Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Old Westbury

03/02/2026

SUNY OW STEAM Presents
Cracked Ice: A Conversation Between Del Geist and Eleanor Heartney
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Time: 2:40 PM – 4:20 PM
Location: Recital Hall, SUNY Old Westbury
Join us for an engaging conversation about Cracked Ice, a series of three monumental sculptural works by Del Geist, installed on the campus of SUNY Old Westbury. This program marks the third installment of the OW STEAM Colloquium Series.
Created from stone and stainless steel, Cracked Ice evokes massive boulders once suspended and transported by ancient glaciers—now released as the ice recedes. Each structure is intentionally positioned to appear slightly precarious, suggesting imbalance and instability. The works serve as a powerful metaphor for a warming planet and the accelerating realities of climate change.
Art critic and curator Eleanor Heartney joins Geist to explore the conceptual, material, and environmental dimensions of the project. Their dialogue will reflect on the intersections of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM), and consider art’s vital role in shaping public understanding of ecological transformation.
A reception will follow from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM near the sculptures outside the Campus Center.
Free and open to the public.
Presented by SUNY OW STEAM and the Amelie A. Wallace Gallery.

03/01/2026

On February 26, 2026, Andres Senra led a participatory workshop focusing on creative processes, care, and empowerment. Students from three classes participated in making small objects conceived as protective amulets and talismans. The workshop encouraged reflection on self-care, community, and art as a tool for critical expression! We thank for his passionate commitment as an educator, inspiring our students during this workshop!

02/26/2026

Please join us for this in-person workshop tomorrow!

ANDRÉS SENRA
SAFE SPACE

Workshop
Public Program:
Thursday, February 26, 2:40 pm – 4:20 pm

In conjunction with the solo exhibition Safe Space at the Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, artist Andrés Senra will lead a participatory workshop exploring creative process, care, and empowerment. Students will create small art objects conceived as protective amulets or talismans, along with short empowerment-focused videos designed as digital icons for their mobile devices. The workshop encourages reflection on self-care, community, and art as a tool for critical expression.

Location:
Amelie A. Wallace Gallery
Campus Center, Main Level
SUNY Old Westbury
Route 107, Old Westbury, NY 11568

02/13/2026

The opening reception of “Andres Senra: Space Space” was a great success! Thanks everyone who came to celebrate the opening of Senra’s retrospective exhibition! We are open 6 days a week! Please come visit this exhibition until March 13th! We look forward to seeing you!

02/11/2026

OPENING TODAY ✨
SAFE SPACE — Andrés Senra
The Amelie A. Wallace Gallery at SUNY Old Westbury is proud to present "Safe Space," a major retrospective of Spanish artist Andrés Senra, opening today and on view from February 11 – March 13, 2026.
Bringing together projects created over the past two decades in Madrid, Berlin, and New York, "Safe Space" traces the evolution of Senra’s practice across shifting political climates, social struggles, and deeply personal histories. Moving between past and present, the exhibition re-reads earlier works through the urgency of now—at a moment marked by the global rise of far-right movements and increasing threats to LGBTQ+ lives and rights.
Spanning the 1990s to today, the exhibition features film, large-scale projections, hanging fabric works, works-on-paper, and paintings, transforming the gallery into a kaleidoscopic, maximalist environment shaped by resistance, care, visibility, and survival.
Rooted in q***r activism during the AIDS crisis in 1990s Madrid, Senra’s work has continually expanded—moving from documentation and self-representation into collective actions, symbolic monuments, speculative futures, and socially engaged projects. His practice confronts erasure, precarity, state violence, and ecological collapse, while also holding space for tenderness, imagination, and utopia.
📍 Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Old Westbury
🗓 On view: Feb 11 – Mar 13, 2026
🎉 Opening Reception: Today, Wednesday, Feb 11 | 4:00–7:00 PM
✨ Public Program:
Participatory workshop with Andrés Senra
🗓 Thursday, Feb 26 | 2:40–4:20 PM
Come celebrate, reflect, and imagine together.
This exhibition is a call for care, visibility, and collective futures. Co-sponsored by & El Conuco.
🔗 www.amelieawallacegallery.org

12/12/2025

Congratulations to all students who participated in their capstone project!

12/05/2025

Congratulations to all eight students whose works are featured in the current BA BS show (part 1): Athena Isaac, Alexandria Flournoysyler (in the upper gallery); Jadyn Maichin, Matthew Sartoris, Sunny Villegas (in the middle gallery); Alyssa Nugent, Marissa Elkins, Jenna Cox (in the lower gallery)

11/27/2025

Still, We Rise: Visionaries, Missionaries, and Transformations marks the 60th anniversary of SUNY Old Westbury by tracing the institution's evolution from its glacial origins to its ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and social justice. Curated by Dr. Gilda Zwerman, Dr. Tom DelGiudice, and Dr. Hyewon Yi, supported with archival research by Christa Devirgillo, the exhibition spans three floors of the Amelie A. Wallace Gallery to chart the College's deep ties to place, history, and activism.

10/06/2025

https://youtu.be/BTZ8sc5jZq4
James Dooley, former Director of Photography for Newsday and New York Newsday, sat down with us on September 26, 2025, to discuss his experience working with Moises Saman, who was a staff photographer at Newsday. Saman’s early photographs of the Iraq War were taken during his time there. We’re adding two special viewing hours — October 15 & 16! Don’t miss your last chance to see Moises Saman: The Ghosts of History this week.

James Dooley, former Director of Photography for Newsday and New York Newsday, sat down with us on September 26, 2025, to discuss his experience working with...

09/11/2025

The Ghosts of History, a solo exhibition by Pulitzer Prize–winning Magnum photographer Moises Saman, examines the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq and its ongoing aftermath. Featuring more than fifty prints and archival materials—maps, transcripts, satellite images, and cultural references—the exhibition reveals how images and language construct competing narratives of war, memory, and survival.

09/04/2025

The Ghosts of History
Moises Saman
📍 Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Old Westbury
🗓 September 10 – October 10, 2025
The Amelie A. Wallace Gallery is honored to present The Ghosts of History, a solo exhibition by award-winning Magnum photographer Moises Saman, marking the 21st anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Featuring more than fifty photographs alongside military maps, transcripts, satellite images, and other archival materials, the exhibition examines the dissonance between official narratives of war and the lived experiences of Iraqis. Saman’s work invites us to consider “who has the power to narrate a conflict, who determines the frame, and which lives are remembered—or forgotten.”
📅 Events
– Reception & Talk with Isabella Howard (Magnum Photos): Monday, September 15, 2:30–4:30 pm
– Talk by Moises Saman (Zoom, registration required): Thursday, September 25, 10–11:30 am
Organized by Magnum Photos in collaboration with the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College, The Ghosts of History offers a critical and timely lens on the enduring afterlives of the Iraq War, raising urgent questions about memory, power, and the politics of representation. Slide #1: Moises Saman, Baghdad, 2003.
A boy with a hunting rifle runs through the British Cemetery in central Baghdad during a sandstorm (detail) Slide #2, Moises Saman, Baghdad, 2003, Satellite image showing oil fires set alight over Baghdad by Saddam’s Iraqi Army obscure the skies and prevent targeting by US warplanes (detail) Copyright: Moises Saman / Magnum Photos
🔗 More information & registration: [link in bio]