Named for the late philanthropists Philip and Muriel Berman, the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College is regarded as one of the nation's finest small college art museums. The museum program is fully accredited by the American Association of Museums and houses over 4,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, decorative, and cultural objects representing a broad array of art historical genres. In addition, a spectacular collection of large-scale outdoor sculpture is integrated throughout the living and learning environment of the 170-acre campus, making it an ideal place to study, stroll and contemplate. Since opening in 1989, the museum has offered a diversity of exhibitions and programming which have educated, influenced, and served as a cultural resource for the community in the Tri-state region. With over 30,000 visitors annually, the Berman Museum has enriched the fabric of the community and redefined liberal learning at Ursinus College. Its exhibitions, publications and efforts by the staff have received national recognition through a network of professional organizations. Our museum professionals remain committed to providing a positive, informative and enjoyable experience for both the novice and the art aficionado.
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BURTYNKSY’S MIN(D)ING THE LANDSCAPE
January 22-April 11, 2010 Main gallery
Opening reception January 28 4:30 – 6:40pm
Award-winning Canadian environmental photographer Edward Burtynksy, who challenges us to reflect on the material manifestations of often devastating human interventions in the natural landscape, will exhibit his powerfully alluring images at The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.
Lecture: Tuesday March 30 4:30pm Main Gallery Petra Tschakert, assistant professor of geography, Pennsylvania State University Her research and practice focus broadly on human-environment interactions and more specifically on environmental change, development, sustainability, knowledge, inequality and marginalization.
Lecture: Thursday April 8 4:30pm Main Gallery…Christina Miller, assistant professor of art, Millersville University, and founding member of the non-profit artists collective Ethical Metalsmiths. She will discuss contemporary artistic interventions and the adaptive re-use of materials to create works of art. More>
Pictured: Edward Burtynksy, Nickel Tailings No. 34, Sudbury, Ontario 1996
 DRAWING THE CURTAIN
February 18 – April 18
Upper Gallery
The act of censorship is complex, its definition elusive. In "Drawing the Curtain," student and faculty co-curators will investigate case studies of censorship within a college museum exhibition that raises questions about the rights of viewers to make their own choices about the images and objects at which they look. Should others be permitted to make such choices for us? Should our individual aesthetics, religious beliefs, or cultural comfort levels define or limit those choices for others? more>
An opening reception is scheduled in the Upper Gallery Feb. 18, at 4:30 p.m., and will conclude with a "talkback" with the show's curators. |
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