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Past Exhibitions

CSWS: “Women’s Stories, Women’s Lives”
September 09, 2013 to January 26, 2014
This special selection of photographs from the permanent collection are on view in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Center for the Study of Women in Society, a campus organization that creates, funds, and shares research that addresses the complicated nature of gender identities and inequalities.
Art of the Athlete II
August 31, 2013 to February 09, 2014
Building on last year’s collaboration with the John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes and the UO Department of Arts and Administration, this year’s show features work created by UO student athletes from a variety of sports: football, soccer, men’s and women’s golf, track and field, cheerleading, men’s and women’s basketball.
Transatlanticism
August 27, 2013 to February 09, 2014
This exhibition focuses on Iberian and Latin American Transatlantic Studies, featuring works by such important modern and contemporary masters as Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002), Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983), Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), and Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991), among others.
Ave Maria: Marian Devotional Works from Eastern and Western Christendom
August 20, 2013 to August 10, 2014
The Virgin Mary has been venerated in art and visual culture since the late Middle Ages throughout Christian Europe. Featuring both painted panels and ivories, from the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Yugoslavia and Greece, this new exhibition in the McKenzie Gallery explores a variety of symbolic representations of Mary and iconic scenes from her life.
Korda and the Revolutionary Image
August 13, 2013 to January 26, 2014
This exhibition features photographs of such historical figures as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.
Celebrating Oregon Artists: Recent Additions to the Collection
June 15, 2013 to September 15, 2013
Artist Project Space
As the JSMA celebrates its 80th anniversary, we affirm the importance of Oregon artists to our mission and collection.
Living Legacies: The JSMA @ 80
June 01, 2013 to September 01, 2013
Barker Gallery
In honor of the JSMA’s 80th anniversary, “Living Legacies” will celebrate collectors and collections in our community that reflect the JSMA’s vision for the future.
New American Acquisitions
June 01, 2013 to December 08, 2013
Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Gallery
Features works acquired, through gift and purchase, over the last five years, since Lasting Legacies, reflecting a more expansive collecting mission and enhanced service to our on- and off-campus constituents.
Helmuth Rilling: Expressions and Experience
May 29, 2013 to July 14, 2013
This exhibit of images by Eugene photographers Warren Morgan, Juretta Nidever, Jon Meyers, and others aims to capture the artistry, friendship, and humanity the community has enjoyed with this humble yet influential leader.
Su Kwak Light Journey: An Odyssey in Paint
May 28, 2013 to July 28, 2013
Organized by the Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University and curated by Dr. Jungsil Lee, this retrospective exhibition of the art of Su Kwak brings together a body of work that affirms the artist’s distinctive use of light and color to affirm her spiritual life.
Ming Wong: Life and Death in Venice
April 12, 2013 to June 02, 2013
In conjunction with the fourth annual Cinema Pacific film festival, which this year focuses on the cinema of Singapore and Mexico, Singapore-artist Wong shows his 3-channel Life and Death in Venice.
Piero Dorazio & the Responsive Eye
April 09, 2013 to August 18, 2013
John and Ethel MacKinnon Gallery
In conjunction with the American Association of Italian Studies Conference, held in Eugene April 11–14, this special exhibition presents a series of nearly twenty experimental Op (Optical) art color aquatints and lithographs by the influential Italian artist Piero Dorazio (1927-2005).
Focus on Tibet
April 02, 2013 to May 19, 2013
Focus Gallery
In conjunction with the May 10 Eugene visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the JSMA is presenting a small selection of art from Tibet and relating to Tibetan Buddhism, largely drawn from the museum’s permanent collection.
Morris Graves: Effort to Bloom
March 23, 2013 to May 19, 2013
To celebrate the publication of “Morris Graves: Selected Letters,” edited by independent curator Vicki Halper and retired Curator of American and Regional Art Lawrence Fong, a small selection of works by this major American painter and key member of the Northwest School will be on view in the Gilkey Center
Julie Green: The Last Supper
March 01, 2013 to April 07, 2013
Artist Project Space
In conjunction with Eugene Opera’s presentation of Dead Man Walking, the JSMA invited Corvallis-based artist Julie Green to present a selection of The Last Supper, a series of some 500 porcelain painted plates that illustrate final meal requests of U.S. death row inmates and a video of final meal requests.

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