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Progress – Marcus Fischer and Lisa Ward

Sacrifice Zones – Jon Bellona and Ralph Pugay

A History – Tarrah Krajnak and Ryan Pierce

billboard on the side of a brick building — Ablaze (With Destruction and Abundance) – Adam DeSorbo

Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World

2022-23 “5 Minutes” Interviews with Artists by MFA Candidates

Curators-in-Residence: Ashley Stull-Meyers & Aurora Tang

CFAR Project Incubator Fellows 2023-2024

Aerial view of wooden staircase in the Knight Campus at the University of Oregon. — CPI Fellows in Conversation

Colorful plaid digital design by Kate Wagle. — Dreaming Like a Beehive

Group of people standing in a circle in an outdoor field. — “Yield #1-The Urban Farm”

Stack of neon green books with one book upright with title cover facing forward. — “File Under: Slime”

2021-22 “5 Minutes” Interviews with Artists by MFA Candidates

Orange tinted photograph of clouds. — Fuel Ladder

Glass doors with text reading "Knight Campus." — CFAR Project Incubator Fellows 2022-2023

Artist, Brian House, listens in forest to a macrophone (an array like sculptural object in background). — Brian House: Macrophones

Experiments in Access and the Commonplace Habits of Denial

A chair can be hurled.

Papers on Power

pearly gates

Feeling Documents: A Liberated Archives Experience

Frictionless: Holding on for Dear Life

Ruby rock and gem stones split open on sand — Catalytic Conversation with Glenn Adamson on Obsidian

2020-21 “5 Minutes” Interviews with Artists by MFA Candidates

Group of silhouetted people standing in front of large white canvas on blue wall. — Seeing Visual Artists: A Portland Pandemic Report by Bean Gilsdorf

Technician stands in maker lab in the Knight Center for Scientific Impact space while working on a machine. — CFAR Project Incubator’s 2021-2022 Fellows

Purple, orange, and pink gradient on an angle. — A Conversation on Power and Access

Blue, red, orange and green gradient background. — Habits of Denial: A Series of Programs on Access

Exterior of Holding Contemporary gallery in Portland, Oregon. — Curators-in-Residence: Tiffany Harker & Iris Williamson

Two hands look down while holding the book Craft and the Hyperobject. — Craft and the Hyperobject

Dark stormy shoreline with clouds in the distance and a ghost-like bottle in the foreground. — garima thakur & Sharita Towne: we’re out of control

Two people paint on a sketchbook with black ink. — Garrick Imatani: Monologue

Vector graphic of manila file folders scattered on gray background. — On Power, in 20 Parts

Hamza Walker and Mahfuz Sultan sitting at a table looking at a book. — Critical Conversations: Hamza Walker with Mahfuz Sultan

Book cover with graphic number 5 made of colorful blocks, rectangles, and shapes. — 2019-20 “5 Minutes” Interviews with Artists by MFA Candidates

Cluster of balloons rising in yellow-green sky. — Jea Alford and Ariana Jacob’s Precarious People’s Party

Yaelle S. Amir. — Curator-in-Residence: Yaelle S. Amir

Mint green background with title "Dismantling The House." — Dismantling the House: Programs on Power

Aaron Bjork. — Designer-in-Residence: Aaron Bjork

Simon Starling and Emil Ronn Anderson. — Catalytic Conversation with Simon Starling & Emil Rønn Andersen

Three performers in white gallery space. — CFAR Live: Inside with Jessica Jackson Hutchins

Two performers on a dark stage with figures and masks surrounding them in darkness. — Simon Starling: A Talk

Specimens, jars, and petri dishes displayed inside acrylic case. — CFAR Live: Inside with Jessica Segall

CFAR Live: Inside with Michael A. Salter

ALWAYS, NEVER

Interior of book with text. — Catalytic Conversation with Molly Zuckerman-Hartung

Jessie Rose Vala and Carla Bengtson at gallery opening of Every Word was Once an Animal. — Every Word was Once an Animal

Connective Conversations: Curator/Critic Tours and Lectures

Two panelists sit in a circle with participants of a Catalytic Conversation forum. — Catalytic Conversation: Craft Hyperobject Project

Namita Gupta Wiggers. — Writer-in-Residence: Namita Gupta Wiggers

Artist-in-Residence: Jessica Segall

Namita Gupta Wiggers stands at a dinner table speaking to people. — Namita Gupta Wiggers: “One Hundred Lifetimes and a Day”

Garth Clark sits on stage with projection behind him. — An Evening with Garth Clark

Julie Rodrigues Widholm. — Julie Rodrigues Widholm: “Expanding the Canon: A Call for Curatorial Activism in 21st Century Museums”

2018-19 “5 Minutes” Interviews with Artists by MFA Candidates

“5 Minutes” Publications Launch and Discussion

Black scribble lines on light gray surface. — Katherine Jenkins: “Meadow Lines”

Mirrored glass orb reflects other mirrored vases in a visually confusing pattern of silver reflections. — Catalytic Conversation with Mary McInnes

A human finger wags towards a lizard perched on a rock. — Every Word Was Once an Animal

Black ink print of a female figure holding a power tool printed on wood surface. — Artist-in-Residence: Lilliam Nieves

Gallery view of large drawing on a black wall with a book on a pedestal in the foreground. — Catalytic Conversation with Allie Tepper

Person lectures at podium. — 10 for 5 at 510 Oak

Black and white ink painting sits on table with white clay objects. — Studio Notes

Person lays in a green grassy area with a light blue, ghost like halo over their body. — Mothership Manifold

Black and white image of people being led in an activity on movement. — Movement Lab

Group of faculty and students gather at the University of Oregon conference room to talk with Pope L. — Catalytic Conversation with Pope.L

Screening of “Nightfall” and “One Way Boogie Woogie & 27 Years Later” by James Benning

Pink book cover with a large white number 5. — 2017-18 “5 Minutes” Interviews with Artists by MFA Candidates

Person wearing all white climbs up a slope of dark, rough rocks. — Shadi Harouni Film Screening and Discussion

Film still with a mauve ceremonial altar and chairs facing forward. — Gossing Sieckmann “Desert Miracles” and Euan Macdonald “Healer”

Person in blue outfit exits a stage through a set of vivid orange curtains. — Film Screenings and Discussion with Miriam Gossing & Lina Sieckmann, and Euan Macdonald

Gray book titled "The Magic Circle. On The Beatles, Pop Art, Art-Rock and Records" by Jan Tumlir. — Jan Tumlir: “The Magic Circle. On The Beatles, Pop Art, Art-Rock and Records”

3-D printed sculpture of a bust sits on a wood tabletop. — School of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition

Person stands in a gallery viewing a large abstract, geometric painting of a white cube with gray and black background. — Julie York, Artist-in-Residence

Catalytic Conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson on “The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson”

A conversation on practice-based research and institutional research centers

Julia Bryan-Wilson lecturing at the University of Oregon. — Julia Bryan-Wilson: “Bruce Nauman: Queer Homophobia”

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