Dan Schmitt & Jan Halvorsen win awards in Mayor's Art Show

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Congratulations to Dan Schmitt and Jan Halvorsen who have won awards in the 2012 Mayor's Art Show at the Jacobs Gallery. 

Dan Schmitt, who teaches ceramics, received a Juror's Award for his pottery "Slipped Jar with Dots."  Jan Halvorsen, who teaches in Media Arts, received the Artistic Director's Award for "Something Quiet," a pastel drawing on paper.
Contratulations to other faculty members whose work was accepted into this juried show:  Tallmadge Doyle, Susan Lowdermilk, Jefferson Goolsby, and student Eve Takahashi.

The Jacobs Gallery is in the lower level of the Hult Center for the Performing Arts.  The Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 12-4 pm, Saturday 11 am - 3 pm, and one hour prior to and during all Hult Center performances.  It is located  between 6th and 7th Avenues and Olive and Willamette Streets in downtown Eugene, Oregon.http://jacobsgallery.org/MAS/

Mayor's Art Show

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Too Much Information appeared in the September 6th issue of Eugene Register-Guard. Written by Bob Keefer, the newspaper's arts reporter, the article reviews the current Mayor's Art Show at the Jacobs Gallery.  Works of art by several LCC Art and Applied Arts faculty are in the show:  Jeff Goolsby, Dan Schmitt, Jan Halvorsen, Susan Lowdermilk, Talmadge Doyle and student Eve Takahashi.  Keefer wrote about the deep appeal of Jeff Goolsby's "Conflict Management" and about Eve Takahashi's photograph of former student Carter.  Susan Lowdermilk and Talmadge Doyle's artist book "Aviary" is "wonderful for its sheer, drop-dead gorgeous etching and perfect craftsmanship."   The complete article is available at the Register-Guard's website:  http://www.registerguard.com/web/entertainmentarts/28693088-57/art-mayor-artist-painting-statements.html.csp.

Prettiest Girl Names

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CHECK out our newest best picked 100 prettiest baby girl names at Baby-Girlnames blog, with their meanings.

The origins of these hundred names are the Greek, French, Latin, English, Spanish, Hebrew and Celtic.

1. ABBY (Latin) => Head of a monastery; short form of Abigail means "my father is joy"
2. ADELAIDE (German) => Sweet, noble. Beautiful capital city of South Australia
3. ADRIANA (Greek) => Rich, wealthy. Feminine form of Adrian
4. ADRIANNE (Greek) => Rich, wealthy. Variant names: Adriana or Adrianna
5. ALEXA (Greek) => Protector of mankind. Short form of Alexandra
6. ALI (Arabic) => Noble, truth, lofty, sublime. Variants: Aliya, or Aliyah
7. ALICE (French) => Of nobility, noble. Very popular girl name in Sweden and Italy
8. ALLISON (French) => Of nobility, noble, a variant of Alison
9. ANASTASIA (Greek) => Resurrection, being popular since the Middle Ages
10. ANGELINE (French) => Angel, diminutive of Angela. Popular in Austria

100 Prettiest Girl Names in the World

11. ANNA (Native American) => Mother (Algonquin)
12. ARABELLE (German) => Beautiful eagle
13. ARIA (Greek) => Melody. In Hebrew means "lioness"
14. ARIANNA (Latin) => Very holy one
15. ARIELLE (Hebrew) => Lioness of God
16. AURELIA (Spanish) => Golden, feminine form of Aurelius for girl
17. AVA (English) => Refuge in battle. Very popular name in the United States and Scotland
18. AVERY (Anglo-Saxon) => Ruler of the elves
19. AVIANNA (English) => Grace, favor
20. BELLE (Italian) => Beautiful woman, short form of Isabella
21. BIANCA (Italian) => White, popular girl name in US
22. BRIELLE (Irish) => Strong. Short form of Gabrielle. Top name in America
23. BRITTANY (Celtic) => From Britain
24. CALLIE (Greek) => Fun, short form of Caroline
25. CARISSA (Greek) => Love, Grace
26. CAROLINA (German) => Strong, Melody, Song
27. CELESTE (Latin) => Heavenly
28. CHANTALLE (French) => Singer
29. CHARLOTTE (French) => Petite, Feminine
30. CHLOE (Greek) => Blooming, Greek goddess Demeter. Popular name in France, USA, Ireland, Netherland, Canada, United Kingdom, and Scotland.

100 Prettiest Girl Names in the World

31. DAPHNE (Hebrew) => Victory, popular girl name in France and Netherlands
32. DIANA (French) => Roman Goddess of the Moon means heavenly or divine
33. ELENA (Spanish) => Shining light
34. ELISE (Hebrew) => God's oath
35. ELIZABETH (French) => Stranger, Lovely
36. ELLA (Greek) => Light, mercy. Top ten girl name in Canada, Sweden and Ireland
37. EMMA (English) => Whole, complete. Top name in Norway, Belgium and Denmark
38. FERNANDA (German) => Adventurous
39. FRANCESCA (Latin) => From France, Free
40. GABRIELLE (Hebrew) => God is my strength
41. GEORGIA (German) => Farmer
42. GISELLE (French) => Pledge, Vow
43. HAILEY (Scandinavian) => Hero
44. HARMONY (English) => A beautiful blending
45. IGRAINE (Arthurian Legend) => Mother of Arthur
46. ISABELLA (Hebrew) => God's oath
47. JANE (English) => God is gracious
48. JENNIFER (Celtic) => White wave
49. JESSICA (Hebrew) => Rich
50. JOHANNA (Hebrew) => God is gracious

100 Prettiest Girl Names in the World

51. JOSEFINA (Spanish) => God wiIl multiply
52. JULIA (French) => Youthful, a feminine form of Julius
53. KAELYNN (English) => Keeper of the keys
54. KATE (Greek) => Pure, innocent, a short for of Catherine
55. KAYLA (English) => Keeper of the keys
56. KAYLEE (English) => Pure, Innocent
57. KIANA (Hawaiian) => Moon Goddess
58. KYLIE (Australian Aboriginal) => A boomerang
59. LACEY (French) => Place name, variant of Lacy. Popular in Scotland
60. LAUREL (French) => Laurel plant, the bay
61. LAUREN (French) => Laurel, variant name of Laura for girl
62. LEAH (Greek) => Woman, delicate, weary
63. LEIGH (Gaelic) => Poet, meadow or pasture
64. LEILA (Irish) => Name of a saint. In Arabic means night or beauty
65. LENORE (Greek) => Light. See also Nora
66. LILY (Latin) => Flower name, the symbol of innocence and beauty.
67. LUCY (Latin) => Riches, light. A feminine form of Lucius
68. MAGGIE (Scottish) => Pearl. Short form of Margareth
69. MALLORY (French) => Mailed. Being popular since TV series "Family Ties"
70. MARILYN (English) => Waterfall, star of the sea. Modern form of Mary
71. MEGHAN (Greek) => Strong. See for boys names. It's a variant of Margareth
72. MEREDITH (Welsh) => Protector of the sea, goddess
73. MIA (Italian) => Mine. It's also a short form of Maria
74. NADIA (Slavic, Russian) => Hope. Very common girl name in Russia
75. NATALIE (Latin) => Born at Christmas

100 Prettiest Girl Names in the World

76. NICOLE (Greek) => People's victory
77. NOELLE (French) => Christmas
78. NORA (Hebrew) => Light, woman of honor
79. OLIVIA (Latin) => Olive tree, popular name for girl
80. OPAL (Indian) => Jewel. Fabulous name for girl who born on October
81. PEARL (English) => Pearl, a jewel name.
82. RAYNE (Latin) => Ruler, a variant of Raina and Rayna
83. RENEE (French) => Reborn
84. ROSALIE (Latin, French, German) => Rose. Taken from the name Rosalia
85. ROSE (Scottish) => Rose, the most popular flower in the world
86. RUBY (French) => Jewel, red gem, one of the four precious stones
87. SARA (Spanish, Hebrew) => Princess. It's also form of Sarah
88. SASHA (English) => Protector of mankind
89. SAVANNAH (Spanish) => From the open plain
90. SERENA (Spanish) => Serene, calm.
91. SOPHIA (Greek) => Wisdom, a girl name used since the 17th century
92. SUSANNAH (Hebrew) => a flower named Lily
93. TALIA (Australian Aboriginal) => Near water
94. THEA (Greek) => Healer, wholesome. The Greek Goddess of light
95. THERESA (Greek) =>Late summer
96. TORI (Latin) => Victory. In Japan, it means bird.
97. VICTORIA (Latin) => Victory, feminine form of Victor. Also a Roman Goddess
98. VIOLA (Latin) => Violet, a very popular first name for women
99. VIOLET (Latin) => Purple. This flower name is well-known since 1830s.
100. ZARA (Arabic) => Light, radiance. Great for naming girl whose exotic characters

In addition to the hundred names for girls above, there is a very unique and prettiest girl name from the eastern world, called "WULAN" which means "pretty moon light."

Find out more related prettiest baby girl names that mean love, beautiful and pretty, flowers, jewels, pearls, diamond, water names or names with meaning stars, moon, sun or sun light.

Popular Girl Names Start with V W X Y and Z

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What are popular baby girl names that start with v, w, x, y, and Z? Check out here, the top ones that are loved by most parents for naming their newborn.

NAMES	ORIGINS	MEANINGS
VICTORIA	Latin	Victory
VIOLET	Latin	Violet
VANESSA	Greek	Butterfly
VALERIA	Latin	Strong
VALENTINA	Latin	Good health
VIVIAN	English	The Lady of the Lake
VALERIE	English	Strong, Brave
VERONICA	Latin	True image
VIVIENNE	Latin	Living, Lively
VIVIANA	English	The Lady of the Lake
VERA	Latin	Truth
VIRGINIA	Spanish	Virgin

Popular girl names that start with V W X Y and Z, origins and meanings:

NAMES	ORIGINS	MEANINGS
WILLOW	English	Willow
WHITNEY	English	From the white island
WENDY	German	Wanderer
WILLA	Australianl	Woman, Wife
XIMENA	Hebrew	Listening
YARETZI	Aztec	You will be always loved
YARELI	Native American	Water lady
YASMIN	Arabic	Jasmine flower
YOSELIN	French	Tribal name of the Gauth
YESENIA	Spanish	A gypsy
YAZMIN	Arabic	Jasmine flower
YAMILET	Arabic	Beautiful
YARITZA	Brazilian	Water lady
YAMILETH	Arabic	Beautiful
YULIANA	Latin	youthful; Jove's child
NAMES	ORIGINS	MEANINGS
ZOEY	Greek	Life
ZOE	Greek	Life
ZARIAH	Arabic	radiance
ZOIE	Greek	Life
ZION	Hebrew	Highest point; heaven
ZARA	French	Light
ZARIA	Hebrew	Princess
ZARIYAH	Arabic	radiance
ZURI	French	White and lovely

Are their any of those popular names that start with letter v, w, x, y and z above which you like as well? Please give your opinion bellow.

TOP Girl Names Start with Letter T

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What are top baby girl names that start with letter T? Find out more here, the popular ones that are loved by most parents for naming their newborn.

NAMES	ORIGINS	MEANINGS
TAYLOR	English	Tailor
TRINITY	Latin	Threefold
TEAGAN	Irish	Good looking
TESSA	English	Saint's name
TATUM	English	Cheerful, Brings joy
TIFFANY	French	Appearance of God
TIANA	Greek	Princess
TALIA	Australian Aboriginal	Near water

Popular girl names that start with T, with origins and meanings:

NAMES	ORIGINS	MEANINGS
TATIANA	Russian	Fairy princess
TERESA	Spanish	Saint's name
TORI	Latin	Victory
TABITHA	Aramaic	Gazelle
TARYN	Gaelic	Tower
TALIYAH	Hebrew	Dew of God
TEGAN	Irish	Good looking
TIANNA	Greek	Princess
TARA	Gaelic	Tower
TIA	Greek	Princess
TESS	English	Saint's name
THALIA	Australian Aboriginal	Near water

Are their any of those popular names that start with letter T above which you like as well? Please give your opinion bellow.

Terrible boy names awards, 2006

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I've got a confession to make. Theres a huge part of me that loves girls names, more than boys! So it's taken me awhile to get onto task to do the boys awards after doing the girls (which took a long time to do, i'll tell you!)

So, i'd like to welcome you to:

The Mini Terrible Boys Names awards 2006

:)

First category:
Random Y's
Random Y's are when the letter "y" is randomly inserted in place of another vowel. This is very popular in the realm of of girls names. But this also happens in boys names, too.
which is a little strange because it makes the name look a lot more feminine!
Offenders are:
Aidyn
Landyn
Camryn
Gavyn
Jordyn
Austyn
Trystan
Devyn

Winner: Gavyn

Second category: Weird incomprehensible spellings:
Some people just like to completely confuse (and really freak me out) with the way they insist on spelling a name!
Offenders are:
Rayan (supposed to be Ryan)
Brayan (Brayan)
Izayah (Isaiah)
Nathanael (Nathaniel)
Ean (Ian)

Winner: Izayah

Third category: Trying to make it 'unique'.
This is similar to the second category, although the names are often still recognizable, but just strangely spelled, often to try and achieve uniqueness.
Offenders are:
Konner
Alijah
Issac
Karter
Koen

Winner: Koen

Forth category: Random syllable onto an already perfectly fine name
Guys, the names Shawn, Marcus and Angelo are a nice names. They don't need anything added onto the front. Still, many insist on doing it:
Deshawn
Dashawn
Deangelo
Demarcus
Tyshawn
Jamarcus

Winner: Demarcus

Fifth category: Bad names
Names which are just stupid.
Offenders are:
Amari/ Jamari/ Kamari (kind of pretty names, but for a boy??)
Noe (pronounced: No-ee. It sounds like what a Mom says to their little child, "Noey, Thomas, don't touch that, Noeys"
Willie. (Oh, god...)
Sincere. (What's he going to be called for short? Sin?)
Hamza. (Not only a weird name, Nickname? Ham? It means "foul smell". Hm..)
Prince (speaks for itself)
Stone
Winner: Hamza

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EDIT: Take a look at reader Alicia's educated and different perspective on a few of these names in her comment.

Cute combinations, Girls F-J

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Carrying on from the other days post, heres some more cute combinations!

F
Pretty and sweet: Fiona Cadence
Modern: Faith Victoria
Unusual: Felicity Claire

G
Classic: Genevieve Stella
Conservative: Grace Kathleen
Pretty and sweet: Gabriella Reese
Modern: Gracelyn Ashley
Unusual: Gwendolyn Abigail
Unique: Ginnie Nicole
Unisex: Gracyn Reed

H
Classic: Hazel Zara
Conservative: Hannah Jane
Pretty and sweet: Holly Belle
Modern: Hallie May
Unusual: Haven Grace
Unique: Harriet Robin
Unisex: Harper Isabelle

I
Classic: Isadora Jazlyn
Pretty and sweet: Ivy Anastasia
Modern: Isabella Skye
Unusual: India Rose
Unique: Imogen Gabrielle
Unisex: Indiana Nicole

J
Classic: Juliette Grace
Conservative: Jane Elise
Pretty and sweet: Jenna Lilly
Modern: Jayda Leanne
Unusual: Jazlyn Camilla
Unique: Jonah Elizabeth
Unisex: Jamie Melissa

Any you love? Any you hate? Other suggestions? Comment below!

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