Fall 2023
WSU Visiting Writers Series: Bojan Louis
WHEN AND WHERE | October 18, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Wednesday, October 18, 2023, from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in the Pavilion Gallery of the museum, visitors joined the WSU Visiting Writer Series for a public reading and Q&A with poet, essayist, and short-story author Bojan Louis. The livestream can be seen on WSU’s YouTube channel, and images from the reception can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Ribbon Skirt and Shirt Workshops
WHEN AND WHERE | October 12-13, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On October 12 and 13, from mid-morning until early afternoon, students from WSU’s Native Student Center worked on ribbon skirts and shirts with Robbie Paul in the museum galleries. Joelle Edwards, director of the center, helped plan the event. Ribbon skirts, shirts, or pants are clothing items that Native folks wear for special occasions, honoring events, funerals, and ceremonies. They are made from fabric and then have ribbons sewn onto them, and may be all sorts of colors or designs, depending on what the maker likes or how they plan to use it. Images from the workshops can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Murals Speak Up: A Conversation with Muralist Joseph ‘Nuke’ Montalvo
WHEN AND WHERE | September 29, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Friday, September 29, 2023, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in the Pavilion Gallery of the museum, visitors joined artist Joseph ‘Nuke’ Montalvo for a conversation about the murals he created in 2000 for the Chicana/o Latina/o Student Alliance (ChiLaStAl), originally hung in Wilson-Short Hall. The murals were moved to the CUB in 2017, where they are now part of the Chicanx Latinx Student Center. Images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Celebration With Artist Jeffrey Gibson
WHEN AND WHERE | September 19, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On September 19, 2023 museum benefactor Jordan Schnitzer, artist Jeffrey Gibson, and Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) representatives to celebrate the opening of “Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”. The program began with a welcome to the homelands of the Nimíipuu and the Palus people from Nimíipuu tribal members. Remarks were also shared from Chancellor Elizabeth Chilton, Museum Director Ryan Hardesty, Jordan Schnitzer, and Jeffrey Gibson. Images from the celebration can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Guided Discussion With Artist Jeffrey Gibson
WHEN AND WHERE | September 19, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On September 19, 2023 artist Jeffrey Gibson and other special guests participated in a discussion about how choices of adornment communicate individuality as well as community identity. Discussion was in response to the exhibition “Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation,” and included historical perspectives from Native culture regarding materiality and spirituality, as well as wider contemporary questions. The conversation was moderated by Michael Holloman, Associate Professor with the Department of Art WSU and enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Guests include artist Jeffrey Gibson, Nakia Williamson-Cloud, Cultural Resources Program Director of the Nimíipuu tribe, and WSU student Fabian Sanchez Mondejar, member of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and President of WSU’s Native American Women’s Association. When the discussion ended, Jeffrey Gibson answered questions in front of the work “To Name An Other” in the Wright/Harmon Gallery. You can watch the livestreamed video on the museum’s YouTube page, and images from the discussion can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Jiemei Lin’s ART 110 Drawing Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | September 13, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
First Year Experience Event
WHEN AND WHERE | September 12, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On September 12, 2023 WSU’s First-Year Programs invited students, faculty, and staff from First-Year Focus and UNIV 104 courses to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU for music and refreshments, as well as activities and conversation in response to current exhibitions. Activities encouraged students to interact with at least three professors in three different museum galleries. Music was offered by Crimson Ties, WSU’s World Music Ensemble, and exhibitions included “Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation” and “Here in a Homemade Forest: Common Reading Connections.” Images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Justine Trinh’s ENGLISH 101 Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | September 5, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On September 5, 2023 Justine Trinh worked with two English 101 sections in the museum using an “Exhibition Explorer Card Pack” from the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA) to help students learn rhetorical analysis using art exhibitions.
Professor Jeff Jones’ “Intro to Creative Writing and Pedagogy” Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | August 31, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On August 31, 2023 Professor Jeff Jones’ “Intro to Creative Writing and Pedagogy” class visited the museum to work on an ekphrastic poetry assignment. Students worked with both “Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation” and “Here in a Homemade Forest: Common Reading Connections.”
Glass Comes Alive in Pullman: Interdisciplinary Talks
WHEN AND WHERE | August 30, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On August 30, 2023 WSU faculty John McCloy and Hallie Meredith offered Interdisciplinary Talks in the Pavilion Gallery of the Schnitzer Museum as part of two days of Glass Comes Alive in Pullman programming. Dr. Hallie Meredith is an expert in Ancient Art and Archaeology and Dr. John McCloy is an expert in Materials and Mechanics. The talks were designed to engage students and the wider community, and also contextualized the museum’s Marian E. Smith glass collection, which is on permanent view in the Samuel H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE, 2nd floor, Atrium). Employing cross-disciplinary perspectives, these talks highlight the continued relevance of glass making and working technologies. An interactive app developed by Dr. Meredith in collaboration with WSU Creative Corridor was also featured. Images from the talks can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Glass Comes Alive in Pullman: Glassblowing Demonstrations
WHEN AND WHERE | August 30, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On August 30, 2023 the Museum of Glass (Tacoma, WA) Mobile Hot Shop offered live glassblowing demos on Terrell Mall in front of the museum as part of two days of Glass Comes Alive in Pullman programming. Contemporary glassblowers experimented with ways to approach the design and engineering of ancient art forms by making versions of Roman, Sasanian and early Islamic glass vessels. The experimental objects made complemented public presentations from earlier in the day, which addressed differing interpretations concerning the making of ancient glass, embodied learning, and their relevance to the study and practice of technology today. Images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below, and a video of the demonstration can be seen on the museum’s Youtube channel.
Glass Comes Alive in Pullman: Artist’s Talk With Glassblower Ben Cobb
WHEN AND WHERE | August 29, 2023 – Fine Arts Auditorium
WHAT | On August 29, 2023 Ben Cobb, lead glassblower for the Museum of Glass (Tacoma, WA) Mobile Hot Shop, offered an artist’s talk in the Fine Arts Auditorium as part of two days of programming for Glass Comes Alive in Pullman. Cobb’s work is known throughout the Pacific Northwest for expressing the relationship between nature and human biology, bringing together traditional and abstract patterns with elemental forms.
Summer 2023
Dr. Robin Bond’s Honors Facilitator Training Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | August 16, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Piyawit Moonkham’s ANTH201 Art & Society Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | June 30, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Spring 2023
ROAR Program Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | June 20, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Tuesday, June 20, 2023 the museum hosted a group visit for ROAR students and staff with a guided walking meditation in “Ambiente432, discussion of “Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints,” and chalk drawing outside in front of the museum on Terrell Mall. Images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Art & Healing: Soundbath with Ambiente432
WHEN AND WHERE | June 10, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Saturday, June 10, 2023 the museum hosted a sound bath experience with Nara Woodland of Brain Body Balance Sound Therapy. Nara’s sound bath included frequencies from “Ambiente432“, an interactive sound sculpture created for the museum’s Pavilion Gallery by artist and composer Trimpin. After the sound bath, Kristin Becker, Curator of Education & Programs, offered a short tour of “Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints” in relation the Art & Healing theme. Images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Sunnyside Elementary 5th Grade Students Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | June 8, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On June 8, 2023, 40 fifth grade students from Sunnyside Elementary in Pullman visited the museum for a tour of the exhibitions, “Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints” and “What Was Always Yours and Never Lost,” a suite of films by indigenous film and video makers from throughout North America. Images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Kamiak Elementary 2nd Grade Students Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | June 7, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On June 7, 2023, 54 second grade students from Kamiak Elementary in Pullman visited the museum for a tour of the exhibitions, “Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints” and “What Was Always Yours and Never Lost,” a suite of films by indigenous film and video makers from throughout North America. The students had recently spent time in class listening to stories of “how things came to be” from different Native tribes of Washington. Images from the visit can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Lauren McCleary’s Students Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | May 31, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On May 31, 2023, Lauren McCleary’s students created tape drawings on paper in response to the exhibition “Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints.” Images from the visit can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Clearwater Valley Elementary School 5th Grade Students Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | May 25, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On May 25, 2023, fifth graders from Clearwater Valley Elementary School in Kooskia, ID toured the exhibition, “Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints.” Images from the visit can be viewed by clicking the button below.
McDonald Elementary School 2nd Grade Students Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | May 16, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On May 16, 2023, 46 second graders from from McDonald Elementary in Moscow, ID visited the museum. The students learned about the exhibition, “Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints”, as well as the sound sculpture “Ambiente432“, with discussion centered on how sound, color, texture and mark-making can evoke specific environments, such as the Seto Inland Sea in Japan where Keiko Hara was raised. Images from the visit can be viewed by clicking the button below.
LandEscapes Release Party
WHEN AND WHERE | April 27, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Thursday, April 27, 2023, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Pavilion Gallery of the museum, visitors joined the LandEscapes Release Party. WSU’s student-run art and literary journal celebrated the release of their 2023 issue, with an accompanying program of readings by featured student authors. Original works of art published in the new issue of the journal were also on display. Images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Artist Trimpin’s Ambiente432 Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | April 18, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On April 18, 2023, the museum hosted the artist and composer Trimpin in the museum’s galleries. Trimpin visited Pullman specifically to complete maintenance work for “Ambiente432“, a site-specific sound sculpture created for the museum’s Pavilion Gallery. Trimpin also trained museum staff in long-term care for the artwork. Images from the visit can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Colin Criss’s Contextual Understanding in the Arts and Humanities Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | April 13, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Pullman History Club Tour
WHEN AND WHERE | April 11, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Kristin Becker offered a tour of “Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints” for the Pullman History Club. The club’s theme for the season was Famous Artists. They were seeking to discuss the work of recognized artists who had ties to the this part of the inland northwest.
Professor Mary Kay Patton’s HD487: Special Topics in Mindfulness Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | April 11, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On April 11, 2023 Mary Kay Patton from the Center for Transformational Learning & Leadership brought her students to the museum to discuss gratitude and work on mindfulness activities.
Lauren Westerfield’s Creative Writing Now Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | April 11, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Reception for Dolores Huerta: Amplifying the Voices of Farmworkers
WHEN AND WHERE | April 3, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Monday, April 3, 2023, from 2:00-6:30 p.m. in the Pavilion Gallery of the museum, visitors joined the National Farmworkers Awareness Week Closing Ceremony Reception. During the reception visitors viewed highlights from the recent exhibition “Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor”, organized in collaboration with WSU Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections and guest curated by Lipi Turner-Rahman. The livestream can be seen on our YouTube channel, and images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below.
MFA Thesis Exhibition Artist Talks
WHEN AND WHERE | March 31, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | Visitors joined the museum on Friday, March 31, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. for short talks by the four graduate candidates featured in the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition. Each artist spoke briefly to introduce the body of work they presented in the exhibition. The talks were followed by an opening reception from 4:00-6:00 p.m. The 2023 MFA candidates were Shanda L. Stinebaugh, Adam Stuart, Sean Sullivan, and Allen Vu. Images can be viewed by clicking the button below, and a video from the artist talks and reception can be viewed on the museum’s Youtube channel.
Kyle Serrott’s Introduction to Cultural Studies Class Visit to see the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition
WHEN AND WHERE | March 9, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Cameron McGill’s English 352 Creative Writing Poetry Class Visit (ekphrastic poetry)
WHEN AND WHERE | March 3, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Meet & Greet with HT94 Curator Jason De León
WHEN AND WHERE | March 2, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Thursday, March 2nd the museum hosted a meet and greet with De León in front of the completed Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition, which has occurred in more than 130 cities around the globe. HT94 intends to raise awareness about the realities of the U.S.-Mexico border, focusing on the deaths that have occurred almost daily since 1994 as a direct result of the Border Patrol policy known as “Prevention Through Deterrence” (PTD). Read more about Hostile Terrain 94 at WSU on the museum exhibition archive.
Reception with HT94 Curator Jason De León
WHEN AND WHERE | March 2, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Thursday, March 2nd the museum celebrated the culmination of the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition, with WSU faculty and students who have been engaged with the participatory aspects of HT94 available to mingle with visitors. WSU School of Music student ensemble “Mariachi Leones del Monte” performed at the event. Images from the reception can be viewed by clicking the button below, and a video of the reception can be viewed on the museum’s Youtube channel.
Foley Institute Lecture with HT94 Curator & Anthropologist Jason De León
WHEN AND WHERE | March 2, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Thursday, March 2nd Jason De León offered a lecture titled “The Land of Open Graves: Raising Awareness about Migrant Life and Death along the US/Mexico Border.” De León discussed the politics of migrant death in Arizona, described the ongoing global exhibition Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) that seeks to raise awareness about this issue, and highlighted the new collaboration between the Undocumented Migration Project and the Colibrí Center for Human Rights. Hostile Terrain 94 was on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU from January 17-March 11, 2023.
Teaching and Learning 464/465/466 Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | February 24, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On February 24, 2023 Student Ambassador Amanda Bertoch brought her advanced Teaching and Learning classmates to the museum with instructor Ángel Bonilla.
Juventino Aranda Artist Talk
WHEN AND WHERE | February 23, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On February 23, 2023 Aranda gave a public talk in the Fine Arts Auditorium about his work in the exhibition Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver. Aranda’s work expresses a search for identity and much of his recent work draws on family history and particularities of his childhood. The talk and Aranda’s visit was co-sponsored by the Fine Arts Department.
Colin Criss’s Honors 280 Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | February 16, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On February 16, 2023 Colin Criss’s “Contextual Understanding in the Arts & Humanities” course, taught under the theme of “Anti-Canon of American Poetry,” worked with Kristin Becker on a close-noticing exercise in the exhibition “Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver.”
Curiosity Tour for HD487: Professional Preparation Seminar
WHEN AND WHERE | February 16, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On February 16, 2023 Professor Katie Forsythe from the WSU Department of Human Development collaborated with Curator of Education Kristin Becker to offer class activities on the theme of curiosity.
Lauren Westerfield’s English 109: Creative Writing Now Class Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | February 14, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On February 14, 2023 Lauren Westerfield’s English 109 Creative Writing Now class visited the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU and toured the exhibitions on view.
Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) Workshops
WHEN AND WHERE | December 2022 to March 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | Between December 2022 and March 2023 the museum offered 26 workshops and private classes, with a total 250 participants, as part of the participatory HT94 exhibition. Each public workshop included a presentation by a WSU faculty scholar, including Carmen Lugo-Lugo (Director, School of Languages, Cultures, & Race, Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies, and Professor of American Studies and Culture) presenting “The Case of Children in Cages;” Arifa Raza (Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology) presenting “Immigration and Legal Violence;” Alejandro Ramírez Méndez (Assistant Professor of Spanish, Comparative Ethnic Studies, American Studies and Culture, School of Languages, Cultures, and Race) presenting “Living in the Borderlands: Chicana Lesbian, Activist and Writer Gloria Anzaldúa;” and Eliso Ortiz (Assistant Professor, Digital Technology and Culture Program) presenting “Photography and Media from the National Border Patrol Museum, El Paso, TX.” Images can be viewed by clicking the button below, and video can be found on the museum’s Youtube channel.
Walking Meditation with Nitivia Jones
WHEN AND WHERE | January 17, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On January 17, 2023, as part of WSU’s inaugural National Day of Racial Healing programs, the museum offered a mindfulness break in the form of a walking meditation led by Nitivia Jones from International Programs. The meditation focused on the exhibition Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings & Prints. Images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below.
Writers Give Voice
WHEN AND WHERE | January 17, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On January 17, 2023, as part of WSU’s inaugural National Day of Racial Healing programs, the museum offered an hour of readings by WSU Campus Civic Poets & finalists, creative writing students and faculty, and student editors of WSU creative writing publications. In collaboration with the Holland Terrell Library’s Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC), the event was accompanied by a letterpress printing of the poem “A Small Needful Fact” by WSU Visiting Writers Series author Ross Gay (originally published through Split This Rock’s The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database). Cameron McGill of the Visiting Writer Series organized the event in collaboration with museum. Images from the event can be viewed by clicking the button below.
MLK Day of Service for Humanities on the Palouse
WHEN AND WHERE | January 16, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On January 16, 2023 Digital Technology & Culture Professor Ruth Gregory brought 10 students working with the Americorps-affiliated group Humanities on the Palouse to engage in a Hostile Terrain 94 workshop. Images from the workshop can be found on the museum’s Facebook page.
Tour for Garfield-Palouse High School Music Students
WHEN AND WHERE | January 13, 2023 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On January 13, 2023 from 12:00-2:30 p.m., Matt Zook, Instrumental and Vocal Music Instructor, brought students from his high school music composition class to engage in discussion about Ambiente432 by the artist Trimpin.
Fall 2022
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 viewed by clicking the button below.
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 viewed by clicking the button below, and a video excerpt of the tour can be found on the museum’s YouTube channel.
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.
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.
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 viewed by clicking the button below, and a full recording of the reading is available on the VWS YouTube channel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 viewed by clicking the button below.
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 viewed by clicking the button below.
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 viewed by clicking the button below.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Images from the tour can be viewed by clicking the button below.
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 by clicking the button below and view video here.
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.
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.
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 by clicking the button below.
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 viewed by clicking the button below.
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. Images from the class can be viewed by clicking the button below.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summer 2021
Cello Concert with Ruth Boden
Listening Beyond Hearing
WHEN AND WHERE |Wednesay, June 23, 2:00-3:00 p.m. – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Wednesay, June 23, in conjunction with the museum’s and Pullman Regional Hospital’s Art & Healing program, Dr. Ruth Boden and Dr. Dean Luethi explored a meditative space through a cello and vocal performance in conversation with Trimpin’s sound sculpture Ambiente432. Visitors were encouraged to bring a yoga mat to experience this performance lying down, or utilize chairs provided by the museum. Images from this special day are located here.
Cello Concert with Ruth Boden
When Stuck in a Rut
WHEN AND WHERE |Wednesday, June 2, 2:00-3:00 p.m. – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Dr. Ruth Boden performed a cello concert in conjunction with the museum’s and Pullman Regional Hospital’s Art & Healing program. Boden explored personal space and improvisation through a cello and digital loop performance.
Visit from Lewiston High School Spanish Students
WHEN AND WHERE |Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Spanish teacher Mary Jackson brought 9 students from Lewiston High School (Lewiston, ID) to tour the exhibition World Without Reason: Goya’s Los Disparates. Education Coordinator Kristin Becker led the tour.
Cello Concert with Ruth Boden
From 440 to 432; Taking the Tension Out
WHEN AND WHERE |Friday, May 14, 2:00-3:00 p.m. – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Friday, May 14, 2021 Dr. Ruth Boden performed a cello concert 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. View a video from this cello performance here, and images from this special day are located here.
Art & Healing Tours
WHEN AND WHERE |Wednesday, May 12 and Friday, May 14, 3:00 p.m. – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Wednesday, May 12 and Friday, May 14, 2021 FA490 students and Education Coordinator Kristin Becker invited participants to reflect on the relationship of art, health, and healing. These tours highlighted 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 with student curators was encouraged.
Visit from Orofino High School
WHEN AND WHERE |Thursday, May 6, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Thursday, May 6, 2021 art teacher Sonesa Lundmark brought 14 students from Orofino Junior-Senior High School (Orofino, ID) to see the exhibitions World Without Reason: Goya’s Los Disparates, Under the Same Sun and Moon: New Acquisitions from the Collection, and Stephanie Broussard: Master of Fine Arts Thesis. Education Coordinator Kristin Becker gave the group a tour. This was a very special visit: It was the first in-person class visit since the COVID-19 Pandemic started in winter of 2020!
Spring 2021
Open Gallery With MFA Thesis Candidate Stephanie Broussard
WHEN AND WHERE |Friday, April 9, 2021 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Friday, April 9, 2021 MFA Candidate Stephanie Broussard presented in the gallery to informally welcome visitors to her Master of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition. The artist responded to questions and provided impromptu tours during this time.
Livestreamed Webinar, Into the Archives: Photography from the Colville Reservation
WHEN AND WHERE |Thursday, March 18, 2021, 5-5:45 p.m. – Remote Zoom Webinar
WHAT | On Thursday, March 18, 2021 from 5-5:45 pm Join this virtual program, presented in partnership with Denver Month of Photography, featuring a conversation between Milo Carpenter, CSM associate digital archivist and Michael Holloman, Washington State University associate professor and member of the Colville Confederated Tribes. Their conversation will shed light on the creation and context of photographs from the Colville Reservation.
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.
“Prior to the building of Grand Coulee Dam, the upper Columbia River watershed was an isolated area. Fifteen miles north stood the Colville Indian Agency, where then unknown artist Clyfford Still became personally aware of the inequity of tribal rights and representation.” — Michael Holloman
YouTube Live: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau With Curator Michael Holloman
WHEN AND WHERE |March 10 2021, 4-5p.m.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU – Livestreamed Webinar
WHAT | On Wednesday, 3/10, from 4-5pm join guest curator Michael Holloman as he speaks about the exhibition Follow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau, which presents portraiture of Plateau tribal members as commissioned in the mid-1930s by former Washington State College President Ernest O. Holland. As a counterpoint, tremendous Plateau cultural materials are included from the WSU Museum of Anthropology, 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. Many Nez Perce (and Plateau) peoples were painted on the Colville Indian Reservation at the time, and this program allows viewers to better understand this history in the context and importance of our indigenous land acknowledgment.
Fall 2020
Teaching Through Talking: How Betty Feves’ Ceramics Reveal Historic Shifts in Art Education
WHEN AND WHERE |Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 5-6 p.m.
Remote Zoom Webinar
WHAT |Educator and curator Namita Gupta Wiggers discussed an important pivot in arts education in the 1930s and 40s exemplified by the ceramics of artist and WSU alumnus Betty Feves. This talk accompanied the exhibition Betty Feves: The Earth Itself at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at WSU. After the talk, Namita led a conversation with Squeak Meisel, Chair of WSU’s Department of Fine Arts. Questions were moderated via Zoom Q&A.
Livestream Artist’s Talk by Etsuko Ichikawa
WHEN AND WHERE |September 30th, 2020 5-6pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT |Tokyo-born, Seattle-based artist, Etsuko Ichikawa discussed 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. There was also a moderated Q&A the artists talk.
Open Gallery With Artist Etsuko Ichikawa
WHEN AND WHERE |September 30th, 1-4pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT |On September 30, from 1-4pm visiting artist Etsuko Ichikawa was present in the gallery to informally welcome visitors to her exhibition, Etsuko Ichikawa: Broken Poems of Fireflies. The artist responded to questions and provided impromptu tours to over 20 visitors. The images show her groundbreaking artwork capturing radioactive material within glowing glass orbs.
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.
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.
Marianne Kinkel’s FA 303 & 331 Visit
WHEN AND WHERE | January 22, (Wednesday), 3-4pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On January 22, 2020, a class of about 50 FA 303 students and 21 FA 331 students visited the museum with Fine Arts educator, Marianne Kinkel to learn and write about the exhibition, Night Stars: The Aiken Collection. The FA331 class studies art’s relationship to science and technology from Renaissance to present day; with an emphasis on historical overview and cultural implications.
Fall 2019
Tribal Cohort Tour with Trevor Bond
WHEN AND WHERE |November 20, (Wednesday), 1-1:30pm
WHAT | On Thursday, November 20, from 1-1:30pm the Tribal Cohort group visited the Collection Study Center. The group was able to view two of the 2019-2020 MFA students’ Andy, With love Exhibition. Trevor Bond was named the permanent head of WSU Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections (MASC) in 2011. The Collection Study Center is available to classes and groups by private appointment, and WSU’s permanent art collection can be an instrumental teaching tool in a wide variety of educational disciplines.
11/15 FEAST
WHEN AND WHERE |November 15th, (Friday), 5:15 – 6:45 pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT |On November 15th, 2019 the museum hosted the FEAST in collaboration with the Alumni Association. Director Robin Held, and her Special Projects Team, gave a tour of the exhibitions and introduced FEAST participants to the Col Solare.
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
WHEN AND WHERE |October 18th, (Friday), 5:15-6 pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On October 18th, 2019 the museum hosted the FEAST in collaboration with the Alumni Association. Director Robin Held, and her Special Projects Team, gave a tour of the exhibitions and introduced FEAST participants to the Cinder Wines Company.
Dennis DeHart’s FA 101 History of Photography
WHEN AND WHERE |October 10, (Thursday), 12-1:15 pm
WHAT | On Thursday, October 10, from 12-1:15 pm Dennis DeHart‘s FA 101 History of Photography class visited the Collection Study Center. Students were able to view photography from our permanent collection to use as reference for an upcoming project. The Collection Study Center is available to classes and groups by private appointment, and WSU’s permanent art collection can be an instrumental teaching tool in a wide variety of educational disciplines.
FA340 with Artist Jeffry Mitchell
WHEN AND WHERE |October 9, (Wednesday), 10:30-11:30 am
WHAT | On Wednesday, October 9, from 10:30-11:30 am artist Jeffry Mitchell held a discussion in the Collection Study Center for the FA340 Introduction to Ceramics class with 24 students in attendance. Jeffry had a discussion with the ceramics students and talked about his “Death of Buddha” installation, as well as going over a few pulled prints from our collection. The Collection Study Center is available to classes and groups by private appointment, and WSU’s permanent art collection can be an instrumental teaching tool in a wide variety of educational disciplines.
Visit From Scott Patnode and Jim Hodges
WHEN AND WHERE |September 12, (Thursday)
WHAT | On Thursday, September 12, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections Ryan Hardesty welcomed special guests Scott Patnode and artist Jim Hodges to the museum. Since 2016 Hardesty and Patnode have fostered an ongoing relationship resulting in generous support of the museum’s permanent collection. This partnership has culminated in a gift this year of a four-part limited edition set of prints by Jim Hodges. Both the donor and artist were present to view the new works within the Collection Study Center withAnn Saberi (Collection Study Manager)and Laura Child (former Development Director). Jim Hodges is an artist of international significance. Since the late 1980s, he has created a broad range of work exploring themes of: fragility; temporality; love and death; and utilizing an original and poetic vocabulary. In 2014, his work received wide-spread critical attention through a retrospective, co-organized by the Walker Art Center and the Dallas Museum of Art. The comprehensive survey, Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take, traveled to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
Collection Study Center Tour: Tokyo Visiting Students
WHEN AND WHERE |August 29, (Thursday), 3:00-4:30 pm
WHAT | On Thursday, August 29, Robin Held led a tour of 50+ international students from Japan through the Collection Study Center. This impressive group of students were actively engaged in every aspect of the tour.
Polly Apfelbaum Tour: Tokyo Visiting Students
WHEN AND WHERE |August 29, (Thursday), 3:00-4:30 pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Thursday, August 29, Robin Held led a tour of 50+ international students from Japan through the museum, including the four galleries showcasing artist Polly Apfelbaum‘s printmaking collaboration with Durham Press: Frequently the Woods are Pink. This impressive group of students were actively engaged in every aspect of the tour.
FA500 with Michael Holloman
WHEN AND WHERE |August 28, (Wednesday), 4:00-6:00 pm
WHAT | On Wednesday, August 28, from 4:00-6:00 pm Michael Holloman held a class in the Collection Study Center for his FA500 Graduate Art History group with 15 students in attendance. The Collection Study Center is available to classes and groups by private appointment, and WSU’s permanent art collection can be an instrumental teaching tool in a wide variety of educational disciplines.
Fine Arts Professional Practices Tour
WHEN AND WHERE |August 27, (Tuesday), 4:00-6:00 pm
WHAT | On Tuesday, August 27, Robin Held led a tour of 60 WSU students from the Fine Arts Professional Practices class through the Collection Study Center.
Summer 2019
Pullman Parks and Recreation Tour
WHEN AND WHERE |July 17, (Wednesday)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Wednesday, July 17, in conjunction with the Louise Bouergeois exhibition the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU hosted a group from the Pullman Parks and Recreation Department. Students enjoyed wandering the six galleries, absorbing artwork and interacting with one another in the space. What a great group of kids!
Art & Math with Michael Schultheis
WHEN AND WHERE |May 22nd, (Wednesday)
Lincoln Middle School
WHAT | On Wednesday, May 22nd, in conjunction with the Michael Schultheis Exhibition the Artist and Mathematician Michael Schultheis visited Matt Fluster’s Lincoln Middle School math class. It’s wonderful for kids to get to see real-life math incorporated into a piece of art. Learning math is understandable, interesting and very applicable with the illustrations and concepts shown through artwork, and students enjoyed learning a new way of approaching math in this class.
King Street Station Event
WHEN AND WHERE |May 2019
King Street Station
WHAT | In May of 2019, Director Robin Held met with the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and members of the museum’s Advisory Council at ARTS At King Street Station. Participants had a friendly discussion about the vision for the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU and its new Collection Study Center, while enjoying the Inaugural exhibition by Indigenous creatives.
Spring 2018
Provost Dan Bernardo’s Retirement Party
WHEN AND WHERE |April 30th, (Tuesday) 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | Friends, colleagues, and family gathered in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU to bid a heartfelt farewell to University Provost Dan Bernardo.
Social Space Exhibition: Black History Month Reception and Celebration
WHEN AND WHERE |February 7, (Thursday) 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | In conjunction with the Social Space Exhibition, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU hosted a reception and celebration for Black History Month on, February 7, 2019. We enjoyed 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.
Social Space Exhibition: Frontier Middle School
WHEN AND WHERE | January 30, (Wednesday,) 2:30-3:30pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU hosted a Buy-A-Bus Tour from the Frontier Middle School with 50 8th graders on January 30, 2019. Sidney Murphy, curator of special projects and Gracie Brown led the students through the Social Space Exhibition with renowned American artists: Mark Bradford,Leonardo Drew,Julie Mehretu, and Wangechi Mutu.
Social Space Exhibition: WSU Children’s Center
WHEN AND WHERE | January 25, (Friday,) 10:30-11:00am
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | On Friday, January 25th, 2019 the museum had a surprise visit from the WSU Children’s Center, Early Childhood Education group. As you can see, these talented children not only visited the works of contemporary artists, they created some special artworks of their own while visiting the Social Space Exhibition with renowned American artists: Mark Bradford, Leonardo Drew, Julie Mehretu, and Wangechi Mutu.
Reception & Performance with Artist Michael Schultheis
WHEN AND WHERE | January 24, (Thursday,) 4:30-6:30pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU hosted a reception & performance with artist Michael Schultheis for the exhibition Venn Pirouettes on Thursday, January 24 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Wright/Harmon gallery. Visitors enjoyed the realms of math and art as they came together to tell a new kind of story. Everyone was welcome! Reception with light refreshments followed.
Fall 2018
Kate Gilmore Gallery Talk and Performance – Audience Participation
WHEN AND WHERE | October 18, (Thursday,) 4:30-6:30pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | 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.
Chad Goller-Sojourner performance in Pavilion
WHEN AND WHERE | October 11, (Thursday), 4:30-6:30pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | 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!
Crow Shadow Reception/Gallery Conversation with Rebecca Dobkins & James Lavadour
WHEN AND WHERE | September 27, (Thursday), 4:30-6:30pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | 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.
Memento Reception/Gallery Talk with Sean Elwood
WHEN AND WHERE | September 20, (Thursday), 4:30-6:30pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | 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.
FAFE Reception/Gallery Talk (Doug Gast, Joe Hedges, Io Palmer)
WHEN AND WHERE | September 11, (Tuesday), 12:00-1:30pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | 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.
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.
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.
Buy-A-Bus: Pullman Jefferson Elementary
WHEN AND WHERE | June 11 (Monday)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | 3rd graders (plus chaperones) from Jefferson Elementary School to visit for tour of current exhibitions.
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.
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.
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 3rdgraders (plus 12 chaperones) from McDonald Elementary School to visit for tour of current exhibitions.
Buy-A-Bus: Whitman Elementary School
WHEN AND WHERE | May 25 (Friday), 12:00-1:00pm
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | 42 3rdgraders (plus chaperones) from Whitman Elementary School to visit for tour of current exhibitions.
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.
Royal Middle School Gear Up Tour
WHEN AND WHERE | May 22 (Tuesday), 1:15-2:00pm – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | 50 7thgraders (plus 3 chaperones) from Royal Middle School Gear Up in Royal City, WA to visit for tour of current exhibitions.
WSU Visiting Writers Series: Brian Blanchfield
WHEN AND WHERE | Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
WHAT | 50 7thgraders (plus 3 chaperones) from Royal Middle School Gear Up in Royal City, WA to visit for tour of current exhibitions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 6thgraders and 16 adults from Spokane Public Schools to tour new Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
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 8thgrade to visit throughout day, 3 groups of 68 students each.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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 8thgraders, Frontier Middle School, Stephen Himple.
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 2ndgraders and 20 4th graders.
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 3rd-5thgraders
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 1st-2ndgraders.
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.
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).
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).
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 2ndgraders and 20 4thgraders.
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 26th.
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.