They are the Richard and Margaret Aiken Collection, recently donated to the Washington Arts Consortium, and the WSU Museum of Art Permanent Collection. The WSU Museum of Art owns the Aiken collection with other museum members of the statewide WAC, which includes the Cheney Cowles Museum, the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, the Western Gallery at Western Washington University and Whatcom Museum of History and Art. The exhibition marks the first showing of these important acquisitions in eastern Washington. A special summer program will feature a concert by the Solstice String Quintet at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 6, in the museum. Seating is limited.
Families are welcome.
All museum events are open to the public without charge. In addition, the gallery is wheelchair accessible. Funding for exhibitions and programs is provided by WSU, the Friends of the Museum of Art and private donors. A portion of the museum's general operating funds for the fiscal year has been provided through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that offers general operating support to the nation's museums.