Meet the New Art Directer of the Schneider Museum of Art, Michael Crane!
Located in the heart of the Southern Oregon University campus, the Schneider Art Museum is a true gem! This year is their 25th anniversary and their featured art installations are magnificant. The museum is free to visiters and is well worth the stop. Find out how you can become a member and get involved with this amazing local treasure!
Artist Talk: Elizabeth Malaska | November 16, 2019, at the Russo Lee Gallery
Artist Talk with Elizabeth Malaska during her exhibition Of Myth or of Monday, On view November 7–30, 2019 at Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
In Elizabeth Malaska’s second solo show with Russo Lee Gallery, Of Myth or of Monday, the artist presents the mingling of profound, mythic elements with the mundane, posing questions about what drives our actions and what affects our conscious and subconscious selves. In a series of paintings that depict the female form, Malaska creates densely patterned and multi-layered narratives, bringing to the forefront objects and scenarios that are both unusual and familiar, moments that are notable and difficult to decipher. As the artist notes, “These are liminal, in-between states—reverie, anxiety, attraction, contemplation. Transitory as such moments are, their existence nonetheless exposes how unknown and unknowable these women are—to us, and even to themselves.”
Of particular interest is the position of Mother. This is sparked by Malaska’s own experience as a mother, but extends to the larger project of investigating the mother archetype. Of Myth or of Monday explores a human culture that has a fraught, repression-based relationship with this figure, which is both personal and archetypal, quotidian, and mythic.
Born and raised in Portland, Malaska earned her MFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art, after receiving a BFA from the California College of the Arts. Her work has been included in exhibitions regionally and nationally, including in Oregon at Portland Community College’s North View Gallery; the University of Oregon’s White Box; Disjecta; Milepost 5; and the Oregon State Capitol. She has received multiple grants from The Oregon Arts Commission and the Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Portland Art Museum, The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Collection in Portland and, more recently, her work was acquired by the Schneider Museum of Art at Southern Oregon University in Ashland.
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Trisha Zimmerman: Intellectual Creativity at Southern Oregon University
Profiles Trisha Zimmerman (née Johansen), class of 2009.
The classes here allow for very ambitious ideas. If youre willing to put in the work, you can do anything you want, says Trisha, who minored in biology and majored in art with emphases in sculpture and digital arts.
Trisha will always be remembered at SOU—not because of her Schneider Museum Merit Award, Dankook Outstanding Undergraduate Female Student Award, or 3.99 GPA. Or because she served as the first chair French horn player in the SOU Symphonic Band. Or even because her short animated film, Deep-song, won a regional student award at the 2009 Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF).
No, Trisha will forever be known as the brilliant creator of Swamphorse, affectionately known as Swampy. This 500-pound, 7'1'' x 10' x 3 mythical creature took her two-and-a-half terms to complete.
Trisha combined her passion for both art and biology to create a life-sized sculpture of an imaginary animal. She drew blueprints and designed a frame to model the musculoskeletal system underneath. Trisha even accounted for physiological adaptation and behavior.
I did research on real animals. I drew a lot of bones. I love studying zoology and internal structures of animals, Trisha explains. It was like working on a real animal. I could feel the presence of it.
SOU will continue to feel the presence of the beloved Swampy, whose permanent habitat is now the second floor of Hannon Library.
New Play Development (Working In The Theatre #211)
The resident theatre panelists - Randall Arney, Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre; Zelda Fichandler, Artistic Director of the Acting Company; Emily Mann, Artistic Director of McCarter Theater; Mac Pirkle, Artistic Director of Tennessee Repertory Theatre; Michael P. Price, Executive Director of Goodspeed Opera House; and Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director of Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center - discuss the beginnings of regional theatre as a place to develop new plays and playwrights, relationships with commercial theatre, marketing and building a subscriber base, and diversity in playwrights and audiences.
Originally taped - April, 1994
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Preservation in the 21st Century: Drawing Inspiration from Nickel & Sullivan - Ward Miller
This is the second of three video recorded presentations from the Louis Sullivan Architectural Ornaments @ SIUE Conference held on February 24, 2017 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville – Lovejoy Library.
Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture | John Koskinen
Former IRS Commissioner and Duke University alumnus John Koskinen gave a free public lecture Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019.
In the Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture, “A Life of Public Service,” Koskinen (T’61) highlighted accomplishments and challenges he faced during his career spanning 11 different public leadership positions.
Sanford professor Kristin Goss, a political scientist and director of the undergraduate Duke in DC program, interviewed Koskinen. The conversation is part of larger initiative at the Sanford School to encourage public service.
Koskinen led the Internal Revenue Service from 2013-2017, and was charged with restoring public confidence in the agency after a scandal. Previously, he headed the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac), President Clinton’s Council on Year 2000 Conversion (Y2K) and the U.S. Soccer Foundation.
He also served as deputy director of the federal Office of Management and Budget and as the District of Columbia’s city administrator during the 9/11 attacks and afterwards.
“John Koskinen has had a career of public service virtually unrivaled in its breadth and impact,” said Judith Kelley, dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy. “He has been asked to take on some of the toughest leadership challenges in America. He exemplifies commitment to public service.”
Besides his wide-ranging experience in the public sector, Koskinen’s career included 21 years in the private sector at the Palmieri Co., which specialized in turnaround management, including serving as president and CEO. Duke’s soccer and lacrosse venue, Koskinen Stadium, was named in honor of him and his wife, Patricia.
The Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture series is made possible by the William R. Kenan Charitable Trust.
WashCo Commissioners Meeting: October 22, 2019
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