Lehigh University Art Galleries

10/06/2023

The LUAG Main & Lower Galleries
will be closed Saturday, October 7, 2023.

We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to welcoming you back to LUAG on Tuesday, October 10, 2023.

Please check www.luag.org for more info

08/30/2023

Join us for a dynamic and enlightening workshop focused on Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Arts. In a rapidly diversifying world, it is essential for educators to create inclusive and culturally aware learning environments that resonate with the experiences and backgrounds of all students. This workshop aims to equip educators and instructors and enthusiasts with the tools, strategies and insights to foster an environment where creativity flourishes and cultural understanding thrives.

Participants will learn about the benefits of teaching from art and material culture, such as promoting critical thinking skills, enhancing visual literacy, and fostering cross-disciplinary learning. Through lecture and interactive activities, participants will explore ways to integrate art and material culture into their curriculum, including selecting appropriate artifacts, developing inquiry-based questions, and facilitating student-led discussions.

Space is limited. Please register in advance to save your spot and to receive more information at www.luag.org/events

Event information:
Saturday, September 23, 2023
9am - 2:30pm
LUAG Main Galleries, Zoellner Arts Center

08/21/2023

“Mr. Siegel made lasting gifts that honored and supported the people and programs he believed in,” said Dean Robert Flowers II, who currently holds the Siegel Deanship. “The impact of his generosity will continue to be felt in the College of Arts and Sciences and across Lehigh for generations to come.”

In memory of Herbert J. Siegel, Lehigh University Class of 1950.

The investor and philanthropist served as a university trustee from 1989-1992.

08/16/2023

Lehigh University Art Galleries' Fall 2023 exhibition, LUCY GANS: Reading Between the Lines, will open to the public on Tuesday, August 29. 2023.

Join us on Friday, September 8th at 6:00 pm for the Opening Reception and Celebration at the LUAG Main Galleries inside Zoellner Arts Center. LUAG Exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. Visit our website for visitor information, hours, and more!

About the Artist:
Lucy Gans is a printmaker and a sculptor, her oeuvre is figurative, narrative and deftly utilizes portraits to explore social issues; it ranges from small photogravures and monotypes to individually carved figures, and includes installations with cast objects, prints, drawings, and recorded text. Her work gives voice to family narratives and stories of relationships that can include abuse, social violence, and abandonment, through layering of text and image. Her 2007 exhibition In Our Own Words at Lehigh University Art Galleries dealt with intimate partner violence and was composed of over 400 ceramic heads, eight looping audio tracks featuring interviews with survivors, and accompanying texts. The exhibition received a Social Impact Award from the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission.

Gans' work is in many public and private collections in the United States and abroad. She has received the National Association of Women Artists' Medal of Honor, Peabody Award for her work in printmaking, and Clara Shainless Memorial Award. She has taught for over forty years in schools, colleges, and universities in Ohio, New York, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.

Gans earned her MFA in sculpture from Pratt Institute, with a minor in drawing. She also studied painting and drawing at the Art Students League, and earned her BFA from Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio.

Lucy Gans joined the Lehigh University Faculty in 1981 and is currently Professor of Art and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and was the first holder of the Louis and Jane P. Weinstock '36 Chair in Art and Architecture in the Department of Art, Architecture and Design.

08/16/2023

Lehigh University Art Galleries' Fall 2023 exhibition, LUCY GANS: Reading Between the Lines, will open to the public on Tuesday, August 29. 2023.

Join us on Friday, September 8th at 6:00 pm for the Opening Reception and Celebration at the LUAG Main Galleries inside Zoellner Arts Center.
LUAG Exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. Visit our website for visitor information, hours, and more!

About the Artist:
Lucy Gans is a printmaker and a sculptor, her oeuvre is figurative, narrative and deftly utilizes portraits to explore social issues; it ranges from small photogravures and monotypes to individually carved figures, and includes installations with cast objects, prints, drawings, and recorded text. Her work gives voice to family narratives and stories of relationships that can include abuse, social violence, and abandonment, through layering of text and image. Her 2007 exhibition In Our Own Words at Lehigh University Art Galleries dealt with intimate partner violence and was composed of over 400 ceramic heads, eight looping audio tracks featuring interviews with survivors, and accompanying texts. The exhibition received a Social Impact Award from the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission.

Gans' work is in many public and private collections in the United States and abroad. She has received the National Association of Women Artists' Medal of Honor, Peabody Award for her work in printmaking, and Clara Shainless Memorial Award. She has taught for over forty years in schools, colleges, and universities in Ohio, New York, Alabama, and Pennsylvania.
Gans earned her MFA in sculpture from Pratt Institute, with a minor in drawing. She also studied painting and drawing at the Art Students League, and earned her BFA from Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio.

Lucy Gans joined the Lehigh University Faculty in 1981 and is currently Professor of Art and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and was the first holder of the Louis and Jane P. Weinstock '36 Chair in Art and Architecture in the Department of Art, Architecture and Design.

07/25/2023

Join Director and Professor of Practice, William Crow, for a special tour of several works currently on display in our Lower Gallery, located inside Zoellner Arts Center. Enjoy light refreshments while discussing a “summer-centric” selection of works handpicked by William himself, and get an insider’s preview of LUAG’s upcoming fall exhibitions, which open August 29, 2023.

Space for this intimate event is limited to 20 attendees, so register today.
Can’t wait to see you!

Event info:
Summer Member Event!
LUAG Director's Tour:
A Summer Evening in the Galleries with William Crow
Wednesday August 2, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
How to Register:
Simply fill out the RSVP form through the events page on our website.
Questions? Email us at [email protected].

What is a LUAG Member Event?
Membership helps support LUAG in offering dynamic educational workshops, exhibitions, school programs, and programming that provides transformative experiences in the arts for people of all ages and abilities. Put simply, members help make our work possible – and opportunities like this allow us to thank you for your support.

Thank you for being a member of Lehigh University Art Galleries!
Not a LUAG Member, or need to renew?
To renew your membership or join for the first time, it’s easy to do so online, or just send us an email at [email protected] for more information.

05/30/2023

Interested in a little sneak peek at what's coming up at Lehigh University Art Galleries? 🖼️👀

Guess what?! You can find out on our website. Visit the Upcoming Exhibitions page to learn more!

https://luag.lehigh.edu/upcoming-exhibitions

Image: LETTERS AND FRAGMENTS, Lucy Gans

04/17/2023

We are excited to announce a community call for artwork submissions for our upcoming exhibition titled, Bodies of Knowledge.

We are seeking artwork submissions that explore the following themes related to body knowledge and invite artists to reflect on the reciprocal relationship between our bodies and ourselves. How do we take care of our bodies, and how do our bodies take care of us?

To participate, submit a digital photo of your artwork. All eligible submissions will be shown (in a digital/reproduced format on LUAG’s website as part of the upcoming Fall 2023 exhibition, “Bodies of Knowledge.”

AND... your work may be considered for reproduction in a public outdoor exhibition along the South Bethlehem Greenway!

Who is eligible?
Everyone! Artists and non-artists, students and adults of all ages and abilities are encouraged to submit their work. No professional experience is required. Parent/guardian permission is required for those under 18 years old. Help us spread the word! Share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested in sharing their creative work!

What kinds of artwork?
All kinds! Paintings, sketches, mixed media, diagrams, doodles, designs, illustrations, data visualizations, preparatory and finished works, realistic to abstract, black and white or color--in all media--are welcome. *Please note that only still images can be included for reproduction on the South Bethlehem Greenway.

Deadline is May 10, 2023 at 5PM EST.
Visit our website to learn more and to submit: https://luag.lehigh.edu/event/current/bodies-knowledge-call-community-artwork-submissions

Questions or need assistance submitting?
Contact us at [email protected] or 610.758.3615

Image: Laurence Salzmann. La Lucha. 1999-2000. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the artist. LUF 03 1019 E.

03/02/2023

We are so excited to share that Lehigh University Art Galleries has been awarded two grants that will help broaden the spectrum of how people engage with art and the transformative experiences that can take place in arts and cultural spaces.

Read more here:

Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) to support professional development programs for educators and teaching artists that focus on engaging and including diverse audiences in arts....

02/17/2023

Join us for the Opening Reception of our current exhibition, Gateway to Himalayan Art! Celebrate the Tibetan New Year holiday of Losar. One of the most important festivals in the Tibetan calendar, Losar is an opportunity to bid farewell to the past and any negatives or challenges that occurred and to usher in a new year of positivity and good. Explore the galleries and the newest exhibition Gateway to Himalayan Art, listen to music, taste a variety of cuisine, and participate in hands-on art activities.

This event is free and open to the public.

Event information:
Opening Reception
Lehigh University Art Galleries (inside Zoellner Arts Center, first floor)
Friday, February 17, 2023
5:00-7:00PM

Image:
Avadhutipa
Tibet; 17th-18th century
Gilt copper alloy with turquoise inlay
Rubin Museum of Art
C2005.8.2 (HAR 65408)
Rubin Museum of Art

12/12/2022

Hello educators! You are invited to the second of a three-part educator workshop series on Tuesday, December 13, 4:30-6 pm over Zoom. Offered in conjunction with an upcoming exhibition at Lehigh University Art Galleries titled, Gateway to Himalayan Art from the Rubin Museum of Art, the curators and a group of Rubin Faculty Ambassadors will present the Gateway to Himalayan Project’s pedagogical opportunities and ways that instructors with and without prior experience teaching about Himalayan culture might utilize these tools in their classes and programs.

To register for the Part 2 Training and to receive more information, please visit https://buy.acmeticketing.com/orders/327/tickets?eventId=6360308f02d2462c668101cc&cdEventIds=6360308f02d2462c668101cc&date=2022-12-13T16:30:00-05:00

Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) is proud to host the first stop for a national tour of masterpieces from the Rubin Museum of Art. The exhibition Gateway to Himalayan Art, introduces viewers to the main forms, concepts, meanings, and traditions of the diverse Himalayan cultural sphere, including parts of present-day India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia. The exhibition is organized and presented in thematic sections: Symbols and Meanings, Materials and Technologies, and Living Practices and Wellbeing. It comes with extensive teaching modules and online resources, to make it easy for faculty in any discipline to connect this incredible resource to class curriculum and syllabi, whether or not someone specializes in Asia or art history.

For more information, links to resources and to view the first educator workshop please visit the LUAG resource page on our website. This workshop will be followed by an in-person training in the LUAG Main Galleries on Thursday, February 9, 4:30-6 pm when the show officially opens to the public.

12/01/2022

Lehigh University Art Galleries is proud to partner with for Day With(out) Art 2022 by presenting BEING & BELONGING, a program of seven new videos centering the emotional reality of living with HIV today.

The program features new work by Clifford Prince King, Jaewon Kim, Mikiki, Davina “Dee” Conner & Karin Hayes, Camila Arce, Jhoel Zempoalteca & La Jerry, and Camilo Acosta Huntertexas & Santiago Lemus.

A day of mourning and action that uses art to respond to the ongoing HIV and AIDS crisis, Day With(out) Art encourages museums, universities, museums, and art institutions to present related programming on or around December 1, World AIDS Day. AIDS is not over!

View BEING & BELONGING, a program of seven new videos, on the Visual Aids website: https://dwa2022.visualaids.org/.

For resources and more information on campus, check out

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