The Experience
This intimate gallery presents a year-round schedule of exhibitions, including objects from the University's collections, as well as from other major public and private collections, often with an ethnographic or anthropological focus.
Past exhibits have included looks at the quirky portraits of Village Voice photographer Sylvia Plachy, the luminescent abstract expressionist oils of Jon Schueler, and an examination of the work of architect William L. Price, who studied with Frank Furness, the masterful Philadelphia-based architect of the building in which the gallery is located.
History
The gallery is housed in the Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Building (1890), one of the finest examples of the work of architect Frank Furness. This university library was among the first to separate the reading room from the book stacks, and its dramatic interior features innovative use of natural light, and richly ornamented iron, terra cotta and brickwork.