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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.
