Monday, September 10th, 2018
Sept. 18: Scholar to Discuss Women in the Middle Ages at the Samek Museum
Christine Sciacca, scholar and associate curator for European art 300-1400 CE at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, is coming to the Samek Art Museum to speak about “Illuminating Women…
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2018
Aug. 11-Sept. 30: Illuminated Manuscripts Exhibition Coming to Samek Gallery
The Samek Art Museum will host Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts 13th-18th Centuries, this year’s first exhibition, starting on Saturday, Aug. 11 in the Samek Gallery, located on the top floor…
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Thursday, October 4th, 2018
Oct. 16: ‘Art in Bars’ to Pair Three Beards Brewing with Samek Artwork
The Samek Art Museum’s “Art in Bars” program returns to Spyglass Ridge Winery, 105 Carroll Road, in Sunbury, as four new art-related craft beers from Three Beards Brewing will be…
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
Oct. 18: Samek Lecture Series Begins
The Samek Art Museum will kickoff its Women’s Work Lecture Series with Erica Delsandro, a women’s and gender studies professor at Bucknell, on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. at…
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Monday, September 24th, 2018
Oct. 2-Feb 3: Women’s Work Exhibition Comes to Samek Downtown Gallery
The Bucknell Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Samek Art Museum have partnered for an exhibition called “Women’s Work,” which will debut on Tuesday, Oct. 2 and run through Sunday,…
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
Oct. 16-Dec. 2: The Mystic Detectives Opens at Samek Gallery
The second Samek Art Museum exhibition of the fall, The Mystic Detectives, opens to the public on Tuesday, Oct. 16 in the Samek Gallery, located on the top floor of…
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
May 31-June 3: Bucknell to Host Reunion Weekend
Bucknell University will welcome more than 2,300 alumni and family members to campus for its annual Reunion Weekend May 31 to June 3. Reunions will be celebrated for class years…
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Friday, September 29th, 2017
Oct. 3: Samek Art Museum Hosts Art in Bars in Danville’s Pine Barn Inn
The Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University will host Art in Bars at the Pine Barn Inn in Danville, pairing artisanal beer from Covered Bridge Brewhaus with artworks from the…
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Friday, October 27th, 2017
Now-Feb. 11: Downtown Samek Gallery hosts ‘Who is Puberty and How Does She Hit?’
The Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University hosts its latest exhibition by Sidney Mullis, “Who is Puberty and How Does She Hit?” now through Sunday, Feb 11 in its Downtown…
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
March 1: Samek Distinguished Lecturer to Discuss Conserving da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’
Dianne Modestini — the conservator who cleaned, restored and preserved Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” which became the world’s most expensive painting, selling for $450 million — will present Bucknell’s…
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Thursday, January 25th, 2018
Jan. 16-March 11: Time Photo Editor Uncovers Global Inequality in New Samek Exhibit
Myles Little, an associate photo editor at Time magazine, curated an exhibit that explores the world of privilege beyond what is typically portrayed and invites the viewer to pause and…
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Monday, March 19th, 2018
March 20: Artist’s Talk Discusses the Making of ‘Beautiful War’
Bucknell art & art history faculty member Eddy Lopez will unpack the unique process behind creating digital works for his Samek Art Museum Downtown Gallery exhibit “Beautiful War” during a…
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Monday, April 2nd, 2018
April 4: Artist Dread Scott to Discuss Activism and the Erasure of Subversive Art
Contemporary artist Dread Scott will deliver a free, public talk titled “Activism and the Erasure of Subversive Art: Imagine a World without America” on Wednesday, April 4, at 7 p.m.…
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Friday, March 30th, 2018
Through April 29: Inaugural Artist-in-Residence Exhibition to Feature Social Art Project on Detention of Immigrants
Resident artists Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera and Cara Megan Lewis will work with Bucknell students on this social art project which addresses the detention of immigrants in the U.S. This Samek…
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