May 6-June 25, 2023

Shifting Ecologies brings together fifteen artists whose work engages with the natural environment and how humans interact with it. Photographs, drawings, and paintings, as well as three-dimensional works made of materials ranging from clay and steel to recycled bottles celebrate the Earth’s beauty and abundance. They also highlight its fragility and prompt action on issues related to pollution, preservation, ownership, and access as the environment and our relationships with it continue to shift. The following artists’ works will be on view: Bebonkwe Brown, Emily Brown, Syd Carpenter, Rachel Eng, Juliana Foster, Tai Hwa Goh, Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, Ann LePore, Sarah McEneaney, Lauren McManus, Alison McNulty, Steve Rossi, Chanell Stone, Ron Tarver, and Julia Way. The exhibition is being co-curated by Steve Rossi, with curatorial contributions from Jeanne Brasile, Martha Easton, and Krista Svalbonas.

Rotation Exhibition Galleries

May 6-December 8, 2023

This exhibition, curated by Professor Jenny Spinner and Anne Gutherman ’24, features artworks created by Black Philadelphia-area artists from the 1930s to the present. It includes pieces from the permanent collection as well as works on loan. The artists on view include Dox Thrash, Andrew Turner, Paul Keene, Lavett Ballard, Naomieh Jovin, and Dara Haskins. Their works highlight the celebrations, exchanges, and sacrifices of communion in its multifaceted meanings. They invite audiences to consider what they give and receive in community. Featured alongside the works are creative responses from 8 Saint Joseph’s University students.

Teaching Gallery

Form and Function

May 6-June 25, 2023

Saint Joseph’s University’s Art & Art History and Occupational Therapy departments developed a collaborative interdisciplinary project inspired by artist John Powers, who lost two fingers in an accident. Students’ work considers the human body as a site for sculptural form, creating prosthetic devices that considers mobility, function, and aesthetics. For more, click here.

August 17-September 23, 2023

This exhibition highlights the photography of students who are a part of OrdinarIE Heroes program: Jaylin Bradley, Jaheim Hill, Javier DeRito, Symone McCray, Ky'yaad Montague-Sparrow, Tiyana Newsome.

The show will be complemented by an installation of works by OrdinarIE Heroes photography instructors Jeffrey Hecdivert, Anna Nguyen, Kyron Ryals, and Dimetri Williams, as well as Saint Joseph’s University photography faculty members Maurene Cooper, Jackie Neale, Jill Sherman, Julia Staples, and Krista Svalbonas.

Rotation Exhibition Galleries

October 5 - December 15, 2023

“Impulse, Reason, Sense, Conflict: Latin American Abstract Art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection” will present a diverse selection of abstract sculpture, painting, photography, video, and mixed media. Most of the works are by 20th- and 21st-century Latin American artists. The show includes such leading artists as Hélio Oiticia, Francis Alÿs, Gabriel Orozco, Jesús Soto, and Lygia Clark. The exhibition, which will fill three large galleries, engages with political, social and cultural discussions, challenging the widely held notion that abstract art is disconnected from the outside world. This exhibition will be guest curated by Jesús Fuenmayor.

Rotation Exhibition Galleries

Spring 2024

In his work, Eric Kunsman aims to challenge negative perceptions of payphone, social markers that lead people to conflate poverty with crime. Through his photographs and mapping and census data overlays, he pushes viewers to explore the gaps between their preconceptions and the reality of how payphones serve individuals undergoing financial hardship. This exhibition will invite community participation. More details to follow.

Rotation Exhibition Galleries

Sculptural Seating Solutions

Students in the Sculpture and Environment course have designed permanent seating sculptures that embody environment, purpose, and aesthetics, offering creative wayfinding solutions for museum and arboretum visitors. For more, click here.