MTA panoramic view -- and click here for a video tour

	MTA is Oregon's new 501(c)(3) non-profit exhibition space for both technologically-themed art and hi-tech industrial products having an irresistable visual appeal -- or in short, art as industry !!! Located in the historic Miner Building at 132 E Broadway in Eugene, and with a lobby exhibition area generously provided by its owners, the museum is currently providing tours by appointment -- see below for details.
	Artist Exhibitors

		[Note: the artist works referenced hereunder are representative and not necessarily those currently on display at the museum.]
		Steve La Riccia, drawing upon an extraordinary affinity for the technological materials of the 19th and 20th centuries, has been amazing the public for forty years. He produced, beginning in the early 1980s, a significant body of work with his SX-70 manipulations -- wherein a stylus is rubbed over the still-developing print which has just been ejected from the hi-tech Polaroid camera -- and has achieved with it many beautiful and evocative results, as with his 1996 Nude with Hats; but when that technology was discontinued circa 2010, he made the leap to hyperspace with his interactive assemblages of steam-age and space-age components, and one of which, Teller's Armageddon, has been the subject of our inaugural exhibit in the Miner Building lobby.
		Joe Mross received his degree in 1993 from the University of Oregon in Fine and Applied Arts with an emphasis on metalsmithing and printmaking. His firm, Archive Designs, has since earned a reputation as one of the leading metal design and fabrication studios in the United States, and its work has been featured in numerous books and magazines over the years. Among many other career highlights, he received in 2014 a coveted Burning Man honorarium for his installation Lost Nomads of Vulcania, a 21' tall gypsy vardo steam walker; and more recently, in 2022, his firm was selected to design and fabricate the marvelous stage machinery for the Eugene Ballet's production of Taming of the Shrew.
		Glenn Smith is an English Lit major turned turned software engineer turned kinetic sculptor, the creator of the BLAST (blocked asynchronous transmission) data communications protocol, the founder of motion display consultancy Space Machines Corporation, the holder of two patents in the field of electro-mechanical display systems, and a contributor to the scholarly journals Arts and Leonardo. The high point of his artistic career thus far has been the appearance of his Cyberman 2021 in a five-month juried show of kinetic art at the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey, and he has more recently gained notice for Revolution in 8 Pieces, a photo/kinetic collaboration with Barbora Bakalarova.

Corporate Exhibitors

		MTA is seeking, and will be delighted to receive, proposals from Oregon companies having a hi-tech industrial product or component of irresistible visual appeal, and therefore an ideal subject for one of our ongoing series of no cost monthly exhibits in the lobby of the Miner Building.

News and Events

		Noted British computer art pioneer Paul Brown, the recipient of this year's ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art, is donating reproductions of two of his historic prints, as well as a time-based work, to the museum in conjunction with its grand opening during Eugene's Visual Arts Week, October 6-15. A reception will be held at 7 PM on the evening of Thursday, October 5th for supporters of the museum, and to be followed on Saturday, October 7th by a public, 1 PM to 5 PM open house. MTA is located in Suite 212 of the historic Miner Building at 132 E Broadway; and as an additional exhibition space, its owners are generously making available their wonderful period front lobby, and where Steve La Riccia's Babbage/Lovelace's Machination will be on display for the entire month of October.
		The Eugene Weekly has just published a charming and informative article about our launch !!! By intern reporter Alicia Santiago, Art Born of Industry (11 August 2023) focuses on co-founder Steve La Riccia's transition from being the long-time mastermind behind the New Zone Gallery to museum impresario. As per its title, the article also highlights our outreach to Oregon's business and industrial communities.

Further Information

Background:		In response to what French art historian Juliette Bessette has happily described as "a vast expansion of the creative sphere" represented by our current technological landscape, long-time Eugene artist and art promoter Steve La Riccia and Eugene newcomer Glenn Smith have just launched a 501(c)(3) non-profit Museum of Techno Art. The museum plans to exhibit artists whose work is technologically themed; and in complementary fashion, MTA will also be exhibiting hi- tech industrial products having significant artistic content. MTA will thus serve as an exhibition space for both Oregon's artistic and business communities -- or in short, "art as industry" !!!

Contacts:

Steve La Riccia steamworkslabs@centurylink.net (541) 517-1488 Glenn Smith glennwsmith@gmail.com (504) 478-3485

Tours:

Please get in touch with us to schedule a tour. At present, we occupy a small, two-room upstairs space -- Suite 212 -- but we invite you to help us grow!

Donations:

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit; all of our staff work is voluntary; we are currently seeking funding to expand our exhibit space; and all donations will be so utilitized. Please make checks payable to the Museum of Techno Art c/o OCCU.