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Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy
February 27 to June 14, 2025
The exhibition explores public monuments and their representations as points of debate
over national identity, politics, and race. Monuments offers a historical foundation
for understanding recent controversies, featuring fragments of a torn-down statue
of King George III, a replica of a bulldozed monument by Harlem Renaissance sculptor
Augusta Savage, and a maquette of New York City’s first public monument to a Black
woman (Harriet Tubman), among other objects.
Curated by Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto, Vice President and Chief Curator at The New York
Historical. The exhibition is supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Additional support is provided at Binghamton University by the Office of the Provost,
the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the Harpur College Dean’s Office,
the Binghamton Fund for Excellence, the Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women
and Girls, and Rebecca Moshief and Harris Tilevitz ’78.
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Exploring America through Art, 1917–1945
September 4–December 6, 2025
This exhibition highlights American works of art created in the years between World
War I and II, roughly 1917–1945. Organized by adjunct curator and art history professor
Tom McDonough with visiting history professor Chelsea C. Gibson, the exhibition features
works from the BUAM permanent collection, as well as objects held by the Roberson
Museum and Science Center, the Broome County Historical Society and New Deal public
murals in Greater Binghamton. Its themes include: Americans abroad, city life, everyday
Americans, government-sponsored art projects, labor and protest, views of African-American
life, rural life, wartime, the American West, women’s world and work, and the growth
of distinctly American art.
Project support provided by Art Bridges.
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