The Washington State University Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art reopened to the public this week and is featuring two new exhibitions. Visitors are required to follow campus-specific pandemic guidelines, and program-ming will continue to be held online.
The first exhibit, âFollow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau,â features the museumâs Worth D. Griffin Collection of Native portraiture alongside items from Plateau tribes, including the Palus (Palouse) and Nimiipuu (Nez Perce), whose homelands the WSU Pullman campus is located upon.
The second exhibit, âUnder the Same Sun and Moon: New Acquisitions from the Collection,â showcases new acquisitions from the museumâs permanent collection. Over the past five years, the museum has added significant works of art, and this will be the first time many of them will be on display, according to a news release from the university.
While the name “Technicolor Heart” may not sound familiar, you’ve seen it if you have been on the Pullman campus. It’s a light blue 12-foot bronze sculpture of a heart adorned in tools ring a bell yet?
The “Technicolor Heart,” by artist Jim Dine, has had a home on WSU’s campus since its donation in 2004. It has been a topic of conversation since.
Over the past 17 years, the sculpture has been the subject of praise, vandalism, critique and complaints. In 2015, it was voted the Best Art on campus by students, according to The Daily Evergreen.
The sculpture is made of bronze but painted blue with enamel paint. It is inlaid with tools, clothes and other objects that illustrate Dine’s life growing up in a hardware store with his grandfather.
March 9, 2021
The Washington State University Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is reopening its physical spaces to the public and featuring two new exhibitions starting Tuesday, March 9.
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is reopening its physical spaces to the public and featuring two new exhibitions starting Tuesday, March 9.
“We deeply appreciate the generous support the museum has received from the community during our physical closure. We look forward to welcoming visitors back into the museum spaces, and will continue hosting virtual programs after our reopening,” said Ryan Hardesty, executive director of the WSU Schnitzer Museum.