Name: Desire and Abundance: American Culture and the Still Life
Start: 2025-12-31T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-31T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Memorial Art Gallery

Wednesday, December 31

An oil painting of a table set with a platter and wicker basket of peaches and a watermelon that's been cut open.

Desire and Abundance: American Culture and the Still Life

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Forman Gallery

Included in museum admission (free to UR ID holders)

An impressionist oil painting in shades of blue and green of waterlilies drifting on water.

Frontiers of Impressionism: Paintings from the Worcester Art Museum

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Docent Gallery

Included in museum admission; free to UR students, faculty, staff, and retirees

A toy stegosaurus in a landscape created by shimmery fabric.

Rachel Rose

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Media Arts Watch Gallery

Included in museum admission

Buy Tickets I'm Interested

A satirical oil painting of old men in congress, one standing and giving a dramatic speech.

William Gropper: Truth, Beauty, Justice, Humor

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Lockhart Gallery

Included in museum admission (free to UR students, faculty, staff, and retirees)

Biometric Screening Clinic

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 12:00pm to 4:00pm

Helen Wood Hall, 1.W154

Dirty Laundry: Artists of the Art and Art History Department

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Hartnett Gallery

none

I'm Interested

Thursday, January 1

Dormitory room in Susan B. Anthony Halls, ca 1957.

Four Ever Better Years: The Student Experience Since 1850

Thu, Jan 1, 2026 9:00am to 5:00pm

Rush Rhees Library, Rare Books and Special Collections and The Great Hall, 2nd Floor

Free

I'm Interested

Dirty Laundry: Artists of the Art and Art History Department

Thu, Jan 1, 2026 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Hartnett Gallery

none

I'm Interested

Friday, January 2

person wearing Abdul-Jabbar jersey listening to lecture by Abdul-Jabbar.

If These Walls Could Talk

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 8:00am to 11:59pm

Rush Rhees Library, Friedlander Lobby (1st Floor)

Free

I'm Interested

Four Ever Better Years: The Student Experience Since 1850

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 9:00am to 5:00pm

Rush Rhees Library, Rare Books and Special Collections and The Great Hall, 2nd Floor

Free

I'm Interested

Desire and Abundance: American Culture and the Still Life

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Forman Gallery

Included in museum admission (free to UR ID holders)

Frontiers of Impressionism: Paintings from the Worcester Art Museum

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Docent Gallery

Included in museum admission; free to UR students, faculty, staff, and retirees

Rachel Rose

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Media Arts Watch Gallery

Included in museum admission

Buy Tickets I'm Interested

William Gropper: Truth, Beauty, Justice, Humor

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Lockhart Gallery

Included in museum admission (free to UR students, faculty, staff, and retirees)

MAG Highlights Tour

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 11:15am to 12:15pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Meet at the Admissions Desk

Included in museum admission

Buy Tickets I'm Interested

guitarist plays in the lobby of Wilmot Cancer Center

Lobby Music at Strong Memorial Hospital

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Strong Memorial Hospital, Main Lobby

I'm Interested

Dirty Laundry: Artists of the Art and Art History Department

Fri, Jan 2, 2026 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Hartnett Gallery

none

I'm Interested

Saturday, January 3

If These Walls Could Talk

Sat, Jan 3, 2026 10:00am to 11:59pm

Rush Rhees Library, Friedlander Lobby (1st Floor)

Free

I'm Interested

Desire and Abundance: American Culture and the Still Life

Sat, Jan 3, 2026 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Forman Gallery

Included in museum admission (free to UR ID holders)

Frontiers of Impressionism: Paintings from the Worcester Art Museum

Sat, Jan 3, 2026 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Docent Gallery

Included in museum admission; free to UR students, faculty, staff, and retirees

Rachel Rose

Sat, Jan 3, 2026 11:00am to 5:00pm

Memorial Art Gallery, Media Arts Watch Gallery

Included in museum admission

Buy Tickets I'm Interested

Events

December 9, 2025

Wednesday, December 31

Desire and Abundance: American Culture and the Still Life

Frontiers of Impressionism: Paintings from the Worcester Art Museum

Rachel Rose

William Gropper: Truth, Beauty, Justice, Humor

Biometric Screening Clinic

Dirty Laundry: Artists of the Art and Art History Department

Thursday, January 1

Four Ever Better Years: The Student Experience Since 1850

Dirty Laundry: Artists of the Art and Art History Department

Friday, January 2

If These Walls Could Talk

Four Ever Better Years: The Student Experience Since 1850

Desire and Abundance: American Culture and the Still Life

Frontiers of Impressionism: Paintings from the Worcester Art Museum

Rachel Rose

William Gropper: Truth, Beauty, Justice, Humor

MAG Highlights Tour

Lobby Music at Strong Memorial Hospital

Dirty Laundry: Artists of the Art and Art History Department

Saturday, January 3

If These Walls Could Talk

Desire and Abundance: American Culture and the Still Life

Frontiers of Impressionism: Paintings from the Worcester Art Museum

Rachel Rose