The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is free and open to all. The Loeb Art Center enhances and supports the College’s goals of leadership, scholarship, and integrative learning.

The Loeb achieves this through the preservation, documentation, interpretation, presentation, and development of its collections; and through a dynamic program of temporary exhibitions and educational activities aimed at diverse audiences. Art should stand “boldly forth as an educational force,” declared founder Matthew Vassar. His college was the country’s first to be founded with a gallery and teaching collection.

Exhibitions

An abstract painting with the upper half bluish and the lower half gray.

An Unfamiliar Place: Modern Landscape in East Asian and Asian American Works on Paper

January 11–March 30, 2025

A photo collage showing a yellow pear with two legs, placed on a white paper background.

Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency

September 28, 2024–February 2, 2025

A square artwork with a colorful geometric design on it.

My Grandmother’s Whispers: Indigenous Prints and Beadwork

September 14, 2024–February 2, 2025

More Exhibitions

Events

Photo of boy lying on outdoor exercise equipment below sign reading "Adult Supervision Required".
Feb. 22, 2025, Panel discussion at 2:00 p.m. in Taylor 102; Reception follows in the Loeb atrium and galleries

Gathering historic and contemporary art in various media, the exhibition invites viewers to explore how the Hudson Valley has been pictured as a place both proximate to the city and its opposite—a “great green hope” as much fantasy as reality. Artists Tanya Marcuse, Qiana Mestrich, and Lisa Sanditz will discuss how their work responds to the Hudson Valley landscape in myth and reality. 

A simple line icon of two people standing together, arms around each other's shoulders.
Feb. 23, 2025, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Do you know someone who has been meaning to visit the Loeb but hasn’t made it happen yet? Or someone who thinks art isn’t for them, and you’d like to convince them otherwise? Please join us for our second annual Bring a Friend Day, and enjoy a day full of activities—together. The day’s offerings include art-making, engaging mini-tours, and light refreshments.

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