Eugene Intersection Murals

We are a microhood community group dedicated to making small but impactful streetscape interventions, encouraging connections and wishing joy upon all!

This group and the mural project at 26th and Olive Intersection Mural was imagined by Erik Steiner, a long-time Eugene resident who sought to build a more connected community, develop a stronger neighborhood identity, inspire cheerful thoughts, and raise vehicular awareness of the in the area. Erik's dream was to make the space for people to find shared satisfaction and inspiration in creating som

ething together... to take people out of their comfort zone and into their 'connection zone'.

26th and Olive Mural
The South Willamette area is undergoing some positive growth and a resurgence of interest in civic issues. Business activity is strong and appears to be growing. The College Hill area adjacent to these developments is also gradually changing: many long‐time residents have raised their children and are aging, and new homeowners are moving in. Many of us in this group are those newer owners, moving into the area and choosing Eugene for its quality of life and the promise of being able to buy and home and build a community around us. Others are older residents, some of whom have been in their homes for 40-50 years and have seen the area evolve over time into a stable but not deeply inter-connected community. Many of us have young children now; this neighborhood is our place to teach the next generation values of healthy, local, connected living where you can enjoy just about anything in a few blocks’ distance on foot. These children are just learning what it means to be rooted in place and what it means to be part of a neighborhood: learning to ride a bicycle in the street outside your home, singing Christmas carols for your neighbors in their 90s, and learning where to find the best blackberry patches, etc. We aim to do small but impactful things to help this neighborhood be vital and engaged, to bridge the broad generations of residents, and encourage a safe environment where our children can play outdoors and our elderly residents can walk. In Fall 2015, Bethany Steiner led a service-learning PPPM (Planning, Public Policy, and Management) class entitled "Real World Eugene" at the University of Oregon in a partnership with the City of Eugene. A group of five students took on this project as part of their exploration into and development of a guide to Tactical Urbanism for the City of Eugene. Since the Fall, Erik and the students have worked with dozens of people within the community, the Friendly Area Neighborhood, and the City of Eugene to develop the project. In the Spring of 2016 we received a Neighborhood Matching Grant from the City of Eugene to support the mural at 26th and Olive.

Photos from Eugene Intersection Murals's post

08/20/2019

Thanks Renee for this weeks exhibit! On display for another 4 days.

And yes - we do love your art 👏👏

08/01/2019

The giving plum tree.

The plums are ripe at 26th and Olive and someone has placed a ladder next to tree for a hungry passer by.

Do be careful if you decide to grab one! We (Daniel & kids) took about 10 yesterday that are becoming jam!

07/09/2019

Hmm is that a pterodactyl, house fly or fruit bat?

In this weeks exhibit the Steiners are asking us to guess by checking the list (exhibit #4) and placing our guesses in the envelope.

If you’re in the neighborhood please stop by and take a look and a guess!

Ps. Eden - loved your art from last week and had the pictures to post here but then accidentally deleted them. Sorry about that!

06/27/2019

Sally is all over Woodfield these days 😀

Not only was she featured in yesterday’s piece on KEZI but also is doing this weeks exhibit in the art gallery:

Super cool playing card themed paintings with a depth that only beer, 3D glasses or real talent makes possible.

So worth a stop!

Eugene community looks to foster identity with mural and more

06/27/2019

Hi there!

You may have seen a team from a local TV station in the Woodfield pocket today.

I (Daniel) got a random Facebook message at around 10 am from a Chris Lueneburg.

It turned out that he was a reporter with KEZI and was interested in doing a piece on the Woodfield project!

However, he needed someone to meet up with him before 2 pm which was not easy to arrange. Luckily Sally was able to talk to him which resulted in this nice article.

Enjoy!

Eugene community looks to foster identity with mural and more Tight-knit community members are bringing attention to their community-building and fundraising efforts.

06/25/2019

Check this out!

Thanks to Brice, one of the students that recently advised and studied our little pocket of the universe, we now have a website!

Do take a look, hope you like it!

https://woodfieldmicrohood.org/

06/09/2019

Thanks Janet for these amazing historic views!

As the second summer exhibit has wrapped up we are curious to see what Bobby is planning for the week to come.

Have a nice Sunday!

06/01/2019

Thank you Ramona for a beautiful exhibit!

Ramona is 6 years old and this summers first host of a week long show at the art gallery.

Her book on bicycles, including one with saw wheels that can ride over cars, was particularly amazing!

05/08/2019

What is Woodfield?

This and more was explored at the community meetup yesterday. A collaborative effort with an element of art, bringing people together and a neighborhood were some common themes.

Sally shared a story of a girl that has made the willow structure a daily stop for reflection and brought her grandmother to show her the space.

With the way the community is coming together there is likely to be more of those stories.

05/07/2019

Have plans for tonight?

If not, consider joining a community meetup at Market of choice, upstairs 5:30 pm.

We will be discussing a common vision for the Woodfield Mircohood!

05/05/2019

Where are you?

If you are anywhere near 26th and Olive in Eugene please swing by in 30 minutes!

The student team from the U of O are going to be talking to the community about where it would like the Woodfield Mircohood to go.

Happy Sunday!

04/23/2019

A very sweet booklet has appeared in the art gallery.

It’s an illustrated email exchange between a mother and her daughter. The story of how the mother, who is a tattoo artist connects with a client undergoing radiation treatment was particularly wonderful.

Thank you Carissa Jean!

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Eugene, OR
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