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April 2024
2024 | WSU Visiting Writers Series: Reading and Q&A with Gabrielle Calvocoressi
WSU Visiting Writers Series: Reading and Q&A with Poet, Author, and Editor Gabrielle Calvocoressi Tuesday, April 2, 5:00 pm Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art YOUTUBE STREAM | AUTHOR WEBSITE ABOUT THE AUTHOR | Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, Apocalyptic Swing (a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize), and Rocket Fantastic, winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. Calvocoressi is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including a Stegner…
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Reading, Q&A, and book signing with multi-media artist and poet Sam Roxas-Chua
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022 | 5:00 P.M. IN PERSON – JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR WATCH ON YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM Sam Roxas-Chua 姚 (Yao) is a transracial/transcultural adopted person. He is the author of Saying Your Name Three Times Underwater, Echolalia in Script, Fawn Language, and the podcast Dear Someone Somewhere, an audio-journal project. His open-form calligraphy, artworks, and writing have appeared in various journals and galleries. Sam is a poet in the periphery, a multimedia artist, field recordist, and an amateur radio operator. He’s read for PEN International, city government…
Find out more »October 2021
2021 | Tabletop Letterpress Printing: An Introduction and Demonstration
Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Tabletop Letterpress Printing: An Introduction and Demonstration Contact with questions: Kristin Becker, kristin.carlson@wsu.edu (JSMA); Kathryn Manis, kathryn.manis@wsu.edu (MASC) This event will take place in the museum’s Pavilion gallery and masks are required. Join representatives from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU (JSMA) and WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) for an introduction to MASC’s recently acquired tabletop letterpress. Staff will be on-hand to discuss the history of letterpress printing, provide background on…
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2021 | Black Lives Matter: An Intergenerational Discussion
Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 3:30–4:30 p.m. Black Lives Matter: An Intergenerational Discussion Stream the program live on YouTube Free and open to the public, no registration necessary. Moderated by: Lisa Guerrero, Associate Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence, WSU Artist Grant Winners: Lisa Myers Bulmash, Rene Westbrook, Hasaan Kirkland, Robert Lloyd On September 29 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., join select awardees of the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Program for a discussion of the question: Why has art—in all its forms—always…
Find out more »2021 | Exhibition Tour with Alison Saar
Join artist Alison Saar in the museum galleries on Wednesday, September 29, from 2-3 p.m. for a personal tour of Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, a retrospective exhibition featuring nearly 50 prints and five sculptures by this renowned Los Angeles–based artist. American artist Alison Saar is a master of printmaking and sculpture. She employs a personal vocabulary informed by history, race, and mythology. Her influences range from…
Find out more »2021 | Fall Exhibitions Opening Reception
Join museum benefactor Jordan Schnitzer, artist Alison Saar, and awardees of the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Program as we celebrate the opening of two exhibitions: Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, and the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition. Speakers will briefly welcome visitors to the event and touch upon the significance of these exhibitions within our collective history. Mingling is encouraged at this festive gathering, masks…
Find out more »April 2021
2021 | Livestreamed Artist’s Talk by Stephanie Broussard
Friday, April 9, 2021, 4:00–5:00 p.m. PST Livestreamed Artist's Talk By MFA Graduate Candidate Stephanie Broussard Stream the program live on YouTube Free and open to the public, no registration necessary. This livestreamed talk accompanies the 2021 Master of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition Join MFA graduate candidate Stephanie Broussard virtually as she takes the audience on a tour of her thesis exhibition in the museum’s Pavilion gallery. Traveling from many places to join the cohort at WSU, Broussard engaged in…
Find out more »2021 | Open Gallery With MFA Candidate Stephanie Broussard
Friday, April 9, 2021, 1:00–3:30 p.m. Open Gallery With MFA Thesis Candidate Stephanie Broussard Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, Pavilion Gallery Free and open to the public, no registration necessary. MFA Candidate Stephanie Broussard will be present in the gallery to informally welcome visitors to her Master of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition. The artist will respond to your questions and provide impromptu tours during this time. Attestation, distancing, and masks required: please see COVID-19 update on museum website. If…
Find out more »November 2019
2019 | Borders & Boundaries: Amarillo
Join On the Boards Executive Director Betsey Brock and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Executive Director Robin Held for a screening of TEATRO LÍNEA DE SOMBRA's performance Amarillo, with an introduction by Brock about the innovative platform OtB.tv, which brings the world's best contemporary performance films by provocative artists to anyone with a device and an internet connection.
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2019 | Black History Month Reception and Celebration
SPECIAL EVENT | Black History Month Reception and Celebration Date: Thursday, February 7, 2019 Time: 5-7 p.m. Location: Pavilion, Bruce/Floyd and Borth Galleries | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU In conjunction with the Social Space Exhibition, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is hosting a reception and celebration for Black History Month on Thursday, February 7 from 5-7 p.m. in the Pavilion, Bruce/Floyd and Borth Galleries. Enjoy a lively discussion and gallery talk with special projects curator Sidney…
Find out more »November 2018
Memorial Celebration for Jim & Kelma Short
The Department of Sociology, the Social & Economic Sciences Research Center and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, together with Michael Short and Susan Short Castleberry, invite you to a Memorial Celebration for Jim and Kelma Short To be held at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, Community Pavilion 1535 NW Wilson Road, Pullman, WA November 8, 2018 | 4:00–6:00 pm | Program will be held at 5:00 pm Paid parking is available in the Smith Center public parking…
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2017 SUMMER | CURATORS CHOICE EXHIBIT
Reflections on Place through WSU Faculty and the Museum Collection May 16 – June 30, 2017 “The intersections of nature, culture, history, and ideology form the ground on which we stand—our land, our place, the local.” –Lucy Lippard ABOUT | In his essay Towards a Critical Regionalism, architectural historian Kenneth Frampton denounced the prevailing “international” style of architecture—modular, rational, often partly pre-fabricated—for reducing regional variance to the point that new buildings in cities across the world were beginning to look…
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2016 MURAL COLLABORATION | with artists Tom Van Deusen and Max Clotfelter in the Museum/WSU Gallery
JOIN THE MUSEUM FOR AN ARTIST MURAL COLLABORATION IN THE GALLERY Friday, September 23 from 10am-4pm Seattle cartoonists Tom Van Deusen and Max Clotfelter will be in the Museum of Art gallery space painting a 12’ x 16’ foot mural for the NW Alternative Comics exhibition. This is a rare opportunity to see both artists and curators at work as they prepare the installation and mural for the Norhtwest Alternative Comics exhibit which opens on Monday, September 26th. Notes |…
Find out more »October 2015
FILM NIGHT/RECEPTION: Two Jim Dine films at the CUB Auditorium, reception at WSU Museum
Join the Museum of Art/WSU and WSU’s Student Entertainment Board to screen two award-winning documentary films on the artist Jim Dine. Begin your evening in the CUB Auditorium viewing Jim Dine: A Self Portrait on the Walls (1995) and All about Looking (1996), then transition to the MOA gallery to enjoy the exhibition Jim Dine: A Life in Printmaking. Light refreshments provided. DETAILS | Thursday, October 22, CUB Auditorium, 6-7pm film screenings, 7-8pm reception in MOA Gallery with light refreshments.…
Find out more »January 2015
OPENING: Museum of Art/WSU Exhibit Corbis & Vivian Maier
The Washington State University Museum of Art is proud to present two distinct exhibitions in Through the Lens: An American Century – Corbis & Vivian Maier, which explore the personal and public uses of photography featuring some of the most famous images in history and - with a recent discovery - the most private. The exhibition opens January 12, 2015 and runs through April 3, 2015. A public reception will be held 6 pm Thursday, Jan. 22, in the Museum…
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Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
The culmination of two or more years of work from WSU Master of Fine Arts candidates. Exhibit opening and reception begins at 6 p.m. Friday, April 11. The museum is open Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., until 7 p.m. on Thursdays; and closed on Sundays. Admission is free. “This exhibition provides a wide range of styles and stimulating experiences for faculty, students, and local museum constituents,” said curator Zach Mazur.
Find out more »2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition Museum of Art/WSU
Come visit the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, for mom’s weekend! This exhibition is organized by our curator Zach Mazur who says, “This exhibition provides a wide range of styles and stimulating experiences. We confidently present this year’s work in hopes that visitors will find it a fun and stimulating experience.” Gallery opening for the exhibition and reception will take place Friday evening April 11, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in the Museum of Art/WSU. The Museum is located on Wilson Road in…
Find out more »January 2014
MFA Exhibit: “Something Along Those Lines”
Features work by WSU master of fine arts students Anna Davis, Jon Harty, Zachary Kolden, James Kuhn, Jeffrey Kuure, Huung Lee, Kevin Leiter, Dawn Norman, Jade Lowder, Phillip Mudd, Noelle Pflanz, Kathleen Ryan, Sam Ryan, Mazdak Shadkam, and Daniel Tate. Painting, sculpture, installation, and more on display as part of an art exchange program with MFA students at the University of Idaho. The show in the UI Reflections Gallery, University Commons (Moscow), runs through Feb. 20. Reflections Gallery is open…
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