Image: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, Pullman
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU will present ‘JSMA Collects’, a rotating presentation of works from its permanent collection, from August 25, 2026, through March 13, 2027, in Pullman, Washington. The exhibition traces the development of the museum’s holdings from its founding collections to the present, emphasizing the role of artists, donors and supporters in building the university museum’s cultural resources.
According to the museum, the collection has grown from nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European paintings to more than 4,000 objects. Its holdings now encompass a wide range of artistic approaches, forms and subjects by regional, national and international artists, spanning the eighteenth century to the present.
‘JSMA Collects’ is organized as an ongoing opportunity to bring collection works before the public. The museum says these presentations can take the form of thematic exhibitions, selections of new acquisitions and curated displays intended to support academic and civic engagement both in the galleries and at the Collection Study Center.
The initial months of the exhibition will include works addressing connections among nature, place and communities. The museum’s description points to themes including balance and kinship between environments and the people who inhabit them. During the spring semester, the display is scheduled to shift toward conversations about home, family and everyday life while continuing to reflect on the natural world.
Selected works listed for the presentation include Joe Wardwell’s ‘Quickly Look Away’ (2012), Etsuko Ichikawa’s ‘Vitrified’ (2020), Jim Hodges’s ‘On the Edge II’ (1982), Cynthia Camlin’s ‘Deep Collage’ (2021), John Cage’s ‘11 Stones 2’ (1989) and Morris Graves’s ‘Time of Change’ (1944). The museum’s collection presentation is part of a broader fall programme that also includes exhibitions focused on contemporary art and the natural world, though those projects remain separate from ‘JSMA Collects’.
The exhibition is organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, with funding from the Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Endowment, the Holland Orton Endowment and friends of the museum. The museum is located in the Crimson Cube at 1535 NE Wilson Road on Washington State University’s Pullman campus. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is closed on Sundays, Mondays, holidays and university breaks. ‘JSMA Collects’ remains on view through March 13, 2027.
