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    Spring Weekend

    Art in Bloom

    floral display next to art

    Friday, April 4, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Saturday, April 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Sunday, April 6, noon to 5 p.m.
    Museum of Art 

    Are you a florist, garden club member, master gardener, artist, or floral designer? Submit a letter of interest along with three images of your floral projects, and you may be selected to design for the annual Art in Bloom exhibition on view April 4 through 6. Participating designers will interpret one of their favorite artworks in the collection in flowers, choosing from a curated list of works on view. Floral designs are displayed next to the artwork during the three-day public event. Space is limited. 

    Download Application
    Application Deadline: Jan. 31, 2025 

    For more information, contact:

    • Museum Education Department 
    • 315-797-0000 ext. 2158 

    Community Arts Workshops

    To be announced

    High Tea at the Terrace Café

    close up of a table during high tea

    To be announced

    Performance: Keyboard Conversations®

    A Few of Our Favorite Things

    jeffrey siegel standing next to piano

    Saturday, April 5, 2 p.m.
    Museum of Art   |   Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium

    Acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns to perform beloved masterpieces by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Brahms. With his virtuoso skill and passion, Siegel brings these timeless compositions to life, and enriches the audience's understanding and appreciation of  the nuances of each through his insightful commentary on each selection. 

    Funding for Keyboard Conversations is provided by Dr. Lorna Grant, Drs. Douglas Hurd and Cynthia Parlato-Hurd, and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Menotti.

    Pratt Munson First-Year Exhibition Opening Reception

    Museum of Art   |   Pratt Munson Gallery

    Celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of Pratt Munson's first-year students in a curated, multimedia exhibition of their work.

    Pratt Munson Sophomore Exhibition

    Museum of Art   |   2 South Gallery

    To be announced

    Exhibitions On View

    Canvas to Culture: Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life Lives On

    cole's voyage of life: youth

    Feb. 28 through May 18
    Museum of Art   |   1 West Gallery

    Canvas to Culture features more than 50 works from Munson and other prominent collections inspired by Thomas Cole’s epic, The Voyage of Life (1839–40). Learn how Cole’s four paintings spread from a private gallery to many people’s homes and even the movie palace. Canvas to Culture reveals the generations who adopted Cole’s iconic four stages of spiritual growth as their own.

    Sponsored by Mary Ann Gadziala, Christian and Cheryl Heilmann, Elizabeth R. Lemieux, Ph.D., the Family of F. X. Matt II, Hon. Beverly Tobin (ret), in memory of Edwin J. Tobin, and Linda and Alan Vincent

    Thomas Cole (American, born England, 1801–1848), The Voyage of Life: Youth (detail), 1840. Oil on canvas. 52 1/2 x 78 1/2 in. Museum Purchase, 55.106. 

    Portraits of Flora: Flowers in American Art

    portrait of laura jane crouse as a child

    March 28 through May 11
    Museum of Art   |   2 East Gallery

    Throughout time, artists have used floral motifs to celebrate, study, and shape our understanding of people and culture. Portraits of Flora invites visitors to consider the art inspired by nature’s most visually spectacular, yet delicate, creations. 

    Frederick R. Spencer (American, 1806–1875), Portrait of Laura Jane Crouse as a Child (detail), 1843. Oil on canvas. 30 1/4 x 25 in. Gift of Mrs. James W. W. Dimon, 64.108.