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Works in Wax: Contemporary Women Encaustic Artists
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, photography and collage.
Ancient Ink
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 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 cheesecloth, gauze, paper, and fabric, her work explores the depth and complexity of motherhood, the frailty of the human body, and what it means to cultivate through care and relinquish control.
Queremos Justicia: How We Shut Down Berks
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 building.
Distinguished Grace: The Paintings of Dean Stambaugh
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, peaceful isolation, and vast expanses of nature.
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Harrisburg Jazz Walk 2024
Harrisburg Jazz Walk 2024
Join Susquehanna Art Museum and 13 other businesses in Midtown for Harrisburg's annual Jazz Walk! Enjoy melodies performed by local jazz musicians at one or multiple sites across Midtown. Here at SAM, take a listen to Kirk Reese on piano while exploring our galleries, visiting the gift shop, and meeting new friends. Learn more here.Event […]
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Kids Art Club: The Spanish Language & Art (ages 6-8)
Kids Art Club: The Spanish Language & Art (ages 6-8)
Kids Art Club: The Spanish Language & Art (ages 6-8) ¿Hablas Español? Join instructor Jordan Bashore to combine the Spanish language and art as we explore a new exhibition in the gallery and learn about the beauty of language and art. We will explore bilingual texts and you will have the opportunity to select drawing […]
$10.80 – $12.00
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.”