Ditch's 18th Anniversary Benefit is this Friday! 🎉
30+ artworks, food & dessert by Noisette, a bug out bag raffle, and DJ Rick Silva.
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Your generosity helps Ditch support experimental projects and bring new voices to challenging, community-building work. 🖤
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University of Oregon MFA Degree Show 🎓✨
Artists: Yalda Eskandari, Elri Friedman, Afsaneh Javadpour, Maryam Keshmiri
Opening Reception: Friday, May 8, 5:00- 8:00 p.m.
On View: May 8- 24, 2026
Gallery Hours: Saturdays & Sundays, noon- 4:00 p.m.
Location: Ditch Projects, 303 S 5th St #165, Springfield, OR
The University of Oregon Department of Art’s MFA Degree Show culminates three years of independent research and experimentation by a cohort of four artists whose various practices engage in a broad range of inquiry. This year, the MFA exhibition returns to Ditch Projects, celebrating the MFA graduates’ efforts in the professional standard of a highly regarded artist run space and gallery. The 2026 cohort is Yalda Eskandari, Elri Friedman, Afsaneh Javadpour, and Maryam Keshmiri. The four artists showcased in this exhibition represent a diverse range of media and practices, spanning sculpture, installation, photography, painting, and collage.
#UOArtDesign #UOArt
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Gesture Incantations: Occultum Limp Wristusses and Some of our Monuments by Andrew Douglas Campbell!
Open Hours
Sat + Sun 12-4
On View
March 7 - April 12, 2026
Ditch Projects is proud to announce Field Recordings, a new studio visit and exhibition series aimed to strengthen the visibility of Oregon artists, and foster meaningful connections between the region and the broader national art community.
For the 2026 edition of Field Recordings, Ditch Projects will host Keith Varadi of Gene’s Dispensary in Los Angeles. Varadi will travel to Oregon in spring 2026 to visit studios and research Oregon artists, which will culminate in a group exhibition at Ditch Projects opening in fall 2026.
The 2026 iteration of Field Recordings is made possible through the generous support of the Ford Family Foundation and the WLS Spencer Foundation.
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#art #contemporaryart #artist #artistsoninstagram #oregonart #eugeneart
Thank you for coming to the opening of
Gesture Incantations: Occultum Limp Wristusses and Some of our Monuments by Andrew Douglas Campbell!
Open Hours
Sat + Sun 12–4
On View
March 7 - April 12, 2026
Opening Saturday! Reception 5–7.
Andrew Douglas Campbell
Gesture Incantations: Occultum Limp Wristusses
&
Some of our Monuments
On View
March 7 - April 12, 2026
Gesture Incantations: Occultum Limp Wristusses
Andrew Douglas Campbell
On View
March 7 - April 12, 2026
Opening Reception
Saturday, March 7
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Disobedience Archive in 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕣𝕤 / Part 2
Over the last twenty years, the Disobedience Archive has been presented worldwide in different formats, each time under spatial arrangements orchestrated by artists. In The Whisperers, Scotini chose the theme of gender to guide the selection of videos distributed on eight screens, covering a wide geographical and chronological scope. Gender inventory is “dedicated to nomadic subjectivities, conceived as a rupture of heterosexual binarism. This section brings together the alliances between activism that critiques capitalism and the LGBTQ+ movements that have emerged globally.”
Videos included in the exhibition:
Ege Berensel, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 2018,
Zanny Begg, 𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘦 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦), 2025,
Marcelo Expósito with Nuria Vila, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 + 𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 2007
Güliz Sağlam, 𝘐𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘶𝘭 / 8𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 2018, 2018
Queerocracy, 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺: 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 2011
Maria Galindo e Mujeres Creando, 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘪ò𝘯 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘢, 2023
Seba Calfuqueo, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘞𝘦𝘺𝘦, 2015
Pedro Lemebel, 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘯𝘶𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘢 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢, 2014, 𝘗𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘢, 2006
Carlos Motta, 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭’𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬, 2018
Simone Cangelosi, 𝘜𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦: 𝘙𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘋𝘪 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘰, 2014
#UOCenterForArtResearch #TheWhisperers #DisobedienceArchive #marcoscotini
Disobedience Archive in 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕣𝕤 / Part 1
Videos included in the exhibition:
Ege Berensel, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 2018
Zanny Begg, 𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘦 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦), 2025
Marcelo Expósito with Nuria Vila, 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 + 𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 2007
Güliz Sağlam, 𝘐𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘶𝘭 / 8𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 2018, 2018
Queerocracy, 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺: 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 2011
Maria Galindo e Mujeres Creando, 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘪ò𝘯 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘢, 2023
Seba Calfuqueo, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘞𝘦𝘺𝘦, 2015
Pedro Lemebel, 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘯𝘶𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘭𝘢 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢, 2014, 𝘗𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘢, 2006
Carlos Motta, 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭’𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬, 2018
Simone Cangelosi, 𝘜𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦: 𝘙𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘋𝘪 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘰, 2014
Archive production is also a recurring form within curatorial practice. A long-running example is the Disobedience Archive, initiated by Italian curator Marco Scotini in 2005, which collects videos by artists from different backgrounds working at the intersection of art and political action. According to the founder, “The project generates an atlas of contemporary resistance tactics from direct action to counterinformation, from constituent practices to bioresistance. It also functions as a ‘user’s guide’ to social disobedience, encompassing hundreds of documentary elements spanning decades.”
#UOCenterForArtResearch #TheWhisperers #DisobedienceArchive #marcoscotini
Excited to have Service Works join us this Sunday at 1 pm for a final conversation to close 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕣𝕤, alongside Shadi Harouni and Michael Allan at Ditch Projects.
#serviceworks
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For the presentation of the Disobedience Archive in the exhibition, Service Works has conceived what the artist describes as an “appendicular support repository that gives access to information related to disobedience in general and the specific histories, lived experiences, and geopolitical conditions present in videos chosen to represent the Disobedience Archive.” It consists of a mobile unit and functional benches that contain bibliographical resources on the theme of disobedience while at the same time serving as viewing stations for the videos. Started in 2022 and facilitated by artist Brian Gillis, Service Works is described as “a speculative, semi-visible service platform that partners with a range of individuals and institutions to create access to socially relevant resources, opportunities, and information through relational art practice and social design.”
#uocenterforartresearch #thewhisperers @our_glass_capacity
![Ditch's 18th Anniversary Benefit is this Friday! 30+ artworks, food & dessert by Noisette, a bug out bag raffle, and DJ Rick Silva.Join us in person or bid online — auction closes at 8:30pm.Your generosity helps Ditch support experimental projects and bring new voices to challenging, community-building work. [link in bio]](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6739531752261934312621_0_5c0f621408df6df476afbb36a003c8a2.jpg?o=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&h=c2600a5537dcfa6ea55a4baa511a6526)
