Art Museum

A veteran curator and accomplished fundraiser with 20 years of experience in the Seattle arts community, Held will start Aug. 7.  

Patti Hirahara donated more than 2,000 photos taken by her father and grandfather while in a WWII Japanese American incarceration camp.

By Linda Weiford, WSU News 

PULLMAN, Wash. – Crimson will shine when Washington State University’s new Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art opens its doors to the public with a dedication ceremony on noon – 1 p.m., Friday, April 6, followed by a half-day of guided tours.

The WSU Art Museum has changed its name, physical address, shipping address and social media urls.

After 44 years in the same location, the WSU Museum of Art will close its doors Friday, Nov. 17, in preparation for the move to its new, glass-encased crimson facility next door and is hosting a community reception featuring a special lecture by renowned multimedia artist Wendy Red Star and her 10-year-old daughter, Beatrice Red Star Fletcher.

By Debby Stinson, Museum of Art/WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. – The “Contemporary Women Printmakers” exhibition will be on display Aug. 22-Nov. 17 at the Museum of Art/WSU.

By Debby Stinson, Museum of Art

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition at the Washington State University Museum of Art will be April 4-May 6. A reception will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 7, in the museum gallery. Admission to the museum is free.

By Debby Stinson, Museum of Art

PULLMAN, Wash. – More than 120 paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints will be displayed in “Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain,” a retrospective representing 40 years of work by the prominent, contemporary Native American artist at the Washington State University Museum of Art Jan. 24-March 11.

PULLMAN, Wash. – The mix of art and science in the laboratory will yield fun results with the help of Washington State University Museum of Art student interns 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Palouse Discovery Science Center in Pullman.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Laura Child has been selected director of development for the Museum of Art at Washington State University after serving recently as assistant director of development for the Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation.