2016 FALL | NW Alternative Comics Exhibition

Museum of Art/WSU Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, United States

The Museum of Art/WSU announces a Northwest Alternative Comics Exhibition, Sep. 26–Dec. 17. AN OPENING RECEPTION WILL BE HELD 5-7 PM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, IN THE MUSEUM OF ART GALLERY. Admission to the museum is free. ABOUT | The Northwest is seen by many as the birthplace of alternative comics, a genre which blended the […]

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2016 FALL | Creativity as a Solo and Collaborative Pursuit: A Conversation With Cartoonist Eroyn Franklin

Museum of Art/WSU Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, United States

Join artist Eroyn Franklin as she presents a comic reading, discussion and video! DETAILS | Wednesday, October 5th, 1:10pm – 2:30pm, MOA Gallery ABOUT | Eroyn Franklin is a Seattle-based maker of comics including 2 graphic novels, Detained and Another Glorious Day at the Nothing Factory. She is one of the founders of Short Run, an annual small press festival […]

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2016 FALL | What is Graphic Medicine: A Conversation With Cartoonist Mita Mahato

Hear Mita Mahato share her thoughts, and then join her in making some comics! DETAILS | Thursday, Oct 6th, 1:30pm – 3:30pm Museum of Art Gallery ABOUT | Mita Mahato’s cut paper art and comics explore the transformative capacities of found and handmade paper using layered shapes, textures, and colors that together build multivalent images […]

2016 COMIC ARTIST LECTURE | With artist Peter Bagge at Museum/WSU

Museum of Art/WSU Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, United States

JOIN THE MUSEUM OF ART FOR A LECTURE WITH ARTIST PETER BAGGE IN THE MUSEUM GALLERY Thursday, November 3 at 6pm Meet one of the Northwest’s most celebrated alternative cartoonists, Peter Bagge, as he weaves listeners the story of the Northwest alternative comics scene and how he developed his career as a young cartoonist through […]

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2017 WINTER | RICK BARTOW: Things You Know But Cannot Explain

Museum of Art/WSU Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, United States

“Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain,” opens at the Museum of Art/WSU Exhibit: January 24 – March 11, 2017 Reception: Thursday, January 26, 5-6 p.m. Lecture: Thursday, January 26, 6-7 p.m. (With Dr. Rebecca Dobkins, Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Native American Art, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University) The Museum […]

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TRADITION & CHANGE: CONTEXTUALIZING THE ART OF RICK BARTOW

The Museum of Art/WSU will host an exhibition walk-through with Michael Holloman, Associate Professor of Art History and American Indian Studies, Washington State University on February 22 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in the Museum Gallery. Drawing from his experiences as a liaison between regional tribes and cultural institutions, Michael Holloman will lead a discussion […]

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2017 SPRING | MFA THESIS EXHIBITION

Museum of Art/WSU Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, United States

EXHIBITION: April 4 – May 6 RECEPTION: Friday, April 7, 6-8pm ABOUT | The Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition is organized by our curators Ryan Hardesty and Zach Mazur who’ve said, “This exhibit provides a wide range of styles and stimulating experiences for faculty, students and local museum constituents. The world-class faculty at WSU […]

2017 SUMMER | CURATORS CHOICE EXHIBIT

Museum of Art/WSU Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, United States

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” […]

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2017 FALL EXHIBIT | CONTEMPORARY WOMEN PRINTMAKERS

Contemporary Women Printmakers celebrates six internationally recognized women artists invested in printmaking, a process both physically and technically demanding. Featured artists include Hung Liu, Wangechi Mutu, Deborah Oropallo, Wendy Red Star, Alison Saar and Lorna Simpson. Hailing from many places around the world—Africa, Asia, and North America—these artists offer a diverse set of perspectives on a wide-range of themes pertaining to global culture. Each is critically engaged with content surrounding issues of identity formation—through gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, or economic class—and each employs figuration as a means to explore representations of the female body within contemporary art and popular culture.

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CLOSING RECEPTION & JOINT LECTURE with Wendy Red Star and Beatrice Red Star Fletcher

Museum of Art/WSU Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, United States

The current Museum of Art/WSU is closing its doors after 42 years of dedicated service to the arts. We will reopen with a new name, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/WSU, in a newly completed building on Mom’s weekend 2018. Join us for a closing reception party and special lecture by Wendy Red Star and her ten year old daughter, Beatrice Red Star Fletcher from 5-7 pm on November 17, 2017, in the current gallery space.

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Grand Opening Invitation: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

Please join us for the Grand Opening Dedication Ceremony on Friday, April 6 (mom’s weekend) from noon to 1:00 p.m. President Kirk Schulz, architect Jim Olson, and patron Jordan Schnitzer will share their thoughts. Refreshments will be served in the Pavilion gallery and tours will be given every two hours. The new museum is located directly South of the CUB on Terrell Mall of the Pullman campus.

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2018 MFA Exhibition Reception, Friday, 4/6, 6-8 p.m.

Museum of Art/WSU Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, United States

Join us for the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Reception, organized by our curators Ryan Hardesty and Zach Mazur who’ve said, “This exhibit provides a wide range of styles and stimulating experiences for faculty, students and local museum constituents. The world-class faculty at WSU encourage the MFA candidates to become more assured and articulate in their convictions. We confidently present this year’s graduate thesis work in hopes that undergraduate students, first year graduate students and anyone willing to be moved by art while spending time at WSU will find it a fun and stimulating experience.” This annual showcase represents the culmination of two or more years work by the Master of Fine Arts graduate candidates.

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