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Join us for new experiences and exciting opportunities drawn directly from the works in the galleries. Events are free with museum admission unless otherwise noted. Enjoy “pay as you wish” MusEvenings! every Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m.
SEPTEMBER
Free First Friday
Friday, September 5, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Explore the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art with free admission the first Friday of every month.
First Saturday Public Tour
Saturday, September 6, 1 p.m.
Take a 45-minute tour led by a JSMA Exhibition Interpreter on the first Saturday of every month. Free with museum admission.
Exhibition Interpreter Recruitment Social
Tuesday, September 9, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Discover the joy of sharing the visual arts with visitors of all ages. Attend this free event to find out more about the responsibilities and benefits of joining the museum’s corps of volunteer exhibition interpreters (guides). For more information contact jsmatour@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-0910.
The deadline to apply to join the fall Exhibition Interpreter training class is September 30. Applications can be downloaded at http://jsma.uoregon.edu/join/volunteer/.
“A Gaze of Her Own” Curators’ Talk
Wednesday, September 24, 6 p.m.
Miwako Okigami and Patrick Terry, graduate students in Japanese literature in the East Asian Languages and Literatures department, speak on “A Gaze of Her Own: Women in Japanese Art,” an exhibition they helped co-curate.
OCTOBER
Free First Friday
Friday, October 3, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Explore the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art with free admission the first Friday of every month.
Free Preview Reception: Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Art from the Farber Collection
October 3, 6 p.m.
Please join us for the opening reception for Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Art from the Farber Collection featuring a special concert by Jesse Marquez and Mike Denny.
First Saturday Public Tour
Saturday, October 4, 1 p.m.
Take a 45-minute tour led by a JSMA Exhibition Interpreter on the first Saturday of every month. Free with museum admission.
Teacher Inservice –Cuba Avant-Garde
Friday, October 10, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
4 Professional Development Units Issued
Come explore the art and culture of Cuba as museum educators Lisa Abia-Smith, Sharon Kaplan and LCC Professor of Education Dr. Merrill Watrous present lesson plans and curriculum connections for your classroom. Using the museum’s current exhibition, Cuba Avant-Garde as a starting point, participants will engage in artistic, culinary, and musical experiences. Pre-registration required. Contact Lauren Suveges at lsuveges@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-6410 to reserve a space.
Self-portrait of the Artist as an Organic Intellectual
Tonel
Wednesday, October 15, 6 p.m.
Tonel, an independent artist and art critic whose work is on view in Cuba Avant-Garde, will discuss his career as a visual artist over the past twenty-five years. Starting with drawings and magazine illustrations begun in Cuba during the early 1980s, he will introduce pieces made using a variety of media — from ink on paper and painting on canvas to mixed media sculpture and installation art.
Margo Grant Walsh Lecture and Reception
Tuesday, October 21, 3 p.m. Reception to follow.
Margo Grant Walsh’s talk on architect-designed metalwork evokes her obsession with silver, copper, and mixed metals, and confirms her unique talents as a collector and designer drawn to pieces designed by such luminaries including Henri Van de Velde, Charles Ashbee, Josef Hoffmann, and Ettore Sottsass.
What's Political?
Wednesday, October 29, 6 p.m.
The New Cuban Art is well-known for its 'political' and 'critical' nature. In its most stereotypical form, this is understood to be caricatures of Fidel Castro, and other national symbols. But 'politics' in the Cuban context has a complicated nature. In this talk, Dr. Rachel Weiss, professor of arts administration and policy, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will present a few works from the 1980s and 90s to explore some of those dimensions of the 'political' in Cuban art.