Sep 17 Thursday
Jim Hodges’ “Unearthed” exhibition is a monumental bronze cast of an uprooted tree stump. The truncated form resonates with majesty while also serving as a mournful reminder of humankind’s impact upon the natural world. The sculpture is suspended in stillness, suggesting what might have been above, stretching branches that had reached into the air towards the sun that once contained life in green and barky rough wildness. With this implication, and through our interaction with the sculpture, “Unearthed” opens generative thought toward relationships between environments and their communities. The work beckons us to consider fragility, ephemerality, as well as the sacredness of life.
This work-in-becoming had its first residency in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral in 2019. Imagine that in the confines of that edifice the sculpture absorbed metaphysical power from everyday spiritual practice, from a celebration of life observed in rites of faith, musical performances, readings, by a community’s presence, participation, and social interaction. “Unearthed” has its second residency at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University, providing the academic and regional community an occasion to approach the work through intentional participation.
In time, its roots will be reunited with the ground through burial, transferring its accumulated goodwill charged with incorporeal memories and energies into the Earth. Only its severed trunk will remain visible, indicating a new role in nature.
IMAGE | Jim Hodges, Unearthed, 2015 to present
LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. Museum hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Closed Sundays, Mondays, and during University holidays and breaks.
We once depended on handwriting for recording information. Then the printing press changed everything. We could record, store, and access information in thousands of copies. Five hundred years later, the digital revolution is transforming things again. Today, we get information from millions of websites in milliseconds with search engines and AI.
Technology has always shaped the way we’ve stayed informed, expressed ourselves, and stayed connected as communities. What lessons do earlier technologies, like print, hold for us today in the age of AI and digital overload? And why, despite the speed and convenience of newer technologies, is print more popular than ever?
At the end of the talk, audiences will get the chance to try printing on a portable press.
This free event is in partnership with Humanities Washington and Columbia Basin College. Doors open at 6:30.
Speaker BioGeoffrey Turnovsky is professor of French at the University of Washington. His teaching and research focus on the cultural history of early modern France and Europe, and the history of print, books, authorship, and reading. He is the author of Reading Typographically: Immersed in Print in Early Modern France.
Geoffrey lives in Seattle.
Sep 18 Friday
Walla Walla Valley 25th Annual Quilt Festival, Sept 18-19,2026, $10 admission (valid for both days)
Exhibition of Exceptional Quilts- Vendor Marketplace- Silent Auction- Demonstrations Provided Hourly- Door Prize
National Featured Quilter: Sew Kind of Wonderful
Each year, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art presents selections from its growing permanent collection in an exhibition, offering fresh perspectives through thematic exhibitions, recent acquisitions, and curated installations.
Open August 25, 2026 through March 13, 2027, “JSMA Collects” explores the many ways artists, curators, and visitors connect with nature, place, and one another. Works on view reflect the relationships between environments and communities, while spring installations expand the conversation to themes of home, family, and everyday life, inviting reflection on the natural world and our place within it.
From its founding collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European paintings, the museum's holdings have grown to more than 4,000 works of art. Today, the collection spans the eighteenth century to the present and features a diverse range of regional, national, and international artists whose works illuminate the breadth and evolution of visual culture.
IMAGE | Etsuko Ichikawa, Vitrified, 2020
Sep 19 Saturday
Celebrate 50 years of growers, makers, and performers at the Moscow Farmers Market! Join us every Saturday, May through October—rain or shine—on Main Street and in Friendship Square in downtown Moscow.
Now in its 50th year, the Market continues its mission to provide the community with the opportunity to buy and sell local and regional agricultural products, distinctive handmade goods, artisan pieces, and original-recipe cuisine.
Know Before You Go• The Market is Americans with Disabilities Act friendly; only ADA Service Dogs are allowed on Main, Fifth, and Fourth Streets. All other animals are welcome on the sidewalks during Market.• The Market is a nicotine free event, including vaping, chewing tobacco, and smoking.• SNAP/EBT, WA State WIC, and SFMNP benefits are accepted.
For details on planning your visit, go to: https://www.ci.moscow.id.us/725/Plan-Your-Visit.
Meet us at the co-op for our monthly market. A year round farmer market style indoor market every 3rd Saturday of the month!
