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Spring 2023 Art Crawl Recap

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On Wednesday, April 26, guests of the Art Crawl experienced an exciting and diverse array of art and collections: the aesthetic beauty of woven Japanese bamboo baskets; artwork created by SBU students; selections from a collection of rare Chinese cookbooks; and artistic productions exploring aspects of the Klein bottle, a mathematical object that still offers secrets to reveal. Four exhibitions at Stony Brook University were featured at the spring 2023 event including Special Collections in the Melville Library. See the links below for more information about each stop.

1:00 | Charles B. Wang Center, Skylight Gallery, Level 1 (through May 31)
The Splendor of Bamboo: Japanese Contemporary Baskets

1:30 | Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, Level 1 (through May 19)
Senior Show & URECA 2023

2:00 | Melville Library, Special Collections, Level 2 (one-day event)
Cooking Up History: Highlights from the Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection, the largest collection of its type in the world

2:30 | Simons Center Gallery, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Level 1 (through June 2)
MOIRA CHAS: Projections of the Klein bottle

Stony Brook University is host to a variety of renowned art galleries that provide unique environments for diverse cultural and artistic exchanges. Art Crawls unite our university galleries through a series of free, guided tours led by curators. This initiative directly supports the university’s commitment to celebrating diversity and positioning the university in the global community. The Art Crawl is a past recipient of a Presidential Mini-Grant for Department Diversity Initiatives.

  • Bulletin board with post-it notes that include handwritten comments about food and culture. Taken at the Art Crawl in Special Collections, Melville Library, Stony Brook University on April 26, 2023.
  • Photograph of people looking at books and artifacts about Chinese food and culture. Taken at the Art Crawl in Special Collections, Melville Library, Stony Brook University on April 26, 2023.
  • Photograph of books and artifacts about Chinese food and culture. Taken at the Art Crawl in Special Collections, Melville Library, Stony Brook University on April 26, 2023.
  • Photograph of five books about Chinese food and culture. Taken at the Art Crawl in Special Collections, Melville Library, Stony Brook University on April 26, 2023.
  • Photograph of three books about Chinese cooking. Taken at the Art Crawl in Special Collections, Melville Library, Stony Brook University on April 26, 2023.
  • Photograph of six books about Chinese tea. Taken at the Art Crawl in Special Collections, Melville Library, Stony Brook University on April 26, 2023.
  • Photograph of four books about Chinese desserts and six mooncake molds. Taken at the Art Crawl in Special Collections. Melville Library, Stony Brook University on April 26, 2023.
Photographs taken in Special Collections at the Spring 2023 Art Crawl on April 26, 2023. Images courtesy of Sunny Chung.
Kristen Nyitray

Kristen Nyitray

Associate Librarian; Director, Special Collections and University Archives; and University Archivist at Stony Brook University Libraries
Contact her for research assistance with rare books, manuscript collections, historical maps, and SBU history. E-mail: kristen.nyitray@stonybrook.edu.
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