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!
Nancy Downes-Le Guin has three decades of experience as an arts educator and classroom teacher. She has worked in arts education and programming with the Portland Art Museum, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Craft & Folk Art Museum (Los Angeles) and Portland Public Schools. She has a BA in Art History from Bryn Mawr College (PA), a MA in Art History and Material Culture from the University of Michigan, and an MA in Teaching from Lewis & Clark College (OR). Nancy currently serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Clackamas County and is a docent at the Portland Art Museum.
Theo Downes-Le Guin founded and programmed UPFOR, a contemporary art gallery in Portland, OR, from 2013 to 2020, after two decades as a policy and technology market researcher. Theo has served on the various arts and boards including, most recently, the Oregon Cultural Trust, Literary Arts, and Oregon Contemporary. Theo has a BA in Art History from Columbia College (New York) and an MA in Sociology from the University of Michigan. He is literary executor for the artistic estate of his mother, author Ursula K. Le Guin.
This program is free and open to the public. ASL interpreting will be provided.*
Weaving Data, features the work of Faig Ahmed, April Bey, Jovencio de la Paz, Ahree Lee, Kayla Mattes, Shelley Socolofsky, Joan Truckenbrod, Vo Vo, and Sarah Wertzberger. The exhibition is on view through April 29, 2023.
Exhibition, education, and outreach programs have been made possible by a grant from The Ford Family Foundation.
This exhibition is supported by the Oregon Cultural Trust.
*Accessibility initiatives have been made possible by a grant from the Richard & Helen Phillips Charitable Fund to the JSMA Community Access Fund.
Museum Hours:
Tuesday: 11 am – 5 pm
Wednesday: 11 am – 5 pm
Thursday: 11 am – 7 pm
Friday: 11 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 11 am – 5 pm
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Image:
Ahree Lee, Signal, 2019, Cotton, linen, and copper on canvas, 22 x 12 inches, © Ahree Lee. Courtesy of the artist