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The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Re-Examines the American West Through Modern and Contemporary Art in a Collaboration with the Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea” Opens September 28, 2022 EUGENE, Ore. – (September 15, 2022)
The University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art hires Dr. Adriana Miramontes Olivas as their new Curator of Academic Programs and Latin American & Caribbean Art
This curatorial position is now fully funded by a new anonymous gift that established an endowment
Jordan Schnitzer Announces New Artist Grant Program in Partnership with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
The grant will award $2,500 grants to 20 artists in Oregon (outside Portland area) responding to the Black Lives Matter movement
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Opens a Digital Exhibition of “Mildred Bryant Brooks: The Art of Etching”
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Opens a Digital Exhibition of “Mildred Bryant Brooks: The Art of Etching”
EUGENE, Ore. – (July 17, 2020) - The University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art presents “Mildred Bryant Brooks: The Art of Etching,’ a digital exhibition that explores the work of Brooks, an award-winning American etcher and master printmaker.
The University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Reopens The Soreng Gallery of Chinese Art
“Myriad Treasures: Celebrating the Reinstallation of the Soreng Gallery of Chinese Art” is now on view
EUGENE, Ore. – (February 26, 2020) – After a long-awaited renovation, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon reopens its Soreng Gallery of Chinese Art with over 100 works spanning over four millennia of Chinese history from the legacy collection of museum-founder Gertrude Bass Warner (1863-1951) and selected recent acquisitions.
“Roger Shimomura: By Looking Back, We Look Forward” opens on February 8, 2020
EUGENE, Ore. – (January 17, 2020) - On February 8, 2020, the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art opens “Roger Shimomura: By Looking Back, We Look Forward,” an exhibition that includes works from many phases of Shimomura’s long, prolific career.
Claire Burbridge’s New Exhibition at the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is Inspired by Nature
“Pathways to the Invisible” is on view in the Artist Project Space from January 15to April 19, 2020
EUGENE, Ore. – (January 2, 2020) – Inspired by nature, Oregon artist Claire Burbridge beautifully draws magical worlds in “Pathways to the Invisible,” a new exhibition at the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA). Jill Hartz, former JSMA executive director, curated the exhibition, which is on view from January 15 to April 19, 2020.
Nationally celebrated Portland-born artist Carrie Mae Weems examines race, police shootings, and “the usual suspects” in museum exhibition
“The Usual Suspects” is on view at the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art from January 18 – May 3, 2020
EUGENE, Ore. – (December 19, 2019) - On January 18, 2020, the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) will open “Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects.” The exhibition includes recent photographic and video works that ask, “How do you measure a life?”
Free Family Day at the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum Unites Celebrations from Around the World
EUGENE, Ore. -- (November 26, 2019) - The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon invites families to spend a day at the museum enjoying free activities at “Celebrations Around the World” on Saturday, December 7, from noon to 3 p.m. This free family day on the University of Oregon campus includes art activities for children of all ages.
Celebrate the 38th Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration at the University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
EUGENE, Ore. -- (October 23, 2018) – This year’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration returns to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. each evening. Guest are invited to join a processional at 5:30 p.m. at the EMU amphitheater to journey to the museum together.