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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?
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.
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.
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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
Our Current Exhibitions
Ancient Ink
Ancient Ink
Date June 19, 2024 - October 6, 2024 Venue DeSoto Family Vault
Photographer Mark Perrott has spent the past several decades documenting the ever-expanding group of tattooed Americans. Perrott turns his camera to the diminishing population of highly decorated and graying Americans in his current series, ANCIENT INK.
Margins and the Height of the Sun
Margins and the Height of the Sun
Date June 19, 2024 - October 6, 2024 Venue Lobby Gallery
Margins and the Height of the Sun is comprised of a body of work Elaine Elledge created as she worked to find balance between her life as an artist and full-time parent, while also seeking a diagnosis for an unknown medical condition. Using everyday items such as cheese...
Queremos Justicia: How We Shut Down Berks
Queremos Justicia: How We Shut Down Berks
Date August 31, 2024 - November 3, 2024 Venue Beverlee and Bill Lehr Gallery
Queremos Justicia uses art to tell the story of how the Shut Down Berks Coalition organized to close an immigrant prison. This multimedia exhibit explores the art made for the campaign and how it played an invaluable role in education, mobilization, and community buildi...
Distinguished Grace: The Paintings of Dean Stambaugh
Distinguished Grace: The Paintings of Dean Stambaugh
Date September 4, 2024 - December 1, 2024 Venue S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Education Center Gallery
Distinguished Grace: The Paintings of Dean Stambaugh celebrates and showcases the work created by Dean Stambaugh throughout his career and lifetime. His paintings draw influence from fellow Regionalist and Appalachian artists, displaying a reverence for rural life, pea...
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...