K-12 teachers are invited to this professional development workshop led by JSMA Director of Education, Lisa Abia-Smith, focusing on the art of Lesley Dill and other contemporary artists who use language in their work.  Participants will utilize Visual Thinking Strategies and receive a copy of a Thinking Through Art Curriculum packet and image resources for teaching.  Hands on studio art production and gallery writing activities will be a part of this exciting morning.  Teachers traveling from more than 60 m

Enjoy a free noontime concert featuring students from the UO School of Music and Dance.   View the concert program

Gary Groth is former editor-in-chief of The Comics Journal, and owner and publisher of Fantagraphics Books.  Fantagraphics, one of the respected "art house" publishers of comics and graphic novels in the country, is currently reprinting Charles Schulz's entire output in a series of handsome hardcovers.  Groth met Charles Schulz several times, and in the 1980s conducted one of the most in-depth and valuable professional interviews we have with the man.

Co-sponsored by the School of Journalism and Communication

Chado, or the way of tea, has been key to Japanese culture and aesthetics. Enjoy a contemplative evening with tea and accompanying sweet.

Sponsored by the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

Join us for our fall Museum After Hours with great music, food and a special tour of Lesley Dill’s Poetic Visions. Sponsored by McKenzie River Broadcasting and Northwest Community Credit Union

AAA Dean Frances Bronet and JSMA Executive Director Jill Hartz lead a free tour throughout the UO campus, visiting the museum and galleries and stopping by public art along the way.  Organized by Lane Arts Council and sponsored by the JSMA and the School of Architecture and Allied Arts.

Daniel Falk, Associate Professor of Religious Studies; Lisa Freinkel, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature; and Mark Unno, Associate Professor of Religious Studies explore Lesley Dill’s art through the lens of world religions.

Ben Saunders interviews Jan Eliot about her experiences with Charles Schulz and her own career as the artist of the nationally syndicated newspaper strip Stone Soup.