Stony Brook’s Fall Art Crawl Highlights Renowned Campus Galleries

Stony Brook University has a long, rich history of supporting the arts, and is proud home to a variety of renowned art galleries that provide unique environments for diverse cultural and artistic exchanges.

Each semester features an Art Crawl, curated to unite our university galleries while supporting the university's commitment to celebrating diversity.

The Fall 2025 Art Crawl, which will take place on Friday, September 26 between 2 and 5 pm, will be self-guided for the first time, allowing attendees to visit any venue on their own schedule.

Participating galleries include:

Charles B. Wang Center, Skylight Gallery
Through the Light: Contemporary Jogakbo by Wonju Seo
Exhibition; Opening Reception on Friday, September 26, 5-7 pm (Free Admission, RSVP here)

Zuccaire Gallery, Staller Center, first floor
Weaving Words, Weaving Worlds: The Power of Indigenous Language in Contemporary Art
Group exhibition featuring 24 artists, curated by SBU alumnus Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock)
Mini-tours offered 12-4 pm

Melville Library, Special Collections, Level 2 mezzanine
On view along the second floor mezzanine are posters representative of the university's unique collections of rare books, historical maps, manuscripts, and archives.

Melville Library, Central Reading Room, Level 1
"Exploring Long Island's Underwater World" (photography exhibition)

Algonquian Library, Social and Behavioral Sciences Building, Level 2, S-103
Note: No food or drink is permitted in this space

Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) exhibition at Chavez Hall (adjacent to East Side Dining, across from the Wang Center/Toll Drive)
"Cesar Chavez's European Tour," curated by Prof. Lori Flores

"'Cesar Chavez's European Tour' is something we're incredibly proud of because it's an intentional collaboration between LACS and Chavez Residence Hall, the namesake of the famous labor organizer," said Lori Flores, an associate professor in Stony Brook's Department of History. "It's essential that students who live in this hall pass by photographs of Cesar Chavez and his hard work fighting for the rights of underpaid and underprotected farmworkers. It's also important for the wider community to see more visual representation of this national and international labor movement, especially because Long Island is a heavily agricultural part of New York powered by food and wine workers who make every season, but especially the autumn season, so delicious and enjoyable."

Chris Paparo, manager of the Marine Science Center at Stony Brook Southampton, aims to showcase the marine life found on Long Island.

"Too often, we think we have to travel far and wide to see something extraordinary, when in truth, there's a world of wonder waiting in our own backyard," said Paparo, who is also a wildlife photographer. His work will be featured in the Melville Library.

"I'm really looking forward to our upcoming show as it gives the entire MFA cohort the opportunity to display our work together," said Madeline Yacovone, studio art MFA student and instructor. "Typically, we use the Lawrence Alloway Gallery solely for the first-year group show and the second and third-year solo shows. Unfortunately, depending on the class sizes, this means that there can be long periods with no shows. Having a gallery reserved for graduate students is an amazing resource that we should be taking advantage of as much as possible.

Yacovone said that this year her group decided to schedule an additional show to fill a gap in the scheduling.

"Not only does this give us the opportunity to display work that might not fit into our highly curated once-a-year shows, but it also allows us to show alongside other MFAs not in our own year," she said. "We're trying to have fun with it and experiment with the art we display. This is reflected in the name of the show, 'Dress Rehearsal,' which sets the tone for it being a refined introduction to our work, but not necessarily the main event. We hope everyone who can stop in will have as much fun with the work as we are having putting it together."

"The campus-wide Art Crawl is a wonderful opportunity for students, faculty, staff and community members to experience the diverse art being created at Stony Brook," said Karen Levitov, director and curator, Paul W. Zuccaire Galleryin the Staller Center for the Arts. "This year I'm excited that we have even more art spaces participating, with maps available at each venue. The Art Crawl is always a popular activity for the entire campus community."

The Fall 2025 Art Crawl is free and open to all.

- Robert Emproto