Moderated by PPPM professor Rich Margerum, panelists will discuss their leadership path, the challenges they face, and their advice to emerging leaders across the public and nonprofit sectors. The panel is held In honor of former Speaker and Mayor Vera Katz, recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Service to Oregon. Panelists include:

• Lucy Vinis, Mayor, City of Eugene
• Christine Lundberg, Mayor, City of Springfield
• Jessica Vega Pederson, Commissioner, Multnomah County, District 3
• Margaret Solle Salazar, Director, Oregon Housing and Community Services

The panel is the first of several events sponsored by the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management to celebrate public service and student research achievements.

image courtesy of Lane Arts Council

Building a presence and navigating the process of getting into a venue can seem daunting. This workshop will prepare you to think proactively about networking and visibility, negotiating contracts, and securing performances at venues of all sizes. It will guide you through best practices and the do's and don'ts of the industry from the venue perspective.

Hear directly from a panel of booking professionals from The Community Center for the Performing Arts/WOW Hall, HiFi Music Hall, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, and The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts.

All are invited to a reception for food, drinks, and networking immediately following the workshop at 2:30p in the downstairs bar of WOW Hall. 

image courtesy of UO Department of Art

Fruit of the Vine, Sandi Grubbs, image courtesy of Lane Arts Council

Visit the Lane Arts Council website for a full list of participating galleries and performances. 

painting by Greg A. Robinson

Their Hearts Are in This Land explores the dynamic and diverse Native communities of the land upon which you now stand. We focus purposefully on the living cultures of Native peoples rather than the ancient. While some of the people and cultures represented in this exhibit are indeed descendants of ancient ancestors indigenous to this region, others descend from families transplanted here as a result of a U.S. policy aimed at terminating its constitutional relationships with the Tribes. There are thousands of Native people in western Oregon. The story is a complicated one. In fact, there are many stories!

Many visitors to history museums arrive with commonly held stereotypes and misconceptions. Unfortunately, history museums often perpetuate these and therefore affirm false information. We aim to interrupt those misconceptions and at the same time we introduce more meaningful notions of Native cultures for you to consider. We hope you will unlearn some things, learn a few more, and leave with a new appreciation for the resistance, resilience, and revitalization of Native cultures and lifeways - and a new appreciation for the great efforts of these people, whose hearts are in this land. 

This exhibit is a collaboration between the Museum Studies students at the University of Oregon, local Native people and the Lane County History Museum.

The evening will start with traditional drumming and invocation, followed by introduction by David Lewis (Grand Ronde) and Gordon Bettles, remarks by LCHM staff and UO museum studies faculty and students. Followed by a guided tour at 7:15p. More information can be found here. 

Application and more information can be found here.