Trip Report:
Group Leader: Mark Hougardy | Organization: Eugene-based hiking group | Date: February 9, 2024 | Duration: 1 day | Walking Distance: 4 miles | Participants: 8 | Elevation Gain/Loss: 200 feet
This was the final day to see the Maude Kerns Art Center’s 2024 season opener, “In the Realm of the Spirit: Work by Maude Kerns,” an exhibit of her non-objective artwork (abstract art). We enjoyed a pleasant 4-mile walk to/from the art center on side streets and through the University of Oregon campus. Maude Kerns was a visionary artist and educator, the first head of the Art Education Department at the University of Oregon (1921 – 1947). She is an internationally recognized artist in the Non-Objective Art Movement.