Learning from James Lavadour: Land, Art, and Self
On the occasion of the career retrospective James Lavadour: Land of Origin, join exhibition curator Danielle Knapp, JSMA McCosh Curator; Feather Miller (Warm Springs), JSMA Studio Assistant; and Jessica Wilks, Tacoma Art Museum Director of Curatorial, for a discussion of this esteemed painter and printmaker’s work and the importance of artist retrospectives. Spanning the topics of James Lavadour (Walla Walla)’s connection to the eastern Oregon landscape, his contributions as an artist and community leader for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the effects of his works on viewers, this roundtable conversation seeks to bring new appreciation to one of Oregon’s most original contemporary artists and to highlight the ways in which retrospectives contribute to public understanding. The event will begin with a short self-reflection writing prompt. This program made possible with support from Art Bridges.