Grand Opening Invitation: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
2018-04-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | WA
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 beginning at 2:00 pm until closing. The new museum is located directly south of the CUB on Terrell Mall of the Pullman campus.
In the six new galleries of the Crimson Cube, we will be hosting fiber constructions from Marie Watt, an interactive sound sculpture by Trimpin, ceramics by Jeffry Mitchell, video from the True Collection, and portraiture from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation. We will also feature works from the museum’s permanent collection titled Hearts: Selections from the Jim Dine Print Collection. We are delighted to host our featured artists’ works as our inaugural exhibitions and are confident that you will be inspired by both the art and the architecture you experience in the new space.
In our former location within the Fine Arts Center, now known as the Collections & Learning Gallery, we look forward to hosting the Masters of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition, opening April 3. The reception for the MFA show is April 6, at 6:00 p.m. Please check our calendar for opening event times and locations. It is going to be a busy weekend.

2018 MFA Exhibition Reception, Friday, 4/6, 6-8 p.m.
2018-04-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Art/WSU, Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
RECEPTION: Friday, April 6, 6-8pm, Collections and Learning Gallery, Fine Arts Center

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.
MFA THESIS CANDIDATES | Jared Boorn, Anna Carpenter, Morganne Radziewicz, Krista Brand, Marguerite Gilbertson, Mana Mehrabian, and Amelia Warden. You can learn more about each artist by viewing their websites located in the right-hand sidebar.
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is committed to the idea that museums have a responsibility to recognize the creative talent of its region. Anna-Maria Shannon, Interim Director of the museum adds, “Exposing our audience to the culmination of two or more years work from our graduate candidates enriches the community life of Washington State University by providing meaningful encounters with creativity and innovation. Our over-arching goal is to support creativity and innovation in students who can seek out divergent opinions, examine complex issues from a variety of perspectives and find meaning in the world.”
LOCATION | The Collections and Learning Gallery of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium in the Fine Arts Center on the WSU Pullman campus. The Collections and Learning Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, noon – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

Special Event: A Conversation with Jeffry Mitchell and Marie Watt
2018-04-12 13:30 - 14:30 | WA
Special Event: A Conversation with Jeffry Mitchell and Marie Watt
Date: April 12, 2018
Time: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Location: Borth and Creighton Galleries | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is hosting a conversation with well-known artists Jeffry Mitchell and Marie Watt on April 12, 2018 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome! This is a wonderful opportunity for visitors to become familiar with artists Jeffry Mitchell and Marie Watt. Marie will moderate a conversation with Jeffry about his work in the Borth Gallery (03). Jeffry will likewise moderate a conversation with Marie about her work in the Creighton Gallery (04). Enjoy this alternative method of engagement reflecting a dialog between two artists who know each other’s work both personally and professionally.
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

Marie Watt: Jo Hockenhull Distinguished Lecturer for 2018
2018-04-12 16:30 - 17:30 | WA
Thursday, April 12, 4:30 p.m., Fine Arts Auditorium 5062, Fine Arts Center, WSU
The Jo Hockenhull Lecture series, organized by the Women’s Studies Program, the Fine Arts Department, and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, has named Marie Watt as the Visiting Lecturer for 2018. Watt will discuss the connections between art, activism, and feminist politics. This event is free and open to the public with a reception to follow.
Using various media, including reclaimed wool blankets, felt, pine, cedar, and iron, Marie Watt’s work grapples with indigenous politics, feminism, and the relationship between history and memory. Watt received her MFA degree in painting and printmaking from Yale University. Her work has been exhibited at the Tacoma Art Museum, the Rockwell Museum, Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art and the Denver Art Museum. In 2015, Watt worked on piece in which she conducted sewing circles with students from Tierra Ecnantada High School to draw attention to the collaborative nature of aesthetic creations. Watt is a member of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation and mobilizes several Native American traditions of storytelling and community formation in her work. Her most recent exhibition, Companion Species (Underbelly) will be on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU from April 6, 2018 to through September 1, 2018.
Watt received her MFA degree in painting and printmaking from Yale University. Her work has been exhibited at the Tacoma Art Museum, the Rockwell Museum, Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art and the Denver Art Museum. Her most recent exhibition, Companion Species (Underbelly) will be on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU from April 6, 2018 to through September 1, 2018.
The Hockenhull lecture series was launched in 1996 by the Women’s Studies Department in collaboration with the Department of Fine Arts to honor Jo Hockenhull, a WSU emeritus professor of Fine Arts who served as director of women’s studies for more than a decade. At WSU, Hockenhull focused on building programs and initiatives supporting diversity, the liberal arts, free speech, and critical thinking. Past lecturers have been visual artists, poets, and performance artists who have emphasized the important connections between art, social justice, and political practice. Former lecturers have included Octavia Butler, Coco Fusco, the Guerrilla Girls, Anna Chavez, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Ayana Jackson, and Jin-me Yoon.
For more information, contact Nishant Shahani at 509-335-5286.
The lecture is co-sponsored by the Plateau Center

Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition | Reception and Gallery Talk
2018-09-11 12:00 - 13:30 | WA
Special Event: Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition: Reception and Gallery Talk with Doug Gast, Joe Hedges and Io Palmer
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Location: Borth Gallery | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is hosting a reception and gallery talk with faculty artists Doug Gast, Joe Hedges and Io Palmer on Tuesday, September 11 from 12:00-1:30 p.m. in the Borth Gallery. Everyone is welcome! Enjoy an enlightening conversation about the works in the exhibition Self•ish: Doug Gast, Joe Hedges, and Io Palmer from the perspective of the artists themselves. Reception with light refreshments to follow.
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections
2018-09-20 16:30 - 18:30 | WA
Special Event: Memento: Reception & Gallery Talk with Sean Elwood
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2018
Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: Creighton Gallery | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is hosting a reception & gallery talk with Sean Elwood on Thursday, September 20 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Creighton Gallery. Everyone is welcome! This is a wonderful opportunity for visitors to become familiar with the Memento exhibition through the eyes of the collector who donated these collections to Washington State University. Enjoy a reception with light refreshments and an informal evening of art engagement.
EXHIBITION TRAILER | Memento: Selected Works from the Elwood Collections
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts at 25
2018-09-27 16:30 - 18:30 | WA
Special Event: Crow’s Shadow Reception/Gallery Conversation with artist James Lavadour and Dr. Rebecca Dobkins (Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Native American Art, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University)
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2018
Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: Wright/Harmon and Smith Galleries | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is hosting a reception & gallery conversation – moderated by Dr. Michael Holloman with Dr. Rebecca Dobkins and artist James Lavadour – on Thursday, September 27 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Wright/Harmon and Smith Galleries. Everyone is welcome! Enjoy a lively dialog about the works in the exhibition Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts at 25. Reception with light refreshments to follow.
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

Marching in Gucci | Chad Goller-Sojourner | Performance in Pavilion
2018-10-11 16:30 - 18:30 | WA
Special Event: Marching in Gucci | Chad Goller-Sojourner – Performance in Pavilion
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018
Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Chad will perform the work, “Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of A Well-Dressed Black AIDS Activist,” on Thursday, October 11, National Coming Out Day. Set in NYC during the height of the AIDS Crisis, this multimedia oral history explores the paradoxical and precarious relationship between fighting AIDS while engaging in self-harming behaviors. The performance will be in the Pavilion from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome!
Chad Goller-Sojourner is a Seattle-based writer, storyteller, solo-performer and recipient of a distinguished Washington State Arts Commission Performing Arts Fellowship. Most recently he served as the 2013 Ohio University Glidden Visiting Professor, where his work focused on the social, political and historical dimensions of multi-identity construction and intersectionality. In 2011 he was awarded both an Artist Trust Grant and Creative Artist Residency to further develop his sophomore solo show: Riding in Cars with Black People & Other Newly Dangerous Acts: A Memoir in Vanishing Whiteness. In 2009 he launched a national college tour of his groundbreaking and crushingly honest inaugural solo show entitled: Sitting in Circles with Rich White Girls: Memoirs of a Bulimic Black Boy, which debuted July 2008, was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and has most recently been expanded into a written memoir.
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

Kate Gilmore: In Your Way | Gallery Talk and Performance
2018-10-18 16:30 - 18:30 | WA
Special Event: Kate Gilmore Gallery Talk and Performance – Audience Participation
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: Bruce/Floyd & Borth Galleries | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is hosting a gallery talk and performance with artist Kate Gilmore. Join us Thursday, October 18 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Bruce/Floyd and Borth Galleries’ exhibition Kate Gilmore: In Your Way. Everyone is welcome! Audience participation is encouraged and ear/eye protection is provided. Reception with light refreshments to follow.
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

Memorial Celebration for Jim & Kelma Short
2018-11-08 16:00 - 18:00 | WA
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 garage

2019 | Reception & Performance with Artist Michael Schultheis: January 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
2019-01-24 16:30 - 18:30 | Museum of Art/WSU, Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
SPECIAL EVENT | Reception & Performance with Artist Michael Schultheis
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019
Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: Wright/Harmon Gallery| Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is hosting a reception & performance with artist Michael Schultheis on Thursday, January 24 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Wright/Harmon gallery. Enjoy the realms of math and art as they come together to tell a new kind of story. Everyone is welcome! Reception with light refreshments to follow.
ABOUT | Artist and Washington State University alumnus Michael Schultheis finds dynamic synergies between the languages of mathematics and art. An economist and mathematician, with experience in both academic and corporate worlds, Schultheis employs analytical formulae within his luminous paintings and sculptures. His art bends mathematical precision into imperfect visions, creating room for metaphor, storytelling, and beauty, connecting us all in its expression.
Raised on a rural family farm near the Snake River in southeast Washington State, Schultheis was awarded a B.A. in Honors Economics from WSU in 1990. His art has been featured in more than 60 solo exhibitions in the United States. It is included in public collections such as the National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., and U.S. Embassies in Greece and Switzerland. Schultheis has lectured widely on ‘Analytical Expressionism’ a term he uses to describe his practice at the intersection of mathematics, science, technology and the visual arts.
Funding has been provided by the Samuel H. & Patricia W. Smith Arts Endowment Fund, the John Mathews Friel Memorial Arts Lectureship, and the Members of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
EXHIBITION | Michael Schultheis: Venn Pirouettes
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

2019 | Black History Month Reception and Celebration
2019-02-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Museum of Art/WSU, Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
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 Murphy introducing the work of African American artists Mark Bradford, Leonardo Drew, Julie Mehretu, and Wangechi Mutu. Participatory events with multiple WSU student artists are planned to surprise and intrigue audiences.
Refreshments and a variety of light fare offered, admission is free, everyone is welcome!
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

2019 | Poetry Comix Presentation, Mita Mahato
2019-02-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Museum of Art/WSU, Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
SPECIAL EVENT | Poetry Comix Presentation, Mita Mahato, RE-KINDLE

Date: Thursday, February 14
Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Reception to follow.
Location: WSU-Pullman Campus, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
RE-KINDLE asks what it means to reawaken love. Featuring a selection of works from WSU’s Lynn R. Hansen Comics Archive and pieces by Seattle-based artist and poet Mita Mahato owned by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, the exhibit looks at love, loss, and reconnection with one another and with the plants and animals who are our kin.
Mita Mahato is a cut paper, comics, and collage artist whose work explores loss by engaging the transformative capacities of found and handmade papers. A selection of her poetry comics, collectively titled In Between, was published by Pleiades Press in 2017. Her book Sea was recognized by Cartoonists NW as 2015’s “best comic book,” and her comics art has been exhibited in galleries across the country. In 2017, she served as the first Artist-in-Residence at the School of Medicine at UC Riverside. She is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Puget Sound, serves on the board for the arts organization Short Run Seattle as well as the steering committee for Graphic Medicine, and is a teaching artist with the Henry Art Gallery.
Mita Mahato’s visit is co-sponsored by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, and the Common Reading Program.
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

2019 | Master of Fine Arts Thesis Reception
2019-04-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Art/WSU, Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
RECEPTION: Friday, April 12, 6:00-8:00 pm
EXHIBITION: April 2 – May 4, 2019
ABOUT | This annual showcase is the culmination of two or more years work by the Master of Fine Arts graduate candidates. With its wide range of art-making approaches, this thesis exhibition provides a stimulating experience for faculty, students and museum visitors. This year’s MFA candidates are Bridgette Costa, Megan Culbertson, Diana Norely Fernandez Ortiz, Brett McElmurry, Ayanna Z. Nayo, Dustin M. Regul, and June T. Sanders.
Traveling from many places to join the cohort at WSU, these student-artists have engaged in an intense two-year interdisciplinary studio program. They met regularly with faculty members for group and individual critiques. Visiting artists and scholars provided diverse one-on-one insight into their creative work. Each artist sharpened their confidence, convictions, and skills. Their MFA Thesis Exhibition is a focused conclusion, yet it also marks an exciting transition toward their professional careers.
Funding has been provided by the Samuel H. & Patricia W. Smith Arts Endowment Fund, and the Members of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
EXHIBITION | Master of Fine Arts Thesis
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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

2019 | Borders & Boundaries: Amarillo
2019-11-21 13:00 - 14:30 | Museum of Art/WSU, Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, 99164, United States
SPECIAL EVENT | Borders and Boundaries: An Art-Fueled Screening + Conversation with On the Boards.tv and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Date: November 21, 2019
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm,
Location: CUB Auditorium
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.
How can art get us closer to what really matters? To our families, our heritage, our communities? In our current era, where identities and origins are under great scrutiny, a work like Amarillo tells a story that can make a difference. Brock and Held will conduct a post-screening conversation about the film, about art as a launch pad for civic discourse, about trends in performance and streaming technology, and about other opportunities to engage with contemporary performance art.
ABOUT | THE PERFORMANCE FILM:
Director Jorge Vargas and Teatro Línea de Sombra
Amarillo, 2012
60 minutes

A man departs for the U.S.–Mexican border and vanishes before reaching his destination: Amarillo, Texas. Through stunning projected images, bilingual monologues and a sea of displaced objects and natural elements, this renowned company reconstructs his journey in a multimedia performance that travels imagined landscapes of both geography and cultural identity. The absent man takes on multiple faces and names as he comes to symbolize the thousands of disillusioned travelers who have suffered a similar fate. Amarillotouches on the complex nature of individual and national identity in a time of exodus—both for those who leave and those who are left behind.
https://www.ontheboards.tv/performance/theater/amarillo
ON THE BOARDS | On the Boards was founded in Seattle 1978 by artists, Since its inception, OtB has featured important performances by artists including Laurie Anderson, Bill T. Jones, The Wooster Group, Spalding Gray, Dumb Type, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Sankai Juku, Gisèle Vienne, Bruno Beltrão, chelfitsch, Romeo Castellucci, John Jasperse, Jan Fabre, Back to Back Theatre, Faustin Linyekula, Mark Morris, Pat Graney, Dayna Hanson, Amy O’Neal, Reggie Watts, Zoe Scofield & Juniper Shuey, and Crystal Pite.
On the Boards presents an annual performance season, featuring new projects by the most innovative performing artists from the Northwest and from around the world; an Artists-in-Residence program, providing select artists with technical residencies, free rehearsal space, development support, project management, dramaturgical feedback, and advocacy; Northwest Artist Programs, currently including the NW New Works Festival of performance works-in-progress and Performance Lab, a showcase of local short and in-progress works; and OntheBoards.tv, a first-of-its-kind online platform that features HD contemporary performance films available to global audiences and universities.
COMMON READING PROGRAM| This presentation is co-sponsored by the Common Reading Program, which explores topics arising from a common book used by first-year and other students in classes and beyond. The program’s goal is to highlight how various disciplinary perspectives illuminate complex topics. This year’s book, Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World, focuses on issues of immigration, forced migration, and asylum. Visit https://CommonReading.wsu.edu for more information.
JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART WSU | The museum was established in 1973 and reopened in 2018 as the new Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University. Uniquely positioned to transform arts access across the entire Pacific Northwest and beyond, the museum harnesses the combined power and commitment of the WSU multicampus system and the Schnitzer Constellation of university art museums and collection centers to fulfill the educational mission of WSU in teaching, research, and service.
A beacon for the arts, the museum brings preeminent national and international artists to the WSU community. Our audiences are connected intimately to the best in life-enriching, forward-thinking art. Since 2018, exhibited artists have included Jeffry Mitchell, Marie Watt, Kate Gilmore, Mark Bradford, Wangechi Mutu, Louise Bourgeois, Kyle Abraham, Chiho Aoshima, and Polly Apfelbaum. In tandem to the museum’s exhibition program is the Collection Study Center. The CSC is a repository of carefully selected artworks and documents, preserved and made accessible; a historical record of visual culture; but most importantly, a tool toward learning and deepened experience.
Funding has been provided by the Samuel H. & Patricia W. Smith Arts Endowment Fund, and the Members of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 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. The hours of our six galleries are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. For more information please contact the museum at 509-335-1910

2020 | Open Gallery With Artist Etsuko Ichikawa
2020-09-30 13:00 - 16:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Bruce/Floyd and Borth Galleries
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Please join us for a special event!
Artist Etsuko Ichikawa will be present in the gallery to informally welcome visitors to her exhibition, Etsuko Ichikawa: Broken Poems of Fireflies. The artist will respond to your questions and provide impromptu tours during this time.
This event is funded by the Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Endowment and members of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.

2020 | Livestreamed Artist’s Talk by Etsuko Ichikawa
2020-09-30 17:00 - 18:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Remote Zoom Webinar broadcast from museum gallery
Livestreamed Artist’s Talk by Etsuko Ichikawa
Tokyo-born, Seattle-based artist, Etsuko Ichikawa will discuss the creative motivations and process that brought about Etsuko Ichikawa: Broken Poems of Fireflies, a new immersive installation commissioned by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. A moderated Q&A will follow the talk.
Watch the Webinar recording on YouTube.
This event is funded by the Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Endowment and members of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.

2020 | Livestreamed Art History Talk by Namita Gupta Wiggers
2020-10-28 17:00 - 18:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Teaching Through Talking: How Betty Feves’ Ceramics Reveal Historic Shifts in Art Education
Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Remote Zoom Webinar
Livestreamed Art History Talk by Namita Gupta Wiggers
Discussion and Q&A to follow with guest Squeak Meisel, Chair, WSU Department of Fine Arts
Educator and curator Namita Gupta Wiggers will discuss an important pivot in arts education in the 1930s and 40s exemplified by the ceramics of artist and WSU alumnus Betty Feves. This talk accompanies the exhibition Betty Feves: The Earth Itself at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at WSU. After the talk, Namita will have a conversation with Squeak Meisel, Chair of WSU’s Department of Fine Arts. Questions will be moderated via Zoom Q&A.
Betty Whiteman Feves belongs to a generation of mid-century vanguard artists who set the stage for dynamic shifts in the use of clay in art. She graduated from Washington State College (now Washington State University) in 1939. As an undergraduate student, Feves experienced an historic pivot in arts education, exemplified by the teachings of Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still. Still’s discussion-based approach, which we know as the modern-day “crit,” was a radical shift away from a physical correction-based method. Feves also studied with Cameron Booth, William Fortune Ryan, and Alexander Archipenko, but correspondence with her classmate Alice Burke Schuchman reveals that Still’s teachings were the ideas with which she continued to wrestle. From Still, Feves learned dedication, the crit-based method of education, and how to mix her own paint. She also experienced the pressures and constraints pushed upon female art students aiming to be working artists in the 1930s and 40s. Starting with her academic art education, this lecture will connect Feves’ work in the context of her undergraduate and graduate education at WSU, Columbia University, and DesignTechnics with her lifelong work in clay.
Watch the webinar recording on YouTube.
About the exhibition: Betty Feves The Earth Itself
Funding for this program and exhibition is provided by Alan and Laurie Feves, the Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Endowment, Patrick and Elizabeth Siler, and members of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.

2021 | YouTube Live: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau With Curator Michael Holloman
2021-03-10 16:00 - 17:00 | WA
Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Portraits of the Columbia Plateau
With Curator Michael Holloman

Stream the program live on YouTube
Free and open to the public, no registration necessary.
Guests participants include: Provost Elizabeth Chilton, Zoe Higheagle Strong, and Nakia Williamson

Join guest curator Michael Holloman as he speaks about the exhibition Follow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau, presenting portraiture of Plateau tribal members as commissioned in the mid-1930s by former WSC President Ernest O. Holland. As a counterpoint, tremendous Plateau cultural materials are included from the Museum of Anthropology WSU, as well as the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture in Spokane. The program will revisit these documentary paintings while showing tribal permanence in the region. As many Nez Perce (and Plateau) peoples were painted on the Colville Indian Reservation at the time, it is appropriate that WSU Pullman and our multiple campus community better understand this history in the context and importance of our indigenous land acknowledgment.
Michael Holloman is an Associate Professor in the WSU Department of Fine Arts, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. In this opening program he will be joined by Provost Elizabeth Chilton; Zoe Higheagle Strong, Executive Director for Tribal Relations & Special Assistant to the Provost and Director of the Center for Native American Research and Collaboration WSU; and Nakia Williamson, Cultural Resources Program Director of the Nez Perce Tribe.
Funding is provided by the Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Endowment and members of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
IMAGE CAPTIONS:
Jim Kaine (1935) painted by Worth D. Griffin,
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Permanent Collection
Cleveland Kamiakin (1935) painted by Worth D. Griffin,
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Permanent Collection
Melissa Parr (1935) painted by Worth D. Griffin,
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Permanent Collection
Curator Michael Holloman with Eliza Testapulus Kamiaken (1935) painted by Worth D. Griffin,
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Permanent Collection

2021 | Livestreamed Webinar, Into the Archives: Photography from the Colville Reservation
2021-03-18 17:00 - 17:45 | WA
Thursday, March 18, 2021, 5:00–5:45 p.m. PST
Into the Archives: Photography from the Colville Reservation
Venue: Clyfford Still Museum & WSU Schnitzer Museum

Watch the recorded program on YouTube
Presenters:
Milo Carpenter, Associate Digital Archivist, Clyfford Still Museum
Michael Holloman, Associate Professor: Drawing Coordinator and Art History, Washington State University
Hosted by the Clyfford Still Museum in partnership with Denver Month of Photography and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
In 1936, Clyfford Still co-founded an artists’ colony in Nespelem, the Indian Agency on the Colville Reservation in Washington state. During his time there, Still sketched and photographed the Native Americans whose livelihoods had been negatively impacted by the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam by the United States government. Join this virtual program, presented in partnership with Denver Month of Photography, featuring CSM digital archivist Milo Carpenter and Washington State University professor Michael Holloman (member, Colville Confederated Tribes). Their conversation will shed light on the creation and context of these photographs.
Artificial Intelligence closed captioning is available for all of our live virtual programs via Zoom and recorded programs on YouTube. American Sign Language interpretation is available upon request with two weeks advance notice subject to the availability of interpreters. We will make every effort to accommodate requests outside of that time frame. For these or other accommodation requests, email Sonia Rae at deai@clyffordstillmuseum.org.
IMAGE CAPTIONS:
Portrait of a woman in traditional Native American dress, circa 1925, July 9. Photo by Clyfford Still. Courtesy the Clyfford Still Archives. © City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
Landscape view with tipis and Native Americans on horseback at Nespelem, circa 1937 – 1938. Photograph by Clyfford Still. Courtesy the Clyfford Still Archives. © City and County of Denver/ ARS, NY
Landscape view with cars and tipis at Nespelem, circa 1937 – 1938. Photograph by Clyfford Still. Courtesy the Clyfford Still Archives. © City and County of Denver/ ARS, NY

In Coordination with the WSU Schnitzer Museum Exhibition: Follow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau

2021 | Open Gallery With MFA Candidate Stephanie Broussard
2021-04-09 13:00 - 15:30 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
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.
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 contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

2021 | Livestreamed Artist’s Talk by Stephanie Broussard
2021-04-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
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 an intense two-year interdisciplinary studio program and met regularly with faculty members for group and individual critiques. Visiting artists and scholars provided diverse one-on-one insight into her creative work while the artist sharpened her confidence, convictions, and skills.
Stephanie Broussard’s work interprets and plays with perceptions of space utilizing the language of paint. Through a series of contrasting themes, she has constructed narrative paintings revolving around distance & closeness; interior & exterior; cityscape & landscape; spiritual & physical; presence & absence.
After the presentation, Stephanie will be joined by her MFA peers for a panel discussion regarding her work. The remainder of Broussard’s MFA cohort, who also entered the program of graduate study in Fine Arts in 2019, have elected to stay a third year due to complications of COVID-19. Broussard’s fellow MFAs have been an important part of her graduate experience, and the panel discussion will give this special group time to reflect on and celebrate Broussard’s effort and accomplishment.
Note: Stephanie’s livestreamed artist talk is fully virtual.
Organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. Funding for this exhibition is provided by the Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Endowment and members of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.

2021 | Livestreamed Lecture by Janis A. Tomlinson, Los Disparates and Goya’s Late Works: Triumphs of Caprice
2021-04-21 16:00 - 17:00 | WA
Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 4:00–5:00 p.m. PST
Livestreamed Lecture by Janis A. Tomlinson, Los Disparates and Goya’s Late Works: Triumphs of Caprice

Stream the program live on YouTube
Free and open to the public, no registration necessary.
This livestreamed lecture accompanies the exhibition, World Without Reason: Goya’s Los Disparates
At some point between his 70th and 75th year, the Spanish artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) etched images published thirty-six years after his death as Los Proverbios. Following that 1864 publication, impressions of the plates with titles in Goya’s hand that described the scenes as disparates, perhaps best translated as “irrationalities” came to light, justifying the title by which we today know these etchings. In this lecture, Janis Tomlinson will discuss how the intriguing imagery of these works mark a new creative departure for Goya, to be continued in works to follow, including the well-known “black” paintings.
An internationally recognized authority on Goya, Janis Tomlinson is the author of several books on the artist. Tomlinson’s recently published biography, Goya: A Portrait of the Artist has received wide critical acclaim:
“If ever there was a time that demanded a fuller understanding of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, that time is now. Goya navigated the tempestuous shoals around being a court painter and an independent humanist during the brutal period of Spain’s Imperial unraveling. In the process he emerged as arguably the first modern artist…[A] superlative study. —Christopher Knight, LA Times
Dr. Tomlinson received her B.A. from McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Her awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and she was also a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. She has taught at Columbia University, and was the Sterling and Francine Clark Professor at Williams College. From 1999 to 2003 Dr. Tomlinson was Director of Exhibitions and Cultural Programs at the National Academy of Sciences, and subsequently Director of Museums at the University of Delaware.
Los Disparates and Goya’s Late Works: Triumphs of Caprice is a John Mathews Friel Memorial Art Lecture, named for John Friel, a 1962 WSU Fine Arts graduate. Additional funding is provided by the Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Endowment and members of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU.
About the Exhibition
World Without Reason: Goya’s Los Disparates
April 6, 2021 – August 14, 2021

2021 | Art & Healing Exhibition Tour 1
2021-05-12 15:00 - 16:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Wednesday, May 12, 3:00 p.m.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, Smith Gallery

Art & Healing Tours, led by museum staff and students from the Spring 2021 Museum Procedures class, invite participants to reflect on the relationship of art, health, and healing: How do the visual arts promote physical, mental and emotional well-being? These tours highlight the exhibition Art & Healing: Works by Jim Dine and Corita Kent in the museum’s Smith Gallery, as well as works from other current exhibitions, including Trimpin: Ambiente432 and Under the Same Sun and Moon: New Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection. Discussion is encouraged.
Please sign up for tours at the museum through the Center for Learning and Innovation at Pullman Regional Hospital

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 contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

2021 | Art & Healing: Cello Performance 1 by Ruth Boden
2021-05-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
From 440 to 432; Taking the Tension Out
Cello performance by Ruth Boden in conversation with Trimpin’s sound sculpture Ambiente432. Comprised of 12 motion-responsive resonator horns suspended from the ceiling and organized in strategic configurations, Ambiente432 is tuned precisely to 432Hz. Known as Verdi’s ‘A’, this vibration frequency recurs in the tuning of ancient Tibetan singing bowls, Stradivarius instruments, and 20th century physicist W. O. Schumann calculated the Earth’s rhythms at a cycle close to the fundamental frequency of 432Hz.
About Ruth Boden
Dr. Ruth Boden is an Associate Professor in the School of Music at Washington State University where she teaches cello, bass, music theory and coordinates the chamber music program. Dr. Boden holds a B.M. and M.M. in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a D.M.A. from the University of Alabama.
Boden is an active performer and has appeared as a guest artist with the Mid-Columbia Symphony, Washington Idaho Symphony, Coeur D’ Alene Symphony, and gave the premier performance of Philip Wharton’s Concerto for Violin and Cello with the Rendezvous Orchestra in Moscow, Idaho. She has also been a member of numerous orchestras throughout the Southeast and Northwest, including the Pensacola Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, Tuscaloosa Symphony, Washington Idaho Symphony, and Spokane Symphony among others. Additionally, Ruth has worked with several notable chamber artists including the Vermeer, Juilliard, Miami, and Cavani String Quartets and the Diaz Trio. She served as the interim conductor for the Washington State University Symphony Orchestra from 2009-2011, interim Artistic Director and conductor for the Spokane Youth Symphony during the 2013-2014 season, and has served as guest conductor and clinician for numerous festivals throughout the Northwest.
Boden is a staunch supporter of new and contemporary music. She released her first solo CD Off the Cuff in July of 2014 which features eclectic contemporary music for solo cello. An avid hiker and lover of the outdoors, Ruth spends parts of her summers backpacking with her cello and performing new works commissioned for her project Music Outside Four Walls.

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 contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

2021 | Art & Healing Exhibition Tour 2
2021-05-14 15:00 - 16:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Friday, May 14, 3:00 p.m.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, Smith Gallery

Art & Healing Tours, led by museum staff and students from the Spring 2021 Museum Procedures class, invite participants to reflect on the relationship of art, health, and healing: How do the visual arts promote physical, mental and emotional well-being? These tours highlight the exhibition Art & Healing: Works by Jim Dine and Corita Kent in the museum’s Smith Gallery, as well as works from other current exhibitions, including Trimpin: Ambiente432 and Under the Same Sun and Moon: New Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection. Discussion is encouraged.
Please sign up for tours at the museum through the Center for Learning and Innovation at Pullman Regional Hospital

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 contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

2021 | Art & Healing: Cello Performance 2 by Ruth Boden
2021-06-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
When Stuck in a Rut
Ruth Boden will explore personal space and improvisation through a cello and digital loop performance.
About Ruth Boden
Dr. Ruth Boden is an Associate Professor in the School of Music at Washington State University where she teaches cello, bass, music theory and coordinates the chamber music program. Dr. Boden holds a B.M. and M.M. in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a D.M.A. from the University of Alabama.
Boden is an active performer and has appeared as a guest artist with the Mid-Columbia Symphony, Washington Idaho Symphony, Coeur D’ Alene Symphony, and gave the premier performance of Philip Wharton’s Concerto for Violin and Cello with the Rendezvous Orchestra in Moscow, Idaho. She has also been a member of numerous orchestras throughout the Southeast and Northwest, including the Pensacola Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, Tuscaloosa Symphony, Washington Idaho Symphony, and Spokane Symphony among others. Additionally, Ruth has worked with several notable chamber artists including the Vermeer, Juilliard, Miami, and Cavani String Quartets and the Diaz Trio. She served as the interim conductor for the Washington State University Symphony Orchestra from 2009-2011, interim Artistic Director and conductor for the Spokane Youth Symphony during the 2013-2014 season, and has served as guest conductor and clinician for numerous festivals throughout the Northwest.
Boden is a staunch supporter of new and contemporary music. She released her first solo CD Off the Cuff in July of 2014 which features eclectic contemporary music for solo cello. An avid hiker and lover of the outdoors, Ruth spends parts of her summers backpacking with her cello and performing new works commissioned for her project Music Outside Four Walls.

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 contact the museum at 509-335-1910.

2021 | Art & Healing: Cello Performance 3 by Ruth Boden
2021-06-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Listening Beyond Hearing: Performance by Ruth Boden and Dean Luethi
In conjunction with the museum’s and Pullman Regional Hospital’s Art & Healing program, Dr. Ruth Boden and Dr. Dean Luethi will explore a meditative space
through a cello and vocal performance in conversation with Trimpin’s sound sculpture Ambiente432. Visitors are encouraged to bring a yoga mat to experience this performance lying down, or utilize chairs provided by the museum.
To see a video from a similar cello performance of Ruth’s in our gallery, please click here.
Comprised of 12 motion-responsive resonator horns suspended from the ceiling and organized in strategic configurations, Ambiente432 is tuned precisely to 432Hz. Known as Verdi’s ‘A’, this vibration frequency recurs in the tuning of ancient Tibetan singing bowls, Stradivarius instruments, and 20th century physicist W. O. Schumann calculated the Earth’s rhythms at a cycle close to the fundamental frequency of 432Hz.
About Ruth Boden
Dr. Ruth Boden is an Associate Professor in the School of Music at Washington State University where she teaches cello, bass, music theory and coordinates the chamber music program. Dr. Boden holds a B.M. and M.M. in cello performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a D.M.A. from the University of Alabama.
About Dean Luethi
Dr. Dean Luethi serves as the Director of the School of Music, Director of Choral Activities, and Associate Professor at Washington State University. He received his B.M. in Vocal Music Education from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, his M.M. in Choral Conducting from the University of South Florida in Tampa, and his D.M.A. in Choral Music from the University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign. Before working at WSU, Dr. Luethi was a choir and musical theatre director for high school and middle school students in the Green Bay area. He also served as a visiting instructor at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

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 contact the museum at 509-335-1910. The museum is currently open Tuesday through Friday from 1-4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and closed Sunday and Monday.

CURRENT VISITATION RULES | Welcome visitors, please note COVID-19 changes as of June 15, 2021 below.
If you are fully vaccinated, please show proof of vaccination as listed below to our visitor ambassadors at the main entrance. If you are not fully vaccinated, please continue to wear a mask and socially distance. We look forward to seeing you!
The following will be accepted as proof of vaccination:
* A CDC vaccination card (which includes name of person vaccinated, type of vaccine provided, and date last dose administered), OR
* A photo of a CDC vaccination card as a separate document or a photo of the attendee’s vaccine card stored on a phone or electronic device, OR
* Documentation of vaccination from a health care provider or state immunization information system record

2021 | Sneak Peak For Two Weeks
2021-08-24 13:00 - 2021-09-04 16:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
Public Tours: Wednesdays and Fridays, 3:00–3:30 p.m.

Wednesdays, August 25 and September 1
Fridays, August 27 and September 3

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU will be closed Aug. 7–23 to deinstall its current exhibitions. The museum reopens on Tuesday, Aug. 24 and is extending a special invitation to the community. Museum staff will be revealing the hidden, mysterious world behind the gallery walls by performing “back of house” curatorial tasks within the gallery space as they prepare two new 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.
This special two‑week viewing takes place during a time in which museums are seeking to become more transparent and participatory, leading to an accessible and socially engaging visit. Exhibition installation progress will change constantly during the sneak peek period. Each day will offer a potentially new experience for the viewer and make visible the methods of preservation and scholarship that are essential to any museum.
To participate in this special invitation for a behind the scenes view, visit the museum Aug. 24–28 and Aug. 31–Sept. 4, Tuesday through Friday 1 to 4 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Public tours during this time will be available from 3 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays with Education Coordinator Kristin Becker. Faculty may also schedule a group tour for a campus class by emailing kristin.carlson@wsu.edu.
Admission to the museum is always free.
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.

2021 | Fall Exhibitions Opening Reception
2021-09-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, 1535 NE Wilson RD, Pullman, WA, 99164-7301, United States
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 required.

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.
