D.E. May and Cynthia Lahti: The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Museum of Contemporary Craft and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art present:
"We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live"
January 18 - March 16, 2014

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

Taking its title from a passage of writing in Joan Didion’s 1979 essay “The White Album,” guest curator Cassandra Coblentz employs Didion’s text as an evocative lens through which to view the diverse body of artwork produced by the exhibiting artists. Coblentz explains that the, “range of media included in this exhibition demonstrates the vitality of the art scene I discovered in this community. From video and digital photography, to oil painting, drawing, and sculpture, to ceramics and knitting, these artists all value craftsmanship and the hand of the artist. They regard their individual choice of media as the most effective way to express the crux of their ideas and they take great responsibility for excelling at their craft. This shift away from outmoded hierarchies of artistic media tells us something about the times we are living in. We are a dynamic culture that values the handcrafted alongside the digital as equally vital and necessary. Through this lens, we are in fact able to notice and learn more about this often times perplexing world in which we live.”

Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Craft, the JSMA will be the first venue to display the work of the 2013 Fellows, Mike Bray, Cynthia Lahti, and D.E. May.

http://jsma.uoregon.edu/jordan-schnitzer-museum-art-host-hallie-ford-fel...