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Photography & Literacy (PAL) Project Reception
See photographs and writing by Syracuse youth participating in the Museum’s Photography and Literacy (PAL) program. Stay for refreshments and pizza!
Family Art Tour: Color
Kids and families, join us for a free interactive family tour! We’ll look at art together and sketch in our galleries. Family Guides and scavenger hunt activity also available!
art_break: Cozy Season Art Making
Celebrate the cozy season with the SU Art Museum! Take a break, grab a hot beverage and snack, and make your own artwork led by our graduate collections assistants Em Spencer and Christine Dugas.
Free and open to all! No experience necessary, all materials provided.
Depicting the Everyday: Reception and Gallery Talk
Join Esther Moerdler, assistant curator at the Art Students League, for a presentation on the League’s history at 6:30 p.m. Following the talk, explore the Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery exhibition Depicting the Everyday: A Legacy of Fine Arts Education at the Art Students League, featuring works from the Syracuse University Art Museum collection.
Enjoy light refreshments while connecting with alumni and friends. This event is free and open to all.
The Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery was established in 2003 as the Syracuse University Art Museum’s visual arts venue in midtown Manhattan.
Why Does My Adobo Taste Different?: A Conversation on Immigration & Memory
Explore ideas and experiences around immigration, food, family, and memory with artist Bhen Alan, professor Junko Takeda (History), and SU Art Museum curator Melissa Yuen.
A Sense of Arrival: Reading with Kevin Adonis Browne
Join us to hear artist and professor Kevin Adonis Browne read from his latest book, A Sense of Arrival, in the exhibition of the same name. Browne reflects on Caribbean blackness, being, and rhetorical expression.
art_break: Helen Frankenthaler & Screenprinting
Learn about abstract artist Helen Frankenthaler’s experimental foray into screenprinting with curator Melissa Yuen.
art_breaks are free and open to all.
Don’t RSVP, just show up. Bring a friend or meet someone new!
Seeing for Yourself: Photography & Writing Workshop with Kevin Adonis Browne
Explore the museum through photography and create your own piece of writing inspired by your experience during this free workshop hosted by the Syracuse University Art Museum. Led by artist and professor Kevin Adonis Browne, author and creator of A Sense of Arrival.
Supplies for the workshop will be provided.
Registration is free and required. Register here.
Community Day
Come explore the Syracuse University Art Museum and enjoy an afternoon of art and art-making with the rest of your community! Visit our galleries and make art inspired by abstract artist Helen Frankenthaler. Community day activities also include:
- A scavenger hunt all afternoon.
- Printmaking with VPA students.
- Family Tour at 1 PM.
- Writing workshop with professor Kevin Adonis Browne at 2:00 pm. Space is limited, register here or sign up in-person.
- Free family guides available at the front desk.
Free and open to all including SU students, children, and families!
Workshop: Inspiring Authentic Learning with Primary Sources from the Syracuse Art Museum Collections
This workshop will begin with a brief overview of the SU Art Museum collections and the opportunities it offers faculty to schedule class visits at the Museum. Then we will explore how these visits draw on evidence-based, high-impact teaching practices for authentic learning and helping students build academic integrity skills. For the remainder of the session participants will workshop incorporating a museum visit into their assignments and syllabi. Co-facilitated by Kate Holohan, Curator of Education at the SU Art Museum and Jessamyn Neuhaus, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. The workshop will take place at the SU Museum, and space is limited to 20 participants.
art_break: Highlights from Human/Environment: 4,000 Years of Art
Explore our new permanent collection exhibition, Human/Environment: 4,000 Years of Art , and learn about how environmental encounters are always present in works of art with English PhD candidate and our 2025 Summer Doctoral Intern, Jacob Reese.
art_breaks are free and open to all. No need to RSVP, just show up. Bring your friends or come and meet someone new!
“Do You Know What It’s All About?”: Helen Frankenthaler, Clement Greenberg, and a Painting at Syracuse
Join the Syracuse University Art Museum for an inspiring keynote talk by acclaimed art historian Alexander Nemerov (Stanford University). Discover unexpected links between the museum, influential art critic and Syracuse alum Clement Greenberg, and pioneering Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler.
Currents: Sarah McCoubrey Gallery Talk and Reception
Join us as we celebrate over 34 years of art by Syracuse University professor emerita, Sarah McCoubrey.
art_break: What If I Try This?
Join us for the first art_break of the year to hear curator Melissa Yuen speak about the Museum’s new exhibition “What If I Try This?: Helen Frankenthaler in the 20th-Century Print Ecosystem.
Art Break: Gordon Parks Fashion Photography with Jeff Mayer and Lauren Tagliaferro
Join Jeffrey Mayer (Syracuse University Professor of Fashion Design) and Lauren Tagliaferro G’10, G’11 (Curatorial Assistant, Memorial Art Gallery) for an art break where they discuss the Parisian fashions documented by photographer Gordon Parks, on view in the exhibition “Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art.”