Arts

Suchi Reddy, Colgate University’s 2024–25 Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist in Residence, opened her new exhibit, Bias and Belonging, during Arts, Creativity, and Innovation (ACI) Weekend, April 4–5.

On Feb. 12, Colgate University celebrated the opening of the Clifford Gallery’s new exhibition from Franco-American artist Suzanne Husky, titled For Alliances with the Beaver People. The exhibition features a singular physical work: an 11-meter-long embroidered tapestry that traces key moments in beaver-human relationships.

Reverberations, the 2025 Senior Art Exhibition at Colgate’s Clifford Art Gallery, showcases the work of Colgate’s graduating studio art and art history majors, developed as part of their senior capstone courses in the fall.

Colgate University’s Picker Art Gallery will open its spring exhibition A Thought Is A Thread: Contemporary Artists Reworking Textile Traditions on Feb. 20 at 4:30 p.m. with a public reception.

Oct. 17–31, the Department of History and Longyear Museum of Anthropology welcomed artists from Jalabil, a women’s weaving collective in Chiapas, Mexico, for a two-week residency.

For a Halloween treat, Colgate students became the first in-person audience for Theater in Quarantine’s production of Nosferatu: A 3D Symphony of Horrors.

Colgate’s entire collection of Chinese woodcut prints, donated by geography professor emeritus and Peace and Conflict Studies founder Theodore Herman (1954–1981), is now on display for the first time. 

Colgate University recently hosted a lecture by Avery Trufelman, host of the fashion podcast Articles of Interest.

Colgate University recently hosted the Tzotzil Maya rock band Sak Tzevul for a series of events, including a film screening, a talk, and a concert.

Colgate's second annual celebration of arts, creativity, and innovation brought hundreds to campus for a weekend of performances, workshops, presentations, and panel discussions.