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.
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.
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.
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
Cocoon Steelton: The Migrations of Many by Kate Browne
Cocoon Steelton: The Migrations of Many by Kate Browne
Date February 10, 2024 - May 19, 2024 Venue Beverlee and Bill Lehr Gallery
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 smal...
I’m fine. PENNSYLVANIA
I’m fine. PENNSYLVANIA
Date February 10, 2024 - May 19, 2024 Venue Beverlee and Bill Lehr Gallery
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 ...
desire path: 四
desire path: 四
Date February 14, 2024 - May 12, 2024 Venue S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Education Center Gallery
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 f...
Portraits of Identity: Harrisburg AAPI Narratives Through the Lens
Portraits of Identity: Harrisburg AAPI Narratives Through the Lens
Date February 28, 2024 - June 16, 2024 Venue Lobby Gallery
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.
Works in Wax: Contemporary Women Encaustic Artists
Works in Wax: Contemporary Women Encaustic Artists
Date May 15, 2024 - September 1, 2024
There is an encaustic revival as a contemporary art medium in the 21st century. This exhibition features a group of twelve women artists who use the medium in various ways, utilizing the encaustic tradition in conversation with contemporary sculpture, painting, photogra...