Saints and Spirits in Early Modern Europe juxtaposes images of distillation and related revelry with representations of saints and the sacred

This collaborative exhibition between the JSMA and the George D. Green Art Institute celebrates recent work by forty-five artists who began their creative careers in Oregon during the 1960s and '70s. Among those whose paintings (as well as sketchbooks, ceramics, and mixed-media works incorporating paint) will be featured. Participating artists include: Susan Applegate, Jay Backstrand, Rob Bibler, Sharon Bronzan, Sandy Brooke, Clint Brown, Karen Carson, Craig Cheshire, Margaret Coe, Jon Colburn, Bets Cole, Jon Jay Cruson, Robert Dozono, Robert Gamblin, Humberto Gonzalez, Dennis Gould, Cie Goulet, George Green, John Haugse, Carol Hausser, Jeri Hise, George Johanson, Leland John, Kacey Joyce, Connie Kiener, Edwin Koch, James Lavadour, Nancy Lindburg, Margaret Matson, Sue-Del McCulloch, Gary Meacham, Terry Melton, Ken O'Connell, Paula Overbay, Lucinda Parker, Jan Reaves, Laura Ross-Paul, Sandra Roumagoux, Erik Sandgren, Isaka Shamsud-Din, Jim Shull, Susan Trueblood Stuart, Richard Thompson, Hugh Webb, and Phyllis Yes. 

This exhibition will showcase how this generation of artists continues to represent the highest levels of artistic statement and creative accomplishment, while maintaining commitments to personalized styles. Sixty years after their careers started in this state - in many cases, as students of the University of Oregon's M.F.A. Program, at Oregon State University, or at Portland's Museum Art School (now Pacific Northwest College of Art) - these artists continue to create art that inspires and expands this state's artistic landscape. Thanks to a Ford Family Foundation Exhibition and Documentation Support Grant, the exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog with essays by JSMA McCosh Curator Danielle Knapp and Dr. Henry Sayer, Distinguished Professor of Art History at Oregon State University - Cascades Campus. 

Visual Magic: An Oregon Invitational is made possible with the generous support of the Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Endowment, Arlene Schnitzer and Jordan Schnitzer, the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and JSMA members. The accompanying catalog was funded by a Ford Family Foundation Exhibition and Documentation Support Grant and the George D. Green Art Institute’s Benefactors (Sonya McDowell Education Grant, Meri & Scott McLeod, Stephen & Dr. Becky Miller-Moe) and Sponsors (Sharon Bronzan, Sandy Brooke, Karen Carson, Barb & Dave Corden, Jon Jay Cruson, Robert & Noriko Dozono, Sandy Green, Dinny Hausser & Lenny Held, Nels Hall & Deb Mawson, Terry Melton, Ward Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, Annie Painter, Betsy & Wally Preble, Ned Preble, Jane & Reagan Ramsey, Laura Ross-Paul, and Andy Thaler).

The JSMA mourns the recent losses of two featured artists, Edwin "Ed" Koch (1937 - 2018) and Janet "Jan" Reaves (1945 - 2018).

New work by Shinyan Jin and Hongyu Yu

Self-portraits and “self-portraits” by three artists, exploring the storied genre in the contemporary moment.

Featuring work by Allison Schukis, Mady Maszk, and Baily Thompson. Performance by Allison Schukis in the gallery April 25m, 1-5pm.

Jay Sae Jung Oh: “Keepin’ It Real”

Jay Sae Jung Oh explores the diverse realm of design as a furniture designer, a product designer, an artist, and an entrepreneur. This lecture is about her adventures in different design fields, her work and the journey it took to get her to this point. 

Jay explores the intersection of art and design with a collection of one-of-a-kind furnishings, represented by the esteemed Salon 94 in New York City, as well as running her high-end pet product brand, Boo Oh as an entrepreneur. Her designs have been displayed at numerous exhibitions and galleries, including Design Miami and ICFF, Chicago Cultural Center and featured on the pages of Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Fast Company to name a few as well as earning a permanent space at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum collection and Calder foundation. Jay has worked alongside NYC-based, Italian designer, Gaetano Pesce on a multitude of projects from furniture, installations, and product design. She served as a visiting professor for The University of Illinois at Chicago teaching Industrial Design within the school’s undergraduate and master’s programs.She holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Sculpture from Kookmin University, South Korea and a master’s degree in 3D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. 

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Product Design and the Art + Design Academic Residential Community (ARC).

Performance by Allison Schukis in the LaVerne Krause Gallery.

Deorbit:

New work by Shinyan Jin and Hongyu Yu.

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Self-Portrait:

Self-portraits and “self-portraits” by three artists, exploring the storied genre in the contemporary moment.

Featuring work by Allison Schukis, Mady Maszk, and Baily Thompson. Performance by Allison Schukis in the gallery April 25m, 1-5pm.

Davis Family Lecture 

Pope.L: "Until Now"

Pope.L will present a compact survey of several strands in his art practice to-date. Pope.L (b. 1955, Newark) is a visual artist and educator whose multidisciplinary practice uses binaries, contraries and preconceived notions embedded within contemporary culture to create art works in various formats, for example, writing, painting, performance, installation, video and sculpture. Building upon his long history of enacting arduous, provocative, absurdist performances and interventions in public spaces, Pope.L applies some of the same social, formal and performative strategies to his interests in language, system, gender, race and community. The goals for his work are several: joy, money and uncertainty— not necessarily in that order.

Pope.L is represented by Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, University of Chicago, Chicago

This lecture is made possible by the Davis Family Endowed Fund in Art.

 

Presented by the City of Eugene, Eugene Contemporary Art & the Center for Art Research (CFAR) at the University of Oregon.

The Movement Lab explores the generative capacities of sense perception, interpersonal relationships, and group dynamics. Movement is thought of in broad terms as gestures of cognition and communication. Together we are looking to understand something about touch, kinesthetic perception, and social choreography, with each other and our lived experiences as resources. How can we move differently by paying attention to our senses?

The workshop will be facilitated by video and performance artist Agnese Cebere. Two hours long, it consists of task-based exercises inspired by a range of somatic practices, and discussion among the participants. No experience is necessary and anyone can participate. Please note: This event will be recorded for future use by the artist. The Movement Lab was developed by Agnese Cebere and dance artist and scholar Sasha Portyannikova in conjunction with the Media Studies course Urban Tactics and Performance taught by Nitin Sawhney at The New School in Spring 2018.

Calling all UO Students! JSMAC proudly presents INFLUX: A Night of Performance Art. Come enjoy refreshments, art, and live performances by UO student groups at the museum.

Jeri Hise, Connie Kiener, and Laura Ross-Paul discuss their paintings on view and how they approach the human figure in their work. 

The JSMA is excited to present the world-premiere of noted artist Philip Haas’s new work, before it embarks on a year-long tour in the U.S. and abroad. The two-week performance installation incorporates motorized sculpture, construction, totems, altered found objects, film, fetishized costume, movement, sound, spoken word, and music.

 An interactive workshop with Taller de Son Jarocho de Eugene-Springfield.

Sponsor: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

Information: 541-346-0942.

In conjunction with the special exhibition “Saints and Spirits in Early Modern Europe.”

Sponsor: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

Information: 541-346-0942.

Sponsored by Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

The Suicide Prevention Team and the University Counseling Center (UCC) offers this workshop for faculty, staff, and GEs. Partcipant learning objectives are to:

1. Develop skills in identifying and responding to students who may have thoughts of suicide. 

2.  Develop skills in how to engage students in a conversation about your concern and ways to seek help.

3. Develop knowledge of campus and community resources and how to make an appropriate referral.

If a department would like to schedule a suicide prevention workshop, please submit a request form here. 

The Faculty & Staff section of the UCC website includes several additional online resources for helping students in distress.

The Student Suicide Prevention Team also offers a peer-to-peer workshop for students. Request a student workshop here. 

This year’s David and Anne McCosh Memorial Visiting Lecturer Series on Northwest Art presented by Michael Holloman, Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Drawing Coordinator, Washington State University.

Sponsor: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

Information: 541-346-0942.

Philip Haas has made films with some of the most acclaimed artists working today including David Hockney, Boyd Webb, Richard Long, and Gilbert & George. By finding the “theatricality” in each artist, Haas constantly surprises and delights the viewer.

Sponsor: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

Information: 541-346-0942.

 

Officially launching on May 31, CFAR is excited to already be hosting a range of activities.

The Center for Art Research (CFAR) is a collaborative, artist-run platform for experimentation and exchange rooted in art making. The Center cultivates diverse modes of engagement related to the practices of contemporary artists by supporting speculative Research, Discourse, Exhibition, and Publication. CFAR is directed by the faculty in the University of Oregon’s Department of Art, and is sustained by the contributions of individuals and institutions from around the world.

Celebrate the opening of the exhibition of our Summer Exhibitions. Members only reception: 5 – 7 p.m., public exhibition preview: 7 – 8 p.m.

Sponsor: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

Information: 541-346-0942.