Fall 2022

Keiko Hara Mokuhanga Workshop

WHEN AND WHERE | November 15 and 17, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Keiko Hara Stencil Workshop: On November 15 and 17 Keiko Hara offered a workshop for students enrolled in Kristin Becker’s “Inside-Out: The Art Museum as Interdisciplinary Classroom” course. The students cut stencils using traditional Japanese stencil paper and created artwork using their stencils and pigments and brushes provided by the artist. Images from the workshop can be found on the museum’s Facebook page.

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Keiko Hara Mokuhanga Workshop

WHEN AND WHERE | November 15 and 17, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On November 15 and 17 Keiko Hara offered a mokuhanga workshop to fine arts graduate students and students in Professor Kevin Haas’s Fine Art 370: Introduction to Printmaking class. Mokuhanga is a traditional form of Japanese woodblock printing. Images from the workshop can be found on the museum’s Facebook page.

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Keiko Hara Reception, Book Release, and Tour

WHEN AND WHERE | November 16, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On November 16, 2022 the museum celebrated with Walla Walla-based artist Keiko Hara. Hara’s work is the subject of a mini-survey exhibition, Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints, chronicling her unwavering commitment to painting and her unique form of Japanese woodblock printmaking over a 40-year period. The event also celebrated Hara’s first full-scale museum publication by the same name, offered by the WSU Press and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. Before the public part of the program, Hara offered an exclusive tour of the exhibition for special guests. Images from the reception can be found here on Facebook and a video excerpt of the tour can be found on the museum’s YouTube channel.

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Colin Criss’s “Creative Writing: The Contemporary Sonnet” Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | October 27, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 27, 2022 English and Honors Department faculty Colin Criss brought Honors 280 students to experience the exhibition Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints. Students engaged in a discussion about formal aspects of poetry as related to formal decisions made by visual artists with Colin Criss and Education Curator Kristin Becker.

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Spokane Falls Community College Art Appreciation Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | October 27, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT |  On October 27, 2022 Mana Mehrabian brought her Art Appreciation class from Spokane Falls Community College to tour the exhibitions Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver, Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints, andOur Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor.

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Reading, Q&A, and book signing with multi-media artist and poet Sam Roxas-Chua

WHEN AND WHERE | October 25, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 25, 2022 the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU hosted WSU Visiting Writer Sam Roxas-Chua 姚 (Yao). Sam is a transracial/transcultural adopted person and the author of “Saying Your Name Three Times Underwater,” “Echolalia in Script,” “Fawn Language,” and the podcast Dear Someone Somewhere, an audio-journal project. His open-form calligraphy, artworks, and writing have appeared in various journals and galleries. Sam is a poet in the periphery, a multimedia artist, field recordist, and an amateur radio operator. The WSU Visiting Writers Series brings noted poets and writers of fiction and nonfiction to campus for creative readings, class visits, workshops, and collaborative exchanges across intellectual and artistic disciplines. Images from the reception can be found here on the museum’s facebook page and a full recording of the reading is available on the VWS YouTube channel.

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Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors Social Event

WHEN AND WHERE | October 19, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 19, 2022 WSU’s Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors held a social event in the Pavilion Gallery. EFA members enjoyed refreshments, learned about upcoming activities, met like-minded peers, and viewed the exhibitions Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver, Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints, andOur Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor.

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Dr. Bond’s Honors 198: Honors First-Year Experience Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | October 17, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 17, 2022 Dr. Robin Bond from the Honors College brought students to learn about the museum and complete a curiosity activity called “Love at First Sight” with Education curator Kristin Becker.

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Dr. Gill’s Honors 198: Honors First-Year Experience Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | October 17, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 17, 2022 Dr. Susan Gill, Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting, brought students to learn about the museum and tour the exhibitions Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver, Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints, andOur Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor.

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Fine Art 101: Introduction to Art Class Visits

WHEN AND WHERE | October 14, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 14 and October 21, 2022 over 100 students from Dr. Hallie Meredith’s Fine Art 101: Introduction to Art classes visited the exhibitions Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver, Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints, and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor with FA101 grad teaching assistants and undergraduate learning assistants.

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Girl Scouts Outdoor Art Badge Tour

WHEN AND WHERE | October 8, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 8, 2022 Americorps volunteers for Humanities on the Palouse Shalla Newman and Keeley Taylor organized a tour for Taylor’s 6th-8th grade girl scout group. The girl scouts toured Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints in connection with a unit on nature-inspired art-making. Images from the visit can be found here.

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Opening Reception for Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver

WHEN AND WHERE | October 7, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 7, 2022 the museum celebrated the exhibitions Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor. Artist Juventino Aranda and Lipi Turner-Rahman, guest curator of Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor, were available to speak one-on-one with visitors. Special guests from the Guided Conversation with Lipi Turner-Rahman, which immediately preceded the reception, were also in attendance. Images from the reception can be found here.

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Guided Conversation with Guest Curator Lipi Turner-Rahman

WHEN AND WHERE | October 7, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 7, 2022 guest curator Lipi Turner-Rahman guided a conversation about the exhibition Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor. Special guests included Laura Solis, who was born and raised in the Yakima Valley community; Daisy Zavala Magaña from the Seattle Times; and Juventino Aranda, whose exhibition Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver ran concurrently with Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor. The livestreamed recording of the event is located here, and images from the conversation can be found here.

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Curiosity Activity for Honors 198, First Year Experience

WHEN AND WHERE | October 5, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 5, 2022 Honors 198 Facilitators Matthew Morrison and Matteya Proctor brought their 198 section to engage in a curiosity activity with Education Curator Kristin Becker using current exhibitions.

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Crimson Group Tour

WHEN AND WHERE | October 4, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 4, 2022 the Crimson Group took a tour of Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor with Education Curator Kristin Becker. The Crimson Group is a Registered Student Organization that serves as an advocacy group for undocumented students at WSU.

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Professor Katy Whalen’s History 469 Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | October 3, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 3, 2022 Lipi Turner Rahman, the guest curator of Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor, spoke with Katy Whalen’s History 496 course. Professor Whalen was teaching the senior-level research and writing seminar with the theme of 19th and 20th century labor and working class history.

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University of Idaho Critical Arts Writing Seminar Class Visit with Dr. Johanna Gosse

WHEN AND WHERE | September 30, 2022 –  Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 30, 2022 University of Idaho Art + Design faculty Johanna Gosse brought students from “ART 495: Critical Arts Writing Seminar” to tour Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver, Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints, and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor.

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Anthropology 201: Art & Society Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | September 30, –  Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Instructor Arian Karimitar brought her class for a self-guided tour and activity on September 30, 2022.

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Curiosity Tour for HD497: Professional Preparation Seminar

WHEN AND WHERE | September 27, 2022 –  Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 27, 2022 Professor Katie Forsythe from the Department of Human Development collaborated with Curator of Education Kristin Becker to offer class activities on the theme of curiosity. Students worked with the exhibitions Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver, Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints, and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor.

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Lauren Westerfield’s “Let’s Get Weird: Experimental Creative Writing” Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | September 26, 2022 –  Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 26, 2022 English Department faculty Lauren Westerfield brought Honors 280 students to engage with current exhibitions in connection with an introduction to ekphrastic writing and the book-length essay “Borealis” by Aisha Sabatini Sloan, which addresses identity, blackness, place, queerness, poetry, music, travel, and art, among other things. Students focused on the exhibition Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints.

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Second Grade Tour, Lena Whitmore Elementary, Moscow, ID

WHEN AND WHERE | September 16, 2022 –  Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 16, 2022 two second grade classes visited the museum to view Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor. Students also interacted with the sound sculpture Ambiente432 by Trimpin. View images from the class visit here.

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Art & Healing Wellness Class with Ambiente432: Walking Meditation with Nitivia Jones

WHEN AND WHERE | September 1, 2022 – Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 1, 2022 International Student Advisor Nitivia Jones led a walking meditation that encouraged interaction with Ambiente432. Students from Kristin Becker’s Honors 280 course, “The Art Museum as Interdisciplinary Classroom” participated, along with other visitors. View images from the class here and video here.

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International Student Peer Mentor Kickoff

WHEN AND WHERE | August 25, 2022 – Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On August 25, 2022 Nitivia Jones, Senior International Student Advisor from the Office of International Programs, hosted a Peer Mentor Kickoff in the Pavilion Gallery for about fifty students. After introductory ice breaker activities, students got to know one another through conversations about artworks from the following exhibitions: Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver, Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints, and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor.

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Facilitator Training for Honors 198: First Year Experience

WHEN AND WHERE | August 17, 2022 –  Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On August 17, 2022 Dr. Robin Bond brought students to the museum for a curiosity activity with Curator of Education Kristin Becker as part of their training for facilitating First Year Experience courses with the Honors College for Fall 2022. Many sections of Honors 198 visit museum exhibitions during the semester.

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Summer 2022

Art & Healing Wellness Classes with Ambiente432: Mindful Movement and Improvisational Dance with Elise Kapsi

WHEN AND WHERE | July 13, 2022 – Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On July 13, 2022 Elise Kapsi taught a mindful movement and improvisational dance class with Ambiente432, incorporating various dance styles from contemporary to hip-hop, and allowing dancers to experience the flow of movement without inhibition. Elise Kapsi is a Spin and Soul Fusion instructor for University Recreation. View images from the class here.

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Art & Healing Wellness Classes with Ambiente432: Therapeutic Flow Using Yoga & Dance with Kristine Zakarison

WHEN AND WHERE | July 9, 2022 – Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On July 9, 2022 Kristine Zakarison led a therapeutic yoga and dance class that encouraged interaction with Ambiente432. Zakarison has over 25 years of experience teaching yoga. As a yoga therapist, she works with clients to develop personal therapeutic plans to address health concerns including stress and anxiety, trauma and PTSD, injury and chronic illness, chronic pain, long CoVid-19, nervous system disorders, end-of-life care, and grief. Images from the program can be seen here.

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Art & Healing Wellness Classes with Ambiente432: Walking Meditation with Nitivia Jones

WHEN AND WHERE | July 7, 2022 – Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On July 7, 2022 Nitivia Jones led a walking meditation that encouraged interaction with Ambiente432. Jones is an international student advisor at WSU. View images from the class here.

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Art & Healing Wellness Classes with Ambiente432: Guided Meditation with Trymaine Gaither

WHEN AND WHERE | June 29, 2022 – Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On June 29, 2022 Trymaine Gaither led a guided meditation at the museum, founded in mindfulness practices that have been proven to reduce stress and decrease suffering. This class encouraged interaction with Ambiente432. Trymaine Gaither is the Special Assistant to the Provost for Inclusive Excellence at Washington State University. He trains faculty and staff in mindfulness-based anti-racism, self-awareness, contemplative pedagogy, and racial healing practices.

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Art & Healing Wellness Classes with Ambiente432: Energizing Standing Yoga Poses with Marcia Gossard

WHEN AND WHERE | June 25, 2022 – Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On June 25, 2022 Marcia Gossard taught a class combining the tones from Ambiente432 with energizing standing yoga poses. Marcia Gossard is a certified Iyengar yoga instructor and a 200-hour Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher who teaches at the Moscow Yoga Center in 2001. She is also the Director of Communications and Marketing for the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine. Images from the class can be found here.

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Spring 2022

Indie Folk: Sounds from the Northwest Concert

WHEN AND WHERE | April 29, 2022 – Terrell Mall, outside the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On Friday, April 29 Raza NorthWest and Brian Mumford of Dragging an Ox Through Water performed on Terrell Mall, immediately outside the Pavilion Gallery. Live performances at the museum this month were an offshoot of the exhibition “Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest,” which featured a playlist by Eric Isaacson of Mississippi Records. Portland-based Dragging an Ox Through Water had a song, “True and False Comforts,” featured on this playlist. Raza Northwest is a Pullman group featuring WSU professors Darryl Singleton and Alan Malfavon, playing son jarocho, a style of Mexican folk music that reinforces the Mexican-American influences heard on the Indie Folk playlist. (Whiting Tennis, a Seattle-based artist and musician whose paintings and collages were part of the Indie Folk exhibition, was also scheduled to play the concert, but had to cancel due to illness.) View images from the concert here.

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LandEscapes 2022: Release Party

WHEN AND WHERE | April 27, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On Wednesday, April 27 the student-run art and literary journal LandEscapes held its release party at the museum, revealing the cover art for the 2022 issue and offering readings by student authors published in the issue. Allyson Pang, Noelle Niemeier, and other student editors gave introductions and spoke about working on the journal. Faculty advisor Peter Chilson also spoke.View images from the concert here.

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Indie Folk Concert: Bigger Boat

WHEN AND WHERE | April 22, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On Friday, April 22 Bigger Boat performed in the Pavilion Gallery from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Bigger Boat is an a cappella group from Moscow, ID that sings sea shanties and maritime songs. Sea shanties are work songs and have a call and response structure comprised of verses, which are sung by one leader, and a simple chorus which can be sung by a large group. This live performance was an offshoot of the exhibition “Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest.” Bigger Boat singers were Dylan Champagne, Rob Ely, Ben James, and Rochelle Smith. View images from the concert here.

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Professor Mary Kay Patton’s HD487: Special Topics in Mindfulness Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | March 29, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On March 29, 2022 Mary Kay Patton from the Center for Transformational Learning & Leadership brought her students to the museum to practice paying attention with openness, curiosity, and without judgement. The students worked with Professor Patton and Education Coordinator Kristin Becker in “Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest” and the newly opened “MFA Thesis Exhibition.” Patton started the class by leading a short guided mediation in MFA candidate Siri Stensberg’s installation, “Open Harmony.” View images from the class visit here.

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Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar Reflection Night

WHEN AND WHERE | March 10, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Students, faculty, and staff were invited to join in a discussion about Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation in observance of International Women’s Week 2022 on March 10, 2022. Participants reflected on the ways in which Alison Saar’s work has influenced coursework, creative practice, and individual perspectives. Presenters included Jackie Sedano, Women’s Center Program Coordinator; Hallie Simpson, Sophomore, Honors College; Mikayla Makle, President, WSU Black Student Union; Kelis Barton, Soccer Student-Athlete, Black Student Athletic Association; Professor Jeff Jones and his students Jada Rome and Aiden Gardner from the WSU English Department; Somi Soroush, Crystal Cox, Courtney Lucas, and Cady Favazzo, Graduate Students, University of Idaho; and Megan Biggs, Sue Lemmons, and Emma Woolstenhulme, Undergraduate Students, University of Idaho. The event was organized by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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Students of Color Alliance Club from Lincoln Middle School

WHEN AND WHERE | March 10, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On March 10, 2022 ELA teacher Yahayra Rodriguez brought 21 students from the Students of Color Alliance Club at Lincoln Middle School in Pullman, WA to tour Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Images from the visit can be seen here.

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Fine Art 101: Introduction to Art Class Visits

WHEN AND WHERE | March 3, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On March 3, 2022 over 80 students from Dr. Hallie Meredith’s “Fine Art 101: Introduction to Art” class visited the exhibition Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and completed an assignment The students were accompanied by undergraduate TAs Crissy Navarro and Shalla Newman as well as graduate TAs. Images from the visit can be seen here.

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Professor Allegra Armstrong’s English 102 Class from Spokane Falls Community College

WHEN AND WHERE | March 2, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On March 2. 2022 Allegra Armstrong from Spokane Falls Community Collage brought her English 102 students to tour Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest with Education Coordinator Kristin Becker. The focus of Armstrong’s course was Technology and Activism and the students were working on a “writing in the field” unit.

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Scavenger Hunt Activity with Professor Angélica Becerra’s DTC Classes

WHEN AND WHERE | February 28, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 28, 2022 Angélica Becerra from the Digital Technology and Culture Program brought 55 students to visit Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest. Education Coordinator Kristin Becker spoke briefly on the importance of sound in the exhibition, which includes a playlist from Mississippi Records, and students completed a scavenger hunt designed by Dr. Becerra. Students were from both DTC 338: Podcasting and DTC 354: Digital Storytelling.

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International Student Center Coffee Hour

WHEN AND WHERE | February 25, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 25, 2022 the International Student Center hosted their weekly Friday Coffee Hour event in the museum galleries. Education Coordinator Kristin Becker organized a scavenger hunt for the students, using works of art from both “Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation” and “Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest.” Images from the event can be seen here.

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Professor Kevin Haas’s Fine Arts 370 Introduction to Printmaking Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | February 16, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 16, 2022 Kevin Haas, Professor of Fine Art and Printmaking Area Coordinator, brought his students to learn about printmaking through the exhibition Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.

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Curiosity Tours for HD487 Professional Preparation Seminar

WHEN AND WHERE | February 11, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 11, 2022, Professors Joe Hewa and Katie Forsythe from the Department of Human Development collaborated with Education Coordinator Kristin Becker to plan a class tour on the theme of curiosity. A total of 35 students visited Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest and reflected on a series of curiosity prompts.

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Jo Hockenhull Distinguished Lecture Featuring: Alison Saar

WHEN AND WHERE | February 10, 2022 – Webinar

WHAT | On Thursday, February 10 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. artist Alison Saar gave a virtual lecture. The Jo Hockenhull Lecture series, organized by the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), the Fine Arts Department, and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, named Alison Saar as the Visiting Lecturer for 2022. Saar discussed the connections between art and social justice as she provided an overview of her work in sculpture and printmaking. The lecture was livestreamed as a zoom webinar with 150 viewers. In addition, 360 students viewed the lecture collectively as part of a sponsored event by Fraternity and Sorority Life, including the Multicultural Greek Council, the Panhellenic Council and the Interfraternity Community. The lecture can be viewed here.

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Professor Colin Criss’s English 109 Creative Writing Now Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | February 9, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 9, 2022 Professor Colin Criss from the Department of English brought 23 from English 109 to discuss ekphrastic poetry in conjunction with Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The group also read “her tin skin” by poet Evie Shockley, who collaborates with Alison Saar. Education Coordinator Kristin Becker introduced the exhibition and facilitated discussion.

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Tour for the Black Student-Athlete Association WSU

WHEN AND WHERE | February 8, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 8, 2022 twenty-five students from the Black Student-Athlete Association toured Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation accompanied by Athletic Department staff. Education Coordinator Kristin Becker led the tour and facilitated discussion. Images from the tour can be viewed here.

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Shanda Stinebaugh’s FA110 Drawing Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | February 4, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 4, 2022 MFA candidate Shanda Stinebaugh brought 21 students to tour Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest. Student worked on sketchbook drawings in the galleries.

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Dr. Francene Watson’s CSSTE 537 Place-Based Education Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | February 3, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 3, 2022 Assistant Professor Francene Watson from the College of Education brought 3 graduate students to tour Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest with Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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Dr. Marianne Kinkel’s FA304 20th Century Modern Art Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | February 2, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 2, 2022 Professor Marianne Kinkel, Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of Fine Arts, sent 25 students and TAs from FA304 to tour Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest. Education Coordinator Kristin Becker provided the tour.

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Dr. Marianne Kinkel’s FA331: Art, Science and Technology Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | February 2, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 2, 2022 Professor Marianne Kinkel, Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of Fine Arts, sent 14 students and TAs from FA331 to tour Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest. Education Coordinator Kristin Becker provided the tour.

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Sarah Barnett’s FA110 Drawing Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | February 2, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On February 2, 2022 MFA candidate Sarah Barnett brought 21 students to tour Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest with Education Coordinator Kristin Becker. The students used artworks of their choice to complete a formal analysis assignment, under the guidance of their instructor.

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Professor Jeff Jones’ English 252 Ekphrastic Poetry Assignment

WHEN AND WHERE | January 24-28, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | During the week of January 24-28, 2022 Professor Jeff Jones, Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of English, sent students from “English 252: Introduction to Creative Writing and Creative Writing Pedagogy” to find inspiration for an ekphrastic poem from the exhibitions Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest.

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Indie Folk Reception and Gallery Talk with Guest Curator Melissa Feldman

WHEN AND WHERE | January 20, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On Thursday, January 20, 2021 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. guest curator Melissa Feldman welcomed visitors to an opening reception for Indie Folk: New Art and Sounds from the Pacific Northwest. Feldman offered a gallery talk at 4:30pm, providing insight into the unique artistic ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest’s craft traditions, pre-industrial cultures, and Indigenous and settler histories. Images from the gallery talk can be found here.

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Dr. Marianne Kinkel’s FA304: 20th Century Modern Art Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | January 14, 2022 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On January 14, 2022 Professor Marianne Kinkel, Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of Fine Arts, brought 31 students and TAs from FA304 to tour Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.

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Fall 2021

Shade Gala with the WSU Black Student Union and Luxe Magazine

WHEN AND WHERE | December 4, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 5:00pm the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU hosted the Shade Gala, presented by the WSU Black Student Union and Luxe Magazine. The gala was a private event offered for students to celebrate the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. 85 students attended the event. Images from gala can be found here (all images are courtesy of Luxe Magazine).

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Dr. Susan Gill’s Honors 198: Honors First-Year Experience Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | November 11, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On November 11, 2021 Dr. Susan Gill, Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting, brought 19 students from “Honors 198: Honors First-Year Experience” to tour the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The tour was led by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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Professor Robin Bond’s Honors 198

WHEN AND WHERE | November 8, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | First Year Experience Class Visit: On November 8, 2021 Dr. Robin Bond, Assistant Dean in the Honors College, brought 14 students from Honors 198 to tour the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The tour was led by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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Dean Norton’s Honors 198

WHEN AND WHERE | November 8, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | First Year Experience Class Visit: On November 8, 2021 Dr. Grant Norton, Dean of the Honors College, brought 12 students from Honors 198 to tour the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The tour was led by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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Alumni Association Tour

WHEN AND WHERE | November 6, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On November 6, 2021 Education Coordinator Kristin Becker led a tour of the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation for the Palouse Chapter of the WSU Alumni Association.

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EXCEL Program Visit to the Collection Study Center

WHEN AND WHERE | November 5, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On November 5, 2021 Professor Michael Holloman, Department of Fine Arts, brought 20 high school students from the EXCEL Program to the Collection Study Center. Holloman introduced Worth Griffin paintings from the 1930s alongside the more contemporary paintings of Rick Bartow and other Native American artists in the collection, with the support of Collection Manager Ann Saberi. The goal was to discuss differences in the representation of Native Americans. Professor David Janssen and graduate students Siri Stensberg and Sarah Barnett from Fine Arts also led drawing activities. Images from the visit can be viewed here.

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Athletic Department Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Council Tour

WHEN AND WHERE | November 3, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On November 3, 2021 members of the WSU Athletic Department Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Council toured the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation with Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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Dr. Donna Campbell’s English 494: Jazz Age/Harlem Renaissance Class Tour

WHEN AND WHERE | October 28, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 28, 2021 Dr. Donna Campbell, Department of English, brought 17 students from English 494 to tour the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The tour was led by Ryan Hardesty, Executive Director and Curator of Exhibitions & Collections.

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Provost Chilton’s Honors 198: First-Year Experience Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | October 26, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On Tuesday October 26, 2021 WSU Provost Elizabeth Chilton sent 13 students from “Honors 198: Honors First-Year Experience” to tour the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. Undergraduate TA Gunnar Sly accompanied the class and the tour was led by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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WSU Visiting Writers Series: Brian Blanchfield

WHEN AND WHERE | October 19, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 5:30 p.m., the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU hosted WSU Visiting Writer Brian Blanchfield. Blanchfield is the author of three books of poetry and prose, including Proxies: Essays Near Knowing and A Several World, which received, respectively, a 2016 Whiting Award in Nonfiction and the 2014 Academy of American Poets’ James Laughlin Award. His recent work appears in The Oxford American, Grand, Tin House, A Public Space, The Map Is Not the Territory, Northwest Review, Textual Practice, and Chicago Review. A finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir and the recipient of fellowships from the Howard Foundation and the Idaho Council for the Arts, Blanchfield teaches in the Bennington Writing Seminars and directs the MFA writing program at the University of Idaho. The WSU Visiting Writers Series brings noted poets and writers of fiction and nonfiction to campus for creative readings, class visits, workshops, and collaborative exchanges across intellectual and artistic disciplines. All were welcome to attend, and here are a live recording and images from the event.

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Professor Buddy Levy’s English 298: Writing and Research Honors Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | October 19, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 19, 2021 Professor Buddy Levy, Department of English, brought 17 students from English 298 to visit the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition for a class writing assignment.

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Fine Art 101: Introduction to Art Class Visits

WHEN AND WHERE | October 13-15, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Between October 13 and October 15, 2021 over 200 students from Dr. Hallie Meredith’s “Fine Art 101: Introduction to Art” class visited the exhibition Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The students visited in small groups and were accompanied by graduate TAs Reika Pratt and Allen Vu and undergraduate TAs Nafisa Anjum, Imani Childs, Crissy Navarro, Shalla Newman and Olivia O’Brien. Each group was given a brief introductory tour by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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Tabletop Letterpress Printing: An Introduction and Demonstration

WHEN AND WHERE | October 13, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 13, from 2-4 p.m., representatives from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU (JSMA) and WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) offered visitors an introduction to MASC’s recently acquired tabletop letterpress. Staff was on-hand to discuss the history of letterpress printing, provide background on their Kelsey Victor 8 x 10 platen press, and assist attendees in practicing laying type and printing sample formes (the letterpress term for lines of type that are ready to be printed). All were welcome to attend and images from the event are located here.

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Fine Art 101: Introduction to Art Class Visits

WHEN AND WHERE | October 13-15, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Between October 13 and October 15, 2021 over 200 students from Dr. Hallie Meredith’s “Fine Art 101: Introduction to Art” class visited the exhibition Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The students visited in small groups and were accompanied by graduate TAs Reika Pratt and Allen Vu and undergraduate TAs Nafisa Anjum, Imani Childs, Crissy Navarro, Shalla Newman and Olivia O’Brien. Each group was given a brief introductory tour by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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English 251: Creative Writing Visit with Colin Criss

WHEN AND WHERE | October 10, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 10, 2021 Professor Colin Criss, Department of English, brought 19 students from English 251 to tour the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundationr. The tour was led by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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University of Idaho Critical Arts Writing Seminar Class Visit with Dr. Johanna Gosse

WHEN AND WHERE | October 1, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On October 1, 2021 University of Idaho Art + Design faculty Johanna Gosse brought 13 students from “ART 495: Critical Arts Writing Seminar” to tour Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation with Education Coordinator Kristin Becker. Following the visit, Dr. Gosse asked students to write an exhibition review as part of their senior writing portfolio. Most students visited the exhibition multiple times and approached the assignment as a personal essay.

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Black Lives Matter: An Intergenerational Discussion

WHEN AND WHERE | September 29, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 29 from 3:30-4:30 p.m., select awardees of the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Program, including Lisa Myers Bulmash, Hasaan Kirkland, Robert Lloyd, and Rene Westbrook, discussed historical contexts and recent events in our shared search for racial equity, through the lens of art-making. Moderated by Lisa Guerrero, Associate Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence. Questions to follow by representatives from WSU’s Black Student Union. The livestreamed recording of the event is located here, and images from the discussion can be found here.

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Exhibition Tour with Alison Saar

WHEN AND WHERE | September 29, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 29 from 2-3 p.m., Alison Saar welcomed visitors to Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, providing a tour of this retrospective exhibition featuring nearly 50 prints and five sculptures by the renowned Los Angeles–based artist. Images from the tour can be found here.

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Fall Exhibitions Opening Reception

WHEN AND WHERE | September 28, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 28 from 5-7 p.m., museum benefactor Jordan Schnitzer, artist Alison Saar, awardees of the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Program, and visitors joined in celebration for 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. Live music  by Horace Alexander Young and Dr. Darryl Singleton (Doc D) entertained the guests as they mingled and enjoyed the exhibitions. Images from the opening reception are here.

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Ceramics Workshop with Aisha Harrison

WHEN AND WHERE | September 28-29, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 28-29, Aisha Harrison held a ceramics workshop in collaboration with the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Fine Arts.  The first day of the workshop began with an artist’s talk about her work and process. The pre-recorded talk is available here. Afterwards, Harrison demonstrated how to build a clay bust based on a live model using a solid building construction technique starting with a black pipe armature.

On the second day of the workshop, Harrison continued with the demonstration and discussion, and showed students how to hollow large- and small-scale works.  Participants joined a hands-on demo of the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, and received useful handouts. View images from the ceramics workshop here.

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Shanda Stinebaugh’s FA102: 2-D Art and Design Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | September 20, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 20, 2021 MFA candidate Shanda Stinebaugh brought 15 students to tour the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The tour was led by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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University of Idaho Secondary Art Methods Class Visit with Professor Lauren McCleary

WHEN AND WHERE | Tuesday, September 14, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 14, 2021 University of Idaho Art + Design faculty Lauren McCleary brought 6 students from her Secondary Art Methods class to tour the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition and Mirror, Mirror: The Prints of Alison Saar, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation. The tour was led by Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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University of Idaho Interior Architecture and Design III Class Visit

WHEN AND WHERE | Friday, September 10, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On Friday, September 10, 2021 University of Idaho faculty Rula Awwad-Rafferty and Suzanne Anderson brought 16 students from their “IAD351-01: Interior Arch and Design III” course to tour and analyze the museum’s interior design. The group was researching an interior architecture project that examined museum and gallery spaces. The students discussed the design of the museum in relation to the artwork and general use of the space with Executive Director and Curator of Exhibitions & Collections Ryan Hardesty and Education Coordinator Kristin Becker.

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Yoga Class with Ambiente432 and Kristine Zakarison

WHEN AND WHERE | August, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | In August of 2021, Kristine Zakarison held a yoga class in conversation with Trimpin’s sound sculpture Ambiente432. Comprised of 12 motion-responsive resonator horns suspended from the ceiling and organized in strategic configurations. Students came dressed for class and brought their yoga mats. The beginning-level yoga class explored how the well-being of yoga practitioners benefited from the healing frequencies played by Ambiente432. This exploratory motion, meditation and mindfulness class was offered as part of a new Art & Healing collaboration between the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and Pullman Regional Hospital. View images from this special yoga collaboration here.

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Summer 2021

Cello Concert with Ruth Boden
Listening Beyond Hearing

Cello Concert with Ruth Boden
When Stuck in a Rut

Cello Concert with Ruth Boden
From 440 to 432; Taking the Tension Out

Art & Healing Tours

Spring 2021

Open Gallery With MFA Thesis Candidate Stephanie Broussard

Livestreamed Webinar, Into the Archives: Photography from the Colville Reservation

Fall 2020

Teaching Through Talking: How Betty Feves’ Ceramics Reveal Historic Shifts in Art Education

Open Gallery With Artist Etsuko Ichikawa

Etsuko Ichikawa 10 am Faculty Tour, 9/30/20

WHEN AND WHERE |September 30th, 10 am
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On September 30, at 10 am visiting artist Etsuko Ichikawa led a faculty tour of her exhibition in the museum galleries. The tour was set up by our Education Coordinator Kristin Becker, and focused on the works in Etsuko Ichikawa: Broken Poems of Fireflies. The images show her groundbreaking artwork capturing radioactive material within glowing glass orbs.

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Spring 2020

Buy-A-Bus: Frontier Middle School

WHEN AND WHERE |February 19, 2020  (Wednesday)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT |On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 about forty middle schoolers (plus chaperones) from Frontier Middle School in Moses Lake came to visit our current exhibitions. They were given a private tour with our Curator of Exhibitions & Collections, Ryan Hardesty & our special projects team. They also learned about various printmaking processes through Polly Apfelbaum: Frequently the Woods are Pink and the Aiken Collection.

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Marianne Kinkel’s FA 303 & 331 Visit

Fall 2019

Tribal Cohort Tour with Trevor Bond

11/15 FEAST

Then and Now: From Andy, With Love

WHEN AND WHERE |November 14th (Thursday)
Collection Study Center

WHAT | On November 14th, The Collection Study Center held a viewing of the exhibition: From Andy, With Love, a collaborative research project by two MFA candidates who, under the direction of Clinical Assistant Professor of Art History Hallie G. Meredith, explore cross-temporal approaches to process. Kelsey Baker and Chadchom Cheskhun use a variety of mediums to revisit, interrogate, and expand upon works by Andy Warhol from the permanent collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. This project is both an artistic interpretation of Warhol’s vernacular photography and an intergenerational examination of connections between artists.

Buy-A-Bus: Saint George’s School

WHEN AND WHERE |October 25th (Friday)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | On Friday, October 25, 2019, about forty 2nd and 4th graders (plus chaperones) from Saint George’s School in Spokane came to visit our current exhibitions. They were given a private tour by Q, our new tour coordinator and second year graduate student at WSU. They also learned about various printmaking processes through Polly Apfelbaum: Frequently the Woods are Pink and the Aiken Collection.

10/19 FEAST

Dennis DeHart’s FA 101 History of Photography

FA340 with Artist Jeffry Mitchell

Polly Apfelbaum Tour: Tokyo Visiting Students

Fine Arts Professional Practices Tour

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Summer 2019

Pullman Parks and Recreation Tour

Provost Dan Bernardo’s Retirement Party

Social Space Exhibition: Black History Month Reception and Celebration

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Social Space Exhibition: Frontier Middle School

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Fall 2018

Kate Gilmore Gallery Talk and Performance – Audience Participation

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Chad Goller-Sojourner performance in Pavilion

 

Summer 2018

Activism for Justice: Coure d’Alene Tribe Summer Camp Program

WHEN AND WHERE | June 13 (Tuesday), 9:30-10:30am
Coure d’Alene Tribe summer camp – 15-25 middle school students. (Organized through Paula Groves Price.)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 15-25 middle school students from the Coure d’Alene Tribe will be visiting the JSMOA to engage with the Marie Watt exhibition and participate in engaging reflection activity to explore this year’s camp theme, Activism for Justice.

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Activism for Justice: Coure d’Alene Tribe Summer Camp Program

WHEN AND WHERE | June 12 (Tuesday), 1:00-2:00pm
Coure d’Alene Tribe summer camp– 15-25 middle school students. (Organized through Paula Groves Price.)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 15-25 middle school students from the Coure d’Alene Tribe will be visiting the JSMOA to engage with the Marie Watt exhibition and participate in engaging reflection activity to explore this year’s camp theme, Activism for Justice.

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Buy-A-Bus: Pullman Jefferson Elementary

WHEN AND WHERE | June 11 (Monday)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 3^rd graders (plus chaperones) from Jefferson Elementary School to visit for tour of current exhibitions.

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Curator’s Corner: Marie Watt – Artistic Concepts in Critical Indigenous Theory

WHEN AND WHERE | June 6 (Wednesday), 11:30am-12:20pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Each week join Curator of Education, Zach Mazur, and his Spokane Falls Community College Art 100 class at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/WSU to engage in weekly “Curator’s Corner” conversations. This program is intended to model how museums can be utilized as a critical pedagogical environment. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in weekly discussions between students and museum professionals that demonstrate what art is and what can it do by addressing how art works within interdisciplinary contexts and embraces a variety of scholarly themes (i.e. critical race theory, indigeneity, ecology and environment, science and medicine, etc.) This program reflects a unique opportunity for students and educators from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to learn how to situate museum collection and exhibition objects as an integral part of their scholarship, curriculum, and personal research.

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Curator’s Corner: Art and Medicine

WHEN AND WHERE | May 30 (Wednesday), 11:30-12:20pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Collections and Learning Gallery, Dept. of Fine Arts

WHAT | Each week join Curator of Education, Zach Mazur, and his Spokane Falls Community College Art 100 class at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/WSU to engage in weekly “Curator’s Corner” conversations. This program is intended to model how museums can be utilized as a critical pedagogical environment. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in weekly discussions between students and museum professionals that demonstrate what art is and what can it do by addressing how art works within interdisciplinary contexts and embraces a variety of scholarly themes (i.e. critical race theory, indigeneity, ecology and environment, science and medicine, etc.)  This program reflects a unique opportunity for students and educators from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to learn how to situate museum collection and exhibition objects as an integral part of their scholarship, curriculum, and personal research.

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Buy-A-Bus: Whitman Elementary School

WHEN AND WHERE | May 29 (Tuesday), 10:00-10:30am, 1:00-1:30pm, 1:45-2:15pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 66 3^rdgraders (plus 12 chaperones) from McDonald Elementary School to visit for tour of current exhibitions.

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Buy-A-Bus: Whitman Elementary School

WHEN AND WHERE | May 25 (Friday), 12:00-1:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 42 3^rdgraders (plus chaperones) from Whitman Elementary School to visit for tour of current exhibitions.

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Curator’s Corner: Representations of Race in the JSMOA Permanent Collection

WHEN AND WHERE | May 23 (Wednesday), 11:30am-12:20pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Collections and Learning Gallery, Dept. of Fine Arts

WHAT | Each week join Curator of Education, Zach Mazur, and his Spokane Falls Community College Art 100 class at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/WSU to engage in weekly “Curator’s Corner” conversations. This program is intended to model how museums can be utilized as a critical pedagogical environment. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in weekly discussions between students and museum professionals that demonstrate what art is and what can it do by addressing how art works within interdisciplinary contexts and embraces a variety of scholarly themes (i.e. critical race theory, indigeneity, ecology and environment, science and medicine, etc.) This program reflects a unique opportunity for students and educators from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to learn how to situate museum collection and exhibition objects as an integral part of their scholarship, curriculum, and personal research.

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Royal Middle School Gear Up Tour

WHEN AND WHERE | May 22 (Tuesday), 1:15-2:00pm – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 50 7^thgraders (plus 3 chaperones) from Royal Middle School Gear Up in Royal City, WA to visit for tour of current exhibitions.

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WSU Visiting Writers Series: Brian Blanchfield

WHEN AND WHERE | Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 50 7^thgraders (plus 3 chaperones) from Royal Middle School Gear Up in Royal City, WA to visit for tour of current exhibitions.

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Curator’s Corner: Outdoor Campus Art Tour with Ryan Hardesty and Clare Wiser

WHEN AND WHERE | May 16 (Wednesday), 11:30am-12:20pm – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 17 Spokane Falls Community College students will participate in a walking tour of campus art. Clare Wiser originally organized this event over a decade ago and is returning to conduct tours for the summer of 2018.

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Curator’s Corner: Jeffry Mitchell – Art, Spirituality, and Sexuality

WHEN AND WHERE | May 15 (Tuesday), 11:30am-12:20pm – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Each week join Curator of Education, Zach Mazur, and his Spokane Falls Community College Art 100 class at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/WSU to engage in weekly “Curator’s Corner” conversations. This program is intended to model how museums can be utilized as a critical pedagogical environment. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in weekly discussions between students and museum professionals that demonstrate what art is and what can it do by addressing how art works within interdisciplinary contexts and embraces a variety of scholarly themes (i.e. critical race theory, indigeneity, ecology and environment, science and medicine, etc.)  This program reflects a unique opportunity for students and educators from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to learn how to situate museum collection and exhibition objects as an integral part of their scholarship, curriculum, and personal research.

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Buy-A-Bus: Bovill Elementary School

WHEN AND WHERE | May 15 (Tuesday), 10:00-10:45am and 1:00-1:45pm – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Two groups of 34 students each (plus chaperones), grades K-3 from Bovill Elementary School to visit for tour of current exhibitions. Brittany Aalto, Second Grade Teacher.

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Curator’s Corner: Sensory, Awareness, and Mindfulness Practice

WHEN AND WHERE | May 9 (Wednesday), 11:30am-12:20pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Collections and Learning Gallery, Dept. of Fine Arts

WHAT | Each week join Curator of Education, Zach Mazur, and his Spokane Falls Community College Art 100 class at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/WSU to engage in weekly “Curator’s Corner” conversations. This program is intended to model how museums can be utilized as a critical pedagogical environment. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in weekly discussions between students and museum professionals that demonstrate what art is and what can it do by addressing how art works within interdisciplinary contexts and embraces a variety of scholarly themes (i.e. critical race theory, indigeneity, ecology and environment, science and medicine, etc.)  This program reflects a unique opportunity for students and educators from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to learn how to situate museum collection and exhibition objects as an integral part of their scholarship, curriculum, and personal research.

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Culturally Responsive Indigenous Science: Connecting Land, Language, and Culture for Indigenous STEM Education

WHEN AND WHERE |May 1 (Tuesday), 3-4:15pm
Paschal Sherman Indian School-12 middle school students. (Organized through Carolina Silva/Paula Groves Price.)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 12 middle school students from the Paschal Sherman Indian School will be engaging in activities and exhibition content as part of a grant awarded to Paula Groves Price for her work with regional indigenous communities and education. NSF DRK-12 Grant for ISTEM project with Culture and Language Departments and Tribal Schools from the Coeur D’Alene Tribe (ID), Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (OR), and Colville Confederated Tribes (WA). Co-PI’s, Christen, K. and Higheagle Strong, Z.

 

Spring 2018

Buy-A-Bus: Pullman High School, Spanish 3 Class

WHEN AND WHERE | April 26 (Thursday), 10:15-11:05am
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Spanish HS class to tour new Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art to explore art and language.

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Making Faces… Portraiture and Person(a)

WHEN AND WHERE | April 24 (Tuesday), 1:25-2:40pm
April 26 (Thursday) 1:25-2:40pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Twenty-five students from the Honors College will be participating in a workshop titled, Making Faces… Portraiture and Person(a), to connect the Person(a) exhibition to their current coursework on portraiture. The impact of the human face on our culture is boundless: it is likely the first thing you see when you are born, our homes are decorated with images of loved ones, and faces of world leaders or entertainers flood televisions and computer screens on a global scale. Hence, it is no surprise that the human face has been the subject of artists for over fifteen thousand years, from pre‐historic cave paintings to modern day celebrities. Throughout history, artists have reproduced facial expression in drawings and sculpture, biologists such as Darwin studied the origins of the human face, and philosophers such as Aristotle and Stewart contemplated its purpose.

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Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance, 4th Biennial Symposium

WHEN AND WHERE | April 19–21 (Thursday-Saturday)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and WSU Department of Fine Arts will be hosting the Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance, 4th Biennial symposium. This event includes keynote speakers from the region, printmaking demonstrations, panel discussions, portfolio exchanges, exhibitions, and an open portfolio event. The theme focuses on topics that are central to artists working with printmaking, that together, encourage experimentation, dialogue, collaboration, expertise, and the dissemination.

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Buy-A-Bus: Spokane Public Montessori School

WHEN AND WHERE | April 19 (Thursday) 1:45-2:30pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | 30 6^thgraders and 16 adults from Spokane Public Schools to tour new Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

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Buy-A-Bus: Lincoln Middle School

WHEN AND WHERE | April 18 (Wednesday) 9:30-10:05am, 10:10-10:45am, 10:50-11:20am
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Pullman School District, Lincoln Middle School, entire 8^thgrade to visit throughout day, 3 groups of 68 students each.

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Marie Watt: Jo Hockenhull Distinguished Lecturer for 2018

WHEN AND WHERE | April 12 (Thursday) 4:30pm
Fine Arts Auditorium 5062, Fine Arts Center, WSU

WHAT | The Jo Hockenhull Lecture series, organized by the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality 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, indigeneity, and feminist politics. This event is free and open to the public with a reception to follow.

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Jeffry Mitchell and Marie Watt Walk-Through

WHEN AND WHERE |April 12 (Thursday)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Each artist will provide a walkthrough for, and address the artwork of, the other artist. In other words, this alternative method of engagement we are proposing reflects dialog between two artists whom know each other’s work both personally and professionally, through which we hope to achieve a demonstration of collaboration, professional development, and dialog that embraces how art reveals multiplicity in perspectives.

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Buy-A-Bus: Spokane Public Montessori School

WHEN AND WHERE | April 11 (Wednesday) 10:45-11:30am
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT |20 sixth graders from Spokane Public Schools to tour new Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

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Curator’s Corner: Talking about Art and the Language of Design

WHEN AND WHERE |April 1 (Wednesday) 11:30am-12:20pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT |Each week join Curator of Education, Zach Mazur, and his Spokane Falls Community College Art 100 class at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/WSU to engage in weekly “Curator’s Corner” conversations. This program is intended to model how museums can be utilized as a critical pedagogical environment. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in weekly discussions between students and museum professionals that demonstrate what art is and what can it do by addressing how art works within interdisciplinary contexts and embraces a variety of scholarly themes (i.e. critical race theory, indigeneity, ecology and environment, science and medicine, etc.)  This program reflects a unique opportunity for students and educators from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines to learn how to situate museum collection and exhibition objects as an integral part of their scholarship, curriculum, and personal research.

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Salk’s Middle School Avid Program in Spokane

WHEN AND WHERE |March 29 (Thursday) 12:45-1:20pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Collections and Learning Gallery

WHAT |55 eighth graders from Salk Middle School’s AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) program will have a special opportunity to visit the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s Collection and Learning Gallery to meet with MFA student artists for a “behind-the-scenes” experience of the installation process. From site: “AVID represents an elective class for under-represented students in the academic middle who desire to go to college and have the willingness to work hard. Most are first-generation college students.”

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Digital Technology and Culture Workshop: Typography, Calligraphy, and Hand Lettering

WHEN AND WHERE |March 22 (Thursday) 1:25-2:40pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Collections and Learning Gallery

WHAT | Utilizing works from the Permanent Collection, educational staff will provide examples from the Permanent Collection that highlight the effectiveness of incorporating image and text and how each can inform the other.

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Making Faces… Portrait and Permanent Collection

WHEN AND WHERE | March 6 (Tuesday) 1:25-2:40pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Vault Space

PARTICIPANTS | 25 students with Instructor Pam Lee

WHAT | Twenty-five students from the Honors College will be participating in a workshop titled, Making Faces… Portraiture and Permanent Collection), to connect artwork from the Permanent Collection to their current coursework on portraiture. The impact of the human face on our culture is boundless: it is likely the first thing you see when you are born, our homes are decorated with images of loved ones, and faces of world leaders or entertainers flood televisions and computer screens on a global scale. Hence, it is no surprise that the human face has been the subject of artists for over fifteen thousand years, from pre‐historic cave paintings to modern day celebrities. Throughout history, artists have reproduced facial expression in drawings and sculpture, biologists such as Darwin studied the origins of the human face, and philosophers such as Aristotle and Stewart contemplated its purpose.

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Curator’s Workshop: Department of Teaching and Learning Arts-Based Inquiry

WHEN AND WHERE | March 6 (Tuesday) 11:10am-12:25pm
March 7 (Wednesday) 1:10-2:00pm
March 8 (Thursday) 9:10-10:25am, 12:40-1:55pm, 2:50-4:05pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU

WHAT | Student teachers and their faculty from the Dept. of Teaching and Learning will be visiting for a workshop surrounding how art can be utilized to address teacher-student perspectives on intelligence(s), and accommodating all learners no matter their disabilities or handicaps, gender identity, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.

 

Fall 2017

Buy-A-Bus: Contemporary Women Printmakers

WHEN AND WHERE | November 11 (Thursday), 1:30-2:30pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Contemporary Women Printmakers tour- Frontier Middle School, 50 8^thgraders, Frontier Middle School, Stephen Himple.

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Buy-A-Bus: Contemporary Women Printmakers

WHEN AND WHERE | November 9 (Thursday), 1:40-2:20pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | St. Georges- Contemporary Women Printmakers. 15 2^ndgraders and 20 4^th graders.

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Buy-A-Bus: Contemporary Women Printmakers

WHEN AND WHERE | November 3 (Friday), 3-4pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Contemporary Women Printmakers tour- Moscow School District Adventure Club. 25 3^rd-5^thgraders

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Buy-A-Bus: Contemporary Women Printmakers

WHEN AND WHERE | November 2 (Thursday), 3-4pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Contemporary Women Printmakers tour- Moscow School District Adventure Club. 25 1^st-2^ndgraders.

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Contemporary Women Printmakers: A Portrait of Race and Gender

WHEN AND WHERE | October 30 (Monday), 9:10-10am
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | English professor, Linda Russo, and her students will utilize the artworks within the exhibition Contemporary Women Printmakers to act as springboards for student ekphrasis writing exercises. Ekphrasis is a poetic written response to a work of visual art.

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Contemporary Women Printmakers: A Portrait of Race and Gender

WHEN AND WHERE | October 17 (Tuesday), 1:25-2:40pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Honors 280 students will be visiting Contemporary Women Printmakers to explore how portraiture can uncover power dynamics within critical race and feminist frameworks. (Pam Lee).

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Teaching Training Workshop: Contemporary Women Printmakers

WHEN AND WHERE | October 11 (Wednesday), 1:20-2pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Student teachers from Teaching and Learning 301 (28 students) will be visiting for a workshop surrounding how art can be utilized to address teacher-student perspectives on how art and counter-narrative can be effectively utilized to address power dynamics within critical race and feminist frameworks with young audiences. (Ying Lee).

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Buy-A-Bus: Contemporary Women Printmakers

WHEN AND WHERE | October 6 (Friday), 1:40-2:20pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Buy-A-Bus tour for St. George’s School. 15 2^ndgraders and 20 4^thgraders.

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Teaching Training Workshop: Gender In Cross-Cultural Perspective Workshop

WHEN AND WHERE | October 5 (Thursday), 12:40-1:50pm, 2:50-4pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Student teachers from Teaching and Learning 301 (30 students) will be visiting for a workshop surrounding how art can be utilized to address teacher-student perspectives on how art and counter-narrative can be effectively utilized to address power dynamics within critical race and feminist frameworks with young audiences. (Paulina Abustan).

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Art and Society: Contemporary Women Printmakers

WHEN AND WHERE | October 4 (Wednesday), 12:10-1pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | ANTH 201 (73students) will be visiting for a workshop surrounding how aesthetic engagement can teach visual literacy skills and lead audiences to a better perception of empathy and social awareness. (Instructor: Christa Abdul-Karim).

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Art and Society: Contemporary Women Printmakers

WHEN AND WHERE | October 4 (Wednesday), 9:10-10am
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Teaching and Learning 301 (28 students) will be visiting for a workshop surrounding how aesthetic engagement can teach visual literacy skills and lead audiences to a better perception of empathy and social awareness. (Instructor: AG Rud).

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Contemporary Women Printmakers: A Portrait of Race and Gender

WHEN AND WHERE | October 3 (Tuesday), 2:50-4:05pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Honors 280 students (18 total) will be visiting Contemporary Women Printmakers to explore how portraiture can uncover power dynamics within critical race and feminist frameworks. (Annie Lampmen).

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Art and Society: Contemporary Women Printmakers

WHEN AND WHERE | October 2 (Monday), 9:10-10:10am
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Teaching and Learning 301 will be visiting for a workshop surrounding how aesthetic engagement can teach visual literacy skills and lead audiences to a better perception of empathy and social awareness. (Instructor: AG Rud).

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Teaching Training Workshop: Gender In Cross-Cultural Perspective Workshop

WHEN AND WHERE | September 27 (Wednesday), 10:10-11am
Museum of Art/WSU Gallery

WHAT | Anthropology 316 (35 students) will be visiting for a discussion surrounding representations of race and gender across cultures through examining the art work of Wengechi Mutu, Lorna Simpson, and Allison Saar through topics of phrenology, hair and beauty culture, and interpretations surrounding the lived experiences of female slaves. (Christa Abdul-Karim).

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Teaching Training Workshop: Contemporary Women Printmakers and Integrating Arts into K-8 Curriculum

WHEN AND WHERE | September 14 (Tuesday), 1:10-2:30pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Student teachers from Teaching and Learning 390 will be visiting for a workshop surrounding how art can be utilized to address teacher-student perspectives on how art and counter-narrative can be effectively utilized to address power dynamics within critical race and feminist frameworks with young audiences. (Instructor: Scott Wilson).

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Student Reflections and the Power Counter-narrative (Film)

WHEN AND WHERE | MOA/WSU Student collaboration (aesthetic response)
Museum of Art/WSU Gallery

WHAT | Drop-Out White: A student photographic collaboration in response to Contemporary Women Printmakers.  As the focal point of this piece, the bandages come to represent the harm that we all experience because of racism with the most visible “injuries” occurring on darker bodies of color with the nude colored bandages.  Through aligning these individuals side by side, viewers are encouraged to reflect on the multiplicity of perspectives found within each of these project participants.

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Student Reflections and the Power Counter-narrative (Film)

WHEN AND WHERE |MOA/WSU Student collaboration (aesthetic response)
Museum of Art/WSU Gallery

WHAT | In order to capture the understandings of what the Museum Procedures students have gained through on Contemporary Women Printmakers, Curator of Education, Zach Mazur, and his students produced a “video short” that reflects conversations held in the docent tours the students were trained to conduct. The goal was to capture how storytelling and dialogical learning through an aesthetic engagement can help generate empathy and lead to social awareness. Demonstrating the process of discovery through interpreting the works was important in the discussion of curriculum development, but the students became much more interested in hearing how their own stories intersected with the exhibition content and the vocabulary they acquired through the process.

 

Spring 2017

Intersections: The Poetics of Rick Bartow

WHEN AND WHERE | TBD
Museum of Art/WSU Gallery 

WHAT | A collaboration between WSU’s Museum of Art and the Department of English that explores the shared worlds of art and literature. This public event will offer an evening of student readings in the MOA Gallery surrounded and inspired by the art of Rick Bartow. A significant influence upon Bartow was the artist’s lifelong interest in literature. References to literary themes are common throughout the artist’s repertoire as are specific gestures to authors such as William Shakespeare.

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Rick Bartow: Things You Know, but Cannot Explain

WHEN AND WHERE | January 23 (Monday)-March 11 (Saturday)
Museum of Art/WSU Gallery

WHAT | Professor Holloman will place the work of Rick Bartow in a contemporary context through highlighting a key works within the exhibition.

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Tradition & Change: Contextualizing The Art of Rick Bartow

WHEN AND WHERE | February 22 (Wednesday), 12-1pm
MOA Gallery 

WHAT | An exhibition walk-through with Michael Holloman, Associate Professor of Art History and American Indian Studies, Washington State University. Drawing from his experiences as a liaison between regional tribes and cultural institutions, Michael Holloman will lead a discussion in defining traditional Native arts and then guide us through the emergence of indigenous artists within the contemporary art field.

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Globalization, Diversity and Education Conference Keynote Event: Under The Skin-dismantling Borders Within Borders

WHEN AND WHERE | February 16 (Thursday), 4-6pm
Northern Quest Resort, Airway Heights, WA 

WHAT | “Under the Skin: Dismantling Borders within Borders” is an imagined community that critically analyzes the politics of identity while being immersed in a convulsed U.S. socio-political environment. Systematic imprisonment of people of color, murders of African Americans, and discourses of hatred witnessed in some of the 2016 political campaigns have triggered hateful, discriminatory, and derogatory discourses towards minorities. Our community uses art to challenge essentialist stereotypical representations by telling stories about who we are. Arts have mediated the creation of this community, the reclamation of our mindbodyspirits, and healing. People attending this session will be invited to participate in a collective exercise to continue enriching understandings of stereotypes, labels, and ways of self-identification. (Above excerpt from Under the Skin organizer, Nancy Emilce Carvajal Medina.)

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Opening Reception for Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain

WHEN AND WHERE |  January 26 (Thursday), 5-7pm
Museum of Art/WSU Gallery

WHAT | Public reception from 5-6pm. Lecture by Rebecca J. Dobkins, Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Native American Art, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University from 6-7pm. Professor Dobkins, Willamette Professor and former researcher at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, has organized exhibitions of American Indian art internationally and is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces grant. Professor Dobkins will highlight key events in Rick Bartow’s career and life while situating Bartow’s artwork within broader developments in Contemporary Native American Art.

 

Fall 2016

Art & Medicine Workshop with Cartoonist Mita Mahato

WHEN AND WHERE |October 6 (Thursday), 1:30-3:00pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Mita Mahato’s primary areas of research and teaching are in contemporary Visual and Cultural Studies. Her research explores the articulation and reception of illness stories in extra-lexical narrative forms, including online media, comics, film, and photo essays. Mahato’s essay on the fraught world of illness blogging, “Virtuous Community:  Online Storytelling in Leroy Sievers’s My Cancer,” is forthcoming from Storytelling, Self, Society- an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarship on a wide variety of topics related to oral narrative in performance. Current projects include essays on alienated sympathy in Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner’s joint graphic memoir, Our Cancer Year, and the silent language of illness in David Small’s autography Stitches.

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Creativity as a Solo and Collaborative Pursuit: A Conversation with Cartoonist Erin Franklin

WHEN AND WHERE | October 5 (Wednesday), 1:10-2:30pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | 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 and year-round resource that celebrates comics, zines, and art books with a focus on limited editions, self-published, and handmade books. Eroyn Franklin will be discussing creativity as a solo and collaborative pursuit. The presentation will consist of a comic reading, discussion, and video about Short Run.

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Open House & Lecture with Legendary Seattle Cartoonist Peter Bagge

WHEN AND WHERE | November 3 (Thursday), 6pm
Fine Arts Auditorium

WHAT | Join one of the Northwest’s most celebrated alternative cartoonists, Peter Bagge, as he weaves listeners the story of the Northwest alternative comic scene and how he developed his career as a young cartoonist through establishing a relationship with notorious underground cartoonist, Robert Crumb. After serving as Weirdo magazine’s managing editor Bagge went on to create his own series of comics such as Neat Stuff, the ‘grunge comic’ Hate, and more recently Apocalypse Nerd. Bagge is a recipient of numerous recognitions including the Harvey Award, one of the industry’s most respected awards, and his work is known for its dark humor surrounding youthfulness in middle-class America.

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Graphic Narrative Workshop with Legendary Seattle Cartoonist Peter Bagge

WHEN AND WHERE | November 3 (Thursday), 1:25-2:40pm
Museum of Art/WSU

WHAT | Legendary Seattle cartoonist, Peter Bagge, will be providing a workshop for Digital Technology and Culture and Fine Arts students in the Museum of Art/WSU. Bagge will provide both drawing instruction and insights on creating illustrative narratives, from professional business strategies to techniques cartoonists employ in the studio. Drawing upon his decades of experience, Bagge will take students through the various stages of production necessary to create and market graphic novels, comics, and cartoons.

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Comics and Counter-Culture Workshop: Sociology of Education

WHEN AND WHERE | October 26 (Wednesday), 5-7:30pm
Museum of Art/WSU Gallery

WHAT | Curator Zach Mazur will be hosting a workshop for Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education doctoral student.  Through both workshop and discussion formats, themes on how social justice, class, sexuality, and race manifest within pop culture and what graphic artists are doing to influence social change.

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Drawing on Dialogue: A Conversation Between Student and Teacher Cartoonists through Art & Illustration, S. Clay Wilson and Robert Almquist

WHEN AND WHERE | September 26–December 17
Bundy Reading Room Aviary Hall

WHAT | This program will highlight the Rita McAdoo collection of well-known underground cartoonist, S. Clay Wilson, and his mentor, Lewis-Clark State College art professor Robert Almquist. This mini-exhibition will narrate a decades-long mail exchange of cartoons and illustrations that reflect the ponderings and inner lessons shared between two creative talents, teacher and student, as they navigate through their lives as professional artists.

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Digital Technology and Culture: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Satellite Exhibition

WHEN AND WHERE | September 26–December 17
Bundy Reading Room Aviary Hall

WHAT | The Museum of Art/WSU is collaborating with instructor Kristen Becker (DTC) and MASC to advise on and help organize an exhibition focusing on the interpretive potential of illustration. Both student work and carefully curated selections of illustrative works from MASC and the MOA/WSU will be on display.

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Opening Reception for Northwest Alternative Comics

WHEN AND WHERE | October 6 (Thursday) 5-7pm
MOA Gallery

WHAT | Public reception will include a brief gallery talk and Q&A session by exhibition advisors, Larry Reid of Fantagraphics and Casey Bruce of Danger Room Comics. Originally underground and bohemian-based, today the region’s comic scene is bigger and more active than ever before. Reid and Bruce will discuss the history of the alternative comic scene in the Northwest and how this cultural phenomenon has contributed to the development of an entire sub-culture.

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Tom Van Deusen & Max Clotfelter: Mural Painting

WHEN AND WHERE | September 23 (Friday) 10am-4pm
MOA Gallery

WHAT | Seattle cartoonists Tom Van Deusen and Max Clotfelter will be in the Museum of Art gallery space painting a 12’ x 16’ foot mural for the Northwest Alternative Comics exhibition. This is a rare opportunity to see both artists and curators at work as they prepare the installation and mural for the Northwest Alternative Comics exhibit which opens on Monday, October 26^th.

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Cougar Comix Jam

WHEN AND WHERE |September 22 (Thursday), 5-10pm
Rico’s Pub

WHAT | Northwest alternative comics artists Max Clotfelter and Tom Van Deusen with be coming to town on September 22nd to host an informal zine making workshop at Rico’s Pub from 5pm to 10pm. Max and Tom will be talking about their comics making process as well as leading participants through the creation of an actual underground zine that will be printed and released at the opening of the NW Alternative Comics Exhibition at the Museum of Art Gallery on October 6. Materials will be provided by the pub, all you’ll need to do is show up and “jam” on one of the pages of the zine. There will be group comic exercises for novices, but anyone who already likes drawing comics can show up and draw. All skill levels are encouraged to participate, everyone is welcome!

 

Fall 2015

Intersections: Poetry Workshop

WHEN AND WHERE |December 10 (Thursday), 5pm
Museum of Art/WSU Gallery and vault space

WHAT | Following the success of the workshop, INTERSECTIONS: The Poetics of Jim Dine, the Dept. of English and Museum of Art will once again be collaborating to design a workshop that highlights the intersection of literary and visual arts.