EUGENE– Artists Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill, a.k.a "Manual," will speak at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, in Room 115 of Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd., during the weekly MusEvenings! program of the University of Oregon Museum of Art.

Their talk compliments "Hope Photographs," a traveling compilation of more than 100 photographs, selected because of their seemingly unintentionally captured moments of hope. The exhibition will continue at the UO art museum, 1430 Johnson Lane, through March 7.

Bloom and Hill began their artistic collaboration in 1974. They chose to represent themselves by the name "Manual" because of the word’s connotations with physical labor and instructional text. "Aren’t artists laborers and can’t one of art’s jobs be to inform?" they ask.

The pair’s photo-works, videotapes, computer programs and installations have been exhibited in 30 solo and more than 250 group shows held in 10 countries, 24 states and 66 cities.

The Museum of Art, accessible to people with disabilities, is open from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Suggested admission is $3, except on Wednesdays when the MusEvenings! program offers free extended viewing hours from 5—8 p.m. Museum members, students, UO employees and children are admitted free.

For more information, browse http://uoma.uoregon.edu/ or call (541) 346-3027.

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