Events | PSU TEXILE ARTS

Upcoming Events

EXHIBITION TOUR
WITH THE CURATORS

FREE ADMISSION

FEBRUARY 4TH | 1:00PM PT

The JSMA at PSU is pleased to present a public tour of Weaving Data guided by the exhibition curators Theo
Downes-Le Guin and Nancy Downes-Le Guin.

Join us in learning more about the art on display, and get a glimpse into how and why the curators made their decisions!

AHREE LEE | WORKSHOP

FREE HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
FEBRUARY 9TH | 5-6:30PM PT
FEBRUARY 11TH | 1-2:30PM PT

Ahree Lee's workshop is structured as a guided hands-on activity (not a traditional artist talk), so participants must attend the entire session.

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ALEXA STARK | ARTIST TALK

FREE ONLINE LECTURE

FEBRUARY 6TH | 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET

Alexa Stark studied Fashion, Fine Art, and Sustainable Entrepreneurship through the Integrated Design Curriculum program at Parson The New School for Design in New York City, where she launched her design brand ALEXA STARK.

After graduating in 2011, she moved her company to Portland, Oregon, where she successfully opened three brick-and-mortar stores and turned her grassroots sustainable business model into an internationally recognized brand.

For the past six years, her traveling pop-up shop EVERYWHERE–a hybrid shop/gallery/workshop that includes site-specific work by international artists and designers as well as local practitioners. Alexa joins Fucshia Lin's Sewn Construction course for a conversation design journey and creative practice.

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JEANNE MEDINA LE |
ARTIST TALK

FREE ONLINE LECTURE

FEBRUARY 28TH | 11:00AM PT / 2:00PM ET

Jeanne Medina Le is an LA-based artist who uses textile, the body, and installation. She is interested in the language, meaning, and knowledge embodied in textiles that resonate in the broader ecology of human-ing. Medina Le joins Annin Barrett's History of Dress course to discuss her work, which attempts to learn and decolonize the fixed and fluid spaces of her filipina-american identity.

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CASSIE RIDGWAY |
ARTIST TALK

FREE ONLINE LECTURE
FEBRUARY 27TH | 12:00PM PT

Cassie Ridgway is the owner/designer at Altar, a Portland-based clothing company known for design-driven curation, size inclusivity, and focus on ethical manufacturing practices.

The brand is recognized internationally by organizations such as the Sustainable Fashion Innovation Society, the Sustainable Fashion Forum, The Regional Arts and Culture Commission, and Good On You for its emphasis on sustainable production.

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BABA WAGUÉ DIAKITÉ | ARTIST TALK

FREE ONLINE LECTURE
MARCH 8TH | 6:00PM PT / 9:00PM ET

Malian artist and writer Baba Wagué Diakité joins PSU Textile Arts to discuss history, processes and techniques for creating the unique-to-Mali artform of mudcloth (bogolanfini). Diakité is the co-founder of the Ko-Falen Cultural Center located in Bamako, Mali and Portland, Oregon. In Bambara, the word ko-falen means “gift exchange.” Ko-Falen Cultural Center seeks to promote cultural, artistic, and educational exchanges between the people of the United States and Mali through art and educational programs.

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ARLENE SCHNITZER VISUAL ARTS PRIZE | OPENING RECEPTION

MARCH 2ND | 5:00PM PT

Join the School of Art + Design in celebrating the
work of our 2022 Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize recipients: Johanna Houska (BFA Art Practice, ‘22), Shelbie Loomis (MFA Art + Social Practice, ‘22), and Nia Musiba (BFA Graphic Design, '22).

An exhibition showcasing the work of the prize
winners will be on view at the Jordan Schnitzer
Museum of Art at Portland State University from February 28 through April 29, 2023.

Support for this prize and exhibition has been made
possible by the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation.

APRIL BEY ARTIST TALK | ATLANTICA: SPECULATIVE FICTION AND BLACK OPULENCE

FREE IN PERSON

MARCH 9TH | 5:00PM PT

The JSMA at PSU is pleased to present a talk with April Bey, a featured artist in our current exhibition Weaving Data.

The talk will explore Atlantica, a world imagined by Bey as a critical endeavor into Afrofuturist texts and speculative fiction. The artist’s expansive world-building — as an intentional decolonial practice — champions Black subjects as the sole representations of opulence, self-care and pleasure, telegraphed
through the harmonization of diverse mediums and materials, including sequins, eco fur, and wax fabric.

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Upcoming Events

EXHIBITION TOUR WITH THE CURATORS

FREE ADMISSION

FEBRUARY 4TH | 1:00PM PT

AHREE LEE | WORKSHOP

FREE HANDS-ON ACTIVITY FEBRUARY 9TH | 5-6:30PM PT FEBRUARY 11TH | 1-2:30PM PT

ALEXA STARK | ARTIST TALK

FREE ONLINE LECTURE

FEBRUARY 6TH | 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET

JEANNE MEDINA LE | ARTIST TALK

FREE ONLINE LECTURE

FEBRUARY 28TH | 11:00AM PT / 2:00PM ET

CASSIE RIDGWAY | ARTIST TALK

FREE ONLINE LECTURE FEBRUARY 27TH | 12:00PM PT

BABA WAGUÉ DIAKITÉ | ARTIST TALK

FREE ONLINE LECTURE MARCH 8TH | 6:00PM PT / 9:00PM ET

ARLENE SCHNITZER VISUAL ARTS PRIZE | OPENING RECEPTION

MARCH 2ND | 5:00PM PT

APRIL BEY ARTIST TALK | ATLANTICA: SPECULATIVE FICTION AND BLACK OPULENCE

FREE IN PERSON

MARCH 9TH | 5:00PM PT

EXHIBITION TOUR
WITH THE CURATORS

FREE HANDS-ON ACTIVITY
FEBRUARY 9TH | 5-6:30PM PT
FEBRUARY 11TH | 1-2:30PM PT

JEANNE MEDINA LE |
ARTIST TALK

CASSIE RIDGWAY |
ARTIST TALK

FREE ONLINE LECTURE
FEBRUARY 27TH | 12:00PM PT

FREE ONLINE LECTURE
MARCH 8TH | 6:00PM PT / 9:00PM ET