Press Releases

Redesigned Dorsky Museum website to be launched

05/07/2013 The Samuel Dorsky Museum at the State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to announce a redesign of its website effective May 8, 2013. Read more

Screen Play: Hudson Valley Artists 2013 opens at Dorsky Museum on June 22

04/30/2013 Screens, whether in hands, vehicles, or rooms, have become a nearly ubiquitous interface. In Screen Play, the annual exhibition of Hudson Valley Artists at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz, 15 artists respond to or use screens as a material, process, or metaphor. Read more

West African music concert featuring Yacouba Sissoko at The Dorsky on April 9

03/26/2013 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to present a West African music concert featuring Yacouba Sissoko, a Master kora player from the Djely griot tradition, with Famoro Dioubate on the Mandeng balafon. The concert will take place on Tuesday, April 9 at 5 pm at The Dorsky Museum. Read more

Dorsky Museum presents “Fields of Vision: Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty”

03/15/2013 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art is pleased to present “Fields of Vision: Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty,” an exhibition and accompanying catalog that feature work by 28 faculty members of the State University of New York at New Paltz Art Department. Read more

Dorsky Museum announces public programs for current exhibitions on West African photography

02/14/2013 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz announces a series of free public education programs in connection with the exhibitions Malian Portrait Photography and Photo-Rapide: François Deschamps, now on view through April 14, 2013 in The Dorsky Museum’s Alice and Horace Chandler and North Galleries. Read more

Dorsky Museum announces call for artists for Hudson Valley Artists 2013

02/08/2013 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art invites artists working in all media to submit proposals for its annual exhibition of work by artists from the mid Hudson Valley. Screen Play, the seventh annual Hudson Valley Artists exhibition, will be organized by Daniel Belasco, The Dorsky Museum’s newly appointed Curator of Exhibitions and Programs. Read more

Dorsky Museum appoints Daniel Belasco as Curator of Exhibitions and Programs

02/06/2013 The State University of New York at New Paltz and the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art are pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Belasco as the museum’s new Curator of Exhibitions and Programs. Read more

Dorsky Museum puts recent collection acquisitions on display

01/16/2013 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz presents The Dorsky Collects: Recent Acquisitions 2008-2012 from Jan. 23 through June 23. This exhibition features 58 works of art selected from over 1,000 objects received into its permanent collection since 2008. A public reception for the exhibition takes place on Saturday, Feb. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. Read more

The Dorsky highlights West African photography with two new exhibitions opening on February 2

01/10/2013 The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art will host a public reception for the exhibitions Malian Portrait Photography and Photo-Rapide: François Deschamps on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 5-7 p.m. (snow date: Feb. 9 from 5-7 p.m.). The exhibitions will be on display from Jan. 23 – April 14, 2013 in The Dorsky Museum’s Alice and Horace Chandler and North Galleries. Read more

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