Category: Archive & Past Events

The Curriculum Center collection serves not only EWU Education and Children’s Studies students and faculty, but also local teachers, homeschooling families, and other members of the community.

We need your opinion! Visit our “furniture lab” demo space, and try out various seating and writing surfaces. Provide your feedback by completing a short survey accessible via QR code. This  experience closes on January 30, 2025. Have questions or need an accommodation? Call 509.359.6201.  

EWU’s Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Department (GWSS) invites all to experience the return of the Activist in Residence (AiR) program in Winter 2025. AiR programming consists of four workshops, and related art exhibit in JFK’s Gallery, January 15 to February 19, 2025. 2025 Activist in Residence is Jacob Johns, a Hopi and Akimel O’odham…

Students investigated the many written components necessary to create text for art shows, gallery exhibits, and museum collections. Throughout this project, students created their own narratives to describe the visual art in the exhibit, understanding that narratives take both visual and textual form.   On display now through January 10, 2025.

Wed., Nov. 13 | JFK Library, Lower Level, AUX Classroom | Noon – 1:30 Watch this thought-provoking and timely lecture  by Dr. Mark Finney, Executive Director of Thrive International. As the number of displaced people hits historical levels around the world, Dr. Finney presented how local communities are essential in creating solutions. Displacement is driven…

View over seventy Get Out the Vote posters created by EWU Design Students. The posters are non-partisan, designed to rally the youth vote. On display through election day.  

EWU Libraries, with support from the Chertok Memorial Endowed Professorship, invites you to join us for this awareness-raising event at the JFK Library. Kassahun Kebede will speak about representation issues related to immigration and refugees and his experience growing up in a book-scarce environment. Ellenore Angelidis will discuss representation and global experiences in children’s literature,…

Expo at Eastern: World’s Fair Collections from the EWU Archives | Monday, April 15 – Friday, April 26 | JFK Gallery Visit an exhibit in the JFK Gallery to see how a World’s Fair in Spokane spurred the use of an Eastern dorm to house visitors, featured a Folklife Festival next to the Flour Mill,…

The students of ART 313 “Art Across Time: 17th century-Present” investigated the complex nuances associated with the Rococo movement. Examining French aristocracy, the influence of 18th century Chinese design, and exploring the delicate intricacies of passion, students dove into the labyrinth of iconography that is “Rococo.” While conducting scholarly research on specific works of art,…

The students of ART 312 “Art Across Time: Prehistory-17th Century” have engaged with the rise of Fresco Secco (dry fresco) and the transition to Buon Fresco (wet fresco) in ancient art. Upon learning about frescoes created by the ancient Minoans through the Roman Empire, students conducted research into the techniques, purpose, and locations of specific…