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Presented by the UO Center for Art Research CFAR Banner at 510 Oak Terry Haggerty: Finding Space
On View: May through August 2025 Location: 510 Oak Street, Eugene, OR 97401
Finding Space is a shaped vinyl banner inviting viewers to experience a duality of perspective. In this composition, two linear structures recede from a shared central point, oscillating simultaneously between two and three dimensions. This deliberate manipulation of perspective challenges the viewer’s spatial understanding and disrupts the predictable geometry of the urban environment. By subverting the conventional rectangular format of a banner, the drawn form becomes a visual anomaly by creating a momentary rupture in the visual language of the cityscape. Its suspended state suggests a transient presence, a form caught between definition and placement. This work functions as a temporary intervention, holding a moment of spatial ambiguity captive within the ongoing construction of the city.
Terry Haggerty (b. 1970 in London, United Kingdom) studied at the Southend School of Art, Essex, United Kingdom and received his Bachelor of Arts at the Cheltenham School of Art, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Haggerty’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art, Brussels, Belgium; Von Bartha, Basel; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; PS Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York, NY; and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY, among others.
He has been included in exhibitions at numerous institutions including the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; Carre d’Art-Musee d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France; Gutstein Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA; M-17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine; MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY; Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, Netherlands; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland, and elsewhere.
Haggerty lives and works in Eugene, Oregon.
3:00 p.m.
Graduate Students! The Fall 2025 14-Day Writing Challenge is an opportunity for you to experiment with daily writing, online community, and supportive accountability. It's very simple:
- You commit to write every day for at least 30 minutes.
- At the beginning of your writing time, you login to our online community, start the timer, complete your writing, and post your progress at the end.
- You take 5 minutes to support other writers from across the U.S. in your group by commenting on their progress.
This is NOT for you if: 1) you don't want to post your progress on a daily basis and/or 2) you don't want to interact with other people.
If you're up for the challenge, then we can't wait for you to join us!
Sign up by August 29 at https://members.ncfdd.org/sessions/14dayfall2025. The event will run daily between September 8 and September 21. All UO students and faculty have free access to this resource. Please activate your NCFDD account before logging in. If needed, you can activate your account by visiting this link and selecting "Is your institution already a member?"
11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Kick off the year right at the Graduate Student Welcome Lunch and Resource Fair! Come hang out with fellow new and returning grad students, explore the resource fair, and (best of all) enjoy some seriously delicious FREE food. You don’t want to miss it!
At the fair get connected with:
- UO Health Services
- Housing
- Student Funding
- Identity support groups
- Career Services
- Graduate student resources and more!
2:00–3:00 p.m.
This workshop, intended for international graduate students, introduces well-established processes for positioning onerself to execute a focused and successful US-based job search. Take away a four-step framework to optimize your job search game plan. Learn how to:
- Efficiently target companies that sponsor H-1B visas and hire international students
- Cultivate professional connections through strategic networking and informational interviews
- Leverage your story, skills, expertise, your university network, and brand to achieve your goals
- Practice how to use your cultural diversity as an advantage
Register for this workshop, offered by Interstride, at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iS5PU0CsSNuRAqbjkrSPsg#/registration
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Are you interested in exploring or finding a position in industry?
The Graduate Student & Postdoc Industry Recruitment Event (GSPIRE) is the perfect opportunity for individuals with advanced degrees and training to connect with various industries and organizations. The GSPIRE will take place virtually on October 23. We invite you to join us and connect with top employers and organizations seeking bright minds like yours.
All individuals, from first-year graduate students to postdocs and alumni, are welcome to participate in GSPIRE fairs. Whether you are considering a career in academia or industry, this event will provide valuable networking opportunities and the chance to explore and secure internships or professional employment in the industry. Sign up coming soon!
Graduating soon?
Individuals who are due to graduate in Dec 2025 or May/August/Dec 2026 are strongly encouraged to submit a resume (not a C.V.). It's valuable to submit a resume even if you are unable to attend the career fair, as all industry partners will receive all resumes submitted. Submitting a resume is not mandatory for event registration, but it is recommended for individuals pursuing a career in industry, as it allows industry partners to track your progress over the next few years.
The deadline for resume submissions is Monday, September 8 at 9:00pm Pacific Time. It is advised to submit resumes early to account for any potential technical difficulties. Adding a resume on Handshake is also recommended, as it is a useful platform for job searching and applications at your level.
2:00–3:00 p.m.
This workshop, intended for international graduate students, introduces well-established processes for positioning onerself to execute a focused and successful US-based job search. Take away a four-step framework to optimize your job search game plan. Learn how to:
- Efficiently target companies that sponsor H-1B visas and hire international students
- Cultivate professional connections through strategic networking and informational interviews
- Leverage your story, skills, expertise, your university network, and brand to achieve your goals
- Practice how to use your cultural diversity as an advantage
Register for this workshop, offered by Interstride, at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6ghm-LvNQBaeJ6hixWcjyw#/registration
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.