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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

Fine arts prof/associate dean lands lofty ‘Frigate Bird’ Award

August 14, 2013

Carol Ivory, professor of fine arts and CAS associate dean for curriculum and instruction, was honored with the Manu Daula (Frigate Bird) Award from the Pacific Arts Association (PPA) during a meeting this month in Vancouver, B.C. Recipients of the Manu Daula Award are selected by the PPA membership based on “outstanding achievement and dedication in the arts of the Pacific.” Ivory and a colleague received the award this year; only 14 people have received the award since 1984.

Ivory’s research focuses on the art, history, and culture of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. She is the author of numerous articles and essays on the Marquesas in a variety of international publications. She was primary consultant on the exhibition, Adorning the World, Art of the Marquesas Islands, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2005-06; and the exhibition, Gauguin and Polynesia: South Pacific Encounters, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2011, and Seattle, WA, in 2012. She is currently guest curator for an exhibition on Marquesan art scheduled for fall 2015 at the Musée du quai Branly, Paris.

Read about the award

Museum of Art presents Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition

August 12, 2013

The Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition will be presented free to the public at the Washington State University Museum of Art Aug. 12-Sept. 14. A reception will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, in the museum gallery.

The museum showcases the exhibition at the beginning of the school year so incoming students are immediately exposed to the manifold talents of the WSU fine arts faculty.

Sound scholarship: Inaugural world arts festival coming in October

July 11, 2013

Enjoy music, art, food and dance during Humanitas! The free public festival, scheduled for October 3, 4, and 5, celebrates the world arts with performances and activities around the WSU-Pullman campus.

First-come, first-served evening concerts are scheduled for all three days of the festival; workshops and school outreach programs are scheduled for Friday; and Sunday’s free outdoor festival includes food, performances, a beer garden, and family-friendly art activities.

Find out more about Humanitas at WSU News

Richland professor leads artful anti-litter campaign

July 9, 2013

Peter Christenson, a multidisciplinary artist, writer, filmmaker, and assistant professor of fine arts at WSU, is developing a creative approach to raising awareness of litter: a new project that will use GPS and social media to document and share images and location data of litter removed by volunteers. There’s also a smartphone application planned for the future that will tie into the project’s website.