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 Needlework: Past and Present
June 5 – September 13, 2009
Needlework: Past and Present features historic and
contemporary work from the collections of the Broome County Stitchers, a chapter
of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, private lenders, and Roberson Museum and
Science Center.
Embroidery is an art form which uses a variety of threads, a
needle, and different types of stitches to achieve texture, embellishment, and
ornamental interest on fabric. The fabric is typically cotton or linen, and the
threads are cotton or silk. There are several different techniques one may
employ when creating a needlepoint work such as cross stitch, black work,
crewel, and white work.
 Roberson’s 3rd Annual
Teen Apprentice
Exhibition
Through The Looking Glass: Society and Self-Image
Now until November 2009
Triple Cities
Gallery
Over the past academic year, Teen Apprentices, led by
Roberson’s professional Museum Educator, have been learning aspects of museum
teaching and exhibition development. currently in the Triple Cities Gallery is
the exhibition created by these innovative 9th – 12th grade students. Through
the Looking Glass: Society and Self-Image utilizes the teens’ personal
experiences and selected images and artifacts from Roberson’s collection.
Timothy Sheesley Master
Printer:
Artist and Collaborator
 Now until March 2010
Sears Harkness Hall
Corridor Press is a collaborative lithography studio
workshop, committed to producing original, limited edition lithographs made
directly by artists and printed by hand. This exhibition celebrates the work of
numerous artists including Corridor Press Owner and Tamarind Master Printer Tim
Sheesley, Art Spiegelman, Makoto Fujimura, Kim Deitch, and Jerome Witkin to name
a few.
Marking Milestones:
Rites of Passage as Rituals of Belonging
Now until November 2009
East Dickinson Gallery
Sears Harkness Hall
Exhibition funded in part by a grant from the Gannett
Foundation
 Rites of passage mark our
transition from one social role to another. These events – including birth,
coming of age, marriage and death establish us in the various communities in
which we participate, endowing us with distinctive identities and a sense of
belonging during the course of our lives. Marking Milestones explores a
range of these transformative rituals, looking particularly at examples from
various communities, past and present, in the Southern Tier of New York. This
exhibition features photos, documents, clothing, and personal and ceremonial
objects from the Broome County Historical Society’s and Roberson’s extensive
collections.
 Confluence: A Tale of Two Rivers
Now until Summer 2010
Irma M. Ahearn Gallery
The longest River on the American east coast, the Susquehanna
River originates in Cooperstown and runs through twenty-two counties in New
York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, finally emptying in the Chesapeake Bay. This
exhibition, focusing on the area surrounding the confluence of the Susquehanna
and Chenango Rivers, uses the rivers as a point of orientation in interpreting
the area’s history, hydrology, ecosystems, and artistic inspiration.
Coming Soon Roberson Regional Art Exhibition, 2009
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