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Monday, June 12, 2023 - 10:48am
Lehigh students learn the behind-the-scenes business of museums and galleries. Purchasing works of art for a museum or gallery might seem like an exclusive, high stakes enterprise that takes place in a largely hidden world of money, access and fame....
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 11:30am
Project utilizes 360-degree technology to inspire Centennial School students through the power of arts. With support from the Office of Creative Inquiry, a team of motivated Lehigh students has come together for a Lehigh Valley Social Impact Fellowship (...
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Saturday, March 11, 2023 - 10:04am
Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) to support professional development programs for educators and teaching artists that focus on...
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Sunday, March 5, 2023 - 1:00pm
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Dozens of red crates full of carefully packed Buddhist relics landed at Lehigh University Art Galleries last year. They now have been opened up, and their contents — some of them thousands of years old — are on display. 'Gateway to...
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Thursday, January 12, 2023 - 12:27pm
Latest LUAG exhibition will feature Himalayan art, which includes works from the Tibetan Plateau, Nepal, Kashmir, Bhutan and areas of northern India and Pakistan. From intricate painted scrolls depicting colorful deities representing the Buddhist values...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022 - 1:52pm
Dr. Jack Vanderryn at his home surrounded by prints from his collection.          Photo:  Amy Vanderryn Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) has received a gift of 55 prints from collector Dr. Jack...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 9:21am
A cut through the layers of America past and present in the historic steel town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. By Shimon Attie In October 2020, still at the beginning of the pandemic, I began to travel to Bethlehem Pennsylvania, once home to the Bethlehem...
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Monday, October 24, 2022 - 6:49pm
An art exhibit at Lehigh University shines a light on Bethlehem's place in American history. The piece was created by Shimon Attie, a New York-based visual artist. It is on display at Lehigh University Art Galleries and titled "Starstruck: An American...
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Friday, September 30, 2022 - 1:20pm
PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIER Shimon Attie with the replica he built of the Bethlehem Star that is atop South Mountain. Scenes move from one video screen to antoher as music plays at "Starstruck: An American Tale," through Dec. 3, Main Gallery, Lehigh...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 4:28pm
Shimon Attie came to Bethlehem only knowing about the SteelStacks. After researching and immersing himself in the culture and community, he created artwork capturing Bethlehem’s impact dating back to the city’s founding and following it to the present day...

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