Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Landscape of Awe: MFA Thesis Exhibition 2026
March 7-April 16, 2026
The Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition 2026 features the work of Art Department graduate student artist Becca Osborn. Combining glaze-fired ceramic sculpture with natural elements, Becca Osborn creates an earthy world where hand-crafted rock formations, moss, and fallen branches, all made of ceramics, invite contemplation about life cycles and the natural world.
Image: Becca Osborn, Split, 2025, ceramic, approx. 11" x 8" x 13"
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50 Years of Art at the Zuccaire Gallery
March 7-April 16, 2026
2025 marked a remarkable milestone at the Staller Center for the Arts: the 50th anniversary of the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, a space that has championed creativity, innovation, and artistic explorations for half a century. Since its founding, the Gallery has served as a vibrant space for exhibitions that bring together artists, students, faculty and the larger community, while fostering dialogue, experimentation and innovation in the visual arts. Archival photographs, catalogs, posters, and video displays highlight the Gallery’s history – its bold ideas, boundary-pushing artists, and 50 years of artistic creativity at Stony Brook University.
Image: Leon Golub discussing his painting in his solo show of 1978
Senior Show & URECA Student Art Exhibition 2026
April 28 - May 22, 2026
The annual Senior Show features works in all media by Stony Brook University graduating studio art majors and minors.
On view at the same time, the URECA Art Exhibition celebrates outstanding artwork created by Stony Brook University undergraduate students, selected by Art Department studio art faculty. Sponsored by the Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URECA).
Noel W Anderson: Black Excellence
July - October 2026
Noel W Anderson: Black Excellence, features tapestries, video, and works on paper exploring themes of Black success, labor, and performance. Organized by the University Art Museum, University at Albany, this exhibition features over 35 works. Newly commissioned work—most notably stretched and suspended Jacquard tapestries depicting digitally altered archival and media images centered on Black identity, labor, and performance—will be exhibited alongside earlier works and archival materials that demonstrate the arc of Anderson’s career.