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1. This year marks the 100th year of the university’s MFA degree, making it one of the oldest programs in the country. Congratulations to Lily Wai Brennan, Mary Evans, Anastasiya Gutnik, David Peña, and William Zeng, a cohort of five artists whose various practices engage a broad range of inquiry.

2. Anastasiya Gutnik’s work provided a place to reflect during the opening reception of the 2023 MFA exhibition.

3. Guests experience the multi-media installation by Lily Wai Brennan.

4. Artist Malia Jensen and McCosh Curator Danielle Knapp in front of Jensen’s work on view In Our Shared Breath: Creativity and Community

5. Raise your glass to Margo Grant Walsh! The crowd toasts the incredible contributions Margo has made to the JSMA and the University of Oregon during the opening weekend of The First Metal: Arts & Crafts Copper. Margo is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Architecture and recipient of the prestigious Lawrence Award.

6. Guests explore The First Metal: Arts & Crafts Copper during the opening reception. This is the first exhibition and catalogue to explore copper and its role in the Arts & Crafts movement.

7. The First Metal curatorial consultant Margo Grant Walsh and guest curator Marilyn Archer (seated) with visiting lecturer Monica Penick, Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Design, University of Texas at Austin, and John Weber.

8. Thanks to Susan Selig, seen here with John Weber, for organizing a successful reunion of the JSMA’s Gourmet Groups I and II this spring. We loved having all those familiar faces back in the museum!

9. Professors Akiko Walley (History of Art and Architecture) and Glynne Walley (East Asian Languages & Literatures) explore Framing the Revolution, the first major exhibition of contemporary Chinese photography from the Jack and Susy Wadsworth Collection.

10. JSMA Faculty Engagement Working Group member Roy Chan, associate professor of East Asian Languages & Literature, discusses photographs by Qin Ga in Framing the Revolution with guests during the Patron Circle Reception in February 2023.

11. Anne Rose Kitagawa, JSMA Chief Curator of Collections & Asian Art and Director of Academic Programs, leads a tour of Framing the Revolution during our Members Reception.

12. Clark Honors College professor Kate Mondloch brought several students from her Global Contemporary Art class to the Patron Circle Reception for Framing the Revolution. From left to right: Immie Burstein, Mondloch, donors Susy and Jack Wadsworth, Helia Megown, and Lena Wen.

13 Xcaret Bello, Latinx Student Ambassador, and Dr. Audrey Lucero, Associate Professor, Education Studies and Director, Latinx Studies, welcomed colleagues at the First Latinx Studies Night at the Museum on March 1, 2023.

14. The JSMA partnered with the University of Oregon’s Government & Community Relations, Advancement, and the UO Black Alumni Network at Eugene’s Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Alton Baker Park.

15. Mac Coyle, JSMA Post-Graduate Museum Fellow in Asian Art, encounters an Ainu robe at the Brooklyn Museum during Asia Week New York in March 2023.