Through Oct. 16
Schaffer Library
Thelma and Kenneth Lally Reading Room
Degas’ Contemporaries
Coinciding with the “Degas & Music” show currently on display at the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y., this exhibit features work from Union’s Permanent Collection by peers of famed French impressionist Edgar Degas.
Through Oct. 24
Nott Memorial
Mandeville Gallery
North by Northeast: Baskets and Beadwork from the Akwesasne Mohawk and Tuscarora
Selected pieces from a traveling exhibition curated by Kathleen Mundell, folklorist and director of Cultural Resources, a nonprofit organization that helps communities sustain local culture.
Through Nov. 8
Wikoff Student Gallery, Third Floor
Nott Memorial
Creatures in Stone and Steel by Claire Hendry Foster ’08
Features six sketches and four sculpture works by this recent alumna who creates sculptures as “a way to make the images and creatures of my imagination into a reality." Artist’s reception set for Friday, Oct. 16, 5–7 p.m. in conjunction with Art Night Schenectady.
Through Nov. 14
Visual Arts Building
Arts Atrium
Greg Eltringham, Paintings and Drawings
This exhibit features the work of Greg Eltringham, professor of painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga.
Through March 14
Schaffer Library Atrium
Union Notables
Union Notables celebrates the great men and women who have studied and worked at the College from its founding in 1795 to the present day. Every six months, a new group of three notables is featured. Currently featured are assistant professor and janitor Charles Frederick Chandler (1836-1925); actor, playwright, journalist and producer John Howard Payne (1791-1852); and College Librarian Ruth Anne Evans (1924-2001).
Through Dec. 20
Nott Memorial
Mandeville Gallery
“Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit”
This traveling exhibit curated by New Paltz, N.Y., independent curator and historian Rickie Solinger, featuring 36 works by 28 contemporary artists. Each work incorporates a tool that was important for women’s domestic labor in the past.