Stony Brook University will host its Fall 2025 Art Crawl on Friday, September 26, from 2 to 5 pm. This semester’s event will be self-guided for the first time, giving attendees the flexibility to visit any of the participating campus galleries at their own pace.
The university is home to several art galleries that foster cultural and artistic exchanges. The Art Crawl is designed each semester to bring together these galleries and highlight Stony Brook’s commitment to diversity.
Among the featured venues is the Charles B. Wang Center’s Skylight Gallery, which will present “Through the Light: Contemporary Jogakbo by Wonju Seo.” An opening reception for this exhibition will take place from 5 to 7 pm on September 26 with free admission.
The Zuccaire Gallery at the Staller Center will showcase “Weaving Words, Weaving Worlds: The Power of Indigenous Language in Contemporary Art,” a group exhibition curated by Stony Brook alumnus Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock) and featuring works by 24 artists. Mini-tours of this gallery will be available from noon to 4 pm.
Other stops include Melville Library’s Special Collections on Level 2 mezzanine, displaying posters from its rare books and archives; the Central Reading Room on Level 1, featuring a photography exhibition titled “Exploring Long Island’s Underwater World”; and the Algonquian Library in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building.
Chavez Hall will host a Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) exhibition titled “Cesar Chavez’s European Tour,” curated by Professor Lori Flores. Flores explained, “‘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. 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 Stony Brook Southampton's Marine Science Center and wildlife photographer whose work appears in Melville Library, said: “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.”
Madeline Yacovone, an MFA student involved with organizing an additional show at Lawrence Alloway Gallery for graduate students this year said: “I’m really looking forward to our upcoming show as it gives the entire MFA cohort the opportunity to display our work together. 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." She added: "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. 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.”
Karen Levitov, director and curator at Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery in Staller Center for the Arts stated: “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. 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 event remains free and open to all visitors.