During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunitiesÌýto connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 91±¬ÁÏ, and the greater community, together online.Ìý
Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91±¬ÁÏ faculty, staff, and students have access toÌý.Ìý
A Conversation with Tiffany Dufu
June 9, 3:00 – 4:00 PM |Ìý
Join the 91±¬ÁÏ Alumni Association in conversation with Tiffany Dufu, ’96, author of “Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less” and founder of The Cru where she helps women meet their goals and face life’s challenges. Learn more about how her philosophy has helped guide her work through a global health crisis and renewed national focus on racial justice.
Free |
Queer Imagination
June 3 – July 8 |Ìý
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery proudly presentsÌýQueer Imagination, a group exhibition curated by Brittney Frantece, recipient of the gallery’s 2021 Curatorial Fellowship for BIPOC Graduate Students.ÌýQueer ImaginationÌýasks, how can creative works distort material realities and build a world that explores new ways of being, thinking, and knowing?
The exhibition features works by Portland-based set designer August Oaks and four 91±¬ÁÏ artists and scholars: writer and English graduate studentÌýRasheena Fountain, poet Nanya Jhingran, who graduated in 2019 with an MA in English, photographer Berette S Macaulay, and illustrator and painter Meshell Sturgis. Together they offer insights into a world governed by violent logic and contemplate ways to radically warp, shift, redesign, or altogether burn that world to the ground.
Free |
Cruisin’ Around Washington
Through October 31 |Ìý
This bite-sized exhibit takes you on a tour around Washington state as fossils come to life through the art of scientific surrealist Ray Troll. Peculiar-looking fish, gigantic fearsome salmon, and one very unlucky rhino all make an appearance. Utilizing brand new art, as well as old favorites, we are thrilled to be able to offer this compact extension of Troll’s work complete with specimens from Burke collections.
Free forÌý91±¬ÁÏ Staff, Students, Faculty & Retirees |
MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition
ThroughÌýJune 27Ìý|Ìý
Each year, the Henry Art Gallery presents the 91±¬ÁÏ’s School of Art + Art History + Design Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design thesis exhibition. Throughout their programs, fine arts and design students work with advisers and other artists to develop advanced techniques, expand concepts, discuss critical issues, and emerge with a vision and direction for their own work. The 2021 presentation of this exhibition will include work by both 2020 and 2021 graduating students.
Free |
Arts91±¬ÁÏ: On Demand
Engage with the arts at the 91±¬ÁÏ from the comfort of your own home, in your own time. This archive of events offers you the opportunity to watch theÌýlatest virtual lectures and performances, and see recent digital exhibitions. In addition,ÌýÌýto see all that is coming up.
Free |
Looking for more?
Check out 91±¬ÁÏAA’s Stronger Together web page forÌýmore digital engagement opportunities.