John Brown's Vision on the Scaffold: two openings and a catalog

It’s been a wild ride this year and we are entering the darkest, hardest part of the year with a vital election one week away. However there is some movement forward from the studio. We just got the beautiful 60 page catalog for the JSMA@PSU show. With a design by Tracy Schlapp of Cumbersome Multiples and essays by Cyrus Cassells and Linda Tesner it beautifully captures the breadth of the series. The catalog is available here in the website store. It is also available until December at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU.

The exhibition at PSU reopened October 15th with limited access for the PSU community. The second part of John Brown’s Vision on the Scaffold opens at the Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland on October 29th. The second part of this body of work includes the 30 page visual poem “John Brown’s First Vision” and portraits of black artists who meditated on the meaning and legacy of John Brown such as W.E.B. DuBois, Jacob Lawrence and Robert Hayden. This new work was made in the wake of a year of social and environmental upheaval.

Tune in for my gallery talk on Thursday November 5 at 12:30.


Schneider Museum of Art
555 Indiana Street
Ashland, OR 97520

Modified hours: Tuesday & Wednesday, 10 am – 4 pm • Thursday, 10 am – 7 pm