Enjoy the latest deep dives on art, stories, and more from the Samek Art Museum community.
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Samek Gallery: Under Construction
Pardon our dust! We’re having some work done on a few of our gallery walls in the Samek Gallery. Here’s the inside scoop on why we’re doing this now. The inner walls of our gallery were never intended to hang art. They originally contained windows (I’m told) that looked out on the Gallery from our…
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Now hiring Museum Docents
The Samek Art Museum is currently hiring docents to begin working this summer or fall semester. See below for more information. Student Museum Docent The Samek Art Museum is a program of Bucknell University that creates meaningful encounters between artists, students, scholars, the public and works of art. The Museum presents original, travelling, and collection…
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Update: Summer Hours
UPDATE: Downtown Gallery hours: Tuesday 12 – 5pm Wednesday 12 – 7pm Thursday through Sunday 12 – 5pm Samek Gallery hours: Wednesday 12 – 5pm
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Yeon Ji Yoo Narratives
In addition to the works on display in the gallery, Yeon Ji Yoo has also written profiles for each of the characters which inhabit her artwork. Read her writings below. Ophelia Ophelia is every girl who wishes everyone around her will miss her when she is gone. She throws herself into the water impetuously and…
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Scope Art Fair, Whitney Biennial, & Saks: Rants and Pseudomorphisms
I recently returned from New York City where I had visited the Scope Art Fair, Whitney Biennial, Saks, MoMA, and a few other urban sites and I’ve been struggling with what to say about these various cultural operations on our museum blog. Let’s face it, blogs favor pithy writing so, at the great risk of…
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G.E.T. Cliterate (Feb 27th 12-1 pm)
The Gallery Engagement Team (GET) promotes the discussion and honest reflection of overlooked topics like sexuality, the female body, and specifically: the female genitals. Yes, this week G.E.T. is g.e.t.-ting controversial by confronting a taboo topic posed by conceptual artist Sophia Wallace. Sophia Wallace is a contemporary artist who recently lectured at Bucknell in partnership…
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Afrofuturism Panel Discussion rescheduled for 2/19
Due to the winter weather advisory, our panel discussion Afrofuturism and Beyond, has been rescheduled for February 19 at 6pm. Sorry for the inconvenience. We hope to see you there!
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A new year, a new name, a new purpose
We are pleased to announce that the Samek Art Gallery is now the Samek Art Museum. We are rolling out our new name and logo first via our online presence here on the blog, on Facebook, and on Twitter. This will be followed by updates to signage around campus and town over the course of…
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Winslow Homer’s documents of Civil War era Thanksgiving
Even though we will be closed from November 27-December 1 in honor of Thanksgiving, you can still fill up on art while you fill up on turkey with some Thanksgiving prints by famed American artist, Winslow Homer. The wood engraving you see to the left is from our permanent collection and comes from the pages…
