Today's museums are vibrant community hubs, reimagining their role by offering hands-on maker spaces and creating innovative experiences that speak to younger, more diverse audiences to become vital civic spaces where art, education, and community connections intersect.   

Here at SUNY New Paltz, that evolution is happening too – both at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art and with students rethinking art and community. Students, staff and alumni are working to change the perception of the art world. Pictured is the new Hudson Valley Artists 2025: Movement exhibition, with work by Audrey Francis '06g (Fine Arts).

Leah Alper '23g (Adolescence Ed: Chemistry) shared that the Knowles Teacher Initiative chose her as a member of its 2024 Cohort of Teaching Fellows. She was one of the 31 promising mathematics and science teachers who are just beginning their careers to be awarded Knowles Teaching Fellowships.

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