WSU Schnitzer Museum

2024 | Writers Give Voice: Reading and Open Mic

Writers Give Voice: Reading and Open Mic As part of the National Day of Racial Healing 2024, the museum and WSU’s English Department will host a reading and open mic program in response to the theme of day. Readers will include WSU Campus Civic Poets & finalists, creative writing students and faculty, and student editors […]

People reading poetry to a seated group in the WSU Schnitzer Museum

2024 | Creative Writing & Mindfulness Workshop

Creative Writing & Mindfulness Workshop: As part of the National Day of Racial Healing 2024, Cameron McGill, Colin Criss, and additional creative writing faculty will lead an ekphrastic writing workshop in response to current museum exhibitions. An ekphrastic poem (from ekphrasis, Greek for “description”) imaginatively engages with, responds to, or reflects upon a work of […]

Young Man reading poetry to a crowd of visitors in the WSU Schnitzer Art Museum

2023 | Tour: The Quilting Practice of Artist Jeffrey Gibson

Tour: The Quilting Practice of Artist Jeffrey Gibson Saturday, 12/9, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Join the museum from 2-3 p.m. on Saturday, December 9 for a tour about quilts and quilt references in the exhibitions Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and Here in a Homemade Forest: […]

Colorful quilt by artist Jeffrey Gibson

2022 | Wednesday, November 16: Keiko Hara Reception & Book Release

Join us Wednesday, November 16 for an evening at the museum 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. This event also […]

Ryan Hardesty and Keiko Hara prepare to move a print from storage.

2022 | Friday, October 7: Opening Reception

4:30-6:00 p.m. Reception Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor Location: Pavilion Gallery Join us Friday, October 7 to celebrate the exhibitions Juventino Aranda: Esperé Mucho Tiempo Pa Ver and Our Stories, Our Lives: Irwin Nash Photographs of Yakima Valley Migrant Labor. […]

A collage of images form the Juventino Aranda exhibition gallery

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

Art & Healing Wellness Classes with Ambiente432: Mindful Movement and Improvisational Dance with Elise Kapsi Wednesday, July 13, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Join us for a mindful movement and improvisational dance class with Elise Kapsi at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. Elise’s class will use mindful movement […]

People mingling in the museum entrance

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

Art & Healing Wellness Classes with Ambiente432: Therapeutic Flow Using Yoga & Dance with Kristine Zakarison Saturday, July 9, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Join us for a therapeutic yoga and dance class with Kristine Zakarison at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. This class encourages interaction with Ambiente432. […]

A group yoga class in the Pavilion gallery.

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

Art & Healing Wellness Classes with Ambiente432: Walking Meditation with Nitivia Jones Thursday, July 7, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Join us for a walking meditation class with Nitvia Jones at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. This class encourages interaction with Ambiente432. Created by the artist and composer […]

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

Art & Healing: Wellness Classes with Ambiente432 Guided Meditation with Trymaine Gaither Wednesday, June 29, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Join us for a guided meditation class with Trymaine Gaither at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. Trymaine will lead a guided meditation at the museum, founded in mindfulness […]

An audience sits in a gallery during a meditation class

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

Art & Healing: Wellness Classes with Ambiente432 Energizing Standing Yoga Poses with Marcia Gossard Saturday, June 25, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Pavilion Gallery, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Join us for an energizing yoga class with Marcia Gossard at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU. This class encourages interaction with Ambiente432. Created by the […]

people doing yoga in the Pavilion gallery