Picker Art Gallery | Colgate University
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Picker Art Gallery | Colgate University
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The Picker Art Gallery is Colgate’s on-campus art museum. With a collection of around 11,000 objects, Picker has been a teaching, learning, and research resource for the University and local communities since 1969.
Land Acknowledgment
The Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University recognizes our collective responsibility to acknowledge our colonial history. Our campus sits on the traditional lands of the Onyota’a:ká: known as the People of the Upright Stone and Oneida Indian Nation of New York. The museum is actively committed to building relationships with the Oneida people and with other Native American tribes and nations. It is urgent that we consider the legacies of violence, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us together today.
Mission Statement
Picker Art Gallery facilitates impactful teaching and learning experiences with art through its collections, exhibitions, interpretation, and programs. By creating opportunities for critical inquiry, interdisciplinary dialogue, and creative thinking for—and in collaboration with—the Colgate community, our region, and audiences globally, the museum fosters understanding of how art intersects with people and ideas. In all our work, the museum staff strives to do our part to bring about a more just and equitable society.
Vision Statements
Picker Art Gallery is a place for creativity, expression, exploration, experimentation, and personal growth that is highly integrated into the intellectual fabric of Colgate and is a valuable part of students’ liberal arts experience.
Staff responsibly preserve and share a thoughtfully developed museum collection that is relevant, diverse, and responsive to enhance faculty teaching and student learning, strengthen relationships with communities, and connect with visitors.
The museum and its collaborators—students, faculty, communities, artists, scholars, and peer museums—thrive on partnerships that produce dynamic and relevant exhibitions, programs, and research that connect them to important conversations locally, nationally, internationally, and within the museum field.
By committing to continuous learning and improvement, the museum creates more inclusive and accessible spaces while transparently addressing its own institutional history and promoting increased social, racial, and economic justice.
Digital Exhibitions
A Wicked Commerce: The US and the Atlantic Slave Trade through the Lens of William Earle Williams
Works in Progress: Original Materials from the Netherlands
PoV: Personal Observations Vary
Collections
The Picker’s collection comprises approximately 11,000 objects from around the world.
Learn more about the collection
Education
A visit to the Museum can be paired with any learning objectives.
Learn more about educational opportunities
The Picker Art Gallery, named in honor of Evelyn Picker, mother of the late Harvey Picker ’36, honorary doctor of science, and trustee emeritus, opened in the Dana Arts Center in 1969 and is Colgate University’s art museum.
The Picker Art Gallery’s permanent collection includes around 11,000 objects, among them, approximately 8,000 works of art on paper, 1,400 photographs, 900 paintings, and 300 sculptures, primarily from the 20th century.
Currently housed in the Paul Rudolph-designed Dana Arts Center on Colgate University’s campus in Hamilton, NY, the Picker Art Gallery is committed to the collection and exhibition of artworks that enrich the university, the town of Hamilton, and the central New York region.
Current Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
Keep Up With Us
Keep up with the latest happenings at the Picker Art Gallery by following our social media accounts or signing up for our email list.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Newsletter sign up
Support the Picker Art Gallery
The support of alumni, parents, and community members helps ensure that the Picker Art Gallery can continue to enrich the education of the entire Colgate community through the acquisition and exhibition of art.
Make a Gift
(please include Picker Art Gallery in the Comments box)
Donate to the museum’s collection
Visit Us
Admission to the Picker Art Gallery is always free and open to the public.
Contact
Mailing Address:
Picker Art Gallery,
Colgate University
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY 13346
Phone:
315-228-7634
Email:
pickerart@colgate.edu
Picker Art Gallery Staff
Regular Hours
Tuesday–Friday:
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday:
Noon–5:00 p.m.
Picker Art Gallery will be
open Saturday, April 11, from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. for ACI Weekend.
Closed Mondays, Saturdays, major holidays, and between exhibitions.
Colgate faculty are invited to
contact the museum
to arrange class visits outside of these hours.
Parking
View Picker Art Gallery
parking and entrance information
during the current construction of Bernstein Hall.
Designated parking spots for museum visitors are available on Lally Lane with a visitor permit available in the museum.
Contact
Michelle VanAuken
with any questions.
Campus Resources & Services
Picker Art Gallery
Request Image from Museums
Museum Research Request
Donating to Colgate’s Museums
All Campus Resources & Services
Skip to main content
Picker Art Gallery
Home
About
Campus & Facilities
Museums & Galleries
Picker Art Gallery
Skip Sidebar Navigation
Campus Resources & Services
Picker Art Gallery
Request Image from Museums
Museum Research Request
Donating to Colgate’s Museums
All Campus Resources & Services
The Picker Art Gallery is Colgate’s on-campus art museum. With a collection of around 11,000 objects, Picker has been a teaching, learning, and research resource for the University and local communities since 1969.
Land Acknowledgment
The Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University recognizes our collective responsibility to acknowledge our colonial history. Our campus sits on the traditional lands of the Onyota’a:ká: known as the People of the Upright Stone and Oneida Indian Nation of New York. The museum is actively committed to building relationships with the Oneida people and with other Native American tribes and nations. It is urgent that we consider the legacies of violence, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us together today.
Mission Statement
Picker Art Gallery facilitates impactful teaching and learning experiences with art through its collections, exhibitions, interpretation, and programs. By creating opportunities for critical inquiry, interdisciplinary dialogue, and creative thinking for—and in collaboration with—the Colgate community, our region, and audiences globally, the museum fosters understanding of how art intersects with people and ideas. In all our work, the museum staff strives to do our part to bring about a more just and equitable society.
Vision Statements
Picker Art Gallery is a place for creativity, expression, exploration, experimentation, and personal growth that is highly integrated into the intellectual fabric of Colgate and is a valuable part of students’ liberal arts experience.
Staff responsibly preserve and share a thoughtfully developed museum collection that is relevant, diverse, and responsive to enhance faculty teaching and student learning, strengthen relationships with communities, and connect with visitors.
The museum and its collaborators—students, faculty, communities, artists, scholars, and peer museums—thrive on partnerships that produce dynamic and relevant exhibitions, programs, and research that connect them to important conversations locally, nationally, internationally, and within the museum field.
By committing to continuous learning and improvement, the museum creates more inclusive and accessible spaces while transparently addressing its own institutional history and promoting increased social, racial, and economic justice.
Digital Exhibitions
A Wicked Commerce: The US and the Atlantic Slave Trade through the Lens of William Earle Williams
Works in Progress: Original Materials from the Netherlands
PoV: Personal Observations Vary
Collections
The Picker’s collection comprises approximately 11,000 objects from around the world.
Learn more about the collection
Education
A visit to the Museum can be paired with any learning objectives.
Learn more about educational opportunities
The Picker Art Gallery, named in honor of Evelyn Picker, mother of the late Harvey Picker ’36, honorary doctor of science, and trustee emeritus, opened in the Dana Arts Center in 1969 and is Colgate University’s art museum.
The Picker Art Gallery’s permanent collection includes around 11,000 objects, among them, approximately 8,000 works of art on paper, 1,400 photographs, 900 paintings, and 300 sculptures, primarily from the 20th century.
Currently housed in the Paul Rudolph-designed Dana Arts Center on Colgate University’s campus in Hamilton, NY, the Picker Art Gallery is committed to the collection and exhibition of artworks that enrich the university, the town of Hamilton, and the central New York region.
Current Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
Keep Up With Us
Keep up with the latest happenings at the Picker Art Gallery by following our social media accounts or signing up for our email list.
Newsletter sign up
Support the Picker Art Gallery
The support of alumni, parents, and community members helps ensure that the Picker Art Gallery can continue to enrich the education of the entire Colgate community through the acquisition and exhibition of art.
Make a Gift
(please include Picker Art Gallery in the Comments box)
Donate to the museum’s collection
Visit Us
Admission to the Picker Art Gallery is always free and open to the public.
Contact
Mailing Address:
Picker Art Gallery,
Colgate University
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY 13346
Phone:
315-228-7634
Email:
pickerart@colgate.edu
Picker Art Gallery Staff
Regular Hours
Tuesday–Friday:
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday:
Noon–5:00 p.m.
Picker Art Gallery will be
open Saturday, April 11, from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. for ACI Weekend.
Closed Mondays, Saturdays, major holidays, and between exhibitions.
Colgate faculty are invited to
contact the museum
to arrange class visits outside of these hours.
Parking
View Picker Art Gallery
parking and entrance information
during the current construction of Bernstein Hall.
Designated parking spots for museum visitors are available on Lally Lane with a visitor permit available in the museum.
Contact
Michelle VanAuken
with any questions.
Campus Resources & Services
Picker Art Gallery
Request Image from Museums
Museum Research Request
Donating to Colgate’s Museums
All Campus Resources & Services