“The only constant is change” may be a cliché, but it is apt for our times. Change is truly everywhere: the upcoming U.S. Presidential election, fast-moving advancements in the...
All Director's Messages
Monday, January 8, 2024 - 9:10am
The arrival of a new year often brings new resolutions: a goal to eat more vegetables, a plan for increasing exercise, or some other form of self care. But as we know, our collective well-...
Monday, August 21, 2023 - 12:52pm
Visiting an art museum may seem like only an exercise in seeing with one’s eyes. We observe materials and subject matter, and artists challenge us to consider how we make meaning about the...
Sunday, January 1, 2023 - 8:00am
Celestial beings peer down from the clouds, observing earthly activities unfold in a vibrant, undulating landscape. A calm figure gestures towards us, imparting wisdom and allaying...
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 - 8:17am
My mind is brimming with questions these days.
Not only the day-to-day ones, like whether I should wear a mask in certain social settings, or if I should ask someone if they are...
Saturday, January 1, 2022 - 8:00am
Art helps us gain new perspectives.
Whether we are examining an ancient vessel from the other side of the globe, or pondering an abstract painting made recently in the Lehigh Valley,...
Monday, August 23, 2021 - 9:00am
The writer Joan Didion said, “I don’t know what I think until I write it down.” This also holds true for drawing. As we put pencil to paper and give our thoughts concrete form, we make...
Monday, January 18, 2021 - 8:00am
A new year typically prompts a fresh start--a clean slate that invites us to leave all things undesirable behind. Clearly this year is different. A raging global pandemic, political...
Monday, August 24, 2020 - 8:33am
Dear friends,
As we begin this new academic year and re-open LUAG on September 1, we do so in a dramatically changed world. A global pandemic rages on, requiring new programming...
Monday, April 13, 2020 - 9:02am
All of us at LUAG hope you are staying physically and mentally healthy in this unprecedented moment caused by the pandemic. During this time, it is more important than ever that we remember we are...
Friday, December 27, 2019 - 2:39pm
There is something auspicious about the start of a new year, and in this case a new decade. It’s a slate wiped clean, a fresh start--but also a time to reconnect with one’s identity, purpose, and...
Monday, July 1, 2019 - 9:00am
Art helps us see the world--and ourselves--differently.
Paintings, sculpture, photographs, drawings--works of art in all forms are the embodiment of an artist’s vision,...