Summer Exhibitions at the Schneider Museum of Art

Amir Fallah, Adventure Awaits, 2016 Acrylic, colored pencil and collage on paper mounted to canvas 60 x 96 inches

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Schneider Museum of Art is presenting solo exhibitions of four artists who have achieved high recognition in the art world: Tofer Chin, Amir H. Fallah, Ryan Schneider, and Liz Shepherd. The exhibition will be on view through September 9, 2017.

Convergence: Digital Media and Technology

Vanessa Renwick, Medusa Smack, 2012, MOV file, screen, rugs, pillows, 66 x 86 inches.

Schneider Museum of Art presents Convergence: Digital Media and Technology in collaboration with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) and the Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF).

Trolley Fun, Exhibitions, Student Open Studios, and Book Reading this First Friday

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On First Friday, 3/3, Allaboard Trolley will shuttle patrons from 5:00 to 10:00 PM to 3 stops: the Schneider Museum of Art, A Street between 5th and 6th Streets, and the Plaza.

In Scene: The Schneider Museum of Art Collaborates with Ashland Independent Film Festival

Laura Heit, Two Ways Down, 2016, Drawn animation installation

The Schneider Museum of Art presents In Scene, a group exhibition of eight artists who explore the state of the natural world in modern times through video, installation, site-specific outdoor installation, sculpture, and photograms. Participating artists include Adam Bateman, Anna Daedalus, Kerry Davis, Tannaz Farsi, MK Guth, Rashawn Griffin, Laura Heit, and Jesse Sugarmann. Laura Heit is presented in collaboration with the Ashland Independent Film Festival. In Scene is on view through Saturday, June 11. Museum hours are Monday through Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Winter Exhibition Features Oregon Artists Selected by New York/Wisconsin Curator

Tia Factor, The Farm, 2014, Oil and acrylic ink and spray paint on wood, 32 x 40 inches.

This winter, the Schneider Museum of Art presents Exploring Reality, an exhibition curated by Shane McAdams and Scott Malbaurn that consists of nine artists who delve into and explore reality to complement the Southern Oregon University (SOU) campus theme. The participating artists work in many mediums, including painting, printmaking, installation, and sculpture.  The community is invited to the opening reception of Exploring Reality on Thursday, January 14, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. SOU’s Center for the Humanities has assembled a series of academic events throughout the year to investigate the theme of exploring reality with the goal “for the campus and our larger community to engage in rigorous intellectual conversations about this challenging subject, informed by the latest research, scholarship, and insights from a wide variety of perspectives.”  The Schneider Museum of Art is happy to collaborate with them this term to provide the insight of artists and curators. By working with an outside curator, Shane McAdams, who is based in Wisconsin and New York, the Schneider Museum of Art is not only bringing great art from the state of Oregon to our region, but bringing national exposure to these […]

JEGA’s exhibit includes a bodacious mix of visual and contemporary art.

Breaking The Prejudices That Bind multimedia sculpture by J Ellen Austin JEGA Gallery. The multi media sculpture is made from two railroad connected to form a "T" laying on its side at the center is an antique saw blade is attached to the top of the cross and resembles a "christ" like head and hanbing off the head and left arm of cross are antique rusty chains adding to the effect the sculpture is rising up from an iron platform. J. Ellen the artist is asking you to debate and think about what meaning it has to the viewer.

As a working art studio the monthly exhibits include a bodacious mix of visual and contemporary art from talented artists in our Rogue Valley and beyond! Please inquire about our “by appointment only” as we are busy creating a commission piece!

JEGA Sculpture and Multi-Media Art Exhibit

Artist and sculptor, J. Ellen Austin with hammer and chisel against a stone as large as herself of Italian Translucent Alabaster for an installation

JEGA Sculpture and Multi-Media Art Exhibit for October features preeminent Northwest artists. Art in a variety of media which entices you to think, debate, laugh & enjoy and beyond!

The Schneider Museum of Art’s Fall Exhibition Breaking Pattern

Douglas Melini, Untitled, 2014, Oil and acrylic on canvas with hand painted frame, 25.5 x 21.5 x 1.75 inches.

This fall, the Schneider Museum of Art (SMA) will present Breaking Pattern, an exhibition curated by Matthew Deleget and Rosanna Martinez of the Brooklyn-based gallery Minus Space. The exhibition will highlight several generations of artists from coast to coast whose works investigate and advance the discourse around pattern, optical, and perceptual abstract painting. The community is invited to the opening reception of Breaking Pattern on Thursday, October 1 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The Museum will show the works of seven artists: Michelle Grabner, who co-curated the 2014 Whitney Biennial and will curate the next Portland Biennial exhibition; Gabriele Evertz, whose artwork is included in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art among others; Anoka Faruqee, an associate professor at the Yale School of Art; Gilbert Hsiao, who has received awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation; Douglas Melini, who received a painting fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts; Brian Porray, whose most recent exhibitions include Abstracted Visions: Information Mapping from Mystic Diagrams to Data Visualizations at Cerritos College Art […]

Sensuous Stone Sculpture

Sensuous Stone Sculptures by artists J. Ellen Austin and Dawn Ferrari in Italian Translucent Alabaster Utah Alabaster and Colorado Marble

Sensuous Stone Sculpture featured by J. Ellen Austin and Dawn Ferrari. Live music during Ashland’s First Friday Art Walk from 5pm-8pm. JEGA celebrates Art created by: Jason Bueter, Photography and Metal Garden Art; Chris Dworin, Ceramic Sculpture; Dawn Ferrari, Stone Sculptures; Tej Steiner, Ceramic Sculpture; Lucious M. Upshaw, limited edition Bronze Sculptures; Daniel Verner, Acrylic Paintings; Ingo Wedde, Outdoor Metal Sculpture. And J. Ellen Austin, Stone, Bronze and multi media Sculpture.

Open Up To New Perspectives!

Opening Up To New Perspectives, title of J. Ellen Austin's sculpture made from Italian Translucent Alabaster, and she is peeking through the opening at you.

JEGA featured artists: Steve Bieback, Metal Sculpture; Jason Bueter, Photography and Metal Garden Art; Kathy Beal, Abstract Painting; Chris Dworin, Ceramic Sculpture; Dawn Ferrari, Stone Sculptures; Nakom U-aksorn, original watercolors; Neil Stewart, Contemporary Sculpture; Tej Steiner, Ceramic Sculpture; Lucious M. Upshaw, Limited Edition Bronze Sculptures; Daniel Verner, Acrylic Paintings; Ingo Wedde, Outdoor Metal Sculpture; And J. Ellen Austin, Stone, Bronze and multi media Sculpture.

Open A New Window, Open Up To New Perspectives, Live with Art!

Opening Up To New Perspectives, title of J. Ellen Austin's sculpture made from Italian Translucent Alabaster, and she is peeking through the opening at you.

JEGA Gallery kicks off her July birthday celebration! Open a New Window, Open a New Door, Open Up to New Perspectives!. Be prepared for a bodacious mix of visual and contemporary art comprising photographs, sculptures, drawings, paintings will inspire and provoke you.

JEGA Gallery Contemporary Art Exhibit

the J and the Y are joined in the middle by the O

JEGA Gallery and Working Studio features a range of contemporary art in a variety of media which entices you to think, debate, laugh & enjoy work by preeminent Northwest artists!

JEGA Gallery’s May Celebration of Motherhood and the Divine Feminine with works of art comprising photographs, sculptures, drawings, paintings that will inspire and provoke you.

Free Us From Tyranny! Walnut Sculpture of Mother with one arm outstretched to heaven and the other arm embracing a Child by Artist J. Ellen Austin

JEGA Gallery’s May Celebration of Motherhood and the Divine Feminine with works of art comprising photographs, sculptures, drawings, paintings that will inspire and provoke you.

Women With Attitude and Men Who Love Women With Attitude! 21st Annual Art Exhibit

Jochen Ziems poses with J. Ellen Austin 2001 Photographer Jim Langhoffer

Local musicians George Shook on banjo and Dave Hanger on fiddle will perform at 6:00 pm during the April 3, 2015 First Friday Art Walk at JEGA Gallery’s “Women With Attitude and Men Who Love Women With Attitude” Art Exhibit Celebration!

The 21st Annual Women With Attitude and Men Who Love Women With Attitude Art Exhibit

Jochen Ziems poses with J. Ellen Austin 2001 Photographer Jim Langhoffer

This years’ art event opens March 6th 2015 for Women’s History Month and runs through April and the Ashland Gallery Association’s A Taste Of Ashland weekend. JEGA is welcoming artist entries for April! Each artist may submit up to two entries with the application form no later than March 23, 2015 for April 2015 Exhibit. There is a $10 submission fee per entry which will be waived for students with proper i.d. Applications are available at the JEGA Gallery, 625 A street, or call 541-488-2474 or email < jega4art@gmail.com

JEGA Sweet Arts Exhibit

JEGA Sweet Arts Exhibit.  A Showcase of Sweet Contemporary Art! JEGA presents Contemporary Sculptures which combine sensuous with provocative. Paintings to inspire and challenge one’s perspectives. And an art gallery that is humorously brazen.  JEGA’s Sweet Arts have the capacity to open up our viewpoints and learn how we all can contribute to making this a better world! Current exhibit includes Sweet Art from the following artists: Jason Bueter: metalwork and photography; Christopher Dworin, ceramic sculptures; Dawn Ferrari: stone sculptures; Tej Steiner: ceramic sculptures; Lucious Upshaw, bronze sculptures; Daniel Verner’s acrylic paintings; J. Ellen Austin: intriguing stone and mixed media sculptures. Come by for First Friday SweetArtwalk, enjoy some yummy treats and pick up JEGA’s Entry Form for the JEGA Gallery and Sculpture Garden’s 21st annual “WOMEN WITH ATTITUDE & MEN WHO LOVE WOMEN WITH ATTITUDE!” 2015 juried art exhibit in March and April. JEGA GALLERY AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, INC presents the 21th ANNUAL “WOMEN WITH ATTITUDE And men who love women with attitude!” Juried ART Exhibit Opening Friday, March 6, 2015 and Friday, April 3, 2015 JEGA invites artists to submit orignial paintings, drawings, sculpture and performance art in […]

Harvest Of Art: Contemporary Stone, Metal, Wood, Ceramic and Multi-Media Sculptures

JEGA Gallery presents: Harvest of Art: Contemporary Stone, Metal, Wood, Ceramic and Multi-Media Sculptures. Art that is Sensuous, Playful, Abstract and Representational created by talented artists from the Pacific North West and beyond!

JEGA will inspire you to take up stone sculpting and create your own masterpiece!

As a working art studio, JEGA’s monthly exhibits include a bodacious mix of visual and contemporary art. JEGA will inspire you to take up stone sculpting and add to your art collection!

Colorful Summer Exhibitions and FREE Family Days

Royal Nebeker, Victory Without Witness, 2013 oil & collage on canvas 88" x 80"

A Colorful Summer at the Schneider Museum of Art Royal Nebeker: An Artist’s Journey Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection: Andy Warhol Silkscreens Opening Reception Thursday, June 19, 5:00 – 7:00 PM Featuring Artist’s Gallery Talk with Royal Nebeker at 5:30 PM Exhibition on View Friday, June 20 through Saturday, September 6 The Schneider Museum of Art is excited to present colorful, energetic, and engaging exhibitions this summer.  Royal Nebeker: An Artist’s Journey and Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection: Andy Warhol Silkscreens will open Thursday, June 19 and will be on view through September 6, 2014. Royal Nebeker: An Artist’s Journey features the beautiful figurative paintings and collages of Royal Nebeker. Nebeker received his MFA from Brigham Young University and continued his art studies in Norway, where he became deeply influenced by the work of Edvard Munch.  Nebeker’s painting also reflect his engagement with Abstract Expressionism.  He currently resides in Astoria, Oregon, and he has held residencies and has exhibited widely throughout the world.  Royal Nebeker: An Artist’s Journey is sponsored by Miller Paint Company. Nebeker’s exhibition of paintings will be complemented by Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection: […]

Live With Art!

JEGA encourages people to rid themselves of inhibitions & prejudices towards art, to experiment, create and live with art. Artists: Chris Dworin, Dawn Ferrari, Gayle Gray, Tej Steiner, Lucious M. Upshaw, Daniel Verner, Ingo Wedde and J. Ellen Austin

JEGA Features Contemporary Art from the Far East And Our Regional Artists!

JEGA features Contemporary Art from the Far East and our Regional Artists! Contemporary Sculptures: Marble, Bronze, Ceramic and Mixed Media: Artists: Jason Bueter, Chris Dworin, Dawn Ferrari, Lucious Upshaw, Tej Steiner; And Dan Verner, Ingo Wedde and Zinn!

Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art

Robert Minervini, One Percent Efficiency, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 48” x 72”

The Schneider Museum is Pleased to Announce its Premier Exhibition for 2014 Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art Showing January 10 – March 15 For most of us home is a personalized place of comfort, privacy, and security. Inside its walls we create spaces that reflect who we are and what is important to us. We also take refuge and respite from the rest of the world in these enclosures, believing in the safety that four walls and a roof can offer. In Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, 28 artists have deconstructed their meanings of home and assembled their concepts through photography, painting, sculpture, and video. The result is engaging art that invites us to rethink our notions about the places we live. To sculptors Sasha Petrenko and Gina Tuzzi, home is not a fixed unit, but a nomadic dwelling that can be brought with us wherever we go. Ari Salomon’s photographs provide intimate views of the interior of his great aunt’s apartment where she lived for 30 years. In contrast, Henry Wessel’s photographs are taken from a voyeur’s perspective. His haunting exterior shots leave us to imagine […]