Image: Women Artists From New York, 1978
Gallery History
The gallery in the Fine Arts Building was established in 1975 when the building was opened; it was named the Fine Arts Center Art Gallery. On October 22, 1988, the name was changed to the University Art Gallery, coinciding with the renaming of the Fine Arts Building to the Staller Center for the Arts. The Staller Center dedicated its art gallery space with the new name of Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery on April 4, 2013, in appreciation of the generosity of Alice Zuccaire and the Paul W. Zuccaire Foundation. The mission of the Paul W. Zuccaire Foundation is to perpetuate the memory and the spirit of Paul W. Zuccaire by the encouragement, promotion and support of the arts, education, health, humanitarian and other related activities through grants to not-for-profit institutions and organizations. The Foundation was established in 1999 by Estelle Zuccaire in loving memory of her husband.
Over the years, the Gallery has presented a wide variety of notable and influential artists and exhibitions. For example:
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Yoko Ono
- Guerrilla Girls
- Andy Warhol
- Cindy Sherman
- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
- Howardena Pindell
- Faith Ringgold
- The Gallery has also remained deeply invested in student and faculty work. Each year, the Senior Show & URECA Art Exhibition showcases graduating studio art students who present their culminating creative projects across media, including painting, sculpture, digital art, photography and new media. The annual MFA thesis exhibition presents new work by graduate student artists completing their master of fine arts. Every three years, the Gallery features work by the Art Department’s internationally renowned studio art faculty.
Researching an artist or exhibition that showed at the Zuccaire Gallery? Click here to browse our list of past exhibitions.
Email Zuccairegallery@stonybrook.edu for research questions or archival requests.