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Abstract Art History

Starting in Eastern Europe sometime in the 19th century, abstract art made its way into the U.S. around 1940 with a slightly different flare. By the 1960’s, the new trend of optical illusions became all the rage. Today, we can explore the ways optical illusions and abstract art intersect within Mel Prest’s The Golden Hour. Come enjoy art that vibrates off the canvas today at the Schneider Museum of Art in the Main Gallery and learn more about the rich history of abstract art with the link above.

The New Wave of Non-Traditional Art

Dynamic, interactive, and creative. These are all words that have been used to describe the push to create with more than just paint and canvas. From graffiti to performance art, the new wave of non-traditional art is all about teasing the limit of what we think of and accept as art. Explore the world of multimedia art with the Sensate Objects, an exhibition curated by Mel Prest in the Treehaven Gallery of The Schneider Museum of Art. Learn more about the growing presence of nontraditional art with the link above and come visit us at the museum to see it in action.

A Man of Many Hats: John Yau

Art critic, poet, professor, novelist, and former editor for The Brooklyn Rail, John Yau has established himself within Art and literary communities as a multi-talented writer. His poetry, some of which can be found within the page linked above, has a masterful use of repetition that feels reminiscent of fading and flickering memories. The essay he wrote for Mel Prest’s The Golden Hour gives an intellectual, multi-dimensional perspective to the already colorful and vibrant exhibition. Read the essay on the Museum’s website and come enjoy the “purely optical experience” in person at The Schneider Museum of Art.

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.

Abstract Art History

The New Wave of Non-Traditional Art

A Man of Many Hats: John Yau

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