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A non-profit art gallery housed in a historic church building built in 1895. Known for its annual Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)]] exhibit in October.
Maude Irvine Kerns was an American artist and art educator, known for her avant-garde paintings. Her works were exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum, National Gallery of Art, and the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, and earned Kerns considerable notoriety among the abstract art movement in New York. She later taught art at the University of Oregon as well as at high schools in Corvallis and Seattle, Washington before her death in 1965.
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At the University of Oregon.
One of the best-known historic track and field stadiums in the United States. Hayward Field has hosted three Olympic Trials, and a variety of National, NCAA, and Masters championships. University of Oregon. It hosted the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
A memorial to Olympic runner and local legend, Steve Prefontaine, at the site of his fatal car crash. The Prefontaine Classic, is held annually in Eugene in his honor.
Bi-annual student street fair kind of like Saturday market, but more student-oriented. Fall/Spring terms.
Essentially the center of the town, and the reason for the town's modern growth.
Many claim "The Simpsons" statue of Jebediah Springfield is based on the bronze pioneer statue on the University of Oregon campus. Installed in 1919 by Alexander Phimister Proctor, it depicts a trapper carrying a rifle.