Conversation with Marie Watt, Acosia Red Elk, and Jordan D. Schnitzer

JSMA at PSU is excited to present a conversation and dance performance with Marie Watt, Acosia Red Elk, and Jordan D. Schnitzer. The talk will take place in Lincoln Hall Room 75 and will be followed by a reception at the museum.

Multimedia artist Marie Watt is a storyteller. As a member of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation of Indians with German-Scots ancestry, she tells stories that draw from both Native and non-Native traditions. Over the course of her career, Watt has told these stories through prints. The collaborative printmaking process is consistent with Watt’s desire to build communities through art and storytelling.

Acosia Red Elk is an enrolled member of the Umatilla Tribe from Northeastern Oregon, a 10x World Champion Jingle Dancer and world renowned performing artist. She is an International Yoga & Dance Instructor, entrepreneur, business owner, film producer, snowboard instructor, glass artist, cultural teacher and wellness advocate. She frequently travels the world performing tribal dance as well as sharing cultural knowledge, movement and meditation.

Jordan D. Schnitzer is a West Coast businessman and philanthropist. Regarded as North America’s foremost print collector and ARTnews Top 200 Collectors, Schnitzer has been collecting work by Marie Watt for over 20 years.

This conversation is part of our programming for Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.

This program will take place from 4–5 PM on campus in Lincoln Recital Hall 75, 1620 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201 [Enter on Broadway]. The talk will be followed by a reception at the museum, 1855 SW Broadway.

The exhibition was organized by University Galleries, University of San Diego, and curated by John Murphy, PhD, Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, and former Hoehn Curatorial Fellow for Prints at the University of San Diego.

Support for this exhibition is provided by Jordan Schnitzer and the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, JSMA at PSU Exhibition Circle, and the Richard and Helen Phillips Charitable Fund.

Host or Publisher Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU