COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES TALK | The Art of Fire: Tribal Burning on the Northwest Landscape

On Thursday, September 17, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm, join Spokane-based teacher and naturalist Jack Nisbet for a presentation of fur trade era paintings that demonstrate how Plateau and Coastal peoples used intentional burning to manage the landscapes around them. With tribal oral accounts and early journal observations for context, we will explore details from these early artworks to shed light on relevant landscapes from “The Mirror that Nature Holds: From the Collections of Jordan Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”.

Community Perspectives Talks & Tours invite individuals from our campus and wider community to speak about their unique interpretation of several works in the current exhibitions, charting connections among art, personal experience, and different disciplines.

LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus.

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