton University. *Photo Credit: Mikael Olsson
School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
January 2026
3:00–4:00 p.m.
This information session is for students interested in applying for or learning more about the Portland Internship Experience. For link to Zoom, register HERE!
We will cover topics including: the application process and tips, curriculum and expectations, and the resources and support available throughout the summer. There will be plenty of time for questions.
The Portland Internship Experience is an exclusive opportunity for UO undergraduates to gain professional experience through an internship while making a difference in the community. Students will get a $7,000 stipend while working full-time for 10 weeks at a small business, nonprofit, civic, or educational organization in the Portland area (20+ to choose from!). Learn more at https://pdx.uoregon.edu/portland-internship-experience.
The College of Design is hosting its annual Career Week. Come practice your career skills and strategies. Join us for a rousing week of professional activities! You will learn about application processes, internships, interviews, resume building, and more. In Lawrence Hall and UO Portland.
April 2026
5:00 p.m.
What is Research? (2026) will explore various natures, purposes, and roles of research across disciplines, fields, and areas. The event will consider frameworks of systematic and creative inquiry, including methods, designs, analyses, discoveries, collaborations, dissemination, ethics, integrity, diversity, media/technologies, and information environments.
This year delves into research in its many forms, including searching, critically investigating, and re-examining existing knowledge, as well as emerging functions and procedures in machine intelligence and computation. It will highlight pluralities of research pathways, examining time-honored approaches and new ways of knowing, precedents, issues, and futures. It considers challenges and possibilities that researchers face in today’s rapidly changing world, and ways to promote ethical, inclusive, and impactful research.
The event celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the Communication and Media Studies Doctoral Program in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon.