January 21 – March 29, 2026
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Have astonishing vast spaces, once the picture of the sublime, been replaced by slow time? This exhibition invites you to enter slow time by focusing on one treasure each week from the museum vault, some not shown in decades. Is it possible, now, to encounter the sublime? Let’s see.
Related Events:
Samek Distinguished Art Lecture
Friday, February 6, 6 p.m.
Samek Art Museum, ELC, Top Floor
Art as Analgesia: Reimagining Public Health Through Cultural Engagement
Join Dr. Ian Koebner for a discussion of the emerging role that cultural institutions can play in advancing public health. Situated at the intersection of curation, public health, and community practice, this talk explores how museums and other art environments can make meaningful contributions to alleviating persistent pain and fostering well-being. Drawing upon mixed-methods research, arts programming, and interdisciplinary collaboration, Dr. Koebner will explore how attention, contemplative engagement, and creative learning environments can support physical, emotional, and social flourishing. The session highlights the museum not only as a site of cultural enrichment, but as a therapeutic space capable of expanding how we understand, and design for, health in the public sphere.
This lecture is presented in collaboration with the Bucknell Health Humanities Initiative.
The Slow Sublime Opening Reception
Friday, February 6, 7 p.m.
Samek Art Museum, ELC, Top Floor
Join us in celebrating the opening of our newest exhibition. There will be refreshments provided.
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