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Dos Mundos: (Re)Constructing Narratives
Hudson Valley Artists 2020: New Folk
Jan Sawka: The Place of Memory (The Memory of Place)
We Wear the Mask: Race and Repesentation in the Dorsky Museum Permanent Collection
The Dorsky Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection ongoing
(Image credits (top to bottom): Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Maajeida, from the series “Untitled”, 2020; Annie Raife, Untitled, 2018; Jan Sawka, Post Card #32, (from the series “Post Cards”), 1987–89, collection Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, gift of the Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs; Combined: Unknown Dan (Mande) artist, Deangle Mask (detail), n.d., and Carl Van Vechten, Claude Marchant (detail), 1946, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art; Jacob Riis, Necktie Workshop in a Division Street Tenement, 1890; reprinted 1945, vintage gelatin silver print, gift of Howard Greenberg, 2002.076.022
Thursday, September 24, 6 pm: Curator Talk: with We Wear the Mask curator, Jean-Marc Superville Sovak
POSTPONED: Saturday, September 26 conversation with Bill Aguado & Charles Biasini-Rivera of En Foco, Inc. New date to come soon.
Sunday, September 27, 2 pm: Family Day: The Mailiad: A Mythic American Adventure, Part 1
Wednesday, September 30, 2 pm: Grant Writing Workshop for Artists: Accessing State and Local Grant Funds with Lilia Perez, Grants & Programs Manager at Arts Mid-Hudson
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"Hudson Valley Events to Add Your List This Week" (Chronogram)
"Dorsky juried exhibition, Hudson Valley Artists: New Folk will open September 12" (HV1)
Read about our upcoming Dos Mundos: (Re)Constructing Narratives exhibition
Read about 2020's Hudson Valley Artists: New Folk
Marcus Pfeifer (1936–2020) (Art Forum)
We are sad to share that long-time friend and supporter to the Dorsky Museum, Marcuse 'Cusie' Pfeifer died on July 17, 2020. Read more about Cusie here.
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How Art Can Help Us Improve Our Communication Skills on the Academic Minute, WAMC.
Podcast on Jan Sawka at Kaatscast
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Learn about Jan Sawka's life and work in this Virtual Symposium
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SELECTION FROM THE COLLECTION
Theodore Roszak, Satellites,1978
As we are largely confined to our homes at this time, the launch of NASA’s SpaceX spacecraft Crew Dragon invites us to contemplate the infinite realm (more)
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