NEWSLETTER
Weekly Tang Guide Tours begin May 24; curator’s tours once a month
Saratoga Springs, NY (May 19, 2026) — The Tang Museum at Skidmore College announces its summer public tours, a series of free guided experiences that invite visitors to explore current exhibitions, ask questions, and engage with contemporary art and ideas.
The summer tour season begins Sunday, May 24, at 2 pm, with a Tang Guide Tour led by Anne Lowenthal. Tang Guide Tours continue Sundays at 2 pm through July 26. The tours are led by Tang Guides, many of whom are Skidmore College students trained as gallery ambassadors and tour leaders.
The tours offer visitors an informal and welcoming introduction to the Tang’s exhibitions and interdisciplinary mission. Through close looking, conversation, and shared discovery, visitors are invited to connect with artworks on view and with the questions they raise.
This summer, visitors can explore exhibitions including All These Growing Things, a collection exhibition organized around questions of becoming and belonging; Kathy Butterly: Assume Yes, a major exhibition of three decades of work by one of the most influential sculptors working in ceramics today; Sheila Pepe: When & Where We Rest, the Tang’s community lounge installation in the Mezzanine Gallery; Elevator Music 54: Hanna Tuulikki—spinning-in-stereo; Hyde Cabinet #31: Before Skidmore—The Woodlawn Estate; and Pursuing Possibilities: Explorations in Glaze, a student-curated exhibition opening May 30.
In addition to weekly Tang Guide Tours, the Tang will offer three curator-led tours this summer:
Curator’s Tour of All These Growing Things
Thursday, June 11, noon
Rachel Seligman, Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy Curator, leads a tour of the exhibition All These Growing Things, which features standout work from the Tang collection.
Curator’s Tour of Kathy Butterly: Assume Yes
Thursday, July 16, noon
Dayton Director Ian Berry leads a tour of Kathy Butterly: Assume Yes, a major exhibition of work by one of the most influential and inventive sculptors working in ceramics today. The critically acclaimed exhibition inspired the New York Times to say, “the Tang punches above its weight.”
Curator’s Tour of Sheila Pepe: When & Where We Rest
Thursday, August 27, noon
Rachel Seligman leads a tour of Sheila Pepe: When & Where We Rest, the Tang’s community lounge installation in the Mezzanine Gallery as it nears the midpoint of its two-year run.
All tours are free and open to the public.
Also this summer, the Tang will present the Upbeat on the Roof concert series, Thursdays at 6 pm from July 9 through August 20; Frances Day, the museum’s annual community open house, on Saturday, July 18; and Family Saturday art-making programs on select Saturdays. Additional details about Frances Day and Family Saturdays will be announced separately.
The Tang Museum is located on the Skidmore College campus at 815 N. Broadway in Saratoga Springs, New York. The museum is open Tuesday–Sunday, noon–5 pm, with extended hours until 9 pm Thursday. For more information, call the Tang Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080 or visit tang.skidmore.edu.
Summer Tours in Brief
Tang Guide Tours
Sundays, May 24–July 26, 2 pm
Free guided tours of current exhibitions with Tang Guides.
Curator’s Tour of All These Growing Things
Thursday, June 11, noon
Led by Rachel Seligman.
Curator’s Tour of Kathy Butterly: Assume Yes
Thursday, July 16, noon
Led by Ian Berry.
Curator’s Tour of Sheila Pepe: When & Where We Rest
Thursday, August 27, noon
Led by Rachel Seligman.
About Skidmore College
Founded in 1903, Skidmore College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college of about 2,700 students located in the dynamic town of Saratoga Springs, New York. Consistently ranked as a top liberal arts college by U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Forbes, and more, Skidmore has also been recognized for its innovation, value, and sustainability efforts. Skidmore fosters academic and personal excellence — all driven by a belief that Creative Thought Matters. Its comprehensive array of opportunities encompasses more than 40 bachelor’s degree programs, including popular offerings in business, psychology, and the creative and performing arts; competitive NCAA Division III athletics; world-class facilities; and hands-on civic engagement and career development resources.
About the Tang Teaching Museum
The Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College is a pioneer of interdisciplinary exploration and learning. A cultural anchor of New York’s Capital Region, the institution’s approach has become a model for university art museums across the country — with exhibition programs and series that bring together the visual and performing arts with fields of study as disparate as history, astronomy, and physics. The Tang has one of the most rigorous faculty-engagement initiatives in the nation, the Mellon Seminar, and robust publication and touring exhibition initiatives that extend the institution’s reach far beyond its walls. The Tang Teaching Museum’s building, designed by architect Antoine Predock, serves as a visual metaphor for the convergence of ideas and exchange the institution catalyzes. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, from noon to 5 pm, with extended hours until 9 pm Thursday. More information at http://tang.skidmore.edu.
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Photo credit: Kathy Butterly