Visit Asa!
What’s happening with Asa? For over forty years, the monumental portrait of Lehigh University founder Asa Packer has watched over students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and friends in the Asa… Read More Visit Asa!
Category: Collection & Exhibitions
A Thoughtful Analysis of Cloud
Here at LUAG we are always ecstatic when Lehigh teachers integrate the collection into their curriculum. This past semester Susan Kart of Art, Architecture and Design required her ART 002 students to… Read More A Thoughtful Analysis of Cloud
LUAG from a Student's Perspective
We were recently pleasantly surprised by a fantastic post written by a student on the Arts@Lehigh blog about the Lehigh University Art Galleries. Presently a senior, the student relates an in-between classes visit to… Read More LUAG from a Student's Perspective
Views from St. Michael’s Cemetery
Did you know that Lehigh University is only blocks away from the site where acclaimed photographer Walker Evans took the iconic photograph, “Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill. Pennsylvania” in… Read More Views from St. Michael’s Cemetery
Spring into the Outdoor Sculpture Collection
The birds are chirping, and the sun is shining. Spring Break may be over, but spring has just begun on Lehigh’s campus. With more time to spend outdoors it is… Read More Spring into the Outdoor Sculpture Collection
Specialized Commentaries on …Of The Americas
Did you know that each and every object in our exhibition …Of The Americas is accompanied by a few paragraphs written by a curator who specializes in Latin American Art? José Antonio Navarrete is… Read More Specialized Commentaries on …Of The Americas
The King and Queen of Interstate 78
Tom Sternal’s King and Queen, c. 1990 featured on LUAG’s Spring 2016 brochure are not very centrally located on campus, but they are probably seen by thousands of viewers a… Read More The King and Queen of Interstate 78
LUAG's First Self Guided Audio Tour
LUAG recently introduced its first self guided audio tour and it is available for the exhibition Object as Subject. The tour provides visitors with educational information about artworks in the exhibition which can be accessed from inside or outside of the… Read More LUAG's First Self Guided Audio Tour
Ellsworth Kelly and Green Curve with Radius of Twenty Feet
Ellsworth Kelly, who died in his home in Spencertown last month, was a painter, sculptor and printmaker well known for hard-edge painting, Color Field painting and minimalism. His piece Green Curve… Read More Ellsworth Kelly and Green Curve with Radius of Twenty Feet
Carmen Herrera, 100 Years Old This Year
Above: Carmen Herrera, Verde y Negro, 1995, Serigraph In the exhibition “…Of The Americas”, LUAG Lower Gallery, August 26, 2015 – June 4,2017 Carmen Herrera sold her first painting at… Read More Carmen Herrera, 100 Years Old This Year
Lehigh Students and LUAG Join Forces to Make Art More Accessible
Above: Tactile for Luis Cruz Azaceta, Cloud, 2014, Archival pigment print Last spring, Brian Slocum received a call from the Lehigh University Art Galleries. At this time LUAG was in the midst of… Read More Lehigh Students and LUAG Join Forces to Make Art More Accessible
Times Square in the Rain
Above: Lou Stoumen, Times Square in the Rain, 1940, Gelatin Silver Print Linda Ganus’ Music and Art: Collaborating in Early Modern Europe and America class visited LUAG a few weeks… Read More Times Square in the Rain
Selecting Object As Subject
Above: Vuillard, Édouard, The Theatre, c. 1905, Oil on panel I sat down with Mark Wonsidler and Jeffrey Ludwig-Dicus, members of LUAG’s curatorial team, to discuss the challenging process of selecting… Read More Selecting Object As Subject
Exhibitions Honoring the Sesquicentennial
Next year is a very special time for Lehigh University. Lehigh will be celebrating its Sesquicentennial and LUAG will be honoring Lehigh’s past 150 years with two much anticipated exhibitions.… Read More Exhibitions Honoring the Sesquicentennial
Art Crossing Cultural Boundaries in ESL Classes
Each semester, English As A Second Language classes visit LUAG and integrate art into their programs. After all, art is a universal language and can cross cultural boundaries. Below are a few… Read More Art Crossing Cultural Boundaries in ESL Classes