The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art received an exceptional gift of Andy Warhol photographs from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Warhol, one of the founders of the Pop Art movement of the 1960s, used photography extensively both to document ideas and record daily events and experiences. …
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Jamie Bennett: Contemplative Jeweler
Two photos that multiplied: SUNY-New Paltz honors Dorsky Museum’s retiring director Neil Trager this Saturday
NEW PALTZ — Neil Trager, the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art founding director who will be celebrated with a special retirement party this Saturday, May 10 at the institution that he was instrumental in building, may be among the quietest visionaries to grace the Valley in some time. When first…
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NEW PALTZ — “Artists in various fields are always the first to discover how to enable one medium or to release the power of another,” said philosopher Marshall McLuhan who in 1964 coined the phrase “The medium is the message.”
AND THE BEAT GOES ON…Three Shows – Three Openings – One Night
NEW PALTZ — Save the last Saturday in March for the opening of three special exhibitions at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Beat and Beyond: Photographs by Allen Ginsberg, A Discerning Vision: Photographs from the Collection of Howard Greenberg;…
Read moreSamuel Dorsky Museum of Art addresses the Intimacies of Distant War
NEW PALTZ — March 2008 marks the 5th anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq, and Americans are attempting to come to terms with the conflict’s purpose, moral obligations, and…
Read moreSamuel Dorsky Museum of Art exhibits the whimsical yet haunting sculptures of Grace Bakst Wapner
NEW PALTZ — Grace Bakst Wapner’s reflections on spirit stones (Chinese Scholar’s Rocks) is the inspiration for her upcoming exhibition, A Scholar’s Garden, at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State…
Read more"Rituals of the Land and Spirit" Samuel Dorsky Museum exhibits the work of Photographer Miguel Gandert
NEW PALTZ — Over a twenty-year period, Miguel Gandert created captivating photographs that examine the rituals – sacred and secular – practiced by mestizo peoples of the Upper Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico. The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York has mounted an…
Read moreUrban Noir: L.A.-N.Y. Photographs of Helen K. Garber
NEW PALTZ — Photographer Helen K. Garber’s urban nocturnes are the subject of the exhibition Urban Noir: L.A.– N.Y. opening Saturday, October 6 with a reception from 2-4 p.m. at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz. The exhibition will be…
Read more"Utopia-Utopia": Artists capture the unique style and environs of Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony
NEW PALTZ — Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony, the oldest continuing arts colony in America (founded 1902-1903), has been an alluring destination for an eclectic group of artists, writers, musicians, and social reformers interested…
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