Schneider Museum Exhibits Work of Famed Women Artists

Ashland Daily Tidings – Posted  Oct 27, 2016

From a large image of exuberantly colored flowers by Polly Apfelbaum to an intimate series of spider prints by Louise Bourgeois, the Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland is showing works normally seen only in big cities or in textbooks on contemporary art.

The new exhibit, “Art on Paper: 10 Women Artists from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation,” opens with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at the museum, located on the Southern Oregon University campus. The exhibit continues through Jan. 7.

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Opening Reception: I Show Work at Work

The Stevenson Union Gallery is excited to announce a group exhibition called I Show Work at Work! This showcase seeks to provide an opportunity for non-student employees across SOU to exhibit their artistic practice, no matter what the medium. Through this, it is the hope that departments and students across SOU will cultivate stronger connections not only between each other but with the arts in general!

The exhibition will be on view through February 9, 2017.

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Tiny Art Show Delivers Many Messages

Ashland Daily Tidings  10-14-2016

The Tiny Art Show at Southern Oregon University has tiny treasures that range from the humorous to the mysterious.

Students, faculty members and other Rogue Valley residents have contributed 3-by-3-inch artwork for the exhibit, which runs through Oct. 28. Miniature paintings, prints, embroidery, photography and sculptures adorn the halls of the Marion Ady Art Building near the Schneider Museum of Art on campus. Exhibit hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Learn more about the ‘Tiny Art Show’ on the full article.

Panel Will Address ‘Multi-Cultural Shakespeare’

Mail Tribune   10-12-2016

 

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch will join three other speakers, including longtime OSF actor Tyrone Wilson, to discuss the challenges and rewards of “Multi-Cultural Shakespeare” from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, in the Meese Room of Hannon Library at Southern Oregon University. There is no admission charge.

The event is sponsored by Shakespeare America, an OSF-SOU consortium that explores the question of what “American Shakespeare” means.

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New Date: SMA Artist-in-Residence Lecture, Storm Tharp

The Schneider Museum of Art is pleased to announce that Storm Tharp, a participating artist in the Portland2016: A Biennial of Contemporary Art exhibition, has arrived on the Southern Oregon University (SOU) campus for a month-long artist-residency.  The artist will provide a public lecture in SOU’s Meese Auditorium on Monday, October 3 at 3:30 PM. Admission is free.

Learn more about the Portland2016 exhibition on the full article.

SMA Artist-in-Residence Lecture, Storm Tharp

Storm Tharp works and lives in Portland, where he creates the characters in his mysterious paintings. He was raised in Ontario, OR and attended Cornell University, graduating from the College of Architecture, Art and Urban Planning in 1992. He is a painter and sculptor whose work has been acquired by various public collections including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Albight Knox Gallery and The Cleveland Art Museum. In 2010, Storm participated in The Whitney Biennial and in 2013, a mid-career survey of his work was presented at The Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, NY. He is represented by PDX Contemporary Art and Galerie Sébastian Bertrand.

 

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An interview with Dante Fumagalli

An interview with Dante Fumagalli

Literary Ashland
Oct. 3, 2016

Dante Fumagalli is a senior at Southern Oregon University studying English and Art History. He is passionate about education, the arts, and accessibility.

EB: Tell us a little bit about your internship at MoMA.

DF: I interned with the education department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City from June 8 to August 12. My time was specifically split between Community and Access Programs; School and Teacher Programs; and Interpretation, Research, and Digital Learning.

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