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Recent Acquisition of Patachitra Scrolls Expands Museum's South Asian Art Collection

Arts & Culture

Art Museum Acquires Indian Scrolls, Gifted by SUNY Professor

Now on view: Joiri Minaya

Arts & Culture

‘Joiri Minaya: Unseeing the Tropics at the Museum,’ on View at Syracuse University Art Museum

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2024-25 Palitz Art Scholar

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Art Museum Names Coral Silver as the 2024-25 Palitz Art Scholar

Now on View: Spring 2025 Exhibitions

Art Museum Spring Exhibitions Feature Works Curated by Faculty

Museum & Community Celebrate Gordon Parks

Syracuse University Art Museum Hosts ‘Celebrating Gordon Parks’ Events

Emily Dittman Named Director of Syracuse University Art Museum

Emily Dittman has been named director, effective Oct. 16.

Breedlove Readers Book Club Partners With Art Museum for Fall 2024

Partnership offers a unique literary arts experience for middle and high school girls throughout Central New York in Fall 2024

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New Exhibition at Art Museum Features Photographs by Gordon Parks

Exhibition features the work of renowned photographer, writer, poet, musician and composer Gordon Parks.

Other Ways of Seeing: Understanding Ecology and Climate Through Art

Art Museum and students explore the ways in which objects and artworks in the museum’s collection could be utilized as teaching resource

April 2024: Museum Hosts Artist & Art Historian Artist Josh T Franco for Mini Residency
April 2024: Art Museum Receives Award of Distinction from Museum Association of New York
March 2024: American Artist James Little G’76 Gifts Painting to Syracuse University Art Museum
January 2024: Art Museum to Host ‘Assembly: Syracuse University Voices on Art and Ecology’
August 2023: Work by renowned Onondaga artist Peter B. Jones on view
May 2023: Syracuse University Art Museum Chosen for Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Prints Initiative Grant
February 2023: ‘Dreams Deferred’ Exhibition on View at Syracuse University Art Museum Through May 14
February 2023: Professor Romita Ray Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Support Artist Rina Banerjee’s Exhibition and Residency at Syracuse
January 2023: University Art Museum Names Madelaine Thomas as the 2022-23 Palitz Art Scholar
January 2023: New exhibition features work of acclaimed artist Rina Banerjee, opens January 19
December 2022: Humanities New York Action Grant Awarded for SU Art Museum Exhibition, Programming on Haudenosaunee Art and Culture
December 2022: Syracuse University Art Museum Announces Alesandra Temerte ’23 as the 2022-23 Kaish Fellow
October 2022: ‘Ed Kashi: Advocacy Journalism’ Pop-Up Exhibition on Display at Syracuse University Art Museum Oct. 25-30
August 2022: ‘Anni Albers: Work With Materials’ Exhibition at Syracuse University Art Museum Opening Aug. 25
May 2022: Syracuse University Art Museum Piloting Object-Based Teaching and Research Faculty Fellows Program
March 2022: Annual Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition "Steady/ Retcon" on view March 31
March 2022: Kate Holohan Appointed as Curator of Education and Academic Outreach
January 2022: Elizabeth Su '24 Announced as Luise and Morton Kaish Fellow
January 2022: Per(Sister)" exhibition intimately examines the experiences of currently and formerly incarcerated women in Louisiana
November 2021: Museum annouces new curator, Melissa Yuen, PhD, will begin her post Dec. 1
November 2021: Palitz Gallery Opens "Morton Kaish: A Print Retrospective," Nov. 8
August 2021: Each One, Inspired exhibition featuring artworks by Indigenous artists from all six Haudenosaunee Nations across what is now New York
May 2021: Syracuse University Art Museum Announces Multifaceted Gift from Artists Luise and Morton Kaish
April 2021: Art Museum presents Carrying the Thick Present: Intimacy, MFA Thesis Exhibition
December 2020: Art Museum Announces New Acquisition of Allison Janae Hamilton Sculptural Work
November 2020: David Prince, Curator of the Art Museum to retire in January 2021
October 2020: Virtual Exhibition & Panel Discussion "Mithilia Art in the time of COVID
August 2020: Art Museum Announces Art @ Home

All media inquiries should be directed to:

Taylor Westerlund
Communications & Outreach Specialist
(315) 443-6174
tdwester@syr.edu