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Discover “pay as you wish” MusEvenings! every Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. Visit the galleries, Marché Museum Café, and store during the museum’s extended evening hours, which are frequently enhanced with special lectures, gallery talks, music, and more.
MAY
MFA talks
Wednesday, May 21, 6-8 p.m.
Master of Fine Arts candidates from the UO Department of Art, Brian Knowles (Printmaking), Johnnie Mazzocco (Digital Art), Rani Robison (Photography), and Jane Snar (Sculpture), speak on their work in the MFA 2008 exhibition.
Chamber Music on Campus
Wednesday, May 28, 6 p.m.
Students from the UO School of Music and Dance provide an evening of music inspired by the late 19th century French paintings on view.
JUNE
MFA talks
Wednesday, June 4, 6-8 p.m.
Master of Fine Arts candidates from the UO Department of Art, Shelley Socolofsky (Fibers), Chang-Ae Song (Painting), Ty Warren (Digital Art), and Alvi Lufiani (Metalsmithing), speak on their work in the MFA 2008 exhibition.
Opening Reception
Wednesday, June 25, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Please join us at a preview reception celebrating the opening of the Faster, Higher, Farther:The Spirit of Track & Field Sports, Edward Burtyntsky:The China Series and The Thinking Body. If you are a JSMA Member, please check in at the membership desk to a magnet featuring artwork from the collection.
Swing, Tilt and Pull: The Sports Photography of David Burnett in a Digital World
Thursday, June 26, 6 p.m.
David Burnett, acclaimed photojournalist and one of the featured photographers in "Faster, Higher, Farther," details his motivations, style of photography, and techniques using medium and large format photography in a world gone digital. The projection, discussion and Q&A will cover David's use of conventional and personalized weaponry in his quest for photographic gold.
All That Jav
Monday, June 30, 1 p.m.
The javelin is thrown farther than anything else in sports – farther than a baseball, a discus, a hammer, a football. How far? What’s it made of, how long is it, how heavy? Does it stick in the ground? How do you throw it? Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and track historian, Jack Pfeifer, and former Olympic athlete, Duncan Atwood (whose personal record for a longest javelin throw is 308 feet 7 inches), answer these questions and more, and give you a chance to try throwing a javelin, too.
JULY
The Thinking Body Curators’ Talk
Wednesday, July 16, 6 p.m.
UO art professors and curators of “The Thinking Body,” Anya Kivarkis and Kate Wagle, speak on the exhibition.
Looking at China, Seeing Our Global Economy
Wednesday, July 30, 6 p.m.
Richard Kraus, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Oregon.
What do Burtynsky’s stunning and hellish photographs of China’s industrialization have to do with North America? China is now the platform for manufacturing our stuff and the repository for our pollution, all done with low wages guaranteed by an authoritarian government Americans love to hate. These stark images collide with our older conceptions of China as distant, exotic, and irrelevant to our daily lives.
AUGUST
Film Screening: "Manufactured Landscapes"
Wednesday, August 20, 6 p.m.
A stunning documentary by award winning director Jennifer Baichwal, “Manufactured Landscapes” (2006) follows photographer Edward Burtynsky to China as he captures the effects of the country’s massive industrial revolution. This remarkable film leads us to meditate on human endeavor and its impact on the planet.