Bucknell’s Samek Art Museum Downtown Gallery presents “Artist as Catalyst,” an exhibit that showcases new political art found in the Alternative Museum. Like the museum, these prints by participating artists address social and humanitarian issues in their imagery that still resonate in today’s cultural landscape.
The exhibit is free and open to the public and the Downtown Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Founded in 1975 in New York City, “The Alternative Museum is dedicated to presenting exhibitions of humanitarian significance that explore issues of social and political concern. Its mission is to facilitate a forum in which artists and the public can together challenge traditions and explore new ideas toward a shared ideal of a more equitable society.
The Museum seeks to exhibit the work of those artists who have been disenfranchised because of ideology, race, gender or economic inequality. Its goal is to redefine the notion of art by recognizing the contributions a diverse community can make given the true enfranchisement of all artists as equals.