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Join us for new experiences and exciting opportunities drawn directly from the works in the galleries. Events are free with museum admission unless otherwise noted. Enjoy “pay as you wish” MusEvenings! every Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m.
JULY
Free First Friday
Friday, July 3, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Experience the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art with free admission the first Friday of every month.
First Saturday Public Tour
Saturday, July 4, 1:00 p.m.
Take a 45-minute tour of the museum led by a JSMA Exhibition Interpreter on the first Saturday of every month. Free with museum admission.
Laura Zaerr: Classical and Celtic harp Recital
Sunday, July 12, 1:30-3:00 pm
Offered in collaboration with Oregon Bach Festival and the UO Continuing Education Elderhostel, Laura Zaerr, UO Classical and Harp Professor, will perform a classical and Celtic harp recital.
Lecture: Applying Words to Images: Using Tôkaidô Diaries To Read Tôkaidô Prints
Sandy Kita,Professor and Senior Scholar, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday, July 22, 6:00 p.m.
Dr. Sandy Kita, Professor and Senior Scholar, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, compares the Tôkaidô Road travel diaries of Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei (1578-1650), the supposed founder of the art of Ukiyo-e, and Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), famous for his prints of the Tôkaidô. The talk also addresses the larger questions of why creative print masters like Jun’ichirô Sekino (1914-1988) claimed to break with the tradition of Ukiyo-e while referencing it in their art, collecting it, and belonging to societies for its study. Dr Kita will also explore how pioneering scholars of Ukiyo-e connected this art to earlier traditions of painting in the court as well as creating the basis for Ukiyo-e as an unprecedented, unparalleled, and unique art form.
AUGUST
First Saturday Public Tour
Saturday, August 1, 1:00 p.m.
Take a 45-minute tour of the museum led by a JSMA Exhibition Interpreter on the first Saturday of every month. Free with museum admission.
Free First Friday
Friday, August 7, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Experience the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art with free admission the first Friday of every month.
Artist’s Talk: Bicycling Japan’s Historic Tokaido
Saturday, August 8, 1:00 p.m.
In 1984, Walt Padgett bicycled the route of the ancient Tokaido Road in search of the actual places and landscapes depicted in the famous woodblock prints by Hiroshige and Jun’ichirô Sekino, the “53 Stations of the Tokaido.” In this slide lecture, he will talk about the old and modern Tokaidos, show comparisons between the two great woodblock artists’ works and the subjects they chose to depict, and share his own adventures of the road.
Artist’s Demonstration: The Process of Woodblock Printing
Saturday, August 8, 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Following the artist’s talk, artist and printmaker Walt Padgett will provide a demonstration of Japanese woodblock printmaking. In his demonstration, he will print from multiple blocks to create a full-color print, using authentic materials, tools and techniques, traditional methods handed down through centuries of moku hanga (Japanese woodblock printing).
Chamber Music on Campus
Wednesday, August 12, 6:00 p.m.
Celebrate the JSMA’s exhibition On the Road: Two Visions of the Tokaido with a concert by students and faculty from the UO School of Music and Dance.
Tea Tasting with J-Tea International
Saturday, August 29, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Join us for a tea tasting with Josh Chamberlain from J-Tea International, a Eugene based tea importer specializing in bringing people the freshest and best teas from Taiwan and China.
Japanese Tea Ceremony demonstration with Miya Shimada
Saturday, August 29, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Chado, or the Way of Tea, often called “Tea Ceremony,” is more than just a ceremony; it is meditation in action. The living art of Chado brings together many aspects of traditional and contemporary Japanese culture. It is a personal spiritual practice as well as a social ritual. This special occasion of a one-and-half-hour tea gathering will inspire you with a contemplative experience that can be brought into your daily life. Maccha tea (green powdered tea) and Japanese sweets will be served to each participant as part of the ceremony.
SEPTEMBER
First Saturday Public Tour
Saturday, September 5, 1:00 p.m.
Take a 45-minute tour of the museum led by a JSMA Exhibition Interpreter on the first Saturday of every month. Free with museum admission.
Free Preview Reception: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Art of the Superhero
September 25, 2009, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Join us at a preview reception celebrating the opening of Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Art of the Superhero.
Lecture: “J.M.W. Turner and The Sister Arts of Painting and Poetry”
Wednesday, September 30, 6:00 p.m.
Kathleen Nicholson, UO Professor of Art History, will place English Romantic painter J.M.W. Turner’s painting, Pope’s Villa at Twickenham within the larger context of the artist’s understanding of the interrelations between verbal and visual expression in the Romantic era. When he publicly exhibited his paintings at the annual Royal Academy exhibitions Turner often included either his own verse or quotations from a range of British poets in the catalogue. The lecture will explore how he envisioned their interaction in the viewer’s mind.