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Art and Politics

From Shakespeare to Banksy, art of all forms have been used to critique social and political climates. Widewall’s article The Strong Relation Between Art and Politics talks about political art under the lens of aesthetic regime and the influence ideas of beauty have on the takeaway message of an artist’s work. Learn more about artists' contributions to political and social movements throughout history in the link below and see how Mariam Ghani is using her art to educate the masses about the physical and emotional collateral damage of a war in Partial Reconstructions.

Photography as an Art

The debate of photography as an art form has been a debate since the first camera was invented. With the recent developments of the digital age and social media, photography is becoming more advanced and widely recognized as art. The Art Photo Academy explores the history of photography and the different lenses it allows artists to see the world through. Learn more about photography in the link below and come see the photo exhibition in Partial Reconstructions by Mariam Ghani.

The Schneider Museum of Art is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples who lived here since time immemorial. These Tribes were displaced during rapid Euro-American colonization, the Gold Rush, and armed conflict between 1851 and 1856. In the 1850s, discovery of gold and settlement brought thousands of Euro-Americans to their lands, leading to warfare, epidemics, starvation, and villages being burned. In 1853 the first of several treaties were signed, confederating these Tribes and others together – who would then be referred to as the Rogue River Tribe. These treaties ceded most of their homelands to the United States, and in return they were guaranteed a permanent homeland reserved for them. At the end of the Rogue River Wars in 1856, these Tribes and many other Tribes from western Oregon were removed to the Siletz Reservation and the Grand Ronde Reservation. Today, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (http://www.ctsi.nsn.us/) are living descendants of the Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa peoples of this area. We encourage you to learn about the land you reside on, and to join us in advocating for the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous people.

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