August 4, 2020
The statewide effort is part of a new $150,000 program funded by The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation and facilitated through Jordan Schnitzer Museums of Art to promote greater understanding and healing.
Arts & Culture
August 20, 2020
Hardesty is well-known in the museum community for his long-standing work with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane as well as curating public art projects for The Washington State Arts Commission.
July 21, 2020
With the acquisition of “The Calcium Bread Scandal,” WSU’s Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections reached its goal of holding a copy of every title published by Hogarth Press since its founding in 1917.
June 29, 2020
Humanities librarian Erin Hvizdak doesn’t see the increased reliance on digital resources changing any time soon, which has necessitated a change in the role of academic libraries during the pandemic’s duration and beyond.
June 17, 2020
Students are using what they learned in an ancient art and cultures course this spring to help teach members of the community about ancient book binding.
More Arts & Culture
June 12, 2020
Hispanic youth in Whatcom County are learning about traditional Latin American dances, folklore, and crafts in a new Washington State University Extension-led 4-H program, Para Familias Latinas.
June 10, 2020
The WSU Jazz Big Band isn’t letting the global pandemic get in the way of delivering excellent big band entertainment.
May 28, 2020
Students in the School of Design and Construction are invited to take a 3-session, free virtual tour of Kyoto, Japan, New York City, Paris, and Columbus, Indiana.
May 27, 2020
Washington State College President Ernest O. Holland was able to acquire close to 100 artworks that eventually became a founding collection for the future university’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
May 26, 2020
Some of the most common mental disorders, including depression, anxiety and PTSD, might not be disorders at all, according to a recent paper by WSU biological anthropologists.
May 25, 2020
Over the course of 30 days, 30 paintings will be highlighted, starting Tuesday, May 26. Viewers will find in depth stories from the museum curator and collection experts about select artworks from the exhibition.
May 14, 2020
An interdisciplinary WSU team has received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant to develop a series of courses for students to dig deeply into Palouse history and culture.
April 27, 2020
Timothy Schrader, a WSU freshman majoring in tuba performance and music education, recently placed second in the 2020 Music Teachers National Association Senior Brass Division Competition on April 13.
April 27, 2020
To accommodate social distancing, the roundtable gathered via video conference, with the performers joining from living rooms and bedrooms in their homes scattered across the Pacific Northwest.
April 23, 2020
Amid a global pandemic, it’s still spring, time for new life and especially gardening to begin.
April 14, 2020
The map-based EcoArts on the Palouse is an expandable online platform for gathering and sharing information and artistic insights about the region’s remaining natural spaces.
March 30, 2020
From stories about pandemics of the past to novels of light‑hearted humor, WSU Libraries faculty and staff share what they are reading amid the restrictions of social distancing.
March 30, 2020
The digital exhibition is the culmination of two or more years work by the Master of Fine Arts graduate candidates and the first of its kind for the museum. It will be online from March 31–May 9.
March 12, 2020
Two WSU librarians share their admiration of strong female leads through a display of books and films they collected at the library as part of International Women’s Day.
March 4, 2020
Seventeen undergraduates in Reza Safavi’s introductory Digital Design and Fabrication course last spring worked individually and as a team to create a 7-by-7-foot interactive art installation composed of 22 precision-cut and fitted, wooden cogwheels bearing the names of Palouse Discovery Science Center’s generous benefactors.
February 26, 2020
Jazz, opera, orchestra and choir—like a four‑course feast for the ears, the musical showcase by WSU students and faculty on March 3 at the Fox Theatre in Spokane will serve up an array of aural treats.