Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts

06/15/2026

Are you a working artist, writer, or creative interested in collaborating with an Antarctic research team?

Polar STEAM is now accepting applications for the 2027-28 Antarctic Artists & Writers program.
Applications close on July 1, 2026.

The Polar STEAM Antarctic Artists & Writers program facilitates collaborations between polar researchers and creatives to help increase the public’s understanding of and appreciation for human and scientific endeavors in Antarctica through the resulting works. Applications are open for:

> Working artists, writers, and creative practitioners in a variety of genres, from traditional to experimental.
> 2027-28 Antarctic summer season, typically October through March
> 4-8 week ship or land-based expeditions
> U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents
> 21 years of age or older to apply

Learn more at polarsteam.info/programs

06/08/2026

What does the future look like? How has it been imagined in art and media, and what cultures have influenced these depictions?

In our free spring exhibition of 𝘼 𝙏𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬: 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘼𝙨𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖, three artists explore how fragments of Gods, relics, and regalia from non-Western cultures — specifically Asia and Africa — have been appropriated to construct visions of the future.

Featured artists include:
Astria Suparak
Sameer Farooq
Morehshin Allahyari

𝘼 𝙏𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 closes after this Saturday, June 13. Check out our final exhibition of the season!

𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀:
Open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Open on performance evenings in Detrick Hall and Ray Theater
Closed Sundays

Learn more: beav.es/f6F

06/05/2026

Who says we can't start planning for holidays during the summer? 😉❄️

From edgy Weimar repertoire and French chanson to stellar strings, your holidays won't be complete without one of these performances! Secure your seats early for shows full of festive spirit:

🎤 Dec. 10 │ Meow Meow's "A Feline Festive" beav.es/f6Q
🎻 Dec. 18 │ Alex and Tatiana Hargreaves beav.es/f6n
🪗 Dec. 19 │ Cedric Watson's "A Creole Christmas" beav.es/f6u
🎻 Jan. 18 │ The String Queens beav.es/f6K

06/02/2026

What better way to begin summer than with a film set to explore all the feelings of entering a new chapter?

🗓️ Friday, June 12
⏰ 7 p.m.
🎟️ Free

Enter, 𝑻𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒆: a coming-of-age film that follows Nicole and her relationship with her best friend against the backdrop of a hot Quebec summer. Whisps of nostalgia and ennui thread throughout, furthered by the film's black-and-white 35mm cinematography. 📽️

As our last event of the 2025-26 season, bring your friends to this final Free Film Friday and create a memory together before summer — and your own next chapters — begin.

🔗 Claim your free tickets now: beav.es/fhy

PRAx and the DARKSIDE CINEMA Present: Free Film Friday: Tu dors Nicole (Stéphane Lafleur, 2014) Summer break. After college graduation. Nicole has plenty of time. And not much to do. Tu dors (You’re sleeping) Nicole is a languid coming-of-age story, shot in glorious and gorgeous black-and-white 3...

05/28/2026

Music meets meditation with our Well-Being Concerts series, a new PRAx series in partnership with the Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute.

The series originated to creatively explore the impact of live music on individual and collective well-being. Unlike traditional concerts in Detrick Hall, a smaller cohort of patrons will be welcomed onto our stage alongside featured musicians. Patrons will be welcomed to sit, lie down or meditate throughout the shortened performances.

Each concert creates an immersive, nurturing space in which audiences and performers share in the soul-nourishing benefits of music, create shared experiences and explore tools for well-being that last long after the performance.

PRAx is proud to offer three installments as part of the series:
▪️ September 30: Maeve Gilchrist and Seamus Egan — beav.es/fPo
▪️ February 4: Roopa Panesar — beav.es/fP5
▪️ April 29: Ablaye Cissoko and Cyrille Brotto — beav.es/fPG

Join us for these transformational experiences of music and mindfulness.

05/27/2026

All brought together by one thing.... PRAx! ❤️

05/20/2026

PRAx is proud to partner with OSU Extension and Engagement for the inaugural PRAx Open. Artists across the state are invited to submit their work for consideration for this Stirek Gallery exhibition.

See details and apply: https://prax.oregonstate.edu/prax-open

05/20/2026

It's a Pink Martini all-stars year at PRAx!

Founder of the legendary “little orchestra” Pink Martini, Thomas M. Lauderdale brings an extraordinary vision to his appointment as the 2026-27 Patricia Valian Reser Artist-in-Residence.​

In collaboration with the Music Education program at OSU, Lauderdale launches The Melodica Project!, an experiment in K-12 musicmaking.​

As part of the program, PRAx and the School of Visual, Performing and Design Arts will distribute melodicas to classrooms, where OSU student teachers will work side-by-side with district teachers and Lauderdale to uplift the joyful, creative spirit of music.​

Throughout the year, Pink Martini performers will join us in rockstar performances:

🎙️ Oct. 28 │ Ari Shapiro: Thank You For Listening
❤️ Dec. 10 │ Meow Meow's Feline Festive
🎤 Feb. 14 │ Edna Vazquez
🎹 June 10 & 11 │ Pink Martini. Commencement Concerts

See more about Thomas Lauderdale, our 2026-27 Patricia Valian Reser Artist-in-Residence program and related events: beav.es/fdJ

05/19/2026

Spring has sprung, which means the term is nearly over! And what better way to blow off some mid-terms steam than with live music and rocking races?

Students are welcome to join us tomorrow (May 20) for a live musical performance at 4 p.m., curated by the PRAx Director’s Council, featuring psychedelic rock HyperSigil and reggae band Cane Cutters in the Austin│Parrish Arts Plaza.

Gaming begins at 5:30 p.m. with snacks and Koopa shells galore! Join us for this free study break!

RSVP: beav.es/fdk