JSMA I-Tour
Welcome to the JSMA I-Tour, an interactive audio guide to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. This new audio guide brings you new and different interpretations of the wonderful art at the JSMA. It brings you closer to the art by expressing the views of curators, students, professors, community members and local children. JSMA I-Tours are also available at iTunes and at the JSMA admission desk.
If you have an account with Apple's iTunes, visit the podcast section and go to podcast #135-Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. If you don't have an account with apple's itunes, go ahead and download a FREE podcast from Apple's iTune store and donwload it to your MP3 player or ipod.
Visit this site to download the program:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html
For more information on JSMA's I-Tours or to sign up to contribute an I-Tour, contact itour@uoregon.edu
Current Episode Features
Buddhist Visions
Now through April 13, 2008
Buddhist Visions Introduction by Charles Lachman, Curator of Asian Art
Buddha Maitreya
Death of the Buddha
Medicine Buddha
Seated Meditating Buddha (Bronze, 18th century)
Gandharan Head of Buddha, description 1
Gandharan Head of Buddha, description 2
Japanese Household Shrine
Three Seated Bodhisattvas
Carved Head of Guanyin
Princess Looking Back
Carl Morris: History of Religions
Now through September 9, 2007
Carl Morris - Introduction
Carl Morris - Eugene Post Office Murals
Carl Morris - Eugene Post Office Murals and Post-war Painting
Carl Morris - Resisting New York
Carl Morris - The History of Religions
Past Episode Features
Architectual Tours
An Architectural Tour with former Museum Director David Turner (This tour includes all exhibition spaces)
An architectural tour of the beautifully renovated Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. This guide will provide the visitor with a detailed tour of the intricate interior space. Former museum director David Turner provides his knowledge and commentary about the original building and its new characteristics.
Download (27 MB)
An Architectural Tour with former Museum Director David Turner (This tour stops in the European Galleries)
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art i-tour: Architectural Tour An architectural tour of the beautifully renovated Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. This guide will provide the visitor with a detailed tour of the intricate interior space. Former museum director David Turner provides his knowledge and commentary about the original building and its new characteristics.
Download (23.69921875 MB)
Interactive Gallery Tours
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Interactive Tour: With commentary from local community members, curators, university students, and university professors, this interactive tour lets the visitor explore the JSMA while learning valuable knowledge about the art surrounding them. Each piece is approximately three minutes and provides background knowledge and cultural music from each piece.
Preble/Murphy Wing
Japanese Netsuke
I-Tour led by Mirek Brandt, 10 years old
Download (2.67578125 MB)
Japanese Palaquin
I-Tour led by Stella Stringer, 10 years old
Download (2.099609375 MB)
Samurai Armor (Japanese)
I-Tour led by Ethan Smith, 10 years old
Download (2.5 MB)
Soreng Gallery
Jade Pagoda (Chinese)
I-Tour led by Marianne Jester, local community member
Download (2.099609375 MB)
Huh Wing and Jin Joo Gallery
Tiger and Magpie (Korean)
I-Tour led by Katy Klassmeyer, University of Oregon Alumni
Download (5.7998046875 MB)
Stone Thicket Pavilion (Korean)
I-Tour led by Meridith Buerkle, University of Oregon Master’s Candidate
Download (6.2998046875 MB)
Shaman Hand Fans (Korean)
I-Tour led by River Aaland, University of Oregon Master’s Candidate
Download (5.2998046875 MB)
For more information on JSMA's I-Tours or to sign up to contribute an I-Tour, contact itour@uoregon.edu
MFA 2007
May 19 - June 17, 2007
University of Oregon graduate students present an eclectic mixture of media and artwork at “MFA 2007,” the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) group exhibition. The artists represent the fields of specialized study offered by the department of art at the University of Oregon. Students usually work on this program over two year period and their final private review by their committee takes place in the museum among their exhibited works.
Download the MFA iTours to learn about the exhibit from the artist's perspective.
Featured Artists
Adrian Freuen, printmaking
Amelia Raley, photography
Babette Grunwald, fibers
Berenice Ramirez, metals & jewelry
Beth Greene, metals & jewelry
Carl Diehl, digital arts
Gabriel Parque, ceramics
Grant Hottle, painting
Hoa-Lan Tran, printmaking
Jason Ellenburg, sculpture
Jennifer Woodin, ceramics
Joshua Hulst, printmaking
Kathleen Murney, photography
Robert Adams, painting
Robin Cushman, photography
Yvonne Stubbs, art
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