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by Rowan Johnson
SOU Class of 2025, Creative Writing

Welcome back!

From now until August 10th, Inside the Museum will be dedicated to our summer exhibition Pacing, a photography-based collection that focuses on femininity, human form, identity relationships. Opening reception will be held on Thursday, June 13th from 5-7 pm. Stop by to meet the artists and curator, view the artwork, and partake in some food and wine! We look forward to seeing you soon. 

-Rowan

Dru Donovan, Liberty Pose, 2017, video loop. Courtesy of the artist

Dru Donovan

Portland-based artist Dru Donovan uses photography to explore the relationship between care and force. Her black and white photography and videos are choreographed in a way that provides no context, leaving viewers to interpret intent. Donovan’s work highlights moments of delicacy within the world of athletics. By including themes of motherhood in this collection, she links the physicality of sports with the emotional aspect of caretaking, creating a dialogue between two seemingly opposing ideas. Dru Donovan’s work can be found at the Schneider Museum of Art starting June 13th as part of our summer exhibition Pacing. Learn more about Donovan’s work with the link below, and visit the museum before August 10th to see her work in the Treehaven Gallery.

https://hapgallery.com/dru-donovan/

Melanie Flood, An Apple for Amy (self-portrait), 2020, archival pigment print in artist frame. Courtesy of the artists and Catharine Clark Gallery

Melanie Flood

Melanie Flood is an artist, gallerist, and founder of the Melanie Flood Project. The gallery started in an apartment building in Brooklyn and has since been moved to an independent space in Portland. With an emphasis on BIPOC and women artists, the Melanie Flood Project hosts an array of works with different perspectives, voices, and stories. As a photographer, Flood’s work focuses on intimacy, femininity, and the personas we create. She’s often a subject in her photography, exploring the process of aging through her body and her relationship to femininity because of it. Flood’s work is honest and humorous, providing a playful tone while bringing to light the performance of gender. Find Melanie Flood’s work in the Schneider Museum of Art's Main Gallery, and learn more about her with the link below.

https://www.melanieflood.com/

Tarrah Krajnak, Rock of Two Mothers (from Automatic Rocks/excavation), 2022, gelatin silver print, one half of a diptych. Courtesy of the artist and Zander Galerie, Cologne.

Tarrah Krajnak

Conceptual photographer Tarrah Krajnak uses the camera as a research tool. The collection of work found in the Schneider Museum of Art focuses on the relationship between us and the land, with an emphasis on the stories, folktales, and mythologies created from different perspectives. Her work bridges the old and new, questioning colonial ideas of ownership and envisioning a more holistic future. Her photography contains elements of poetry and performance, mediums Krajnak is also intimately familiar with. Learn more about Tarrah Krajnak’s work with the link below, and find her work in the Heiter Gallery until August 10th.

https://tarrahkrajnak.com/bio

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