Susquehanna Art Museum

05/27/2026

From vast valleys of farmland of the Pennsylvania Piedmont to the towering bridges spanning the Susquehanna River, Michael Allen’s work celebrates the overlooked in an attempt to reveal and understand experience within each environment.

Allen’s painted places are his lived-in spaces, his day-to-day surroundings. It is through his familiarity with these places that he explores deeper connections between the land and its inhabitants. These images, witnessed and collected over many years, are not depictions of one specific moment, but rather a combination of experiences distilled over time. They go beyond a simple record of a place and time; they contribute to and extend a long tradition of landscape painting.

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 is on view in the Dōshi Gallery and the DeSoto Family Vault through July 26.

Pictured:
Michael Allen, Thaw, 2016, oil on linen

05/22/2026

🚨 Don't forget, the summer camp registration deadline is coming up on May 31!

All camps are half-day programs in which students will explore the SAM galleries and create their own artworks in a specific medium.
Kids will experiment with techniques, learn new processes, and connect with other students.

Visit our website to view the camp offerings and register! https://susquehannaartmuseum.org/classes/summer-camps-2026/

05/21/2026

The weather forecast may be looking lousy, but we've got your weekend covered! SAM will be OPEN on Saturday and Sunday! It's the perfect opportunity to view Lehr Gallery exhibition 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦: 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐿𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑐𝑦.

See you this weekend!

05/19/2026

Check out this great Sesame Street video about papermaking for kids!

If you know a young artist who would love to try papermaking, they won't want to miss out on SAM's Papermaking Summer Camp! This is a fantastic chance for kids to dive into the magical world of handmade paper. They'll get to pull their own sheets, play around with impressions and embossing, and create a collage with their unique paper creations!

Sign up today! The registration deadline is May 31. Visit our website for registration.

If you're watching videos with your preschooler and would like to do so in a safe, child-friendly environment, please join us at http://www.sesamestreet.orgA...

05/13/2026

Check out our new exhibition in the Po***ck Foundation Education Center Gallery, 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑦 𝐸𝑦𝑒.

Baltimore-based artist Natan Lawson creates work that bridges hand and machine. Collected textures, objects, and printed matter are digitized, edited, and manipulated before being painted using a custom-built Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine. Composed of an axis-bound mechanical arm that holds a brush and moves across a surface, the machine lays down paint—one stroke at a time—to create an evolving, intricate, textural surface.

Now on view through August 16!

Pictured:
Natan Lawson, Yellow Flowers and Red Apples, 2020, acrylic on canvas
Natan Lawson, Manzano, 2020, acrylic on canvas
Natan Lawson, Paper Clock, 2018, acrylic on canvas

05/06/2026

There are only a few days left to see these tender works by Caleb Kortokrax in 𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, on view in the Po***ck Foundation Education Center Gallery!

Kortokrax's paintings preserve solitude, allowing their subjects to remain partially unreachable. They offer not narrative, but atmosphere, an invitation to linger over a gaze, a posture, a moment of stillness.

Catch the exhibition today through Sunday, May 10.

Pictured:
Caleb Kortokrax, Cecily, Sick Day, 2023, oil on linen
Caleb Kortokrax, Peter at Meadowbrook, 2026, oil on linen

04/29/2026

There are only a couple of days left to take advantage of Early Bird pricing for the Teen Art Academy!

This is an excellent opportunity for students to meet working artists, learn new material techniques, and explore concepts within their own artwork.

PRINTMAKING, CYANOTYPE, LIFE DRAWING 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘌!

Standard pricing will apply to all registrations after May 1. Visit our website to sign up!

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day!

Celebrate by viewing the stunning prints from "Nature's Gems - American Wildflowers in Their Native Haunts" by Emma Catherine Embury. This stunning gift book, published in 1845, was one of the first to feature native American wildflowers and, along with Embury’s writings, contained 20 intricate hand colored lithographs based on pencil and watercolor studies by noted American artist Edwin Whitefield. Each of these images featured a landscape study in the background, indicating the flower’s native habitat - six, plus the title page, being of the Susquehanna and its tributaries.

View these prints (and much more!) in American Identity: Restoring the Susquehanna River's Artistic Legacy, on view through June 28.

Pictured:
After Edwin Whitefield, Azure Star Flower, from "Nature's Gems - American Wildflowers in Their Native Haunts", 1845, hand colored chromolithograph, Courtesy of the Friends of the Susquehanna River Art Collection.

04/16/2026

📢ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, AND SENIORS! Get the opportunity to meet and learn from Lehr Gallery exhibiting artist SoHyun Bae in this summer's Teen Art Academy! Looking to expand your skills, learn new material techniques, and take an in-depth look at SAM's exhibits? Sign up today on our website!

Early bird pricing applies through May 1!

04/10/2026

Presence: The Landscapes of Michael Allen is now on view in the Dōshi Gallery!

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 brings together two recent bodies of work by Pennsylvania artist Michael Allen. One is a selection of Allen’s signature drawings and paintings from the past 12 years, depicting the atmospheres and fleeting moments within his commonplace. The other is a collection of plein air paintings, painted on-site in single settings, from 2012 to 2018. These two bodies of work commingle in a process of observations gathered over prolonged periods of time and depict the delicate balance between nature and development.

View the works now through July 26.

Pictured:
Michael Allen, Intervals, 2024, oil on linen