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Department of the History of Art and Architecture
November 2026
Art and Architecture in London Info Session
4:00 p.m.Nov
5
4:00 p.m.
Info session for the summer 2027 Art and Architecture in London program.
This event is part of International Education Month (IEM) programming. View the full calendar of IEM events here: https://international.uoregon.edu/IEM
School of Art + Design Events
October 2026
Career Tour - Tech + Design Edition
8:45 a.m.
Oct
16
8:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Creativity and technology can go hand-in-hand! Let's meet some Oregon companies that are innovating across industries (tech, video game design, web/graphic design, UX, government, and more) AND explore Eugene all at the same time. Hop on the bus and let’s go explore!
Students will have the opportunity to tour local companies passionate about creating innovative solutions for complex problems, and helping YOU learn more about all the different types of job functions needed to keep this growing industry booming. They are excited to introduce you to careers and internships at their companies, meet alumni and leaders, and show off some of their innovations in action. This event is FREE, open to all majors, faculty/staff, and bring a friend. Register on Handshake to save your spot and get updates. Our last tour had a waitlist, so sign up today.
OUTLINE OF TOUR:
Meet at Ford Alumni Center Lobby (near Matt Knight Arena Duck Statue) NO LATER THAN 9am. We'll walk over to the bus stop (Agate) to catch the EmX to downtown Eugene. All our sites are within walking distance of one another, so be prepared to get some exercise. While at the stops, you'll get an opportunity to tour their facilities as well as meet with leaders in the field. At 1pm we'll be done with the tour and you can stick around downtown to keep exploring and grab lunch OR a group will be getting on the bus to head back to campus you can join.
ABOUT OUR TOUR STOPS:
Pipeworks Studios Video Game Developers of awesome apps and well-known video games like Madden 24 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Learn about creative careers, project management, and see behind the scenes at one of the coolest workspaces in Eugene.
Avant Assessment builds and delivers ever more effective assessments of real-world proficiency. They’ve expanded their offerings to support all areas of language acquisition with professional learning for world language and dual language educators in addition to Mira, the newly released AI-based language learning app.
Lane County Government Technology Services: featuring Mark Davis for an inside scoop on the Eugene Tech community Open Eugene: community connectors providing access and opportunities to create, collaborate and innovate to solve problems and invest back into the community.
NOTE: make sure you have your free LTD bus pass loaded on your phone https://transportation.uoregon.edu/bus
Questions, email htate@uoregon.edu for more info or if you don't have a Handshake account and want to join us.
Aruna D'Souza: “Imperfect Solidarities, Two Years Later”
4:00 p.m.
Oct
22
4:00 p.m.
University of Oregon 2026-27 Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presented by the Department of Art and Center for Art Research
In 2024, Aruna D'Souza published Imperfect Solidarities, a short book about artworks and practices that offer, in direct and indirect ways, examples of being in solidarity in ways that preserve individual and collective sovereignties. These moments in contemporary art—including those by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Stephanie Syjuco, Candice Breitz, and the feminist collective AIR Gallery in New York—allowed Souza to imagine creating momentary alliances in space with the goal of preserving and nurturing life, first and above all. This talk will add to that roster, drawing on artists and collectives around the world who allow us to envision a solidarity that does not require subsuming self in other, or absorbing other in self—an especially urgent project in a moment of rising global fascism.
Aruna D'Souza writes about modern and contemporary art, intersectional feminisms, and diasporic aesthetics. Her work appears regularly in 4Columns, The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and in numerous artist’s monographs and exhibition catalogues. Whitewalling: Art, Race, and Protest in 3 Acts was named one of the best art books of 2018 by the New York Times. Recent editorial projects include Linda Nochlin’s Making It Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now and Lorraine O’Grady’s Writing in Space 1973-2018; she co-curated the retrospective “Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And” at the Brooklyn Museum in 2021. She is the recipient of the 2021 Rabkin Prize for art journalism and a 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant. She was appointed the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor at the National Gallery of Art in 2022, and the W.W. Corcoran Professor of Social Engagement at the Corcoran School of Art, George Washington University, in 2022-2023. Her most recent book Imperfect Solidarities was published in 2024.
This lecture is made possible by Critical Conversations, a platform for dialogue and inquiry that supports established artists and writers across Oregon. Developed in partnership between The Ford Family Foundation and the University of Oregon’s Center for Art Research, this initiative engages contemporary art spaces, statewide, to host prominent visiting curators and arts writers for studio visits, public lectures and community engagement.
November 2026
Art and Architecture in London Info Session
4:00 p.m.
Nov
5
4:00 p.m.
Info session for the summer 2027 Art and Architecture in London program.
This event is part of International Education Month (IEM) programming. View the full calendar of IEM events here: https://international.uoregon.edu/IEM
Student Jewelry Sale
9:00 a.m.
Nov
12
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The 32nd Annual Student Jewelry Sale will be held in the lobby of Lawrence Hall, by the dean’s office.
Students of the Jewelry and Metalsmithing program in the Department of Art will present inventive jewelry using traditional and nontraditional materials. Each student is responsible for the design and fabrication of at least 12 pieces of jewelry including rings, earrings, pendants, brooches, etc. that range in complexity and price with most being sold starting at $30 and upwards. All sale proceeds will provide funding for guest lectures, studio equipment, and other student support within the program.
The sale has enjoyed immense success in past years. Be sure to mark your calendar and arrive early!
For further information, please contact Valerie Ho, Visiting Assistant Professor, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, vho@uoregon.edu
School of Architecture & Environment
October 2026
SAE Lecture Series: Matt Franks, "A Journey Through Light: Daylight, Electric Light, and the Illumination of Cultural Spaces""
5:30 p.m.Oct
26
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Please join the UO Portland Architecture Program on Monday, October 26 (5:30pm) at Highland Hall for a talk by Matt Franks, Associate Principal and Senior Lighting Designer at Arup. This event in the School of Architecture & Environment’s Fall Lecture Series is free and open to the public. DESCRIPTION
Museums have long grappled with a fundamental tension: the desire to experience art in natural light and the need to protect it from harm. This talk explores how architects, curators, and lighting designers have navigated that challenge, creating some of the world's most memorable museum spaces. Drawing from several notable museum projects, we’ll examine the evolving role of daylight in shaping the museum visitor experience. BIO
Matt Franks is an Associate Principal and Senior Lighting Consultant with Arup, where he leads lighting and daylighting design for projects that enhance the architectural character of space, support occupant wellbeing, and advance sustainability goals. With more than 25 years of experience, Matt has delivered award-winning projects across the cultural, education, workplace, civic, and healthcare sectors. Recognized for his expertise in museums, galleries, and arts and culture facilities, Matt has led lighting and daylighting design for internationally recognized projects including the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Glenstone, the Corning Museum of Glass, Harvard Art Museums, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He combines deep knowledge of the effects of daylight and electric lighting with advanced simulation and analytical techniques to develop lighting approaches that are seamlessly integrated with architecture.
[Photo: Iwan Baan; Glenstone: Thomas Phifer and Partners]
School of Planning, Public Policy and Management
October 2026
IPRE/PPPM Seminar Series Talk: "How Public Lands Governance Supercharges the Rural-Urban Divide in Oregon and Beyond"
noonOct
16
noon
Title
How Public Lands Governance Supercharges the Rural-Urban Divide in Oregon and Beyond
Abstract
Features of the policymaking process shapes whether groups that lose out in the policy arena accept policy outcomes, as well as the policymakers and institutions responsible for formulating them. Processes that are inclusive, wherein relevant stakeholders are given the opportunity to meaningfully participate, greatly enhance policy acceptance, durability, and legitimacy. Our research investigates these dynamics in the American west, where the management of natural resources on public lands is a salient policy arena. We find that anger and dissatisfaction with public land governance is particularly acute in corners of the rural west. Digging deeper, we find that much of this acrimony is driven by a feeling that rural communities are systematically ignored in the policy making process. The deep-seated resentments sowed by this neglect leads many rural Westerners — with these dynamics being particularly strong in Oregon — far beyond simple disapproval of individual policies: indeed, they want to burn the entire system down.
Presenters
B. Kal Munis - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Montana State University
Patrick Hunnicutt - Assistant Professor, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon
Seminar hosted by the Institute for Policy Research and Engagement and School of Planning, Public Policy and Management.
November 2026
Wine Chat: Eleonora Redaelli on the Invisible Influence of Policy in American Culture
5:30 p.m.Nov
12
5:30–7:00 p.m.
The Oregon Humanities Center presents a wine chat with Professor Eleonora Redaelli.
Who actually keeps American culture alive? We tend to picture artists, scholars, and museums — but a quiet, tangled web of federal, state, and local government has shaped the country’s cultural life for decades, usually without anyone noticing. Drawing on her book, Invisible Cultural Policy in America, Professor Eleonora Redaelli will trace how this patchwork system emerged, the debates that shaped how we think about arts, humanities, and historic preservation, and what it looks like on the ground — from Oregon to Minnesota, Maryland, and New Mexico.
Join Professor Redaelli and the Oregon Humanities Center for a thoughtful discussion of this matter. Doors open at 5 p.m. Beverages and food will be available for purchase and light refreshments will be provided. There is ample parking at Banner Bank across the street. This event is free and open to the public. Please register at ohc.oregon.edu.