Press Release
Lane County/University of Oregon Panel of the AIDS Quilt on View at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Panel 4185 will be on view in the JSMA lounge through May 4, 2016
“The Road Not Taken” is the Theme for Annual K-12 Exhibition at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
On view in the Education Corridor Galleries through May 29, NewArt Northwest Kids features over 40 works of art
Works by Bacon, Hirst, Rothko, and Rubens now on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
EUGENE, Ore. -- (March 31, 2016) – Works by artists Francis Bacon, Damien Hirst, Mark Rothko, and Peter Paul Rubens and are on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, on the University of Oregon campus as part of the Masterworks on Loan program.
Francis Bacon’s 1953 work, “End of the Line,” is on view in the Focus Gallery through June 12, 2016. Noted as one of the most well-known artists to emerge from the Post-War era, Bacon’s self-taught work draws on inspiration from Surrealism, film, photography and works by the Old Masters, such as Rembrandt, Titian, and Velázquez.
“Relationship,” a Photography Exhibition by Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst Documents Private Moments of the Transgender Couple
On view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art from April 20 to June 26, 2016, the exhibition is part of the Queer Productions Series
EUGENE, Ore. -- (March 24, 2016) – The photography series “Relationship” by artists Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst will be on view April 20 to June 26, 2016 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus. “Relationship” chronicles Drucker and Ernst's private moments, from 2008 to 2013, as a transgender couple, during which time Ernst transitioned from female to male and Drucker transitioned from male to female.
Schnitzer Cinema Continues its Queer Production Series with “Paris is Burning” and “Wildness”
EUGENE, Ore. -- (March 22, 2016) –Schnitzer Cinema, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s annual film series, continues its Queer Productions series with films directed by Jenny Livingston and Wu Tsang. On April 12, at 7 p.m., “Paris is Burning” will be shown at the Wayward Lamb located at 150 West Broadway, followed by “Wildness” on April 13, at 7 p.m. at the JSMA on the University of Oregon campus. Programmed by Richard Herskowitz, JSMA curator of media arts, with the help of Professor Quinn Miller, both films are free.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Launches a New Series of Lectures on Pacific Northwest Art
Portland-based curator Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson will give the inaugural talk of the David and Anne McCosh Memorial Visiting Lecturer Series
EUGENE, Ore. -- (March 9, 2016) – Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Northwest Art at the Portland Art Museum, will be presenting the inaugural program of the David and Anne McCosh Memorial Visiting Lecturer Series on Northwest Art on Saturday, April 2, at 2 p.m. at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus.
“Aliens, Monsters, and Madmen: The Art of EC Comics” opens at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
The exhibition is the largest gathering of EC original art in an accredited museum and is on view from May 14 to July 10, 2016
Multimedia Exhibition “Call and Response” now on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
EUGENE, Ore. -- (March 3, 2016) – The multimedia exhibition “Call and Response” is on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus from now until August 28, 2016. This exhibition brings together four recent acquisitions to the museum’s collections that invite viewers to consider their own role in artistic communication, and engages the viewer through its use of sight and sound.
Film Curators Bradford Nordeen and Clara López Menéndez Continue the JSMA’s Queer Production Series with “Hardcore Home Movies” and “Hustler White”
EUGENE, Ore. -- (February 24, 2016) – Schnitzer Cinema, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s annual film series, continues its Queer Productions series with film curators Bradford Nordeen and Clara López Menéndez of the Dirty Looks Collective. On March 8, at 7 p.m., “Hustler White” will be shown at the Queer Film Series at The Wayward Lamb, 150 West Broadway, Eugene; and on March 9, at 7 p.m., “Hardcore Home Movies” will be shown at the JSMA on the University of Oregon campus.
Dance Photography Exhibition “Strike a Pose” Now on View at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
EUGENE, Ore. -- (February 22, 2016) – The exhibition “Strike a Pose” is on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus from now until June 5, 2016. This exhibition, drawn from the JSMA’s collection of photography, features images that capture a variety of styles of dance, including African, Indian, jazz, modern and ballet.
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Announces Major Gift from Lynda Lanker and the Brian Lanker Archive
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Announces Major Gift from Lynda Lanker and the Brian Lanker Archive
“I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America” is added to the JSMA collection
EUGENE, Ore. -- (February 12, 2016) – The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon announces a major gift to the museum’s collection from the Lanker family and the Brian Lanker Archive of the 75 photographs that comprise the series “I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America.”
“Art, Taxes and the Law” Subject of Upcoming Lecture at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
EUGENE, Ore. -- (February 11, 2016) – Los Angeles-based attorney Paul N. Frimmer will discuss “Art, Tax, and the Law” as part of the “Collecting and Connoisseurship” series at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on February 29, 2016 at 6 p.m. He will be interviewed by Jill Hartz, JSMA Executive Director, and Doug Park, UO’s Deputy General Counsel.