Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College

05/07/2026

We are so grateful to the Mexican Cultural Center for honoring the Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College with a Friends of Mexico Award for the exhibition Enrique Bostelmann, Apertures & Borderscapes and accompanying educational and public programs.

03/10/2026

Opening March 26: "Fever" by Interdisciplinary Visiting Artist in Residence Emily Wells

"Fever" is a new multi-media installation that explores music composition, role play, time travel (spanning 1981–1991), performance, expanded cinema, and the painterly, enduring experience of making an album. Developed with the assistance of Ursinus students, the installation unfolds through assemblage, photography, tape machines, video, and performance—offering visitors a glimpse into Wells’s daily practice and the layered, interdisciplinary research that shapes her work.

Inspired in part by photographer and writer Allen Frame’s photo book "Fever," the exhibition reflects a dynamic exchange across media, memory, and artistic process.

Opening Reception: March 26 | 5–7 PM
Join us for an opening celebration with a reception from 5–6 PM, followed by a conversation between Emily Wells and Allen Frame from 6–7 PM.

Light refreshments will be served.
This event is free and open to the public.

🗓 On view March 26–November 24, 2026
📍 Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College

02/22/2026

❄️ The Berman Museum will close at 3pm today in anticipation of the winter storm, to ensure the safety of our visitors and staff.

We look forward to welcoming you back soon—stay safe, stay warm, and we’ll see you after the snow settles!

02/22/2026

❄️ The Berman Museum is closed today in anticipation of the winter storm, to ensure the safety of our visitors and staff.

We look forward to welcoming you back soon—stay safe, stay warm, and we’ll see you after the snow settles!

01/24/2026

The Berman Museum will be CLOSED this Sunday (January 25, 2026) due to the impending snow storm. The safety of our visitors and staff is our top priority.

Stay safe, and we look forward to welcoming you back when the weather clears! Check our website for updates on reopening.

01/21/2026

We’re thrilled to announce the opening of Syd Carpenter: Home Bound in Wood, Steel, and Clay 🌱

On view at the Berman Museum of Art January 22-April 5, this exhibition presents new and select works by Philadelphia‑based artist Syd Carpenter, whose powerful sculptures explore memory, heritage, and the enduring importance of land. From monumental reimaginings of everyday forms to multi-media installations honoring Black agricultural traditions, Carpenter’s work speaks to resilience, lineage, and place.

Join us for a celebratory opening and an in‑depth conversation between Syd Carpenter and Jennifer Zwilling, Curator and Director of Artistic Programs at The Clay Studio on Thursday, February 5.

This exhibition is presented in conjunction with two other major institutions: Planting in Time, Place, and Memory at Woodmere Art Museum (Jan. 24-May 24), and Re-Union: Syd Carpenter, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Judy Moonelis, Sana Musasama, and Winnie Owens Hart at The Francis M. Maguire Art Museum (Jan. 14-March 29), together comprising a landmark, multi-site retrospective of Carpenter's remarkable career.

Photo of Syd Carpenter in her studio by Matt Bender. Mother Pin Ascending courtesy of Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art.

12/06/2025

Artist Colette Fu is featured in the PBS series Craft in America! The episode premiers on PBS and YouTube Friday, December 19th at 9pm and 10pm. Check out this preview of the episode. We can't wait to see more of her pop-up books!

EAST explores the intersection of history, culture and contemporary craft in the eastern region of the US. As a nation of immigrants, these American stories,...

12/01/2025

Join us at Ulises on December 11 from 6–9 PM for the New Neighbors catalog launch, celebrating the recent exhibition at the Berman Museum of Art. ✨

Featuring Philadelphia artists in dialogue across mediums, New Neighbors brings together faculty from Ursinus College and creatives from across the region to explore relationships, proximity, and the conversations that emerge through artistic exchange. Ursinus College studio art faculty—David Aipperspach, Cari Freno, Sarah Kaufman, and Sarah Pater—were each invited to exhibit work alongside an area artist or creative entity of their choosing, with whom they feel an affinity. The resulting exhibition brings their work into visual, material, or conceptual dialogue with work by Sarah McEneaney, Chad States, Tony Bragg, and the duo Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib.

📚 Reception 6–9 PM
🎤 Informal artist talk at 7 PM

The catalog includes four newly commissioned essays and exhibition photography that highlight each artist pairing and offer deeper context for the work.

Contributing authors: Jacob Feige, Kati Gegenheimer, Rebecca Robertson, and Stan Mir
Book design by Jeanne Komp

Come celebrate with us and take home a copy of the catalog!

11/19/2025

⏰ There’s just one week left to visit the Berman’s fall exhibitions!
"New Neighbors" and "A Day in the Terraced Rice Fields" close on November 26, so be sure to stop by and experience these remarkable bodies of work while they’re still on view.

📚 We’re also excited to share that the "New Neighbors" exhibition catalogue will launch at Ulises Books in Philadelphia on December 11. Stay tuned for details about this special event!

11/17/2025

Unfolding Perspectives: Colette Fu and the Making of A Day in the Terraced Rice Fields

Join us for a special conversation with renowned pop-up book artist Colette Fu and her student collaborators as they discuss the creative journey behind the site-specific installation currently on view at the Berman Museum of Art.

Fu will share insights into the conceptual, aesthetic, and fabrication processes behind this human-scaled pop-up, including how her 2014 visit to Huangluo Village in Guangxi Province, and her encounters with the Red Yao women, shaped the work’s themes of cultural exploitation, preservation, and the economic impacts of tourism.

Her Ursinus student collaborators will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the engineering challenges and innovative problem-solving required to bring the piece to life.

Join us for light refreshments at 6:00 p.m., followed by the talk at 6:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public. Consider adding a donation to your ticket to help support more free community programs at the Berman.

11/03/2025

Artists in Conversation: Nadia Hironaka & Matthew Suib, Sarah Pater, Tony Bragg, and Cari Freno

📅 Thursday, November 6 | 6 p.m.

Join us for an evening of dialogue with artists Nadia Hironaka & Matthew Suib, Sarah Pater, Tony Bragg, and Cari Freno, presented in conjunction with the exhibition New Neighbors, on view through November 26.

Ursinus College studio art faculty Cari Freno and Sarah Pater will be in conversation with Tony Bragg and the Philadelphia-based duo Hironaka & Suib, exploring the affinities, collaborations, and ideas that connect their practices.

🍷 Light refreshments in the gallery at 6 p.m.
🎤 Talk begins at 6:30 p.m.
🎟️ Free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated to help us continue offering free programs like this one!

📸: Margo Reed Studio
Ursinus College