VICTOR PANICHKUL

Craft beer label art on display at OSU library

Victor Panichkul
Statesman Journal

A new exhibit at The Valley Library at Oregon State University that showcases the art and design of craft beer labels will run through May 29 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, with extended hours on Tuesdays until 8 p.m.

"The Art of Beer: What's on the Outside?" includes examples of the talents of bottle and label artists from breweries such as Deschutes, Gigantic, Hair of the Dog, Hopworks Urban Brewery, McMenamins, Ninkasi, Oregon Trail and Rogue.

Also included in the exhibit are:

•Sections on the process of fine art and graphic design from John Foyston, Eric Steen, the mural artists at McMenamins and Karl Edwards

•Video documentaries about the craft of brewing from Hopstories

•Items such as clothing, coasters, growlers, glasses and stickers

•Several panels from a 2014 Springfield Museum exhibit "Beyond the Label"

•Items from the OSU Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives collections

The Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives was established in 2013 to collect, preserve and share the story of the hops and craft-brewing industries in Oregon.

More information is available online at http://bit.ly/1j3XVPP or by calling (541) 737-7387.