January 2025
Visiting Artist Mary Welcome’s work will be on display in the Fine Art Center’s Gallery 2 from January 9-February 14, with an artist lecture at 3:30 on Thursday, January 9th. Lecture will take place in Gallery 2, with a reception to follow.
Visiting Artist Mary Welcome’s work will be on display in the Fine Art Center’s Gallery 2 from January 9-February 14, with an artist talk at 3:30 on Thursday, January 9th.
Artist Talk will take place in Gallery 2, with a reception to follow.
Professor Franklin Leach, from University of Georgia, to discuss Enabling Technologies and Approaches to Democratize Access to High Performance Mass Spectrometry.
Your Collection: Faculty Remix Exhibition
Explore the fascinating world of glass with Dr. Hallie Meredith during a Community Perspectives Tour on Thursday, January 16, 2025, from 4:00–5:00pm.
Join the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU and WSU Department of Art faculty on Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 5:00–7:00pm to celebrate the opening of “Your Collection: Faculty Remix”. For this exhibition, in continuing recognition of our 50th anniversary year, studio art faculty have been invited to collaborate by responding to works from the museum’s permanent collection.
On January 21 at 1:45 pm, as part of the National Day of Racial Healing 2025, the museum and WSU’s English Department will host a reading and open mic program in response to the theme of the day, “Keep on Pushing: Building Bridges to Sustainability.” Readers will include WSU Campus Civic Poets & finalists, creative writing students and faculty, and student editors of WSU creative writing publications. All students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to bring a poem to read during the open mic portion. Poems may be original compositions or selected from the work of another author, though they should engage with the themes of the day. Before and after the program, visitors are encouraged to view current museum exhibitions, including “The Art of Food: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation” and “Your Collection: Faculty Remix”.
The School of Languages, Cultures and Race presents this year’s International Film Series “Would you give me the recipe?”: Cinematic Representations of Food, Cooking, Kitchens, and Restaurants. Today, Dr Sam Ginsburg presents Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba, 1993), directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío. This is the story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.
PROGRAM
A program presented by Yakama bassoonist Jacqueline Wilson featuring works for the bassoon by living Native American composers Connor Chee (Navajo), Charles Shadle (Choctaw), Michael Begay (Navajo), Trevor Reed (Hopi), and Joy Zickau (Seminole).
Science Librarian, Emily Cukier, is presenting on how to use AI in research.
BE A MUSIC MAJOR FOR A DAY!
Monday, January 27th, 2025
The Washington State University School of Music would like to invite prospective students and their parents/guardians to its Spring 2025 MUSIC MAJOR FOR A DAY open house. Join us in experiencing a day in the life of a WSU…
The School of Languages, Cultures and Race presents this year’s International Film Series “Would you give me the recipe?”: Cinematic Representations of Food, Cooking, Kitchens, and Restaurants. Today, Dr Lisa Höller will present Soul Kitchen (Germany, 2009), directed by Fatih Akin. In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Title: Axiological Frameworks and Community Engaged Research
Program:
On Friday, January 31 from 12:00–1:00 PM, join Professor Kevin Haas for a Community Perspectives Tour at the museum with a printmaker’s perspective on select works in the current exhibitions, especially the series of screenprints by artist Ed Ruscha titled News, Mews, Pews, Brews, Stews & Dues. Haas will also offer an overview of printmaking and print publishing, and open discussion among tour participants will be encouraged.
Being a woman is complex, funny, and beautiful! Join me as we adventure through the world of female composers, songs about famous women, and the many facets of womanhood.