Quick Facts

Contact
Jordan Schnitzer, President
Catherine Malone, Director of Collections
Erica Hetfeld-Schpak, Chief of Staff
Azure Attoe, Director of Programming and Outreach

Location
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation 1121 SW Salmon Street, Suite 500 Portland, OR 97205

Founded
1997

Mission
The Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation collection, one of the most notable in North America, functions as a living archive to preserve art for future generations and share it with the public through groundbreaking exhibitions, publications, and programs.

History
Jordan D. Schnitzer grew up surrounded by art in his mother’s Portland, Oregon contemporary art gallery. What began as an interest in his formative years became a passion in 1988 when he began collecting post-war prints and multiples in earnest. Attracted by the collaborative and egalitarian nature of printmaking, Jordan naturally developed a program to share the work from his personal and Family Foundation collections in 1997.

Today, the Foundation has organized over 160 exhibitions and has loaned thousands of works to over 120 museums, dramatically improving access to art, especially in underserved communities.

Through its work, the Foundation has brought works by major artists like Jeffrey Gibson, David Hockney, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol to regional museums and communities outside the larger metropolitan areas—often in a first—while also supporting the development of their exhibitions and programs.

Importantly, the Foundation is regarded as a steward of art for the public, looking after important works of art, artists’ archives and estates for future generations.

The Foundation publishes scholarly brochures, exhibition catalogs, and catalogue raisonnés in conjunction with exhibitions drawn from the collections loaned at no additional cost to exhibiting museums.

Website
www.jordanschnitzer.org

Social Media
Facebook: @JordanSchnitzerFamilyFoundation
Instagram: @SchnitzerFoundation