Samek Voices

This semester we gave our gallery to the community. Our spring exhibition SPEAK / ACT / MAKE invited students, faculty, staff, and members of the larger Lewisburg area to do just that: speak, act, and make. An embodiment of Social Practice Art, an experimental genre in which artworks take the form of social interactions, SPEAK / ACT /…

April 11 – 30 Samek Gallery, 3rd Floor, Elaine Langone Center Presented in partnership with the Art and Art History Department, this exhibition showcases culminating work by graduating senior Art majors and Art Assistants. — Featuring the work of 6 graduating studio art majors and 3 assistants in the Department of Art and Art History, this…

Our Tuesday’s Objet series (pronounced “OB-JAY” from the French word for “object”) intends to highlight pieces on display outside the physical confines of our gallery spaces, to draw attention to the art that surrounds us on a daily basis. Today we’re headed to the 3rd floor of the biology building. In the student lounge, to…

Our Tuesday’s Objet series (pronounced “OB-JAY” from the French word for “object”) intends to highlight pieces on display outside the physical confines of our gallery spaces, to draw attention to the art that surrounds us on a daily basis. My thin Florida skin still shrinks from the customary winter chill, but I was determined to explore…

Bucknell University’s Samek Art Museum seeks outstanding candidates for the position of Public Programs & Outreach Manager. Reporting the the Museum Director, the Public Programs & Outreach Manager develops and implements the museum’s education programs and outreach activities. This is a full-time, 12 month, benefits eligible position. You can find more information on the position…

Downtown Gallery March 7 – June 4, 2017 Engineers borrow designs from nature in a process called biomimicry. The Reciprocal Biomimicry Initiative by artist Jonathon Keats is an attempt to return the favor, providing nature with the benefits of human technology and humorously addressing our relationship with the natural world. Related Event: Conversation with Jonathon…

The Samek is now accepting applications for its Museum Fellow position. Fellowship Overview: The Samek Art Museum Fellowship is offered for recent college graduates interested in pursuing a museum career. The fellowship focuses on curatorial work but also offers professional training in collection management, exhibition design and installation, education and public programs, and arts administration.…

January 17 – March 19 2017 Samek Gallery, 3rd Floor, Elaine Langone Center This exhibition features artistic and social happenings that explore how diversity, inclusion, and unity function at this moment in American history. These performances, student actions, and audience participation in creative expressions embody Social Practice Art, an experimental genre in which artworks take…

Grayson Kennedy ’19 is the Chair of Marketing for the Gallery Engagement Team, an independent student organization responsible for promoting the Museum to Bucknell students on campus. This is her advance review of the film, Tropical Malady, which we will be screening in partnership with the Bucknell Film/Media Studies Program on November 29. The Samek…

As the Museum Fellow at the Samek, I am given the opportunity to curate two exhibitions in the downtown gallery space, one per year of my tenure. Each exhibition carries its own constraints. For example my first exhibition, Pause + Effect, required that I pull only from the Samek permanent collection. It encouraged me to engage…