"Homeward to the Prairie I Come": Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art Link
Joe and Emily Lowe Galleries
August 22-December 8, 2024
This exhibition features photographs that express wide-ranging artistic ideas beyond documentary photography through new narratives and thematic groups from such assignments as Paris fashions, Fort Scott Revisited, and Muhammad Ali to reflect his thoughts on photography as a fine art medium and his work vis à vis celebrated paintings and sculptures. Most significantly, the photographs instigate cultural change by challenging viewers to imagine a more inclusive culture than the one they know: a world where Black skin represents ideal beauty, where an African American athlete embodies the exemplary hero, and where an artist of African heritage has a place within the lineage of excellent artists in Western art history.
Co-curated by Aileen June Wang, Ph.D., Curator, and Sarah Price, Registrar, at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University. Tour organized by Art Bridges.
Learn more about the exhibition and public programs here!
Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century Link
James F. White Gallery
August 22–December 10, 2024
For centuries, Mithila painters who work in Northeastern India for centuries have made paintings of gods and auspicious symbols on the walls and floors of their homes. This exhibition investigates a recent development within this long tradition of Indian folk art, where, beginning in the mid-2000s, artists began making paintings drawn from their own lived experiences. These women painters depicted the violence enacted against them, including dowry deaths, female feticide, and male kin’s control generally. In doing so, this exhibition will draw attention to the patriarchal structures of this rural Indian community and broader structures of gender-based violence worldwide.
Fruits of Their Labor: Work and Leisure at the Syracuse University Art Museum Link
Permanent Collection and Luise and Morton Kaish Galleries
August 22–December 10, 2024
Fruits of Their Labor seeks to reexamine depictions of labor and leisure in the Syracuse University Art Museum’s permanent collection. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic problems in the workplace, mirroring the societal shifts in the labor industry during the Great Depression. Through thematic groupings such as those that depict women’s work in and out of the home or behind the scenes views into the entertainment industry, this exhibition challenges conventional depictions of labor.
Beyond the Classroom: Teaching and Learning at the Syracuse University Art Museum Link
Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery
Syracuse Univeristy Lubin House
New York City, NY
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September 30, 2024 - February 6, 2025
In Summer 2022, the Syracuse University Art Museum launched a Faculty Fellows program to support innovative curriculum development and the fuller integration of the museum’s collection into academic life at the University. The program focuses on object-based teaching and research, which is active, experiential, and student-centered. Since its inception, the program has brought together three cohorts of faculty members that total 14 Fellows. The works on view are objects selected by four of the Faculty Fellows who have used the objects as a key part of their teaching.
Art on Campus Link
Ongoing
Explore the public art that is installed on the Syracuse University grounds and buildings through our online collection or via this GoogleMap that will allow you to take a self-guided tour.