The Craft Center is thrilled to welcome Laura McClain as our Spring 2026 Visiting Artist. Laura McClain is a wet felting artist and educator who works with wool to create functional and expressive décor, accessories, and wearables. At the heart of her practice is a method she calls Felt by Feel—a playful, embodied conversation between maker and material that allows her to stay connected to the wool’s changing textures, while tapping into her own responses as the work evolves. Laura has been creating with fiber arts since childhood and brings a balance of technical knowledge, curiosity, and fun to her teaching. To learn more about Laura McClain, please visit www.lauramcclain.art. Exhibition On View: March 30 - June 12 The Craft Center Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Erb Memorial Union by the Adell McMillan Gallery. Artist Talk & Reception: April 24, 12pm-1pm Join us at the Craft Center for an inspiring artist talk with Laura McClain. This event is free and open to the public. Please register at myemu.uoregon.edu. (Community Members without a Community Card must email craftctr@uoregon.edu to be added to our roster.)

Wet Felting Workshop: April 24, 1pm-4pm This hands-on workshop introduces wet felting, guiding you as you transform soft wool fibers into a strong, cohesive piece of felt. Using merino wool, water, soap, heat, and pressure, you’ll layer, embellish, and shape fibers by hand while learning how the material changes at each stage. This workshop is free. Registration is required at myemu.uoregon.edu. You must have a UO ID or Community Card to register. Space is limited.

The Student Sustainability Center and Food for Lane County host the weekly Trillium Produce Plus Produce Drops. These events provide a free farmers market for students to get produce, bread, and toilet paper. Please bring a bag and your UO ID. 

Join us in person for a chill night with top pros at UO PDX SOJC’s Evening with the Masters!

The University of Oregon's Portland Campus Presents:

The School of Journalism and Communication's Evening with the Masters

Join us in person as we celebrate our graduates, see standout Master's work from the year, and connect with alumni and friends of the SOJC.

5:00 - 6:00 PM | Greetings, Awards, Speeches

The evening begins with a gathering of all Portland SOJC programs in the Innovation Building Event Space (Commons, Room 300). Grab some hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and mingle between programs. We'll continue the hour with greetings from our faculty, announcement of awards for the Best Capstones from each program, and a few words from select speakers.

Afterward, each program will split into its respective spaces and continue the night networking and celebrating each other's works.

Split Programming

• 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Multimedia Storytelling's Showcase & Critics' Choice Award (Auditorium, Room 121): Students have the opportunity to submit their works to be shown during the showcase and considered for the Judges' Award (1x) and Critics' Choice Award (1x).
• 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Strategic Communication's Networking and Celebration with Alumni (Commons, Room 300): Come join our current students, our graduating students, and our returning alumni in celebrating our students as well as the soft-launch of our Alumni Group!

Getting here:

The Innovation Building (Events Space Commons, Room 300) is located on the corner of NE 27th St and NE Holman St (2811 NE Holman St, Portland, OR 97211). There is a parking lot that leads to the university. Look for the Oregon Duck statue, and the Innovation building will be on the right.

If you have any additional questions or concerns, feel free to contact Tai Le, the Communications Outreach and Events Coordinator: tail@uoregon.edu