EUGENE, OR - "Taste and Flavor: Sweet" is open at the David Joyce Gallery in the Center for Meeting and Learning at Lane Community College. The spring exhibit includes work created by 26 Lane Child Center students, and 14 Oregon artists. Adults and children are exhibiting artwork interpreting their idea of sweet. Adult artists are Lane faculty and staff Jim Bailey, Kathryn Torvik, Tamara Pinkas and Tana Stuart; Lane art student Larena Cornell; and local artists Katie Royce, Patricia Montoya Donohue, Phil Coleman, Robin Cushman, David Putzier, Anne McRae, Sandy Harris, Yunie LaNoue and Jill Ledet.
"Taste and Flavor: Sweet" artworks range from ceramics and Jell-O created pieces to paintings and collage interpreting the ideas, feelings, sensations, and tastes for sweet.
This exhibit also provides a tribute wall, showcasing a collection of eclectic, photographic cutout fragments by artist David Joyce (1946-2003) for whom the gallery is named. David was an art instructor at Lane for 25 years and known for his monumental flying people mural "Flight Patterns" at the Eugene Airport.
"Taste and Flavor: Sweet" runs from Monday, April 1 through Friday, August 23. Gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All art is for sale with 25 percent of the proceeds supporting the gallery. An artists' reception will be held Thursday, May 23 from 4:30-6 p.m. with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments prepared and served by Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management program students and Center for Meeting and Learning banquet staff.
Directions to the Center for Meeting and Learning
For more information about "Taste and Flavor: Sweet," contact the Center for Meeting and Learning office at (541) 463-3500, or exhibit manager Susan Detroy at detroys@lanecc.edu