HUB-Robeson Galleries

Dive into a month of powerful storytelling and vibrant installations at the HUB-Robeson Galleries! Each space brings together unique voices and perspectives — from thought-provoking pieces in the Hub Gallery and Art Alley to immersive exhibits in the Exhibition Cases and stairwell.

🌲 Reunion by Cannupa Hanska Luger — Hub Gallery
🌌 Unknown Forest by Avani Patel — Art Alley
🏡 Homing by Kiran Joan — Exhibition Cases
💭 Memento by Zachary Layhew — Exhibition Cases
👀 To Be Seen by Juan Manuel Carmona & Simon Malvaez — Stairwell between PRCC & CSGD
🎨 Multicultural Murals — Artistic Collaboration with Student Organizations, HUB-Robeson Center

Swipe for a taste of what’s on display as we highlight unique perspectives and voices this month at the HUB-Robeson Center!

Big thanks to all the amazing classes who visited our exhibits last month! 🎉🖼️ We loved sharing these experiences with you and can’t wait to welcome even more in the future. If you’re interested in bringing your class, reach out at [email protected] or arrange a visit on our website—our doors are always open!—see you soon! 🙌

You may have noticed some big changes in the HUB recently while standing in line for your ☕ Starbucks! Rosemarie Fiore’s beloved Smoke Paintings have been relocated to the IM Building and will remain on view there for the next three years! 🎨✨ We are thrilled to partner with Campus Recreation in this endeavor and would like to thank HUB-Robeson Center’s Facilities tech service crew and O.P.P for their assistance. 🙌
As for the HUB, we’ve unearthed three of our multicultural murals from the archives that were created in the early 1990’s. 🖼️ Conceived as a cross-cultural experience for the Penn State community, the Multicultural Mural Project was sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs in collaboration with the School of Visual Arts. The murals were created by students from the School of Visual Arts, Black Caucus, Latino Caucus, Native American Student Association, and the Puerto Rican Student Association. This project was spearheaded by the founding director of HUB-Robeson Galleries – Ann Shields. 🌍🤝
Be sure to take some time to enjoy these wonderful murals! 🎨🖼️

Many thanks to Supaman & DJ Element for visiting Cannupa Hanska Luger’s exhibition ‘Reunion’ this morning! It was a pleasure!! 🙂

We are grateful to the Center for Performing Arts and their supportive partners for bringing these fantastic hip hop artists to Penn State. Their message was truly uplifting and brought so much joy. 🥰

HUB-Robeson Galleries honors Indigenous Peoples Day. We wish to acknowledge the native people, past, present and future who walk on these lands. ✨

Currently on view in HUB Gallery, 'Reunion' is an immersive, multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring sculpture, regalia, and digital media by New Mexico-based, contemporary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger. Using bison as a symbol of freedom for many cultures Indigenous to North America, 'Reunion' mourns the near loss of this mighty species and the violence that has built our country while celebrating the bison’s resilience and in turn our own.

This exhibition empowers Indigenous people and practices as central to global futures and reflects a future space where we once again live in reverence and respect for our more than human kinships.

The Penn State University campuses are located on the original homelands of the Erie; Haudenosaunee (Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Seneca, and Tuscarora); Lenape (Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe, and Stockbridge-Munsee); Shawnee (Absentee, Eastern, and Oklahoma); Susquehannock; and Wahzhazhe (Osage) Nations.

As a land grant institution, we acknowledge and honor the traditional caretakers of these lands and strive to understand and model their responsible stewardship. We also acknowledge the longer history of these lands and our place in that history. (Written by PSU Educational Equity in collaboration with the Indigenous Peoples Student Association and the Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance). 🌿

🎨✨ Avani Patel, Born in Mumbai in 1976, Avani Patel moved to Pennsylvania with her family at just 11 years old! 🌏✈️ She’s a proud Penn State alum 🎓 (BA) and holds an MFA from Tyler School of Arts (Temple University). Her vibrant cultural background plays a huge role in shaping her identity as an artist! 💫
From her love for the colorful patterns, music, and theater of her childhood in India 🎶🎭 to her exploration of Eastern and Western cultural influences 🌸🌍, Avani’s art is full of life, blending tradition and modernity.
Her incredible works have been showcased in NYC, Philly, Chicago, Dubai, and even the American Embassy in Panama 🇺🇸🏛️. She’s also led creative workshops and installations, bringing communities together through art! 💫✨
We’re beyond excited to have her work in our gallery 🖼️🙌 Come check it out and experience the beauty of Avani’s journey! 💖

🌿✨ Join us TOMORROW for the Artist Reception of Avani Patel’s “Unknown Forest” 🌏🎨

📅 Reception: Thursday, October 3rd, 4–6 p.m.
📍 Location: Art Alley, HUB-Robeson Galleries
🎉 Exhibition Dates: October 3rd, 2024 - January 27th, 2025

Don’t miss your chance to meet Avani Patel and explore her stunning works that fuse Indian cultural influences with nature’s beauty 🌸🌿.
Experience the vibrant patterns, exotic colors, and powerful environmental messages in her art up close! 🌏🎭
We Cannot wait to see you there!

Zachary Layhew first discovered glass as an artistic medium in 2007 at the age of fourteen, during his time at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. 🏙️ Immersed in an environment of passionate fellow artists, Zachary quickly developed a deep connection to the material. Through years of observation and hands-on practice, he honed the techniques needed to craft stunning glass vessels and sculptures. 🖼️👐
His work often revolves around the use of simple, clean shapes to capture moments of clarity from everyday life. Inspired by fleeting instances where life feels less complicated—when you can step back, take a breath, and let go of tension—Zachary channels these experiences into his art. ✨🌿 Relationships with friends, family, and personal encounters have all shaped his creative process.
Currently focused on a single body of work, Zachary is continuously developing new ideas. His process begins with hours of sketching designs and concepts, refining them before translating his drawings into glass sculptures in the studio. 📖🔮 Each piece is a reflection of both his life experiences and the endless possibilities the medium offers.

🎨 Cannupa Hanska Luger (b.1979) is a New Mexico-based multidisciplinary artist who uses monumental installations, sculpture, and performance to tell urgent stories of 21st-century Indigeneity. His work, incorporating ceramics, steel, fiber, video, and repurposed materials, explores speculative fiction, land-based actions of repair, and social collaboration through empathy. Born on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, Luger is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold and proudly represents Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Lakota cultures. 🌍 His bold visual storytelling brings new perspectives to our shared humanity, always centering Indigenous worldviews and respect for diverse environments and communities. 🖼️✨
Luger’s long list of accolades includes the 2024 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, 2024 Monument Lab Fellowship, 2023 SOROS Arts Fellowship, and 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, among many others! His work has been showcased in renowned venues like the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Shanghai Biennale. 🌟🏛️
Notable projects include GIFT (2023-2024), a multi-year collaboration with Monument Lab, and The MMIWQT Bead Project (2018), a powerful social collaboration re-humanizing data on missing and murdered Indigenous individuals. Other impactful works include Sweet Land (2020), an award-winning opera, and The Mirror Shield Project (2016), which has inspired resistance movements globally. 🌐🔥
Stay tuned for more on Luger’s groundbreaking work, which challenges colonial narratives and offers visionary solutions for a better, more connected future!

✨ Kiran Joan ✨�() is a South-Indian illustrator and ceramicist based in Brooklyn, NY 🏙️. Using ceramics as an extension of her illustration practice, Kiran explores identity, culture, and community through surreal, magical worlds ✨🌍. Her vibrant figures—characterized by bright colors 🎨, enormous eyes 👁️, and constrained bodies—reflect her journey of navigating new cultures and exploring “otherness.”

🎉 Homing | Kiran Joan 🎉�📅 September 6th, 2024 - January 27th, 2025�Now showing in the HUB-Robeson Center! 🏛️

Swing by the HUB today for a "Celebration of our Rights" party in honor of Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and National Voter Registration Day from 10-2 in the HUB-Robeson Center (level one lounge area).
We will have giveaways of Penn State merchandise and gift cards to encourage students to visit. HUB-Robeson Galleries will be sharing how our work at Penn State intersects with the U.S. Constitution.
There will also be a booth for people to share what Citizenship means to them. PSU Votes will be supporting voter registration and education on site.

We are open late tonight! 🎉 The HUB-Robeson Galleries will be open until 8 p.m. as part of the Penn State Museum Consortium’s fall 2024 Night at the Museums on Thursday, Sept. 12. 🖼️ Participating museums and galleries across the University Park campus are offering extended hours from 4 to 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. 🎟️
This is a great chance for students, staff, faculty, and the community to visit a variety of unique and interesting museums. 🏛️ Students can pick up a passport at any location, get it stamped to verify the visit and submit it to be eligible for a prize. 🎁
Come explore our exhibitions and enjoy an evening of art! 🎨✨

✨ Memento by Zachary Layhew 🏺
Discover the captivating glass sculptures and vessels by Pittsburgh-based artist Zachary Layhew in Memento, where objects become cherished memories. Each piece reflects a moment, a reminder, and the intricate art of glass manipulation.
📍 Exhibition Cases | HUB-Robeson Center
📅 On view: Sept 6, 2024 – Jan 27, 2025
Join us to explore how these stunning glass works preserve stories and emotions through form and craftsmanship. 🔮✨

🎨✨ Homing by Kiran Joan 🏺
Explore the whimsical world of South-Indian illustrator and ceramicist Kiran Joan at our latest exhibition, Homing! Featuring vibrant ceramic sculptures inspired by her cross-cultural journey, Kiran's playful yet introspective works invite us to embrace our inner selves and nurture our connections.
📍 Exhibition Cases | HUB-Robeson Center
📅 On view: Sept 6, 2024 – Jan 27, 2025
Join us at the HUB-Robeson Galleries to experience this enchanting collection! 🌟

🌿 Connect with Art & Create Your Own Cyanotype! 🌿
Join us for a hands-on Cyanotype Workshop hosted by Penn State's Student Farm on Thursday, September 5, and Friday, September 6, from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at HUB Pollock Plaza (across from Osmond).
Afterward, don't miss the Expansive Habitat exhibition at Art Alley in the HUB-Robeson Center and enjoy some Webster's cookies. 🍪
See you there! 🎨

Happy Labor Day! 🎉
The HUB-Robeson Galleries will be closed in observance of the holiday. We'll see you back on Tuesday to continue celebrating creativity and community!

We’re thrilled to invite you to the opening of Reunion, a powerful multi-disciplinary exhibition by Cannupa Hanska Luger, at the HUB Gallery in the HUB-Robeson Center! 🖼️✨

From August 24, 2024, to March 4, 2025, immerse yourself in Luger's thought-provoking work featuring sculpture, regalia, and digital media. This exhibition explores the profound symbolism of the bison—representing freedom, resilience, and the intertwined fates of humanity and nature. Through pieces like Muscle, Bone & Sinew, and Blood In The Soil, Luger reflects on historical truths, celebrates survival, and envisions a sustainable future where respect for our more-than-human kinships is restored. 🌍🦬

Join us as we embark on this journey of reverence, reflection, and renewal. The reception date will be announced soon, so stay tuned for more details! 🎉

We are thrilled to announce that renowned multidisciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger’s artwork is coming to HUB Gallery! 🎨✨

Born on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, Luger is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, and is Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Lakota. His work combines critical cultural analysis with respect for diverse materials and communities, presenting bold visual storytelling that foregrounds an Indigenous worldview. 🌍🖼️

Luger’s accolades include the 2024 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, the 2024 Monument Lab Fellowship, the 2023 SOROS Arts Fellowship, and the 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, among others. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at prestigious venues like the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Shanghai Biennale, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Stay tuned for more details about this powerful exhibition that challenges us to rethink our relationship with the world, celebrates resilience, and envisions a sustainable future.
You won’t want to miss this incredible opportunity to engage with Luger's thought-provoking art! 🖼️🔥

Want to learn more about Cannupa Hanska Luger? Check out his full bio here.

Have you had a chance to experience Expansive habitat, the rhizome of home in Art Alley?
In this beautiful exhibition by Vee Adams and Andrea Narno the artists utilize cyanotype techniques to create quilts and soft sculptures. Each work features photographic imagery that captures the plants they have cultivated, collected, and treasured in their natural habitats. Read on to learn more about the fascinating technique of cyanotype!

🎨 Discovering Cyanotype: A historic photographic printing process dating back to the 19th century! Known for its beautiful blue hues, Cyanotype uses sunlight to create stunning prints on paper or fabric. Artists coat their chosen surface with a light-sensitive solution, then expose it to sunlight (or UV light) to develop intricate blue and white designs. It's a fantastic technique for exploring creativity through a blend of science and art. Have you tried Cyanotype before? Share your creations with us by tagging or sending us a direct message! 💙 For more detailed instructions and inspiration, check out the guide to Cyanotype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM74pMkUxCM

🎨 V Adams is a New Orleans-based artist working at the intersection of print, zine, and installation to envision queer/trans futures and possibilities. 🌈✊ Adams helped found the New Orleans Community Printshop and organized community-focused printmaking programming there for 7 years. 🎨🏙️ Adams was a curator and contributing artist to the Slow Holler Tarot Deck, a collection of tarot cards by southern/queer artists. 🌿🔮
They have shown their work at galleries across the US, including the Carrack Modern Art Gallery (Durham, NC), the Brewhouse Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA), and the Aquarium Gallery (New Orleans, LA). 🖼️🇺🇸 They have done residencies at institutions such as Women’s Studio Workshop (NY), Penland School of Crafts (NC), and La Ceiba Gráfica (Veracruz, MX). 🌎🖌️
Currently, they co-organize and co-curate the Queer Ecology Hanky Project and are working towards their MFA at the University of New Orleans. 🎓✨

For more information, visit their website at vadamsprints.com

Juliana Cerqueira Leite (she/they) is a Brazilian sculptor based in New York. 🇧🇷🗽 She often works from the inside-out, producing indexes of movement. Her works in sculpture, drawing, and video engage moments in which bodies exceed their material, socio-political, and cultural containers, becoming disintegrated in all senses of the word. Cerqueira Leite was awarded the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2019 in support of her solo exhibition "Orogenesi" at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy. In 2016, she was awarded the Furla Art Prize for her contribution to the 5th Moscow Young Art Biennale. 🌍🏆
She has exhibited her work in group shows in venues such as the Sculpture Center (New York), KW Institute (Berlin), the 2017 Venice Biennale Antarctic Pavilion (Italy), the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture and Ecology (MuBE, São Paulo), and Hordaland Kunstsenter for the 2019 Bergen Assembly (Norway). Recent solo shows include Instituto Tomie Ohtake (São Paulo), Nogueras Blanchard (Madrid), Alma Zevi (Venice), Galeria Casa Triângulo (São Paulo), and Proxyco Gallery (New York). Her work has been reviewed in publications such as Artforum and Frieze Magazines, The Brooklyn Rail, and the MIT Drama Review. 🖼️🎨
Cerqueira Leite graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art (UCL) Graduate Sculpture program in 2006, London, as the inaugural recipient of the Kenneth Armitage Sculpture Prize. She is represented in Madrid and Barcelona by Prats Nogueras Blanchard, in London by T.J. Boulting, in São Paulo by Casa Triângulo, and in New York by PROXYCO. Cerqueira Leite is a visiting critic for the Yale School of Art Graduate Sculpture program. 🎓✏️

🌟 Currently showing "In the Negative" at HUB Gallery until August 4th. For more information, visit her website at www.julianacerqueiraleite.com

🇺🇸 Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸 Please note that the HUB-Robeson Galleries will be closed on July 4th in observance of the holiday. We wish everyone a safe and joyful Independence Day! 🎆