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April 2024
2024 | Demonstration and Performance with Reika Okuhara and Mozi Jones
Demonstration and Performance with Reika Okuhara and Mozi Jones Saturday, April 6, 2024, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Wright/Harmon Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Join us for Family Weekend on Saturday, April 6th, from 2:00-3:00pm: The MFA Thesis Exhibition artists will offer interactive opportunities and welcome conversations with visitors in the Wright/Harmon Gallery. Artist Reika Okuhara will demonstrate resin casting, which is used in her works Then, everything will return to the bottom of the sea and Nankuru nai sa (It will work…
Find out more »2024 | Master of Fine Arts Thesis: Artist Talks and Reception
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Artist Talks and Reception Friday, April 5, 2024, 3:00-6:00 p.m. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Join us for Family Weekend on Friday, April 5 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. for artist talks by the two graduate candidates featured in the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition. This year's candidates, Mozi Jones and Reika Okuhara, will speak briefly to introduce the body of work they are presenting in the exhibition. The talks will be followed by an opening…
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2024 | Here in a Homemade Forest: Indigenous Arts Talk
Here in a Homemade Forest: Indigenous Arts Talk with Michael Holloman and Jacy Sohappy Thursday, February 22, 12:00pm–1:00pm IN PERSON | Pavilion Gallery, Schnitzer Museum WSU LIVESREAM | WSU Global Campus YouTube Channel Join us for a talk with Michael Holloman and Jacy Sohappy, who will speak about Indigenous weaving and beading practices as they relate to artworks and cultural materials featured in the exhibition Here in a Homemade Forest: Common Reading Connections. Guest curator Michael Holloman will emphasize the…
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2023 | Murals Speak Up: A Conversation with Muralist Joseph ‘Nuke’ Montalvo
Murals Speak Up: A Conversation with Muralist Joseph ‘Nuke’ Montalvo Friday, September 29, 2023, 1:00-2:00pm Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Join artist Joseph ‘Nuke’ Montalvo for a conversation about the murals he created in 2000 for the Chicana/o Latina/o Student Alliance (ChiLaStAl), originally hung in Wilson-Short Hall. The murals were moved to the CUB in 2017, where they are now part of the Chicanx Latinx Student Center. Muralist Montalvo will join in conversation with Lucila Loera, Executive Director…
Find out more »2023 | Guided Discussion and Celebration With Jeffrey Gibson
Guided Discussion: Adornment, Individuality & Community Youtube Livestreamed Link September 19, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Join artist Jeffrey Gibson and other special guests for a discussion about how choices of adornment communicate individuality as well as community identity. Discussion will include historical perspectives from Native culture regarding materiality and spirituality, as well as wider contemporary questions. The conversation will be moderated by Michael Holloman, Associate Professor with the Department of Art WSU and enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes…
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2023 | Glass Comes Alive in Pullman
Interdisciplinary Talks by Glass Experts John McCloy and Hallie Meredith 12:30-1:30pm, Pavilion Gallery of the Museum and YouTube Livestream Glassblowing Demonstration by the Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop, Tacoma, WA 2:00-4:00pm, 4:30-6:30pm, Terrell Mall in front of the museum Events are free and open to the public. Glass is a deceptively simple material, ubiquitous in modern life but often overlooked in its significance. Yet it is both ancient and modern, a fusion of visual art, design, engineering, and technology.…
Find out more »2023 | Artist’s Talk With Glassblower Ben Cobb
Artist's Talk With Ben Cobb Tuesday, August 29th, 4:30 p.m. Department of Art Auditorium, located in the Fine Arts Building Glass Comes Alive in Pullman is a two-day event celebrating the multifaceted beauty of glass as an art form that seamlessly intertwines visual art, design, engineering, and technology. On the afternoon of August 29th at 4:30 p.m., the community will gather at the Department of Art Auditorium located within the Fine Arts Building, awaiting the arrival of the lead glassblower,…
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Artist Talk with Juventino Aranda
Artist Talk with Juventino Aranda Thursday, February 23, 4:30 p.m. Fine Arts Auditorium Livestreamed via Zoom Webinar Join us for a Lecture with artist Juventino Aranda! On Thursday, February 23 at 4:30 pm, artist Juventino Aranda will be giving a public talk in the Fine Arts Auditorium about his work in the exhibition Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver. Aranda’s work expresses a search for identity and much of his recent work draws on family history and particularities of…
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2022 | Wednesday, November 16: Keiko Hara Reception & Book Release
Join us Wednesday, November 16 for an evening at the museum with Walla Walla-based artist Keiko Hara. Hara’s work is the subject of a mini-survey exhibition, Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints, chronicling her unwavering commitment to painting and her unique form of Japanese woodblock printmaking over a 40-year period. This event also celebrates Hara’s first full-scale museum publication by the same name, offered by the WSU Press and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. Books will…
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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 »2022 | Friday, October 7: Opening Reception
4:30-6:00 p.m. Reception Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor Location: Pavilion Gallery Join us Friday, October 7 to celebrate the exhibitions Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor. Artist Juventino Aranda and Lipi Turner-Rahman, guest curator of Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor, will be available to…
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MFA Thesis Artist Talks
Join us on Friday, April 1 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. for short talks by the six graduate candidates featured in the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition. Each artist will speak briefly to introduce the body of work they are presenting in the exhibition. The talks will be followed by an opening reception from 4:00-6:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. MFA THESIS CANDIDATES | Sarah Barnett, Jaime Durham, Autumn Hunnicutt, Seo Ryung Park, Meagan Marsh Pine, and…
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