The Craft Center Visiting Artist for Winter Term is glassblowing artist, Dan Friday. 

Dan Friday is a Skagit Valley–based artist and member of the Lummi Nation who has spent over 30 years working primarily in glass. His work draws heavily on Coast Salish imagery and cultural traditions, expressed through contemporary glass art. Friday has taught at numerous institutions and craft schools, founded the Native Youth Outreach Program at Pilchuck Glass School in 2017, and completed residencies at major museums and cultural centers worldwide. His work has earned multiple prestigious awards, appeared on Netflix’s Blown Away, and is held in museum and private collections internationally.

Exhibition On View: January 5-March 20 The Craft Center gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Erb Memorial Union by the Adell Mcmillan gallery. Artist Talk & Reception: February 6, 12pm-1pm Join us at the Craft Center for an inspiring artist talk with Dan Friday. This event is free. Registration is required. Please register by visiting myemu.uoregon.edu. Glassblowing Demonstration: February 6, 1pm-4pm & February 7, 1pm-4pm Dan will demonstrate the techniques behind his glass sculptures, offering insight into the creative processes that shape his work, with two demo offerings available. Participants will also have the opportunity to engage in discussion about his art and studio practices. Free. Registration required at myemu.uoregon.edu.

The Craft Center is proud to exhibit: I Finally Finished It. See a variety of art forms from the diverse artistry of the Craft Center's staff, students, faculty and family.

Exhibit on display January 5 to March 12.

Reception January 13, 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Refreshments provided.

Existentialism. You probably have a vague idea that it has something to do with big philosophical questions like, do I lead an authentic life? Is there human nature? Am I free? That’s a good start. But it’s also a literary act, evident via film, short story, and myth. And that’s how I will guide our exploration. Mostly using Friedrich Nietzsche, but including others like Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ernest Hemingway, and Kate Chopin, we will read existentialism, one of the most revolutionary philosophical movements of the past 150 years, as a philosophic poetic story.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Lou Caton is Professor Emeritus at Westfield State University. He has taught a variety of literature courses at the University of Oregon, Auburn University, and Westfield State University. Along with articles that have been published in newspapers and journals, he has two books: an edited collection (with Emory Elliott), Aesthetics in a Multicultural Age, 2002, (available from Oxford University Press), and Reading American Novels and Multicultural Aesthetics: Romancing the Postmodern Novel, 2008, (available through Palgrave-McMillan).

ABOUT CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINARS

These courses, hosted by OLLI-UO, are for people eager to engage in a studious seminar format. Each in-person only seminar meets weekly, over four sessions. The seminars are led by current and retired professors who provide formal study guides and lead college-level discussions, with participants actively contributing to each session. Seminars are noncredit and ungraded but include challenging homework.

Participation is open to all adults; no previous affiliation with UO is required. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) membership is not required, however, active OLLI members may register at a reduced fee.