In 2024, Ann Hamilton and her team created LIFE with LIFE, an art installation for the courtyard of the newly renovated Cordley Hall at Oregon State University. The hall is home to both the College of Agricultural Sciences - Oregon State University (Department of Botany and Plant Pathology and the OSU Integrative Biology Club).
The State of Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Places was founded in 1975. Administered by Oregon Arts Commission, the program guides the acquisition of artwork for the state's collection of art in public places, which includes more than 2,600 works of art.
We are excited to announce that PRAx has received a Teiger Foundation grant to support 3 years of programming guided by Chief Curator Ashley Stull Meyers. 🥳
In 2024–25, Stull Meyers will present three exhibitions focused on the work of Black, Indigenous, and Asian artist-researchers in digital rendering, mapping and who approach the future and technological progress with an ethical concern. The projects will feature existing work alongside new commissions developed through exchanges with OSU’s faculty or residencies in university research centers.
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We are among 50 curators and 33 institutions across the US to receive a grant through the Foundation’s annual Call for Proposals. The grants support innovative curatorial projects in contemporary art that further new research, broaden opportunities for diversity and inclusion, and embrace more sustainable practices. The grants fund a full range of curatorial activities, from conducting research and mounting exhibitions to hosting touring shows and realizing three years of programming.
Stirek Gallery
⬜️ BLANK SLATE ⬜️ Over the next few weeks, we’ll be installing our next art exhibition, How to Carry Water, in the Stirek gallery. While this is happening, the gallery will be closed to the public and will re-open on September 21. We hope to sea you then 😏🌊
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Big Fish Lab made national news for their meaningful, powerful research advocating for increased protections for some of the ocean's largest creatures, SHARKS! 🦈
Learn more about shark biology, conservation, and scholarship at Big Fish Fest on Aug. 23 at PRAx.
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Join us this Saturday, April 20, as virtuoso pianist Aaron Diehl introduces the gorgeous new Steinway & Sons Concert Grand piano he personally selected for our very own Detrick Hall.
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Indian Ink Theatre Company's Mrs. Krishnan's Party starts TONIGHT and runs through Sunday, April 14; will you be celebrating with us? 🎈
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PRAx | Refik Anadol Data Crystal: OSU
Mesmerizing. Innovative. Extraordinary. ✨ Refik Anadol Studio’s sculpture “Data Crystal: OSU” is the only permanent artwork in PRAx – and it epitomizes the fusing of art, science, and technology.
On view to the public beginning April 6.
Commissioned through Oregon’s Percent for Art in Public Places Program, managed by the Oregon Arts Commission.
“Data Crystal : OSU” is derived in part from nearly 10,000 of bioacoustics recordings collected through the collaborative work of the Matthew Betts lab at Oregon State University, the Pacific Northwest Research Station, and the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Site.
Data Collected by Nina Ferrari and Damon Lesmeister, Pacific Northwest Bioacoustics Lab.
Mar, Mar e Mar, a new commission by artist Fernanda D'Agostino in collaboration with Crystal Quartez and Sophia Wright Emigh, will be on view in the Ray Theater as part of our Open House on April 6th. 🌊 » beav.es/cWV
The Rick Silva Guide to Birds of a Parallel Future has been installed outside Ray Theater at PRAx and will be exhibited as a new, Lightbox-supported installation featured at our Open House on April 6. » beav.es/cP4
The rainy week we’ve been having has been great for our newly landscaped exterior 🌧️🌳🌱 #OregonStatePRAx
The dressing rooms are all clean
Punch list is done in the Stirek Gallery
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