Samek Voices

In the early planning stages of “What You Think You Know”, set to open March 14th, 2023, I wanted to include the story of Zitkála-Šá  (Zit-ka-la-Sa) and the Sun Dance Opera in a section of the exhibition that focused on performance, music, and tradition-reclamation. But after talking to my co-curator Sierra Nizhonii Pete (Diné (Navajo)),…

Click here to learn more and apply. The Museum Fellowship is offered for college graduates interested in pursuing a museum career. The fellowship offers professional training in arts administration and is designed to help fellows support their academic and career goals through supervised hands-on work experiences. Under the supervision of the Samek Art Museum director…

From Black Panther to the Smithsonian Institute’s Benin Bronzes to the Parthenon Marbles at the British Museum, repatriation is being brought up more often in conversation, but it isn’t simply a buzz word or a trend; repatriation involves ethical decisions that sometimes challenge the very historical foundation of museums. American museums have collected objects from…

Here is a short story that Bucknell student TJ Freeman ’25 wrote in response to his visit to the Samek Art Museum with Michael Drexler’s first-year Fiction! class. Thank you for sharing your story, TJ. Girl in the Glass Marsh Lane, the tiny street between Esther Road and Jacob Drive, almost never saw anyone on…

Located in a bucolic (and affordable) rural college town just a couple hours drive to NYC, Philly, and Baltimore for weekend excursions. “The Samek” has a fun crew that gets to do interesting work. Join us at the frontier of the art world. Preparator and Operations Coordinator The Preparator & Operations Coordinator reports to the…

Here is a short story that Bucknell student Leland Calistri ’25 wrote in response to his visit to the Samek Art Museum with Michael Drexler’s first-year Fiction! class. Thank you for sharing your story, Leland. Wayfarer Something terrible happened on Main…. The street wasn’t on the awful side of town. But it did share one…

The Samek Art Museum is saddened to hear about the passing of Neil Anderson. Neil was employed for forty years at Bucknell University in the Department of Art and Art History, teaching many students who continued to study art and work professionally in art fields. Since retiring in 1999, he painted full-time in his studio…