Art History: JSMA Exhibitions (new!)
Current Exhibition: Just Playin' Around
Provided below is the reading list for JSMA at PSU’s Discovery Pass for our upcoming exhibition Just Playin’ Around, on view from January 21 through April 26, 2025.
Featuring the work of 11 contemporary artists, the exhibition is a peephole into some of the many ways in which art is play, play is art, and both are in all of us. We are always open to your suggestions if you would like to make additions to the list!
As part of the exhibition programming, we are scheduling a Storytime at the museum led by exhibiting artist, Latoya Lovely on the first Saturday of the month, February through April (2/1, 3/1, 4/5). This program is geared towards pre-K through early elementary students.
In addition to our children and family programming, JSMA at PSU is also hosting an
Opening Reception on Thursday, January 23 from 5–7 PM. More information regarding the exhibition and programming can be found on our website
www.pdx.edu/museum-of-art/.
Please contact Anna Kienberger (ask5@pdx.edu) for more information and further
inquiries.
Reading List
Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation by
ISBN: 9781107015135Publication Date: 2013-07-11The Oxford Handbook of the Development of Play by
ISBN: 9780195393002Publication Date: 2010-12-22Homo Ludens by
ISBN: 9780807046814Publication Date: 1971-06-01Play Matters by
ISBN: 9780262027922Publication Date: 2014-08-01
Children's Reading List
We All Play by
ISBN: 9781771646079Publication Date: 2021-05-25Let's Play! a Book about Making Friends by
ISBN: 9781536217650Publication Date: 2021-05-11Let's Play! by
ISBN: 9781797227733Publication Date: 2024-03-26How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? by
ISBN: 9780439856546Publication Date: 2006-08-01Beautiful Oops! by
ISBN: 9780761157281Publication Date: 2010-09-23Tar Beach by
ISBN: 9780517580301Publication Date: 1991-01-16The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by
ISBN: 9780399257131Publication Date: 2011-10-04Little Blue and Little Yellow by
ISBN: 9780375860133Publication Date: 2009-10-13How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow by
ISBN: 9781510705838Publication Date: 2016-05-03