The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art

Exhibitions

Steven Holl: Making Architecture February 10 – July 15, 2018

Marking Time: Andy Warhol's Vision of Celebrations, Commemorations, and Anniversarie s February 10 – July 15, 2018

The Dorsky Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection ongoing

Barbara Morgan: Photographs February 10 – July 15, 2018

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Public Programs & Events

News and Event Highlights

Friday, April 27, 5–7 pm: Opening reception: BFA Thesis Exhibition I

Sunday, April 29, 2 pm: Family Day: In conjunction with Steven Holl: Making Architecture, featuring a workshop led by art educator, designer and AGRISCULPTURE Founder Amy Lewis Sweetman

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Recent Press

Andy Warhol Exhibits Grace Hudson Valley (Chronogram)

Steven Holl: Making Architecture” Exhibition at SUNY New Paltz (Upstate House)

Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground: A first-hand perspective (Poughkeepsie Journal)

Steven Holl’s Luminist Architecture on view in New Paltz (HV1)

Andy Warhol exhibitions at Vassar, Bard, SUNY New Paltz prompt new look at Legendary artist (Poughkeepsie Journal)

The Art of Odili Donald Odita (Chronogram)

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Wednesday—Sunday: 11am – 5pm

All events take place in the museum unless otherwise noted.

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Support for museum exhibitions and programs is provided by the Friends of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art and the State University of New York at New Paltz.

Permanent Collection

SELECTION FROM THE COLLECTION

Ammi Phillips Untitled, c. 1848-1860, oil on canvas, gift of Shari Huber, 2015.062

Prior to the availability of popular photography, itinerant painters provided middle class families with affordable likenesses to document their economic and social status and to perpetuate their memory. Entirely self-taught, Ammi (pronounced Am-eye) Phillips was working as an itinerant portrait painter by the time he was... (more)