Depicting the Everyday: A Legacy of Fine Arts Education at the Art Students League
September 22, 2025 - February 9, 2026
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Arts Student League founded in the same year Syracuse University conferred the first Bachelors Degree in Painting, this exhibition explores the range of subject matters treated by artists who taught there throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. These artists honed their skills by turning to their everyday surroundings, depicting scenes they saw in the studio, making portraits of their friends and family, capturing the energy of the urban centers, and luxuriating in the tranquility of nature. In doing so, this installation highlights the enduring importance of both studying one’s environs and the role creativity and the fine arts play in education.
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About the Palitz Gallery
The second floor of Syracuse University’s Lubin House, located at 11 E. 61st Street in New York City, is home to the Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery, the Museum's visual arts venue in midtown Manhattan.
The Gallery hosts several exhibitions a year featuring the extensive permanent collection of the Syracuse University Art Museum, as well as works from alumni and faculty artists and university partners such as Light Work, Point of Contact Gallery, and Community Folk Art Center. In addition, the Gallery has featured works on loan from collectors or other galleries, and site specific installations by contemporary artists.
Location
Syracuse University Lubin House
11 East 61st Street
New York, New York 10065
Gallery Hours
Monday–Friday: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and University Holidays