View this email in your browser
by Rowan Johnson
SOU Class of 2025, Creative Writing
Please note that the Museum will be closed Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 for Thanksgiving. 

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.
Sarah Wertzberger, Unwoven Wave, 2021, Hand-woven poly and cotton digital weaving on poplar frame.

Cotton Digital Weaving

As technology advances, skills that have been developed across different regions are getting an upgrade. Weaving of tight, fluid shapes can be created with the help of computer software. While some machines use a linear graph formula to create the shapes, the Digital Jacquard Loom uses pre-uploaded digital designs as an outline. The program accepts both original designs from Photoshop or premade designs. Learn more about the technology being used in the automation of weaving with the video below and see an example of textiles meeting art with Oregon based artist Sarah Wertzberger’s Unwoven Wave in Mel Prest’s curated show Sensate Objects. 

https://youtu.be/UK6IqovdKLA 
Andrew Zimmerman, Mayan Gold, 2021, Automotive paint on wood

Automotive Airbrushing

When people think about cars, they’re usually considered in relation to their utilitarian value. But what about cars as art? Airbrushing and car detailing are both art forms that add a little more of a personal touch to the automotive. This is no easy feat, however. From finding the right tools, paint, and primer to prepping the car for the most smooth and lasting application, airbrushing cars takes a lot of technical knowledge and practice before creativity can fully take over. Learn more about the beginning steps to car airbrushing with the link below, and see automotive paint in an unusual scene with Andrew Zimmerman’s Mayan Gold in Sensate Objects at the Schneider Museum of Art in the Treehaven Gallery.

https://www.rpidesigns.com/blog/airbrush-painting-on-cars-for-beginners/ 
Sol LeWitt, untitled, 1997, painted wood

Solomon ‘Sol’ LeWitt

With his leading role in the conceptualism art movement, Solomon “Sol” LeWitt helped transition from the modern era to the post-modern. He was known for involving mathematical and architectural language into his art definitions and technique. This blending of knowledge allowed him to create minimalistic pieces that were structurally and visually appealing. LeWitt was also known for focusing on ideas and concepts rather than minimizing the use or complexity of material, separating him from other minimalist artists of the time. Learn more about LeWitt with the link below, and see the simple yet elegant structures he was known for with his piece Untitled in the Entry Gallery of the Scheider Museum of Art. 

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/lewitt-sol/ 

 Subscribe to our YouTube Channels
The Schneider Museum of Art and the Oregon Center for the Arts now have YouTube channels. Subscribe today to stay up to date on all the art happenings at SOU.
(VIDEO) Mel Prest Creative Industries Discussion
Schneider Museum of Art Schneider Museum of Art
Oregon Center for the Art Oregon Center for the Art

Thank you to our sponsors!
Twitter
Facebook
Website
Email
Instagram
YouTube
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.
Copyright © 2018 Schneider Museum of Art, All rights reserved.

Our address is:
555 Indiana Street
Ashland, OR 97520

Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.