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Artist, WSU professor honored with top Oregon fellowship

December 18, 2013

Avantika Bawa, assistant professor of fine art at Washington State University Vancouver, is the 2014 recipient of the Oregon Arts Commission’s Joan Shipley Award. Bawa was selected for outstanding talent, demonstrated ability and commitment to the creation of new work.

The Portland-based artist topped a group of 13 Oregon artists selected for fellowships from a pool of more than 190 applicants from 35 cities. Fellowships support artists working in visual arts and design and include small financial stipends.

Visual Edge: Dennis DeHart’s Confluences

December 13, 2013

Insider’s look at the oddities and the beauty of the Pacific Northwest

You are invited to travel the byways of eastern Washington, Oregon and Idaho with photographer Dennis DeHart at The Evergreen State College. DeHart, a TESC graduate who teaches photography at WSU, has trained his lens on many of the out-of-the-way places in the Northwest to provide an insider’s look at the oddities and the beauty of the region and a look into the devastating effects of industry on once pristine lands.

He approaches his photographic journey with an artist’s eye for color and composition and with obvious sympathy, and even reverence, for the land and its people. Not to mention a quirky sense of humor.

Museum of Art/WSU receives six original prints from the Andy Warhol foundation

November 15, 2013

Six original Andy Warhol prints recently were added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Art/WSU. A gift from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, they are the largest Warhol prints in the museum’s permanent collection (up to 40 x 40 inches) and depict both mundane and recognizable pop culture references.

“These works add a wonderful new dimension to our holdings of modern art,” said Chris Bruce, museum director. “Equally important, the gift provides us with an extra incentive for a successful campaign to build a new museum on campus so we can share such treasures with our audience more frequently.”

More than 20 years after his death, Warhol remains not only a fascinating cultural icon but one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and culture.

Alum seeks IDs of subjects drawn by former art professor

October 7, 2013

Washington State University alumnus and art collector Dave Fitzsimmons owns three portraits by a former WSU art professor and wants help to discover who the subjects are.

Worth Griffin joined the staff of Washington State College (now WSU) in 1924, became chairman of the Fine Arts Department until 1950, and retired from WSU in 1958. His artistic abilities stretched to many mediums and styles, and he spent years painting scenes and portraits from the Northwest and Mexico.

Many of Griffin’s works are stored in the fine arts vault at WSU or are privately owned.

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Tonight: Public invited to reception celebrating $5 million gift for art museum

October 1, 2013

Jordan D. Schnitzer. Photo by Bob Hubner, WSU Photo Services

WSU is one giant step closer to having a new Museum of Art on the Pullman campus, thanks to a multimillion dollar contribution by one of the leading arts patrons in the United States.

Jordan D. Schnitzer of Portland, Ore., who owns a vast collection of contemporary fine art prints and who has supported the arts in numerous ways and locations throughout the country, joined WSU President Elson S. Floyd to announce the largest act of private patronage to the arts in the University’s history. The announcement was celebrated amid a new exhibit at the Museum of Art, “Made in U.S.A.: Rosenquist/Ruscha,” which features works from Jordan D. Schnitzer and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

A free, public reception to celebrate Schnitzer and his gift will be at 6-8 p.m. tonight, Oct. 1, in the Museum of Art gallery. Food and beverages will be served.

See the video and learn more about the donation