About Gibson Gallery

Location

Gallery: Brainerd Hall, Foyer
Office: Brainerd Hall, Room 125
44 Pierrepont Avenue
Potsdam, New York 13676

Contact Us

Office: 315.267.3290
Fax: 315.267.4884
After Hours Recording: 315.267.2245

Hours

Monday and Friday, Noon - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday - Thursday, Noon -7:00 p.m.
Saturday - Noon - 4:00 p.m.; and by appointment
(Closed during school recesses and between exhibitions)
Office Hours-Monday - Friday, 8:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Arranging Events

The museum is open six days a week during exhibitions. Why not consider organizing your floor or student group activity at the galleries, or if it includes food or non-alcoholic drink, in the gallery foyer. There is no charge to arrange events at the Gibson Gallery if it is scheduled during the above times. The gallery is also handicapped accessible. Call the Gallery office at 315.267.3290 for further information or to schedule an event.
 

Faculty/Staff

April Vasher-Dean, Director (vasherak@potsdam.edu)
Maggie Price, Curator (pricems@potsdam.edu)
Romi Sebald, Registrar/Preparator (sebaldre@potsdam.edu)
Claudette Fefee, Secretary (fefeec@potsdam.edu)

Facilities

The museum's physical plant consists of over 6700 sq.' of designated and secured space: three galleries totaling 3340 square feet and 400 running feet for temporary exhibitions; 3364 square feet of secured storage and work space, including two climate controlled permanent collection storage areas. An additional 3 000 square feet of shared space, including 2050 for the foyer and lecture room, staff offices and kitchenette, plus 100 running feet of free-standing wall panels rounds out the museum's physical plant. To view a jpeg of the gallery layout, click here.
 

Programming

The museum primarily exhibits the art of our time. Eight-ten thematic and discipline-based contemporary exhibitions are organized annually; occasional historical exhibitions are presented as well. Exhibitions feature artists with regional, national and international reputations, permanent collection objects and student work. Interpretive programs include lectures, panels, gallery talks, demonstrations, workshops, and ArtPartnership, a public school outreach program that brings 700-1000 students annually to the museum from the region. These are held in the museum's galleries, foyer or in college lecture or art studio facilities. Additional cultural programming includes: studio tours; fiction and non-fiction readings, performances, recitals. Interpretive publications include catalogues, brochures, posters.
 

Collections

The strength of the 1900+ Campus Collections consists of significant American, European and Japanese works of art since 1950 including painting, sculpture, works on paper, prints, ceramics, and photographs. Ethnographic objects, works of American and European art prior to 1950 are also part of the Collections.
 

Museum Studies

Students may earn a Museum Studies Minor with an Art or Interdisciplinary emphasis by combining academic learning with experiential learning in Gibson Gallery and Weaver Museum of Anthropology. The minor consists of a well conceived sequence of courses designed to provide students with a basic sequential education in the field of museology, and an introduction to the museum profession.