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Art Museum
Art Museum
The Binghamton University Art Museum is a dynamic public space where staff and faculty engage students and the wider public through frequent original exhibitions and programming. The Binghamton University Art Museum has a permanent collection of over 4,000 objects selectively acquired over 50 years. These include works on paper, paintings, sculpture and decorative arts from around the world and spanning 5,000 years. These activities and objects are vital to Binghamton University, one of four research universities as well as the most selective undergraduate campus in the State University of New York.
Programming
Programming
In the American Grain: Exploring America through Art 1919-1946 (Off Campus)
In the American Grain: Exploring America through Art 1919-1946 (Off Campus)
Dates: September 8 – December 5, 2025
Grades: 3rd to 12th
Audience Size: up to 60 participants
Length of Performance: 90 to 120 minutes
Description:
The two-and-a-half decades between 1919 and 1946 witnessed the development of an American art that sought to capture a country in the midst of transformation. Through celebration and crisis, artists held up a mirror to their fellow citizens, showing their lives, their landscapes and their dreams. In the American Grain tells this story through artworks addressing a range of themes, drawn from the rich holdings of the Binghamton University Art Museum and Libraries, the Roberson Museum and the Art Bridges Collection. In particular, the exhibition acknowledges the generosity of Gil and Deborah Williams, whose donations to the Art Museum are extensively featured here. Together, they reveal how history shaped art during these years, and how artists themselves responded to history in the making. This exhibition is curated by Tom McDonough, professor of art history.
What to expect during the field trip:
Integration of Art, History, American Culture Students will explore the Binghamton University Art Museum’s galleries to examine life in American between 1919-1946, touching on themes such as Americans abroad, labor, rural life, Black life, women, war, and more. Students will explore flat works such as prints and drawings, painting, and sculpture through the use of Visual Thinking Strategies and conversations with museum docents as well as their peers.
This performance supports the following NYS Learning Standards:
Visual Arts - Creating
Investigate, Plan, Make (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work)
Visual Arts - Presenting
Curate (develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation)
Share, Relate (convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work)
Visual Arts - Responding
Perceive, Analyze (perceive and analyze artistic work)
Interpret (interpret intent and meaning in artistic work)
Evaluate (apply criteria to evaluate artistic work)
Visual Arts - Connecting
Synthesize (synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art)
Interrelate, Extend (relate artistic ideas &works w/ societal, cultural, & historical context)
Media Arts - Responding
Interpret (interpret intent and meaning in artistic work)
Evaluate (apply criteria to evaluate artistic work)
Categories: Art / Art Museum / Visual Arts / Multi-Media
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