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by Rowan Johnson
SOU Class of 2025, Creative Writing
Olga Volchkova, "Saint Pomegranate", 2020, acrylic on wood, 30 x 40 inches. From the "Plants and Science" series. On display at the Schneider Museum of Art.

Pomegranates

From Ancient Greece to India, pomegranates have had an influence across cultures as a symbol of fertility and feminine sexuality. Appearing in Judaism, Buddhism, ancient Greek mythology, and occasionally the Bible, the pomegranate’s small seeds have left a big impact on multiple cultures throughout time. Learn more about the specific symbolism the pomegranate holds in different cultures and regions in the link below and come see Olga Volchkova’s rendition of the pomegranate in the Schneider Museum of Art’s exhibition The Presence of Nature. 

https://www.symbols.com/symbol/pomegranate

 
Sky Hopinka, "Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary", 2017, Film still. On display at the Schneider Museum of Art.

Native American Languages

European colonization and the systematic erasure and genocide of Native Americans has led to the endangerment of many Native languages in the United States. As of 2017, it was recorded that around 150 Native languages are still spoken. Sky Hopinka of the Ho-Chunk Nation and Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians uses video and photography to explore indigenous landscapes and languages. His video in The Presence of Nature exhibition Anti-Objects, or Space Without Path or Boundary, shows the landscape’s complicated relationship to the remaining speakers of the Chinuk Wawa language. Learn more about endangered Native languages and preservation movements in the link below.  

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/native-american-languages-in-the-us
Alice Neel, "Timothy Collins", 1971, Oil on canvas. On display at the Schneider Museum of Art.

Alice Neel

Known for her against the grain portrait and figure paintings during her time, Alice Neel is one of many female artists erased by the sexism of the art world. Uninterested in promoting her work and more focused on exploring the humanity around her, flaws and all. With her signature expressionist and conceptual pieces, Neel’s art is compared to that of Vincent Van Gogh and Andy Worhol. Learn more about Alice Neel in the link below and see her piece Timothy Collins in the Entry Gallery of the Schneider Museum of Art today. 

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/neel-alice/

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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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