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Phumani Paper

Made in South Africa, Phumani Paper is crafted with locally sourced bananas, pineapples, mielies, river reeds, and other natural plant waste. The ‘green’ paper has become a source of employment for inexperienced workers in poverty stricken areas. Although the company makes the most sales with corporate office supplies, artists have also used the paper to create work. South African born artist William Kentridge used the Phumani paper in his piece What Is Not Us, which is currently on display in the Entry Gallery of the Schneider Museum of Art. Learn more about this innovative company with the link below, and visit us today to see Kentridge’s stunning work.

Gesso

Gesso is used as a type of primer best used with acrylic or oil paint. Using a mixture of chalk or plaster and glue, gesso wicks moisture from the canvas and keeps paint binders from seeping into the substrate. This protects the work from deterioration over time. There are many different types of gesso that work best for different painting materials, and even a way to make it at home. Learn more about this useful art supply and find a recipe to make it with the link below, and see gesso at work in George Condo’s piece Jester 4 in the Entry Gallery of the Schneider Museum of Art.

https://www.marthastewart.com/7973502/gesso-paint-primer-explained

What is Art Beyond?

Created by Schneider Museum of Art’s executive director Scott Malbaurn, Art Beyond is all about taking art outside the museum and into the scenery of Ashland. Local and regional artists were able to participate in the creation of art that existed within the environment, both enhancing the natural beauty and creating its own. With our second Art Beyond event taking place May 20th, folks at the museum are hard at work bringing together artists and artwork to frame Ashland, Oregon the way it deserves. More information will be coming in the next few weeks, but mark your calendars and learn more about this wonderful, collaborative event with the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSau7jlro7Q

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.

Phumani Paper

Gesso

What is Art Beyond?

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