AN EYE FOR THE CITY

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Eight renowned Italian Photographers exhibit over 50 works depicting urban images of contemporary Italian cities. Ugo Mulas, Giorgio Avigdor, Mimmo Jodice, Vincenzo Castella, Gabriele Basilico, Paola DePietri, Guido Guidi, Walter Niedermayr. Curated by Antonella Russo, photography historian, Turin, Italy. Organized by the University of New Mexico. Exhibition accompanied by a bilingual (English/Italian) catalogue.  

ALFERD THE MOUNTAIN MULE

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Outsider Artist and local resident Gregory Warmack (Mr. Imagination) was commissioned to make Alferd the Mountain Mule. Warmack is an internationally known folk artist, a self-taught visionary whose subtle spirituality is captured in everyday found objects, ranging from sandstone to paintbrushes and bottle caps. His work is exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution and in major… Read More ALFERD THE MOUNTAIN MULE

MARTHA POSNER: HONEYSUCKLE COUTURE

OUTDOOR SCULPTURE INSTALLATION Bethlehem, PA, United States

An interactive outdoor sculpture exhibition by noted artist Martha Posner that combines two bodies of work: "Waking the Wood", a series from the early and mid-1990s, and her most current series of woven and waxed empty garments. In September, Posner will construct three human-scale dresses made of honeysuckle, wire, and wild rosecanes at an outdoor… Read More MARTHA POSNER: HONEYSUCKLE COUTURE

Series

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

What can we learn by looking at more than one work of art by the same maker?  How do artists use seriality, multiples, or multi-format works to convey their ideas?  What happens when an artist addresses similar subjects with different approaches, or at different times in his/her career?  These are some of the questions explored through this selection from the LUAG teaching collection.

LEHIGH ART ALLIANCE JURIED EXHIBITION

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

LUAG is pleased to host the 68th annual fall juried exhibition of the Lehigh Art Alliance. This regional group was founded in 1935 to support and encourage area artists and provide a forum for aesthetic discussion and juried exhibition. The fall exhibition is a popular tradition in the Lehigh Valley art community, one of many… Read More LEHIGH ART ALLIANCE JURIED EXHIBITION

GUIDO LLINÁS: FORGOTTEN CUBAN MASTER

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Guido Llinás was a master painter and printmaker, born in Cuba, in 1923, and living in France from 1963 until his death in 2005. In Havana he found affinity with Abstract Expressionism, but in Paris during the 1960s his prints began to feature a series of "marks" - squiggles, crosses, doubled crosses and arrows, inspired… Read More GUIDO LLINÁS: FORGOTTEN CUBAN MASTER

BLANKA SPERKOVÁ: POETRY MADE OF WIRE

DUBOIS GALLERY, Display Cases 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Blanka Sperková's art is based upon simplified material and technique: metal wire and finger knitting. She skillfully manipulates fine wire of silver and other materials into three dimensional objects that become symbols of frailty: transparent anthropomorphic and ethereal shapes with internal and external tension that suggest the unwinding of time. Sperková is an award-winning artist… Read More BLANKA SPERKOVÁ: POETRY MADE OF WIRE

THE VIEW FROM HERE – ISSUES OF CULTURAL IDENTITY & PERSPECTIVE IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN ART

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

In conjunction with the exhibition, Lehigh Associate Professor of Modern Languages, Mary A. Nicholas will offer a First-Year Seminar, "The View From Here: Images of America in Contemporary Literature". Heralded in Moscow as Russia's largest contemporary art show of the decade, the U.S. exhibition tour includes a selection of 70 innovative screenprints by over 20… Read More THE VIEW FROM HERE – ISSUES OF CULTURAL IDENTITY & PERSPECTIVE IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN ART

LEWIS DE SOTO: PARANIRVANA, self-portrait

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 30TH from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Children's Workshop: Saturday, February 7th from 10:30am-12:00pm. Join us for the ritual inflation/deflation of Paranirvana: 10 minutes after opening and 20 minutes before closing, Wednesday through Sunday. Paranirvana (self-portrait) is a monumental 26-foot-long Buddha made of air-brushed polyethylene, air-filled and fan inflated, resting on a symbolic deathbed. The… Read More LEWIS DE SOTO: PARANIRVANA, self-portrait

NEW ACQUISITIONS

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Works on Paper. Artists include George Segal, Guido Llinas, Victor Vasquez, Wifredo Lam, Pablo Picasso, Ralph Steiner, and Lydia Panas.    

NELSON MANISCALCO: DINOSAURS RESURRECTED

DUBOIS GALLERY, Display Cases 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Nelson Maniscalco works with real bones from small animals to create scaled down interpretations of the prehistoric creatures. Through a painstaking process of modeling, molding and casting each bone in bronze, he explores the relationship between art and science. In 1994 he created a commemorative bronze skeletal dinosaur series for exhibition and sale at the… Read More NELSON MANISCALCO: DINOSAURS RESURRECTED

LARRY FINK: THE FORBIDDEN PICTURES

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

The Views expressed in the exhibition, LARRY FINK: THE FORBIDDEN PICTURES, are solely those of the artist and do not necessarily represent the views of Lehigh University Art Galleries or Lehigh University. The mission of Lehigh University Art Galleries is to foster an environment of visual literacy in the University and surrounding communities by providing… Read More LARRY FINK: THE FORBIDDEN PICTURES

DISCOVERING: NEW AND EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHY SIX NEW VISIONS

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

The exhibit features six contemporary artist/photographers who are as diverse as their work. Triana, Boothe and Arenas are well-established visual artists who enter photography as a continuum of their work. Martin, a seasoned poet, is exploring his poetry in the form of still images. Basu and Lopez, the youngest of the group, are just entering… Read More DISCOVERING: NEW AND EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHY SIX NEW VISIONS

THE BRIDGE – a journey through illness

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

  April 17: Children's Workshop, 10:30 am April 29: Poetry Reading, 4:30 pm April 30: Artists' Reception, 6-8 pm Two distinguished physicians, artist Rick Levinson, M.D. and poet Marc J. Straus, M.D. collaborate in an exhibition of art, sculpture, video and poetry that allows a rare glimpse into a patient's journey from health to illness.… Read More THE BRIDGE – a journey through illness

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HAVANA HARBOR: THE USS MAINE

DUBOIS GALLERY, Display Cases 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

  Curated by Patricia McAndrew A small-scale exhibition of vintage prints made from glass lantern slides of the 1890s, showing scenes of Cuba and the battleship Maine, and those who manned her. Included are ship's artifacts from the Robert Sayre collection. Originally designed as a cruiser, the Maine eventually went to sea as a battleship,… Read More ONCE UPON A TIME IN HAVANA HARBOR: THE USS MAINE

KILLING GROUND – Photographs of the Civil War and the Changing American Landscape.

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

The exhibition consists of archival Civil War images paired in diptychs with contemporary color photos of the same sites, as they appear today. It challenges the meaning of place in American culture and the evolving legacy of the Civil War in our national memory. Published in book form by the Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.… Read More KILLING GROUND – Photographs of the Civil War and the Changing American Landscape.

THE HUMAN CONDITION: AFTER EFFECTS

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Organized by Geno Rodriguez, The Alternative Museum Sponsored by the Nathan Cummings Foundation The exhibition features art and photography focused on children who have survived terrible injustice. Award-winning photojournalists document powerful images, ranging from George Azar's series “The War Generation” to Yannis Kontos' orphans in Lebanon and Afghanistan. Also included are photographs of Kosovo refugee… Read More THE HUMAN CONDITION: AFTER EFFECTS

THROUGH THE EYE OF MEMORY: THREE DECADES (1974-2003). HECTOR MENDEZ CARATINI

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Selections from a 30-Year Retrospective of the works of the noted artist/photographer: “ Traditions and Memories ,” previously exhibited at Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City. Mendez Caratini has consistently documented the evolving historical changes and cultural heritage of emerging Caribbean nations. His work was included in the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit “Our Journeys/Our Stories:… Read More THROUGH THE EYE OF MEMORY: THREE DECADES (1974-2003). HECTOR MENDEZ CARATINI

HOWARD FINSTER (1916-2001): PARADISE GARDEN

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Curated by Norman Girardot, Diane LaBelle, and Ricardo Viera Click here for more Finster Festival Events and Symposium A chronological view of the Paradise Garden in Summerville, Georgia, and selected images from Finster's three visits to Lehigh University, beginning in 1986.  Photography by Ricardo Viera and Norman Girardot. During the late 1970s and through most… Read More HOWARD FINSTER (1916-2001): PARADISE GARDEN

HOWARD FINSTER (1916-2001): PRINTS and THE CLOUD PORTFOLIO

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

A selection of fine art and commercial prints in diverse mediums and a one-of-a kind portfolio of marker drawings on black and white photographs of clouds from the Lehigh University collection.  Photography by Patti Boustany '87.

BARBARA KOZERO: WHIMSICAL CERAMICS

DUBOIS GALLERY, Display Cases 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Curated by Peggy W. Hobbs and Dzintra Kalnins Artist/educator Barbara Kozero favors humorous and playful subject matter, often depicting animals in colorful, richly patterned ceramic surfaces. "Humor, whether satirical or whimsical, is the underlying theme in my work.  I delight in rich and varied materials, and change my medium as the subject dictates." Kozero teaches at… Read More BARBARA KOZERO: WHIMSICAL CERAMICS

John James Audubon’s Birds of America, Vol. IV

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Designed by Art 275: Jessica Davidson, Jessica Miely, Emily Shutt. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, an unusual nineteenth century work in four volumes, is an important part of Lehigh University’s extensive rare books collection.  On view is Volume IV, demonstrating how Audubon’s hybrid of science and art, ornithology and printmaking, makes him one of the… Read More John James Audubon’s Birds of America, Vol. IV

Area Artists 2005: Salma Arastu, Holly Trostle Brigham, Maureen Drdak, Gary Graves

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Paintings, installation and photography.  Area Artists is a biennial exhibition presenting the work of some of the finest established artists and art educators in the eastern Pennsylvania region:  Salma Arastu, multicultural artist; Holly T. Brigham, painter; Maureen Drdak, painter; and Gary Graves, photography installation.

Olga Bajusova: Children’s Book Illustrations

DUBOIS GALLERY, Display Cases 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Noted Slovak artist Bajusova has produced numerous award-winning children's book illustrations, original drawings and animated films

Samuel Kirk: Three Nights in Paris

GIRDLER STUDENT GALLERY University Center, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Samuel Kirk is a senior fine arts/ studio major at lehigh. His senior honors project wax sculpture is a narrative of time spent and a personal journey.

The Don Quixote Project

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

The Don Quixote Project is in conjunction with Touchstone Theatre, artistic partners,and community partners: a sound and sight interractive exhibition and teaching laboratory. Artist-in-residence, Jonas dos Santos.

Furniture On Paper- and Off

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

An exhibition of works by seven nationally known artists and craftsmen: Tom Loeser, Isabelle Moore, Jere Osgood, Cheryl Riley, Brent Skidmore, Travis Townsend, and Leah Woods.

Fernando Castro: The Ideology of Color

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Bethlehem, PA, United States

A virtual exhibition of work by Fernando Castro, curated by Robert Varisco, LUAG adjunct curator of education, and Katie G. Schiewetz, intern and research assistant.

Lehigh Art Alliance Juried Exhibition

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

This juried exhibition of works by Lehigh Art Alliance members offers a look at the the creative diversity of regional artists.

VIAJEROS: North American Artist/ Photographers’ Images of Cuba. Part One.

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

The work of over fifty photographers, representing diverse ranges of age, gender, race, country of origin and political outlook. The multimedia project consists of over 100 images in photographic essays, videos and single and dual images.

VIAJEROS: North American Artist/ Photographers’ Images of Cuba. Part Two.

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

The work of over fifty photographers, representing diverse ranges of age, gender, race, country of origin and political outlook. The multimedia project consists of over 100 images in photographic essays, videos and single and dual images.

Frank Wyso: Coal Miners of Northeast Pennsylvania

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Frank 'Wyso' Wysochansky was a man driven to tell the story of Pennsylvania coal miners.  Using pen, ink, watercolor, oil, crayon, and sculptural forms, he captured the life of the coal miner by documenting the tools and working conditions of the anthracite coal mines of northeastern Pennsylvania, as well as the simple life and modest means of the miners' families.

John James Audubon’s Birds of America, Vol.IV

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Explore a new page in Adubon's epic catalog of American Birds: The Great Cinereous Owl.

Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Celebrating 150 years with selections from Lehigh University's Special Collections.

Bethlehem Area School District Artists Exhibition

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

A mixed media exhibition celebrating the creative spirit of young artists from elementary to high school level.

Viktor Schreckengost: The National Centennial Exhibition

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

LUAG joins in the nationwide celebration of the 100th birthday of this renowned artist, educator and industrial designer. 

Zhang Hongtu: The Four Seasons

OUTDOOR SCULPTURE INSTALLATION Bethlehem, PA, United States

Zhang Hongtu's monumental scroll installation returns to Packer Memorial Chapel for a limited time.  Organized by ArtsLehigh.

First Annual Lehigh University Art and Architecture Juried Exhibition

GIRDLER STUDENT GALLERY University Center, Bethlehem, PA, United States

A survey of works by Lehigh University students in several media.  Juried by Diane Labelle, director of the Goggleworks, Reading, PA.  Curated by Clorinde Peters, and coordinated by Sam Kirk.

Bennett Bean: Thirty Years

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

A comprehensive survey of three decades' work by the notable American ceramic artist and educator.

ECHO: The Art of Echo McCallister, Outsider Artist

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Gifted autistic artist, Echo McCallister draws and paints a variety of themes, including vehicles, buildings, figures and landscapes.  His special disability provides and inspirational view. 

WARHOL FLOWERS

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Selected screenprints from two portfolios in the Lehigh University Permanent collection: Flowers (black and white), 1974 and Flowers (hand-colored), 1974.  

Carlos Lizama: Visualization and Global Identity

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Lithographs, aquatints, xilographs (woodcuts), by the noted Chilean painter/ printmaker.  Sponsored by Lehigh University Global Citizenship,  LUAG and Latin American Studies.

Santiago Calatrava: Early Drawings, 1980-82

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Fourteen original sketches by the visionary award-wining architect, artist, engineer, and sculptor.  Internationally renowned for his dramatic designs in Europe, major projects include expansion of the Milwaukee Art Museum and the new World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York.

Latin American Photography II: Selections from the LUAG collection

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

A continuation of the series that represents the work of acclaimed as well as newly discovered artist-photographers from a variety of countries, cultures and traditions.

A View of Italian Neorealism

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography and film posters associated with the Italian cinema of the 1940s, from the Lehigh University Art Galleries collection.

Tairona Artifacts

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

An exhibition of Colombian artifacts from the Tairona culture.   Exhibition design by Victoria Tokarowski and Caitlin Malloy, Art 275.

The Visual Sematics of Diaspora: Paul Gardère

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Mixed-media works on paper raising questions of origin and purpose in relation to colonialism, imperialism, and presumptions of religious superiority.

The Visual Sematics of Diaspora: Pok Chi Lau

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Black and white photographs documenting three decades of the Chinese Diaspora in North America.

Area Artists 2007

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Area Artists is a biennial exhibition presenting the work of established artists and art educators of the eastern Pennsylvania region.

Second Annual Lehigh University Art & Architecture Juried Student Exhibition

GIRDLER STUDENT GALLERY University Center, Bethlehem, PA, United States

The second annual juried exhibition of student work presented by the Department of Art & Architecture, LUAG and ArtsLehigh with support from university faculty, staff, and community advisory members. Organized by Clorinde Peters '07.

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem: A Visual History

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

In conjunction with the Bethlehem Bach Festival 100th anniversary celebration, May 3 -12, LUAG presents an exhibition that traces the founders, participants, and history of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem.

Works on Paper from the LUAG Collection

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

A diverse selection of works on paper from the LUAG collection, including new acquisitions.

Visual Metaphors

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

This evocative selection from the LUAG teaching collection juxtaposed works of art in various mediums, styles and historical periods based on shared subject matter or genres.  Visual motifs like flowers, portraits, or landscapes come to life through the variety of artistic vision and inspiration.

Michael A. Smith: TUSCANY

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Black and white contact print photographs

Lucy Gans: DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES

GIRDLER STUDENT GALLERY University Center, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Drawings, works on paper and studies by Lehigh University Professor of Art, Lucy Gans.

Lucy Gans: IN OUR OWN WORDS

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Sculptural and audio installation by Lehigh University Professor of Art, Lucy Gans.

Janet Fish: AN AMERICAN MASTER

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Still life and landscapes paintings from prominent Amercian artist Janet Fish.

VERNACULAR TO THE MASTERS

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography of the anonymous and the celebrated. Curated by Donald Lokuta, Robert Yoskowitz and Ricardo Viera.

David Haas: The Mack Truck Project

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Black and white photography from the LUAG collection, through the generosity of Marlene (Linny) & Beall Fowler. Project by Megan Turner, Art 275.

GLASS CONCEPTS

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Susan Taylor Glasgow, Noel Hart, Tevita Havea, Thérèse Lahaie, Ann Wolff, Brent Kee Young. Contemporary sculptural designs in glass. Co-curated by Peggy W. Hobbs and Dzintra Kalnins.

DUST-O-GRAMS

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

A collaboration between María Martínez-Cañas, artist/photographer, and Kim Brown, conceptual artist/naturalist.

PHOTOGRAPHY OF TIBET: Part I

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography by Elaine Ling, Artist-in-Residence, March 31 - April 4

SARAH MIKENIS

GIRDLER STUDENT GALLERY University Center, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Paintings and drawings by Sarah Mikenis '08

PHOTOGRAPHY OF TIBET: Part II

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Elaine Ling, Photographer

RICHARD REDD: ENCAUSTIC PAINTINGS

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Celebrating 50 years in the Lehigh Valley.

Contemporary Photographers of China

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Bethlehem, PA, United States

In conjunction with the visit to Lehigh University by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, July 10-15, 2008, and with support of the Visiting Lecturers Committee of Lehigh University.

SEE NO EVIL: Monks and Friars by WYSO

GIRDLER STUDENT GALLERY University Center, Bethlehem, PA, United States

WYSO imagines the humorous antics of monks and friars in watercolor, pen & ink, and wax resist.  Guest Curator: Steven J. Lichak

Mark Wonsidler: SCULPTURE

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Altered, arranged and painted objects

Portfolios from the LUAG Teaching Collection

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

This selection highlights the variety of artists' approaches to the limited edition fine art portfolio within the LUAG teaching collection.  The selected portfolios--by individual artists and groups of artists--are shown in their entirety to focus attention on the portfolio as self-contained idea, conceptual unit, or essay. 

Ashcan School Paintings

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Thanks to the genrosity of alumni and friends, the LUAG Teaching Collection includes excellent examples of work from each member of The Eight, also known as the Ashcan School.  This group of early 20th century American artists often painted gritty scenes of New York City tenement life, and were dubbed the Ashcan School by a critic who disliked their subject matter. The group was comprised of eight painters who were rejected by the National Academy exhibition in 1907. In response, they organized an alternative exhibition at the Macbeth Gallery, New York that is considered a milestone in the history of modern American painting.

HERESIES/HEREJIAS Part III

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

HERESIES presents five decades of groundbreaking work by one of the world's most innovative photographers, Pedro Meyer.

HERESIES/HEREJIAS Part II

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

HERESIES presents five decades of groundbreaking work by one of the world's most innovative photographers, Pedro Meyer.

HERESIES/HEREJIAS Part I

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

HERESIES presents five decades of groundbreaking work by one of the world's most innovative photographers, Pedro Meyer.

Bethlehem Palette Club

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Mixed media works by Palette Club members

Area Artists 2009

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Works by Amze Emmons, Winifred Helton-Harmon, Rigo Peralta, and Karina Aguilera Skvirsky

HUMANITAS: Images of India by Fredric Roberts

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Co-sponsored by Lehigh University Humanities Center, ArtsLehigh, and the Lehigh University Indian Society.

The Ryoichi/Nagatani Excavations: PATRICK NAGATANI

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

From the Permanent Collection of Lehigh University.  This exhibition is a project of Art 275 students Skye Lehman and Juliette Gonzalez.

VISUAL NOTATIONS & MARK MAKING

GIRDLER STUDENT GALLERY University Center, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Working drawings, notations and marks by Berrisford Boothe, Amy Forsyth, Lucy Gans, Wes Heiss, Marilyn Jones, Heather Sincavage, Jason Travers, Ricardo Viera and Anthony Viscardi.

CIRIA: New Paintings

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

recent works by the contemporary Spanish painter

Challenge VII: DYSFUNCTIONAL

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Wood sculpture, photography and installation art by 31 international artists.  Organized by the Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia

Howard Finster

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Works on paper. Part II of the OUTSIDERS exhibition

Margaret Bourke-White and Lewis Baltz

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Works from Bourke-White's insect studies and Baltz's San Quentin Point portfolio

CONCURRENT

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Painting and sculpture

Harry Bertoia (1915-1978)

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Over thirty works on paper and select sculptures highlight the work of the Italian-born sculptor and furniture designer.

Latin American Art 3

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography and works on paper in three galleries

Have You Seen Us?

GIRDLER STUDENT GALLERY University Center, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Drawing I: Self-Portraits, Professor Jason Travers Based on the early grid portraits of artist Chuck Close, students will execute a large scale self-portrait using photographic reference.   The original 8x10 photograph will be divided using an inch-square grid.   The grid will be transposed at four-times scale for the drawing.  (Students may wish to subdivide and label… Read More Have You Seen Us?

That Was Then, This Is Now

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Created in different eras, historical and contemporary works of art challenged prevailing notions of of public taste and creative possibilities. Presented side-by-side and linked by visual and conceptual metaphors, these works embody over a century of changing ideas and expectations.

Alan Sonfist

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Bronze sculptures and documentation of environmental works made on campus with Lehigh University Art/Architecture/Design students.

Emilio Sanchez

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Prints from the LUAG Teaching Collection

Axl Leskoschek and Patrick Heron

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Prints from the LUAG Teaching Collection

A.W. Leh: South Bethlehem Architect

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Images of historic regional structures.  Curated by Patricia N. McAndrew.  Timeline by Ken Raniere.

Open Space: Artists from Norway

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

On-site mixed media installations by the visiting artists group

Area Artists 2011

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Area Artists is a biennial exhibition presenting the works of established artists and art educators of the Eastern Pennsylvania region.

Lissie Habié: PHOTOGRAPHY

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Themes of time, space and light are explored in this portfolio by the Guatemalan photographer.

Women Photographers

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Celebrating 40 years of Women at Lehigh

Show & Tell

GIRDLER STUDENT GALLERY University Center, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography and works on paper by Berenice Abbott, George Platt Lynes, Jasper Johns, Joan Snyder, Robert Mapplethorpe, Maria de Mater O'Neil and others.

Gary Graves: JUST WORDS

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Video projections inspired by the writing of Walt Whitman, Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Plath and others.

Andy in the Valley

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Presented by Muhlenberg Collge, Lafayette College and Lehigh University

ONLY WHEN WE DREAM ARE WE ALIVE

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Pinhole photographs from El Frente de Artistas del Borda.
El Borda Psychiatric Hospital, Buenos Aires
Organized by Juan Martin and NAEMI. Curated by Ricardo Viera.

THE ART OF PRINTMAKING

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

A project of Art 276 students Rebecca Diefenbach '13, Alexandra Doersam '12 and Jocelyn Gurland '13

GIRLS ON FILM

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography by Anastasia Pantsios Organized by the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame+Museum, Cleveland, Ohio

WILLIAM O’BRIEN JR

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Proto-architectural models

PATTI SMITH 1969-1976

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photographs of a pre-rock'n'roll Smith and her circle in New York, including Robert Mapplethorpe and Sam Shepard.

MARIO DEL CURTO

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography portfolio documenting works by Outsider artists

LUCIANA ABAIT: NEST

OUTDOOR SCULPTURE INSTALLATION Bethlehem, PA, United States

Part of Abait's "Mixed Nature" series, NEST reflects upon our relationship to the urban and natural environments surrounding us.

AFRICAN VISIONS OF BARACK OBAMA

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Contemporary African art reflecting the impact of Barack Obama on the African imagination.

NOT WANTING TO SAY / HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT JOHN CAGE

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Installations by Jeffrey W. Ludwig and Kristian Derek Ball, celebrating 100 years of John Cage

LEHIGH VALLEY YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS INVITATIONAL

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

An invitational exhibition featuring the works of local high school photographers.  Curated by Ricardo Viera.

KEITH HARING: POSTERS

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Graphic works by the Kutztown, PA native and internationally known artist.  A gift of the Keith Haring Foundation, NY.

BETHLEHEM PALETTE CLUB

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

65th Anniversary Juried Member Exhibition.

Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), An American Master

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Selected works by the leading Abstract Expressionist painter, courtesy of the Joan Mitchell Foundation and Cheim & Read Gallery, New York.

historia, memoria y silencios

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Bethlehem, PA, United States

Personal memory, documents of history and the silence between them.

ABSTRACTION X 2

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography and works on paper from the LUAG Teaching Collection.

ABSTRACTION X7

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography and works on paper from the LUAG Teaching Collection

Area Artists 2013

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

A biennial exhibition series presenting the work of leading artists and art educators of the Eastern Pennsylvania region.

Time & Place

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photographic narratives from distinctive eras evoke their particular atmosphere and texture.

FACES

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

The motif of the human face as mirror, map, window, or mask is explored in a selection of prints.

Is it ART?

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Where do we draw the line? And who decides?  Is it the artist, the critic, the collector, or museum?  Or is beauty really in the eye of the beholder?

Pre-Columbian Artifacts

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Objects from daily life, representing the Chavín, Nazca, Moche, Tairona, Chimú, Taíno, and Inca peoples.

ANTHONY VISCARDI Tracing Time to Measure Space

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Viscardi's drawings and constructions navigate a conceptual landscape between two- and three-dimensional space.

Four Artist-Photographers

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Bethlehem, PA, United States

A virtual exhibition as part of Lehigh Valley Photography Month and ArtsQuest's InVision Photo Festival

Lehigh Art Alliance

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

LUAG hosts a selection of paintings, drawings, mixed media and sculpture by established artists of the Lehigh Valley.

William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Bethlehem, PA, United States

An intimate view into the mind and creative process of the acclaimed South African artist.

FACEWORK

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Folk art "ugly jugs" extend a tradition with roots in American slavery and other sources.

A Stirring Song Sung Heroic

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography by William Earle Williams

Theo Anderson: COMPLEXITY

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

An exploration of visual structure andf form

Larry Rivers: The Boston Massacre

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

This 1970 portfolio presents Rivers' "visual afterthoughts" on the historical event.

Michael A. Smith: Broward County

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Smith turns his large format camera on the residents and environs of Broward County, Florida in 1989.

Lou Stoumen: THE WAR YEARS

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Lehigh alumnus and Academy Award wining cinematographer, Stoumen spent the years of WWII traveling with his camera in hand.

Curlee Raven Holton

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Curated by Susan Ellis and Ricardo Viera. Provocative figurative prints speak to the human experience.

Khaled Hafez: The A77A Project

VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Bethlehem, PA, United States

Hafez mobilizes muscle-men that are each part superhero, part classical god.

Contradiction and Classicism

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Curated by Christine I. Oaklander, Ph.D. Classical beauty and cubistic invention characterize Davies' ouevre.

th(ink)ing

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Curated by Susan Ellis and Ricardo Viera. Celebrating 20 years of experimental printmaking at EPI.

NAEMI / New Outsider Art from Cuba

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Works of twelve Cuban artists who suffer mental or emotional impairment.

el otro lado del alma

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Obscure rituals, sacred objects and secret societies inform the photography of Afro-Cuban religion.  Curated by Moritz Neumüller.  A gift to the LUAG Teaching Collection.

Area Artists 2015

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

A biennial exhibition presenting the works of established artists and art educators of the eastern Pennsylvania region.

REVISITING SOUTH BETHLEHEM

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

From the Civil War to SteelStacks, South Bethlehem has been the cradle of Lehigh University for 150 years. Always historical, sometimes hysterical, these neighborhoods have housed ever-changing multi-ethnic communities and a constant influx of Lehigh students. Sights like St. Michael’s Cemetery, the Lehigh River, the architecture of A.W. Leh, and the ubiquitous blast furnaces have… Read More REVISITING SOUTH BETHLEHEM

OBJECT AS SUBJECT: The Lehigh University Art Galleries Teaching Collections – Part 2

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Celebrating 150 Years of Lehigh University. From the very beginning, Lehigh University has regarded the arts as a fundamental part of its educational vision. Lehigh’s first president Henry Coppée included drawing and painting among the core subjects that every well-rounded student should study, regardless of major. In the 150 years that followed, the University has… Read More OBJECT AS SUBJECT: The Lehigh University Art Galleries Teaching Collections – Part 2

OBJECT AS SUBJECT: The Lehigh University Art Galleries Teaching Collections – Part 1

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Celebrating 150 Years of Lehigh University. From the very beginning, Lehigh University has regarded the arts as a fundamental part of its educational vision. Lehigh’s first president Henry Coppée included drawing and painting among the core subjects that every well-rounded student should study, regardless of major. In the 150 years that followed, the University has… Read More OBJECT AS SUBJECT: The Lehigh University Art Galleries Teaching Collections – Part 1

…OF THE AMERICAS

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Latin American Art Is American Art. Abstraction, conceptualism, the politics of identity: these are the territories of contemporary art in America. Not surprisingly, these concerns belong to artists of many backgrounds with diverse personal histories. Contemporary Latin American Art focuses on the ways Latino artists have carved out a place within the mainstream of art history or have positioned themselves against it. Figures like Diego Rivera, Wifredo Lam, and José Clemente Orozco have become highly visible, but countless others from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Cuba, Jamaica, Ecuador and elsewhere have contributed to the complex story of contemporary art. Reflecting aspects of gender, diaspora, poetics, and political commentary, these artists address the reality of life in the 20th and 21st centuries.

LEHIGH ART ALLIANCE

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Featuring mixed-media works by member artists.

Reception and Gallery Talk: Revisiting South Bethlehem

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

  Join LUAG Museum Educator, Patricia McAndrew and Director/Chief Curator Ricardo Viera for a lively discussion of the exhibition Revisiting South Bethlehem: 150 Years of Photography.    Gallery talk begins at 5pm, reception to follow.  Dubois Gallery, Maginnes Hall. For more information about the exhibition, click here. All LUAG events are free and open to the… Read More Reception and Gallery Talk: Revisiting South Bethlehem

Reception and Gallery Talk: Object as Subject

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Associate Professor of Art History, Nicholas Sawicki and LUAG Director/Chief Curator discuss a second round of selected objects on view in the exhibition Object as Subject: The LUAG Teaching Collection. Gallery talk begins at 5pm, reception to follow. Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center. For more information about the exhibition, click here. All LUAG events are… Read More Reception and Gallery Talk: Object as Subject

Reception and gallery talk: "…OF THE AMERICAS"

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

LUAG welcomes guest speaker Alejandro Anreus, Professor of Latin American / Latino Studies at William Patterson University.  Professor Anreus will join LUAG Director / Chief Curator Ricardo Viera for a gallery talk and discussion about select works in the exhibition "...OF THE AMERICAS: Contemporary Latin American Art from the LUAG Teaching Collection."  5PM, LUAG Lower… Read More Reception and gallery talk: "…OF THE AMERICAS"

ROBERT FRANK / The Americans: 81 Contact Sheets

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

In 1955, Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank traveled across the United states, shooting a quintessentially American social landscape from an outsider’s perspective. Made possible by a Guggenheim foundation fellowship, this now-iconic road trip yielded over 28,000 negatives from which Frank chose eighty-three images for his pivotal book, The Americans. First published in France, The Americans countered the image of 1950s optimism, revealing the hidden face of poverty, racism, and consumerism. Frank’s signature style—improvisational and probing—has had a lasting impact on photography. Drawn from a limited edition portfolio, the works in this exhibition present images of Frank’s unedited contact sheets, complete with his notations. They provide a glimpse of the artist’s mind at work during the realization of this monumental project. Presented as part of Lehigh Valley Photography Month, November 2016.

Visual Poetry

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

The visual power of words has captivated the human imagination since the invention of writing. In the hands of artists and poets, this raw material is stretched and transformed into a limitless array of expressive and conceptual forms—handwriting, graffiti, graphics, moveable type, and video imaging to name just a few. Drawn from Lehigh’s extensive collection, the artists in this exhibition explore diverse approaches including word-as-image, captioning, collage, spoken word, braille, and found text. Photography, printmaking, and video works by Guido Llinás, Stephen Althouse, Aaron Siskind, Robert Indiana, Marcia Resnick, Abelardo Morell, Miguel Loredo, Alexander Apóstol, Adál Maldonado, Ed Ruscha, Howard Finster, Arturo Cuenca, Gary Graves, and Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola are presented.

Bartram’s Boxes REMIX

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

When 13 trees fell at Bartram’s Garden during a huge storm in 2010, the Center for Art in Wood put out a call to artists, inviting them to propose and create new works using the fallen wood and other materials in the spirit of the garden’s founder, John Bartram. The response was overwhelming. Over 100 proposals were submitted from around the world. From these, works were selected, including collaborations by artists from three continents. John Bartram, a friend to Benjamin Franklin and royal botanist to King George III, was known for the innovative boxes he designed to ship seeds and plants to colleagues. His 18th century garden, now a historical landmark, remains a hub for sharing international plant knowledge. This exhibition celebrates Bartram’s legacy of invention and discovery by providing the opportunity for artists to remix his inspirational vision of botany, gardening, and design.

SEPTEMBER 22: Reception and Gallery Talk for Robert Frank exhibition

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Reception and gallery talk for Robert Frank: The Americans with Ricardo Viera and David Sestak.  Thursday September 22, 6pm.  Dubois Gallery, Maginnes Hall.  All LUAG events are free and open to the public.  This event is part of the 5×10 First Year Experience.

SEPTEMBER 29: Reception for Bartram's Boxes REMIX

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Reception for Bartram's Boxes REMIX, featuring poet Beth Feldman Brandt, and participating artist, musician, and Lehigh University professor, Amy Forsyth.  Thursday, September 29 at 7PM in the LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center.  All LUAG events are free and open to the public.  This event is part of the 5x10 First Year Experience.  

OCTOBER 13: Pull My Daisy

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

OCTOBER 13: Live reading of Jack Kerouac’s introduction to Robert Frank’s The Americans, and screening of Robert Frank’s Beat era film Pull My Daisy. Black Box theater, Zoellner Arts Center. Thursday, October 13, 6 pm.  All LUAG events are free and open to the public.  This event is part of the 5×10 First Year Experience.

November 1: Don’t Blink-Robert Frank Film Screening

Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas / ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA, United States

LUAG is pleased to partner with the Lehigh University Department of Art/Architecture/Design and ArtsQuest to present a screening of director Laura Israel's documentary Don't Blink-Robert Frank.  This screening is in conjunction with our exhibition Robert Frank/The Americans: 81 Contact Sheets on view through December 10 at DuBois Gallery, Maginnes Hall. For more information about the… Read More November 1: Don’t Blink-Robert Frank Film Screening

Free

NOVEMBER 5: William Earle Williams on Robert Frank

Robert Frank's The Americans, Pictures That Speak For Themselves.  Lecture by William Earle Williams, Professor of Fine Arts and Curator of Photography at Haverford College.  Saturday, November 5, 10am.  Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas in the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.  Presented as part of ArtsQuest's InVision Photo Festival.  

Khalil Allaik: Guardians Of The Wind

OUTDOOR SCULPTURE, Memorial Walkway Memorial Walkway, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United States

An open air sculpture along Memorial Walkway. Visitors to Lehigh University’s Memorial Walkway can walk among the sculpture’s three elements, observing curves, texture, and seductive voids—ongoing concerns in many of Allaik’s works.

Free

The Art of Collecting

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Museum collections are alive. Like the culture around them, they grow and change, responding to new ideas and new circumstances ranging from iPhones to ISIS. The culture engine never stops, and likewise the collecting museum feels an urgency to reflect how the world is changing around it. By acquiring new objects...

Free

Area Artists 2017

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Deborah Slahta, Judith Joy Ross, Ed Kerns, Pat Badt and Scott Sherk.

Area Artists is a biennial exhibition presenting the works of established artists and art educators of the eastern Pennsylvania region. The exhibition includes works by Deborah Slahta (ceramics), Judith Joy Ross (photography), Ed Kerns (Painting), and the collaborative team of Pat Badt (painting and book making) and Scott Sherk (sculpture and sound art).

Free

CANCELLED: February 9: Gallery Talk with professors Sawicki and Viera, 6 PM.

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

ATTENTION: This event has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Join LU professors Nicholas Sawicki and Ricardo Viera for a gallery talk and walkthrough of the exhibition The Art of Collecting at the LUAG Main
Gallery, Zoellner. 6 pm. Reception to follow.

Free

March 2: Reception and Gallery Talk for Area Artists 2017; featuring area musician Gary Joseph Hassay.

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

March 2: Area musician Gary Joseph Hassay will perform a short program of spontaneous compositions at the reception and gallery talk for Area Artists 2017. Hassay's performance, dedicated to these exceptional artists, precedes a gallery Q & A with Kerns, Slahta, Ross, Badt, and Sherk. Doors open at 6pm, performance at 6:30 pm. LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center.

Free

Scott Sherk: SonanceZOELLNER

Throughout Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA, United States

A Collaborative Sound Sculpture. Celebrating 20 Years of Zoellner Arts Center. Humming computers. A droning HVAC system. The murmur of voices in a crowded lobby. These often unnoticed sounds create a sonic landscape that provides raw material for sound sculptor Scott Sherk. By chopping, compressing, and recombining recordings of these ambient sounds, Sherk constructs sonic forms that heighten the listener’s experience of space. His installation SonanceZOELLNER, incorporates light, speakers, and the natural resonance of the building to transform the Zoellner Arts Center into a sculptural sound environment.

Free

April 6: Chris Karfakis / The Evolution of Photography

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Chris Karfakis has been a collector of cameras, images, and photographic ephemera for over 30 years. His collection has enabled him to study the history and evolution of photography, and how photography impacts our daily lives. He will speak about photography's role in documenting the turning points in major world events. In particular, he will zero in on the antebellum period, and explain how a daguerreotype came to be.

Free

April 20: Scott Sherk Reception and Artist Talk, 6 PM

Butz Lobby, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Sherk will discuss his sound and video work in conjunction with his installation SonanceZOELLNER located throughout the building. 6 pm. Butz Lobby, Zoellner Arts Center. Reception to follow.

Free

Estraño – Stranger Things

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

The strangeness of everyday objects provides endless fascination for artists. This experience of unsettling familiarity—or what Sigmund Freud called “the uncanny”—has taken many forms throughout history. The Greeks and Romans painted murals of windows and hallways to expand their rooms, a technique later known as tromp-l’oeil from the French term meaning to deceive the eye.… Read More Estraño – Stranger Things

Visionaries of the Light

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Organized by NAEMI (National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill).  Curated by Ricardo Viera. The term “outsider art” was coined by the English critic Roger Cardinal in 1972, taking as a starting point the original concept of “Art Brut” by French artist Jean Dubuffet.  Today many terminologies exist—“visionary”, “self-taught”, “art of the mentally ill”—but ultimately… Read More Visionaries of the Light

Aaron Siskind

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) revolutionized photography and influenced successive generations of artists in all mediums.  “When I make a photograph,” he wrote, “I want it to be an altogether new object.”  Originally a documentary photographer, Siskind turned his probing eye toward the ordinary and overlooked: torn posters, graffiti, seaweed strewn on the beach.  He collapsed the… Read More Aaron Siskind

Wifredo Lam is ArtNet's #1 exhibition to see this fall!

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

LUAG tops international list of most important exhibitions to see in the fall 2017 season.  Read all about it! Check out the exhibition and related events.

The Drawings of Wifredo Lam: 1940-1955

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Lehigh University Art Galleries is pleased to present The Drawings of Wifredo Lam: 1940 – 1955, the first monographic exhibition of works by Lam from a prestigious private Cuban collection to travel to the United States. Comprised of twenty-one rarely seen works on paper the exhibition will open to the public this August 30 and will remain on view until December 10, 2017.

María Martínez-Cañas

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Special thanks to Tony Ulloa, Casa Serena Collection, for the loan of works to this exhibition. María Martínez-Cañas is a photographer who works beyond the limits of the camera.  Conceptually driven, she dissects, collages, digitally manipulates, erases, and recombines images, resulting in a range of forms that includes: photomontage, camera-less photograms, sculptural installation, and archival… Read More María Martínez-Cañas

September 21: Juan Castillo Vázquez on Wifredo Lam, 4:10PM

Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Join us for a lecture and reading by Wifredo Lam's great nephew, Juan Castillo Vázquez, in conjunction with the exhibition The Drawings of Wifredo Lam: 1940-1955.  The lecture will take place at 4:10PM in Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center.  This is a Spanish language talk with English transcription provided, including excerpts from Wifredo Lam's poetry.  Reception to follow.  All LUAG events are free and open to the public.

Free

September 28: Gallery Conversation with Ricardo Viera, 6PM

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Join us for a gallery conversation about the NAEMI exhibition: Visionaries of the Light with LUAG Director/ Chief Curator, Ricardo Viera.  The exhibition is located at the Gallery at Rauch Business Center.  A reception will follow.  All LUAG events are free and open to the public.

Free

November 2: Robert Mann discusses Aaron Siskind

Maginnes Hall 9 W. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Join us as Robert Mann, director of the Robert Mann Gallery, NYC, discusses the photography of Aaron Siskind.  Light refreshments provided. Founded in 1985, Robert Mann Gallery is one of the preeminent photography galleries in the world. Through a diverse roster that highlights both a prominent group of contemporary artists and an outstanding collection of twentieth-century masters, its program interrogates the role of photographic medium—to capture or invent, purify or distort, and to take on new identities—while celebrating its unique history.

Free

November 9: Lowery Stokes Sims on Wifredo Lam, 6PM

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Curator and scholar Lowery Stokes Sims will speak in conjunction with the exhibition The Drawings of Wifredo Lam: 1940-1955. Join us in the LUAG Lower Gallery in Zoellner Arts Center, 6PM.  Reception to follow.  All LUAG events are free and open to the public. Sponsored in part by the Visiting Lecturers Committee and Africana Studies.

Free

Wifredo Lam's 115th Birthday Celebration

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Join us to celebrate what would have been Wifredo Lam's 115th birthday and the closing of the exhibition The Drawings of Wifredo Lam: 1940-1955. The party will take place at 6 PM in the LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center. Prosecco, a sparkling wine from Italy, and desserts will be served. This event marks one… Read More Wifredo Lam's 115th Birthday Celebration

Study Night At The Museum

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Study Night At The Museum provides students with an alternative study space as they gear up for finals. Bring a friend and your study material and prepare to conquer your finals surrounded by art in the quiet and peaceful LUAG Lower Gallery. When you need a mental break from studying you're invited to explore the… Read More Study Night At The Museum

Dieter Roth: Trophies, Bats, Dogs

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Artist and provocateur, Dieter Roth was one of the most influential European artists of the postwar period.  Born in Germany, Roth (1930-1998) found asylum from WWII as a youth in Switzerland.  Known for his use of unorthodox materials ...

Contemporary Japanese Prints

The world of contemporary Japanese prints is a confluence of techniques, cross-cultural exchange, and historical influences. The effect of Japanese aesthetics on European artists like Whistler, Degas, and Van Gogh is well-known; but Japanese artists also borrowed many ideas from their contemporaries in the West.

Jack Youngerman: Prints

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Jack Youngerman (b.1926) belongs to the first generation of artists who set up studios in New York City’s abandoned industrial spaces during the 1950s and 1960s.

Karyn Olivier

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Horger Artist-in-Residence for Art | Architecture | Design. The Horger Artist-in-Residence is a semester-long residency that brings noteworthy talent to Lehigh University.  Every year the residency  rotates between the fields of Music, Theater or Art|Architecture|Design.

Photographs Are Ideas

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Photography has been a lifelong passion for LUAG Director and Chief Curator Ricardo Viera. When Viera first came to Lehigh University in 1974, his priority was to establish professional standards for the art works he found.  To his dismay, he discovered—among the many paintings, prints, and coins which made up the fine art collection—there was only one photograph.  With this discovery his first IDEA was born: to build a teaching collection centered around works-on-paper, including photography.

February 8: Opening Reception for all Spring 2018 Exhibitions

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Join us February 8 at the LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center for a reception celebrating all of our Spring 2018 Exhibitions.  6-8PM.  Refreshments.  All LUAG events are free and open to the public.

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April 12: Karyn Olivier: Artist Talk

BLACK BOX THEATRE, Zoellner Arts Center 420 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, PA, United States

Join Horger Artist-in-Residence Karyn Olivier for an artist talk in which she will present her work, discuss current projects, as well as the work she is doing with Lehigh University students.

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Outdoor Sculpture Collection

Lehigh University is home to over 50 outdoor sculptures located across three campuses, including the Asa Packer Campus, Mountaintop Campus, and Goodman Campus. The Outdoor Sculpture Collection includes sculptures that range in scale from the modest to the monumental and encompass a variety of styles, approaches, periods, and materials.

Pedro Meyer: Truth from Fiction

Fairchild-Martindale Study Gallery 8 E Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer (b. 1935), is a pioneer of the digital revolution in contemporary photography, one of the first photographers to manipulate his images digitally.  Because of its mechanical nature, photography has often been misconstrued an unbiased reproduction of a single moment, a snapshot of the exact truth - something that Meyer disputes ...

Peter Berg: Labyrinths

SIEGEL GALLERY, Iacocca Hall Mountaintop campus, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Peter Berg (1948-1997) was known for his maze-like sculptural installations that moved in and out of existing architecture with discreet presence. Fabricated from standard building materials, Berg’s constructions of wood, sheetrock, spackle and paint often merged with their surroundings, sprouting walls, plinths, winding passageways, and rooms with no obvious entry points...

Peter Turnley: The Compassionate Lens

DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, United States

Nelson Mandela emerges from the shadows after twenty-seven years in captivity; the Berlin Wall crumbles; Kurdish refugees flee from Iraq to southern Turkey – these are the scenes of the human condition. If it happened in the last thirty years, photojournalist Peter Turnley was there, camera in hand...

The Future is Female: Prints by Women Artists

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

In printmaking, The Future Is Female, but so is the past. With or without the visibility they deserve, women artists have engaged the art of printmaking from the beginning.  Requiring technical mastery, physical strength, and stamina, printmaking—or the art of producing multiple images or impressions from a single plate or matrix—has its origins in 8th century Japan ...

The Teaching Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

The founders of Lehigh University saw art as integral to a well-rounded education. Following in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson, who made his personal art collection accessible to students and faculty at the University of Virginia, Lehigh University’s first president, Henry Coppée, declared art one of the “elementary branches” of education....

Opening Reception: Fall 2018 Exhibitions

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

September 20, 6PM.  Please join us for a reception celebrating our fall 2018 exhibitions and welcome our new director, Dr. William Crow. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. For more information please call 610.758.3615.

Gallery Talk With Professor Lucy Gans

RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER GALLERY 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA, United States

October 18, 6PM. Join us for a Gallery Talk about the exhibition, The Future is Female, with professor Lucy Gans in The Gallery at Rauch Business Center. Reception to follow. All LUAG events are free and open to the public. This is a 5X10 event.

POSTPONED: Farewell Reception for LUAG Director/Chief Curator Ricardo Viera

LUAG MAIN GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

December 1, 3-5 PM. Join us to celebrate the retirement of LUAG director / chief curator Ricardo Viera. Viera will be retiring at the end of December after dedicating 44 years of service to Lehigh University Art Galleries. Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided.

Study Night at the Museum

LUAG LOWER GALLERY, Zoellner Arts Center 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA, United States

Every semester during Finals Week, LUAG opens its doors for Study Night at the Museum. Study Night provides an alternative study space on the Monday before final exams.  This semester, it will be held on Monday December 10, from 6 - 11 PM. Bring a friend and your study materials...