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

A wooden artist’s desk covered with objects: plaster casts of hands pointing a finger, pencils, sketches, a drafting board, etc.

Water/Bodies: Sa’dia Rehman

February 22–August 17, 2025

An oil painting titled Kaaterskill Falls. The painting shows a pink and green landscape with a waterfall.

Great Green Hope for the Urban Blues: Art and Myths of the Hudson Valley

February 15–August 17, 2025

A grayscale photo of a person with a dark mustache and dark hair. The person is sitting in water next to some large tree roots and is not wearing a shirt.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Black Space-Making from Harlem to the Hudson Valley

February 8–August 17, 2025

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

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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