The Hidden Museum, 2018
With this installation, visitors are challenged to locate “hidden” works of art the Susquehanna Art Museum. You may not realize something is a work of art until you read the label. Even then, is it?
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The Shop Presents: Essentials
A photographic exploration into Barbershops and Beauty Salons in Black and brown communities during the global pandemic by Shelby Wormley.
In the Grass, With a Baby
In the Grass, With a Baby features paintings and drawings by Lee Nowell-Wilson that embody the tension between the mundane and divine that is embedded within her experience as a mother.
Far Field
Kate Stewart’s current creative practice finds connections with research on brain activity during various states of consciousness, specifically the theta state of the brain during meditation, REM sleep and hypnosis.
From Mantel to Museum: The Eclectic Legacy of Patricia L Murray
During her lifetime, Patricia L. Murray served as one of the founders of the Susquehanna Art Museum (SAM), a donor to the institution, an educator, and a private art collector. Just recently, in 2023, parts of her collection were donated to SAM posthumously, highlighting her dedication to the museum before, during, and after its creation. From Mantel to Museum: The Eclectic Legacy of Patricia L. Murray showcases an eclectic mix of artistic styles, form and thematic content by local and regional artists.
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Cocoon Steelton: The Migrations of Many by Kate Browne
Cocoon is an illuminated sculpture surrounded by portraits from Steelton, PA. Viewers are invited to walk through the sculpture and hear the stories of the Steelton community. The stories come from Kate Browne’s interviews that focus on the reality of living in a small town with a single-industry economy where jobs have shrunk considerably since the 1950s.
I’m fine. PENNSYLVANIA
I’m fine., a phrase we often say when we are not fine, is a statewide Pennsylvania community project dedicated to sculpting mental health awareness and conversations through art. This meaningful exhibit features ceramic masks, stories, and photographs from I’m fine. workshop and residency participants.
7 events,
desire path: 四
Through material transformation and positioning of objects that wield the body, Kiani Kodama explores silent exchanges between that which is human, animal, and ancestral. Guided by non-Western medicine, massage tools, Buddhist dance rituals, and organic materials, she finds correspondence in anomalous places.
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Portraits of Identity: Harrisburg AAPI Narratives Through the Lens
Portraits of Identity: HAAPI Stories Through the Lens, uses storytelling and photography to explore the depth and breadth of AAPI stories and create an experience where they are seen, heard, and celebrated.
Our Current Exhibitions
9th Annual Juried Exhibition: Domestic Affairs
9th Annual Juried Exhibition: Domestic Affairs
Date October 9, 2024 - January 5, 2025 Venue Lobby Gallery
Susquehanna Art Museum’s 9th annual juried exhibition invited artists to submit works that explore subjects relating to the domestic. In a time when social, political, and familial norms are being revealed and renegotiated on an international scale, the term ‘domest...
Edvard Munch: Works on Paper from John Szoke Gallery
Edvard Munch: Works on Paper from John Szoke Gallery
Date November 16, 2024 - January 19, 2025 Venue Beverlee and Bill Lehr Gallery
This selection of prints from John Szoke Gallery features etchings, lithographs, drypoint, charcoal, and woodcuts from the iconic Norwegian painter and printmaker.
You Threaded in Me
You Threaded in Me
Date December 4, 2024 - February 23, 2025 Venue S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Education Center Gallery
Morgan Ford Willingham’s investigation of motherhood considers the identity of parent and child, and weighs the influence of nature versus nurture. Willingham manipulates found textiles using photography and hand embroidery techniques.
Dōshi Spotlight: Beverlee Lehr, Jo Margolis, Mary Hochendoner
Dōshi Spotlight: Beverlee Lehr, Jo Margolis, Mary Hochendoner
Date January 8, 2025 - April 6, 2025 Venue Lobby Gallery
"Dōshi Spotlight" features ceramics by Beverlee Lehr, works on paper by Jo Margolis, and oil paintings by Mary Hochendoner.
Wall Power! Spectacular Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum
Wall Power! Spectacular Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum
Date February 8, 2025 - May 11, 2025 Venue Beverlee and Bill Lehr Gallery
The quilts presented in this exhibition are graphically striking examples that embody a sense of “wall power.”