Fall 2022
The joy of handiwork
Creatively looking at the world in a new old way — hands on » More ...
Sculpture
Summer 2022
A fish tail makes quite a splash
Matt and Jen Ellison bring GurglePots and joy into homes. » More ...
Fall 2019
Monumental task
Rudy Autio and Harold Balazs were monumental artists and Washington State University alumni who left large art collections when they died. » More ...
Summer 2019
Venn Pirouettes
Mathematics and art meet in Michael Schultheis exhibit, "Venn Pirouettes" at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU in Pullman. » More ...
Spring 2019
Shaking hands with the past
Artist and Washington State University alumnus Nathan Orosco of Gresham, Oregon, says the process of making art is an art in itself. From sculpting clays to melting bronze, “you’re collaborating with raw materials," to speak of his social, political, and cultural “anxieties,” as he calls them. » More ...
Fall 2017
Gallery: The Art of Tim Doebler
The creations of Tim Doebler ’84 MFA can be found all over the campus of Washington State University. Doebler is known for his sculpture and metalwork.
Winter 2014
Map: Sculptures on the WSU Pullman campus
A map of sculptures on the WSU Pullman campus.
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Winter 2014
In plain sight
Broken Arrow sits in the foyer of the Terrell Library. Thousands pass by it each week, most not realizing it is the work of artist Harold Balazs ’51, or that it was a gift from the Friel family whose lives entwined with the history of the school long after graduation.
Though he planned to be a teacher, Jack Friel ’23 started his 30-year career as the Cougars’ head basketball coach in 1928. As a student, he met Catherine (Matthews) Friel ’23, ’58 MAT in the original college library. They married a few years later and raised their family just a few blocks from campus. Three … » More …
Fall 2014
Races of Mankind: The Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman
Marianne Kinkel
University of Illinois Press, 2011
In the struggle to find out what makes people unique, artists of the twentieth century entered the field of physical anthropology. In 1930, Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History commissioned sculptor Malvina Hoffman to research and create sculptures of all races of mankind, of which there were believed to be more than 160.
Marianne Kinkel, an associate professor of fine arts at Washington State University, … » More …
Fall 2004
A Little Bronze—Strategically Placed
Although it might be better known for wine and wheat, Walla Walla is
also home to one of the most prominent fine-art foundries. For a short
time this fall, 32 sculptures cast at the Walla Walla Foundry will
reside at 13 locations across the Pullman campus. » More ...