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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Fleeting Pleasures
Fleeting Pleasures features work by some of the best known and most important ukiyo-e artists exploring this “floating world” of sensuous Edo culture.
Deep Roots: Ornamentation and Identity
Deep Roots: Ornamentation and Identity features the work of artists Kuzana Ogg, Cecilia Paredes, Daisy Patton, Helice Wen, and Helen Zughaib.
Lies & Redactions: A Survey
Doug Navarra’s extended investigation of mark-making has evolved to include historic found documents, bold minimalistic redactions, and layered geometric patterns. Lies and Redactions: A Survey features work from 2006 – 2021, spanning numerous distinct series in the artist’s career.
Alternative Means Necessary
Alternative Means Necessary features alternative process work made by artists C. McCormick, Renee Romero, and Tamsen Wojtanowski. Alternative process photographs are created using non-commercial and unconventional printing methods.
Event Horizon
Event Horizon features the work of artist and educator Leah Limpert Walt, in the SAM Project Space.
I’m Still Black: Osmyn Oree
Frustrated by the limiting stereotypes imposed on Black individuals, artist Osmyn Josef Oree depicts the diversity and depth of Black expression via photography.
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Kid’s Art Club: Textured Monsters (Ages 5-8)
Kid’s Art Club: Textured Monsters (Ages 5-8)
After viewing the exhibitions, students will create their own textured masterpieces, by using watercolors and salt to make textured monsters!
$9.00 – $10.00
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Painting: Exploring Symbolism
Painting: Exploring Symbolism
In this two-part painting class participants will learn to use a combination of direct observation and imagination to explore how meaning can be conveyed through symbolism.
$62.50 – $75.00
8 events,
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Painting: Exploring Symbolism
Painting: Exploring Symbolism
In this two-part painting class participants will learn to use a combination of direct observation and imagination to explore how meaning can be conveyed through symbolism.
6 events,
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Foundations of Drawing: Perspective
Foundations of Drawing: Perspective
Foundations of Drawing This course is designed to develop fundamental drawing skills with a focus on training the hand and the eye to work together to produce a piece of art. Students will learn techniques such as composition, shading, and other various drawing methods. In this month's class, participants will learn observational tools to render […]
$13.50 – $15.00
7 events,
Souls Shot Portrait Project
Souls Shot Portrait Project’s mission is to bring attention to and memorialize the lives lost and tragically altered due to gun violence. The Project began in Philadelphia and is grateful to be able to continue its mission in Harrisburg to represent those affected from other areas of the state.
Explore: Classroom Ephemera
This collection of education ephemera by artist and educator Paul Nagle illustrates the variety of demonstrations art teachers utilize to help guide young artists.
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Exhibit Tour & Artist Discussion ft. Helen Zughaib
Exhibit Tour & Artist Discussion ft. Helen Zughaib
Join Director of Exhibitions Lauren Nye for a tour of the exhibition Deep Roots: Ornamentation and Identity and a discussion with featured artist Helen Zughaib.
Free – $8.00
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Visual Storytelling with Helen Zughaib
Visual Storytelling with Helen Zughaib
In this workshop, participants will learn the art of storytelling by crafting short stories, expressing them in color, and depicting them in a painting on a pair of white children's shoes. Participants will then share their stories so we can learn more about each other's dreams, fears, and vision of the future. Stories are portals that take us to […]
$9.00 – $15.00
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Third in the Burg
Third in the Burg
During Third in the Burg, Susquehanna Art Museum is open free of admission from 5:00 – 8:00pm.
8 events,
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Kid’s Art Club: Storytelling With Comic Books (Ages 8-12)
Kid’s Art Club: Storytelling With Comic Books (Ages 8-12)
Students will get the chance to write their own story or create a fictional one by constructing, drawing, and writing a mini comic book!
$9.00 – $10.00
6 events,
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Open Figure Drawing
Open Figure Drawing
Experienced artists and those who do not seek instruction are invited to participate in this open figure drawing session. Only the model will be directed in this session, we will begin with several quick gesture drawings and work up to 30-minute poses. Bring your favorite drawing supplies or come with none. Photography is not permitted […]
$13.50 – $15.00
6 events,
6 events,
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Kid’s Art Club: Paper Weaving (Ages 6-10)
Kid’s Art Club: Paper Weaving (Ages 6-10)
Kid's Art Club: Paper Weaving Students will walk through the exhibits on view in the museum and discuss the ways artists layer colors, lines, and materials. Students will then create their own layered projects by painting, drawing, cutting, and weaving paper together. This class is designed for students aged 6-10. YOUR REGISTRATION IS […]
$9.00 – $10.00
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...