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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.
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.
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.
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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.
Closed Easter Sunday
SAM is closed to the public on Sunday, March 31 for the Holiday.CalendarEvent DetailsDate: March 31, 2024
Our Current Exhibitions
Tribute to the Civil Rights Movement: Quilted Swing Coats by Patricia A. Montgomery
Tribute to the Civil Rights Movement: Quilted Swing Coats by Patricia A. Montgomery
Date April 11, 2025 - July 6, 2025 Venue Lobby Gallery
These narrative quilted swing coats by artist Patricia A. Montgomery celebrate under-recognized women who made major contributions to the Civil Rights Movement.
Future Fossils
Future Fossils
Date May 31, 2025 - November 2, 2025 Venue Beverlee and Bill Lehr Gallery
If life as we know it were to come to a sudden stop, what would archeologists find decades from now? "Future Fossils" presents a possible view into that frozen moment in time and culture.
Color Contradances
Color Contradances
Date June 4, 2025 - August 24, 2025 Venue S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Education Center Gallery
Ai-Wen Wu Kratz creates vibrant, calculated paintings that are influenced by theatre, classical music and dance. Kratz is interested in the spirituality and emotion that all art forms can convey.