NEWSLETTER
Saratoga Springs
, NY (September 3, 2025) — The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College announces a series of free public tours for the fall season, including Tang Guide Tours each Sunday beginning September 7 and monthly Curator’s Tours.
All tours are free and open to the public, providing visitors unique perspectives on specific exhibitions the museum’s mission. Through the presentation of contemporary art, the Tang offers visitors opportunities to connect with new ideas and ways of understanding the complexities of the human experience.
The Tang rotates exhibitions in and out of its galleries, presenting more than a dozen each year. Fall exhibitions include See It Now: Contemporary Art from the Ann and Mel Schaffer Collection, opening September 13, a sweeping presentation of contemporary art collected over the last five decades; the recently opened All These Growing Things, an exploration of becoming and belonging through a selection of work from the Tang collection, which now numbers over 20,0000 objects; and Sheila Pepe: Where and When We Rest, opening October 11, the sixth iteration in the mezzanine installation project that invites an artist to design a community lounge space.
Continuing through November 2 is Up to Us: Black Dimensions in Art, 1975–Tomorrow, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the grassroots organization through archival material, oral histories, and art. The celebration of BDA’s 50th anniversary also includes the art exhibition For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art at the Albany Institute of History & Art through December 31, 2025. Visitors to Up to Us at the Tang can get a certificate for free admission to the Albany Institute by asking at the Visitors Services Desk.
Tang Guide Tours
Sundays, September 7–December 7, 2 p.m.
Join us for an insightful tour of our current exhibitions with a Tang Guide.
Curator's Tours of Up to Us: Black Dimensions in Art, 1975–Tomorrow
Thursday, September 18; Noon
Rebecca McNamara, the Frances Young Tang ’61 Associate Curator, leads a tour.
Curators' Tour of All These Growing Things
Thursday, October 9, Noon
Rebecca McNamara, the Frances Young Tang ’61 Associate Curator, leads a tour.
Curators' Tour of See It Now: Contemporary Art from the Ann and Mel Schaffer Collection
Thursday, November 13, Noon
Ian Berry, Dayton Director, leads a tour.
Curators' Tour of Sheila Pepe: Where and When We Rest
Thursday, December 11, Noon
Rachel Seligman, Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy Curator, leads a tour.
For more information about these tours or about other upcoming events, please visit https://tang.skidmore.edu or call the Tang Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080.
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 Tang’s approach has become a model for college and university art museums across the country—with exhibition programs that bring together visual and performing arts with interdisciplinary ideas from history, economics, biology, dance, and physics, to name just a few. The Tang has one of the most rigorous faculty-engagement initiatives in the nation, and a robust publication and touring exhibition program that extends the museum’s reach far beyond its walls. The Tang Teaching Museum’s award-winning building, designed by architect Antoine Predock, serves as a visual metaphor for the convergence of art and ideas. The Museum is open to the public Tuesday–Sunday, noon–5 pm, with extended hours until 9 pm Thursday. https://tang.skidmore.edu
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Caption for image: Rebecca McNamara, the Frances Young Tang ’61 Associate Curator, leads a tour Up to Us: Black Dimensions in Art, 1975–Tomorrow on July 19, 2025, photograph by Shawn Lachapelle.