Join and Give

Spring is just around the corner and Maryhill is open for the season. Join us to see the new exhibition A Particular Beauty: Romanian Folk Clothing and enjoy two special programs. Museum doors open at noon. Events will include:

Film Screening: Marie—Heart of Romania | 2 p.m.
A 77-minute documentary exploring the life and legacy of Queen Marie of Romania. Produced by Chainsaw Film Production SRL and John M. Florescu.

Gallery Talk: Romanian Village Life and Women’s Costumes with Ron Wixman | 3:30 p.m.
Join Ron Wixman, a collector and expert on Romanian textiles, in this gallery talk about village life and folk dress in Romania.  Dr. Wixman has traveled extensively in the Balkans and Eastern Europe and in 2018, made a major gift of Romanian clothing to Maryhill Museum of Art.

Reception to follow.

Maryhill features several special exhibitions annually. These exhibitions are on view for a limited run, highlighting a variety of works from the museum’s collection as well as featuring some of the region’s most well-known contemporary artists. Current Special exhibitions are:

A Particular Beauty: Romanian Folk Clothing
March 15 – November 15, 2020

Maryhill Favorites: Art by Women Celebrating the Centennial of the 19th Amendment
March 15 – November 15, 2020

Orthodox Icons: The Saints and the Mother of God
March 15 – November 15, 2020

Recent Acquisitions
March 15 – November 15, 2020

Sculpture: Théodore Rivière
March 15 – November 15, 2020

Click here for more information on these current special exhibitions.

Tuesdays, March 17 to April 28, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

In this 7-week class Beginning / Intermediate drawing class, Chris Pothier will review basic concepts and skills of drawing from life. Building on this foundation, students will refine their skills in drawing and composition in order to complete a fully finished piece with attention to foreground, middle ground and background. Sketches throughout the class will help define the finished work. This class will be using graphite, high quality drawing paper and tone paper. (Tone paper to be supplied by the instructor.)

The instructor, Chris Pothier, has been a narrative figure painter since 1999. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and has been an instructor in drawing and painting at the New Hampshire Institute of Art, University of Massachusetts, St. Paul’s School, and more recently, The Dalles Art Center.

This course is offered in partnership with The Dalles Art Center. Limit to 16 participants. Minimum is 8.

Cost: $325.  Members of the Dalles Art Center and Maryhill Museum of Art receive a discount of 10%. To register, call The Dalles Art Center at 541.296.4759. This seven-week class starts March 17 and is held on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Maryhill Museum of Art.

Join Washington State Poet Laureate, Claudia Castro Luna, for an afternoon of poetry inspired by the Columbia River. Castro Luna will be joined by current Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford, former Oregon Poet Laureate Elizabeth Woody and local poet Tyrone Ross Thompson. This reading is part of Castro Luna’s Statewide project One River, Many Voices which is designed to explore a sense of place, of ecology, of history, and to celebrate the power of words and stories to define ourselves and our communities. Event starts with a reception at 3 p.m., followed by readings at 3:30 p.m. Free with museum admission. (No one will be turned away for lack of funds.)

Claudia Castro Luna is Washington’s State Poet Laureate (2018 – 2021) and served as Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet (2015-2017). She is the author the collection Killing Marías (Two Sylvias) finalist for the WA State Book Award 2018, the chapbook This City (Floating Bridge) and One River, a Thousand Voices forthcoming from Chin Music Press. Born in El Salvador she came to the United States in 1981. She has an MA in Urban Planning, a teaching certificate and an MFA in Poetry. Her non-fiction has most recently appeared in the anthology This is the Place (Seal Press) Living in English and Spanish, Claudia writes and teaches in Seattle where she gardens and keeps chickens with her husband and their three children.

Kim Stafford is founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College, and author of a dozen books of poetry and prose, including The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer’s Craft and 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared, and his new poetry collection Wild Honey, Tough Salt (Red Hen Press 2019). He has taught writing in dozens of schools and community centers, and in Scotland, Italy, and Bhutan. He served as Oregon’s poet laureate from 2018-2020.

Elizabeth Woody (Navajo/Warm Springs/Wasco/Yakama) has published poetry, short fiction, essays, and is a visual artist. She has three books of poetry and numerous short fiction and essays in anthologies. She served as Oregon Poet Laureate from 2016-2018. She presently serves as Executive Director of The Museum At Warm Springs.

Tyrone Ross Thompson is Wyampum Nez Perce of the Columbia River. He is the grandson of Moses Jerome Thompson who was the son of Henry “Pi-usha” Thompson and his father was Tommy “Kuni” Thompson. He hosts an open mic on the Yakama Indian Reservation. The intent is to create a platform and increase community support for artists by using this medium for self-healing and creating space for us and the generations ahead of our time.

Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: to help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art. This free-flowing conversation will center on one work of art, not only focusing on what we see, but what meaning we derive from looking. The goal is to focus on the art…and the art of seeing! This experience will be led by Maryhill Museum of Art’s Curator of Education, Louise Palermo. Repeats at 2:30 p.m. with a different work of art.

Cost: Free for museum members / $5 non-members. Register in advance at education@maryhillmuseum.org.

Image: Katja Oxman (American [b. Germany], b. 1942), Most Practiced Distance, 1990, color etching, 32” x 24”; Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art. On view in the exhibition Maryhill Favorites: Art by Women Celebrating the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, through November 15, 2020.

Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: to help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art. This free-flowing conversation will center on one work of art, not only focusing on what we see, but what meaning we derive from looking. The goal is to focus on the art…and the art of seeing! This experience will be led by Maryhill Museum of Art’s Curator of Education, Louise Palermo.

Cost: Free for museum members / $5 non-members. Register in advance at education@maryhillmuseum.org.

Image: Katja Oxman (American [b. Germany], b. 1942), Most Practiced Distance, 1990, color etching, 32” x 24”; Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art. On view in the exhibition Maryhill Favorites: Art by Women Celebrating the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, through November 15, 2020.

Ekphrastic means “art inspired by art.”  This day is about combining the art of language with the visual arts. Bring a poem, or plan to create a poem, that somehow connects to an artwork at Maryhill Museum of Art. This can be your favorite poem, one written by you or anyone else.  At 1 p.m., or any time prior to the day, arrive at Maryhill Museum of Art and explore the galleries for the object that most closely connects to your poem OR find a work of art that is inspirational and create a new poem specific to that work. At 2 p.m. we will gather in the Education Center then visit the chosen artworks. Each participant will read their poem followed by a group discussion on connections and meanings.

More information about Poem in Your Pocket Day here: https://poets.org/national-poetry-month/poem-your-pocket-day

Maryhill Museum of Art, working in partnership with Oregon Art Education Association and Washington Art Education Association, showcases teacher talent by inviting educators to participate in annual juried exhibitions in the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center.

This year, we invited regional arts educators to submit work around the theme Women of Influence. The theme engages artists to examine women who have influenced the artist’s life and/or artwork. It can be reflected through any media or style. 

This exhibition features artists from Washington state.

Jane Pagliarulo is a Master Printmaker and co-founder of Atelier Meridian printmaking studio. Last summer, Jane was one of the 11 artists who participated in the Exquisite Gorge Project. During this two-day workshop, she will teach woodblock and collograph techniques. All materials will be provided. In addition, Jane will bring a printing press to complete small editions in this workshop. Maximum 16 students. Coffee and snacks provided; break for no-host lunch.

Cost: $185 for Maryhill members / $210 for non-members. Call 509-773-3733  ext. 25 to register by April 20, 2020 or email louise@maryhillmuseum.org.

About Jane Pagliarulo
As co-founder and Master Printer of Atelier Meridian, Jane teaches printmaking workshops in monotype, etching, woodcut and collagraph, and performs contract printing of editions and assisted monotype sessions. She received her BFA from University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1987. A year of study at Exeter College of Art and Design led to extensive travel in Europe, working as an artist in London and Italy. From 1989 to 1996 she worked as a fine art printer at Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she printed lithographs, woodcuts, etchings, and photogravures. As head Monotype printer she worked one-on-one in creative collaboration with artists who had tremendously varied conceptual and technical approaches. Among them were Carol Anthony, Allen Ginsberg, Edgar Heap of Birds, Robert Kelly, Emily Mason, Richard Tuttle and Emmi Whitehorse. In 1996 Jane moved to Oregon to work as an independent survey forester and an outdoor guide. She also taught printmaking as an Artist in Residence in Hood River County schools. She co-founded a printmaking workshop in the Alpinee Hut in Hood River from 2000 to 2006. She exhibits nationally and is represented in Portland by the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery and Print Arts Northwest, where she also serves as a member of the board.

Jane Pagliarulo photo by FRIDERIKE HEUER

Jane Pagliarulo is a Master Printmaker and co-founder of Atelier Meridian printmaking studio. Last summer, Jane was one of the 11 artists who participated in the Exquisite Gorge Project. During this two-day workshop, she will teach woodblock and collograph techniques. All materials will be provided. In addition, Jane will bring a printing press to complete small editions in this workshop. Maximum 16 students. Coffee and snacks provided; break for no-host lunch.

Cost: $185 for Maryhill members / $210 for non-members. Call 509-773-3733  ext. 25 to register by April 20, 2020 or email louise@maryhillmuseum.org.

About Jane Pagliarulo
As co-founder and Master Printer of Atelier Meridian, Jane teaches printmaking workshops in monotype, etching, woodcut and collagraph, and performs contract printing of editions and assisted monotype sessions. She received her BFA from University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1987. A year of study at Exeter College of Art and Design led to extensive travel in Europe, working as an artist in London and Italy. From 1989 to 1996 she worked as a fine art printer at Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she printed lithographs, woodcuts, etchings, and photogravures. As head Monotype printer she worked one-on-one in creative collaboration with artists who had tremendously varied conceptual and technical approaches. Among them were Carol Anthony, Allen Ginsberg, Edgar Heap of Birds, Robert Kelly, Emily Mason, Richard Tuttle and Emmi Whitehorse. In 1996 Jane moved to Oregon to work as an independent survey forester and an outdoor guide. She also taught printmaking as an Artist in Residence in Hood River County schools. She co-founded a printmaking workshop in the Alpinee Hut in Hood River from 2000 to 2006. She exhibits nationally and is represented in Portland by the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery and Print Arts Northwest, where she also serves as a member of the board.

Jane Pagliarulo photo by FRIDERIKE HEUER

Immerse your 3rd and 4th grade students in discovery through hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a performance connecting with the day’s theme of VALUE. State and National standards are important guides for this fun, educational experience.

Spend time in the museum galleries learning how artists use value to create the illusion of light and dark, texture and contrast in their work. Afterwards students will explore new ways to think about the same concepts through a performance of the Oregon Shadow Theatre.

This program is designed for students in 3rd and 4th grade, with schools providing one chaperone per 10 students; program takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $3.00 per student; for more information and to make reservations, contact education@maryhillmuseum.org or call 509-773-3733 ext. 25.

Immerse your 3rd and 4th grade students in discovery through hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a performance connecting with the day’s theme of VALUE. State and National standards are important guides for this fun, educational experience.

Spend time in the museum galleries learning how artists use value to create the illusion of light and dark, texture and contrast in their work. Afterwards students will explore new ways to think about the same concepts through a performance of the Oregon Shadow Theatre.

This program is designed for students in 3rd and 4th grade, with schools providing one chaperone per 10 students; program takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $3.00 per student; for more information and to make reservations, contact education@maryhillmuseum.org or call 509-773-3733 ext. 25.

Immerse your 3rd and 4th grade students in discovery through hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a performance connecting with the day’s theme of VALUE. State and National standards are important guides for this fun, educational experience.

Spend time in the museum galleries learning how artists use value to create the illusion of light and dark, texture and contrast in their work. Afterwards students will explore new ways to think about the same concepts through a performance of the Oregon Shadow Theatre.

This program is designed for students in 3rd and 4th grade, with schools providing one chaperone per 10 students; program takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $3.00 per student; for more information and to make reservations, contact education@maryhillmuseum.org or call 509-773-3733 ext. 25.

It’s all about Maryhill at our annual members’ appreciation day. See our new exhibitions, hear about what’s new at Maryhill, and experience Romanian traditional music and dance. All activities are free with museum admission.

Schedule of Events: 

Drive the Loops Road | 10 a.m. to noon
The historic Maryhill Loops Road, one of the first modern roads in the Northwest, is opened for automobiles only twice a year. This is your chance to take a spin past the beautiful scenery and through the road’s eight hairpin curves. Free on the historic Maryhill Loops Road, located just east of US 97 off State Route 14.

Annual Meeting | 11 a.m.
Join us to learn more about the many facets of Maryhill. We’ll share updates on the museum’s collections and scholarship, upcoming exhibitions and education programs, and information about how you can get more involved.

Romanian Cultural Festival | noon to 4 p.m.
Romanian culture comes alive with traditional music and dancing with Seattle’s Romanian Folkloric Ensemble, Datina and St. Mary’s Youth Group from Portland. Food by the Portland Romanian Community on the Cannon Power Plaza, weather permitting. Partners are the Romania Cultural Society, Portland and the American Romanian Society, Seattle.

Lecture and Book Signing | 4 p.m.
Meet Steve Wiegand, author of the new book The Dancer, The Dreamers and the Queen of Romania, which tells the story of Maryhill’s improbable beginnings and its intersection with some of the quirkiest personalities of the 20th century.  Steve Wiegand is the author or co-author of numerous books, including U.S. History for Dummies, Lessons from the Great Depression for Dummies, The Mental Floss History of the World and Papers of Permanence: The First 150 Years of the McClatchy Company. Wiegand spent 35 years as a newspaper reporter and columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and Sacramento Bee, and has published in numerous magazines and periodicals. Books will be available for purchase through the Museum Store.

Members’ Reception | 5 p.m.
Cap off the day with some tasty Romanian hors d’oeurves and live music. Reception for members only.

All activities are free with museum admission.

Wednesday, June 24 | 1 to 4 p.m.

Join us for a global celebration of the Romanian blouse, an international symbol of Romanian culture and an inspiration for some of the world’s greatest designers and artists. Try your hand at embroidering traditional motifs or designing a new ball gown for Queen Marie. Make a replica crown or a martinitza doll to give away for good luck. Embark on a treasure hunt through the museum’s Romanian galleries and collect a reward. Free on the East Ramp of the museum.

This program is presented in connection with the exhibition A Particular Beauty: Romanian Folk Clothing, on view at Maryhill through November 15, 2020.

Our sense of self and identity is often revealed through intentional and unintentional choices, such as the clothes and hairstyles we wear, and the activities we take part in. Join us as we explore, through the arts, how cultural identity can help us better understand ourselves and others.  Through reading, discussion, making art and the analysis of art, we will develop a deeper understanding of cultural identity and diversity, and how to teach our students about the multicultural landscape that surrounds us all.  The Institute is led by Maryhill’s executive director, Colleen Schafroth, with guest presenters throughout the week. Extracurricular activities can include visits to artist’s studios and regional institutions.

Cost: $215 members / $230 non-members; to register, please call 509 773-3733 ext. 20 or email education@maryhillmuseum.org; you may also register online HERE [link to eventbrite]

Scholarship(s) are available through the Janet P. Swartz and Harriet G. Langfeldt Summer Art Institute Scholarship Fund. To learn more or apply, please contact education@maryhillmuseum.org

Our sense of self and identity is often revealed through intentional and unintentional choices, such as the clothes and hairstyles we wear, and the activities we take part in. Join us as we explore, through the arts, how cultural identity can help us better understand ourselves and others.  Through reading, discussion, making art and the analysis of art, we will develop a deeper understanding of cultural identity and diversity, and how to teach our students about the multicultural landscape that surrounds us all.  The Institute is led by Maryhill’s executive director, Colleen Schafroth, with guest presenters throughout the week. Extracurricular activities can include visits to artist’s studios and regional institutions.

Cost: $215 members / $230 non-members; to register, please call 509 773-3733 ext. 20 or email education@maryhillmuseum.org; you may also register online HERE [link to eventbrite]

Scholarship(s) are available through the Janet P. Swartz and Harriet G. Langfeldt Summer Art Institute Scholarship Fund. To learn more or apply, please contact education@maryhillmuseum.org

Our sense of self and identity is often revealed through intentional and unintentional choices, such as the clothes and hairstyles we wear, and the activities we take part in. Join us as we explore, through the arts, how cultural identity can help us better understand ourselves and others.  Through reading, discussion, making art and the analysis of art, we will develop a deeper understanding of cultural identity and diversity, and how to teach our students about the multicultural landscape that surrounds us all.  The Institute is led by Maryhill’s executive director, Colleen Schafroth, with guest presenters throughout the week. Extracurricular activities can include visits to artist’s studios and regional institutions.

Cost: $215 members / $230 non-members; to register, please call 509 773-3733 ext. 20 or email education@maryhillmuseum.org; you may also register online HERE [link to eventbrite]

Scholarship(s) are available through the Janet P. Swartz and Harriet G. Langfeldt Summer Art Institute Scholarship Fund. To learn more or apply, please contact education@maryhillmuseum.org

Our sense of self and identity is often revealed through intentional and unintentional choices, such as the clothes and hairstyles we wear, and the activities we take part in. Join us as we explore, through the arts, how cultural identity can help us better understand ourselves and others.  Through reading, discussion, making art and the analysis of art, we will develop a deeper understanding of cultural identity and diversity, and how to teach our students about the multicultural landscape that surrounds us all.  The Institute is led by Maryhill’s executive director, Colleen Schafroth, with guest presenters throughout the week. Extracurricular activities can include visits to artist’s studios and regional institutions.

Cost: $215 members / $230 non-members; to register, please call 509 773-3733 ext. 20 or email education@maryhillmuseum.org; you may also register online HERE [link to eventbrite]

Scholarship(s) are available through the Janet P. Swartz and Harriet G. Langfeldt Summer Art Institute Scholarship Fund. To learn more or apply, please contact education@maryhillmuseum.org

Our sense of self and identity is often revealed through intentional and unintentional choices, such as the clothes and hairstyles we wear, and the activities we take part in. Join us as we explore, through the arts, how cultural identity can help us better understand ourselves and others.  Through reading, discussion, making art and the analysis of art, we will develop a deeper understanding of cultural identity and diversity, and how to teach our students about the multicultural landscape that surrounds us all.  The Institute is led by Maryhill’s executive director, Colleen Schafroth, with guest presenters throughout the week. Extracurricular activities can include visits to artist’s studios and regional institutions.

Cost: $215 members / $230 non-members; to register, please call 509 773-3733 ext. 20 or email education@maryhillmuseum.org; you may also register online HERE [link to eventbrite]

Scholarship(s) are available through the Janet P. Swartz and Harriet G. Langfeldt Summer Art Institute Scholarship Fund. To learn more or apply, please contact education@maryhillmuseum.org

Maryhill Museum of Art, working in partnership with Oregon Art Education Association and Washington Art Education Association, showcases teacher talent by inviting educators to participate in annual juried exhibitions in the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center.

This year, we invited regional arts educators to submit work around the theme Women of Influence. The theme engages artists to examine women who have influenced the artist’s life and/or artwork. It can be reflected through any media or style. 

This exhibition features artists from Oregon.

Immerse your 3rd and 4th grade students in discovery through hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a performance connecting with the day’s theme of VALUE. State and National standards are important guides for this fun, educational experience.

Spend time in the museum galleries learning how artists use value to create the illusion of light and dark, texture and contrast in their work. Afterwards students will explore new ways to think about the same concepts through a performance of the Oregon Shadow Theatre.

This program is designed for students in 3rd and 4th grade, with schools providing one chaperone per 10 students; program takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $3.00 per student; for more information and to make reservations, contact education@maryhillmuseum.org or call 509-773-3733 ext. 25.

Immerse your 3rd and 4th grade students in discovery through hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a performance connecting with the day’s theme of VALUE. State and National standards are important guides for this fun, educational experience.

Spend time in the museum galleries learning how artists use value to create the illusion of light and dark, texture and contrast in their work. Afterwards students will explore new ways to think about the same concepts through a performance of the Oregon Shadow Theatre.

This program is designed for students in 3rd and 4th grade, with schools providing one chaperone per 10 students; program takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $3.00 per student; for more information and to make reservations, contact education@maryhillmuseum.org or call 509-773-3733 ext. 25.

Immerse your 3rd and 4th grade students in discovery through hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a performance connecting with the day’s theme of VALUE. State and National standards are important guides for this fun, educational experience.

Spend time in the museum galleries learning how artists use value to create the illusion of light and dark, texture and contrast in their work. Afterwards students will explore new ways to think about the same concepts through a performance of the Oregon Shadow Theatre.

This program is designed for students in 3rd and 4th grade, with schools providing one chaperone per 10 students; program takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $3.00 per student; for more information and to make reservations, contact education@maryhillmuseum.org or call 509-773-3733 ext. 25.

Immerse your 3rd and 4th grade students in discovery through hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a performance connecting with the day’s theme of VALUE. State and National standards are important guides for this fun, educational experience.

Spend time in the museum galleries learning how artists use value to create the illusion of light and dark, texture and contrast in their work. Afterwards students will explore new ways to think about the same concepts through a performance of the Oregon Shadow Theatre.

This program is designed for students in 3rd and 4th grade, with schools providing one chaperone per 10 students; program takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $3.00 per student; for more information and to make reservations, contact education@maryhillmuseum.org or call 509-773-3733 ext. 25.

Immerse your 3rd and 4th grade students in discovery through hands-on activities, gallery tours, and a performance connecting with the day’s theme of VALUE. State and National standards are important guides for this fun, educational experience.

Spend time in the museum galleries learning how artists use value to create the illusion of light and dark, texture and contrast in their work. Afterwards students will explore new ways to think about the same concepts through a performance of the Oregon Shadow Theatre.

This program is designed for students in 3rd and 4th grade, with schools providing one chaperone per 10 students; program takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost: $3.00 per student; for more information and to make reservations, contact education@maryhillmuseum.org or call 509-773-3733 ext. 25.