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Minimalism

Geometric shapes, bold colors, and simplicity, these are the defining features of the art movement of Minimalism. Starting as an opposition to the abstract expressionist movement of the 1950s, the Minimalist movement started in the 1960s and sought to remove all expression and excess from their works. Learn more about the Minimalist movement in the video below.

Datura

Used as both poison and medicine, Datura, or Devil’s Trumpet, is a beautiful white flower with the power to help aid sleep or kill. Fatal to both humans and animals in relatively low doses, these plants are some of the most poisonous in the world. Despite all of this, many cultures across the globe have used different parts of this plant for traditional medicine and religious practices. Learn more about this interesting plant in the link below.

Trees

Oregon is known for its beautiful hiking destinations found in sprawling forests and rolling mountains. The trees in these areas provide cool shade, crisp air, and a home for the local fauna. The Oregon Forest Resource Institute is a reforestation organization advocating for a more green future. See the link below to explore their database of different types of trees in the state of Oregon.

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.

Minimalism

Datura

Trees

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