FALL 2024

SEPTEMBER

Saturday, September 7, 5–7 pm
Fall Season Opening Party: Come to a community celebration of our new exhibitions with performance, music, and making.

Friday, September 13, 12:30 pm
Curator Talk: with Amy Kahng, curator of Mis/Communication: Language and Power in Contemporary Art.

Thursday, September 19, 12:30 pm
Curator Talk: with Eva Zanardi, curator of In and Out of Lineage: Tracing Artistic Heritage Through SUNY New Paltz Faculty.

Friday, September 27, 5 pm
Artist Workshop: Seven Generations. Explore your connection to past and future generations to help you understand your place in the web of life and gain a deeper sense of empowerment with Professor Andrea Frank.

Sunday, September 29, 2 pm
Artist Workshop: Hands-on Encaustic Painting Workshop led by Kelly McGrath, Instructional Support Technician in Sculpture at SUNY New Paltz. This creative session focuses on encaustic painting techniques with an emphasis on stencils and texture.

All experience levels are welcome to join and explore this unique medium under Kelly’s guidance. Spaces are limited to 20 participants, register here.

OCTOBER

Friday, October 4, 4 pm
Artist Talk: Join SUNY New Paltz Sculpture Faculty and current and former students in a conversation on the relationship between teaching and creating. Building on the reflections included in the exhibition In and Out of Lineage: Tracing Artistic Heritage Through SUNY New Paltz Faculty on artistic lineage from each of the artists, this event will further illuminate the reciprocal relationship between mentor and mentee in the transfer of knowledge and inspiration by examining projects embarked on as collaborations between professors and students.

October 12–13
CLOSED FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Sunday, October 20, 2 pm
Family Day: Artwork discussions and hands-on making activities for children and their families. Registration is free here.

NOVEMBER

Friday, November 1, 5 pm
Panel Discussion: Miscommunication, Interpretation, and Translating Artists’ Words, explores how tone, word choice, censorship, power dynamics, and more have come into play when translating Andy Warhol’s words. Join three SUNY New Paltz faculty, Reva Wolf (Art History), editor of the recently published Translating Warhol, Michelle Woods (English), co-editor of the Bloomsbury Academic book series Literatures, Cultures, Translation, and Mercedes Rooney (Languages, Literatures & Cultures), translator of the essay Warhol in French, for an illuminating interdisciplinary conversation regarding what translation can reveal about historical biases and cultural transmission.

Saturday, November 2, 12 pm
Public Tour: Tour our Fall Exhibitions with the Museum education manager, Zachary Bowman. Registration is free here.

Saturday, November 2, 2 pm
Family Day: Artwork discussions and hands-on making activities for children and their families. Registration is free here.

November 27–December 1
CLOSED FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAY

DECEMBER

December 5, 5:30 pm
Artist Workshop: Drawing Thought, a collaborative drawing workshop exploring the concepts of lineage and lines of inquiry, with Professor Andrea Kantrowitz, author of Drawing Thought: How Drawing Helps Us Observe, Discover, and Invent.

Friday, December 6, 5–7 pm
Opening Reception: BFA/MFA Thesis Exhibition.
*Special days: Friday–Tuesday, December 6–17

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