Public Lectures & Related Programming
Join us this fall for artist talks and lectures exploring art education and the work of Trenton Doyle Hancock.
Join us at the Martin Art Gallery this fall for the following exhibitions, artist talks and lectures, alumni art shows and highlights from our permanent collection of artwork.
All of our exhibitions and programming are free and open to the public.
On View in Fall 2024
Discover the art exhibitions on display this fall at the Martin Art Gallery.
SOFIA CACCIAPAGLIA:
Nuovo
Martin Art Gallery
October 14 - December 31, 2024
Director's Walkthrough and Opening Reception:
Wednesday, Oct. 16 from 5-7:30 in the Martin Art Gallery
Often monumental in size, Sofia Cacciapaglia’s paintings depict dream-like gardens and larger-than-life female entities suspended in an ethereal space, linked to one another through contact and gaze, placement and pattern. Her paintings harken back to a long Italian tradition of mural painting, from ancient Rome to the Renaissance and into today. The work is also imbued with environmental concerns over waste and mass production and speaks to the radical Italian arte povera movement of the 1960s that challenged traditional modes of production and consumption. By painting on salvaged cardboard boxes rather than canvases, Cacciapaglia allows discarded objects to live di nuovo, renewed, afresh, transformed. Cacciapaglia studied Fine Art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan; after graduating in 2006, she moved to New York. In 2011 she became the youngest artist invited to the Italian Pavilion for the 54° International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. This exhibition is presented in collaboration with Sapar Contemporary, New York.
Baker Center for the Arts Galleria
Highlights from the Collection
Baker Center for the Arts Galleria
May 20 - November 22, 2024
Enjoy highlights from MAG’s permanent collection including Judy Chicago’s Birth Certificate, Robert Rauschenberg’s Mock Pollen, Imogen Cunningham’s Magnolia Blossom, and six large-scale Andy Warhol screenprints which were a gift from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
ANATOLIY ANSHIN
Unexplored Realms
Outer Wall Gallery
August 19 - December 31, 2024
Anshin has a Ph.D. in pre-modern Japanese history and has lived in Japan for the past 20 years. Tranquil and contemplative, Anshin’s images of Japan are not concerned with portraying stereotypes of exotic locales or attempting to encapsulate all things Japanese, rather they are an homage to a place and its historically rich ancient culture.
12th ANNUAL ALUMNI ART SHOW
Seegers Union
August 19 - December 12, 2024
Join us for Muhlenberg’s 12th Annual Alumni Art Show to be held once again in Seegers Union. Celebrate our talented and artistic alumni who share their diverse works with our campus community each year.
The Martin Art Gallery is open during the fall and spring semesters from Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and is closed during College holidays.
MODIFIED SUMMER HOURS: May 20-August 15, Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All of our exhibitions and programming are free and open to the public. For further information, please call us at 484-664-3467
Artists may submit an exhibition packet or proposal for consideration to the gallery. Packets should include contact information and web portfolio link. Our gallery mailing address is: Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown, PA 18104. Proposals will be accepted on an ongoing/rolling basis, and prospective artists will be contacted by the gallery. Please do not submit original art work as the gallery cannot be responsible for caring for or returning unsolicited submissions. Promotional materials submitted for consideration will not be returned.
All art images are the property of Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Any reproduction or distribution of this material without the expressed, written consent of the Martin Art Gallery is prohibited and a violation of federal law. All rights reserved.
