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Lehigh University Art, Architecture and Design. Educating the makers, designers and builders and of tomorrow to have an impact in the here and now.

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How do we capture a moment in time? What can images tell us about memory and perception?

First year students in the “What is Reality?” class created cyanotype images after learning about the history of photography and the science of human memory.

Working with this camera-less form of photography shows the intersection of art and psychology and enriches our understanding of reality, showing that both memory and images are unique constructions of our experiences.

Professor Almut Hupbach (Psychology) and Professor of Practice William Crow (Art, Architecture and Design) designed and co-teach What is Reality? Students interrogate this timeless question through art and museum experiences, exploration of cognitive processes and underlying brain mechanisms, and hands-on experiential learning.

This course is one of several first-year seminars in the College of Arts and Sciences focused on Big Questions, an initiative that supports enhanced interdisciplinary teaching, learning and research at Lehigh. Four students sit outdoors near Taylor Gym, Zoellner Arts Center and Rauch Business Center at Lehigh University on a wooden bench beneath the shade of large, leafy trees on a sunny day. A paved walkway curves past the bench, leading toward a green hillside lawn. Text overlays read "CLASS OF 2030," "PHOTO ROLL 10/26 LOCAL TIME 10:00 ROUTE TYPE: CLASS," and "FIRST YEAR SEMINAR: WHAT IS REALITY?"

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Field Notes: Learning to See exhibit is in its final week at Millersville University Eckert Art Gallery in Lancaster PA. Many thanks to Yvonne Love for collaborating and showing together. Thanks to Heidi Leitzke for this incredible opportunity to work with your students and exhibitions program. @artdepartmentmu @eckertartgallery @leitzke

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*A unique LUAG tour opportunity on Tuesday, 10/20*

Explore “This Land: Reimagining the United States of America on its 250th Anniversary” with the curators themselves!

Tuesday, October 20, 2026
4:30-6:00PM
LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center
With “This Land” Co-Curators Florencia San Martín and Mark Wonsidler

In this unique tour experience, attendees will explore the exhibition’s central themes with its co-curators – gaining insights into the artists, objects, and stories behind “This Land” and reflecting on the past, present, and future of the United States.

This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Learn more and register at LUAG.org/events.

•ABOUT “THIS LAND”•
LUAG’s thought-provoking exhibition, “This Land: Reimagining the United States of America on its 250th Anniversary” resists strict definitions of “America” and “Americans” – inviting viewers to explore multiple possibilities of being, living, and understanding.

Weaving together maps, metaphor, music, and more, “This Land” draws from the LUAG collection and beyond, including historic images and artifacts from the C. F. Martin & Co. Archives.

In partnership with Lehigh Valley 250, “This Land” exhibition programming has been supported by funding from the Pennsylvania Tourism Office. We thank them for their support.

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WILDFLOWERS Lehigh University & Syracuse University Led by Hannibal Newson, Christina Chi Zhang & Lauren Scott

Shenandoah DeNardo, Chloe Cheng, Aimi Saloum, Mitchell Ertle, Catherine Sanchez, Teniece Harris, Jacob Hammer, Danna Ochoa, Carson Probert, Selina Yueh, Mia Mueller

Wildflowers begins with a custom-designed, two-way, recyclable, 3D-printed joint that connects dimensional lumber into X-shaped columns that grow from the ground like wildflowers after rain. The connections brace the columns together, creating layers of thresholds and frames that draw the eye from across the fields.

The system relies only on simple hex bolts. When removed, their only trace is three small holes drilled through otherwise untouched lumber, ready for reuse.

BuildFest 2026: Acts of Construction Act One — Staging

📸 @b__a__photo

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THIS MONDAY!!

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Yesterdays Spaghetti and Marshmallow Tower Contest was a success! Thanks to everyone who came out. Stay tuned for more events!

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ONE WEEK FROM TODAY join us for a marshmallow and spaghetti tower competition!

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Join us this Thursday Sept 10 from 5-6:30pm for the opening reception of “Nature Vivante” curated by Heather Gibson Moqtaderi. *******
Barbara Crawford Gallery at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, 500 S. Willow Grove Avenue, Philadelphia @pastpresentprojects @lehigh_aad @conserve_lm @deirdremurphyart #artandecology #botany #contemporaryart

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Full house yesterday at the opening of the exhibition I co-curated with @markwonsidler in collaboration with the amazing @luartgalleries team and @martinguitar!

Titled after Woody Guthrie’s 1940 folk anthem, the show is divided into six sections – America: Reimagining the Dream, Sounds of Freedom: Reimagining Protest, Sense of Place: Reimagining the Land, Where Am I? Reimagining Maps, Flexible or Fixed? Reimagining Symbols, and The University: Reimagining Learning. Including works from the collection, loans, and artifacts from Martin Guitar, the show acknowledges that such a place is a site and a dream in becoming, in progress, unfinished, just as Guthrie perceived his songs. As he said: “I have never yet put a song on tape or a record, or wrote it down or printed it down or typed it up, or anything else that I really thought was a through and a finished and a done song, and it couldn't be improved on, couldn't be changed around, couldn't be made better.”

The exhibition will be open until Dec 4, and there will be a robust programing around the themes of the show.

Please come and check it out!

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FIRST GENERAL BODY MEETING THIS FRIDAY!

Calling all Lehigh Students interested in architecture to come learn more about AIAS!

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✨Don’t miss our third and final 2026 Virtual Book Launch event this Friday!✨

We’ll feature a conversation between art critic Lucy Lippard and Florencia San Martín, author of the monograph Alfredo Jaar: Decolonial Time and the Aesthetics of the Unfinished (Duke University Press, 2026).

Friday, August 28, 12:00-1:30 pm (EDT)

The event is free and open to the public. No prior registration required.

Join the event through the link in bio!

For more information about the book: dukeupress.edu/alfredo-jaar

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