Past Events

To view the digital program please follow this link. “Monumental Concerns,” a daylong symposium hosted by Syracuse University artist-in-residence Carrie Mae Weems, will consider the role of monuments and their contested histories in contemporary society. The event will bring together scholars, artists, curators, activists and local historians to explore how monuments can commemorate challenging histories and shape dominant narratives on national and local levels. How do we dialogue about these often-controversial issues and fairly address a multitude of perspectives? To what…

Come explore the Art Museum! Visit our galleries and make art inspired by Haudenosaunee artist Peter B. Jones. Open to all, including SU students as well as children & families.  Drop-in art-making & gallery trivia 12-4 p.m. The museum's Community Day is sponsored by the Office of Strategic Initiatives, Syracuse University.  

Please join the staff of the Syracuse University Art Museum and guest curator Theresa Moir Engelbrecht G'17 for a reception celebrating the newly opened exhibition Wings of Glass: Richard Koppe's Works on Paper. Listen to Engelbrecht present a gallery talk on the exhibition and mingle with friends and alumni over snacks and cocktails. RSVP here!

Artist and art historian Josh T Franco was invited to guide the Syracuse University Art Museum’s permanent collection installation for the 2023-2024 academic year. Over Family Weekend, Franco will use the galleries as a setting for his ongoing performance series, Scriptorium con Safos. In this performance, Franco combines his Chicano identity with conventions of academic training to create a place for practicing a self-guided and feral art history.

Artist and art historian Josh T Franco was invited to guide the Syracuse University Art Museum’s permanent collection installation for the 2023-2024 academic year. Over Family Weekend, Franco will use the galleries as a setting for his ongoing performance series, Scriptorium con Safos. In this performance, Franco combines his Chicano identity with conventions of academic training to create a place for practicing a self-guided and feral art history.

                  Join dancer, choreographer, and scholar Dr. Maya Kulkarni for a workshop at the Syracuse University Art Museum. We will explore Shilpanatanam (Dancing Work of Art), a genre within the Bharatanatyam framework that draws upon sculpture and paintings from historic Hindu temples in India. We will also consider connections to works of Indian art in the Museum's collection. Presented as a part of the programming in relation to Shilpanatanam: An Evening of…

Explore the global histories of the ninth through nineteenth centuries with SU Art curator Melissa Yuen and curator of education Kate Holohan. The talk will feature objects from the museum's collection currently on view in the exhibition Making a Global Pre-Modern World.

Join the curators of the current exhibition Continuity, Innovation, and Resistance: The Art of Peter B. Jones for a conversation about the exhibition and artwork on view.