Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

2026 | Story Hour & Family Friendly Activities
2026-03-14 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us the second Saturday of every month, October through June*, for a story hour and family-friendly activities.
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
A featured children’s book will be read at 10:00am, followed by a short discussion or tour, then a hands-on activity for young learners K-5 and their caregivers. All ages are welcome to join. Drop in anytime between 10:00am and 12:00pm, but arrive at 10:00am for the story. Caregivers must remain with children at all times.
Upcoming Saturday Dates:
April 11, 2026
May 9, 2026
June 13, 2026
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way and most Green lots on campus are free after 5pm and on weekends. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page.

2026 | COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES TOUR with Quilter Rochelle Smith
2026-02-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us on Saturday, February 28 for a tour with librarian Rochelle Smith for a quilter’s perspective on current exhibitions
Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:00-1:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Join Rochelle Smith for a quilter’s perspective on select works in Color Outside the Lines, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The exhibition includes two textile works using quilting and appliqué techniques by artists Faith Ringgold and Christopher Myers. Open discussion among tour participants will be encouraged throughout the tour, facilitated by guest Rochelle Smith and Kristin Becker, Curator of Education & Programs.
About the Speaker | Rochelle Smith is a librarian working with the humanities, art, and architecture departments at the University of Idaho. She is also a published poet and essayist, and is currently working on a nonfiction book about mythology. An avid quilter, knitter, spinner and mender, she has been doing patchwork since she was twelve and has been a Faith Ringgold fan for over thirty years.
Community Perspective Tours invite individuals from our campus and wider community to speak about their unique interpretation of several works in the current exhibitions, charting connections among art, personal experience, and different disciplines.
Image | Christopher Myers, A Story Falls Into the Ocean, 2019, 118 x 224 in.
© Christopher Myers 2019. Courtesy of the artists and James Cohan, New York
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way and most Green lots on campus are free after 5pm and on weekends. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page.

2026 | Story Hour & Family Friendly Activities
2026-02-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us the second Saturday of every month, October through June*, for a story hour and family-friendly activities.
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
A featured children’s book will be read at 10:00am, followed by a short discussion or tour, then a hands-on activity for young learners K-5 and their caregivers. All ages are welcome to join. Drop in anytime between 10:00am and 12:00pm, but arrive at 10am for the story! Caregivers must remain with children at all times.
Upcoming Saturday Dates:
March 14, 2026
April 11, 2026
May 9, 2026
June 13, 2026
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way and most Green lots on campus are free after 5pm and on weekends. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page.

2026 | Digital Audio Collective Performance
2026-02-05 17:00 - 18:30 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
A Night of Original Student Music at the Museum by WSU’s Digital Audio Collective.
Thursday, February 5th from 5:00 to 6:30PM
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Join us for an evening of original music at the museum featuring artists from the Digital Audio Collective. DAC is a registered student organization at Washington State University that supports students creating and performing across hip-hop, electronic music, DJ performance, and vocal performance. The collective hosts events throughout the year that highlight student artists and connect them with the WSU community.
This event is free and open to all ages.

FEATURING
SATURN COVENANT
Spotify
Alternative Pop and Hip Hop, EDM, Indie
MICHELANGELO
@musicbymichelangelo on Instagram
Alternative Hip Hop / Electronic
LUSTRI
@forevrlust on Instagram
Self-produced Underground/EDM
juskno
Linktree
Vibey melodic RNB/Rap Music
THISP
@thisp_music on Instagram
From Hip Hop to Ground-Shaking Bass Music
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way and most Green lots on campus are free after 5pm and on weekends. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page.

2026 | MLK Week: Writers Give Voice
2026-01-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us at the art museum for the MLK Week: Writers Give Voice 2026
MLK Week: Writers Give Voice & Open Mic
Friday, January 23, 2026 12:00–1:30pm
Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Livestreamed via the WSU System YouTube channel
As part of MLK Week 2026, the museum and WSU’s English Department will host a reading and open mic program. This year’s theme is A Call to Consciousness. Readers will include WSU Campus Civic Poets & finalists, creative writing students and faculty, and student editors of WSU creative writing publications.
All students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to bring a poem to read during the open mic portion. Poems may be original compositions or selected from the work of another author, though they should engage with the theme of the day. Sign up to to read in person or via zoom.
In collaboration with the Holland Terrell Library’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC), the event will be accompanied by a letterpress printing of a relevant poem.
Before and after the program, visitors are encouraged to view current museum exhibitions, including Color Outside the Lines and Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins, both from From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.
This program takes place live in the museum’s Pavilion Gallery and will be livestreamed on the WSU System YouTube channel.

Image | National Day of Racial Healing: Writers Give Voice Open Mic, January 16, 2025
Location
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please visit museum.wsu.edu/about.

2026 | Story Hour & Family Friendly Activities
2026-01-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us the second Saturday of every month, October through June*, for a story hour and family-friendly activities.
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
A featured children’s book will be read at 10:00am, followed by a short discussion or tour, then a hands-on activity for young learners K-5 and their caregivers. All ages are welcome to join. Drop in anytime between 10:00am and 12:00pm, but arrive at 10:00am for the story. Caregivers must remain with children at all times.
Upcoming Saturday Dates:
February 14, 2026
March 14, 2026
April 11, 2026
May 9, 2026
June 13, 2026
*Exception: In January 2026, this takes place on third Saturday, January 17, due to museum closure in early January.
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2026 | COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES TOUR with Quilter Rochelle Smith
2026-01-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us on Thursday, January 15 for a tour with librarian Rochelle Smith for a quilter’s perspective on current exhibitions
Thursday, January 15, 2025, 3:00-4:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Join Rochelle Smith for a quilter’s perspective on select works in Color Outside the Lines, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The exhibition includes two textile works using quilting and appliqué techniques by artists Faith Ringgold and Christopher Myers. Open discussion among tour participants will be encouraged throughout the tour, facilitated by guest Rochelle Smith and Kristin Becker, Curator of Education & Programs.
About the Speaker | Rochelle Smith is a librarian working with the humanities, art, and architecture departments at the University of Idaho. She is also a published poet and essayist, and is currently working on a nonfiction book about mythology. An avid quilter, knitter, spinner and mender, she has been doing patchwork since she was twelve and has been a Faith Ringgold fan for over thirty years.
Community Perspective Tours invite individuals from our campus and wider community to speak about their unique interpretation of several works in the current exhibitions, charting connections among art, personal experience, and different disciplines.
Upcoming Community Perspective Tour Dates With Rochelle Smith:
February 28, 2026
Image | Christopher Myers, A Story Falls Into the Ocean, 2019, 118 x 224 in.
© Christopher Myers 2019. Courtesy of the artists and James Cohan, New York
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES TOUR with Quilter Rochelle Smith
2025-12-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us on Saturday, December 13 for a tour with librarian Rochelle Smith for a quilter’s perspective on current exhibitions
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Join Rochelle Smith for a quilter’s perspective on select works in Color Outside the Lines, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The exhibition includes two textile works using quilting and appliqué techniques by artists Faith Ringgold and Christopher Myers. Open discussion among tour participants will be encouraged throughout the tour, facilitated by guest Rochelle Smith and Kristin Becker, Curator of Education & Programs.
About the Speaker | Rochelle Smith is a librarian working with the humanities, art, and architecture departments at the University of Idaho. She is also a published poet and essayist, and is currently working on a nonfiction book about mythology. An avid quilter, knitter, spinner and mender, she has been doing patchwork since she was twelve and has been a Faith Ringgold fan for over thirty years.
Community Perspective Tours invite individuals from our campus and wider community to speak about their unique interpretation of several works in the current exhibitions, charting connections among art, personal experience, and different disciplines.
Upcoming Community Perspective Tour Dates With Rochelle Smith:
January 15, 2026
February 28, 2026
Image | Christopher Myers, A Story Falls Into the Ocean, 2019, 118 x 224 in.
© Christopher Myers 2019. Courtesy of the artists and James Cohan, New York
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | Story Hour & Family Friendly Activities
2025-12-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us the second Saturday of every month, October through June*, for a story hour and family-friendly activities.
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
A featured children’s book will be read at 10:00am, followed by a tour and an art activity for young learners K-5 and their caregivers. All ages are welcome to join. Drop in anytime between 10:00am and 12:00pm. Caregivers must remain with children at all times.
Upcoming Saturday Dates:
January 17, 2026
February 14, 2026
March 14, 2026
April 11, 2026
May 9, 2026
June 13, 2026
*Exception: In January 2026, this takes place on third Saturday, January 17, due to museum closure in early January.
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | Fall Pyromaniacs Clay Club Sale
2025-11-13 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-12 10:00 - 16:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
2025 Fall Pyromaniacs Clay Club Sale
November 12-13, 2025, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Join us for the 2025 Fall Pyromaniacs Clay Club Sale, taking place November 12 and 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pavilion Gallery in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. This biannual event showcases a curated collection of handcrafted ceramics created by WSU Department of Art students, faculty and staff ranging from functional tableware and sculptures to unique collectibles. Organized by the WSU Clay Club, the sale offers an opportunity to explore the creativity of emerging ceramic artists and find distinctive pieces perfect for personal collections or holiday gifts.
Proceeds directly support student’s travel to the prestigious National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference. Arrive early to ensure the best selection—pieces often sell out quickly. Your purchase not only supports local students but also helps sustain the educational mission of the Clay Club.
Clay Club Eligibility: Any student enrolled in any art course, as well as any student who has taken ceramics at WSU in the past, is eligible to join Clay Club. Any current WSU student may enroll in Art Department courses.
Image: From last year’s 2024 Clay Club Sale
Location
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please visit museum.wsu.edu/visit.

2025 | Story Hour & Family Friendly Activities
2025-11-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us the second Saturday of every month, October through June*, for a story hour and family-friendly activities.
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
A featured children’s book will be read at 10:00am, followed by a tour and an art activity for young learners K-5 and their caregivers. All ages are welcome to join. Drop in anytime between 10:00am and 12:00pm. Caregivers must remain with children at all times.
Upcoming Saturday Dates:
December 13, 2025
January 17, 2026
February 14, 2026
March 14, 2026
April 11, 2026
May 9, 2026
June 13, 2026
*Exception: In January 2026, this takes place on third Saturday, January 17, due to museum closure in early January.
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES TOURS with WSU Museum Students
2025-10-25 11:00 - 14:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us on Saturday, October 25 for tours with experienced museum student visitor-ambassadors
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 11:00am, 12:00pm, and 1:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
It’s Fall Family Weekend! Join us at the museum for a Community Perspectives Tour led by one of our student ambassadors. Student ambassadors develop unique perspectives on individual works in museum exhibitions as they work in the galleries each week. Join us at 11:00am, 12:00pm, or 1:00pm to hear about a handful of works in the current exhibitions, Color Outside the Lines and Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins, both From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.
Community Perspective Tours invite individuals from our campus and wider community to speak about their unique interpretation of several works in the current exhibitions, charting connections among art, personal experience, and different disciplines.
This tour is free and open to the public, with donations welcome.
Image | Student ambassador Sidney Murphy giving an exhibition tour. Photo by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | OPEN HOUSE: Museum Collection Study Center
2025-10-24 16:00 - 18:00 | Collection Study Center, 1535 Wilson Rd, Pullman, 99164, United States
Visit an Open House for the Museum’s Collection Study Center
Join us Friday, October 24th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm for a peek into the university’s permanent collection of art and discover how it fuels curation, teaching, and student experience. View a varied selection of art and media, including works by Jim Dine, Richard Elliott, Corita Kent, Jeffry Mitchell, and Andy Warhol. Engage with our staff and witness firsthand our large collection of visual culture.
Everyone is welcome. This event is concurrent with the Department of Art open house and studios. Mark your calendar and join us!

Image | 2024 Collection Study Center Open House, Courtesy of Shalla Newman

Location
The museum’s Collection Study Center is located in the Department of Art building, room 5092. This building is directly east of the Crimson Cube on Terrell Mall. The address of the Department of Art building is 1615 NE Wilson Road, Pullman, WA 99164.

2025 | VISITING WRITERS SERIES: Alexandra Teague, Michael McGriff, and Thomas Dai
2025-10-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us Tuesday, October 14th for the WSU Department of English Visiting Writers Series!
VISITING WRITERS SERIES: WSU Department of English Welcomes Thomas Dai, Michael McGriff, and Alexandra Teague from the University of Idaho
5:30pm–7:00pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Join us for the WSU Department of English Visiting Writers Series! Every year VWS brings noted poets and writers of fiction and nonfiction to campus for readings, class visits, workshops, and collaborative exchanges across intellectual and artistic disciplines. This October we welcome creative writing faculty from the nearby University of Idaho to share recent writings and experiences.
Thomas Dai is the author of Take My Name but Say It Slow (W. W. Norton, 2025), a collection of essays interrogating travel, place, Asian American identity, and other imperfect means of mapping the self. He primarily teaches courses on creative nonfiction, especially the essay in all its many forms, but is also interested in autofiction, science and nature writing, and writing that integrates visual media. With a background in both creative and critical writing practices, Thomas’s more recent work interweaves creative nonfiction with more scholarly writing to think about the intersections of race, queerness, and ecology.
Michael McGriff is an author, editor, and translator. He is the co-author, with J. M. Tyree, of the linked story collection Our Secret Life in the Movies, which was selected as one of NPR’s Best Books of 2014 and featured on Weekend Edition Sunday. His poetry collections include Inquest, Angel Sharpening its Beak, Eternal Sentences, Early Hour, Black Postcards, Home Burial, and Dismantling the Hills.
Alexandra Teague is the author of three books of poetry: Or What We’ll Call Desire (Persea, 2019), The Wise and Foolish Builders(Persea, 2015), and Mortal Geography (Persea, 2010). She is also the author of the novel The Principles Behind Flotation (Skyhorse, 2017) and a memoir in essays, Spinning Tea Cups: A Mythical American Memoir (Oregon State University Press, 2023). Her work has been praised in such publications as Booklist, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times as “a strong feminist penman to watch,” “formally impressive,” and “passionate, quirky, and righteously outraged.”
Image | Alexandra Teague, Michael McGriff, and Thomas Dai

Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

Story Hour & Family Friendly Activities
2025-10-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us the second Saturday of every month, October through June*, for a story hour and family-friendly activities.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
A featured children’s book will be read at 10:00am, followed by a tour and an art activity for young learners K-5 and their caregivers. All ages are welcome to join. Drop in anytime between 10:00am and 12:00pm. Caregivers must remain with children at all times.
Upcoming Saturday Dates:
November 8, 2025
December 13, 2025
January 17, 2026
February 14, 2026
March 14, 2026
April 11, 2026
May 9, 2026
June 13, 2026
*Exception: In January 2026, this takes place on third Saturday, January 17, due to museum closure in early January.
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES TOUR with Colin Criss, Assistant Professor, Honors College, WSU
2025-10-09 15:00 - 16:00 | WA
Join Assistant Professor Colin Criss for a tour of select works in the current exhibitions
Thursday, October 9, 2025 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Join Assistant Professor Colin Criss for a teaching poet’s perspective on select works in the current exhibitions, Color Outside the Lines and Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins, both From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Open discussion among tour participants will be encouraged throughout the tour and will be facilitated by Professor Criss and Kristin Becker, Curator of Education & Programs.
Community Perspectives Tours invite individuals from our campus and wider community to speak about their unique interpretation of several works in the current exhibitions, charting connections among art, personal experience, and different disciplines.
About the Speaker | Colin Criss teaches poetry in the Honors College at WSU. His work explores patterns and surprises—in language, the world around us, and the past. He also writes poems that embody these qualities, both for himself and for his readers. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Cyphers (Ireland), and fugue, with another forthcoming in The Irish Times.
Image | Colin Criss at the Collection Study Center Open House, 2024

Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | OPENING RECEPTION: Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins and Color Outside the Lines
2025-09-25 16:00 - 18:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us from 4:00-6:00 pm for an exceptional evening in the galleries of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
Celebrate our recently-opened exhibitions Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins and Color Outside the Lines, both From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Enjoy appetizers, view the exhibitions, and mingle with collector and philanthropist Jordan Schnitzer, museum directors and curators Maryanna G. Ramirez and Ryan Hardesty, as well as artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds. Live music provided by Crimson Ties, WSU’s World Music Ensemble, featuring WSU students and Dr. Darryl Singleton.

Image | WSU Photo Services

Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | ARTIST LECTURE Spirit Citizen: Provocative Native American Public Art and Studio Practice, by Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds
2025-09-25 15:00 - 16:00 | CUB Auditorium, 1500 Glenn Terrell Mall, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho) for an artist lecture about art and activism from 3:00-4:00 pm in the CUB Auditorium.
Heap of Birds’ decades-long contributions to contemporary art and Native cultural discourse often juxtapose past atrocities against Indigenous communities with contemporary issues like gun violence and environmental devastation. Two of the artist’s works are on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU as part of the exhibition Color Outside the Lines from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, including the monoprint installation Not Your Coyote Stories (2015) and a painting from the Neuf Series (1996).
Afterwards, celebrate the fall exhibitions in a reception at the museum from 4:00-6:00 pm.
About | The artworks of Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds include multi-disciplinary forms of public art messages, large scale drawings, Neuf Series acrylic paintings, prints, works in glass and monumental porcelain enamel on steel outdoor sculpture. Heap of Birds’ artistic creations and efforts as an advocate for Indigenous communities worldwide are focused first upon social justice and then the personal freedom to live within the tribal circle as an expressive individual.
The artist studied at the University of Kansas, Lawrence (BFA, 1976), has undertaken graduate studies at the Royal College of Art, London (1977) and attended the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia (MFA, 1979). He was named USA Ford Fellow in 2012 and Distinguished Alumni, University of Kansas, in 2014. Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts and Letters degrees have been awarded by the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston (2008), Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada (2017), and California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, (2018). In 2020, Heap of Birds was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a member of the Humanities & Arts class, with a specialty in Visual Arts.

Image | Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds

Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | CURATORIAL TOUR with Maryanna G. Ramirez and Ryan Hardesty
2025-09-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Special Exhibition Tour Led by the Museum Curators
On September 25 from 12:00-1:00pm, join Maryanna G. Ramirez and Ryan Hardesty at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU for special insight into curatorial decisions behind the exhibitions Color Outside the Lines and Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins, both From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.
About
Maryanna G. Ramirez, Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University, curated Color Outside the Lines From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, which debuted in Portland, OR in 2024. The exhibition examines the ways artists have used color to question institutions, beliefs, and expectations. Some of the artists celebrate and amplify colors intrinsic to their cultures, showcasing beauty once dismissed or rendered invisible. Others employ color to confront stereotypes and subvert expectations, or as a tool to challenge institutions or to assert control.
Ryan Hardesty, Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, curated Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, debuting this fall at the WSU Schnitzer Museum. The exhibition offers a bold and extensive survey of the four-decade-long printmaking practice by an artist internationally renowned for his beguiling experiments with form across mediums and materials.

Image | Curatorial tour of Color Outside the Lines From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation with Maryanna Ramirez at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University

Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please visit museum.wsu.edu/visit. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | FIRST YEAR PROGRAMS: Evening at the Museum
2025-09-10 16:00 - 18:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to the museum by WSU’s First-Year Programs for an evening of music, refreshments, and art
4:00–6:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WSU’s First-Year Programs invites students, faculty, and staff from First-Year Focus and UNIV 104 courses to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU for music and refreshments, as well as activities and conversation in response to current exhibitions.
This is a wonderful opportunity for students to interact with their professors. Current exhibitions include Color Outside the Lines and Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins, both From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Music provided by the WSU Jazz Society, featuring student performers.
Image | Students enjoying the 2024 Evening at the Museum event
Location
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please visit museum.wsu.edu/about.

2025 | COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES TOUR with Ayad Rahmani, Professor of Architecture, WSU
2025-09-05 13:30 - 15:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join Architecture Professor Ayad Rahmani for a tour of select works by Anish Kapoor in relation to public spaces and architectural sites on campus
Friday, September 5, 1:30-3:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU and beyond!
Join Professor Ayad Rahmani for an architectural perspective on works in the current exhibition Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The tour begins in the museum and proceeds to other locations on campus around 2:15pm. Open discussion among tour participants will be encouraged throughout the tour and will be facilitated by Ayad Rahmani and Kristin Becker, Curator of Education & Programs.
Community Perspectives Tours invite individuals from our campus and wider community to speak about their unique interpretation of several works in the current exhibitions, charting connections among art, personal experience, and different disciplines.
About | Ayad Rahmani is a professor of architecture at Washington State University where he teaches courses in design and theory. His research centers around the link between architecture and literature, exploring themes related to modern conceptions of space, psychology and urban culture. He is the author of three books, most recently one examining the role that Ralph Waldo Emerson played in shaping Frank Lloyd Wright’s intellectual identity. He is a frequent contributor to the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, a journal produced by the F. L. Wright Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona. Other scholarly productions include topics related to the work of Franz Kafka and Herman Melville. He writes a monthly column for the Moscow-Pullman Daily News on issues related to urban planning, culture, art and building design.
Image | Architecture Professor Ayad Rahmani (and etching) Anish Kapoor, Moiré 1, edition 24/39, 2015
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | Shared Light: Pop-Up Exhibition for the Slow Light Series
2025-08-22 16:00 - 17:00 | WSU Fine Arts, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
An opportunity to see the images created during the Slow Light Workshops
Shared Light: Pop-Up Exhibition for the Slow Light Series
On view August 18 to 22, 2025
Closing reception and discussion Friday, August 22, 2025, 4:00-5:00pm
Department of Fine Arts WSU, Pullman, WA
The Slow Light Series concludes with a collaborative pop-up exhibition featuring work created during the workshops. Hosted in one of the WSU Art Department galleries, this informal celebration will showcase cyanotypes, pinhole photographs, and documentation of the process. Participants will help curate the show, which invites public reflection on shared landscapes, memory, and the slow process of seeing.

Workshops in the Slow Light Series included:

Sun Prints & Found Object Stories (June 13)
Photographic Histories & Place-Based Storytelling (July 11)
Seeing Light Part 1: Building & Using a Pinhole Camera (August 8)
Seeing Light Part 2: Developing Images from Your Pinhole Camera (August 15)

About the Teacher | Keegan Baatz is a photographic artist and MFA candidate at Washington State University. His work explores themes of infrastructure, fragmentation, and place through experimental photographic processes including CMYK separation, physical intervention, and analog techniques. Baatz’s practice bridges documentary and material experimentation to reframe how we see rural and infrastructural landscapes, often engaging with systems theory, archival impulse, and ecological observation.
Funding | Provided by a Publicly Engaged Fellowship from the David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities. Organized by Keegan Baatz, MFA Candidate, Department of Art WSU and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
Image | Courtesy of Keegan Baatz

Location & Parking
This workshop takes place at the Fine Arts Center on Wilson Road across from the south entrance to Martin Stadium on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | Slow Light Workshop: Seeing Light Part 2 — Developing Images from Your Pinhole Camera
2025-08-15 16:00 - 18:00 | WSU Fine Arts, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
This is part 2 of the third workshop in the Slow Light Series
Slow Light Workshop: Seeing Light — Developing Images from Your Pinhole Camera
Friday, August 15, 2025, 4:00-6:00pm
Department of Fine Arts WSU, Pullman, WA (meet at the building entrance)
Registration Link
Participants will learn about pinhole photography, construct their own cameras, and use them to make photographic exposures inspired by the Palouse. This hands-on workshop invites participants to slow down and engage deeply with light, time, and material. We’ll explore the roots of photography through simple optical tools, and develop prints that reveal subtle shifts in perception and presence.
On August 8, participants learned how pinhole photography works, constructed their own cameras using 3-D printed kits (provided), and exposed and developed their first image in the Department of Fine Arts darkroom. Then they were encouraged to make their own place-based images before part 2 of the workshop. On Friday, August 15, participants will return to the darkroom to develop images and discuss what they learned. This will also be an opportunity to help curate “Slow Light,” a pop-up exhibition of work produced during the summer workshops.

This is the third workshop in the Slow Light Series, which engages alternative photography processes such as cyanotype and pinhole cameras, as well as place-based storytelling and imagery. See the museum’s event calendarfor additional workshops. Participants may register for any Slow Light Workshop: You are welcome to take just one, or all of them! (If you register for Seeing Light, make sure you are ready to attend on both August 8 and August 15.) Each workshop is free and open to the public, though registration is required. See link above.

About the Teacher | Keegan Baatz is a photographic artist and MFA candidate at Washington State University. His work explores themes of infrastructure, fragmentation, and place through experimental photographic processes including CMYK separation, physical intervention, and analog techniques. Baatz’s practice bridges documentary and material experimentation to reframe how we see rural and infrastructural landscapes, often engaging with systems theory, archival impulse, and ecological observation.
Funding | Provided by a Publicly Engaged Fellowship from the David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities. Organized by Keegan Baatz, MFA Candidate, Department of Art WSU and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
Image | Courtesy of Keegan Baatz

Location & Parking
This workshop takes place at the Fine Arts Center on Wilson Road across from the south entrance to Martin Stadium on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | Slow Light Workshop: Seeing Light Part 1 — Building and Using a Pinhole Camera
2025-08-08 16:00 - 18:00 | WSU Fine Arts, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Sign up for the third workshop in the Slow Light Series and make a pinhole camera: Aug 8 & Aug 15 (NOTE: Aug 1 workshop has been changed to Aug 8!)
Slow Light Workshop: Seeing Light — Building and Using a Pinhole Camera
Friday, August 8 and Friday, August 15, 2025, 4:00-6:00pm
Department of Fine Arts WSU, Pullman, WA (meet at the building entrance)
Registration Link
Participants will learn about pinhole photography, construct their own cameras, and use them to make photographic exposures inspired by the Palouse. This hands-on workshop invites participants to slow down and engage deeply with light, time, and material. We’ll explore the roots of photography through simple optical tools, and develop prints that reveal subtle shifts in perception and presence.
On August 8, participants will learn how pinhole photography works, construct their own cameras using 3-D printed kits (provided), and expose and develop their first image in the Department of Fine Arts darkroom. Then, before the follow-up workshop on August 15, participants will be encouraged to make their own place-based images as they explore local landscapes. On Friday, August 15, participants will return to the darkroom to develop images and discuss what they learned. This will also be an opportunity to help curate “Slow Light,” a pop-up exhibition of work produced during the summer workshops.

This is the third workshop in the Slow Light Series, which engages alternative photography processes such as cyanotype and pinhole cameras, as well as place-based storytelling and imagery. See the museum’s event calendar for additional workshops. Participants may register for any Slow Light Workshop: You are welcome to take just one, or all of them! (If you register for Seeing Light, make sure you are ready to attend on both August 8 and August 15.) Each workshop is free and open to the public, though registration is required. See link above.
About the Teacher | Keegan Baatz is a photographic artist and MFA candidate at Washington State University. His work explores themes of infrastructure, fragmentation, and place through experimental photographic processes including CMYK separation, physical intervention, and analog techniques. Baatz’s practice bridges documentary and material experimentation to reframe how we see rural and infrastructural landscapes, often engaging with systems theory, archival impulse, and ecological observation.
Funding | Provided by a Publicly Engaged Fellowship from the David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities. Organized by Keegan Baatz, MFA Candidate, Department of Art WSU and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
Image | Courtesy of Keegan Baatz

Location & Parking
This workshop takes place at the Fine Arts Center on Wilson Road across from the south entrance to Martin Stadium on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garageoff Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Centerfor additional campus parking advice.

2025 | Slow Light Workshop: Photographic Histories and Place-Based Storytelling
2025-07-11 16:00 - 17:30 | WSU Fine Arts, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Sign up for the second workshop in the Slow Light Series, which meets in the museum’s Collection Study Center
Slow Light Workshop: Photographic Histories and Place-Based Storytelling
Friday, July 11, 2025, 4:00-5:30pm
Collection Study Center (room 5092), Department of Fine Arts WSU, Pullman, WA
Registration Link
In collaboration with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s Collection Study Center, this session offers participants a special look at place-based and alternative process photography from the museum’s collection. Historic and modern/contemporary examples will be on view. Through guided viewing, discussion, and sketching activities, participants will consider how photography shapes cultural memory and will begin developing ideas for their own place-based image-making practices. Please bring a sketchbook and a pencil to this workshop.
This is the second workshop in the Slow Light Series, which engages alternative photography processes such as cyanotype and pinhole cameras, as well as place-based storytelling and imagery. See the museum’s event calendar for additional workshops. Participants may register for any Slow Light Workshop: You are welcome to take just one, or all of them! Each workshop is free and open to the public, though registration is required. See link above.
About the Teacher | Keegan Baatz is a photographic artist and MFA candidate at Washington State University. His work explores themes of infrastructure, fragmentation, and place through experimental photographic processes including CMYK separation, physical intervention, and analog techniques. Baatz’s practice bridges documentary and material experimentation to reframe how we see rural and infrastructural landscapes, often engaging with systems theory, archival impulse, and ecological observation.
Funding | Provided by by a Publicly Engaged Fellowship from the David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities. Organized by Keegan Baatz, MFA Candidate, Department of Art WSU and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
Image | Courtesy of Keegan Baatz

Location & Parking
This workshop takes place at the Fine Arts Center on Wilson Road across from the south entrance to Martin Stadium on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | Slow Light Workshop: Sun Prints & Found Object Stories
2025-06-13 16:00 - 18:00 | WSU Fine Arts, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Sign up for the first workshop in the Slow Light Series, engaging alternative process photography and place-based storytelling
Slow Light Workshop: Sun Prints & Found Object Stories
Friday, June 13, 2025, 4:00-6:00pm
Department of Fine Arts WSU, Pullman, WA (meet at the entrance)
Registration Link
Participants will explore the cyanotype process—a historic, camera-free method of creating rich blue-hued prints using paper coated with light-sensitive chemistry. Using found and natural objects with interesting shapes and varying transparency, participants will compose and expose images under sunlight, revealing how simple materials and time may shape compelling visual narratives. This workshop centers on experimentation, tactile making, and connections between memory and material.
This is the first workshop in the Slow Light Series, which engages alternative photography processes such as cyanotype and pinhole cameras, as well as place-based storytelling and imagery. See the museum’s event calendar for additional workshops. Participants may register for any Slow Light Workshop: You are welcome to take just one, or all of them! Each workshop is free and open to the public, though registration is required. See link above.
About the Teacher | Keegan Baatz is a photographic artist and MFA candidate at Washington State University. His work explores themes of infrastructure, fragmentation, and place through experimental photographic processes including CMYK separation, physical intervention, and analog techniques. Baatz’s practice bridges documentary and material experimentation to reframe how we see rural and infrastructural landscapes, often engaging with systems theory, archival impulse, and ecological observation.
Funding | Provided by a Publicly Engaged Fellowship from the David G. Pollart Center for Arts and Humanities. Organized by Keegan Baatz, MFA Candidate, Department of Art WSU and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
Image | Courtesy of Keegan Baatz

Location & Parking
This workshop takes place at the Fine Arts Center on Wilson Road across from the south entrance to Martin Stadium on the WSU Pullman campus. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.

2025 | LandEscapes Release Party
2025-04-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us Thursday, April 24 for the LandEscapes Release Party!
WSU’s student-run art and literary journal will celebrate the release of their 2025 issue, with an accompanying program of readings by featured student authors. Original works of art published in the new issue of the journal will also be on display. Additional WSU publications will host tables at the event. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
Image | Cover image from LandEscapes 2025: Bronwen LaPorte, Through the Eyes of Cosmonauts
Location
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please visit museum.wsu.edu/about.

2025 | Finding A Home for Your Creative Writing: A Literary Publishing Panel
2025-04-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us Thursday, April 17 for a literary publishing panel
Join a panel of well-published creative writing faculty from the Honors College and English Department for a discussion of recent book publications, paths to publication, and ideas for finding a publisher of your own. Q&A to follow. Refreshments provided.
Featured panelists include:

Peter Chilson
Buddy Levy
Jeff. P. Jones
Annie Lampman
Cameron McGill
Lauren Westerfield
Grant Maierhofer
Colin Criss (moderator)

Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Honors College, WSU.

Location
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please visit museum.wsu.edu/about.

2025 | Story Hour & Family Friendly Activities
2025-04-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Join us the second Saturday of every month, October through June*, for a story hour and family-friendly activities.
Saturday, April 11, 2025
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
A featured children’s book will be read at 10:00am, followed by a tour and an art activity for young learners K-5 and their caregivers. All ages are welcome to join. Drop in anytime between 10:00am and 12:00pm. Caregivers must remain with children at all times.
Upcoming Saturday Dates:
May 9, 2026
June 13, 2026
*Exception: In January 2026, this takes place on third Saturday, January 17, due to museum closure in early January.
Location & Parking
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. For more information please see the museum’s Visit page. Hourly parking is available in the Smith Center Garage off Stadium Way. See the 2024-25 WSU Pullman Parking map, WSU Transportation Services, and/or contact the Brelsford Visitor Center for additional campus parking advice.
