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Art by Moonlight

Science and art have never been all that far apart. Both evolved out of an observation of the natural world. The moon has captured the minds and hearts of humans for as long as time has been recorded.

Moon phases were a way to tell time, as well as the inspiration for countless poems, paintings, and folktales. Artist Bumin Kim captures her feelings of joy, hope, and loneliness under the moon in her pieces titled Moon Fragment #6 and Moon Fragment #7.

The piece can be found today at the Schneider Museum of Art in Mel Prest’s curated show Sensate Objects. Click the link above to learn more about the influence of the luminary in the night sky on art throughout time, and come visit us to see an example from here and now.

Fun Facts about Fireflies

Not native to the west coast, fireflies for many of us are simply something we’ve only seen in films or read about in books. When California based artist, Mel Prest, first saw the little lightning bugs in real life, the beauty inspired her to create her work Fireflies.

The piece captures her experience in seeing these magical little bugs against the night sky with beautiful shades of seafoam, blues, and little streaks of fluorescent green. Learn more fun facts about these curious creatures with the link above and be moved by Mel Prest’s work in her exhibition The Golden Hour at the Schneider Museum of Art.

Big Shot Film

Best known for his influence over the pop art movement of the 50s, Andy Warhol’s less known medium of expression was photography. Obsessed with capturing “the celebrity essence”, Warhol would go on to have over 1000 polaroids in his personal collection. Some of these were of society’s highest, while clothes were of common objects like bananas and flowers. Some of these polaroids would go on to inspire more of his iconic pop art paintings, but most were simply for his own enjoyment and passion.

Some of these prints have found their home at the Schneider Museum of Art. Come into the Entry Gallery today to catch a glimpse of humanity through Andy Warhol eyes today, and explore more about the process and mechanics of the Bigshot camera with the link above.

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.

Art by Moonlight

Fun Facts about Fireflies

Big Shot Film

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