Enjoy the latest deep dives on art, stories, and more from the Samek Art Museum community.
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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…
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Country Living Photo Essay Part 3
Country Living Photo Essay Part 3 by Sean Gilchrist ’17, joint Samek Art Museum/Place Studies Fellow Part art project, part photo ethnography, Sean will be responding to themes present in Country Living by documenting images of rural life in Lewisburg and the surrounding region. See how this project grows during the course of the exhibition.…
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Country Living Photo Essay Part 2
Country Living Photo Essay Part 2 by Sean Gilchrist ’17, joint Samek/Place Studies Fellow Part art project, part photo ethnography, Sean will be responding to themes present in Country Living by documenting images of rural life in Lewisburg and the surrounding region. See how this project grows during the course of the exhibition. Back “This…
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Will a seminal generation of artworks be lost forever?
I was quoted in the October 2013 cover story for ArtNews about the challenges of preserving new media art – and the danger to art history if we don’t. Artists began working with new media in large numbers about when the Web hit the mainstream, in the mid 1990’s, but as museums grapple with how…
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Want to be part of an artwork? Send us your doodle for “do it!”
Our “doodle party” for this most recent “do it! Friday” was such a success, we want to keep the party going! In 2012, artist Uri Aran created a work that would be completed with a simple instruction for his audience: “doodle.” We want you to help us embellish this work, and have added a few…
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Greetings from the new Public Programs and Outreach Manager
Hello central Pennsylvania! It’s been quite a journey moving from Portland, Oregon to the opposite coast, and I still don’t have my furniture yet. However, it’s about time I introduced myself as the new Public Programs and Outreach Manager for the Samek Art Gallery. My job at the Samek essentially consists of all aspects of…
