BEAM 2023 Lit Up Eugene!
Thank you to everyone who organized, volunteered, attended and participated in BEAM 2023. We loved seeing all of the amazing creativity, talent and skill that’s uniquely Eugene.
Check out these parade photos captured by Chris Pietsch for The Register-Guard. And congratulations to this year’s award winners!
BEST OF SHOW
The SLUG Award: Communidad y Herencia Cultural
BEST VIEW
Best Decorated Entry: Wildling Collaborative Arts
BEST DRESSED
Best Use of Costuming: Thrill The World Eugene
BEST IN STEP
Best Marching: Sheldon Colleens Dance Team
BEST LAUGHS
Best Use of Humor: Eugene’s SLUG Queens
BEST LISTENING
Best Use of Sound: Samba Ja
BEST BRiGHT
Best Use of Lighting: Next Step Dance Studio
JUDGES KNOW BEST
Judges’ Choice: Corvallis Kinetics and Friends
Award ribbons and $100 cash prizes can be picked up or mailed by contacting ArtCity via Charly Swing by email at: charlyswing@artcity.art
Community creativity shines brightly at this magnificent two-day illumination arts celebration.
Local artists, schools, nonprofits and businesses will showcase their creative works to express diversity and community spirit.
BEAM 2023 is part of Eugene Cultural Services’ Visual Arts Week, Oct. 6-15 and is presented by the City of Eugene, ArtCity and the Eugene SLUG Queens.
Bring your light to the party! Attend! Participate! Don’t miss these amazing events!
BEAM 2023 Event Map
BEAM 2023 Showcase
Park Blocks, 8th Ave. & Oak St., Eugene
Oct. 13, 7-9:30 pm
Local artists showcase their light-incorporated art
at this one-of-a-kind pop-up installation.
CARI INGRASSIA
EMILY MACKENZIE
FOXLIGHT LABS
SEAN SISSON
CARLOS RASMUSSEN
TRACI CRIMMINS
EMMA SCOTT LAVIN
FERMATA BALLET COLLECTIVE
ZENITH ARIEL ARTS
SANTIAGO UCEDA
CRAIG HUBER
NOLAN DAY
FUZZY BEUYS
ATOMIC ELROY
FOXDEN
ROBERT LONG
CHRIS MOODY
BEAM BRiGHT Parade
Start/end at 5th Ave. & Pearl St., Eugene
Oct. 14, 7-8:30 pm
See the best in illuminated human- and
electric-powered art during the BEAM BRiGHT Parade.
PARADE ROUTE
5th to Pearl (south) to 8th, to the Park Blocks and Farmers’ Market Pavilion (judges on corner), then south on Oak to 13th, then High to 5th.
LENGTH
1.5 miles through Downtown Eugene.
THEME
ART iN MOTION, celebrating all that makes Eugene unique, quirky and awe-inspiring.
PARADE CATEGORIES
Marching entries; animal entries; musical entries; unique non-motorized vehicles; and special features, such as puppetry, oversized props, etc.
POWERED BY
All entries must be human-powered or electric-powered. Vehicles of any kind powered by petroleum are not allowed.
SAFETY
For the safety of everyone concerned, parade participants may not hand out, throw, or distribute any materials of any kind to spectators along the parade route.
DEADLINE
Deadline to enter parade: Sept. 22. There is an entry fee, which is nonrefundable.
INSPIRATION
Need inspiration? Make parade hats and illuminated parade lanterns on Friday, OCT. 6, 5:30-8 pm during the Visual Arts Week kick-off event at the Farmers Market Pavilion.
This is a free event for spectators!
Line the parade route and cheer on your favorites!
BEAM 2023 AfterParty
Farmers’ Market Pavilion, 8th Ave.,
Downtown Eugene
Oct. 14, 8:30-11 pm
BE THE ART while wearing your custom-designed or handmade illuminated costume at the BEAM AfterParty.
FEATURING:
DJ TexCaliente
Photo Booth Artist: Kenji Shimitzu
Food vendors during parade and AfterParty.
Set up on Farmers Market Pavilion:
Nothing Bundt Cakes, TikiTiki,
Paper Plate BBQ
Special Guest Artist Groups: Thrill The World Eugene (8:30 pm) & One Time Marching Band (8:40 pm)
Illuminated costumes designed by Mitra Gruwell and Viking Textile Maker Hub
Lighting by Nate Trowbridge of Clear Productions,
production coordinator for City of Eugene
Meet your neighbors! Connect with your community! Celebrate Eugene!
This is a free event. Illuminated attire is encouraged. See you there!!
