Deadline for art submissions: Saturday, November 3

All K-12 students in public, private, charter or homeschool are invited to submit one work of nature-themed art for a youth exhibition in our Eco Hub gallery at the Willamette Heritage Center.

Guidelines:

• Artwork should depict a native animal (a mammal, bird, fish, insect, or other wild critter) that lives in the Willamette Valley.

• Artwork can also portray a landscape in the Willamette Valley that shows where native animals live.

• All art should be on paper, measure 8.5 x 11 inches, and be suitable to mount on a wall (sorry, no 3-D work or art on canvas).

• Art will be mounted on foamcore for the exhibition and will be returned to each student after the exhibition end date.

• This exhibit is open to the first 50 students who submit work; there is no fee to enter.

• Submissions can be dropped off Friday, November 2, from 3:00-6:00 pm and on Saturday, November 3, from 12:00-5:00 pm or by appointment.

For more information, or to make a drop-off appointment, call Catherine Alexander at 503-302-4645 or email ExecutiveDirector@StraubCenter.org.

(“Dragonfly” by Vondra (age 6), Homeschool)

View the birds of Oregon through the eyes of Willamette Valley resident, avid birder, and talented painter, Jon Janosik. Inspired directly by nature, Janosik masterfully blends his portraits of birds and their natural landscapes. Janosik’s work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including Japan’s Moji Art Gallery, Kobe Museum and Kirritappu Wetland Center, the British Museum in London, the Smithsonian, and the Carnegie Museum. Janosik treasures the accessibility to “wildness” in Oregon, noting that there is enough subject matter in Oregon to keep him painting for many lifetimes.

This exhibit is open by appointment through Thursday, November 29.

Contact Catherine Alexander at 503-302-4645 or at ExecutiveDirector@StraubCenter.org to arrange a time to view the exhibition.

(“Wilson’s Warbler (2007)” painting by Jon Janosik)

See native plants through the eyes of some of Oregon’s talented botanical artists. This exhibit is a partnership with the David Douglas Society, Oregon Botanical Artists (guild) and the Willamette Valley Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon. This exhibit was organized in conjunction with the Worldwide Day of Botanical Art, which took place on May 18, 2018. This exhibit is free and open to the public. On view through July 31. 

Regular viewing hours are Tuesdays-Thursdays, Noon-5:00 pm.

For more information, visit www.oba-artists.com.