Exhibitions

A year-round schedule of changing exhibitions is offered to the college and the public, presenting a variety of contemporary artists, collections, traveling exhibitions, and faculty and student artwork.

Venues include the Rockwell Kent Gallery located in the Feinberg Library, and the Burke Gallery and the Myers Lobby Gallery located in the Myers Fine Arts building.

Visions of Place: Complex Geographies in Contemporary Israeli Art

Dynamic Exhibition of Contemporary Israeli Art Addresses Complexities of Geography, Culture, Identity, History

Image of a woman floating on a body of water — Ariane Littman, Wounded Land Trilogy: Sea of Death, 2010. Video, 9:20 minutes. Photo courtesy of the Artist and Tim Hollander.

Image of an alley between rows of buildings — Efrat Shvily, Untitled (Ma’aleh Adumim), 1998. Archival print from black and white negative. Courtesy of the Artist and Sommer Contemporary Art.

September 3, 2019 through December 3, 2019

Location: Burke Gallery & Slatkin Study Room, Myers Fine Arts Building — Second Floor

Opening Public Reception: September 3, 2019, at 4:00 - 5:30pm in Burke Gallery

Dr. Martin Rosenberg and Dr. J. Susan Isaacs, Curators of Visions of Place: Complex Geographies in Contemporary Israeli Art, will give a lecture on their work on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Ward Hall, Room 110.

The exhibit explores the poignant impact of place in Israeli life, as seen through the penetrating eyes of some of the country’s most prominent contemporary artists. Featuring approximately 50 photographic, video, painted, and mixed media works by 34 Israeli artists (including Sigalit Landau, Miki Kratsman, Pavel Wolberg, Asad Azi, Adi Nes, and Guy Ben-Ner, among others), the exhibition illuminates intertwining views of history, place, and identity in Israeli culture. While the majority of the artists are Jewish, others are Muslim, Christian, and Druze, reflecting the diverse mosaic of peoples that populate the country.

Geography — in all its physical, personal, religious, political, and historical manifestations — remains an inescapable part of Israeli life. While focusing specifically on Israel, the themes addressed in the exhibition also have wide interest and applicability in the broader modern world. A powerful and engaging exhibition, Visions of Place demonstrates the richness, complexity, and diversity of current artistic practices in Israel, catalyzing a dialogue on important issues raised by the resonant visions of some of Israel’s finest contemporary artists.

Visions of Place: Complex Geographies in Contemporary Israeli Art was organized by the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts and the Towson University Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education Galleries, and is toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.

Artists as Innovators:

Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships

April 15 – August 9, 2019

Location: Burke & Slatkin Gallery, Myers Fine Arts Building — Second Floor

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is commemorating three decades of NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships with the landmark traveling exhibition Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships. The fellowship program has supported more than 4,000 artists in various fields in the visual arts, literature, and performing arts at critical stages throughout their careers.

The artists in the exhibition are acclaimed and respected around the world, but what is less known is that they all received support from NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships at crucial points in their careers. Curated by Judith K. Brodsky and David C. Terry with the assistance of Madeline Scholl, Artists as Innovators: Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships will feature work by more than 20 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows who have gone on to record significant achievements in their artistic careers. The works on display will show how the fellows have addressed pressing and often controversial issues through their art, including racism, gender equality, sexual orientation, immigration, and globalization.

Participating artists include: Elia Alba, Ida Applebroog, Dawoud Bey, Sanford Biggers, Ross Bleckner, Wendell Castle, Tara Donovan, Carroll Dunham, Chitra Ganesh, The Guerrilla Girls, Barbara Kruger, Christian Marclay, Marilyn Minter, Lori Nix, Tony Oursler, Faith Ringgold, Martha Rosler, Dread Scott, Andres Serrano, Shinique Smith, Carmelita Tropicana, and Fred Wilson.

Artist Talks and Workshops

For workshops, seating is limited. Please RSVP to Christina Elliott, Museum Educator, at [email protected].

Elia Alba — Multidisciplinary contemporary artist, Elia Alba, will be visiting the Plattsburgh State Art Museum on April 25 and 26, 2019 to discuss her artwork and host a fiber sculpture workshop. These programs are free to the public, but seating in the workshop is limited; please RSVP by April 22, 2019.

Artist Talk — April 25 at 7 p.m. in 202 Yokum Hall
Workshop — April 26 at 10 a.m. in 102 Myers Fine Arts

The Guerrilla Girls — The Guerrilla Girls, a dynamic group of artists and activists, will be visiting the Plattsburgh State Art Museum on May 9 and 10, 2019 to discuss their activist efforts and host a workshop. These programs are free to the public, but seating in the workshop is limited; please RSVP by May 6, 2019.

Artist Talk — May 9 at 7 p.m. in 202 Yokum Hall
Workshop — May 10 at 10 a.m. in 102 Myers Fine Arts

Carrie Hill — Traditional Mohawk basket maker and local NYFA recipient, Carrie Hill, will visit the Plattsburgh State Art Museum on June 15, 2019 to discuss her artwork and host a weaving workshop. This event is part of Plattsburgh State Art Museum's New York State Path through History Days and ACCA Museum Days programming. Both the talk and the workshop are free to the public, but seating in the workshop is limited; please RSVP by June 9, 2019.

Artist Talk — June 15 at 10:30 a.m. in 224 Myers Fine Arts
Workshop — June 15 at 11:30 a.m. in 224 Myers Fine Arts

B.F.A. Senior Exhibition

April 6 – May 17, 2019

Location: Myers Lobby Gallery, Myers Fine Arts Building — First Floor

The culminating exhibition for the Bachelor of Fine Arts program displaying BFA students' best work.

A free public reception will be held on Saturday, April 6 beginning at 3 p.m. with student talks in Hartman Theatre.

Patrice Charbonneau: Headquarters

January 28 – March 15, 2019

Location: Burke Gallery, Myers Fine Arts Building

Public Reception to meet the artist, Thursday, February 28, 2019 from 5 – 7p.m.

Plattsburgh State Art Museum is pleased to introduce to Northern New York State the painting of Québec artist Patrice Charbonneau. Charbonneau’s background as an architect informs his work, which is rich in psychological, emotional, and experiential aspects. Charbonneau’s paintings are characterized by a luscious, vibrant, and varied palette and by the haptic quality of the painted surface. Museum visitors are invited to engage closely with these works in all their intricacies and nuance.