PORT, the Portland art blog, shared an exclusive interview with Wangechi Mutu during her visit to Portland in March as part of the Jordan D. Schnitzer Exhibition and Visiting Artist Lecture Series at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Wangechi Mutu: The Hybrid Human was the inaugural exhibition in the series. The series presents curated exhibitions from the print collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, as well as brings invited artists in connection to the exhibitions to engage with PNCA students, faculty, and the public through lectures, studio visits, and collaborations with the Print Media department. 

Philanthropist and art collector Jordan D. Schnitzer will visit the 4th grade class at the Faubion Elementary School in North Portland on Friday, April 29th, as part of the Architects in Schools program, held by the Architecture Foundation of Oregon (AFO). As part of this year's program highlighting notable Oregonians, he will share his experiences with growing up, collecting art, and giving back to the Portland community.

The University of Wyoming Art Museum will launch the 20th Annual Shepard Symposium on Social Justice with a reception for Rebecca Peabody from the Getty Research Institute Wednesday, April 6, from 5-6:30 p.m. Following the reception, Peabody will give a keynote address at 7 p.m. in Room 111 of the UW Visual Arts Building.

The reception at the Art Museum is an opportunity to view Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power, drawn from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation. Peabody will attend, and light refreshments will be served. The exhibition remains on view through May 14.

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PORTLAND, Ore.— The Portland Art Museum is pleased to present Warhol Prints from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, opening October 8, 2016. This major exhibition of approximately 250 Andy Warhol prints and ephemera from the comprehensive collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer will be the largest display of the Pop Art master's work ever seen in the Pacific Northwest, spanning two floors of the Museum and including instantly recognizable images such as Warhol’s iconic Campbell’s Soup Can (Tomato) and Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn).

SGC International has announced that it will honor Jordan D. Schnitzer with the Distinguished Advocate of Printmaking Award at the SGCI 2016 Conference: FLUX Portland.

The 2016 SGCI Conference Steering Committee decided unanimously to give Jordan Schnitzer this award in recognition of his outstanding leadership and tireless efforts in supporting every aspect of printmaking in the Northwest region. Jordan’s vision and willingness to offer access to his collections for curators building exhibitions, for research and curricular activities within academic institutions, and for the promotion of scholarship around printmaking is transformative for the field.

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Oregon ArtsWatch's Grace Kook-Anderson provided an in-depth look at the artwork in Wangechi Mutu: The Hybrid Human at Pacific Northwest College of Art. The exhibition, the first in the Jordan D. Schnitzer Exhibition and Visiting Artist Lecture Series, featured several Wangechi Mutu prints anchored by two series: Histology of Different Classes of Uterine Tumors and The Original Nine Daughters.

Lifetime Achievement Award Exhibition: James Rosenquist, which is part of the 2016 SGCI Printmaking Conference, will feature 30 James Rosenquist prints from several collections with the majority coming from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation Collection. Giving an overview of Rosenquist’s works in print, the prints in the exhibition are drawn from the years 1964 through 2011 and include selections from each decade. The exhibition will be on view at the Pacific Northwest College of Art 511 Gallery. This year’s SGCI Conference will honor James Rosenquist with a Lifetime Achievement Award.